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Pumpkin Pie
I went traditional for Thanksgiving this year with a Pumpkin Pie. Of course, it was not all that traditional since it was completely eggless and dairy-free. Plus it tasted blissfully good and it was cruelty-free and it rounded out Thanksgiving at my house quite nicely, thank you.
I used tofu as an egg substitute in my pumpkin pie and it created a texture that was supremely silky. Trust me, once you try this vegan pumpkin pie, you'll never want to go back to the unhealthy one you were used to.
I'm just going to get on with the recipe now. For a great variation on a pumpkin dessert, be sure to check out my Pumpkin Cheesecake.
Enjoy, all!
Vegan Pumpkin Pie
For crust:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (try to use unbleached)
1 tsp sugar
4 tbsp vegan "butter" or margarine
4 tbsp transfat-free shortening (or vanaspati)
1/4 tsp salt
Ice-cold water
Mix the flour, sugar and salt. Then, using a fork, cut the butter and shortening into the flour mixture until you have balls of fat no larger than peas.
Drizzle ice-cold water over the flour, 1 tbsp at a time, stirring with the fork, until the dough starts to come together. Once it holds together, turn it onto a lightly floured platform, shape into a disc, and wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
To roll the pie dough, remove it from the plastic wrap and roll into a disc large enough to fit over a 9-inch pie plate with some overhang. Transfer the dough to the pie plate and crimp the edges to make a decorative border. The easiest way to do this, if you're not used to it, is to take a fork and press all around the edge in a decorative pattern.
Now you need to blind bake the crust. What this means is baking the crust without the filling. But placing a crust by itself in the oven causes it to shrink, so take a piece of aluminum foil and smooth it over the crust, making sure you push it against the sides and bottom of the crust. Let a little bit of foil hang over the edge so the edge will not brown too fast.
Now fill the crust with uncooked rice or uncooked beans (these act as weights to keep your crust in place), making sure you fill all the way to the top. I have a box of rice that I use again and again to blind-bake crusts-- after I am done, I just store it until I need it the next time. Do not cook the rice or beans that you use to blind bake.
Place the pie pan, rice or beans and all, into a 400-degree preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and carefully lift off the foil and the weights. Now pierce the crust all over with a fork and return it to the oven for 5 more minutes until it is lightly golden-brown.
For the filling:
1 15-ounce can of pumpkin puree
1 12-oz package silken tofu
3/4 cup vanilla soymilk
3/4 cup sugar + 2 tbsp molasses (just use dark brown sugar if you don't have molasses)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
Whisk all the ingredients together in a large bowl or in a food processor (the way I did it).
Pour the pie filling into a warm crust and bake in a preheated 375-degree oven for 45-50 minutes or until the filling is set but slightly quavery. Remove the pie to a rack and cool completely before serving.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Looks Inviting.Vaishali,I have a few clarifications .It might not relate to this post.Just curious if you had made any analysis on the aluminium foil and edible silver foils(varak).I always hit in to controversy ,that both consume some amount of animal product during the making process or by itself contains some traces of animal residues.Appreciate your thoughts on this.Thanks in advance
ReplyDeleteApril, thanks. I think you have a great blog-- congratulations and keep blogging!
DJ-- It sure is easy to get pumpkined out this time of year :)
Trinity, Pavani, Priya, Parita, Usha, Zengirl, Divya, Shri, Nithya: Thanks!
Maya: You're absolutely right. Silver and gold vark are hammered out between layers of animal hide and cannot be considered vegan or even vegetarian. I'm glad you brought it up.- Samarpita12:02 PM
I did not know at all about silver and gold foil. But apparently catch spice creates vegan foils. See here
I know they do this in their plants of which i had seen pics before, but I think their site has moved or something.
I need to try out this recipe. Can I use only vanaspati instead of margarine and vanaspati? These are pie making 101 questions. What kind of a pie pan do you recommend? glass? metal? Do you need to grease and flour the pie pan before you put the pie crust in? Do you think I can use all Earth Balance(sticks)instead of the Margarine and shortening combination.
Thank you again for blogging and sharing. I constantly use it as a recipe source.
