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If you have marketing needs, you have copywriting and content needs. I have written millions of words of copy--I'm not exaggerating. From witty, clever ad headlines to commercial and video scripts to web content, I've done it all. Great copy starts with research. My process begins with saturating my brain with data about the business, the service or product, the audience and the context. Sometimes it takes a lot of coffee, but the outcome is typically spectacular, resonating copy.
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RIVAL councillors in Redditch are to push their political differences aside and lobby to ensure the future of young people serving on a council in the town.
Local politicians Juliet Brunner (Con), Betty Passingham (Lab) and Diane Thomas (Lib Dem) will be joining forces to fight to secure Redditch borough's Student Council.
The trio fear the group could be in jeopardy after Redditch Borough Council revealed the town's youth worker is to be made redundant as part of cost cutting measures in a bid to save almost £1.2 million.
The post was dedicated to working with the Student Council, made up of a host of youngsters from the town.
"Naturally we are really concerned about the subsequent knock-on effect that losing the youth strategy worker could have on the Student Council," said Coun Brunner.
"When it was announced the job would go, the students on the council were left dismayed.
"The Student Council plays such a vital role it is important we do all we can to make sure its future is safe."
The group works to ensure the interests of young people in the town are being met and has worked on large-scale projects, including reducing the fear of crime and working out ways to provide facilities for bored youngsters.
Coun Brunner added: "When people think of politics, they automatically think of Westminster and London, but the role of local government is hugely important and the decisions we make at Redditch Borough Council have a significant and real impact on the lives of people in the town.
"Therefore, it is vital we involve young people in this decision making process and encourage them to take an interest in local politics."
The three councillors are hoping to lobby Worcestershire County Council chiefs.
But council leader Coun Phil Mould said: "I cannot see any reason why there would be any threat to the Student Council."


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It seems that after watching "The Secret", I have been attracting attention from the main characters in the movie. First it was Joe Vitale with the book "The Key", now John Assaraf with his newest piece, The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life.
Wait, before you discard this review as another law of attraction book, read through the review as this book even surprised me. Instead of focusing purely on "The Law of Attraction", this hardcover book is about how to build the business of your dreams by changing it's most limiting factor, you!
Most people blame their circumstances around them for their lack of success. People should be looking within and examine their thought process where most will find the underlying problem.
For those of you who read my review on The Key, this book has a similar idea but much better as it's not spammy. In fact, I would go as far as saying that I recommend it to those who are serious about growing their business.
Lets get on with the nitty gritty.
Who is the Author?
This book is co authored by John Assaraf and Murray Smith. Who are these guys? According to the back of the book:
John Assaraf is a speaker, entrepreneur, and the internationally bestselling author of Having it all. Most of you will know John Assaraf from his appearance in the DVD and book The Secret. Over the last 20 years, he has built 4 multimillion dollar companies.
Murray Smith is a business-growth expert and entrepreneur who has launched or revived thirteen successful businesses and helped thousands of business owners increase revenues, profits, and value.
What's this book about?
This hard cover book falls into the series of books that focuses on changing the way that you think rather than a "how to" book on how to make your business succeed. I would classify this book in the same category as "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill and "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles (free).
The Answer is written by two authors, John Assaraf and Murray Smith. Both have complimentary points of view on how to create a successful business. Mr. Assaraf is a big believer in the law of attraction and lives his life that way. He explains why the law of attraction works, how our brain works, and how we can change our thoughts to be successful. Mr. Smith, on the other hand, is more technical on the business side of things. Combining their complementary skills, they have an enjoyable chapter dedicated to the case studies of actual companies that they have helped improve.
What Topics are Covered? Learn how to:
- Transform your business and life
- Attract more of the "right" customer of any business
- Find your own passions and achieve your business goals
- Use the law of attraction to create the business of your dreams
- Make the right decisions with confidence and certainty.
- Develop the mind-set of a mega-millionaire.
Final Thoughts
Even though my reviews of The Secret and The Key were not completely favorable, I really enjoyed reading this book even though it revolved around a similar topic. The authors found a way to explain the power of positive thinking in concrete terms that was easy to understand and believe.
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Doula Myth #2: Doulas are Only for Natural Births/
Ready for Week Two of our Doula Myth series? We hope our community can learn something awesome each week about our doulas and our dedication and commitment to the health and happiness of our pregnant and parenting community.
Which brings us to Doula Myth #2: Doulas are only for natural births. If I had a dollar for every time someone said to me "I wish I could have had a doula! But... I had a c-section/epidural/induction/etc", then I would be rich. Yes, doulas are experts on the natural and normal process of labor and birth. But guess what? We're also experts on giving you evidence-based information about whatever type of birth you're planning! And we're also experts at supporting you through whatever birth you desire or ultimately have. And we're experts at being non-judgmental, unbiased, supportive, and flexible when things don't go according to plan. We're experts at providing the very best professional care that we have to offer, no matter what type of birth you're planning.
Most people who call us do so because they are planning a natural birth and want some support and guidance with that. And that's fabulous! But some people who call us do so because they are planning something different. And sometimes plans change, too. And we're here for you every step of the way. Ultimately, when we are hired to support a birthing woman and/or family, we carry no responsibility for the physical outcome of her birth. That allows us the space, time, and room to give her and her family the undivided and continuous physical and emotional support and education that they want. What we desire is for the birthing woman to feel fulfilled, satisfied, and like she THRIVED in her experience into motherhood. And satisfaction can come in many forms for many types of people and types of births. Someone with a scheduled cesarean can look back on her experience knowing that she was safe, comfortable, happy, and made great decisions for her and her baby. Someone with a home water birth can look back on her experience knowing the exact same thing.
Our doulas have attended elective cesareans, medically necessary scheduled cesareans, inductions, births with planned and unplanned epidurals, births in hospitals, birthing centers, and even at home. If you know that you can benefit from having a doula present at your birth, no matter what kind of birth you're planning, give us a call to set up a free consultation.
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R Street's Jarrett Dieterle interviews food policy expert Baylen Linnekin about burdensome alcohol laws:
In his recent book, Biting the Hands That Feed Us (Island Press, 2016), food-policy scholar Baylen Linnekin exposes many of America's nightmare food laws. From the so-called "cheese board rule" that contemplated forbidding cheesemakers from aging their cheese on wooden boards, to laws that shut down producers of salumi who refused to use nitrates in their meat-aging process, these rules have crushing effects on food producers, while failing to provide any significant health benefits.
I recently talked with Linnekin about whether alcohol producers faced the same level of government-imposed regulations that food producers do. According to him, the answer is a resounding yes....
Read more at http://www.rstreet.org/op-ed/so-many-drinks-laws-an-interview-with-food-policy-expert-baylen-linnekin/


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The mountains south of Xizhi have a few steep valleys that make good waterfall territory. I've previously written a short post on some of the waterfalls on Dajianshan, and also visited the disappointing Tai-an Fall (no post but it's on here). A short but varied and fun river trace follows a small valley called Jiangziliao near these two sites. Public transport is not much use for this one. Just one infrequent minibus comes up here. Follow the directions to Jiangziliao Cliff on Google. Head up the trail and just above the waterfall climb onto the smooth riverbed.
The cliff itself is imposing and overhangs precariously. Scattered large boulders on the riverbed suggest staying here for a long time is a bad idea.
Just under the cliff is Jiangziliao Waterfall. There had not been much rain recently and the fall was covered in green slime.
After a bit of rain it's probably a little more photogenic. The riverbed here is smooth and in places quite slippery. Don't attempt this without the felt-bottomed river tracing shoes. A helmet for some of the upriver parts is a good idea too.
The geology of this river changes quite often. There are rough stretches of boulders interspersed with smooth shale banks and small waterfalls. It made it a lot more interesting than the usual piles of stones. In a few places it's best to take short tracks around the rockfalls in the stream. A short way upriver there's a larger pool and the river undulates over a steep bed of slate into the far end. This is slippery enough to make a fun little natural waterslide.
Past a narrow pool we climbed up a waterfall in a dark hollow. Going up and down this looks harder than it is, though the water was low when I went.
Above this fall it looks as though storms and landslides have taken their toll on the valley. The area is a mess of slippery rocks and not very attractive. We pressed on up the valley but to diminishing returns.
On return we spotted this tiny whirlpool vortex and later a huge praying mantis jumped on my backpack for a short ride.
I'm terrible at time estimates but I'd say this short trace only took an hour or two. It's a good introduction to river tracing and given the location away from convenient transport I doubt it ever gets very busy. Have a look on the Hidden Taiwan Map for more.


