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Guerlain's latest work, L'Instant Magic for me today.
It is a comfort, alluring white musk skin scent and it is absolutely adorable. I will nominate it the best new scent for 2007 for 8th basenotes awards poll.
Thread: TGIF!! SotD Friday December 7
Happy Friday!
Chergui over here
Will be attending a company pre-Christmas gathering at my boss' place.
Guerlain's latest work, L'Instant Magic for me today.
It is a comfort, alluring white musk skin scent and it is absolutely adorable. I will nominate it the best new scent for 2007 for 8th basenotes awards poll.
A generous spritz of Tabac Blond. Gawd it's windy out there!!!
TGIF!! No kidding...
Another cold and rainy day - but in case things get bright, I'm wearing Creed Royal Delight
"Perfume is the dream that carries me."
There is always the sky to look at
Waaah!! Thought I had conquered the cold with all that lemon and whisky
It seems it was just biding its time and now I am joining Agent Provocateur into the realms of flu. May I escort you to the BN sick bay, my dear? It seems someone is making chicken soup.
Heavy artillery is needed to smell anything at all. Five liberal sprays of Piver's
Cuir de Russie
It seems I am the only one who is not choking on what must be a sillage from hell
Lievje, is your son feeling a bit better today? All the best, my dear.
AP and all other cold/flu victims: cuddle up at home and let's sneeze and cough in comfort.
And the rest of you: have a great and virus-free-Friday
Last edited by Riannon; 7th December 2007 at 10:52 AM. Reason: found new smilies :)))
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp
Today I will be testing Vol de Nuit Evasion, thanks to the lovely Dimples.
That's going on one wrist and the original Vol on the other and we shall see how they compare. Could help myself last night when I got the package out of the mailbox and had to have a squirt - wow but is it fruity! And then it dried down to the most delicious vanilla. THIS should have been mentioned on Gourmand speak and sniff!
Have a lovely Friday all.
"A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future." Coco Chanel
I'm streamlining my collection http://community.basenotes.net/showt...29#post1219729
Encre Noire - Lalique
Wishlist is pointless.
Sorry to hear that the flu bug is stalking Riannon and Agent Provocateur.
home remedy: tea of star anise liberally laced with honey
wearing N'Aimez Que Moi
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
If you had the same cold I had, it's rather nasty, but it will pass. Hope you feel better soon, everyone!
Get better soon all those with colds.
Wore Vanilla by the Body Shop today but then got bored and decided to test the Un Bois Vanille sample I scored yesters along with a sample of Ambre Sultan. Almost makes me wish it were winter... almost.
I am wearing AG's Rose Absolue once again. I never thought I'd have a signature scent, but this is very nearly one. It is a pity the longevity is not very good. I carry a little rollerball bottle with me in my bag at all times so I can top up. I think I may be overdoing it a bit, I've seen one or two noses turned up (though not as bad as one disaster with Quelques Fleurs which turns out to be a much bigger perfume than I'd imagined). The lonegevity of SL's Majeste La Rose is superior to Rose Absolue, but I happen not to like that one very much.
Good morning A shame that so many feel ill now..but guess it's the season for it...Do get well soon! Later I'm off to work in Coco Chanel.
Please get well, folks..
I'm wearing a blend of Ava -Luxe Amber Essence extrait with I Profumi's Tabacco...
Let's make it through the day...
Lievje- I hope the jonge is feeling better !
My Shocking (mini) arrived yesterday so that's the one for me today. I'm a little bit afraid :-) but very, very curious about its development.
Feminite de Bois on this cold, windy morning.
Good morning!
I am feeding my Parfumerie Générale addiction with a generous dose of Brulure de Rose today.
Riannon and Miss Agent Provocateur, sorry about your cold, but chicken soup ....I'd go for a hot milk-brandy round
For all those asking about lievje's kid, she thinks the worst part is over, thank goodness! Fever was indeed very high at 41°C, so the doc gave him antibiotics and it seems he's feeling better. Mama Lievje asked me to update you, since she has lots to care for right now.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Sniffing around
I'll stop wearing black when they make something darker
kewart - I just tried Feminite Du Bois for the first time this week and it was LOVELY!
I am still in last night's Hanukkah gift -
Fracas Parfum
Oooh, I wish I had more then a decant! It's warmer and smoother then the EDP.
And after going to bed in it, I have a work appropriate amount of scent clinging to me.
"Like a lobster with a pearl in its claw, the beet held the jasmine firmly without crushing or obscuring it. Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue. As if jasmine were a collection of beautiful paintings, beet hung it in the galleries of the nose, insured it against fire or theft, threw a party to celebrate it. Citron mailed the invitations." Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins p. 189
What I am loving right now: Shalimar vintage extrait, Chanel Bois des Iles, Chanel no. 22, Le Labo Iris 39, Guerlain Iris Ganache
Creed Silver Mountain Water as SotD
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we have seen the enemy...and he is us.-Pogo
TGIF, indeed!
Work has been insanely busy for me these last few weeks, I've been feeling run down and now I am another who's fallen victim to a cold...
Lievje, I'm glad your son seems to be on the mend!
Everyone smells delicious, even if I can't really smell anything. Figure I will also smell great, in my newly gifted bottle of MPG Ambre Precieux. Notes include wood, amber, lavender, vanilla and nutmeg... and DH says he smells a "Play-doh" note! Wonder if I should spring the People of the Labyrinth juice on him.
Its thought that people who hope too much will just waste their life away and never get down to doing any real work. Theyre confusing Hope with Wish, its lazy cousin... When Wish whispers, Something is just around the corner, what comes or not is never what was wished for. When Hope whispers Something is just around the corner, something always is. -- Charlie Elberson
have a great friday =D
Serge Lutens Daim Blond
Parfumerie Generale Aomassai
Wishing the sick ones well. Ginseng tea with lemon always worked well for me as a power boost to the immune system. Get well soon.
Tea for Two.
Hope those who are ailing feel better soon!
Sniff and let sniff.
It's awful getting sick right before the holidays, always so much to do! I hope all of you get well really soon!
Sampling 2 more Michael Storer's, YVETTE and IL GIARDINO.
"Woe to the one who's love of elixirs, grows into madness"
I feel like wearing the mysterious Musk Gazelle by Madini.
This stuff is dark, literally and metaphorically.
It is almost black in color. I have no idea as to the ingredients, but it is purportedly not from animal sources. To me, it is like masala incense--a blast of multiple ingredients, at once earthy, spicy, and flowery--pure head shop.
I wrap myself in its warmth, but only with a tiny dab, as this one may surely wind up on the Do Not Wear To Work list. It is too sexy.
Get well soon everyone!
Cosy'ing up with Creed's Angelique Encens. Whenever I wear this, I'm reminded of Riannon.
I'm simplifying my life. For Sale Thread (some niche, some designer):
Healing vibes going out to all the sickies (and hey! all y'all....Google "thymus thump" and get your immune systems in shape for the festivities coming up! )
After rolling around in cherries and almonds and roses for a couple days (KM Loukhoum) need somethng a bit more astringent so am heading out in Pd'E Fougere Bengale..."opens with the freshness of lavender ...then the dry warm notes of hay take us to Bengal, to the Assam tea plantations. The mild tobacco, a glimpse of the British officers' cigarettes, mingles with the animalic scents of the Indian brushlands. Finally Fougere Bengale welcomes us to an oriental palace where the enigmatic patchouli, vanilla and tonka bean evoke silk and cashmere." (from LuckyScent)
Ain't that the truth!!