TibikSamarpita, sorry for the late reply-- yes, you can use only vanaspati instead of a combination.
Tibik, I use a glass pan-- I have a regular-sized one (a 9-inch pan which I used for this recipe) and a deep-dish with a fluted edge that I usually use for fruit pies, like apple pie. I like the glass pans-- I used to have a metal one that got scraped and rusted eventually, and I find it easier to get the pies out of the glass pans.
You don't need to grease and flour the pie pan because there's plenty of grease in your crust.
You can definitely use Earth Balance only, but the shortening always makes for a flakier crust. That's because shortening, unlike butter and butter substitutes, remains solid even at room temperature and doesn't melt into the flour the way butter and butter subs would. When you put your pie crust into the oven, the shortening melts, creating air pockets that make the crust flaky. If you do go with Earth Balance only, I'd recommend ensuring that you keep it really cold at all times, and work in a cold atmosphere. Also, don't handle the dough much-- use a fork as much as possible.
Hope that helps. :)I usually turn to you when I have baking to do because your recipes are always delicious. Therefore, this is where I have started my search for a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie recipe. However, my problem is this: I don't like desserts with a silken tofu base. I just really dislike its taste. Do you have any thoughts on what my other options might be? Is there any way I can take my mom's recipe (really, the one on the back of the can of Libby's pumpkin) and make it vegan without large amounts of silken tofu? It's possible I'm asking for the impossible here. :)


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It was one of the great rivalries in Major League Baseball, forgotten by time after realignment of divisions and both franchises dropping rapidly from their status among the game's elite.
Yet, the Tigers vs. Blue Jays, evidently, is back on.
It is perfectly logical to see the Tigers as favorites to return to the World Series. They signed outfielder Torii Hunter, a premier free agent. They retained free agent pitcher Anibal Sanchez, giving the Tigers the best and deepest starting rotation in either league. Also, the return of the consummate professional hitter, Victor Martinez, from injury solidifies an already potent Tigers' batting order.
However, the latest odds from Las Vegas suggest it is the Toronto Blue Jays, not the Tigers, who are favorites to not only capture the American League pennant, but the World Series.
Bovada, a betting website, has Toronto as a 7-to-1 pick to win the World Series. The Tigers are the next MLB club at 8-to-1. To win the AL pennant, the Blues Jays are a 15-to-4 pick, slightly ahead of the Tigers at 4-to-1.
Evidently, the view is Toronto is better built for the postseason. The over-and-under on Blue Jays' wins for the regular season is 87.5; the Tigers' 92.5.
If it sounds odd, it shouldn't. The Tigers only won 88 regular season games last year - and stormed through the playoffs, at least until faltering in the World Series.
What is odd: The Blue Jays haven't made the playoffs nor won more games than 88 in any season since their second of back-to-back World Series titles 1993. Continued...
Toronto has been caught up in the domination of the AL East by the Yankees and the Red Sox.
The Blue Jays have become the trendy AL East pick, though. The Yankees and Red Sox have waned because of a combination of the age of their core players and/or mismanagement by their respective front offices.
No, Tony Fernandez, George Bell, Lloyd "Shaker" Moseby and Dave Stieb have not suddenly returned to Toronto in their prime, but the Blue Jays did make an epic trade with the Miami Marlins during the off season.
As a result, shortstop Jose Reyes, and starting pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle, are with the Blue Jays. These are genuine All Star-caliber players. They also traded for National League Cy Young Award winner R.A Dickey and taken a chance with outfielder Melky Cabrera, who was leading the NL in hitting last year with San Francisco until suspended for banned drugs.
Toronto already had enormous power with Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, and some strong elements to its pitching staff (Brandon Morrow is particularly promising). But on paper, honestly, the Tigers are better. While Detroit's closer situation is questionable, it's not like the Blue Jays' is a lock to be better in that area (both their projected closers, Sergio Santos and Casey Janssen have had arm trouble).
