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Ontario Minor Use Program
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This web page is a current link to information you need about minor use initiatives and issues. The minor use program remains as a top priority of almost all specialty crop growers, processing companies, retailers and consumers who want safe and nutritious local food. A coordinated and dedicated effort is required to ensure that Ontario's growers are competitive in the marketplace and have access to the most current Integrated Pest Management (IPM) toolkits for crop protection.
Areas of Focus
The minor use program is necessary to bring pest control products to Canadian minor crop and specialty crop growers that otherwise would not be marketed to them because of their unique and/or limited production area. The minor use program has several areas of focus and includes traditional pest control products as well as reduced risk products and biopesticides. A key area of focus is to continuously find new methods and strategies to manage our numerous crop pests which may include insects, diseases and weeds. New pest management technologies which replace old pest management technologies is a key area of focus. Obtaining IPM tools that help growers effectively manage key crop pests, manage resistance issues and sustain the environment are given priority. Both conventional and organic crop production systems can benefit from an effective and proactive minor use system.
Pest control products placed under re-evaluation or special review by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) or products prohibited in other jurisdictions for environmental or health reasons, should not be considered for label expansion unless a justifiable emergency situation exists or at such time that the review of all available scientific data concludes there is no risk of harm.
The Process
The minor use program is administered by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). This agency is responsible for assessing and reviewing all of the data requirements for the registration of pest control products in Canada. All minor use projects must be reviewed and assessed by several teams of scientists at the PMRA. It is the role of the provincial minor use coordinators to act as liaison between the PMRA and those who wish to pursue needed minor use materials. The provincial minor use coordinators are also responsible to prioritizing each commodity's minor use needs annually. A large number of other individuals in various companies and organizations are also involved in this effort and include organizations such as Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association, Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers, Flowers Canada, the Canadian Nursery and Landscape Association, the Canadian Horticultural Council, Pulse Canada, Ontario Ministry of Environment, other provincial ministries of agriculture and environment, all other minor and specialty crop commodity organizations as well as the research facilities of AAFC, universities and private consulting firms. In other words a collaborative, coordinated team effort is required for our minor use system to be successful.
AAFC's Pest Management Centre is responsible for organizing the national minor use priority setting meeting annually and will conduct the necessary trials for all top priority projects agreed to at this meeting. For the top priority projects, AAFC will make the submission to PMRA and manage the project until its conclusion. All other priorities are the responsibility of the provinces and grower organizations.
Products which are already labeled in Canada on another major or minor crop are eligible for the User Requested Minor Use Label Expansion (URMULE) program. URMULEs can be sponsored by AAFC, grower organizations, crop specialists or other persons. All non-AAFC URMULE proposals must be reviewed and approved by a provincial minor use coordinator.
Minor use proposals must include letters of support from the registrants, grower organizations, completed forms and as much relevant data as is available from worldwide sources. Once the proposal is complete and submitted to the PMRA, a team of reviewers will notify the sponsor of any additional requirements for or barriers to registration. If crop tolerance trials, efficacy trials, residue trials or other trials are required, then a research team must be established to carry out the necessary studies according to pre-established guidelines. All residue studies must be 'Good Laboratory Practices' (GLP) compliant. Once the data is collected and submitted to PMRA a final decision can be made on the minor use. Traditionally minor use projects requiring field data take at least 2-3 years to complete.
Prioritization of all minor use needs must occur on an annual basis so that all levels of government can accurately allocate resources to the most urgent needs. In Ontario, minor use commodity liaison committees serve as the main vehicle for commodity groups to prioritize minor use needs. Crop pests are ranked first and potential solutions are then chosen when available. Each year a detailed priority list for Ontario is established and provided to AAFC. A national minor use priority-setting meeting will be held annually to determine the top priorities for each commodity and/or crop group. Other non-horticultural minor and specialty crops can also contribute to this system of priority-setting on a national basis.
Information for Sponsors
Funding of Minor Use Projects
Inter-provincial and international collaboration is a significant component of the minor use program in Ontario and Canada. Commodity specialists and grower organizations across Canada can work together to discuss minor use needs and establish collaborative projects. All of the provincial minor use coordinators must meet annually and communicate monthly on topics of mutual interest. Cooperation with the US minor use program known as the 'IR-4' is important. In recent years several joint projects have been conducted on both sides of the border in an attempt to secure joint registrations for both Canadian and American minor crop growers. The PMRA has also instituted a 'joint review' process for new active ingredients whereby pest control product companies can submit a registration package to both countries at the same time with the goal of simultaneous registration. Increased cooperation with the European Union (EU), Australia, the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development OECD Pesticide Program and the Global Minor Use community will lead to further advancements in the minor use program in Ontario and Canada.
More Information
Ontarios minor use priorities are established annually by various minor use commodity liaison committees. A summary of all active, historical and registered minor use projects is also available. For a copy of these tables, consult the provincial minor use coordinator.
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Remember the firestorm last week when pictures of and details about the next iPhone showed up in Gizmodo? As the story evolved, we learned that Gray Powell, an Apple engineer, inadvertently left the prototype on a bar stool after a night out with friends. (Some have said he was celebrating his birthday.) Someone else at the bar picked it up, and after waiting to see if its owner returned, pocketed it and contacted Gizmodo. Gizmodo reportedly paid the as yet unidentified bar patron $5,000 for the phone and then ran with its exclusive story.
Friday, police in San Mateo County, Calif., executed a search warrant at the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, during which they seized his computer equipment, storage media, and other electronics in connection with an investigation into the "leak" of the prototype. According to The New York Times:
The authorities in San Mateo County are considering criminal charges in connection with the sale of the phone, which Gizmodo returned to Apple last week. Some media writers have said that Gawker Media [which owns Gizmodo] could find itself in legal trouble if the phone was classified as stolen.
Gawker Media, on the other hand, maintains the warrant was invalid under California's shield law for journalists. In a letter to investigators, Gawker COO Gaby Darbyshare cited California Penal Code section 1524(g) for the proposition that a search warrant is not the proper means of confiscating the property of a journalist. She said:
It is abundantly clear under the law that a search warrant to remove these items was invalid. The appropriate method of obtaining such materials would be the issuance of a subpoena.
As BNet blogger Steve Tobak points out, though, Chen and Gizmodo may be out of luck if it turns out they are being investigated for theft instead of merely receiving stolen property. Tobak quotes California Penal Code section 485 as follows:
One who finds lost property under circumstances which give him knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates such property to his own use, or to the use of another person not entitled thereto, without first making reasonable and just efforts to find the owner and to restore the property to him, is guilty of theft.
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This is bullcrap. The person who found the phone is at fault, and barely at that. Whoever left that phone after a night of drinking deserves to get fired, because the phone was his/her responsibility to make sure it didn't get into anyone's hands. Anyone who works at Apple fills out a form that says so. Even employees of the Apple Stores can't say anything to the press without going through PR.
And since Gizmodo paid the person who found the phone, that person deserves the lawsuit, since it was his decision to sell lost property.Reply
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TechEd Europe 2013 Madrid
This week over 5,000 customers, partners, press, speakers and Microsoft staff attend TechEd Europe in Madrid.The week started with a packed house for the keynote with Brad Anderson CVP of Windows Server & System Center. Joining the onsite attendees, over 4,800 people watched the keynote streamed live. Brad Anderson Lands the Madrid Keynote!
The event featured the announcement of availability for several key products and previews, as well as new customer stories from Telefonica and Aviva. Complemented by presentations from technical and product leaders.
