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"a valentine to produce"
—Mother Jones, Favorite Cookbooks of 2011, 12/3/11
"Little about TENDER, British writer Nigel Slater's quietly epic cookbook about preparing vegetables, feels designed for the American consumer. The author's preoccupations are so personal, so drawn from the quotidian pleasures of tending his small garden in London, that they feel far removed from the celebrity-penned, diet-driven, ego-tripping cookbooks that dominate U.S. bestseller lists. . . . Slater, in other words, is an obsessive, but one whose obsession seems to stop in the kitchen. Slater has too much respect for all involved — the ingredient, the reader, the joy of discovery in the kitchen — to want to serve as your nanny. He'd rather play your mentor, the kind who wants you to love the messy process, not just the finished dish, which, come to think of it, you'll love, too. These easy-to-execute dishes go down just as easy. It all makes you look forward to Slater's second "Tender" volume, dedicated to fruits, due to arrive stateside next spring."
—The Washington Post, 8/2/11
"Not only is Nigel Slater one of the greatest living food writers, he's also the ultimate urban gardener. His latest book, Tender, just might inspire you to tear up your lawn and get planting."
—Bon Appétit, August 2011
"A seriously hefty and seriously engaging homage to the garden, from one of Britain's foremost food authorities."
—NYTimes.com, Summer Cookbook Roundup, 6/2/11
"Tender is pleasing in so many ways. For cooks it's filled with glorious vegetable-centric recipes, for gardeners it's an insightful and personal story about just how much a garden can mean, and for those who just enjoy reading about food, well, you're going to love getting acquainted with Nigel Slater."
—Serious Eats, Cook the Book, 5/23/11
"But the crowning glory of "Tender" is Mr. Slater's own prose, even when treating of something as lowly as the autumnal cabbage—each dark-green leaf of which "somehow seems as if it will fend off our winter ills. Elephant ears of crinkled green, sparkling with dew; black plumes of cavolo nero like feathers on a funeral horse, and the dense, ice crisp flesh of red cabbage. Strong flavors indeed." Strong, yes, but also tenderly enticing, as guests at Mr. Slater's latest literary feast will discover."
—The Wall Street Journal, Bookshelf, 4/23/11
"The best Brit you've never heard of. . . . Nigel Slater is who you'd get if you combined Alice Waters with Mark Bittman: a garden-to-table advocate whose goal in life is to make people love fresh produce and cooking because they are – gasp – fabulous and fun and do not have to be fussy in the slightest."
—The Christian Science Monitor, 4/19/11
"Engagingly written and showcasing more than 200 full-color photos, this attractive and infinitely useful collection shows how to tastefully incorporate more vegetables into one's diet while providing an informative primer on gardening."
—Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, 3/7/11
"Nigel Slater's Tender is a rich tale of one man's passion for cultivating, cooking, and eating from the garden. His sensuous and delicious recipes make us want to run right into the kitchen and start cooking. But even if you never set a foot in your garden or turn on the stove, it is a great, inspiring read."
—Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, authors of Canal House Cooking
"As a second-floor city-dweller with no patch of land to call my own, a glimpse into Nigel Slater's garden sanctuary makes me ache for a small plot of good dirt, preferably just off a kitchen, to grow some of what I eat. Nigel captures the small moments—the rituals, sights, and smells—that are part of the cycle of growing, cooking, eating, and sharing, culminating in a collection of vibrant, bold yet approachable recipes. A rare treasure."
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"A home garden isn't just the best source of the ultimately fresh. It's also the place where scent, smell, and touch vie with taste to inspire and shape our culinary imagination. Nigel Slater, a food writer too little known in this country, has a unique ability to convey this magical play of the senses, and what happens when we let it permeate our cooking. The imaginative, often inspired dishes that result are a revelation. Tender deserves pride of place on any vegetable lover's shelf."
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Theon of Smyrna
Born: about AD 70 in Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey
Died: about AD 135
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Little is known of Theon of Smyrna's life. He was called 'the old Theon' by Theon of Alexandria and 'Theon the mathematician' by Ptolemy. The date of his birth is little better than a guess, but we do have some firm data about dates in his life. We know that he was making astronomical observations of Mercury and Venus between 127 and 132 since Ptolemy lists four observations which Theon made in 127, 129, 130 and 132. From these observations Theon made estimates of the greatest angular distance that Mercury and Venus can reach from the Sun. The style of his bust, dedicated by his son 'Theon the priest', gives us the date of his death to within 10 years and it is placed within the period 130-140 (hence our midpoint guess of 135).
Theon's most important work is Expositio rerum mathematicarum ad legendum Platonem utilium. This work is a handbook for philosophy students to show how prime numbers, geometrical numbers such as squares, progressions, music and astronomy are interrelated. Its rather curious title means that it was intended as an introduction to a study of the works of Plato, but this is rather fanciful. As Huxley writes in [1]:-
... the book has little to offer the specialist student of Plato's mathematics. It is, rather, a handbook for philosophy students, written to illustrate how arithmetic, geometry, stereometry, music, and astronomy are interrelated.The most important feature of the work is the wide range of citations of earlier sources. Its worst feature is its lack of originality. Heath writes [2]:-
Theon's work is a curious medley, valuable, not intrinsically, but for the numerous historical notices which it contains.In the introduction Theon gives his reason for writing the work:-
Everyone would agree that he could not understand the mathematical arguments used by Plato unless he were practised in this science... One who had become skilled in all geometry and all music and astronomy would be reckoned most happy on making acquaintance with the writings of Plato, but this cannot be come by easily or readily, for it calls for a very great deal of application from youth upwards. In order that those who have failed to become practised in these studies, but aim at a knowledge of his writings, should not wholly fail in their desires, I shall make a summary and concise sketch of the mathematical theorems which are specially necessary for readers of Plato....The work begins with a collection of theorems which Theon says will be useful for the study of arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy in Plato. However his coverage of geometry is none too good and later in the book he makes an excuse for this saying that anyone who reads his book, or the works of Plato, will have already studied elementary geometry.
In the section on numbers Theon adopts a Pythagorean approach, writing about odd numbers, even numbers, prime numbers, composite numbers, square numbers, oblong numbers, triangular numbers, polygonal numbers, circular numbers, spherical numbers, solid numbers with three factors, pyramidal numbers, perfect numbers, deficient numbers and abundant numbers.