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"The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering." Lao Tze
Testing Liz Zorn's Pink Praline which from the description I wasn't sure I'd like (not usually too crazy about sweety gourmands) but WOW! This is delicious. Rich, nutty, decadent, with a touch of spice. If I ever wanted to eat my arms...
This one's a contender folks.
Get well all sickies. My cure: plenty of liquids and the occasional hot toddy, lots of rest, and a bit of exercise (like a brief walk.)
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
Margaret Atwood
Rochas Eau de Rochas Homme
Bergamot, Lemon, Lime, Mandarin
Basil, Artemisia, Coriander, Pine Needle
Vetiver, Cedar, Amber, Oakmoss
I'm wearing Vanille Ambre today.
Happy Friday!
Feel better soon to those who aren't feeling well.

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has purchased a beachfront home in Malibu, Calif., that was listed at $29.5 million, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The modern abode is 5,800-square-feet, has five bedrooms and features a deck, pool, gym and screening room. The white stucco-and-glass mansion is on Carbon Beach — AKA "Billionaire's Beach — near homes owned by Hollywood producers David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the WSJ said.
Allan representatives have declined to comment on the sale. But the home is no longer listed on Westside Estate Agency's website.
Allen, who started Microsoft with Bill Gates, was diagnosed this fall with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The Seattle real-estate mogul and philanthropist — owner of the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders FC and Portland Trail Blazers — recently bought an eight-story building in Tempe, Ariz., and put his giant yacht up for sale.
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EAST PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) – Gerber Product Foods is issuing a voluntary recall of Cheese Ravioli Gerber Pasta Pick-Ups because the packages could be mislabeled.
The company says the full ingredient list on the package lists "egg" as an ingredient, but the "contains" statement, which is used to further alert parents to allergens, does not include "egg" as it is required to.
Children who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to egg are at risk of serious allergic reaction if they consume this product, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
No illnesses have been reported thus far.
Gerber is in the process of updating its food package labels to make it easier for parents to identify foods that contain allergens such as egg, milk and wheat.
On updated packages, this information can be found in the "contains" statement as well as the ingredient list.


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Radiohead formally released their new song "These Are My Twisted Words" as a free download today on their Dead Air Space Website. "We've been recording for a while, and this was one of the first we finished. We're pretty proud of it," guitarist Jonny Greenwood wrote, making no mention of the song's leak. "There's other stuff in various states of completion, but this is one we've been practicing, and which we'll probably play at this summer's concerts. Hope you like it." Radiohead have five concerts planned this month, starting with an August 21st performance at Austria's Frequency Festival.
As Rock Daily previously reported, "These Are My Twisted Words" came out of nowhere last week after appearing on a Torrent site. An ASCII file that accompanied the song stated that "Twisted Words" was supposed to be released on August 17th, leading fans to speculate whether it would part of an EP called Wall of Ice due to the artwork that also came with the file. In the end, there was no EP, and as Rock Daily had hypothesized last week, "Twisted Words" was a stand-alone track fated for Radiohead's Waste digital music store.
Contrary to reports on other Websites, the Wallofice.com site that popped up in the days following the leaked "These Are My Twisted Words" turned out to be a creation of someone not affiliated with the band. It's been an active past couple weeks for Radiohead, who have slowly begun revealing new music for the first time since 2007's In Rainbows. First, frontman Thom Yorke debuted a new song called "The Present Tense" at the Latitude Festival, then the band released a new track titled "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" as a charity download. Fans can expect as least one more new song by year's end when Yorke contributes a track to the soundtrack of the Twilight sequel New Moon.
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Mercedes Benz has always delivered in terms of luxury, styling and performance. Last year the German auto maker had given the Mercedes Benz S600 its special iBusiness treatment which was very well appreciated for its features and convenience. But this time Mercedes has out done itself. It is a very serious and swanky business and it is called the Brabus iBusiness 3D Mercedes Benz Viano. It was unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show this year.
The van has been technologically packed to the brim. You can't even think of having something more because they have already put in everything. The Brabus iBusiness 3D Mercedes-Benz Viano has almost everything you would expect from a luxurious, high-tech office. It is a luxurious limousine. A 40-inch Sony Bravia LED TV with 3D technology is mounted on the back wall of the van. The digital TV is connected to a receiver and a Play Station3.
You can simply go on and still end up missing an important feature. It has to be seen and experienced to be believed that how many features can be fitted in a relatively small vehicle. 3D entertainment technology, wireless Wi-Fi, Mac Mini connected to internet via UMTS and HSDPA. You name it and it is there. As for comfort, the soft Bordeaux leather covered armchairs are electronically adjustable. The van also has a mini bar and a fridge.
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Mercure Goiania
Located in central Goiânia, Mercure Goiania provides spacious, modern accommodation with convenient access to the city's main areas. It offers internet access, a sauna and business centre on site.The bright, carpeted rooms feature a touch of shades of grey and lots of space. They have air-conditioning, a flat screen TV and work desk. Wired internet is available free of charge.Guests can enjoy Mercure's restaurants, which serve international cuisine with a local twist. There is also a breakfast buffet available for an additional cost. There is also a bar serving tasty cocktails.The Goiânia Convention Centre, Goiânia Shopping Centre and Serra Dourada Stadium are within 10 minutes' drive of the hotel. You can drive to Santa Genoveva Airport is 15 minutes. ...read more
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Daudet, Alphonse
a noted French novelist of great versatility, born at Nîmes, of poor parents; early selected literature as his career in life; wrote poems and plays, and contributed to the Figaro and other journals; worked up into his novels characters and situations that had come under his own observation, often in too satirical a vein to become universally popular; has been likened to Dickens in his choice of subjects and style of treatment; died suddenly (1840-1897).
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The Freedom Tray: Made in America, used everywhere
I have written about gadgets and tech and whatnot for four long years now, but this is by far the greatest thing I have ever seen. It's called the Freedom Tray, and it's going to rock your world… with freedom. (Freedom haters need not apply.) Read More


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WOLD Combo Package (Working Togeter For Our Privacy + Stratification)
Purchase both WOLD albums available, their new nightmare "Working Together For Our Privacy" and their homage to the harsh piercing cold barren blizzards that grace their desolate prairies "Stratification", together for a discounted rate.
Indeed WTFOP is a unique Wold listening experience not for the faint at heart or stomach, and definitely not for the weak of mind. And those who suffer from hallucinations or those prone to hearing voices, for better or worse, might find listening to WTFOP dangerous.
Wold mastermind/high priest Fortress Crookedjaw had this to say concerning WTFOP:
"'Working Together For Our Privacy' consists of three compositions; sound created within Wold's thought lodge. The songs can induce harsh trance aural formations and hallucinations. We sent out transformations through the sound ideas which manifested the transgressive waves. Priestly insignificance and reversal religiosity is diabolically executed in your tight virgin ears. The spies in the wires sparkle through like hoarfrost on machine pumps which distribute unconscious aural chemical reaction. The death machine ejaculates toxins but also provides a psyche sanctuary of sorts, but ultimately the inevitable takes hold. Death is the factor."
Along with the hypnotizing and mesmerizing artwork provided by artist Pippi Zornoza (www.dirtpalace.org/pippi) that graces the physical canvas of WTFOP, artwork that you will be beckoned to stare at while listening to WTFOP, it is advised to approach WTFOP with caution.