Brad keynote presented Microsoft direction for the Cloud OS vision and showcased how our products and services help customers transform their datacenter, enable modern business applications, unlock insights on any data, and empower people-centric IT.
As attendees returned for day two and three, they experienced sessions and labs packed with great technical content, as well as the Windows Keynote. They also enjoyed Country Drinks at the beautiful Casa de Campo and the popular Ask The Experts event where more than 1,800 attendees engaged with Microsoft and industry experts to get their critical questions answered. Hands-on Labs also proved to be a great success with over 3,310 attendees undertaking training and labs.
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Jon DeVaan, CVP of Windows Development, announced exciting new business advancements in Windows 8.1 during the Day 3 keynote presentation. The keynote showcased the best business tablets and PCs, Windows apps for business, bring your own device scenarios, as well as enterprise grade security and mobility. Windows 8 customer examples were also shared, with Edwin MacGillavry of the Dutch Public Prosecution Service and Joseph Houben of SAP joining Jon onstage. The keynote included compelling demonstrations of the new Windows 8.1 UI, app development opportunities, mobility and security, and established that Windows 8.1 is business ready.
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It's a bit of an old fashioned German recipe and it goes very well with a nice cup of tea not only for Christmas. In fact it could be the kind of biscuit served at an East Frisian tea ceremony.
It's a region in North Germany where tea drinking is a very important part of socialising or just to unwind. Traditionally you'll put a kandis-sugar ("Kluntje" or rock candy) in the tea cup first, then pour in the tea and then add a little cream so it looks like a little cloud floating on top. You are not suppose to stir the tea and drink the cream first, then the tea and the last bit would be the very sweet tea with the dissolved kandis-sugar. I usually skip the cream and also stir my tea as I like the crackling sound the rock-candy makes in the hot tea. Either way it's a beautiful tradition and it is still practiced in East Frisian.
125 g butter, softened
100 g caster sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
1 egg white
100 g cornflour
100 g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon anise seed, crushed in a mortar and pestle
icing sugar, to dust
1. Line baking trays with baking paper. Whisk butter and both sugars with an electric mixer until pale and creamy.
2. Add egg white and whisk again. Mix cornflour, plain flour, baking powder and anise seed and add, one tablespoon at a time to the butter-sugar mix. Whisk until combined.
3. Tip out and roll dough, on a lightly floured surface, into a roll about 5 cm in diameter. Wrap in cling wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
4. Unwrap and cut into 0.5 cm slices, lay on a baking tray, leave a little room between each, and bake in oven for 10-12 minutes. They should only be lightly brown around the edge.
5. Cool on tray completely then dust liberally with sieved icing sugar.


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Friday, September 13, 2013
The Legacy of Prayer
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Great post - yuor grandmother taught us all a lesson on how to leave a legacy for our children.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Susan...I am very thankful!Delete
Beautiful Elise! I did not grow up in a home of prayer but I love how it's never too late to create this environment within your own. It's my favorite time of the day when we come together before a meal and pray together. It truly is a beautiful thing. I'm considering joining our Tuesday night prayer group at church as I know the best way for me to feel more comfortable with praying out loud with others it to simply do it more. I tried clicking on the FB link but it doesn't appear to be working. In the meantime I'm enjoying what all the Circles of Faith contributors are sharing. Many blessings.ReplyDeleteReplies
HI Beth! it's just so awesome that you are beginning the legacy of prayer in your family. Yes, join your prayer group...I'm sure you won't be disappointed. And just as you are a valued member of my community here and at Circles, you will be a blessing to that group. I'm not sure what's going on with the Facebook page...you're not the only one having trouble accessing, I can add you to the group if you like. Just let me know. Blessings friend!!Delete
I'd love to be added Elise. Thank you. Wishing you a blessed Sunday.Delete
I'd love to be added Elise. Thank you. Wishing you a blessed Sunday.Delete
It's so wonderful to have a person in your life who prayed and set that example for you. Thanks for tell us about her. It's so great that you can be that for your children and your grandchildren too.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, I often wonder if Grandma had a praying mother. Where did the legacy start. I hope I find out one day...might have to wait till heaven. I am excited to pray for my granddaughter...I'll start now!!Delete
Hi There! So happy to have found your blog today! What a beautiful and effective example your Grandma was for you. I wonder if she ever knew how inspiring her life was for you, and for all who prayed for her?ReplyDelete
How blessed your family is too, to benefit from that legacy.
I'd love hear more from you, I'm your newest follower :) I hope you'll visit me sometime!
Thanks so much for stopping by Ceil! I have been blessed by this prayer legacy. Thanks for the follow...heading over to your place now. Blessings!Delete
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In 1550, when John Bradford was chosen to be a personal chaplain to King Edward VI, no one was surprised. As a deacon in the Church of England, he had travelled all over preaching the gospel. Even in his school days, he was so revered among his friends for his selflessness and piety that he was nicknamed, "Holy Bradford."
Once when he was passing by a local tavern with a friend, they heard some drunks laughing and swearing loudly. The friend was embarrassed for "Holy Bradford" to be hearing such talk. He tried to usher him along quickly but John Bradford stood in front of the tavern and prayed to God quietly saying, "Forgive me Lord, for I have a drunken head and a swearing heart."
When they had gone a little further, they saw a hardened criminal with a sack on his head, being led in chains to his execution. Bradford's friend looked on with disgust at the man being taken to the gallows to be publicly hanged, no doubt for some wicked and terrible crime.
"I guess he's getting what he's got coming," he sneered.
But his holy friend, with a sorrowful expression on his face, pointed at the criminal and said, "But for the grace of God, there goes John Bradford!"
"There but for the grace of God go I…" has become a proverb of humility in modern times. Do we really understand that it is grace, not our moral superiority that separates us from those we may consider to be sinners far worse than ourselves? If we did, we might be far less likely to judge others. Holy Bradford seemed to realize that the sin in his own heart made him a drunkard, a curser, and a criminal. It was only the grace he received as a free gift from God that made him anything else. This central realization is at the heart of discipleship: "Freely you have received, now freely give…" God's boundless love frees us to live lives of holiness. Were it not for the way of Jesus, we might find ourselves on a very different path.
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I will give here some comments and clarifications about the derivation and developing of the Dirac equation from a historical point of view.
The Dirac equation for a free particle is given by the following definitions and expressions:
In the above ψ is the wave function for the free particle , p is the momentum operator with three components , c is the speed of light , ħ is the reduced Planck constant , i=√(-1) is of course the imaginary number unit , H is the Hamiltonian , and t is time.Dirac first elaborated and published his equation in 1928. The spatial coordinates have been written in different books and textbooks using different notations:
With the superscript notation , the Dirac equation takes the following condensed form:
The α symbols in the equation are the original Dirac matrices :
These matrices take the more detailed form:
And the wave function ψ is expressed by:
If we multiply , develop and expand the terms of the Dirac equation , we get the following set of four equations:
Rearranging and reordering these equations we obtain:
In his book about The Theory of Spinors (originally published in 1938) , Elie Cartan obtained the following four Dirac equations:
The letter V represents the magnetic potential , which is mostly expressed by the letter A in modern notation. But since we're considering the equation for a free particle we can neglect V and make it equal to zero. Cartan noted that we pass from his notation to that of Dirac by making the following replacements or substitutions:
In fact after replacing we get the following set of equations:
Now if we combine ,add or subtract these equations two by two we get the Dirac equations.
Adding equations (2.1) and (2.4) and simplifying gives equation (1.2) above.
Similarly: Adding equations (2.2) and (2.3) and simplifying gives equation (1.3) above.