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The Morning Call
As of May, 2017, there were about 5 million domain names associated with Africa with a total annual value of $52 million.
This is not much because it represents only 1% of the generic top-level domains registered worldwide.
Out of the 1.4 million generic domains registered in Africa, 1.2 million are .com domains.
This month, expect the .africa domain which will be sold by ICANN accredited registrars.
Watch this edition of Hi-Tech on The Morning Call with Ismail Akwei.


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In one of the wonderfully curious groups I'm a part of on Facebook this week, a user asked the opinions of the members on the increase of technology in fitting rooms. As someone who does the majority of their shopping online these days, as so many do, it had been some time since I had given much thought to this industry shift (or experimentation, depending on your view). Though I hold a pretty strong opinion about it.
And it's all about balance. My experience with fitting room technology has been short but very effective. At Zara in London, I entered a fitting room with armfuls of garments which a touchscreen board in the room was able to recognize and line up for me. Seriously, it knew what was hanging in the room waiting for me to try on. And I LOVED it. I was able to scroll through to check prices, different styling options, request another size to be brought to me, even buy directly from the website if I didn't want to continue the in-store misery of waiting in line. It was just enough to completely enhance the experience of being in-store and blended the comfort of shopping online with being able to interact with the physical product. And a bonus to the retailer, I am confident I ended up spending much more than I would have without that helpful tool in the fitting room with me.
As we are so prone to doing when it comes to exploration, however, it's all gone a bit too far. Recently, new fitting room functionality for some brands has built upon what I experienced and are now presenting interactive mirrors. The WORST part of being in a fitting room (aside from lighting...WHY can we not figure out better lighting?!).
Try on a dress in one color and the mirror can change it to another color so you don't have to change. Record a 360 degree view of yourself for review or share it on social media/send it to a friend. Use artificial intelligence to suggest a full outfit from other items you do not have in the room with you to compliment the piece you've tried on. It's just all a bit too much. It's a bit too far when it comes to laziness (just try on the other color dress). And it's all too much feeling like there is someone in the fitting room with me. I also have no interest in knowing that a video was recorded of me in a fitting room.
I say all this likely just being at the beginning of a movement. As retail works so hard to stay relevant, these types of updates will very probably become commonplace, and I'll suddenly be a massive proponent of the new ease of in-store shopping. However, right now, a little goes a long way for me.
Read more about technology in fitting rooms from Racked here & Business of Fashion here.


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Daily reports from our days in the field
Today we were greeted by the first sun rays illuminating the ice of Bernal Glacier. National Geographic Orion has sailed into the Montañas Fiord, in which this glacier is located. After breakfast we started our operations to land and hike to the glacier's terminus, where we could get face to face with ice that is several thousand years in age. We all had a memorable experience by spending the morning in front of this glacier.
Mar 14, 2019
National Geographic Orion
Our "bumpy" day on National Geographic Orion began promptly at 7:30 this morning when our expedition leader Doug announced that we have reached the southernmost tip of the South American continent. This destination is known formally as Cape Horn, but more familiarly as the island at end of the world.
Mar 10, 2019
Bahía Franklin or "Franklin Bay" is as much a picturesque anchorage as it is a wellspring for wildlife on this part of the globe. After a night cruising down the Beagle Channel and into the South Atlantic, we arrived just as the sun broke from a scattering of clouds. Because of the generally torrential conditions, National Geographic Orion has only succeeded in landing twice before at this location. Our natural history staff led hikes through the tussock grass to a nearby rockhopper penguin colony. This is the largest and southernmost colony in South America, with approximately 127,000 nesting pairs. Slightly less plentiful are the charming burrowing Magellanic penguins, who also favor the island's temperate climes. Recent counts show their numbers up by 50% in the last 10 years, with approximately 1,600 nesting pairs.
Mar 08, 2019
After a comfortable night at anchor along the shores of Staten
Island, we repositioned before breakfast to the narrow and sheltered Cook's
Bay. This was the location of the second
prison on the island, although it was only in operation for a few years around
1900. Here, we were able to walk
completely across the island, enjoying the fantastic scenery of this very
special place.
Nov 06, 2018
Out of the rough and windy ocean, beyond the curved tip of South America (more precisely – the large island of Tierra del Fuego), the mountains of Staten Island emerge from the sea. It is as if the Andes are surfacing for a final breath of refreshing air before disappearing beneath the ocean. In the age of sail, most ships rounding Cape Horn sailed by Staten Island, and many of them wrecked on its shores. Aside from shipwrecked sailors who made it ashore, about the only people here have been a few sealers, prisoners, Antarctic explorers, scientists, and since 1976 - a very small outpost of the Argentinian Navy. It is protected as a nature preserve, and we are now among the lucky few to experience the beauty of its wild and rugged landscape. We explored Hoppner Bay via Zodiac, cruising into a hidden and magical inner bay, where calm waters were surrounded by lush, green vegetation. Later in the day, we landed near the eastern end of the island to visit 'the lighthouse at the end of the world,' then took a short Zodiac cruise to see a rockhopper penguin colony above the wave-swept shore.
Nov 05, 2018
We have reached the southernmost tip of the American continent - the end of the world, Cape Horn! This is where the waters of the Pacific and Atlantic meet, giving way to the Drake Passage in the south. Here, prevailing westerly winds flow off the Pacific, the famous Roaring Forties and Screaming Fifties, winds and waves, between 40ºC and 60º C latitude which blows almost freely around the globe. The mixing of the waters from the two oceans combined with the strong winds creates very challenging conditions to sail in this region. If there are two words to describe where we were, they are water and wind. Water in all its shapes and forms, flavors and quantities, and winds so powerful that it almost seemed like a symphony from the gods playing in high volume and intensity.
Nov 04, 2018
Today National Geographic Orion had a lot of ground to cover to get to our next destination. The morning was spent on board as the ship sailed through the channel. The weather was pretty mixed as we have all come to expect from Patagonia, but the clouds and strong winds created some incredible skies with moody and dramatic cloud formations.
Nov 03, 2018
After a day at sea navigating some stunning Chilean fjords, we were eager to stretch our legs when we awoke this morning in Karukinka Reserve. This area is governed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), an organization that works to conserve beauty and biodiversity. Luckily for us, we have a representative of the WCS aboard our ship, so we were able to learn all about this diverse wilderness area.
Nov 02, 2018
National Geographic Orion departed from Puerto Natales yesterday evening and headed into the maze of spectacularly scenic fjords that characterize southern Patagonia. Puerto Natales, with a population of about 16,000 people, sits about 51.5 degrees south, about as far from the equator as is London, England, in the northern hemisphere. Dinner finished in time for us to gather on deck for dessert and our navigation through White Narrows, a constricted passage that is best transited at slack tide due to exceptional tidal flows at other times during the tidal cycle.
Nov 01, 2018
Our final day of this two-week expedition was a fitting end to our explorations of Patagonia and Isla de Los Estados (Staten Island). So few people have visited
Staten Island that every outing was a new adventure, with today serving as the
perfect reminder as to why this place is so special. We spent the entire
morning cruising the shores of Isla Observatorio, teeming with thousands of seabirds and pinnipeds; every little nook of kelp-covered shoreline and ridge was packed with life. In the afternoon, we set anchor at Puerto Roca on the main island
and set out for a leisurely stroll along the fine, sandy beach, taking time to
reflect and soak in the magnificent scenery.
Oct 23, 2018
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True confession: I love rainy days! Especially when I am prepared for them: boots, 'brella, trench… On a warm, rainy spring day, I don't want to huddle under a dreary, dark umbrella. I think one of these bright, vinyl parapluies will be a nice addition to my spring wardrobe!
Totes Clear Umbrella – Felix Rey Umbrella – Hunter Bubble Umbrella – Marc Jacobs Umbrella
Meanwhile, my mother-in-law sent me this refrigerator magnet! In case, you didn't know, it rains a lot in Normandy!
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'DWTS' Season 27, Week 8: The Sparklebarf Live Chat/
Is the longest weightlifting session of Grocery Store Joe's life about to end?
Find out TONIGHT as the remaining couples perform twice: A "Judge's Choice" round as well as a dance dedicated to "someone special."
I can't believe it's the Semifinals already!?! I mean I know I've been checked out (and I'm sorry), but this season has really flown by.
Thanks as always for sparklebarfing here,
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"Catching the Dreams of Tomorrow, Preparing Young Women for the 21 st Century"
Delta Academy is an organization designed for girls 11-14 years of age (6-8) grades. The mission of this organization is "Catching the Dreams of Tomorrow, Preparing Young Women for the 21 st Century". This is an organization sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and is currently in all middle and high schools in Florence School District1. This is a national organization; therefore, it is in all 50 states.
This club offers the benefits of activities in math, science, and technology with an emphasis in the areas of health, etiquette, mentoring, and book clubs. Students who participate in Delta Academy are "crossed-over" to Delta GEMS in high school where they have opportunities of receiving scholarships during their senior year.
We participate in many community service events including Veteran's Day program, AIDS Walk, Florence Christmas Parade, Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Walk, and Relay for Life.