WTFOP has potential to cause mental dependency, severe psychological trips, latent dream states, and trance-like inducement.
Recorded in Regina, Saskatchewan Canada, tracklisting for WTFOP goes as follows:
1. The Secret
2. Death Spiral
3. Lovey Dovey
Nonetheless, "Stratification" is the Wold clan's most unconventional recording to date. Even more bizarre and surreal than its predecessors, "Stratification's" mission statement is pretty much symmetrically crystal clear; to worship and adhere to the wrath of winter.
Like an unforgiving maelstrom of harsh sonic buzzsaw-like waves, through violent claustrophobic audial flurry, listening to "Stratification" is akin to being caught in an unrelenting crystallizing snow storm while wandering, and totally lost on a desolate and vast glimmering Saskatchewan prairie.
Blinding and wailing, the uncompromising nature of "Stratification", presented in a graciously designed 8-panel digipack, is a noise-filled spectrum of terror, all while presenting some of the most artful, elegant, and thought-provoking poetry that Wold have ever crafted; it is through vocalist Fortress Crookedjaw's lyrics in which gives balance to "Stratification's" violent yet elegant nature.
He says: "Stratification is the voice of Wold's domination. We dominate in an authentic way, like hunger and sex. This is our strongest and most strict release. Obey and I feel satisfied as warriors and artists; we are truly triumphant. It is natural. It is right. With this album it seems that Wold have nothing to prove. It's like on LOTMP and even more so with Screech Owl we were still in the process of invading the village; and now that we've established power, we are, through our power and will, able to create a sublime winter world under a blanket of white noise on a frantic sleigh ride."
Tracklisting for "Stratification" goes as follows:
1. Stratification
2. Sleigh Ride
3. White Winter Wanderer
4. Frost Crystal Symmetry
5. Nine Paths
6. Nine Creeks
7. Wintertime
8. The Frozen Field
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This past year I started doing videos and ended up recording over 40 of them. The majority of them were with Lauren Orsini as part of a series on Pinterest. There were also interviews, standalone videos and videos to supplement blog posts. This post outlines some of what I have learned. I hope you find it helpful.
Prepare for difficulties (or go with Google)
If you are recording interviews over the Internet, understand that you may lose all or some part of a recording. You are relying on the quality of of the Internet connection for all participants as well as the processing power of your computer. With so many factors, you should prepare that you will occasionally lose recordings. If you are looking for the easiest solution possible, consider Google Hangouts. By doing the recording in the cloud, you are losing some degree of control, but you are also "outsourcing" most of the hassle to Google. When I do my next interview, I will likely use Hangouts just for the ease of use.
Break up your online interview recordings into smaller chunks
I found particuarly when recording via Skype on Windows, that the audio frequently got out of synch or was lost altogether. I tried and paid for three different software programs to record on Skype and found all of them had issues. The shorter the recording the better the quality. If you have a Mac, I found that eCamm software worked the best for Skype interviews (see the tools I used at the end).
Edit down your content and then edit again
If you have a two seconds of dead air, just edit it out. People don't mind jumps in video, and you are more likely to keep people engaged. When recording conversation (assuming you have permission as the editor) edit out some of the content. I am not saying to remove the personality in your videos, but if you end up running long on a point or repeating yourself, just edit it down.
Just be who you are
If you try to get all geared up to be on video, it comes through as over the top and fake. If you are excited and knowledgable about the subject, you just need to convey that information like you were talking to a friend.
Protect your computer resources when editing or recording video
When you are editing video, close all the other programs that you might have open (especially browers). Video editing software takes tremedous resources, and you will get done faster if you just have your editing software open. If you get bored while a video is rendering, pull out your phone for entertainment so you keep computer resources focused on video. If you are doing an interview, try to keep your notes in "small-footprint" text editing program. If you need to have browser windows open, keep them to a minimum.
It helps to be first to cover a topic.
Some of my more popular videos were essentially tours on online services I liked. The demand for video is high, but so is the amount of video being created. In order to stand out, show people how a new product works via screencasts. If it is a product that you think is good, other people will be interested and search out videos about that product. My RebelMouse walkthrough video was one of the first to give an overview of the product and ended up being one of my most popular videos.
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There are different seasons in life. A harmonious acceptance of the season we occupy is crucial to our contentment. Life's experiences— good or bad, full of joy or sorrow— are necessary for our spiritual growth. Even when lessons are painful or seemingly unfair, it is our own consciousness expressing itself in manifestation. Pain is another way of waking up, of growing spiritually.
When we move in accord with the seasons of life, we flow with the current. When we long for the past or future, we abdicate the present, where our true power resides. Each human being is extraordinary. We have the power to create or destroy in every moment. So cultivating our highest nature is critically important for our own well being and the happiness of others. Consider the season you occupy. Are you in Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter?
Spring is the season of quickening life. All possibility arises in spring, we learn and are fertile, explore the world and make new associations. In the spring of our lives, we are innocent, open to the encounters that lead to joy or pain. Spring is a time of growth and expansion, like seedlings, we are all pure potential, pushing out into the world. Our openness is the very thing that allows us to experience life. Our guileless nature allows us to play and make mistakes, which are always important lessons in disguise. In spring we are an empty cup waiting to be filled with love, knowledge and awakenings, here reside the hard-won truths of life lived fearlessly.
Summer is the season of production and ripening when crops are planted, days are long and we are at the height of our powers. What we put into life, we eventually reap— the things we say or do, our inventions and ideas, are the seeds of a future harvest. We can make the mistake of thinking that hard work at any cost will bring us success, but it isn't true. Work must be balanced, ethical and fair. The crop we plant must be beneficial to others, otherwise the harvest will not be true abundance. Self-serving greed is a poisoned seed that creates blighted fruit. Whether we tend the field of our own family or the community as a whole, Summer is a time of generosity, where we are able to contribute to the highest expression of human potential.
Autumn is the season of harvest. Whatever crop we planted now yields its fruit. Sometimes we reap an unexpected harvest, a word or thought planted long ago blossoms into happiness or regret. The harvest is a time of gathering, feasting and repose. As the life force withdraws into the deeper levels of our being, our own energy connects back to the source. In hibernation, we gather strength, it's a time of inward turning and refining our soul. A lifetime of experiences creates a harvest of wisdom. We know ourselves and see others more clearly. Our accumulated wisdom allows us to shepherd our time more effectively and to decide how best to channel our energies into the world. If we have gathered enough strength, we act against injustice, cultivate compassion and create beauty.
Winter is the season of meditation. The life force retreats even deeper into the earth. There is stillness in winter, a rationing of our resources as we reconnect to our true self. Life is stripped down to the bare bones of existence. Although the obvious signs of outward growth are hidden; our very essence is being refined, distilled in the purest alchemy of inner fire. We release the ego and embrace transformation. Winter is a time of simplicity, we are on an inward journey, coming back to the source. Freed from earlier distractions; the fertility of spring, the production of summer, the gathering of autumn, winter is the truest expression of our spirits as we open our consciousness and cross the barriers that separate us from our divine heritage.


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Ciel, 20626 Stone Oak Parkway, Suite 103, has closed. The restaurant, owned by Damien Watel, is at Plaza Ciel where another of Watel's restaurants, ciao2, is located.
A message on the restaurant's website says, "We are remodeling the Ciel dining room and opening a new concept in the fall."