(2.1) – (2.4) give (1.4) , and (2.3) – (2.3) give (1.1) .
The Dirac equation presented a relativistic version of the Schrodinger equation for spin 1/2 particles and predicted the existence of antimatter. It is of importance in many domains such as relativistic quantum mechanics and Quantum Field Theory.


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Humility of Mary provides quality housing and individualized supportive services to homeless single parent families, homeless youth aged 18-24, and low income seniors. In addition Humility of Mary Housing works to prevent homelessness in Trumbull County by providing emergency assistance of food and clothing as well as rent and utility assistance.
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Lisa is 30, married and has three children Hunter, Ash and Aiyana. Married ten years to a man from Colorado, they moved back to Lisa's hometown, Girard when her first child was due. Due to insufficient health insurance Lisa is living with an undiagnosed painful condition that keeps her bed ridden during most of her days. After her mother- in- law left the family with unpaid household bills running away from gambling debt, Lisa decided to rent a trailer at the "better" trailer park in Trumbull County. When her husband gets laid off during the winter, they need Emmanuel Community Care Center to help them with food, clothing and providing Christmas gifts to her three children. When things are not so bad they find a way to give back to the ECCC through volunteering.
Jalaveon is 22 years old and on his own. He remembers that feeling of being alone and forgotten when as a young child of 5 his drug using mother would forget to pick him up from school. He was lucky when an aunt took him in and raised him. But at 19, this same aunt sent him on his way to reconnect with his birth mother. While a relationship has been made with a sister and his mother, he now lives at Opportunity House and just got hired at Cleveland Clinic.
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Summer is coming to and end and I find myself starting to hibernate already. How can I tell... well my creative juices are flowing. I'm not quite sure why, but in the past 2-3 weeks I have been on this creative, sewing binge.... hmmmmm ...getting ready for the long winter? I'm thinking it might have something to do with the fact that I have been walking 3-4 times a week and all the fresh air is airing out my brain! Not only has the walking been helping me sleep and making my legs feel better, it has given me so many new ideas and so much more motivation to create. It's about time! So... with that being said I have a lot of catching up to do with my blogging over the next week. I guess I'll get started by telling ya'll about what I've been up to the past week or so.
I just finished a CQ block for the Art4Mail Group. The theme was "monochromatic CQ blocks". The block I was to make was "teal". Without a doubt I was so excited as teal is one of my favorite colors and I knew I had plenty in my stash to work with.
One of my favorite swaps I'm in right now is a CQ Face RR. A group of ladies from the CQI site signed up to do this Round Robin using faces. I sent 6 polymer clay faces that I had made along with 6 naked CQ blocks to be embellished in whatever manner by the ladies .... I can't wait to see how they come home. Here are two of the blocks that I have had so far to work on. Rose Anne sent me the first one - she sent along the face and her celestial blocks. I immediately knew what I was going to do with it - I had bought a bunch of these crazy looking motifs while out in LA this past summer... at first I thought they looked like octopus and have dyed some of them to be used in various underwater themed CQ projects. When I saw Rose Anne's face I knew one of them would take on the roll of being the sun. I beaded around the face and then embellished the sun rays with gold bugle beads.
Now this next block was a challenge. This block is Leslie's and for the life of me I had no idea how to create a sugar plum fairy. My niece told me they should look like a fairy so I made her a dress and gave her long golden locks along with some make up.


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We got up early and left Cambridge to drive a couple of hours north to Auckland Airport to catch a Jetstar flight down to Queenstown. We made sure to time the drive after rush hour as the motorway is a bit of a nightmare towards the city at the wrong time. The flight was uneventful until arriving close to Queenstown where the winds came in strong and forced the pilot to pull up and give it a second try to land. We were all quite happy to get off the plane in one piece. We rented a nice SUV from Firefly/Hertz at a decent price (pre-booked) which took only 20 minutes to get to the 3-bedroom apartment we rented for the 5 days while down here. We booked this place via Airbnb but it is a professionally managed set up. It is clean, the views are spectacular, it is a 5 minute walk into the heart of downtown and lacks only wifi.
We took it easy day one as we arrived later afternoon and just explored the town. I had booked a nice restaurant about a month in advance as it came highly recommended and is hard to get a reservation. I wanted to make it special as it was officially US Thanksgiving for us. The restaurant is called The Bunker and is in the heart of downtown. The food was spectacular as were the cocktails. It is not cheap but well worth the experience if you can afford it.
We were all exhausted and flaked out in front of some awful television before passing out early in preparation for the next day.


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As I walk around my garden I discover bulbs that I don't remember planting - colours that I did not buy. I think it is a combination of squirrels and my failing memory. One of these years I should organize them all and do a little planning for the next spring.... but I keep forgetting. Never the less they are such a joy to see and I love surprises.
These tulips are showing there beauty.
This tulip is on the north side of the house and stretching for the sun.
This daffodil tucked behind a cedar, seems to be saying "Here I am."
This lone hyacinth was rescued from the vegetable garden and given a place of prominence at the back door.


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Rutgers University,
Isn't intellectual diversity a wonderful concept? Unlike race, gender, sexual orientation or religion, ideas carry with them real variety. Regardless of aesthetic difference, we're all the same on the inside. What makes people, and students, unique are our varying ideas, not what we look like. That's the diversity our university should strive for. Real change, whether in the arts, STEM, business or public policy, arises from civil debate and discussion of conflicting thoughts.
As a university, not only should you encourage this type of civil discourse, but it's your moral duty to provide an environment where all ideas can have a platform, regardless of the administrators' personal standpoints.
Not too long ago, President Robert Barchi sent an email to all Rutgers students. An email stretching far beyond what a public administrator should be allowed to do. An email pushing aside the nonpartisan commitment of a public university in favor of pushing a personal agenda.
Quoting our university president, he "personally support[s] extending the current DACA protections." Though he makes it clear that support for the BRIDGE Act was not required, he made it accessible "because many in our community have participated in activities to bring attention to the plight and status of undocumented students."
This is certainly true, and a valid side of the heated debate over illegal aliens and what to do with the people who violated the laws of the nation and cheated their way into the United States. Everyone deserves the right to speak their mind and show their support for any issue, regardless of whether a Rutgers administrator with email access to the entire student body likes it or not.
So, to make sure students sharing his views had an easier time venting their voice, he offered an extremely easy way to contact your representative in support of this legislation. A time-consuming process simplified to "take no more than a minute or two of your time." Obviously, to better encourage voices he liked to be heard.
What about those who opposed the BRIDGE Act? Nothing. Left out in the cold and rain with no "generate[d] letter of support" against said bill. The college campus war against free speech comes in many forms. Hindering one's voice isn't the only option. Propping up the one side while making it blatantly obvious of your favoritism both discourages the other side from speaking up and stigmatizes their view as abnormal.
However, now's the chance for redemption. A few days ago, a new bill was introduced in the Senate, and praised by our President. The RAISE Act is the immigration reform Republicans have been asking for. It's only fitting for you, the Rutgers Administration, to open the option for conservative students to share their support for the bill. After all, you've given an outlet for liberal students for another immigration-related bill.
This seems like a fair way to truly be supportive to both sides of the aisle and provide for intellectual diversity, the only important diversity. We wouldn't want our great Rutgers leaders to be hypocrites for only giving a platform to one side while ignoring the other, would we?
I challenge my school to go against the expected. To go against the liberal bias and hypocrisy. You don't have to support my ideas, but you better provide the same ease of support that you allotted left-wing students. The growing conservative movement isn't a fringe group or burned-out voice. We're loud, numerous, and we want change to better the country. We deserve the same treatment as liberals.