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I look forward to helping you become the best bass player you can be!
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I'm a working musician living in Brooklyn. I grew up in Japan and I graduated from Berklee College of Music where I studied bass performance. I'm currently endorsed by Michael Tobias Design USA and La Bella Strings, and recently was given the honor of hosting a bass seminar with Paul Jackson (The Headhunters) in Japan. I have worked with many notable artists including Skales, Rotimi, Bisa Kdei, Okeame Kwame, Ycee, Efya, Praiz, 9ice, DJ Tunez to name a few. Also I recently made it to the finals of the audition process for Desiigner. I have been tutoring Bass for several years and have experience working in music education roles with organizations like CampJam.
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My big brother and his wife and two daughters made the last minute decision to fly out from Massachusetts for a visit. I spent the last few days making some calendar changes, shopping, cooking, and baking for a small party I wanted to have for their welcome. Any excuse, right!
We celebrated my birthday with lobster at the Salt Cellar.
And since one cannot visit AZ without a trip to Sedona. We did that.
We also decided to join them on their continuing journey to San Diego and then Los Angeles. A bit of preparation needed but we got it all arranged. A busy and fun few days to end my 60 Day Journey.


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Best SLC Trails for Spring Riding
Spring is a fickle beast here in Salt Lake City. The warm weather gets folks jonesing to ride bikes, but a lot of the trails are still muddy or buried in snow. And, you had better watch out — the mud police are out in full force this time of year.
We've compiled a list of some low altitude mountain bike trails that are quick to dry out, handle wet weather well and are generally the first to open up in spring.
Most Utah dirt is dry, nasty stuff that turns to peanut butter when wet. It then dries and leaves bad ruts that can last all season. The Quarry trail might actually be best during a rainstorm, however. It's mostly decomposed granite with a really sandy texture that handles moisture very well. The quarry is basically a double track with a few single track offshoots here and there. For the most part its a nice climb to spin the legs and a quick descent back to the parking lot. It'd nothing to write home about, but when you're dying to get out for a ride it can be one of the only rideable trails. Watch out for hikers and other trail users— It gets pretty busy after work.
Bobsled is a Salt Lake City classic. Tucked into a gully in the foothills above the city it's a popular after work ride to get your fix. There are multiple access points but most folks start at Dry Creek. Upper Bobsled is a tight twisty bit of trail that can get pretty exciting when you're really going for it. The middle section is where the name comes from. The huge banked walls of the gully make up the bobsled style turns. Watch out — they get a little loose when it's dry. The bottom section is where all the features, jumps and drops are. It's a great place to build up confidence and skills for bigger features.
Eagle Mountain Trail System
Eagle Mountain is always GTG — or so the saying goes. In all seriousness, Eagle Mountain is good to ride pretty much any time. It gets less snow, rain and moisture than the rest of the valley. The trails handle water really well and there's a ton to ride out there. A lot of work has been done out there in the last few months. it seems like there are new trails almost every month. Most of the trails are cruisy blue and green trails, but thats not to say they aren't fun. If they're not exciting enough, just ride faster. Some of the trails that drop off to the east are a lot rougher and have some exciting features, but as of today they are closed to all trail users. Word on the street is, they are working to get it opened back up.
Corner Canyon - Ghost Falls North > Rattler
Ahh Corner Canyon, Cupcake Canyon, Carpet Canyon — The land of many names. For what it's worth, we are all pretty lucky to have Corner Canyon. It's free (for anyone who doesn't live in draper; taxes), has plenty of variety and a lot of trails to get your early season miles in. Some of the north facing stuff like Canyon Hollow and shaded trails take longer to dry out, but Rattler, Ghost Falls below the falls and Jacobs ladder usually dry out pretty quick. You can make some fun laps out there and get some flat, off-camber corner practice in on Rattler trail. Plus the foul weather usually keeps the crowds away.
We probably left your favorite spring time trail off the list. What is your favorite trail to hit when spring rolls around?