The best section of Expositio rerum mathematicarum is the astronomy section which teaches that the Earth is spherical, that mountains are negligible in height compared with the Earth etc. It includes knowledge of conjunctions, eclipses, occultations and transits. However, Neugebauer writes in [3]:-
It is clear that Theon's treatise does not pretend to make original contributions to astronomy. Unfortunately it is also clear that Theon has not fully digested the material he is presenting to his readers.Theon also wrote commentaries on the main authorities of mathematics and astronomy. In particular he wrote an important work on Ptolemy and another on Plato's Republic which he refers to himself in work which survives. Whether his work on the ancestry of Plato is a separate work or a section of one of his commentaries on Plato's work, it is impossible to say.
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Vitaly Paley makes a mean stack of flapjacks. Although he has operated Paley's Place in the Alphabet District since 1995, we're only now learning about his pancake prowess thanks to the breakfast menu at Imperial, the iconic local chef's new downtown restaurant.
Taking over the ground floor in the stylish Hotel Lucia, Imperial stands to profit handsomely from a captive breakfast audience. And, as one bartender put it, "If you nail breakfast, you have a good chance of seeing them again at dinner." So Paley's team—the kitchen is the domain of protégé Ben Bettinger, formerly of Beaker & Flask, but everything down to the paper napkin bands is stamped with Paley's name—crafted a menu of omelettes, granola and French toast.
Those pancakes—a trio of airy, fried buttermilk batter ($9) topped with a sprinkle of sugar and slices of compressed apples—were the highlight of our breakfast. On the other hand, the coddled eggs ($11) needed to be more carefully coddled. The yolks in our order had cooked through, turning into flaky yellow orbs that floated uselessly next to melted globs of goat cheese atop spicy marinara. Chances are the ramekin simply sat unserved too long. The cold, crunchy fry bread round that accompanied them also suggests such a fate. "This," my dining companion pointed out, "never happens at Tasty n Sons."
But, hey, it's just breakfast at a hotel restaurant, right? Except that two dinners at Imperial yielded a similar mix.
The room itself is beautiful, a cocoon of warm French oak with high ceilings and padded chairs. To emphasize Imperial's theme—the menu tracks the evolution of Oregon food, and Paley actually used the local historical society for research—most entrees arrive on a log slab. A wood-fired grill faces out, bathing diners with campfire warmth felt through the eyes, if not on the skin. Tag-team service is gracious if also a little flighty.
Many dishes at Imperial outshined what I had on a recent visit to Paley's Place, one of Portland's best-known restaurants. I could happily eat the superb roasted poblano pepper ($18) stuffed with rice pilaf, cubed acorn squash, chestnuts, shallots and rich walnut cream every day of autumn. Likewise for a side of warm, richly seasoned rainbow chard topped with melted Parmesan and peppered with smoked raisins and bits of sweet pork. Two seasonal salads impressed: one made with lightly oiled greens and bittersweet pickled blueberries that comes with thick crostini slathered with pleasantly salty chicken liver, the other a generous portion of kale with sweet and toasty sunflower seed brittle and creamy goat cheese dressing. And for dessert, there's a robust and mildly sweet huckleberry- and ice cream-topped skillet cake.
But other dishes, like the deep-fried rabbit entree ($25), would be better left back on the Conestoga wagon. Essentially country-fried rabbit, there's about as much meat as you'll get on two full chicken wings. The rabbit itself was flavorful if a little tough, but it's a greasy chore to eat. Even with a delicious fried corn cake and the little pot of local honey and an eyedropper of hot sauce, I couldn't help but feel like Granny Clampett had fixed this up to finish off a little extra batter. I was also disappointed with a pair of cloyingly sweet duck meatballs ($12) and a side of baked beans ($6) that had great texture but was bathed in bottle-quality barbecue sauce.
Simple foods like baked beans—or, for that matter, pancakes—are, of course, the sort of yeoman's work that looks easier than it is. There's no doubt Paley's team has the money and talent to make Imperial consistently great, but it's going to take a little more coddling.
- Order this: Stuffed poblano pepper ($18) and rainbow chard ($6).
- Best deal: Kale salad ($8) and canned Hammâs ($3).
- Iâll pass: Fried rabbit ($25).
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Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), the pulp and paper giant behind the illegal timber scandal we exposed last month has lost one of its largest international investors. In March we released evidence from a year-long investigation showing how illegal ramin was regularly identified at APP's main pulpmill in Indonesia, Indah Kiat Perawang. Eleven companies were named at the time as having links to APP and most, including Danone, Xerox and Mondi have acted to suspend any contracts with the APP. This week Skagen funds, from Norway, confirmed it has sold of its shares in a publicly listed part of APP. The investor wrote that 'Indah Kiat was no longer part of the SKAGEN Kon-Tiki-portfolio as at the end of March 2012. We sold our position based on a review of the holding in light of SKAGEN´s investment philosophy, ethical guidelines and our aim of providing our unit holders with the best possible risk adjusted return.'We have been informed that the Norwegian Pension fund, another Indah Kiat investor, has also sold its holdings. This news will no doubt set off more alarm bells at APP. The company has been shedding customers over the last few months and it's toxic reputation is once again spreading into the finance sector. It's a sector where APP has a long and far from illustrious history. Earlier this year a well known American investor, Mark Mobius, declared in a newspaper article that APP was the worst investment he had ever made: "WORST INVESTMENT: An Indonesian company called Asia Pulp and Paper. We probably lost about 25% of what we put in. The family who controlled the company basically took money out and put it into a Cook Island bank that had the same name as a legitimate bank."Named one of the top 10 money managers of the 20th Century in 1999 by the Carson Group, and one of the "Top 100 Most Powerful and Influential People" by Asiamoney Magazine in 2006, Mobius has over 38 years of experience in the investment sector and is currently Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group. He isn't alone in questioning the financial credentials of APP. The former head of HSBC equity research for Southeast Asia recently had this to say about APP/Sinar Mas forestry's efforts to secure investments in their operations: "I've been told the group has reformed with the founder now frail and his sons each taking over different parts of the business. Despite this, I would continue to stay clear given the group's history and poor reputation."The history that McGaughey is referring to includes APP's spectacular default on $US14 billion debt in the early 2000s, leaving a trail of scarred investors in its wake. APP's restructured debts in 2009 amounted to at least $US4.2 billion. Detailed studies have concluded that APP's ultimate owners in fact profit from this cycle of debt entrenchment and financial expropriation.