No one forced the school to sponsor activism for solely one side, but now that the can of worms is open, the only right thing to do is provide equal accessibility to conservative minds. Be the change, Rutgers, against campus bias, and offer the same level of outreach to every student, and every idea. Universities were founded to spread all ideas, not just ideas Barchi "personally supports."
Merits of both bills are irrelevant when the issue at hand is equal opportunity of free speech, political involvement of universities receiving millions from the government and treatment, without bias, toward an intellectually diverse school.
Despite that, the BRIDGE Act rewards criminal behavior, while the RAISE Act brings fairness and merit to the immigration system, all while giving American citizens a chance in an increasingly competitive country. I encourage all of you to check out the details before forming an opinion.
Brandon Chesner is a Rutgers University student and member of the Rutgers Conservative Union.


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[MUSIC] 3Bubble & J.Gray - "Live From The Pentagon"
Collaborations in music, like many other things, can be
hit or miss. The result often lies in how the artists on a
project connect from start to finish. One has to have that
in mind the moment they hit "play" on Live From The
Pentagon, a release from 3Bubble and J. Gray. The two
MC's hail from Houston, Texas and managed to connect
despite two different paths. In the case of 3Bubble, he
had built up a solid reputation in the industry dating back
to his first solo release 6 years ago. J. Gray had started
out having a love of rap fulfilled after engaging in a battle
while at the High School for Performing and Visual Artists.
He ran into 3Bubble after returning to Houston from living
in Brooklyn and Atlanta at a talent show and from there
they found they could really craft great music together.
Live From The Pentagon carries forth a message that both
rappers strive to live by - have fun and live to the fullest
with a purpose. The album starts out defining how that
message will be delivered, with snappy rhymes and an
interchange that exemplifies how well these two MC's
flow together. "Euros" starts out easy, but charges up in
an instant as 3Bubble begins his verse. J. Gray provides
a flow that is uptempo but doesn't lose focus. In the case
of 3Bubble, you have someone who drops lyrics with the
casual affectation of a veteran. The production is nicely layered
and shows off a strong variety of influences from funk to
EDM. Another standout track to digest is "This One" that
bounces like a Cadillac out on parade in the 5th Ward. The
pair also take time to be wholly introspective, evidenced by
"Studio" which details the consistent grind they underwent
to get to where they are now."Turn It Down" is an impassioned
plea to those struggling to get past their difficulties and rise above.
Live From The Pentagon covers all the bases you would want
a solid duo like 3Bubble and J. Gray to touch on. Look out for
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LOS ANGELES --Vista L.A. pays tribute to the life and career of the Latino Hollywood legend Ricardo Montalban, who passed away last year.
In a distinguished career spanning seven decades, Montalban made well over 100 film and television appearances. He will perhaps be most remembered for his iconic role as "Mr. Roarke" on the long-running television show "Fantasy Island."
Others will remember him as the menacing "Khan" in the "Star Trek" movies or from his role in the Robert Rodriguez "Spy Kids" trilogy. In 1970, Ricardo Montalban founded the Nosotros organization to help open doors for Latino actors in Hollywood. Ricardo Montalban passed away on January 14, 2009.


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british, british knit, crochet, diamond anniversary, jubilee, knit culture, knitting, knitty gritty, knitwear, royal knittania, royalty, UK, whistler
This year marks the 60th anniversary of British Monach, Queen Elizabeth II.
To celebrate, every magazine, newspaper, merchandiser and advertiser in the country seem to have donned their rose, white ,and blue tinted glasses. So, I have decided to write something a little different. Rather than a hot list, laced with union jacks,bunting and crowns, I bring to you Royal Knittania- The crown jewels of UK knit culture, which have dominated the country over the last 60 years.
Stitchcraft Magazine- 1930s-1980s
A popular knitters magazine through the decades, particularly through the 50s and 60s. This magazine was a go to for the latest fashions and designs.
Twiggy in Artesia- 1960's- present
Twiggy was a prominent British teenage model of swinging sixties London. Often photographed in iconic, bright artesia knitwear. In the last decade she has become a designer for M&S.
Fashion: Gansey Sweaters 1980- present day
The Gansey sweater. A traditional sweater that has held it's place in fashion throughout the decades.
The fishermen's garment of choice was a thick sweater which was close-fitting for warmth and tightly knitted to repel water. The traditional color of the gansey is navy and this one is worked in the round in a pattern of vertical panels with alternate cable and double moss stitch. The name 'gansey' comes from Guernsey, one of the islands from which these jumpers originated. By the 20th century workwear like ganseys and aran jumpers was an established type of leisure dress for the middle classes.
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Patricia Roberts- 1976- Present day
An innovative hand knit women & children's wear designer, who's work won The Duke of Edinburgh's Designer's Prize.Design Council Awards in 1986 . She has published 17 books and still continues to run a London store.
Rowan Yarns- 1978- present day
Established in 1978 Rowan became a household name across the world, known for it's quality yarns & variety of natural fibers.
Nottingham Trent University Offers a knit specific Bachelor of Arts Degree – 1980's to present day
Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles. Three years of knitting for school. Sounds like bliss.
Water Aid Knit a River Petition 2006-2007
Knitters from all over the country submitted blue patches to make this giant blue river that was spread across London to promote a campaign by water aid to stop water poverty in 2006.
The river's finest hour came in May 2007 when, just ahead of the G8 summit in Germany, over 200 knitters, WaterAid staff and supporters carried a swathe of the knitted river along Albert Embankment, across Lambeth Bridge and into Parliament Square and Whitehall, the home of the British government. Afterwards a small section of the 'petition' was handed over to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, calling for pressure on the G8 to end water poverty
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Vivienne Westwood- 1970s – present day
My all time favorite designer, known best for her punk inspired wears. Her knitwear, both for the catwalk and the high street is always as beautiful and unique as her other pieces.
Westwood explained: 'I started making mohair jumpers for the girls – you couldn't even buy mohair then. I loved the beatnik idea of wearing a man's sweater with tights.' This type of garment set the punk fashion for torn and unravelling sweaters
V & A Museum
Fair Isle – 1920s- present day
Fair isle is a traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. It is named after Fair Isle, a tiny island in the north of Scotland, that forms part of the Shetland islands. Fair Isle knitting gained a considerable popularity when the Prince of Wales (later to become Edward VIII) wore Fair Isle tank tops in public in 1921. Traditional Fair Isle patterns have a limited palette of five or so colours, use only two colours per row, are worked in the round, and limit the length of a run of any particular colour."
Still one of the most fashionable and sought after style of knitwear around the globe, a goal to reach for every passionate knitter and the reason I began knitting.


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President is a type of card game that you can play anywhere with a pack of cards. It is recommended for 4 players or more, but it is also possible to play with two players. The rules are easy, and it is a good way to pass your time if you are bored. Once you find your cards, start with setting up the game.
Set up the game by dividing up the pack of cards evenly between the players you have. When you're finished there should be no cards left except the jokers. The person with the three of clubs starts. That player needs to put down the three of clubs. The order of who will put down their card next will always go clockwise. The next part is how to actually play.
After the person has put down the three of clubs, The person on his left(clockwise) will put down a card. Their card needs to be bigger than three, for example four, six or queen. The suit in the doesn't matter. Here is the order of the cards:
Smallest: 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - Jack - Queen - King - Ace - 2 :Biggest
As shown above, two is the biggest number. I suggest that you save your 2, for it can win the round automatically. If you don't have any cards to put down, say pass, then you're out of the round. The next person puts down their card. If no one in the group can put down a card bigger than the one on the table, the person who owns the card on the table wins the round, and gets to start. If you have two, three or even four of the same number, you can put down a double. Lets say I have three Jacks, I put down the three Jacks to start, the next person needs to put down three of either Queen, KIng, Ace or two. This is a great way to play your cards since it uses a lot of your cards, and other players might not have doubles or triples. The first person who finishes using all of their cards is the president.