According to Watel, "We closed the Ciel side dinning room to remodel it to a more casual concept. We are still accomodating the parties and groups in the banquet room and ciao2 is expanding its menu as well. "
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Noble Midstream Partners (NYSE:NBLX) stock price target increased to $34.00, issued a research note today by JPMorgan
- Updated: October 10, 2016
Just yesterday Noble Midstream Partners (NYSE:NBLX) traded -0.32% lower at $27.71. Noble Midstream Partners's 50-day moving average is $27.17 and its 200-day moving average is $27.17. The last stock price is up 1.97% from the 200-day moving average, compared to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index which has decreased -0.01% over the same time period. 165,001 shares of NBLX traded hands, down from an average trading volume of 764,582
In a report released on 10/10/2016 JPMorgan increased the stock price target of Noble Midstream Partners (NYSE:NBLX) to $34.00 reporting a possible upside of 0.23%.
Recent Performance Chart
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 19 — Waiters in white aprons maneuvered through a noisy cocktail party here Tuesday evening, offering heaping platters of jumbo shrimp, lamb chops and crab-stuffed mushrooms to a crowd of people in town for an annual food aid conference dedicated to ending world hunger.
As shipping and agribusiness executives, charitable workers, lobbyists and federal employees mingled at Morton's steakhouse, Charles Worledge, who works for the Long Island-based Sealift Inc., a major shipper of American food to the hungry, offered an insight essential to understanding the politics of food aid.
"I thought this was a charity," he explained during the party, for which another shipping company played host. "It's not. It's a business."
It was here in Kansas City, at the 2005 food aid conference, that the Bush administration pushed for a fundamental change in food aid that would have diminished profits to domestic agribusiness and shipping companies. It proposed allowing a quarter of the Food for Peace budget to be used to buy food in poor countries near hunger crises, rather than buying only American-grown food that had to be shipped across oceans.
And Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns spoke at the conference on Wednesday to again make the administration's case for the same idea, contending that such a policy would speed delivery, improve efficiency and save many lives.Continue reading the main story
Congress in each of the past two years killed the proposal, which was opposed by agribusiness and shipping interests who stood to lose business, even as it won support from liberal Democrats like Representatives Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon — generally not a subset of lawmakers found in the president's corner.
But there are signs that the frozen politics of the issue are beginning to thaw, especially as evidence of flaws in the current aid system mounts.
A Government Accountability Office report released on the eve of this conference described in stark detail a system rife with inefficiencies: the amount of food shipped over the past five years has fallen by half as shipping and other logistical costs have soared. Only a little more than a third of federal food aid spending actually buys food. The United States feeds about 70 million people a year now instead of the more than 100 million it fed five years ago.
And experts worry that the food aid budget will feed even fewer of the world's 850 million hungry people as soaring demand for corn to make ethanol drives up the cost of that staple, a mainstay of food aid programs.
This year, some farm state lawmakers are for the first time considering backing a pilot program to test buying food overseas. Representative Jo Ann Emerson, a Missouri Republican on the Agricultural Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, opposes major changes in food aid, but, she said, "doing a small demonstration is fine with me."
"If it turns out to work better in some places than others," she said, "I don't have a big problem with that."
And some influential supporters of the administration's more ambitious proposal, contained in the farm bill, are speaking out. Former President Bill Clinton recently said at a fund-raiser for Bread for the World, a Christian group that lobbies on hunger issues, that it was to Mr. Bush's "everlasting credit" that he had proposed buying food aid in poor countries. Such a policy had never crossed his mind when he was president, Mr. Clinton said, but he thought it was a great way to help farmers in Africa and buy food more efficiently.
And while an alliance of 15 nonprofit groups involved in food aid has endorsed only a pilot program for local purchase, Catholic Relief Services, which has a million donors and links with 13,000 parishes, has embraced the administration's proposal. Addressing hundreds of people assembled at the conference, Ken Hackett, president of the agency, which is a major player in food aid, declared, "C.R.S. supports the administration's request for greater flexibility through local purchase."
At perhaps no time since the government's food aid program was created during the Eisenhower administration over a half century ago has there been more ferment about its future among scholars, politicians and advocates for the poor.
The curious mix of altruistic and self-interested motivations that animate American food aid spring from its origins. Early in the 1950s, the government was the farmer's buyer of last resort when commodity prices fell, and as a result it sat on mountains of grain. Public Law 480 and the Food for Peace program, adopted in 1954, provided a way to dispose of the surplus grain, which was costly to store, and at the same time feed the world's hungry people. The law mandated that food for the program be grown domestically.
Over the years, the farm programs evolved, and the government shifted to buying virtually all food on the open market, but the requirement that it be grown in the United States never changed. In recent years, the United States has bought more than half the food for its aid programs from just four agribusinesses and their subsidiaries: Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill, Bunge and Cal Western Packaging, according to the Agriculture Department.
Some researchers and advocates say it is time to rethink the American approach to fighting world hunger.
"Are we committed to eradicating hunger because it's feasible, not terribly expensive and our moral obligation as the richest society in human history?" asked Christopher B. Barrett, a Cornell University economist and the co-author of "Food Aid After Fifty Years." "Or are we just trying to placate a few agribusiness, shipping and NGO constituencies with a handout?" referring to nongovernmental organizations.
But some in Congress, as well as lobbyists for interest groups that benefit from food aid, warn that untying aid from requirements that the food be grown in America and mostly shipped on American-flagged vessels would shatter the political coalition that has sustained the program for decades and made the United States the world's largest food aid donor. They also warn that cash sent to poor countries can be misused or stolen, and that a mismanaged program to buy food in poor countries could drive up food prices.
Still, even here at the food aid conference organized by the Department of Agriculture and the Agency for International Development, some participants were talking up approaches that would sound heretical to old-line champions of food aid.
Marv Baldwin, president of the Foods Resource Bank, a Christian nonprofit group dedicated to fighting hunger, described how more than a thousand farmers have turned American-style food aid on its head.
They are raising farm animals and growing crops on some 7,000 acres across America. They donate their land, labor and the use of their equipment, and church groups help raise cash for fuel and fertilizer. But instead of shipping the crops and animals to poor lands to feed the hungry, the farmers sell them in the United States. The Foods Resource Bank then spends the money from those sales in developing countries to buy seeds, fertilizer, tools and other goods poor farmers say they need to grow food for their families.
Vernon Sloan, 81, used to donate and ship corn he grew on his 200- acre farm in Ohio to Haiti, Liberia and Angola to feed the hungry. But after years of working with the Foods Resource Bank, he said in an interview, he concluded that it was more practical to sell the crops here, avoid the huge shipping expense and use the proceeds to help farmers in Africa support themselves. "It's what's needed there," he said, "rather than what we think they need."Continue reading the main story


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Oil Patch Prairie Praline and Buffalo Chip Ice Creams Face-Off at the North Dakota State Fair on July 24
Fairgoers can sample final two Cass-Clay Ice Cream Dream Contest flavors with celebrity judges choosing the winner as part of National Ice Cream Month
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FARGO, N.D., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The first-ever Cass-Clay Ice Cream Dream Flavor is near completion and the top two flavors are ready for sampling. Oil Patch Prairie Praline and Buffalo Chip are vying for the chance to be added to the Cass-Clay Creamery line-up and sold at grocery stores around North Dakota. Local residents created these flavors and the winner will be selected at the North Dakota State Fair during a live event on July 24.