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We were having breakfast
Me : Do you want yoghurt?
Son : No, I don't want
Me : You like yoghurt
Son : Not the 'fat free'
Me : Why?
Son : I want to stay healthy… that yoghurt, it comes with free fat. You pay for the yoghurt and get 'fat free'
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Choosing the Right Hat For Your Face,Body, and Individual Style
Almost every woman can look great in a hat. It just has to be the right hat. The trick is paying attention to a few important principles. The right hat can make a whole outfit really pop. The wrong hat can ruin everything.
Here are a few simple rules, laid down by fashionable women of past generations, when hats and gloves were part of every woman's wardrobe. They work for today's young women who are re-discovering hats, just as well as they did for their mothers and grandmothers back in the day. Hope you find them useful too.
Choose the Right Hat for Your Body Type
Generally speaking, the shorter the woman, the narrower her hat brim should be. A wide brimmed dramatic garden party hat that looks great on a tall woman, will overwhelm a short one. Tall women look better in hats with flatter crowns. A short woman in a flat crowned, broad brimmed hat can end up looking like a mushroom, or maybe even a toadstool. A tall, slim woman risks looking like a pinhead in narrow brimmed high crowned styles.
Whether you are tall, short, fat, thin, old or young, it is important when selecting a hat to look at yourself in a full length mirror to gauge how the hat goes with your outfit, your body type, and the overall you. A hat that looks fabulous when you look at it in a small, vanity mirror, may miss the mark entirelywhen you view it full length and see it integrated with the rest of your body and the outfit you are wearing with it.
Choose the Right Hat for Your Face Shape
First, ascertain your face shape. If you don't know it, look in a mirror or ask your friends. They'll tell you. The cardinal rule to remember when selecting a hat is to pick one with a crown that is the opposite of your jawlline and that balances out your face and makes it look as close to a perfect oval as possible.
For example: If your face is square and you choose a hat with a square crown, you will look like a box. Choose a round crown that balances out your square jaw.
Look at your features closely in a mirror. Are your face planes soft or sharp and angular? If you have soft features choose a hat with sharp, defined lines to balance your soft features out.
If your face has lots of angles or you are ( ahem) more mature, choose a hat with softer, rounder lines.
Short hair is rarely a problem when choosing hats, but if you have long hair, decide how to wear it when wearing hats. Usually it is best to pull your hair back or wear in in an upsweep or even braided. It varies with the person and the hat but one thing is for sure. Long hair hanging down from certain hats can be a disaster. Other hats perched on top of an elaborate upsweep can be equally bad. Think ahead about your hair as well as your face shape when choosing a hat.
So that's it. Those are the rules and I hope they help. But the most important rule of all for hat success is to buy and wear a hat that you love and feel comfortable in and that reflects your personal style. One of the wonderful things about hats is that they are a shortcut to fashion and that they make a very individual fashion statement. Whatever your age, body shape or face type, wear a hat that shows off the real you.


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Here's another song from my ever-favorite singer/songwriter Taylor Swift, which is actually one of her favorites in her forthcoming album "Red".
When I first heard of this song, it really made me click the replay button more than ten times. This is a super catchy poppy song which I know you would also love to listen.
The link for its YouTube lyric video is below, you can click it if you want to.
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Many Americans were sadden over the death of Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, who died Wednesday, November 21, at the age of 106.
Ask anyone old enough to remember the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and most likely they will be able to recall where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the tragic news.
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States, to remember and honor American citizens who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, without warning and without a declaration of war, killing 2,335 U.S. military personnel and 68 civilians, and injuring 1,178 others.
The attack sank four U.S. Navy battleships and damaged four others. It also damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, and one minelayer. Aircraft losses were 188 destroyed and 159 damaged.
Additionally, more than 60 Japanese servicemen were killed, injured or captured during the attack. The Japanese Navy also lost five midget submarines and 29 aircraft.
When several Weakley County citizens were asked about their recollections and reactions to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, as well as the response of their family members and others, they had some very interesting and informative answers.
Their remarks speak volumes concerning the patriotic attitudes of the day and how Americans stood in line to enlist in the U.S. military, eager to serve their country.
(See complete story in the December 5th issue of the Dresden Enterprise.)


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I have the shampoo and love it… nice that it's sold in the UK/US both. <3 the shampoo but I need to use a less moisturizing conditioner with it as it makes my hair a bit greasy if I don't. I normally wash my hair every other day.


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text: A royal wedding eh? Most people will be thrilled at the idea of the bank holiday to celebrate the royal wedding. I hope that it will be added to an existing one as the thought of disrupting a "full" week does not usually excite the business community too much. Weeks with an public holiday always seem to be that bit quieter and less productive. One wonders if Her Majesty and Prince Philip will be thinking along these lines too.