Rankings are one of the special rules of this game. President is the winner, vice president is the second, if you have 4 players then you won't have neutral (or citizen). The scum is the loser, vice scum is the player before scum. Order 0f the rankings:
Winner : President - Vice Pres- Neutral(As many as you like) - Worker - Rubbish Picker ; Loser
Also, if you put down three cards in order in a row, then the next card and the next needs to be in order. If I put down a 4, the next person puts down a 5, and the next a 6, then the next needs to be 7. This only ends after the round is finished.
Also, in the next game, the rubbish picker gives his two best cards to the president, the president gives his two worst cards to the rubbish picker. The worker gives him only one of his best card to the vice, and the vice gives him his one worst card.
I really like playing President, and I hope you do too. It is a great way to pass your time with your friends or family. The main point with President is luck. With some good cards, even a rubbish picker can become a president. I hope you have fun playing this game!


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Several people have reported that they are running into problems while trying the Siri voice assistant feature. The problem occurs when users ask Siri to carry out a task and Siri will reply with, for instance:
"Sorry, I'm having trouble connecting to the network."
"What was that again?"
"Sorry, something has gone wrong. Can you try that again?"
"Sorry, I did not get that."
"Uh oh. Something is wrong. Can you try again?"
The Fix:
- Disable Siri (Settings > General)
- Turn iPhone 4S off completely
- Turn your iPhone 4S back on and re-enable Siri.
If Siri is still not working, it may be that Apple's servers have been overloaded by new iPhone owners heavily using the service with requests, considering that Apple sold over four million of its new iPhone 4S just three days after its launch.


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Here's another great upload from Ed Conroy, the budding digital archivist behind the popular YouTube channel Retrontario.
In the 1980s, in an effort to replace the standard test pattern with something a little more compelling, Global videotaped three trips around Toronto, and then set the film to jazzy music. The programs were called Night Ride, Night Walk, and Night Moves, and were broadcast from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Global TV from 1986 to 1993. You can read more about the series here and on Torontoist.
After watching Night Ride, I think I need a nap.
From Retro Ontario.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Night Ride: Yonge Street Circa 1986
By Stephen M.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Wading Through the Storms of Life, to Write!
It's a mess in the Midwest.
And frankly, it's messing with my muse.
Over the last few weeks here, we've had to contend with floods, violent storms, tornado watches and rain as relentless as a telemarketer on commission.
Don't get me wrong; other areas have had it worse. And I thank God that my basement hasn't flooded and that my life hasn't been dismantled.
Still, stormy weather is a buzz-kill that saps my concentration and creativity. I'm not talking about the occasional rain, but the heavy stuff, day after day.
Or to put it another way, it "grounds" my get-up and-go!
Instead of being my typical energetic self, I feel like crawling under the covers and waiting it out.
And did I mention that I'm just days away from throwing my annual backyard barbeque and birthday party?
Unfortunately, it looks like down pour might be on the "menu."
But, recently, I had an epiphany. And I am in a better place, as a result of it. It dawned on me that the weather is like a metaphor for life. For our creative careers, even.
We must muddle through. Persevere. Learn to weather the storms.
Because rain often fosters growth--figuratively and literally. And there's no escaping it.
Wouldn't you agree?
So, here's what I've learned as I look forward to brighter days ahead...
1. Storms come in many forms.
We lose a major client. A computer with our important files gets infected with a virus. A loved one gets sick. Someone you love stops loving you. An editor sends a stinging rejection. Have a pity party. Pray. Eat some chocolate. Have a glass of Vino. Then get back in the game. Write in your journal. Write a letter to a far-away friend. Do a little at a time. Take baby steps. In the words of Annie, "The sun will come out tomorrow."
2. Look on the bright side.
Things could almost always be worse. Are you healthy? Have a roof over your head? Food on the table? Clothes on your back? Then you're batting a thousand, my friend.
3. Bask in the "warmth" of cherished friends and nurturing relationships.
Good ones are like Vitamin C, bringing sunshine in our lives and contributing to our enhanced health.
4. Shift happens!
Recognize that there are some things of which we simply have no control. Whenever possible, go with the flow. It's better for your health.
5. Have a Plan "B".
Back up those important files. Create blog posts a few weeks in advance. Complete clients' assignments before deadline. Smart planning can sometimes minimize the "storm's" saturation.
Ill leave you with these thoughts, as I leave to take a brief break from Pen and Prosper, for some needed rest and rejuvenation.
Let's reconnect on or around July 1st. Shall we?
Feel free to leave comments and questions in the interim.
You know I love to hear from you. :-)
Wishing you love, laughter, and sunshine!
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Your words were salve to my soul as I wrap up my last school year, deal with incessant rain, and receive a nice rejection today. You're preaching to the choir, but it is good to hear uplifting messages.Enjoy your time off. Happy birthday great lady.ReplyDeleteReplies
No doubt you'll be truly missed as you make your transition from school life. I wish you the best in whatever you embark upon. Thanks so much! :-)
Ah, what a wonderful reality check! I was just thinking yesterday (regarding a personal challenge) that giving up is not an option, and pressing forward is a must. Stay in the game, keep a good perspective, and move ahead - the benefits far outweigh the alternative. Very timely, thank you.ReplyDelete
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You'll make it through. Better to be a winner, than to be a whiner, right? LOL My prayers are with you, dear one. :-)
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I absolutely love this timely post. Going through a depressing bit myself. Thanks for the reminder we all get stormed on and especially for the laugh . . ."like a telemarketer on commission!" LOLReplyDeleteReplies
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Trial-free Weekends
So no trials for the last two weekends in a row. I feel quite strange…and so not physical in any way…think I better do some serious running this week at training or else I am going to be completely exhausted after one run next trial! Raven is again of the "no news is good news" category this week. She had put on more weight again last week before she started her second cycle of chemo so that was good. Her WBC was also up. No side effects from the Vincristine this time apart from feeling tired – she slept well through the night and was ready to go for training the following night. I had thought (with not just a slight touch of disappointment) that I had felt her lymph nodes come up again. Just the ones in her neck. I was very happy to hear when i picked her up Tuesday after her chemo that it was her saliva glands I was feeling and that all her lymph nodes are back to normal. Fantastic! So far, so good, still a long way to go though. Last Sunday afternoon we took the dogs for a run at our local Canine grounds. Some of the shots didn't turn out half bad! I was thinking prior to these the the dogs could do with a bath – but these pics have simply confirmed for me that it's not necessary!
Born March 7th 2000
Diagnosed Lymphoma May 11th 2007
Kicking cancer butt since May 14th – 1st Chemo treatment
Or perhaps I should not joke about cancer at this stage…
ah what the hell, you gotta laugh sometimes!
in the hope that she disappears
Cy's thinking "You know you coulda left her at home"
but ensuring that she looks the part whilst failing.
At times she's so darn cute!


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SEAT – 16 million-strong and counting…
28th January, 2008
• Spanish firm celebrates production milestone
On 25th January, 2008, Spanish car maker SEAT notched up another massive milestone as its 16 millionth unit rolled off the production line at the firm's modern Martorell plant, near Barcelona.