With Skagen Funds having withdrawn from Indah Kiat the next largest overseas investor is Mackenzie Financial Investments, from Canada. Greenpeace Canada is campaigning to get Mackenzie to follow Skagen's lead through disinvesting until APP reforms its practices.
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Sept. 21, 2010 -- Yearly flu shots may do more than stave off the seasonal flu -- they may also prevent heart attacks, according to a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. And the earlier you get the flu shot, the greater this protection, the study shows.
"If substantiated, this finding has implications for timely supply and administration of influenza vaccine and could lead to changes in recommendations for timing of vaccination," concludes A. Niroshan Siriwardena, PhD of the University of Lincoln in the U.K.
Heart attack risk tends to rise in the winter months, just like the flu, suggesting a link between the two conditions. Exactly how the flu shot may protect against first heart attack is not clear, but infection could somehow trigger plaque rupture in the arteries, resulting in a heart attack or stroke, the researchers suggest.
The new study included 16,012 people who had a heart attack between Nov. 1, 2001 and May 31, 2007, and 62,694 sex- and age-matched people who did not have heart attacks. Those who got their flu shot during the past year had a 19% reduced risk for heart attack, compared with their counterparts who did not get a flu shot that year.
The earlier in the flu season that participants got the flu shot, the lower their risk for first heart attack, the study showed. By contrast, the pneumonia vaccine did not provide protection against heart attack.
Inflammation May Play a Role
"Heart attacks increase during the winter time, and we think that the fact that there are more infections during the winter may be one of the reasons," says Stephen Nicholls, MD, PhD, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
"The findings of the current study are interesting and important," he tells WebMD. "If you get the flu vaccine, and get it early, you are less likely to get the flu and less likely to have a heart attack."
"If you have plaque that builds up in your artery walls and you get a viral infection, you do tend to have more inflammation, and when a plaque becomes inflamed, it's more likely to rupture and cause a heart attack," he says.
CDC Calls for Universal Flu Vaccines
"This is a first year that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends universal flu vaccination [for all people 6 months of age and older], and there are many benefits to this in terms of preventing the flu, and we might be able to prevent some heart attacks too," says Phil Smith, MD, chief of infectious disease at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
While the study showed the earlier the better, it is never too late to get the flu shot, he stresses.
"The official flu season is September through March, but the flu tends to peak in December, January, and February," he says.
"It is never too early or too late to get vaccinated," Smith says. There was a shortage of vaccines last year, but this year, most doctors and other outlets have already received their supply.


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Another government shutdown is looming. (How many times have I written that headline this year?)
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Ex-Richardson officials appear before grand jury.
Time's person of the year is … sigh.
Government to stop minting $1 coins.
The fifty funniest tweets of 2011.
"If you could rape someone, who would it be?" Asking for a friend.
Listen to Terry Gross make Louis CK cry.
Women should excel from the bedroom to the boardroom, right?
Lady Gaga posed nude for Tony Bennett.
Birthers fly message about Obama's birth certificate over closed dome of football stadium.
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Don't forget the world is supposed to end next month.
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Joe Bonsall, a native Philadelphian, is the lead singer for the Oak Ridge Boys. He's a Phillies fan and posted the following twitter message:
"My Phillies are really struggling. My voice is resting and their bats are resting. The bullpen is wavering as well YIKES!!"
He pretty well sums up the present situation, a 5-game losing streak at home. Last time we lost 5 in a row at Citizens Bank Park: almost to the day a year ago, June 17-18-20-21-22. Red Sox won the first two, Angels, last three.
Perhaps we should petition MLB not to schedule A. L. teams at home in June.
MLB Network will air part two of the series on our bullpen at 9 tonight . . . Network will also carry our game in St. Petersburg on Thursday night.


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Some women's organisations today urged the President Pranab Mukherjee not to sign the ordinance on criminal law amendments passed by the union Cabinet to deal with sexual crimes.delhi Updated: Feb 02, 2013 22:29 IST
Some women's organisations on Saturday urged the President Pranab Mukherjee not to sign the ordinance on criminal law amendments passed by the union Cabinet to deal with sexual crimes.
"The ordinance is a complete betrayal of the people's faith. We are alarmed at the complete lack of transparency displayed by the government in proposing an ordinance as an emergency measure. We call upon the president not to sign such an ordinance," was the general opinion of woman activists at a press conference here.
They also wondered why such a measure was necessary when Parliament would convene for the budget session in about 20 days.
The cabinet Friday approved an ordinance for enhanced punishment in cases of crimes against women, including sexual assault, acid attacks, voyeurism and trafficking.
The women also complained that the cabinet had not paid adequate attention to the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma committee, set up to examine laws that relate with sexual crimes and any changes necessary.
"It is an absolute mockery of Justice Verma's panel's recommendations. We were alarmed to see the ordinance as it ignored many recommendations of the that committee. The government has stealthily passed this ordinance without sharing it with the public and without actually debating and discussing it. All the recommendations than can actually strike at the heart of impunity have been dropped," Kavita Krishnan, secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) said.
Some women said they would take to the streets in protest, once again, just as they had protested after the brutal gang raped of the physiotherapy student gang raped in the national capital Dec 16.
"We will be holding protest, likely from Monday at 2pm, but we are yet to finalise it. We would definitely continue to agitate. How can the union cabinet, in just a few hours, sit and cheery-pick what JS Verma and his team strenuously worked on for a whole month?" asked Krishnan, adding that the government acted stealthily, passing the ordinance without sharing it with the public and without debating and discussing it," Krishnan said.
The Verma panel, set up by the government last month to review laws to provide speedier justice and enhanced punishment in cases of aggravated sexual assault, submitted its report to the government last week.
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Sacramento no longer fights about schools. It fights about school formulas.