The AL Central is clearly the Tigers to lose. The White Sox are about the same as last season - a little better than .500 club, probably. Cleveland and Minnesota figure to still be reeling. Kansas City did get much-needed pitching from Tampa Bay in James Shields and Wade Davis, and there is some excellent, budding talent in the Royals' lineup, in addition to solid regulars like Alex Gordon and Billy Butler, But it's always about next year with the Royals. If they seriously contend, it would be still qualify as a surprise.
There is too much hype, in opinion. about the Blue Jays. I see the Los Angeles Angels as the biggest threat to the Tigers. Mike Trout will be with the Angels from the start of the season, and there is no way Albert Pujols will get out to another slow start like he did in 2012.
Texas will be better than some pundits think. An X-factor could be if an American League contender signs free agent pitcher Kyle Lohse - particularly the Rangers.
The Tigers have had some fierce series with the Angels in recent years, and the ALCS with the Rangers in 2011 provided fascinating baseball.
But the Blue Jays and Tigers in the postseason would be intriguing given their past and the natural rivalry that exits between Detroit, a border city to Canada, with Toronto. Continued...
I just don't see the Blue Jays as being as good as the odds makers think.
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It is co-owned by Steve Berry and wife Rebecca, who are both from Silloth.
Steve is the third generation in his family to run the business after his grandfather and father. He took over from his father, John, in 2010 who had an accident while climbing in the Lake District, which left him unable to continue running the bakery.
His grandfather, also called Steve, started the business in 1962, first in Jarrow in the North East before moving to Abbeytown, near Silloth.
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U.S. utilities are not as backwards as I am. Many have embraced social media to communicate with customers more regularly and interactively. And, they've managed to truly open dialogues, in many cases. Here are some of Intelligent Utility's favorite tweets from U.S. power companies in 2012 (and the DOE), ranging from executive interactions to outage updates to the truly odd and awesome.
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One expert noted: "As we move forward with energy management, [we can't] create a digital divide. We need something that applies across all formats, from my mother who won't use it if there are more than two buttons to my children who won't use it if there's not an app for it."
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So it has put this question to would-be Glass Explorers, inviting them to publish posts of 50 words or less on Google+ or Twitter that explain, "what you would do if you had Glass, starting with the hashtag #ifihadglass." Applicants, who must be 18 or older and live in the U.S., can include up to five pictures and a video of 15 seconds or less.
To inspire potential applicants, Google has posted a new video and a website page demonstrating some of the capabilities of Google Glass. Assuming the video represents captured imagery rather than post-production visual effects, Glass has been designed to listen for a spoken prompt, "Okay Glass," and to then present a menu of options -- take a picture, record a video, hang out with, and get directions to -- that represent valid spoken commands.
Those commands invite further refinement using Google's search query auto-completion technology. For example, saying, "Okay, Glass, hang out with ..." shows a list of the user's Google+ contacts on the display screen to indicate names that can be used to complete the command (to start a Google+ hangout).
The video also shows how Glass can be used to submit spoken queries to Google search. "Okay Glass, Google photos of tiger heads," for example, returns a series of images of tigers' heads from Google Image Search. Glass can also access Google Translate to convert spoken words into text in another language that's displayed on the wearer's screen. The video also confirms that Glass includes support for Google Now, the company's predictive assistant technology. And it can be used to send speech-to-text messages.
Google will be accepting 50-word social media applications until February 27, at which point it will send Glass Explorer program invitations to an undisclosed subset of applicants. Those receiving invitations have the option, but not the obligation, to purchase Google Glass Explorer Edition. Invitees will be able to write code for Glass using the Mirror API, just like the developers who previously signed up for the Glass Explorer program.
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The theme for May is classic 'Monochrome', in all shades of black white and grey. Your dolls must be dressed for the theme or posed in a monochrome setting. Please note: photos turned into black and white by computer wizardry will not be accepted :)
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FANTASTIC! Now that's some dramatic monochromatic!!!!!! :::standing ovation:::
Susan Cottrell said:
Here is my entry; it's my first time. What's happened is Eric Manning, DEA agent and mega millionaire from Baytown, has been staking out Octopussy's lair for quite some time now because of her illegal dealings in about anything wrong. He's been watching Senators and big business men come and go, but this time they got sloppy. Eric decided to go in under cover to buy some weapons and she took the bait. She wasn't going to go down easy so Eric had to play hardball right back at her. You know evil never wins; especially when Eric Manning is on the case.