The landmark car, a silver Leon Ecomotive equipped with a frugal 105 PS 1.9 TDI engine, is destined to be sold on the Spanish market. This ultra-clean model, which has CO2 emissions of just 119 g/km, is 'sister' to the new Ibiza Ecomotive which arrives in Europe this (northern) spring.
Speaking at the car's production line celebration, SEAT President Erich Schmitt highlighted the upward trajectory of the company's production activities: 'not only because of technological advances but also the high quality in the products and processes and environmental protection.'
The Leon Ecomotive is, almost literally, a world away from the very first SEAT model – a 1400 – that came off the assembly line at the company's base in Barcelona's Zona Franca on 13th November 1953.
At that time the firm's 900 workers managed a production rate of five cars per day. Today, by contrast, the company has a workforce of around 12,000, including the staff at the SEAT Technical Centre and produces about 2,000 units daily at the Martorell plant.
Martorell is home to the full line-up of today's SEAT models with the exception of the Alhambra, which is manufactured at the Volkswagen Group plant in Palmela (Portugal).
The celebration of this latest milestone comes at a time of strong growth for SEAT, with new models arriving such as the Ibiza and Leon Ecomotive. The firm is also looking forward to the prospect of its first full SUV, based on the stunning Tribu concept car, which is likely to debut next year.
SEAT also has an ambitious expansion plan, laid down in its Strategy 2018, which envisages increasing sales to 800,000 units per annum within a decade.
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Countdown is down to 5 days.
I've been trying to prepare, but there's not too much i can do right now- packing would be pointless since i still need my clothes and toiletries. Stalling my Netflix and Amazon accounts now would mean i couldn't watch movies for the last few days, and might miss a sale on Amazon.. I do have a list of 'things to buy' and 'things to do' before i leave though.
Was up pretty late last night on Skype with S and J, getting bus routes/tickets and rental keitai (cell phone) business sorted out. Then i proceeded to do... i don't remember, important things? on the internet until 4am. Oh yeah, was writing up a detailed itinerary for my parents and such.. Anyway, been trying to get my sleeping habits back to normal since they got pretty messed up over the past 6 months because of endless school/work/study schedule where i'd be up til 4 or 5 or 6 in the morning. Had been getting to bed by 2:30 or 3, but with a big trip to plan for just around the corner it doesn't seem like i'll be doing much better than that. Hopefully it'll get back on track in Japan. I tend to adjust to the time difference there pretty well and have never gotten jisa-boke (jet-lag).
I'm super excited and super nervous, but as seems to happen before any big trip for me, it doesn't really feel like i'm going. Definitely doesn't feel like it's only 5 days away.
Meeting up soon with my good buddy to go get some dinner. Then tomorrow i've got plans with some other good friends of mine from high school to do some cooking and hanging out. Friday i've got to take the dogs to the groomers and do trip-related shopping and get some $ converted to ¥ and traveler's checks. Saturday... not sure, probably trim and re-dye my hair, get some more friend and family time in. Sunday is family dinner and then pack like CRAZY, to be ready to leave for the airport nice and early Monday morning.
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The South African-born author of Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me is the undisputed doyenne of all things stylish in London, having been the founding editor of the Financial Times' How to Spend It magazine. An inveterate traveler and committed wilderness-seeker, if she could be anywhere this winter, it would be "drifting through Indonesia's Flores Sea in a beautiful old-fashioned phinisi, swimming with manta rays and watching schools of dolphins at play".
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Awarded Multimedia Photographer of The Year in 2015 by Pictures of the Year International, the American photojournalist has exhibited his work – featuring everything from Kurdistan festivals to Nigerian oilfields – all over the world. For this issue of Beyond, he captured the rolling hills and historic towns of Virginia. If he weren't visiting his daughter in cold Michigan this winter, he'd jet off to India, Cuba or Nicaragua – "anywhere to keep warm".
Douglas Rogers
The award-winning author and journalist has seen much of the world in the course of his work, whether it involved taking road trips for The Daily Telegraph or embarking on jungle adventures for Travel + Leisure. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, he now lives in the U.S. state of Virginia, whose historic hinterland he explores in this issue of Beyond. His dream winter escape, he says, is to the South American hotspot of Uruguay, "where I'd sip rum cocktails in a beach bar".
Richard E. Grant
Best known for his role in the cult comedy film Withnail and I, the Swaziland-born, London-based actor has played roles ranging from Izembaro in Game of Thrones to Jasper in Girls, as well as writing and directing the 2005 film, Wah-Wah, which was loosely based on his own childhood experiences. For Beyond, he writes about the seven journeys that informed his life – and the one place he keeps returning to: Mustique, for "its amazing weather and the sublime Macaroni beach".
Tina Gaudoin
The founder and former editor-in-chief of WSJ, the Wall Street Journal's magazine, has edited four major publications on both sides of the Atlantic. Her unerring eye for detail – particularly in matters of style – made her the obvious choice to write our tongue-in-cheek take on "The New Honeymoons" in this issue of Beyond. Where she'd most like to be over the next few months, she says, is away from it all, "in southern California, preferably on a paddleboard".
Naeem Khan
Since launching his eponymous label in 2003, the Indian-born fashion designer has dressed everyone from Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to Michelle Obama and the Duchess of Cambridge, who wore one of his outfits for her high-profile visit to the Taj Mahal. He divides his time between New York, Mumbai – where he recommends his favorite restaurant in this issue of Beyond – and Miami. "I'm in love with Miami," he says. "It's so beautiful and there's so much going on. That's where I want to be this winter."


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Monday, October 5, 2009
Giveaway Winner
Congratulations to #60 aka The Preppy Princess for winning this giveaway!!! You already have my email so just send me a message with the address you'd like it to go to and I will send it out this week. :)
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Thanks Patricia & Same Stamp Challenge
Over at the Hero Arts Flick group we have a "use the same stamp" challenge going on. Linda, Anita, Sharon, Sally and I decided it would be fun for us all to make cards using the same stamp. We all love the Antiques Engravings set and decided to go with stamps from that set. We haven't seen each other's cards so each day this week we'll get to see one of the cards. Linda started off yesterday with this gorgeous card here and it's my turn to post today. You don't need to have the Antique Engravings set to join in on the challenge - you can team up with someone who has a stamp in common with you. If you'd like to join in on the fun, full details are here.
Stamps (Hero Arts) - Antique Engravings, Magical Background, Earth Flowers, Messages and Old Letter Writing
My card is (loosely!) based on one of the sketches for this month's challenge at Hero Arts – the butterfly just fluttered away a little bit! For the bottom part of the background I applied faded jeans distress to white card and white embossed the Magical Background. On the upper part of the background the Earth Flowers were stamped using VersaMark. I had a scrap of card (white card with antique linen distress ink applied to it and stamped with Old Letter Writing) left over from another project and used this for the butterfly and sentiment. The sentiment is stamped using faded jeans distress ink. I love this pretty lace ribbon from Hero Arts and ended up using two strips of it on the card. The paper flowers have been in my flower drawer for ages so I'm glad to have finally found a home for them!
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- Patricia said...
so beautiful card and great color combo I love it . So glad you like it your new banner =P
- April 19, 2011 at 11:55 AM
- Sanne said...
Love this - blue and brown goes so well together!
- April 19, 2011 at 5:09 PM
- CinnamonSally said...
Such a pretty card Heather love your colour scheme, I love your new banner too. Also congratulations on your mention on the Lily Pad blog.
- April 19, 2011 at 6:52 PM
- Rosemary said...
lovely card, heather! may have to try to get something done for the hostess challenge. love your new banner, too!!