Consider the current behind-the-scenes -- and occasionally public -- fight that the legislature non-partisan analyst Mac Taylor is waging with legislative staffers and Gov. Jerry Brown's team over California's famously complex education funding formula, Proposition 98.
Now let's stipulate here that California's schools need help -- in all kinds of ways. The school funding should be revamped. School districts and individual schools need more control over funding. Schools need better teachers and higher standards and more resources of all kinds for students.
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Those are all important things. And this dispute isn't about any of them.
It's about the Prop 98 formula -- not the whole formula (which is made of three big intersecting formulas), but one part of the larger formula called the maintenance factor.
I won't bore you with the details; they are so complicated that few know what they are, and those who do know the details can't agree upon what they mean (the maintenance factor has sparked legislation for years).
Essentially, Gov. Brown -- with the ascent of the legislature -- is making assumptions about the formula that may produce two results he desperately needs. Those assumptions ratchet up the amount of money schools would be owed under the formula in his temporary tax initiative passes. And they ratchet down the money severely if his temporary tax initiative fails.
This helps Brown because it appears to raise the stakes for his measure in a way that may help it win support.
Taylor, the nonpartisan analyst, says those assumptions "produce unreasonable outcomes for schools and the rest of the state budget," essentially making an unpredictable and volatile formula even more unpredictable and volatile.
In essence, Taylor is saying that Brown and the Democrats are making hostages out of school funding -- or at least one aspect of the formula -- unnecessarily.
Who's right?
Who knows? And more important, who cares?
The meaning of the argument is that our funding system for the most important government function -- schools -- is so complicated and broken that no one knows what it means. We shouldn't be arguing over Prop 98 and the maintenance factor.
We should be abolishing it, and a host of similar formulas that make the budget unmanageable.
School funding should be primarily local; any funding at the state level should be delivered in simple, predictable ways, based on decisions made by people (not formulas) who are trying to match funding to actual school needs. The Prop 98 formula has nothing to do with the needs of schools, educators and students.
A simple system would allow the pubic to weigh in. Right now, the public has nothing to contribute to a stupid fight over a complicated formula.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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Courtney, that is the prettiest vignette with that old mirror and that wonderful Santos doll standing in front with the most perfect wreath and greenery. Just gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Wow! How gorgeous Courtney! Beautiful vignette.ReplyDelete
Thank you for hosting. I always enjoy your party and appreciate the time you spend on it.
Warmly, ~Melissa :)
The santos is a beautiful find! And the mantle is goregous with all the decor. Have a good weekend..........JulianReplyDelete
Hi Courtney, I made it to your party! I adore your vignette it is so stylin. I had never seen a Santos doll until Kim's blog...they sure are gorgeous! Thanks for hosting.ReplyDelete
Oooh! I love it, Courtney! That mirror really was a great find! The natural greenery is beautiful! And the Santos doll is the perfect centerpiece...lovely!...hugs...DebbieReplyDelete
Beautiful Courtney, love all the greenery! That mirror is gorgeous. Can't believe you found it in the basement. Glad you rescued it :)ReplyDelete
The mirror was a wonderful discovery and you have really brought it to life...the santos, the greenery, it's perfection!ReplyDelete
Courtney, Everything is so gorgeous!! The mirror was quite a wonderful find and the Santos I adore. All of the greenery looks fabulous. Thanks for hosting.ReplyDelete
Happy Holidays
Hi Courtney! I love your mirror. I can't believe you paid $3.00 for it...lucky girl :) That santos doll is so pretty too. Best wishes ♥ TriciaReplyDelete
So very pretty, as usual!ReplyDelete
Thanks for hosting this! I'm linking up our first every "married" Christmas tree! :)
That mirror was such a fantastic find! The whole vignette is so elegant, and peaceful. It's beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for hosting!
Cheers, Andrea
OMG! That mirror was an amazing find!! It is goegeous and everything looks just beautiful. I just became your newest follower! Have a great day.ReplyDelete
Love, love, love that Santos and the mirror and all of that yummy goodness!!!ReplyDelete
That mirror is amazing and such a steal! The Santos doll is gorgeous. I love her. Stunning!ReplyDelete
Hi Courtney! That vignette is so gorgeous and I cannot believe you found that mirror for $30! I'm all linked up to the party and I need to email you one of these days and ask you a few "party related" questions. :-)ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend!
Hey Courtney! Thanks for featuring my little starfish-wreath in your post today! It was fun to see it there - and I'm humbled! :)ReplyDelete
That mirror (what a find!) is just stunning! Can you just imagine the history behind that beauty...? Your Santos looks amazing in front of it, and your garland is just amazing! Great job! :)
xoxo laurie
That mirror was an, absolutely, wonderful find, and the price, Oh my goodness....lucky you, Courtney! Just beautiful!ReplyDelete
Courtney, I love your Santos Doll, where did you find it and did you get a great price?? thanks for sharing, MicheleReplyDelete
Courtney, thanks so much for linking up and for the great shout out for VIF! Your mantle with the mirror and Santos is just gorgeous. What a find!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Thanks for hosting Courtney....ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend....
Love the mirror it's just beautiful... and the Santos is gorgeous!!!ReplyDelete
Blessings~~~ Daphne
Hi Courtney, I LOVE your mantle and especially the Santos doll in the middle. It is PERFECT and adds a seasonal flair to your decor... NO need to take it down till winters end...ReplyDelete
Thank you for hosting,
Hugs, Donna
Beautiful post.ReplyDelete
thanks for hosting!!
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Love the holidays over here!ReplyDelete
Vintage beauty in so many ways.
Thank you for your beautiful comment and visit to my place for the holiday's :)
Blessed Holiday
Your decorations are absolutely beautiful:)ReplyDelete
I am your newest follower. Have a great weekend.