Fairgoers can stop by the Cass-Clay event being held on the Dakota Talent Stage on Tuesday, July 24 between 3 – 6 p.m. to taste the two final flavors. At 4 p.m. the grand prize winner will be chosen by a celebrity judging panel. The judging panel will feature Miss Rodeo North Dakota State 2012, Kayla Kessler, KXMC-TV anchor, Perry Olson, and North Dakota's 2011-2012 State Dairy Princess, Rachael Rott.
"These final two flavors really embody what North Dakota is all about and we'd be thrilled to produce either of these for the whole state to enjoy," said Rachel Kyllo, Cass-Clay Creamery spokesperson. "We are excited about the first Cass Clay Ice Cream Dream Flavor Contest, and loved all of the good ideas and great stories our fans had to share."
Marnie Thielbar of Langdon, ND, came up with Oil Patch Prairie Praline flavor, which includes brown sugar and butter flavored ice cream infused with chunks of brownies and glistening chocolate syrup. The second flavor, Buffalo Chip, was submitted by mother-son combo Ryan and Amy Christianson of Grand Forks and features chocolate ice cream, chocolate covered potato chips, brownie chunks and drizzles of rich caramel.
More than 140 flavors were submitted using creative North Dakota-inspired themes making the competition fierce—with creations like Heaven in the Heartland mixed with crunchy sunflower nuts blended in peanut butter and honey ice cream, sprinkled with chocolate caramel peanut candies and Strawberry Rhubarb Temptation containing swirls of strawberry, rhubarb and a dash of pie crust. Oil Patch Prairie Praline and Buffalo Chip were selected due to their unique flavor combinations and how well they embodied the spirit of North Dakota.
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While NHL fans keep a close eye on this year's goalie battles in New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Tampa Bay. I am most excited for the goalie battle that is about to occur in Iowa. No that wasn't a typo; your eyes do not deceive you… Iowa. As some of you may know, the Minnesota Wild have moved their AHL affiliate formerly known as the Houston Aeros to the Iowa Wild this off-season and I believe that Iowa is where the next big goalie battle is brewing between Darcy Kuemper and Johan Gustafsson.
This off-season, aging goaltender Niklas Backstrom signed a 3 year deal with the Minnesota Wild (AAV 3.4M), that I believe will be his last contract. Backstrom, who turns 36 this February, is expected to get 2.5M, 3.75M, and 4M respectively. You don't see very many players at 35+ getting contracts in the NHL longer than one or two years, and even less often do you see any contract for an NHL player going up in value the older the player gets; More than likely, this contract is due to the salary cap going down this year, but it is possible that the Wild may see Backstrom retire before this contract runs out. That is going to leave a gigantic void in net for the Wild. While I have the utmost respect for Josh Harding as a person, I don't think he is the goalie of the future for the Minnesota Wild.
What does this mean to you, the fan? Well my fantasy hungry friends, it means you might want to pay attention to the goalie duel that will be taking place in Iowa this year, because whoever comes out ahead could very well be the backstop of the future for a potentially powerful Wild team for many years to come.
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Darcy Kuemper started to shine with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League in Canada. In his three seasons with Red Deer, he steadily improved his performance each year ending in a 2010-11 season where he led his team to the best record in the regular season and went on to win the WHL Goaltender and Player of the year awards. Listed below are his stats while playing in Red Deer:
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Darcy's first few years in the Wild system has seen him bounce around from AHL to ECHL, but Kuemper still posts great numbers wherever he is sent to play. Last year Kuemper was thrust into action with the Wild when backup goalie Josh Harding had to sit out due to complications with his new MS medications. Suddenly Harding was out and Kuemper was in. Darcy took full advantage of his time in the NHL posting a 2.08 GAA and .916 SV% in 6 regular season appearances (including THIS huge save on Anaheim's Corey Perry). Kuemper got another shot with the Wild when Backstrom was injured in warm-ups. Harding became the starter, but Kuemper had a few flashes of brilliance when he replaced Harding in two playoff games against the eventual Stanley Cup winning Chicago Blackhawks.
Johan Gustafsson
Johan Gustafsson has made a significant impact with the Swedish national youth teams and with Luleå Hockey Club in the Swedish Hockey League. Johan has been impressive in international play leading Sweden's U18 team to a silver medal in 2010, and the U20 team to gold in 2011 with a huge shutout in the Gold Medal game vs. Russia. In 2011-12 with Luleå HC he was nominated for SHL rookie of the year posting a 1.68 GAA and a .932 SV% in 29 games. In 2012-13 Johan added to his trophy room when he led Luleå to a European Trophy Championship in the preseason. During the regular season Johan stayed consistently amazing with a 1.70 GAA and .930 SV% in 33 games. He finished his career in Luleå by leading the team to the finals in the SHL Playoffs where they eventually lost to the offensive powerhouse of Skellefteå AIK. Despite losing to Skellefteå, Johan had great stats in the playoffs with a 2.03 GAA and a .925 SV% in 15 playoff games against the best hockey teams in Sweden. Listed below are his stats with Luleå in convenient list form.
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Josh Harding is in line to become the next starter for the Wild, but I just don't see him panning out for them. Harding has already had a major injury, tearing his ACL and MCL in a preseason game, causing him to miss the whole 2010-11 NHL season. In his 122 NHL games as Backstrom's backup he has 42 wins and 52 losses, 7 shutouts, a 2.67 GAA, and a respectable .915 SV%. Harding also had a poor showing against the Blackhawks in the playoffs. Can you blame him for that? No. The Blackhawks had a phenomenal team last year, but Harding is on rocky ground. As much as I love an underdog, and as much as I respect Harding, I believe that at some point in the next few years the Wild may have to look past the comeback story and make a tough decision. They will need to ask who they see leading the Wild in net for many years to come. The answer to that question will be Kuemper or Gustafsson.
Right now, I have to give the edge to Kuemper. He is a bit older, and he has experience already in the Wild's system at all levels. He will likely start the season in Iowa at #1. However, His edge is going to be heavily tested this year because I believe in terms of talent… Johan has Kuemper beat. I also can't help but see that Johan has performed amazingly well in playoffs and pressure situations. Leading teams to Silver and Gold finishes in juniors, winning the European Trophy, and taking Luleå to the SHL Finals last year. Compared to that, Kuemper's playoff experience last year was forgettable.
With all this in mind… Wild fans and fantasy hockey fans in deep leagues should keep a close eye on Iowa this year, because their future in net will be on display.
Beau Marchwick
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Avoiding some Affordable Care Act requirements and fees may be a factor
A growing number of small and midsize employers are opting to self-insure their employee health plans, in part because self-insuring allows employers to avoid some—but by no means all—of the coverage mandates and administrative costs imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
While the data do not conclusively demonstrate that ACA is the reason for this shift, the findings "are consistent with the prediction that the ACA would cause more small- and midsized employers to adopt self-insured plans," said Paul Fronstin, health research director at the nonprofit Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in Washington, D.C., and author of EBRI's July
report on self-insured health plan trends.
Employer-sponsored group health plans fall into two categories:
Among the new findings from the EBRI report, from 1996 to 2015 the percentage of U.S. private-sector employers offering at least one self-insured health plan rose from 28.5 percent to 39 percent.
From 2013 to 2015, the percentage of employers by size that offered at least one self-insured plan changed as follows:
Percentage of Private-Sector Employers that Self-Insure at Least One Plan, by Firm Size, 1996-2015
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"Key provisions of the ACA took effect in 2013, which is why the analysis focuses on the period between then and 2015," Fronstin noted. "These data are consistent with the perspective … that the ACA would cause more small and midsized employers to adopt self-insured plans."