(something is chopping off the right side and I don't know what to do about it; let me know if I need to please)
Thanks so much Deb !
The puppies are mini Bichon Frise dogs, and since I have a 2 year old Bichon Frise, I love those mini puppies.
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GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Nilsa, I ADORE Poppy and her puppies! That is just soooooo awesome!!!! Big big rounds of applause inserted here!!!
a beautiful photograph, Deb. I'm going to see your album now
Thank you sweet Nilsa......ahhhhh I tried! It was a fun shoot tee hee!
Nilsa M. Donelan said:
a beautiful photograph, Deb. I'm going to see your album now
So far, I am loving all the entries! Deb, Susan, Lilly, and Nilsa, you've collectively set the bar very high!
gorgeous! everything is excellent here , the drama, the pic, the fun, and beauty!
Deb Buckner said:
Thank you sweet Jared!
Jared Philippe said:
So far, I am loving all the entries! Deb, Susan, Lilly, and Nilsa, you've collectively set the bar very high!
Thank you so much Lilly, I had a lot of fun creating this shoot - good times!
Lilly, Chevalier-Fox said:
gorgeous! everything is excellent here , the drama, the pic, the fun, and beauty!
Deb Buckner said:
Wow! This is great Deb!! Fantastic job
Deb Buckner said:
Okay, well...here's my submission. :)
I call it "What's puzzling you?!" or "Drama at the Disco".
I had three others I liked too...and they're in my albums but this was my favorite.
Hope you enjoy! Hugs, Deb
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Wednesday 21 March 2001
A widely experienced group of eight New Zealanders, led by Dame Catherine Tizard, has been chosen by the Government to lead a six-month public consultation process on the development of a national Oceans Policy.
Pete Hodgson, who is leading a committee of ministers responsible for the policy, said he was very pleased with the depth and expertise of the group.
"Leading this process is going to be a very challenging task," Mr Hodgson said. "There is a very wide range of conflicting interests in our oceans. We have looked for people able to lead a consultation process that will increase understanding and begin to find a basis in shared values for resolving those conflicts.
"The development of an Oceans Policy is going to be as significant for New Zealand as the resource management law reform process begun under the last Labour government. There are at least 18 pieces of domestic legislation and fourteen departments of state involved in managing the marine environment. But there is no overall policy framework to ensure they work together consistently, towards agreed goals. That is the gap an Oceans Policy will fill."
The ministerial advisory committee will be responsible for managing and leading a nationwide consultation process to identify New Zealanders' goals for managing our oceans. It is due to report to ministers by 30 September 2001.
Mr Hodgson said the Government was entering the consultation process with an open mind. Developing an Oceans Policy would not necessarily involve progress towards a single piece of legislation, as with the resource management law reform process, or a restructuring of government agencies. The final result could be a combination of policy and legislative initiatives.
"Dame Cath's group will be challenging all users of our oceans to make some hard choices about what's really important to them and what responsibility they are prepared to accept for the greater good. This will be hard work, but I'm confident the advisory committee is up to the task."
The ministerial group on Oceans Policy comprises Mr Hodgson, Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff, Conservation Minister Sandra Lee, Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia and Commerce Minister Paul Swain.
Attached: Ministerial Advisory Committee member biographies, terms of reference, Minister's briefing to the group.
Graeme Speden, press secretary, 04 471 9707 / 025 270 9055
Oceans Policy Ministerial Advisory Committee - Members
Dame Catherine Tizard Dame Cath Tizard was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1990-96. She is a former Mayor of Auckland and former city and regional councillor. Before entering local politics she was a senior tutor in zoology at the University of Auckland for 20 years. Dame Cath has had extensive involvement with community, charity, sporting and educational organisations. She is currently chairperson of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Sky City Charitable Trust, a director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Trust Board and America's Cup Village, and trustee of the Enterprise New Zealand Trust.