Greetings from Europe, Biljana
Great find for $3.00. Love what you did with it.ReplyDelete
Happy Holidays
What a beautiful mantel...love the vintage feel! Thanks for hosting:)
Love your mirror and angel!!! Great find! Thanks for visiting my blog!ReplyDelete
Hi Courtney - I love, love, love that arrangement you got there. Paid $3 bucks for the mirror...what a great find! That's an absolute treasure!ReplyDelete
Hi, Courtney, thanks for stopping by. Wow, your mantel is just beautiful, what a find with that antique mirror. Gorgeous!! I love to find things like that, special pieces to hang onto. Your home looks so festive for Christmas.ReplyDelete
Love your vintage style!!! Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
~ Julie
Courtney, you santos vignette is stunning! I am a new follower, by the way. Thanks for hosting the party!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 10, 2010 at 9:04 AM
What a great find on the mirror! It looks beautiful on the mantel with all the greenery!ReplyDelete
Hope you have a wonderful weekend! xx ~M
Good morning my Dear friend...girl you really outdid yourself once again...love the angel Santo never seen that one before...May you have a GREAT weekend my friend...from my mountain to your piece of Calif. Hugs and smiles Gl♥riaReplyDelete
The Santos arrangement is beautiful. Thanks for hosting.ReplyDelete
Courtney, your mantel is absolutely gorgeous! I love the Santos doll. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us all.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful day,
GOrgeous gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Im so happy your linky parties are getting so "full" :) I love that!
have a wonderful weekend!
Aaah, gorgeous!! You lucky girl finding such a bargain mirror!ReplyDelete
Sorry for being late to your party. I've been rushing around like a mad thing today!
Stunning impact on your mantle, love the Santos angel. Have a wonderful Christmas!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving your sweet comment about my acorn wreath! I'm glad you did, because now i've discovered your blog and i love it, am going to follow!ReplyDelete
Courtney, this is so beautiful!!! I love that old mirror and the doll...so lovely!!! It is the perfect centerpiece and oh so beautiful!!! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season! I am almost ready to sit and relax...still a few more gifts to get!!ReplyDelete
Courtney I do love your display...you are so talented in putting it all together; the mirror is just amazing. It's always a a wonder to me how vintage finds can be used in so many ways and for so many years in so many places.ReplyDelete
Thanks again for hosting, you are so kind to do it.
You have made such a beautiful and warm display. That mirror is amazing! I can't believe you picked it up for a mere $3! It's so hard to find old mirrors that tall. I just love it and the feelings your vignette evokes.
Thanks for hosting!
Hi Courtney,ReplyDelete
Thanks for hosting a holiday linking party. It's great to be able to see so many beautiful homes decorated for the holidays. I especially love your decorations...probably because I love french antiques...and...I love Santos'. You have inspired me to get one, hopefully before next Christmas. I'll think of you next year when I'm decorating...wink. I've linked to your blog...and I'm a new follower. Come by my blog and visit me. I'd love to have you.
I feel so honored. Thank you so much for highlighting my blog. I have to tell you your mirror find is beyond words. It is stunning and they way you arranged the greenery and Santos doll, is perfection. My friend Liz...at www.infusewithliz.blogspot.com also has a Santos Doll. I think they are lovely. Thank you again. Linda
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2010 at 2:29 AM
Beautiful images and decoration!!!ReplyDelete
hi courtney, thanks for visiting my blog...nice to meet you. i have read through your blog for the past half hour and you, my friend, have found some wonderful pieces....and at some great prices!!!!ReplyDelete
have a great holiday...
Love, love your mantel decorations! That mirror you discovered is fabulous and really adds great "weight" to your fireplace. The greens look fabulous swagged and wreathed, and I love the angel, too.ReplyDelete


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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's Super Bowl bet involving green chile inflamed passions in Pueblo and New Mexico and now has made its way to the Colorado legislature.
Sen. Larry Crowder of Alamosa, who lives not too far from the New Mexico border, has challenged any New Mexico legislator who is a fifth-generation resident of that state to a chile cook-off. Crowder, a Republican, is a fifth-generation Coloradan.
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The saga about the Women of the Wall, where a group of women are fighting for the right to to pray at the Western Wall (The Kotel) in the same way men do -including reading from the Torah – is a recent and painful example of the clash of modern societal expectations and conservative norms.
From a political perspective, I defend the rights of people to be able to express themselves religiously without having government interfering with the way they worship. Yet, even as I support a woman's right to express themselves religiously, there is a larger issue at play.
To which worldviews are we trying to conform?
It is clear to me that Judaism sees the genders, male and female, differently. This is seen from the very first story in the Torah about Adam and Eve, in which the Torah tells us that God created Eve as a "helpmate opposite" Adam (Genesis, 2:18). In addition, when God tells Moses to explain His desire to give the Torah to the Children of Israel, He says, "So you should say to the House of Jacob and Tell the Children of Israel," (Exodus 19:3). The commentators explain that the "House of Jacob" refers to the women and the "Children of Israel" refers to the men (Rashi).
God wanted the message told to the women in a way that differed from the manner in which it was told to the men. The reason is clear. Men and women are inherently different and should be respected as such. In fact, there was a famous book which expressed this view by analogizing that men are from Mars and women are from Venus.
Yet the view that men and women are to be completely segregated from each other in everyday societal interactions is also foreign to native Judaism. In fact, for centuries, even in the Temple, women would also enter the Temple to pray (See Samuel 1, 1:9) — until people ceased to behave in a manner that was appropriate for the Temple. Eventually, a woman's gallery was created in the Temple (Sukkah, 51b).


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If I mention I like something around the holidays, I often get over indulged. Biking for example. Everyone who bought me a gift gave me a bike related book. One coworker gave me a book of 1001 tips on riding a bike. I accepted it graciously because it was thoughtful, but something suited for a novice. My sons got me bike books, one of which I really enjoyed and was written by David Byrne of Talking Heads fame.
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We heard a bang outside and the dogs began going nuts. I though it may have been a car accident till wifey said it sounded like someone slammed the breezeway door. I look out the window and saw and unconscious hawk on our porch. He soon recovered but remained there dazed for around 30 minutes. I was able to get withing a couple of feet for this photo.
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At the end of the ?90s it became apparent that many people were getting bored with modern cars, which were all beginning to look and feel very much alike. To address the quest for individuality, manufacturers tend to go in one of two ways. Either they make groundbreaking futuristic designs that may or may not be liked, or play it safe and go down the retro route.
Most have gone the latter route with cars like the New Beetle, the PT Cruiser and the MINI, which take their inspiration from the past. However, there is a small band of people who prefer to drive real classic cars. Old cars not only look different from mainstream moderns, in the main they also provide a more direct, more involving driving experience. But there are significant problems for those who want to use a classic every day.