The EBRI report draws on data from private- and public-sector employers collected by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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One example of how the ACA can limit flexibility and drive up costs for small businesses involves "essential health benefits."
The ACA identifies
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"When [self-funded arrangements are] properly designed, there are several ways an employer can 'win,' " noted Sean McGuire, CEO of E.D. Bellis, a benefits compliance and consulting firm in Omaha, Neb.,
in a recent online post. "Examples … include eliminating community rating, avoiding essential health benefit mandates required by the ACA and perhaps most importantly, the avoidance of adverse selection in the fully insured marketplace."
In addition, organizations that self-insure retain the claim reserves traditionally held by insurance companies and keep the interest on those reserves, McGuire said.
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Bob Graboyes, senior fellow for health and economics at the National Federation of Independent Business, a small business advocacy group,
recently wrote that "With self-insurance, certain businesses save money in most years, losing money in the scattered years when some employees suffer major illnesses. For these businesses, self-insurance costs less over the long-run than do fully insured products. So some, but not all, businesses will find it advantageous to self-insure."
Striking a more cautious note, Robert Pozen, former chairman of MFS Investment Management,
warned that "For small businesses subject to the [ACA's] employer mandate, self-funding offers both great advantages and some treacherous disadvantages." Among the latter, Pozen noted that "Since stop-loss policies are issued on an annual basis without guaranteed renewal, an unexpected rise in the health care costs at a small firm can lead to much higher premiums the following year or an abrupt cancellation of the policy altogether."
He suggested that "a potentially crippling scenario for a small business is not far-fetched. Say an employee is diagnosed with an obscure type of cancer. He needs intensive therapy for two to three years at a cost of millions of dollars. The stop-loss insurer may pay for his care for one year then decline to renew the contract. No other reinsurer will take on the policy, so the employer gets stuck with the bill. For many small businesses, that would be financially devastating."
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Japan's NTT DoCoMo has announced a NFC based mobile payments alliance with the credit card processor, MasterCard Worldwide. Aiming at a launch around the middle of next year, the companies will expand DoCoMo's iD mobile credit payment system for acceptance at MasterCard PayPass merchant locations around the world.
MasterCard's payment system, MasterCard PayPass, will be available to DoCoMo customers using smartphones equipped with a contactless chip for Osaifu Keitai (mobile phones with wallet functions) services via NFC. Through joint collaboration between DoCoMo and MasterCard, DoCoMo customers will be able to make iD-brand payments at nearly 500,000 MasterCard PayPass merchant locations in 41 countries (as of June 2012), in addition to over 560,000 iD terminals in Japan (as of August 2012).
According to analyst firm Berg Insight, the global installed base of NFC-ready point-of-sale terminals are expected to grow to 43.4 million units in 2017. MasterCard PayPass is gaining strong momentum worldwide with increasing adoption across merchant categories such as retail, entertainment, dining and mass transit. When traveling around the world, DoCoMo customers soon will be able to make purchases easily via participating PayPass merchants by simply waving a smartphone over a reader.
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Following an Orange County judge's recent historic decision to recuse District Attorney Tony Rackauckas from the death penalty case against Scott Dekraai, guilty in the 2011 Seal Beach salon massacre, the solemn DA stood in front of reporters today on a mission.
In the ongoing law enforcement cheating scandal, Rackauckas wants residents to know that while there have been numerous screw-ups his prosecutors are "honest and hardworking," and that the real villain is a system that delays justice for the family and friends of Dekraai's eight murdered victims.
"I think the system has let them down," the DA said. "I'm trying to bring these [types of] cases to justice in a more expeditious way. It's getting worse, rather than getting better. The process has gotten more complicated over time."
During a morning court session with Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals, the California Attorney General's office announced it would seek an appellate reversal of the judge's March 12 recusal order, claiming the move to ban the entire DA's office from the Dekraai case was unnecessarily excessive. Plus the AG's office doesn't want the extra work. Rackauckas supported the move and the judge pushed back the penalty phase of the case until July 24 while all of the parties wait for a three-member California Court of Appeal panel to rule. In reality, however, the appellate delays could take years to resolve.
This latest delay in the 3.5-year-old case pains victims' families and friends. Paul Wilson, who lost his wife in the tragedy, told Goethals he doesn't know how Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders, Dekraai's lawyer, lives with the "blood on his hands" by representing "that coward." Wilson also blasted Rackauckas, whose prosecution team lost the judge's confidence that they could obey well establish court rules against hiding exculpatory evidence from defendants or discouraging perjury by Orange County Sheriff's Department deputies tied to the case.
"Tony, you let me down," Wilson said while searching for the the DA's face that didn't acknowledge him. "This was a ship and you were the captain. That ship sank and I blame you. We shouldn't be here [debating recusal]. None of this should have happened."
During his press conference, Rackauckas said he sympathizes with Wilson and the other victims. But less than 10 feet away stood Todd Spitzer, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, former state Assemblyman and prosecutor under this DA. Spitzer seethed at his old boss.
"The system did not fail," Spitzer declared moments after the DA walked away with a team of at least four security guards flanking his steps. "It was Tony Rackauckas who failed. The buck stops there."
Spitzer, a victims' rights lawyer in his other active career, defended the work of Sanders and Goethals while denouncing what he sees as the DA's cheap politicization of the case.
"It's so insulting that the day after Judge Goethals makes his decision on recusal, the DA's campaign manager [Michael J. Schroeder] is in the newspapers making personal attacks [on the judge]. That's typical of this DA. He takes horrible advice from his handlers. Judge Goethals made a decision based on the law and the facts, and yet Rackauckas' campaign manager denigrates him. This should be about justice. What a debacle. People are now questioning whether you can get justice from this DA's office. The time has come for him to stand up, but he never admits he's wrong about anything."
Spitzer, whose never made a secret that he'd someday like to become the county's top prosecutor, said he will encourage his supervisor colleagues to expand the Office of Independent Review's oversight authority to include Rackauckas' office.
At the conclusion of his remarks, Spitzer walked over to me and began fielding additional questions as camera operators for Los Angeles TV news stations packed their equipment. He expanded his thoughts on the DA and his chief of staff, Susan Kang Schroeder, saying, "She goes for the jugular to ruin people's lives. That's nasty."
Schroeder had been standing at my rear, smiling and filming Spitzer's comments on her white iPhone. He walked up, visibly disgusted. Schroeder stopped filming, stuck out her right hand to shake, "How are you?"
Spitzer looked down, then up at her face. There was a moment of silent. Schroeder continued smiling and holding out her hand.
"You don't deserve a handshake," he said, glaring at her. "That's how evil you are."
Schroeder–who has delighted for years in provoking someone she sees as a potential competitor to replace the 72-year-old Rackauckas when he retires–laughed. Spitzer walked away. Wide-eyed reporters breathed deeply and sighed.
"He has anger management issues," she said, before showing reporters photographs of her two new puppies. "Aren't they so cute?"
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On April 24th, UW Surgery welcomed Ben Mezrich, bestselling author and brother of UW Transplant Surgeon Joshua D Mezrich, MD, for a special Surgery Grand Rounds.
Mr. Mezrich signed books at our Health Sciences Learning Center the evening before his presentation which was titled "From Bringing Down the House to the Social Network: Sometimes Truth Really is Stranger Than Fiction".