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Smashis who had kept his fans waiting for long for a release, dropped the new joint yesterday and promised to continue dropping new releases.
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(A Samsung curved 48" SUHD jobby) with no SCART socket Crap what am I going to do!Craig
indeed, the real feel is great, but although my desk is big, it's not big enough! emulation on the Morphos Mac Mini, or Mac Pro takes up no space and gives me a whole plethora (love using that word) of machines that I both own and do not. without moving monitors, power supplies and computers around.I see room for both in my life but yes I do prefer the real thing wherever possible.Oh, I am soon to get a new TV in the lounge (A Samsung curved 48" SUHD jobby) with no SCART socket Crap what am I going to do!Craig
Does it have S-Video?@chinnyhill10: Just because an image doesn't work on an emulator doesn't mean it wouldn't work on the real thing.Bryce.
I'm with you on this. I don't have any emulators, but I don't code. If you own the real hardware, why would you ever want to use an emulator? Maybe for gaming when you are on the move with just your laptop?You can't beat the "real feel", but if you don't have a choice, you'll be glad they exist. Bryce.
A rather naive opinion. Emulators are invaluable for those of us using original hardware.Downloading images and quickly testing them before going to the trouble of converting them to HxC format, just fire up the emulator.
After several years on OSX I'm now also back into the world of Windows. :-) Still need to find out how to make a Hackintosh (in Virtualbox) out of it.
Waste of time if you ask me, you need the right kind of PC with the right BIOS.
Yep agreed, if you want a Mac, then pick up a Mac mini, they are beautifully made and cost less than a PC of the same spec to be 'hackintosh'ed and come with guaranteed osx compatibility without the hassle.
. Occasionally the sound gets glitchy but apart from it, it's a really sleek development environment.
Now waiting for someone to chime in to say how dare you develop on an emulator and not the real machine.
Spoken by someone who's never used a Hackintosh.Hackintosh isn't for everyone admittedly, but if you like your hardware not locked down or welded to the motherboard, then it's the way to go. It doesn't even need a specific type of BIOS either, Chimera will work on a legacy BIOS while Clover works best with UEFI.Five years of using them, never had an issue. Once it's loaded, leave it loaded. =)
Good luck with upgrading Btw license strictly forbids running OS X on non-Apple hardware that includes virtualised instances too.
Unless you run the virtualisation software on a Mac too. I which case it's fine.I run snow leopard under VMware to be able to test ppc apps before hooking up the powermac g5 and installing them for real.
Free/open source emulators are generally forgiven these quirks, and the open source ones can end up being the most accurate. Just a pity that particular box hasn't been ticked yet on OS X.B
And I'm sure that actually if someone could come up with a decent Mac port of WinApe, we could make it worth their while. I'd pay for a CPC good emulator. A fwhile back I was stuck in a hotel room with time to kill and was editing a video. I needed to check something in the game and usually I'd just fire up the CPC. However it was 200 miles away. So I fired up Arnold only to find the game in question (Airwolf) was Joystick only and I just couldn't get the keys bindings to work at all. An absolutely typical example of why we need Winape or a equivalent on the Mac.
I'd prefer ACE or Arnold to be ported to OSX, they are both more accurate than WinAPE.
Good luck with upgrading Btw license strictly forbids running OS X on non-Apple hardware that includes virtualised instances too.
How do you know I've never run a hackintosh? Did i ever say that? Or give that impression?I did have a series of netbooks and laptops running osx (clearly hackintoshed) to accompany my first desktop Mac. However I found the hassle and problems far outweigh the advantages so now choose to use the original apple hardware.And to say that apple hardware is too expensive, well top spec macs are expensive, but so are similar spec PC's and the mini is a bargain.The only area I agree (partially) with the cost argument is the laptops. Apple ones are considerably more expensive than similar windows machines, but the build quality is way better. Havebyou seen (or felt) the shoddy plastics on the current €1400 lenovo think pad shudder.
The new Mac pro is a joke! Pro desktop my arse, it's a Mac mini on banned performance enhancing substances My Mac pro (late 2012) is a beautiful hexacore aluminium powerhouse. All my expansions are internal, it has performance to spare and, although it cost €3.5k a Linux PC built to the same standard and spec would cost a very similar price, and be a much bigger pita.No plans here to upgrade yet
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If proof is required to show how and why Nigeria has been misgoverned, last week's request by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Assembly to be allowed to borrow one billion dollars from external sources is indisputably the most convincing. Writing to the National Assembly, the president had reasoned: "You are no doubt (familiar) with the ongoing and serious security challenges which the nation is facing, as typified by the Boko Haram terrorist threat. This is an issue that we have discussed at various times. I would like to bring to your attention the urgent need to upgrade the equipment, training and logistics of our Armed Forces and Security Services to enable them more forcefully to confront this serious threat. For this reason, I seek the concurrence of the National Assembly for external borrowing of not more than $1bn, including government to government arrangements, for this upgrade."
Predictably, the request has stirred controversy. The government apparently banks on the fact that everyone will be so worried by the security situation in the Northeast and elsewhere that the country would be compelled, if not blackmailed, into granting quick and easy approval. In particular, the presidency hopes that no one in the National Assembly would like to be seen as standing in the way of equipping and motivating Nigerian troops in the anti-terror war. But if approval is secured as fast and as easy as the presidency hopes, it would be a mockery both of legislative processes and citizen involvement in governance. Both civil society and the parliament should press the government for full explanations on why the Jonathan government thinks the nearly one trillion naira it has budgeted for defence this year is inadequate, and why an estimated 10 percent only is allocated for capital spending.
Importantly too, the government needs to provide adequate proof it has not been profligate with public funds. In my opinion that proof would be difficult to provide. For instance, rather than offer proof of prudence in the use of public funds by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, especially as it relates to the chartering of aircraft for the use of its minister, the government has engaged in vexatious subterfuge. Then there is also the about $20bn the former Central Bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, alleged had not been accounted for by the Jonathan government in the past few years. All the government has said through the Minister of Finance is that only about $10bn or $12bn is yet to be accounted for. Let the government find the missing money and take one billion dollars out of it for the purposes it is seeking authorisation.
By every yardstick, the Boko Haram war cannot be compared with the Nigerian Civil War. While the current anti-terror war has lasted for about five years, it only assumed the dimension it has become in the last two or three years. Conversely, Nigeria's finances were so well managed during the civil war that no penny was borrowed from outside the country. There is nothing to show that the Jonathan presidency has managed the finances of the country and run the military efficiently to guarantee that in borrowing more money we would not be throwing money at the problem. For instance, the government wants more troops, and has begun a recruitment exercise, yet it could spare troops to seize newspapers from vendors in parts of the country, while it also needlessly deployed tens of thousands of soldiers and other security forces to police election in only one small state, Ekiti.
Reports from the Northeast do not indicate that the government has managed the Boko Haram war as efficiently as Nigerians have demanded. Giving the government more money other than for developmental needs would amount to an indefensible waste. In his justification for the loan request, the Coordinator of National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, offered this trite argument: "Even the United States goes for this kind of facility. For any country involved in such military expedition, not just the Boko Haram issue, but engaged in a number of military exercises, its stock will deplete. Every country must restock to reinforce its capability." He also tried to link the request with the need to expedite action in rescuing the abducted Chibok girls. No one is convinced. The schoolgirls have spent more than three months in captivity because the government approached the problem wrongly and incompetently. The public should not be made to underwrite the government's wastefulness and slothfulness.
If the Jonathan government cannot explain where the $10bn missing money has gone, nor bring the wasteful Petroleum minister to account, nor give infallible proof it is capable of running the military efficiently, it should not be allowed to commit the country to more debt or be allowed to blackmail us with the rising spectre of insecurity. What the country needs is probably not more money, but more sense in managing its affairs and the many challenges confronting it. As the May 1970 lecture given by Chief Obafemi Awolowo at the University of Ibadan shows inferentially, the quality of Nigerian ministers and public servants has declined horribly. Their arguments, appreciation of issues and understanding of the social contract are so elementary that it is not surprising the country is plunging into more mess by the day.
The Awolowo lecture in reference showed how, without external borrowing, Nigeria financed the civil war. The late sage estimated that in terms of the 'calculable and visible cost of the war', about three hundred million pounds sterling was spent, and it was made up of two hundred and thirty million pounds sterling in local currency, and seventy million pounds sterling foreign exchange. In his opinion, the country shunned external borrowing in order to save 'national honour and pride, and (avoid) corrosion of our sovereignty and self-confidence.' The question today is, where is our national pride and self-confidence?
It is not certain how the National Assembly will treat the Jonathan request for foreign loan to prosecute the Boko Haram war, but Nigerians must urge their lawmakers to ask Dr Jonathan to instead plug the leakages in the military itself and especially in the NNPC. Enough money has been declared missing or embezzled to finance more than five Boko Haram wars. At any rate, it must be remembered that when Nigeria financed its civil war without foreign loan, the size of its military concomitantly grew from less than 20,000 before the war to about 250,000 after the war. A proper audit of the current personnel strength and finances of the military may even show that it is unnecessary to engage in any recruitment exercise. If Dr Jonathan can't run Nigeria, and can't get the people who can do it to join him, and can't muster the patriotism, vision, and determination to do what is right, he should step aside rather than seek to commit the country to fresh debt and insolvency.
Boko Haram war is the creation of this generation; it must not pass the financing of it to future generations. One stupidity, if my readers will forgive this coinage, is enough for one generation.


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Indonesia: President, establish rights tribunals
Indonesia: President must establish rights tribunals
Human Rights Watch
New York, March 23, 2001
Rights Watch today urged Indonesian
President Abdurrahman Wahid to issue a presidential decree establishing
special human rights courts.
On March
21, Indonesia's parliament formally approved special courts
prosecute the 1999 crimes in East Timor, as well as cases stemming from
a massacre by security forces of Muslim protesters in Tanjung Priok, the
port area of Jakarta, in 1984. Under Indonesian law,
establishment of the courts now awaits only action by the
"The parliament's action removes a huge obstacle to
justice, but the
real question is when we will see actual trials begin," said Sidney
Jones, Asia director of Human Rights Watch. "Not only do we need the
President to issue a decree, but we also need the Attorney-General to
issue indictments and the Supreme Court to appoint judges for the new
courts. Unless all of that happens quickly, skepticism about Indonesia's
will to confront the military about human rights abuse is just going to
grow deeper."
Indonesian justice
groups have long demanded a tribunal for the crimes
committed in East Timor after the independence referendum there on
August 30, 1999. In January 2000, separate international and Indonesian
commissions of inquiry concluded that systematic rights abuses had taken
place, and that Indonesian military officials and the militia leaders
they organized and trained were responsible for the crimes. The
international inquiry team, set up at the request of United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and under the auspices of the U.N. High
Commissioner for Human Rights, called for an international tribunal to
be set up to try the crimes.
The international community ultimately did not
push for immediate
establishment of such a tribunal, deferring instead to Indonesia's
assertion that it would see that justice be done in Indonesian courts.
Indonesia's failure until now to take meaningful steps toward
prosecution of the crimes has led to renewed calls for an international
tribunal, a demand likely to be echoed in coming weeks at the annual
meeting of the U.N. Commission for Human Rights in Geneva.
The Tanjung
Priok incident, in which troops opened fire on Muslim
protestors in 1984, has long been a symbol in Indonesia of the alleged
second-class status and political powerlessness of Muslim groups.
Although the overwhelming majority of Indonesia's citizens are Muslim
and the country is today led by a moderate Muslim cleric, Muslim
political forces were marginalized during the first two decades of
Soeharto's rule. Since the ouster of Soeharto in May 1998, pressure has
mounted for justice for the Tanjung Priok crimes.
A copy of the
letter to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid can be
found at http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/03/indo0323.htm#letter
For more information on Indonesia, please see:
Transition and Regional Conflict (HRW Focus Page) at