Old cars are fragile and require frequent maintenance. They were never designed to withstand the heavy stop-and-go traffic we have today, so their cooling systems tend to overheat, and points and plugs foul up regularly when subjected to such abuse. Carburetors and early fuel-injection systems use a lot more fuel, and are much less safe in an accident. These are all factors classic car owners have to accept.
However, there is a solution for those who genuinely want to run an older car daily, and it is a route that has been explored before by those who have the money to match their indulgence.
In the Mercedes-Benz realm, AMG once integrated modern mechanicals into a few classic 300SL Gullwing and roadsters for a special client. Now a German Mercedes specialist is doing the same thing for the evergreen Pagoda SL roadster and the 280SE Coupe.
The Mercedes-Benz W113 SL, popularly christened the Pagoda SL after its concave hardtop, was produced from 1963 to 1970, and remains popular among classic Mercedes buffs because it drives and handles much like a modern car. It also has fine build quality, a great image and spares are easily obtainable.
Using one on a daily basis is quite another thing though, so Mechatronik owner Frank Rickert set out to turn such a car into a totally painless driving experience.
Our bread and butter work is restoring classic Mercedes-Benz cars and preparing them for historic racing, he explains. But my background is with prototypes and one-offs, which I worked on a lot in the eight years I was in the development department of AMG. Making unique cars became a passion, and I had the idea of installing a modern engine and gearbox in the Pagoda SL to make it a sensible daily car for clients who asked the question.
Although the Pagoda SL is a relatively common classic, there is always the chance that the owner might want to convert it back to its original specification. Because of this, it was important that we carry out the work in such a way that nothing structural was altered and the conversion is totally reversible.
There was no need to perform any major surgery anyway, as the modern V6 is a compact and light unit that slots neatly into the space vacated by the big, iron block straight-six. Open the bonnet and you witness an installation so good in its execution that the contemporary Mercedes V6 looks factory installed since day one. Frank is a stickler for using only original parts wherever possible, and every bracket, nut, screw and hose comes from the Mercedes-Benz parts bin.
I drove a V6-engined Pagoda SL in 2005, but the car I have come to drive today is even more interesting because it has a modern version of the engine and gearbox it left the factory with in 1970. The W111 Coupe and Cabriolet, specifically the 280SE 3.5 with the 3.5-liter, 200hp motor, are incredibly desirable cars that fetch significant money in nice condition, and serious money if they are mint. If you do not open the bonnet, there is absolutely no clue to the fact that this is a Mechatronik New Tech car. The only giveaway for the sharp-eyed enthusiast who peers inside, is the gear lever gaiter with its 4 + D shift pattern.
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When the bonnet is raised, the sight of the modern V8 with its plastic top cover is greeted with either raised eyebrows and acute interest, or extreme derision, depending on which school of thought you come from. I?m not a purist as far as cars made in large numbers are concerned, and as I would like to see more classic on the road, I admit to being a supporter of this cause as it has been done so well and so sympathetically.
Because the original car had a V8 to start with, the modern 24-valve motor happily sits in the engine bay, and did not require any special engine mounts to do so. If anything, the engine swap immediately points to a better handling car, as the modern all-alloy 306hp, 5-liter V8 is an incredible 150 pounds lighter than the old iron block V8. In fact, the alloy V8 is nearly 490 pounds lighter than the iron block straight-six in the SL Pagoda!
Where Mechatronik used to totally restore a Pagoda SL or 280SE Coupe and do the engine and gearbox transplant at the same time, they have now stopped doing this as the time and cost are simply too great.
The uprated springs and dampers are specially made for Mechatronik by KW Suspension, based near Stuttgart. These are stainless-steel-cased, dual-valve dampers with 16 separate settings for compression and rebound.
It is critical that we can set up every car just right for its owners needs and these dampers allow us to do this, Rickert says. They cost more, but in view of the value of these cars and the perfectionists that both we and our customers are, I feel that it is worth it.
Because the dampers have a great range of adjustment and their attachments to the cars are the same, the Pagoda and 280SE Coupe/Cabriolet share the same units, with just the spring rates varying for the different models.
Part of the upgrading program offered by Mechatronik includes grafting a partial modern CAN-BUS wiring harness into the car to operate the ABS and ESP systems if a client so wishes. This gives the now much faster classic Mercedes the same safety net as a contemporary car.
The driving experience was particularly telling as my memory of a perfectly tuned original 280SE 3.5 was still fresh in mind. The new motor starts up even more easily, its V8 firing pulses quieter and smoother.
Riding smoothly and comfortably on its tall aspect ratio rubber, the Mechatronik 280SE Coupe garners many admiring glances as I drive through the evening traffic around Ludwigsburg. Other road users respect and clearly love pristine old-timers like this, but no one remotely suspects that a young heart beats under its classic, square-rigged hood.
On the move, the difference is staggering. Three engine generations younger, the new motor is far more powerful and torquey, moving this elegant coupe smartly and smoothly off the line and down the road at a pace that leaves most modern cars gasping for breath. Being lighter than the modern S-Class or even E-Class that use this engine, the Mechatronik Coupe is a very swift machine.
The modern five-speed gearbox is also much faster and more precise than the old mechanical four-speeder, and does not kick you in the back when you use the manual override to downshift.
The chassis upgrades comes into their own when you start to use the extra power, and the car feels very secure. The only downside is the rather slow-witted recirculating ball steering, which makes the car feel unwieldy when you ask for a quick change of direction.
We can change that for a modern Mercedes rack-and-pinion system, said Frank. But if you go down that road, it is very hard to return the car to standard if you ever wanted to do so.
The 280SE 3.5 is one of my all-time favorite classic Mercedes, and I really enjoyed driving this updated example. In a world full of boring, mass produced cars, it is the perfect blend of classic styling coupled with the ease of modern mechanicals.
The only downside is the price tag. A complete restoration to concours condition, plus the mechanical transplant sees the asking price for this wonderful car soar to a whopping 260,000 euros. That is a lot to ask, even for perfection.
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Who Is Mechatronik?
Frank Rickert knows a thing or two about missions impossible; he worked in AMG?s development department from 1988 to 1996 crafting prototypes and one-off or limited production cars for wealthy customers.