You can view his uncut, laugh-inducing, thought provoking and entertaining lecture here. We must admit, many "firsts" were made during this not so Surgery Grand Rounds, and we were all so pleased to be a part of it! Favorite pearl from Mr. Mezrich? "Rejection inspires you…you have to fully believe that no matter what you do, it's going to happen for you."


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A. Yes! With the help of Allied/Republic Waste Services, Loyola diverts a large portion of our waste stream to recycling. Although Allied/Republic does collect and process our recyclables, the actual recycling is done by our community. Each time you recycle, Loyola recycles, thank you for pitching in!
A. Recycling saves energy, conserves water, creates jobs, reduces pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and decreases landfill volume.
For a complete overview of the benefits of recycling please check out the EPA's recycling benefits overview.
A. Allied or parent company Republic Services is Loyola's main waste service company. Loyola also works with Waste Neutral for composting services.
A. All types of accepted recyclable materials can be placed in the same container.
A. Some common items that are currently accepted: mixed paper, such as office paper, magazines, notebooks, and hard and soft cover books, plastics #1-7, glass, plastic and metal drink containers, milk and juice cartons, aluminum cans, clean foil and aerosol cans.
A. Some common items that are not currently accepted: any material with substantial food debris, paper towels, plastic bags and films, chip bags, coffee cups (including Starbucks), waxed/plastic coated paper, Styrofoam, plastic utensils and plates, light bulbs, and batteries.
A. Recycling: Any plastic marked #1-7, glass, plastic and metal drink containers, plastic food containers with food removed, juice and milk containers, clean paper.
Compost: Dining's compostable products including napkins, boxes, utensils, ecotainers and greenware cups. Food soiled paper, including pizza boxes and napkins, wooden chopsticks and all food waste including meat and dairy.
Landfill/Trash: Styrofoam, paper towels, plastic bags, non-disposable utensils, chip bags, plastic coated paper including coffee cups.
A. Unfortunately, Starbucks cups and similar coffee cups are not recyclable in many locations, including Loyola. The inner plastic liner that keeps these cups from leaking hot beverages makes them difficult to recycle, and many facilities just aren't equipped to process them. Starbucks offers products and incentives to help you reduce your Starbucks waste stream, such as a 10 cent discount when you bring a reusable cup. The hot cups in Boulder Café and Iggy's are compostable.
Want to know more? Check out Ask Umbra's response to "Are coffee cups recyclable?"
A. Rest assured that there are separate collection trucks used for trash and recycling. In fact, these trucks are on different routes and collect from campus at different times. All Allied/Republic trucks are blue to allow the company to quickly substitute a truck should one have a mechanical failure. This ensures our waste and recycling is always collected on time.
A. All staff who handle waste and recycling at Loyola are aware of the campus recycling process and do their very best to ensure all recycling makes its way to the correct container. Bags of trash and recycling are often collected together, which looks scary! However, these bags are always separated into the correct containers by bag color. If a clear recycling bag enters the waste stream it is because the technician found it to be obviously contaminated.
A. The large waste containers (dumpsters) located outside of the residence halls are color coded; green containers for single stream recycling and grey for landfill trash. Ideally, all recyclables should be loose in the container, but if you must use a bag, please use an open top paper bag or clear colored plastic bag. Trash can be placed in the grey container in any type of bag.
A. Collect your recyclables in any bag you choose. Deposit the contents of the bag into the recycling container and put the plastic bag into the trash container.
A. Contact Facilitates Management at x2200 or online to request a recycling bin.
A. Batteries, fluorescent bulbs, electronics, toner cartridges, hazardous waste: contact EHS at x1120 or email@example.com
A. Plastic recycling codes or Resin Identification Codes describe the type of plastic the item is made from. The codes inform consumers and processers about heating, reuse or recycling restrictions. All plastics marked #1-7 can be recycled at Loyola.
More information on recycling codes and plastic types.
A. Ideally, recyclables should be as clean as you can get them, but in practice, we know this isn't always possible. Recyclables can have small amount of residue, but should be clean enough to prevent contamination to more delicate items such as paper. Beverage containers do not have to be rinsed, just emptied and resealed. A good wipe or quick rinse should be adequate for heavily soiled items.
A. Place a few drops of dish soap into the jar and fill with hot water. After a few minutes replace the lid and shake vigorously. Empty the water and all of the remaining peanut butter. This should leave the jar clean enough for recycling.
A. Composting is a process that diverts items such as food waste, plant matter and soiled paper from entering landfills. When these types of items are combined under the correct conditions they can be transformed into rich soil.
A. All food waste, including meat and dairy products. Food soiled paper, chopsticks and dining's compostable products including napkins, boxes, utensils, ecotainers and greenware cups.
A. Yes, you can compost all of your food waste, including liquids.
A. Soiled paper should be composted. Clean paper should be recycled. Paper towels and napkins must be composted or placed in trash as they are not recyclable.
A. Compostable material is collected at Loyola from both dining areas and kitchens and hauled biweekly. Waste Neutral uses industrial scale composting techniques to process the material into rich organic soil. Each month we create compost, we accumulate credits that can be used to purchase the soil for planting on campus.
Here's a great video that describes how large scale commercial composting works.
Everyone who is part of the campus community (students, faculty, staff, and administrators) is able to use the campus garden. We only ask that if you harvest, pull any weeds you might see while you're over there. Together, we can keep our garden healthy and beautiful.
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One of the things we like about The OG is he takes second-guessing in stride. Try rolling up on another "prominent" baseball coach, question why he's batting a scrappy second baseman with a .359 on-base percentage atop the order, and watch how quickly said coach tells you how little you know about baseball.
But we digress.
As the Owls ready for Texas, their issues atop the order have been discussed with frequency of late. Here are the five players who've batted first for the Owls:
Jared Gayhart (11 starts): 19-for-43 (.442) with 15 runs, 9 walks, and 17 RBIs.
Derek Myers (8 starts): 6-for-29 (.207) with 6 runs, 2 walks, and 7 RBIs.
Jimmy Comerota (5 starts): 5-for-20 (.250) with 4 runs, 3 walks, and 2 RBIs.
Rick Hague (3 starts): 2-for-11 (.182) with 0 runs, 1 walk, and 0 RBIs.
Michael Fuda (1 start): 0-for-2 (.000) with 0 runs, 0 walks and 0 RBIs.
Gayhart has been the most productive, but he also leads the Owls in RBIs (34), which prompted Graham to drop him in the order. Hague wasn't quite ready for the responsibility, then he started hitting for power (a team-leading five homers), which led Graham to keep him around the middle of the order. With injuries limiting his options, Graham has pondered inserting Aaron Luna atop the order.
Luna? Well, Hank has just two homers and is tied for fourth with 22 RBIs. However, he does lead the team in on-base % (.500), walks (23) and hit by pitches (8). Diego Seastrunk doesn't walk nearly enough (6), and Chad Mozingo strikes out way too often (25), so there aren't many more options to choose from.
So, what's Graham to do? Put Gayhart back in the No. 1 slot and hope that others compensate for his run production by picking up their pace? Or should he stick with Jimmy Baseball because he's shown a penchant for making pitchers work?


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Is this the end of this age, as foretold by the prophets in the Bible-an end which includes the reign of the antichrist, World War III, and the impact of a large asteroid and numerous meteorites on planet earth? InThe Second Coming of Jesus Christ
, read about certain events that indicate that we are indeed at the end, including the return of Jewish people to their ancient homeland in the Middle East, the end of the six-thousand-year time period allotted for mankind, and the widespread proliferation of nuclear weapons in several countries. Read about a description of the prophet Daniel's fourth empire in 2 Esdras in the Apocrypha. The prophetic passages in the Old and New Testaments contain good news for good people and bad news for bad people, and the most important event prophesied to take place in these latter years-the second coming of Jesus Christ-will soon take place.