David Anderson for small and emerging companies. He has an extensive background in the fishing industry, having been Chief Executive of Sanford Ltd, Deputy Chair of the Fishing Industry Board and President of the New Zealand Fishing Industry Association.
Dr John ( Mac ) Beggs Mac Beggs, a geologist, is a partner and co-managing director in GeoSphere Explorations, a New Zealand oil and gas exploration consultancy. He has previously worked as a petroleum geologist at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences and the former Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. He has experience of government policy working groups in relation to Crown minerals and the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea.
Mark Bellingham Mark Bellingham is a lecturer in planning at Massey University. He has experience with local government both as an Auckland Regional Councillor and as a planning consultant involved in statutory processes. He has a background with environmental NGOs, having been employed by both Forest and Bird and the Maruia Society. He is a Board member of the Environmental Defence Society.
Te Kou Rikirangi (Riki) Gage Riki Gage is the Executive Director of Te Runanga o te Whanau Tribal Authority, based in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. His tribal affiliations are Te Whanau a Apanui, Te Whakatohea, Ngati Porou and Ngati Maniapoto. He is a director of TWA Holdings and TWA Fishing, both tribal fishing companies. He has worked in the public service as a Treaty Issues adviser and Iwi Development Officer, represented the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission at an international convention on biodiversity, and acted as a negotiator for Mataatua tribes on fisheries claims.
David McDowell David McDowell is a former Chief Executive of both the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Department of Conservation. He also served as New Zealand Ambassador to Japan and the United Nations. He is currently working as an independent advisor to the World Bank, having recently completed a term as Director-General of the World Conservation Union.
Dr Abigail Smith Abigail Smith is a senior lecturer in marine science at the University of Otago, a lecturer in science and mathematics at Dunedin College of Education and a director of AMS Research. She has been a consultant in mathematics and science education. Dr Smith has published extensively on pure and applied marine science, including issues of water quality and coastal erosion.
Wally Stone Wally Stone has been the Chief Executive of Whale Watch Kaikoura since 1993. He is a director of the Canterbury Tourism Council, Naturally Kaikoura (a regional marketing company) and Coffee Culture (owner of two coffee outlets). He is actively involved in the tourism industry at both a national and regional level through the New Zealand Tourism Industry Association and other industry organisations.
Ministerial Advisory Committee on the Oceans Policy
Terms of Reference
Government has decided to develop an Oceans Policy to identify the goals and principles for managing the marine environment and the best way to achieve those goals. Cabinet has established a group of Ministers to oversee the development of an Oceans Policy and agreed that the policy be developed in three stages.
Ministers wish to establish a Ministerial Advisory Committee on Oceans Policy ("the Committee") to assist them, for stage one of the process, in their role of overseeing the development of the Oceans Policy. The Committee is to assist with defining the vision, in particular undertaking the public consultation process.
The role of the Committee is to assist Ministers to Define the Vision by managing and leading the process of identifying the shared vision, goals and objectives of New Zealanders for managing New Zealand's oceans. The Committee's role will conclude when it has reported to Ministers on the outcomes of the consultation process, which it is expected to do by 30 September 2001.
Duty to act in good faith. Members of the Committee have a duty to act bona fide in what they consider as the best interests of both the Committee and the Government to fulfil these Terms of Reference.
Disclosure of interest. Members of the Committee will disclose direct or indirect interests that may affect their judgement, or be perceived to affect their judgement, in the exercising of their duties and will not take part in any deliberation or decision of the Committee relating to the matter in which the member has the interest.
Remuneration of Committee members. Fees and allowances will be paid to the chair and to members of the Committee in accordance with the established guidelines for classification and remuneration of statutory and other bodies appointed by the Crown.
Term of appointment. The members of the Committee hold office during the pleasure of the Ministerial Group and the Committee shall conclude its function following submission of its final report to Ministers but no later than 30 September 2001.
Briefing note for Ministerial Advisory Committee members
Welcome to a very exciting project that will impact on all New Zealanders: the development of a New Zealand Oceans Policy. The aim is to create an integrated and comprehensive framework to manage the ways in which we engage with the marine environment.