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Ready for the second split of teal season? From the looks of things, that just may be the case when Texas hunters opened regular duck season Saturday.
Of course, real waterfowlers won't complain if blue-winged teal steal the show come opening day. Nevertheless, plenty of pintails, gadwalls and shovelers have arrived as of late, and expect another influx with a welcomed cold front slated to hit the coast on Duck Eve.
"There are not as many big ducks," said Mike Lanier of Red Bluff Prairie Hunting Club in Garwood. "There are bluewings, but in big concentrated groups. The numbers are far from what we are accustomed to seeing for the opener."
That could have something to do with the short-sleeved weather Texas has endured for most of October. Highs in the 80s have been the norm. Not the best recipe for prompting waterfowl to migrate.
"We have a pile of teal right now," said guide Bill Sherrill of Wharton. "Our ponds look good for fast shoots."
Sherrill said he has been battling the sunshine, warm temperatures and the evaporation that ensues on prairie ponds this time of year. The coast has not seen significant rainfall in about six weeks.
"I am re-pumping water right now," said Sherrill. "Those ponds that were wet during teal season are probably dry if you haven't pumped water again. We need a rain bad."
Bay estuaries and marshes from Matagorda to Rockport are waiting for ducks to arrive. Reports along the salt indicate few birds.
"Ducks are slim right now," said guide Harold Dworaczyk of Bay Flats Lodge in Seadrift. "But the pending front should do the trick in the marsh."
This week it was obvious some birds were on the move ahead of the front. What had been shallow bay flats devoid of wings, quietly came to life with divers like redheads and scaup beginning to trickle to shoalgrass shorelines.
"We probably would have had a good shoot on the south shoreline of West Matagorda Bay today," said guide Ray Sexton Thursday afternoon after a daylong wadefishing charter. "More pintails showed up and redheads buzzed us early."
The good news in the marsh is duck food looks plentiful. High tides during teal season coupled with rains sweetened ponds and encouraged aquatics like wigeongrass to grow. Gadwalls, teal and pintails have enjoyed the buffet.
Goose hunters shouldn't expect too much this seasonwhen the season opens Nov.1. There are isolated pockets of specklebellies on the prairies, but only a handful of snow geese have shown.
"Every year the geese seem to be later and later," said Sherrill. "When the geese finally get here in huntable numbers we will get serious about it. Until then we will hunt ducks and allow goose numbers to build."
Reports from the north indicate a decent hatch of young, gullible, gray-feathers snow geese, a barometer of what to expect during the three-month season. Reports from the ground indicate the same for specks.
A strong breeding population of ducks should ensure a healthy migration this fall and winter. The hard part is waiting for those millions of webbed feet to get here.


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5 tips for reinforcing information systems security
Nine out of ten security breaches are the result of social engineering or phishing, meaning deceptive manoeuvrings whose goal is to usurp the identity or steal the login details of information systems users. Likewise, most acts of fraud (65%) carried out on companies do not come from premeditated acts or a weakness in the system, but actually from an exploited opportunity to commit fraud.
Across the whole information systems protection chain (a notion much vaster than "cyber security" and which includes both digital and analogue systems), the human element is still the weakest link. In fact, it constitutes the bulk of the 4 million euros spent every year by businesses in an attempt to block breaches in their security system.
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Security culture must be part of company DNA
Today, digitalisation is an integral part of our lives. However, too often we forget that the main object of security is not the system itself but the data it contains, whether personal, medical, business, or contractual in nature.
With the digital world having become an extension of the real world, the same sort of vigilance must be applied. Just as we close the door behind us when we leave the house, or install a security door to protect our home, our online space should also be protected. So, the companies that "forget to close the door" are exposing themselves to theft; of their strategy, of their business information, or of their processes.
Yet, a lever does exist that will allow the risk of attack to be reduced: raising awareness amongst users. In fact, without a training and awareness procedure in place for professionals and companies in general, any technical measures will be useless because the user will carry on clicking links without verifying them.
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When it comes to data security, there's no such thing as zero risk
A few technical solutions currently applied to IT systems are firewalls, measures against ransomware, antivirus software, operating system updates, or strengthening passwords. However, the human firewall is still the safest protection system.
These solutions, as well as an active defense policy (searching the networks to detect potential attacks, preventative and corrective techniques, artificial intelligence, etc.) can contribute to reinforcing system integrity. However, it is not so much a question of using one single technology, but rather of applying several "layers of security" so as to prevent unprotected systems (a driverless car, for example) from being attacked.
Cyberspace can't escape data protection regulation
Cyberspace seems to be a new political place where citizens are interacting with each other. As such, it is subject to the current legislation in place.
Regulation is taking on a greater international dimension. In Spain, the law on data protection (Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos, or "LOPD"), the equivalent of the "information and freedoms" law in France, protects personal data regardless of format, from a simple voice recording to notes written in a notebook. The European Data Protection Directive, which will come into effect in May 2018, claims to be more restrictive, obliging data security to be taken into account as soon as the information system is set up. Lastly, the ISO 27001 standard aims to certify the most secure information systems.
Security is not incompatible with our private life. On the contrary, it's the only way to guarantee its privacy. A good number of smartphone apps are free. The consequence? The user becomes a product whose data can be exploited. Security and legislation therefore aim to prevent this information from being used maliciously.
Learning lessons from data security errors
Over time, professionals and private individuals have taken data protection into their own hands. Previously, companies that were victims of an attack due to a security breach preferred to brush the incident under the carpet through fear of tarnishing their image. Today, they are striving to reduce the impact of the problems and learn lessons from them.
This is what happened with the WannaCry phenomenon. Companies have recognised the facts and, although the episode has been widely told, its effects were minimised in relation to other attacks happening until now.
Whilst this accident reminds us not to forget our operating system updates (Microsoft published a patch in March), it above all underlines the importance of the user in the overall security strategy. Another lesson to be learned: security is everyone's responsibility.
Data security: a field in full development
Attacks happen in the world every day, everywhere. Even if our systems are largely well protected, with the time and the means, no infrastructure is infallible.
At present, security measures are on a code level so as to identify vulnerabilities. Similarly, firewall and antivirus type software are improving and becoming more and more robust. Despite all of this, there is still some way to go before users will be fully conscious of the issues around data security.