- April 19, 2011 at 9:04 PM
- Nat said...
your new banner is awesome and so is your design!! love these colours and beautiful butterfly!
- April 20, 2011 at 3:21 AM
- Tiffany said...
Really gorgeous work, Heather, love the subtlety of the grass stamp in the background!
- April 20, 2011 at 5:46 AM
- Dawn said...
LOVE the new banner Heather.... just you!!!!!!!!!! your card is perfect as well.... love the lace on it,
- April 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- Isha said...
Lovely new banner Heather. Your card is simply Gorgeous. Love it.
- April 21, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Suzanne C said...
Beautiful! Love the colors! Your banner is perfect!
- April 25, 2011 at 2:54 AM


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Mar 14, 2002
256 Pages
Written by a physicist with professional dance training, Physics and the Art of Dance explains how dancers can achieve better, safer performances through an understanding of physics in motion. Using simple, non-technical terms, Kenneth Laws combines his knowledge of both physics and dance to describe how the laws of gravity, momentum, and energy affect dancing bodies. The book explores the natural laws that govern the subtleties of balance, the techniques of leaps and pirouettes, and the impressive lifts and turns executed by ballet partners. Finally, Laws offers insight into two current discussions in the dance world--the effect of body size on ballet technique, and the relationship between science and the art of dance.
Beautiful, original stop-action photographs by Martha Swope, along with clear diagrams, illustrate the concepts described in the text. Plus, an intriguing "puzzler" at the beginning of each chapter provides an engaging entrée into the topics presented. For those who want a more advanced understanding of the physics, extensive appendices are provided.
This new book combines the best features of Laws's widely acclaimed The Physics of Dance and Physics, Dance, and the Pas de Deux by Laws and Cynthia Harvey. Its expert application of the basic principles of physics to the art of dance will be an invaluable resource for dancers and dance instructors and will open a new level of appreciation for lovers of the form. It will also appeal to physicists who seek to include the arts in their scientific pursuits.
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Oasis Hotel
Overlooking the sea offering fantastic panoramic views
Situated in a panoramic uphill location overlooking the sea near Skaleta, the Oasis Hotel is 400 meters from a sandy beach and 12 kms from the centre of Rethymnon.
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Workers with a reliable schedule are more likely to be happy at work
Dow Corning has been recognised globally as a great place to work. Craig Donaldson examines why its employees rate it so highly and details the strategies of a multi-award winning employer of choice
Dow Corning is a global leader in silicon innova
tion and technology, with a net income of almost
$US776 million ($989 million) and $US5.45 bil
lion of sales last calendar year. It provides 7000
products and services to more than 20 industries
such as construction, power and utilities, electronics, oil
and gas, healthcare and the automotive sector.
With 10,200 employees worldwide, Dow Corning has
also won a swag of awards for its employment practices.
In addition to being recognised as one of the best compa
nies to work for in the 2008 Great Place to Work study in
Australia, it has won similar accolades in countries such as
the UK, Germany, Belgium and Korea. The corporation
has also been recognised by Fortune magazine as one of the
100 best companies to work for, and as a best employer in
Asia by Hewitt Associates and the Wall Street Journal Asia.
Judges in these surveys noted Dow Corning for its
"relentless execution of focused human capital programs,
persistent empowerment of managers and its highly efficient
human resource function".
Local management structure
This is also the experience of Dow Corning in Australia,
according to its HR manager, Tony Swift. He says the com
pany's success as a best employer goes beyond HR and can
be put down to a range of factors – including a unique man
agement structure and resulting organisational culture.
"We're structured in a unique and interesting way," he
says. "There is no CEO or MD here who can direct, mon
itor and control everything, and that really changes the
way we interact with the rest of the company."
Instead, Dow Corning has a country manager, who works
part-time in a facilities and compliance role rather than a
strategic one. Dow Corning's local leadership team also com
prises a commercial manager, finance manager and, together
with Swift, the team is responsible for overseeing the direc
tion of the company's 40 Australian employees.
While the commercial leadership strategy for the com
pany is developed overseas, HR is charged with imple
menting it on a local level.
The PIP process
One of the biggest global initiatives is the performance
improvement program, or PIP. This is a mandatory process
in which managers and employees agree on annual goals.
"The improvement process is significant in that it's not
just about work," Swift says. "Employees know exactly
what's expected of them throughout the year ahead, and
the idea is to set stretch goals that will help them develop."
Goals are aligned with the strategy of the company,
and the formal tools used in the process are globally con
sistent – which allows the company to benchmark per
formance across every one of its 45 manufacturing or
operating sites around the world.
The PIP process underpins a number of other processes
including learning and development, remuneration, suc
cession planning and performance management.
Employee development
Training is done in a targetted approach, and aims to bridge
development gaps as well as further develop high poten
tials. Dow Corning offers a comprehensive training calendar throughout the year, and line
managers discuss this with employees to
make sure training options will help them
develop and deliver on their PIP goals.
Workgroup and team leaders organ
ise structured on-the-job functionally
driven technical training, which is sup
ported by "Dow Corning University", a
global system which offers online com
puter-based training and an enrolment
centre for instructor led training.
In addition, Dow Corning employees
have access to subsidies for further edu
cation including TAFE, undergraduate
and post-graduate studies.
"I think we manage the whole
employee development piece pretty well,"
Swift says. "We don't have a sheep-dip
approach to training. We spend a lot of
money on it, so it's important to us from
both a return on investment perspective
as well as improving attraction and reten
tion. Employees want opportunities to
grow and develop, so we need to provide
opportunities for people to do that and
incentivise them to stay here."
Succession planning
Closely linked to the PIP process and
employee development is succession plan
ning. Dow Corning has a global process
that identifies key positions and a limited
number of high potential employees for
leadership development.
The succession planning process
requires the input of HR and the coun
try's leadership team, and Swift says the
philosophy behind this is that overseas
reviews of high potential employees don't
necessarily take into account how they
perform. "It's important to have people
on the ground here assessing high per
formers first, because they might be
achieving all their goals, but they might
be a nightmare to work with on a day-to-
day basis," he says.
High potentials are earmarked for spe
cial courses and have access to mentoring
programs, short-term international
assignments and selected projects under
the umbrella of accelerated leadership
The PIP process is closely linked to remu
neration, which allows for strong trans
parency around pay for performance
within Dow Corning. "Remuneration is
a big one for us, so we want to pay for
high performance, as well as attract good
people through competitive pay. Our
staff are a key source of competitive
advantage," Swift says.
Dow Corning benchmarks salaries
annually through Hay Group to ensure
that pay is both attractive to external tal
ent and an incentive for existing talent to
stay with the business.
Swift says that attrition within Dow
Corning is almost zero within the com
mercial part of the company, while
turnover ranges from 6 to 8 per cent in
other divisions such as customer service.
Health and wellbeing
Dow Corning has a comprehensive health
and wellbeing program and Swift says
this is another important pillar in the
company's status as a great place to work.
"Wellbeing is a key attraction and reten
tion issue for us. We want employees and
their families to be happy and healthy, as
this is good for the business and the bot
tom line. It's the right thing to do and we
value their contribution," says Swift.
One of the initiatives Dow Corning
has put in place is a wellbeing day, in
which the office shuts down for all
employees to get together offsite and
take part in non-work-related, non-com
petitive activities that are based on
healthy lifestyle ideas and socialising.
Employees are encouraged not to discuss business during the day, and Dow
Corning has found that such events also
encourage employees from all levels to get together with no hierarchi
cal overtones.