In that time, he watched the company grow from a staff of 100 to more than 550, and its partnership with Mercedes-Benz meant that mass production rather than custom-built cars became the order of the day.
I am only interested in special cars and in fulfilling the wishes of customers who want something unique, Rickert explains. When I saw the direction AMG was taking, I decided to leave and set up my own company. My first love is historic racing so I set out to restore post-war classic Mercedes-Benz cars and prepare historic racers. A smaller part of the business is undertaking commissions for clients who want special cars. If you wanted an S-Class estate, for instance, we could do that for you.
There are obviously a lot of potential clients who think like him. In the 11 years since this passionate 36-year-old car enthusiast started Mechatronik, he has had to move premises three times and increase his staff numbers to cope with the flood of work.
The funny thing is that I have never advertised and only ever had one or two magazine articles written about the company, he tells us. Our reputation has spread by word of mouth and all our work comes from happy customers who tell their friends.
The Mechatronik storerooms are a veritable Aladdin?s cave of classic Mercedes parts, and they actively look for parts all over the world. They have over 60,000 spare parts in stock now, including brand-new engines for the 190SL, 230SL and 280SL. The former were thought to be unobtainable, but I saw them there, along with a brand-new steering wheel for a 300SL Gullwing in its original box.
A lot has changed since my first visit in 2005. The company has expanded its premises by 100 percent, and divided operations into Classic, Engineering and Trade divisions.
Classic undertakes all the restoration work on classic cars, while Engineering prototypes and produces the New Tech cars, classic Mercedes with modern engines, for which Mechatronik is famous. Finally, Trade buys and sells cars, and recently acquired the famous, record breaking, one-off Fulda Maybach Exelero Coupe.
Interestingly, Mechatronik?s New Tech cars have not been successful in Germany. German classic car enthusiasts are purists and we only ever sold one car in our home market, Rickert says. All our customers are from other countries like Japan, Korea, Indonesia, South Africa and even Israel. In fact, one good client in South Africa has five New Tech cars, including an SL Pagoda with an M113 E43 4,266cc V8.


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The logo will be placed in the upper left-hand corner of GLG. Our target market is 18-35 year olds around the world who want to figure out the best ways to spend their free time be it around the corner in their own city or around the world. Also, since 20% of all commissions generated on GLG will be going to charity (Susan G. Komen for the Cure) we hope to build a worldwide community of people who possess a spirit for helping others.
GoLocalGlobal should be a prominent part of the logo design. That said, not wanting to stifle your creativity we do not feel strongly one way or the other whether you go the route of just being creative with unique text like Coca Cola or including an icon/design next to unique text like Squidoo or combining the text into the icon/design like Comedy Central. Wow us!!!
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Several years ago, during the peak of the Bush years, I wrote a short post called Heroes which I took down after only a few hours because I felt it was too depressing. It wasn't a particularly deep thought, and it was a drastic oversimplification of reality, but it seemed true on a symbolic level, especially given what at the time seemed the bleak prospect of sanity prevailing in this country any time soon. It went something like this: In some ways, the difference between Republican fortunes and Democratic are a matter of random chance - their hero survived his bullet, and went on to conquer. Bobby didn't, and in many ways the soul of the party died with him in that California ballroom.
Robert Kennedy was killed long before I was born, so my knowledge of the man and his impact - both realized and potential - is purely derived from books. I wasn't there, so I can't truly know what it felt like to watch his rise, only to have the bottom fall out in such a horrific manner. Consequently, I don't have a need to see RFK (or JFK, for that matter) reincarnated in every Democratic figure who begins to show promise.
However, I can't help but see and be affected by the symbolism of Barack Obama officially claiming the Democratic nomination on the 40th anniversary of RFK's death.
It would be idiotic to state that Obama is picking up where Kennedy left off - that would be tantamount to saying that no social progress has been made in this country since 1968, which is patently false. But it is hard not to feel as though we have just witnessed a passing of the torch from one generation of progressives to another - notarized by the endorsement of the last surviving Kennedy brother just before he began fighting what we all fear may be his final battle.
I have always been pretty good at not buying into anyone's hype machine - if everybody starts to say the same thing all at once, I immediately get suspicious - and ornery. But I have to admit, I am more than a little optimistic about the idea of a black man taking control of a party that has been mortally wounded for an entire generation by the deaths of two of the most fierce advocates of the Civil Rights movement, and riding its phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the Bush years all the way to the White House amidst what could potentially be a historic Congressional rejection of the movement conservatism that has reigned since the eighties.
Despite the progressive tendency to project their own visions onto him, Barack Obama is his own man; he is not the incarnation of everyone's hopes and dreams. But that doesn't mean that Denver cannot be the place where the wounds of Chicago are permanently consigned to the history books.
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- Anonymous said...
I'm old enough to just remember JFK, so of course the only things I remember are the missle crisis (duck-and-cover drills several times a day for two or three weeks) and then his assassination.
I was 10, and I was stunned to realize that adults were insane.
I have clearer memories of RFK. I was 15 and with adolescent righteousness just knew that the Vietnam war was going to go on for a very long time with or without RFK -- because adults were insane.
I am now casually scanning articles on knee replacement surgery. I look and smile at Obama, always in a crisp white shirt, on my TeeVee. But in my middle-aged weariness, I just know the Iraq war will go on for a couple more years -- because adults are insane.
- June 4, 2008 at 10:23 PM
- res ipsa loquitur said...
JFK died before I was born -- RFK when I was a child. Still, I'm sort of ashamed that I have trouble connecting emotionally even with the symbolism with which you're connecting. What's getting me a bit choked up, though, is the thought that a guy just slightly older than me -- someone who could have sat next to me in high school chemistry -- could become the POTUS. I feel like my generation is finally coming out of this huge shadow of the baby boomers. It's our turn and I don't want us to screw it up (or allow it to be screwed up by a bunch of embittered Republican dead-enders).
- June 5, 2008 at 6:14 AM
- res ipsa loquitur said...
P..S. Yeah, I know BHO is technically Baby Boom. Doesn't feel that way, though.
- June 5, 2008 at 6:39 AM
- Anonymous said...