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Claudia is an advocate of eco-friendly gardening methods. She recently released her newest book "The Shoestring Gardener" - A Compendium of Hundreds of Eco-Friendly, Creatively Frugal Gardening How-Tos, Remedies, and Tips. You can learn about making hypertufa objects in her book "The Hypertufa How-To Manual." She's also the chief gardener and DIY garden art project expert at her popular website "The-Artistic-Garden.com." You can follow Claudia on Twitter at @ecogardengirl.
Two Non-Toxic Garden Pesticide Recipes - Better Alternatives for Us and for Mother Earth
We currently live in a world riddled with toxic substances just about everywhere we turn, such as fumes from factories spewing into the air and chemicals leaching into our drinking water sources. But the #1 biggest toxic "situation" that affects our overall health is the use of chemical pesticides and herbicides that are sprayed on the fruits, vegetables, and other crops destined for grocery store shelves.
In addition, we cannot overlook another huge sad fact pertaining to the use of these toxic agricultural chemicals - that being the threat to our bee population. Without these wonderful little buzzing marvels of nature, we're in BIG trouble! Did you know that pesticides are a major threat to bees? Chemical pesticides aren't selective when they're sprayed onto a plant, thus the flowers are also poisoned. Bees trying to pollinate the flowers come into contact with the pesticide, which increases a bee's odds of dying sooner rather than later as intended in a "healthy" environment. It is now a well know scientific fact that we're causing a rapid decline in their numbers. But it's not just bees - butterflies and other pollinators must be protected too! They are all responsible for perpetuating plant cycles and evolution.
In the winter of 2006/07 more than 25% of the bee colonies died due to pesticide poisoning. This loss translated to a loss of tens of billions of bees. (It's hard for me to wrap my head around that staggering number.) In addition, it was estimated that this loss negatively impacted the agricultural economy to the tune of $8 to $12 billion!
In 2009 almost 29% of the bee colonies in the United States collapsed. That's slightly less than the 36% loss counted in 2008 and the 32% loss counted in 2007. Unfortunately, scientists studying this problem affirm that the die-off continues.
SuperWeeds - It's Not Just the Beneficial Pollinators We Need to Be Concerned About
Scientists and farmers are also finding another cause for alarm in regard to the heavy-handed use of chemical herbicides for weed management - superweeds. (This sounds like the script for a cheap black and white horror movie where giant weeds are inching their way through a town, smothering and overtaking everything in their path!)
It's estimated that more than 130 types of weeds spanning 40 U.S. states are now herbicide-resistant. In an effort to keep on top of the growing weed problem, farmers are applying ever increasing amounts of toxic herbicides to their crops, which of course dramatically increases the amount of pesticides you ingest from consuming such foods. How can this be a good thing for any one of us or any other living organism? Well, it's not.
But there is something we can do, besides jumping on the bandwagon and getting involved in a legislative, political sense. It's simply to try to do our utmost to not contribute additional toxins into our environment. As far as pesticide and herbicide management in our own gardens is concerned, it's really not hard at all to be eco-friendly. Plus it's safer and healthier for us and all the wonderful pollinators and other creatures that visit our gardens. Pesticides and herbicides made from non-toxic ingredients are effective. Fortunately, there are non-toxic alternatives that can be purchased in the gardening section of many stores. But you needn't spend more money than necessary when it's so easy and economical to make your own.
Horticultural Oil Spray Recipes
Simply stated, horticultural oils are non-poisonous and safe insecticides that can be useful against many bugs including aphids, scales, thrips, spider mites, whiteflies, and mealybugs. The oil kills slow moving sucking insects by suffocating them with a thin layer of oily film. Here's just one of the many types of recipes I'd like to share with you from my newest book "The Shoestring Gardener".
These two spray-on recipes can be used safely while plants are growing.
Variation #1
- 1 tablespoon vegetable cooking oil - corn, canola, soybean, peanut, sunflower, or safflower
- 1 gallon of water
- 1 teaspoon non-degreasing liquid dishwashing detergent
Mix ingredients well.
Variation #2
- 3 ounces of garlic cloves - minced
- 1 tablespoon mineral oil
- 1 pint of water
- 1/4 teaspoon non-degreasing liquid dishwashing detergent
Steep the garlic in the oil for 24 hours. Strain. Add the oil to the water and mix in the soap.
These concoctions can be poured into a (recycled) spray bottle and used as needed. Try to avoid spraying during the hottest time of the day - early morning or late afternoon are better times. Store unused portions in a labeled, sealed container.


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Ladies and gentlemen, today we have a guest writer, Dominic Renshaw, who has written this post from Mount Everest. He has been updating us all with some fascinating video footage. When that technology proved evasive, he wrote the following post. It's in his words, completely unadulterated with no editing or alterations. Sure there are a few typos, but I think it's proof that being dyslexic doesn't stop you being a good writer.
Well the Chinese SIM card has stopped working, so video upload is proving difficult. Back to basics, written!
The rotation went well, I took it really slow and steady from Basecamp to ABC to conserve as much energy as possible and it worked. Felt good at ABC but a restless night sleep meant I was a little lathargic for the ice wall. No worries still made it up with plenty of energy in the tank. Words can not explain how desperately slow you move near 7000m, everything is just a huge task let alone climbing the icewall, which is near vertical in places. The last 10-20m is vertical and with so little oxygen it is a real test of character. To give an example just chatting at this altitude is difficult, let alone climbing. The temperature is cold, it must be -10c, add the wind chill and it's anyone's guess.You do not take your gloves off, just pop a pair of gloves on around the house and see how difficult it is to do the simplest of tasks.
We arrived on the Col and started to melt snow to rehidrate ourseves and food on a little gas stove in the tent. Ironically you have to warm the gas canister up to -7c by holding it or putting it up your jacket otherwise it won't light.
Soon however the wind became brutal, and the tent was taking the brunt of it, we tried to sleep but this was never going to happen the sound of the wind was so load, and the condensation in the tent turned to ice and every gust of wind meant a snow shower on your face from the frozen condensation. Next morning it was same again get the stove on and rehidrate. Everything in the tent was soaked from the condensation. Then came the call from our leader Dave, its far too windy too move higher so off down the icewall to ABC. To be honest I was a little releived to hear this, we had achieved our goal of sleeping on the North Col, so no need to take additional risk. Getting ready can take over an hour as everything moves in slow motion, just putting you sleeping bag back in its bag can take in excess of 10 mins, and what ever you do, wear gloves while doing this otherwise your hands freeze within seconds.(only made this mistake once at ABC)
Finally ready we set off down the icewall, as soon as you got off the top the wind died down and the sun now made it blistering hot, I managed to burn my lips and tongue (No not from talking too much!) on the first rotation, I faired a little better this time just burning my lips. Nothing serious, couple of days will see it right. There is probably 6-8 large pitchers on the icewall, ranging in difficulty but a significant challenge to even experienced climbers. Finally back at ABC, wind was still playing it part, but got a great nights sleep as decended the 23km to Basecamp the next day in a little over 4hours. You walk down the glacier over millions of stones, imagine walking on a stony beach it's a lot like that.
Looks like sleep will be essential so going to make sure earplugs are used all the time from now on so giving my body the best chance to recuperate.
A few other points of interest, which make it interesting!
1) Eating porridge every morning!
2) Ear 2 or 3 eggs every day.
3) Eating spam, not had that for years.
4) Drinking hot/warm water all the time.
5) Its either freezing, or scorching, there is no inbetween with the temperature.
6) Moving so slowly, it's like someone is taking the piss.Imagine taking over 1 minute to walk across you front room.
7) Wearing the same clothes every day gets a little smelly.How many times can you turn your boxes inside out?
8) Taking a wet wipes wash is a luxury.
9) Wearing suntan lotion all the time.
But the views you see are amazing, the ones attached are from the North Col looking up to the summit.
All in all a great rotation, all goals achieved and the body is now acclimitised to 7000m+ so ready for the summit rotation. I'll explain this tomorrow.
Thanks so much for all the support.
Thanks to Patrick McKnight for the photos from the North Col, far better than the one's I took.