Your role is central to the success of developing an Oceans Policy that will uniquely reflect New Zealand and the relationship New Zealanders have with the marine environment.
The development of an Oceans Policy is a priority issue for this Government. Current management frameworks fail to meet all existing operational issues associated with the marine environment. Nor are they adequately managing the opportunities and challenges of the future.
Developing an Oceans Policy will help us to fix both these problems.
You are now a key part of that process. I am very grateful for the commitment you have made and the time and energy you have agreed to contribute.
I launched this project on 12 October 2000 and I spoke then about the relationship we all, as New Zealanders, have with the ocean. .
It is central to our economy. It is central to our sense of who we are. It defined how we got to be here and is still the principal feature to be navigated when we leave New Zealand.
The decisions we make about how we manage our interaction with the marine environment must reflect this relationship and the values we hold in relation to it. For that reason, the first stage of the process to develop our Oceans Policy will be to define a vision for managing how we interact with our oceans. You have an integral role in this process.
As a member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee, I am asking you to lead and facilitate meetings, hui, and whatever other communication methods you think best to engage the public generally in thinking about our oceans, what they mean to us and what we want from them.
You are not responsible for resolving policy issues. You are not advocates for particular perspectives or views. You were not appointed as representatives of sector interests or specific value systems. You have been appointed because, you have the skills and experience necessary to engage in constructive conversations with New Zealanders about what they want to happen with the marine environment.
Your role is to invite New Zealanders to be involved in determining a shared vision. You will need to encourage people to identify the assumptions they make when describing what they want. You will need to challenge and test those assumptions and put them in the context of the views of others.
You will need to discuss with people what they would be prepared to do, or give up doing, to ensure the outcomes they want. You will need to move them beyond the grievances they have with the status quo to how they can be a part of something different.
We need you to provide us with an insight into New Zealanders values in relation to the marine environment and with guidance on how to set priorities and reconcile competing interests.
This is a unique process. Through you the Government is going out to communities, with an open mind, to find out what New Zealanders want for their oceans. There are no predetermined goals. But this does not mean you are not going out to communities with a 'blank piece of paper'. People need to be able to get an understanding of the context in which the Oceans Policy is being developed. They need to know why it is being developed and what will happen if we don't succeed. Initially this will mean talking to people about what our oceans encompass, and explaining the many and varied interests that exist in relation to our marine environment.
To do this, you will meet Maori, local government, stakeholders and the public. You will discuss with them what they want from our marine environment, why they want it, how they think it should be achieved and what the benefits are in achieving it. You are then to report to the Ministerial Group on Oceans Policy on what you have learned and the issues raised. Your report will help shape the vision for how we manage the way we interact with and use the marine environment in the future. This work will then form the basis for the second stage of the Oceans Policy Project, which is to define the necessary mechanisms to achieve the vision.
The first task for the Committee is to determine a strategy for engaging with the public generally on the Oceans Policy Project.
This will not be easy.
The strategy and process for engaging with communities is vitally important. The success of your work depends on ensuring we consult in a way that is fair and open to all members of the community. You must seek to build and maintain trust, provide independence and integrity to the process and supply credible advice to the Government.
The terms of reference for the Committee specifically ask you to develop and lead a consultation process that:
There are inherent risks in the approach being taken to developing the Oceans Policy and you need to be aware of these. The process will not succeed if:
The process must be seen as capable of delivering meaningful results, which means the approach you choose is crucial. If we are serious about reflecting the values of New Zealanders, then all groups, sectors and individuals who wish to participate must have the opportunity to do so and must be encouraged with open minds.
You will probably be asking yourself: "when we get to the end of this, how will we know that we have succeeded?"
You will have succeeded if we gain a clear understanding of:
It will be important to ensure there is a community of interest in developing an Oceans Policy and a wide range of interests prepared to continue to be involved in the process.
To assist you in your role you have a group of officials drawn from the relevant government departments and agencies. Through them you have access to a considerable wealth of information. I invite you to use it.