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Eco Brooklyn is a Licensed Real Estate Broker
Getting a Broker's License in NY is not something you do overnight. It actually can take years. First you need to become a real estate agent, which is about 40 hours of training. You work under a broker until you get enough points.
You can get points by doing real estate related transactions such as rentals, sales and management. For example you would need to sell 7 houses to get the full points.
Then you need to take another set of classes and tests to become a broker. It was 40 hours but now it has increased to almost double.
Being a broker is a great feeling because you are free to start your own business and don't have to work under another broker's license.


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Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy is a big fan of tea.
I have a large plastic bin in my kitchen that has probably about fifty different boxes of tea. I have teas for all occasions – winter teas, summer teas, and everything in between. I have teas for upset stomachs. I have teas for cold season and for improved breathing. I have teas to take when I am anxious, and teas to take before I fall asleep.
Quite often, I finish my meals with a big mug of hot tea (no sugar). The two types I drink the most: green tea and mint tea.
Last year I purchased a glass teapot and blooming teas; dried flowers infused with different teas. When placed in the pot of hot water, the flowers open up and release the tea. It's lots of fun, and a great conversation piece.
I have probably more than half of the Celestial Seasonings teas. I have teas purchased in China. I have smoky green teas purchased from a Japanese department store on Fifth Avenue. I have blueberry tea in a nice wooden box that my mother bought me from Alaska. I even have Russian tea. I have tea my sister-in-law bought from Egypt.
I have yerba mate from Argentina, along with the obligatory metal straw. I have drank coca leaf tea to lessen altitude-sickness while in the Andes mountains. (And in case you are wondering, coca tea has absolutely nothing to do with cocaine.)
Last but not least, I even have tea for my arthritis. My favorite is the Joint Comfort blend from Yogi Teas. I like to prepare a large thermos of this tea and drink it throughout to day. I only recently got serious about drinking this Joint Comfort tea regularly – which means that I just ran out. Luckily, six more boxes from Amazon are on their way.
Do you drink tea to help with you rheumatoid arthritis? If so, what kind?
Yogi Tea Joint Comfort
Our unique blend of traditional herbs from Asia, Africa and America is specially formulated to ease joint movement. Naturally decaffeinated green tea joins organic turmeric root, used in Ayurveda for joint health, and yucca root, traditionally used by Native Americans to help maintain the joints. We add cat's claw bark, an antioxidant and immune system balancer used for centuries by the Ashanica Indians of South America. African devil's claw—also known for its joint support—creates a distinctive, soothing blend. Enjoy a cup of Joint Comfort™ tea and move freely throughout your day.*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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I had a meeting downtown today so I headed down a little early and took some pictures at the Toronto Dyke March.
Shot in JPEG, levels adjusted in Lightroom 4. (Exported to jpeg at 75).
Nikon D7000, 28mm, ISO100, F8.0 1/200sec exposure.
1) I have to upload one new, original photo to the blog every day.
2) The photo has to be taken on that day. No using photos taken in previous days.
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It's not Starbucks, but for Ulukhaktok, it's close enough.
Students at Helen Kalvak Elihakvik School in this N.W.T. hamlet of 475 people hold a coffee shop every two weeks.
While it started three years ago as a simple fundraiser for the school's grad party, teacher Kathy Tollenaar said the coffee shop, which runs every second Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m., has grown from coffee and baked goods to include lunches and take-out.
In the process, Tollenaar said students learn about taking orders, making change, managing time, multitasking and working under pressure.
"The students are really enthused about being involved with it," she said. "I never have to look around for volunteers."
The coffee shop has become so popular that there's even a rush when it opens for business. Tollenaar said students were initially rattled by the lineups, but gradually learned to take things one customer at a time.
"It does get quite busy especially right at the beginning," she said. "I think some people are worried about us running out of our favourite items, so sometimes we get quite slammed at the beginning."
Caffeine fix and chill
Grade 10 student Chloe Kaniyak said being a barista is not necessarily a career goal, but the coffee shop does offer valuable work experience.
"I get to develop my people skills which I never really had," she said. "There are a lot of people, but I can get through it with help. It teaches me how to multi-task and handle pressure."
Organizers aim for a classic coffeehouse atmosphere, complete with mood lighting, acoustic guitars and a relaxed pace. "It's neat to see, because people are coming as families," Tollenaar said.
Grade 12 student Natalia Westwood said there's nowhere else in town where people can get a coffee and just unwind.
"I like that I can make someone happy just by making them a drink or making them food," she said.
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Battle in ACC Has Different Feeling
Published 7:00 pm, Monday, February 17, 2003
AP Sports Writer
Maybe a heated game between Maryland and Duke will spark one of the last two NCAA champions.
So far, the No. 8 Blue Devils and No. 13 Terrapins have simply proved inconsistent. Neither is in line for a top seeding in the NCAA tournament, and a No. 2 seeding no guarantee.
Duke (17-4, 7-4) has four losses in the Atlantic Coast Conference for the first time since 1997. NCAA champion Maryland leads the ACC by a half game but has six losses entering Wednesday night's showdown at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski urges critics to let the season play out.
"We as coaches don't do all the speculation," said Krzyzewski, whose Blue Devils earned a No. 1 seeding five years in a row. "We feel by the end someone will have earned (a top seeding) and someone will have earned another seed. You earn it by running the whole race, not what you've done by mid-February."
Krzyzewski took exception when asked why his inexperienced team has fallen off since starting 12-0.
"I don't think we're up and down, we're 17-4," he said. "When you have exceptional years, if that becomes your benchmark, someone can look at this year as being up and down. But we're having a really good year.
"We have a young group that is learning and becoming more and more mature. That's what the season is about. It's not about past seasons. It's about the season you're in. Comparative stuff from season to season is one of the more irrelevant things in sports. You don't have the same team."
Maryland (16-6, 8-3) handed the Blue Devils their worst loss of the season, 87-72, on Jan. 18. Since then, Duke has gone 5-3 and hasn't shown its normal dominance in the ACC, especially on the road. In the previous five years, Duke lost a total of eight league games.
"There are more teams with confidence this year than last year," Maryland coach Gary Williams said. "That confidence comes from the fact that nobody has been able to sustain a streak. It seems like when you've played good teams on the road those are the games you've lost.
"There is not a team out there that scares anyone, a team that you wouldn't mind playing one time. The players pick up on that."
But Williams is one who believes Duke hasn't slipped much.
"If anybody thinks Duke won't be around to challenge anybody in the NCAA tournament, they're crazy," Williams said.
Duke has lost four on the road but has won 25 straight in Cameron. The last team to win there was Maryland in February 2001.
"If you are not ready to play you can lose it in the first four minutes because they do get energized from the crowd," Williams said. "If you get through that period and into the first timeout hopefully your players have confidence they can play."
Unlike most teams in the ACC, Maryland can rely on experience, with seniors Steve Blake and Drew Nicholas in the backcourt.
"Blake has been one of the outstanding guards in our conference since I've been here," Krzyzewski said. "He's just steady. He shows up every game. And Nicholas is really what every coach would like and that's a kid who continues to develop over a four-year period … and when his time comes he shines."