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St Johns Priory, Banbury
During the academic year 2010-11 the school raised £839.95 and the School have once again adopted "Ithembalihle" as their main charity for 2011- 2012.
This academic year got off to a great start with the "alternative harvest festival" appeal – all the children are given an envelope and are asked to decorate it in the "harvest " theme and also make a donation if they wish.
A really simple idea which raised an amazing £370 - thanks to all the children & parents for their donations.
GAGA Trustee, Alan Wolstencroft presents Head Boy of St John's Priory School, Ciaran Caulfield a certificate in recognition of the £370 raised at the "alternative harvest festival" appeal.
Cian Gerber celebrated his seventh birthday recently BUT he asked friends who were attending his party not to buy him a present but to donate money to the School's chosen Charity "Ithembalihle" a small rural orphanage in South Africa. As a result of this superb gesture £65 was raised – a really big thank you to Cian and all his friends.
7 year old Cian Gerber of St John's Priory School receives his certificate from GAGA Trustee Alan Wolstencroft.


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I'm going to linger on this subject of Jesus as our "imaginary friend" for a while. One reason is this brilliant op-ed in the NYT by Nicholas Kristof who used "literary license" to make the teachings of Jesus very relevant to the darkness that is prevailing now in Washington D.C. The preacher, or pastor, that I was familiar with in my past would discourse about Jesus in a very prosaic fashion though several of them did so in a way that was immensely valuable to me. But here, a journalist, approaching the matter from beyond the pale of theology and ecclesiastical decorum takes the teachings of Jesus and delivers a prophetic word to our country which is in desperate need of men and women who have the courage to stand up and speak "truth to power." This prophetic voice is silent in most of Christendom and apparently the mute button has been hit by evangelical Christians. Please read this op-ed. It is so powerful and inspiring. I don't know anything about the spirituality of Nicholas Kristof, and don't really care, because what I like to call "the Spirit of God" was coursing through his veins when he wrote these words.
Nicholas Kristof of NYT Delivers a "Word from on High"


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One of my good friends is the international marketing director for a California winery. He met his wife during one his frequent visits to Japan.
A few weeks ago a large envelope arrived from their home in California. It contained one of my friend's meticulously sequenced and packaged mix CDs, as well as the usual assortment of fun stuff from his trips around the world – museum postcards and posters, ads featuring hilarious English malapropisms, handbills for rock and roll shows, ticket stubs, gallery brochures and so on.
The envelope also held a packet of Japanese bath powder and charming handwritten instructions in English and Japanese for its use. This note went on my refrigerator door.
When I woke up last Friday morning and heard the news about the earthquake and tsunami, I immediately sent them an email. For all I knew, they could be in Japan.
I soon received a reply. He had flown out of Tokyo 24 hours before the quake hit. They were both safe at home. They hadn't yet been able to contact family members in southern Japan, but early reports indicated the worst of the destruction had taken place on the other end of the country.
As I watched footage of the disaster (a noun worn too thin for an event of this magnitude, I think), my relief over my friends' safety was tempered by the terrifying images that grew more unbelievable by the minute.
It will take years to rebuild Japan, and those who have lost loved ones or have been seriously injured will carry their pain and distress far into the future.
Stories of courage, good will and sacrifice are emerging, as they always do. We are at our best as human beings during such times. (Well, most of us are; there's a special circle of hell reserved for those titans of political power who criminally mismanaged relief efforts during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, without question one of the most shameful episodes in American history.)
Why does it usually take a catastrophe to bring out the best in us? I'm reminded of a passage by Walker Percy from one of his non-fiction works, The Message in the Bottle (1975).
In this excerpt, Percy used the example of an alienated commuter, "partitioned" from reality by the dulling repetition of daily routine, to explore this mysterious phenomenon:
It is only in the event of a disaster, the wreck of the eight-fifteen, that one is enabled to discover his fellow commuter as a comrade; thus, the favorite scene of novels of good will in the city: the folks who discover each other and help each other when disaster strikes. (Do we have here a clue to the secret longing for the Bomb and the Last Days? Does the eschatological thrill conceal the inner prescience that it will take a major catastrophe to break the partition?)
These are excellent – if sobering – questions. As long as it continues to take train wrecks and earthquakes to jolt us out of what Percy called the "malaise" of modern consciousness, they will remain questions worth asking.
John Hicks lives in Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Nice piece. I think you're right about the word disaster. It literally means the "un-lining up of the stars" [dis+aster (astro)], which means "bad luck." We need a stronger word.
Apocalyptic doesn´t work because it means "revelation" or "discovery." Hopefully, governments will have a revelation and not put nuclear power plants on fault lines anymore. Just a thought.
Catastrophe is still pretty light because it implies a reversal of what is expected.
Holocaust comes closer to the images we've seen because it means "the burned whole." And, cataclysm also fits because it refers to a deluge, flood or inundation.
So how about, "cataclysmic holocaust"? Now there's an image that grabs you. It really suggests nuclear cloud darkened skies, atomic fallout, women, children and the elderly naked and half-burned to death, screaming in Edvard Munch-like horror.
Sorry… the aesthetics always run away with me. Maybe we should stick to "disaster" until it gets under control.
I've been thinking about those guys on the line trying to prevent meltdowns …
It is amazing to see guys still working knowing that they will die from radiation sickness, many would have turned tail and run.
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Weighing up aggregate returns for recycling center
Published: 06/30/2011
An Avery Weigh-Tronix truck scale system is at the heart of an aggregate recycling scheme that can save construction companies up to $30 per ton in disposal costs. The scheme run by Scotland-based Highland Recycling also has twin benefits for the environment: it avoids landfill and reduces reliance on primary aggregates.
Says Rennie Spence, business development manager for Highland Recycling: "Our business takes all of the hassle and most of the cost out of waste aggregate disposal for companies. We collect waste material from a variety of sources and then rework it before selling the recycled material for $17 to $18 per ton."
"To make the business work we must collect accurate data about the weight of the waste aggregate, what it is, who the customer is and then finally the weight of the recycled material produced. We also need to provide accurate quarterly returns to the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA).
The company approached Avery Weigh-Tronix to design and install a weighbridge system. The resulting 50' x 10'
Bridgemont weighbridge weighs the material coming into and leaving the site on wagons and stores the information on the software.
Highland Recycling can then print an invoice with the weighbridge ticket or, for contract customers, they can store the information and then invoice them at the end of the month.
Continues Spence: "The weighbridge system really is at the heart of our business. It allows us to not only collect data
but also to analyse our efficiency. As a critical part of the business, the weighbridge must remain operational so that
the site can continue to generate revenue. For this reason we have also signed a service contract with Avery Weigh-Tronix."
Says Paul McIntyre, operations buyer for Highland Quality Construction, parent company of Highland Recycling: "We
were looking at ways to minimise the amount of aggregates that were being dumped in landfills across Northern
Scotland. We made a decision to recycle as much of these products as possible."
"Not only does this help demonstrate our environmental credentials as a supplier, but with the collection and reporting of accurate weight data, we have now established a successful and profitable recycling business in its own right."
Recycled aggregate is in high demand, with UK-based Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) forecasting that it will fulfil 20% of the total aggregates market in Scotland by 2012.
For Highland Recycling
• Provides accurate weight data for cost control and invoicing
• Flexible reporting for customers and SEPA
• Print invoices off on site
• Weighbar technology – ten times more reliable than load cells
For Highland Recycling Customers
• Typical cost of haulage and landfill tax charges for aggregate disposal $45
• Typical cost of collection by Highland Recycling - $15
• Waste disposal Cost savings for customers $30
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- Surface or pit mounted
- Mild steel weighbridge deck with simple foundations and bolt-down design for fast installation
- Modular box consruction provides a lighter weight, stronger deck
- Capacities: from 35,000lb to 270,000lb
- Available module lengths: from 10' to 23.5', for a total length of up to 150'
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