This is now our joint project for the next six months. The Ministerial Group is extremely pleased to be working with all of you on it and we look forward to it being advanced and to working closely with you on it.
Ministers are confident in the ability of this Committee to develop a strategy to respond to this challenge and I look forward to working with you on this issue.


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Mojo, magic, manager. ... Call it whatever you want, it's back for another year in Baltimore.
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Yes, Robinson Cano is 30 and will be 31 at the start of his next contract. Yes, he plays second base, a position that seems to see more than its share of drastic declines. Anything else? Because if those are the counterarguments, they shouldn't be enough to keep the Yankees from retaining the star slugger.
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I already laid out my division/wild card/pennant winner picks for MLB.com, as did several of my colleagues. You can check those out here. But I try to go into a little more depth here at the blog, so once again I'm giving more extensive picks in this space. Here are last year's preseason predictions, […] More» |
Today was the last full day of my Spring Training 2013 odyssey, with a Braves-Cardinals game at Roger Dean Stadium. Tomorrow morning I fly back to NYC, where I'm told it's still chilly. It's been a tremendously entertaining, if draining, three weeks, and it's been great to be back at the ballpark. Whatever my job […] More» |
So, somewhat appropriately I think, I'm back in Jupiter for the final stop of my 2013 Spring Training odyssey. This place really feels like home, which I guess makes sense given that I've lived more than a year of my life around here. I hit the Crazy Cuban for lunch and headed over to the […] More» |
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Today brought me to Port St. Lucie, home of the Mets and of the best concession item in the Grapefruit League: Taco in a Helmet. If you get to Port St. Lucie, just go get one. Thank me later. Crushed chips, cheese, spicy ground beef, lettuce, salsa, jalapenos and sour cream in a nice-sized helmet […] More» |
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This one was like riding a bike. Hopped in my car this morning, drove down Military Trail to the ballpark, parked outside the Cardinals complex, reported to the media room… Even had my old seat in the main press box. A few of the names have changed, of course, but this was nice. One of […] More» |


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Boy, 5, dies after car rolls into pond
Editor's note: This story was edited at 8:30 a.m. March 4 to reflect that the incident occured in Kentucky.
CINCINNATI — A 5-year-old boy has died after he was rescued from a car submerged under water for more than 30 minutes.
Crews were called to Surrey Court in Florence, Ky., around 6 p.m. Friday after reports a car had rolled into a pond with the boy, a 9-year-old girl and a dog trapped inside. The family had been preparing to leave the house.
The girl and dog survived, but the boy was unable to escape. Crews rescued him after about half an hour and transported him to Children's Hospital, where he later died.
A witness told the station anyone within shouting distance was in the water trying to save the boy.
Police say they aren't sure if the car was running or shifted into neutral.
Information from: WKRC-TV, http://www.wkrc.com
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Posted July 6, 2012 by Rachelle Owen
Makeup lovers, rejoice!
Following thousands of your e-mails and talks with PETA, Urban Decay has announced that it won't sell its products in China until non-animal testing methods are accepted there. We are stoked that Urban Decay is staying true to its ethic of producing top-quality products without harming animals—even though it means giving up a market share in China—and we're pleased to return the company to our list of cruelty-free companies!
On behalf of rats, mice, and bunnies everywhere, woohoo!
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I'm so proud of them. It really shows who they think is important. <3
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I still don't plan to buy from them. The fact that they've shown profit mattered more to them than what they built their company on is a red flag to me. I can use my money elsewhere.
320 days ago
It's awesome, but at the same time, shouldn't we work on getting ALL of their products vegan? I'd really like to be able to buy more than just eye shadow from them. Lord knows I have enough of that stuff -.-
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9 Sexy, New Ways To Shake Up Your Summer Beauty Routine
Summer is the season for natural beauty — hair is tousled and eyes are bright from that happiness booster we like to call sunshine. Now, we love lazy easy looks as much as the next girl, but some days just call for a shake-up in the makeup routine. To help us hone in on this season's most unexpected — but still wearable — makeup trends, we tapped celebrity makeup artist Desirae Cherman, who knows a…Read more