"We keep it simple," Swift says. "As
an organisation of engineers and
chemists we tend to over-engineer things
a bit, so we remind ourselves to keep it
simple. We reduced the budget for our
most recent wellbeing day, given the cur
rent economic climate, but it ended up
being our most successful day so far."
Strong communication
Dow Corning has a strong culture of open communication. When communicating with employees, its philosophy is to hide nothing. All employees are encouraged to understand the strategic direction and the financial health of the company. Employees can trust in management to share information early - even if the finer details have not yet been determined. Senior management likes to meet people face to face and address employee groups directly. When a significant change is announced, a senior management team is assigned to different parts of the world so that everyone in the organisation is covered.
Dow Corning encourages open-door, two-way communication. Any employee can send an email to the senior leadership of the company without restriction. Their workgroup-specific communication forums allow for greater interaction among all staff.
They also have a leadership communication forum where selected senior employees get updates and are expected to cascade the information to their teams. In favour of face-to-face communication, senior management visits all sites and engages directly with all employees.
Source: Great Place to Work Institute Australia
Tough times
There has been a restructure within Dow Corning as a result of the downturn, with a global workforce reduction of 10 per cent. There are no further plans for big restructures, according to Tony Swift, HR manager for Dow Corning, who strongly believes in continuing to drive the above initiatives in order to support attraction and retention of talent.
"If we truly value our staff, then we should not switch off everything we do in bad times. I would question whether companies that cut wellbeing because it's an easy way to save money, for example, really value their employees," he says.
"However, we need to be realistic and, rather than winding everything right back, we can look at what the key programs that add value for our staff are and invest there."
Addendum: Since the time of interviews for this article, Dow Corning Corporation has announced that it will be closing its Sydney office in late September 2009.


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In light of our current economic situation, I wanted to share this TBF post discussing the increased level of brand consciousness among millennials (those born in the late 80s-mid 90s). It's interesting to read the comments from the then teenagers, justifying their need for a Gucci bag at 13 and I wonder how those same teens (now young adults), feel about their comments now.
Does thirteen years need a Louis Vuitton Purse?
The Wall Street Journal recently posted an interesting article on the targeting of teens for luxury items like designer bags, cars, etc.
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Driving the shift is a generation of young people often called the teenage "millennials"—the adolescents and young adults born in the late 1980s to mid-90s. Of course there have always been teens who were focused on the "right" designer names, and marketers striving to sway them. (Remember Brooke Shields in her Calvins?) But apparel makers and retailers say the affluent millennials are particularly notable for their brand consciousness. Surrounded by brand references from Web sites, rap music, movies, magazines and MTV—and showered with the best of everything by their baby boomer parents—these young consumers have grown up knowing the difference between Prada and Ralph Lauren from an early age.
I agree that teens wanting designer labels isn't anything new- I remember begging for a pair of Gibraud jeans and working my butt off for a Ralph Lauren Polo button down shirt. But… I'm concerned about the apparent entitlement that many teens feel in regards to designer labels and the apparent lack of a back bone by parents to say no. It's the job of teenagers to push and it's the job of parents to set boundaries. However, when it comes to designer goods, it seems like parents just can't say no anymore. For example, one guy in the article even stated ""If they keep their grades up, it is hard to say no,". I was a straight A student, got a full academic scholarship to a great school, and my parents had absolutely no problem saying no. In fact, I think they secretly plotted new and creative ways to say "no" to my irrational, teenage requests.
I mean, why does your 13 year old (or a 20, or 30, or 40) HAVE to have a $700 handbag or a BMW before they even learn what a responsibility it is to drive? Plus, always rewarding good behavior with an extravagant gift probably doesn't teach a very good lesson to your teen- there's times in life that you do good things and you receive no reward other than the fact you did good- which apparently just doesn't compare to a new Dooney Burke Bag. What ever happen to going out for a big dinner with your entire family when you got a good grade? We're creating a whole generation of spoiled consumers with very unrealistic expectations about life.
Anyone who's ever watched MTV's Sweet Sixteen shows knows exactly what I'm talking about- $50,000 party and new jaguar for a spoiled 16 year old? Pleeaseeee… What do they have to look forward to when they graduate from college? A small town and a Rolls Royce? If you have a million dollar bar(or bat) mitzvah, are you going to have a 2 million dollar wedding? Where does it end? I mean everything else in their lives will be down hill in comparison.
Designer items ARE NOT A HUMAN RIGHT.. They are nice and I love a good bag as much as the next person… but I also have a job.
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Chacala is a gem, a tiny, picturesque cove on the west coast of mainland Mexico, between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta. This anchorage is described in every guidebook I've seen for this coast, yet none mention its best feature: the hike to the rim of the extinct volcano.
Chacala changed since I was last here in 1997. Where there was once only a spattering of modest homes and tiny businesses, and just a few palapa restaurants on the beach, now there is more of everything and several spectacular hillside mansions. But Chacala on steroids retains its natural beauty. And even though the volcano trail we hiked back then is long gone, erased by the changes, no worries, we found a way. To any cruisers planning to make landfall in Chacala, following is what we did:Once you've landed ashore and checked in with the port captain, walk down the beach in a southerly direction until the palapa restaurants end. Now get on the inland side of the chain link fence and continue in the direction you were going, but on the dirt frontage road. Soon you will come to a sign and a gate marking the entrance to the Mar de Jade Holistic Living Center (where wealthy people come to do yoga and starve themselves). Continue in, you have our permission.
Now eyes left. See the grassy parking lot where each space is defined by a palm tree? Good, walk left into this lot and continue on to the end. There you will see the start of a trail. Take it. If within 50 feet or so you cross a brook on a concrete bridge, you are in the right place. Keep going.Just as you start to really enjoy this delightful jungle trail, say after an 1/8th of a mile or so, it will end where bulldozers created the road leading to those spectacular hillside mansions. If you can somehow pick up the trail on the other side of the road, more power to you, we could not. Instead, we followed the road up (to the right, or towards the beach). After about a half-mile or so, you'll see the first gated entrance to a hillside home; keep going up.
Finally, the road will dead end at what must be the mother of all spectacular hillside mansions, judging by the entrance (I would be happy to retire in the gatehouse). The place is called Orofino, the gatehouse is up the drive. Walk up the drive, you have our permission.Now, on your left, about 30 feet before the gatehouse, there is a depression in the low wall bordering the drive. Beyond that depression, there appears to be a trail going up the hillside, or at least a break in the foliage where construction debris is scattered. On our way up, we hopped this 12-inch wall and scrambled up the hill. We saw a lean-to and more construction materials off to the left. After about 150 feet, we came across another, very narrow fire road. (Now, it turns out--as we learned on our way down--that this narrow road actually intersects the Orofino driveway beyond the gatehouse. A much more civilized approach to the volcano would be to pass the gatehouse and turn left at the first intersection, about 100 feet beyond.)
This is a road that runs along the rim of the volcano. If you go left, you will ascend to the highest part of the rim. At that point, orchards of some kind of tree (I imagined them to be olive trees, but they're not) will surround you. Off to your right, you will see grasslands down below, in the perfectly round crater, about a 1/4-mile in circumference.All of the way up (and down), you will catch stunning views of the bay and of your boat at anchor. Once beyond the lush jungle, to where the orchards are, the neat rows of those olive-looking trees juxtaposed against the deep blue water and mountains beyond, will make you think you've landed in the Med (not that I've ever been there).
Of course, we left the camera aboard for this hike. Doh!--MR
|In Banderas Bay, we enjoyed swimming in the water. Now in the
Sea of Cortez, cooler waters may preclude pictures like this until spring.