Problem is, part of the reason Obama "doesn't feel Baby Boom" seems to be a certain conservatism of spirit. This may be necessary, but I can't help but feel sorry for the Baby Boom dream--the last real dream, and ultimately a good one. Dreamless Gen-X pragmatism will get us somewhere, I suppose (or at least it *feels* like something that'll get us somewhere), but what kind of soul is America going to have now? Unless Obama can unite the Boomers and Gen-X--and as a post-Boomer he's in a pretty good position to do that.
Oh, just for reference's sake I'm pretty much the same age.
- June 9, 2008 at 6:54 PM
- Unknown said...
Panurge, I gotta say I get tired of hearing that. Gen X is not lazy or apathetic or dreamless, whatever term you'd like to apply. Most of this is stream-of-consciousness, not a direct response to you, but you got me thinking.
That kind of almost surly view of youth culture has happened over and over again (see here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/14/11539/216 ). I say this as a 27 year old. That makes me, what, Gen Y? We're the ones who went through high school seeing the promise of the Clinton economic growth (not just tech boom, but pay-go and surplus) and watched it get destroyed by Bush, along with our kids' futures (public education, deficit my grandkids will still have to pay off, etc). I may never get to own a home, even though I have a college degree and a science-oriented profession (though, if the prices fall enough . . .).
What makes a generation is the challenges they face. No whole generation has had much of a challenge since the "greatest," but we're facing several now. Iraq, global warming, record deficits, robber-barons and war profiteers, so on. Global warming may be our chance to outdo the greatest, depending on how dire things get.
The Boomers faced a manufactured drug war, played host to the "silent majority," and so on, so I see what you mean about the conservatism of spirit. But was the dream a good one? It contributed greatly to the urban sprawl and commuter culture we're going to have to reverse. Nuclear families isolated in their little castles, never speaking to their neighbors because they commute in and out. Where's the community? It contributed to the "don't touch my money" view of government, because nobody saw the community anymore.
Gahhh. Forgive my rambling. Lemme know what you think, though.
- June 10, 2008 at 1:27 PM
- Unknown said...
Follow-up correction: I really didn't mean to minimize the civil rights movement and Vietnam protests and such. These were pretty big, important fights. I was just pointing out that WWII overshadows them by quite a bit, and the changes we'll need to implement to stave off global warming disaster may as well.
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Hello, I have made these 3 times now and I am unable to achieve the look of the cookies in your pictures. I am following the recipe to a "T" but my cookies are puffier (taller) and if I use a spoon(s) to drop the cookies they have little peaks. If I use a cookie scoop they're a bit better but still too tall and without the "cracked" tops like yours. I have a recipe for actual snickerdoodles (not a cake version) that gives me the nice cracked look like the pictures you posted on here. I like the way these funfetti cookies taste but would like them to look nicer. Any suggestions? Thanks.ReplyDelete
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Opposition MPs are supposed to oppose the government but in trying to score points against the MPI, Labour's agriculture spokesman Damien O'Connor has gone far, too far:
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has torn strips off Labour agriculture spokesman Damien O'Connor for, he says, endangering the whole of the New Zealand dairy industry with "drastic" allegations relating to traces of a benign chemical, DCD, found in some powdered milk.
O'Connor issued a press statement alleging a cover-up of the DCD findings in September to allow the Fonterra Shareholder Fund float to occur unimpeded in November.
"If you do those allegations, you better come with some evidence," Spierings told BusinessDesk. "What you are doing here is not just a Fonterra issue, it is a New Zealand issue. You are attacking your key sector of the country.
"I'm sorry. I get a little bit emotional about it. I don't like this kind of attitude," said the recently appointed Dutch ceo, who said O'Connor risked undoing three days' intensive work, including Prime Minister John Key, with international investors and media. The issue got out of control internationally when a Wall Street Journal article questioned the safety of New Zealand milk.
He defends Fonterra's process once it found DCD, a nitrate inhibitor used to curb greenhouse gas emissions from farming, in tiny quantities in milk powder last spring, saying the first thing considered was whether it got "a green tick on food safety."
It did. DCD levels were 100 times lower than standards in the European Union. In other parts of the world, no standards exist.
With a "dark green" tick on food safety, the company had "a little bit of time" for collective action with fertiliser companies, telling them they must either manage the DCD issue with farmers or have Fonterra tell farmers to stop using it in the meantime, while international standards were sorted out.
The manufacturers, Ballance Agri-Nutrients and Ravensdown, withdrew fertilisers containing DCD voluntarily, a fact not notified publicly until late last week.
"We are coming with answers and telling the truth," said Spierings.
FSF units took a small hit early in trading, falling as much as 9 cents to $7.14, as international investors digested the information Fonterra sent on the issue.
The biggest risk for Fonterra would be if one country were to decide to impose even a brief, precautionary ban on milkpowder imports, which constitute a large proportion of Fonterra's $14.5 billion annual export revenues, said Andrew Bascand, managing director at Harbour Asset Management in Wellington.
"To date, there's been no market there's been that sort of reaction. Fonterra appear to be on the front foot handling it. The commentary from our Chinese agents says they feel comfortable with where are at."
Bascand said any weakness in the FSF price caused by the issue would be seen by some investors as a buying opportunity. The units were sold at IPO last November for $5.50. They listed at $6.60, and have risen above $7 since.
Spierings rubbished O'Connor's claim the DCD issue was hushed up ahead of the listing, the largest equity event in New Zealand stock exchange's history for at least a generation.
"If there had been a public health or safety issue, we would have disclosed," Spierings said.
The range of elements being tested in milk was constantly expanding as testing was becoming more sophisticated. Where there was no public health risk, Spierings argues against mandatory immediate disclosure because of the volume of disclosures that would create.
"We should not need to disclose in our whole business things we want to improve," said Spierings. "It would get (to be) a zoo. We could not run the company."
O'Connor's media release was headlined hard sell after milk taint hushed up.
It not only questions the integrity of Primary Industries Minister David Carter, the MPI and Fonterra, it undermines are very, very high food safety standards.
This is not a health or safety issue it's a marketing and perception issue.
O'Connor's petty politicking has the potential to do far more damage not just to Fonterra but to New Zealand's hard-earned and well-deserved reputation for food safety.
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