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Sustainable investments
Sustainability is expressed through impact-focused, long-term thinking and acting. We help private and institutional customers consider not only potential financial returns, but also potential environmental and social impacts when making their financial decisions. We understand impacts to mean both risks and business opportunities. Accordingly, we give attention to sustainability in all business processes, from analysis and risk management to advisory and investment activities.
As of 31 December 2015, sustainable investments increased to CHF 934 billion from CHF 577 billion at the end of 2014, representing 35% of our total invested assets compared with 21% in 2014. While this increase is primarily attributable to reporting process enhancements for norm-based screening investments (controversial weapons exclusions) and Asset Management's responsible property investment strategy, invested assets also generally increased in our other sustainable investment classes. Major increases in absolute terms were observed among our institutional clients, in particular for screened mandates.
We are committed to testing and applying novel financial solutions across our firm. Examples in 2015 include:
- Wealth Management Americas acted as distributor for the World Bank's first market-linked green bonds for investors in the US
- Wealth Management sponsored a social investment fund in the UK that enables sophisticated investors to invest in a tax efficient way in social enterprises that are helping to tackle poverty.
- Wealth Management launched a UBS investment mandate for Swiss charitable foundations
- Chief Investment Office Wealth Management (CIO) published a series of reports on SI
- Asset Management won a cutting edge mandate to craft a global impact equities portfolio with measureable social impact and partnering with leading edge academics on a multi-year R&D effort to develop scientifically based and easy to understand social impact metrics
- Asset Management developed a leading-edge database of fundamental sustainability data at the company and industry group level that is used alongside valuation data from our analysts to rank the investment universe on both fundamental and sustainability attractiveness
- Asset Management launched the world's first ESG Fixed Income ETF
- Personal & Corporate Banking launched an environmental bonus to support corporate clients when upgrading to more environmentally-friendly commercial vehicles
Investment advisory & products
We define sustainable investing (SI) as a set of investment strategies (exclusion; integration; impact investing) that incorporate material environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment decisions. SI strategies usually seek to reach one or several of the following objectives: i) align investments with personal values; ii) reduce portfolio risk / return characteristics; and iii) achieve a positive environmental or social impact alongside financial returns.
Our wealth management businesses and Asset Management offer SI products and services for wealth management and institutional clients. Our teams provide thought leadership, advice and sustainable portfolio management, such as mandate solutions and separately managed accounts. We also offer impact investing products and arrange platforms, roundtables and networking events for our clients to exchange ideas and gather know-how. UBS Portfolio Screening Services are mainly offered to ultra high net worth clients to align their portfolios with their values by assessing portfolios along specific sustainability criteria.
In 2015, we launched an investment mandate solution with SI focus for our Swiss core affluent and high net worth clients. UBS Investment Management Mandate Switzerland with SI focus is built favoring investment instruments with a high sustainability rating. The investment strategy it follows is in line with the UBS House View and is thereby focusing on financial performance as well as considering environmental, social and governance factors.
Asset Management offers a range of SI funds that combine material sustainability factors with a rigorous fundamental investment process. We apply the concept of shared value, according to which companies pursue sustainability practices and not only create value for the shareholder, but also for a wider range of stakeholders. Our investment themes include renewable energy, environmental stewardship, social integration, healthcare, resource efficiency, and demographics. We also manage seven exchange-traded funds that track MSCI's Socially Responsible Equity Indices (MSCI SRI).
In response to increasing client demand for integrating sustainability issues into fundamental investment analysis and advisory processes, we research the impact of ESG issues on various sectors and companies. Our specialized teams regularly publish research on topics that will shape our future, including climate change, energy efficiency, resource scarcity and demographics. Our experience and sector knowledge help us determine what is material by raising questions about the effects of environmental, social and governance issues on the competitive landscape in the global sectors we cover, as well as about how companies are affected in relative terms.
In 2015, our Chief Investment Office Wealth Management (CIO) published a series of reports on SI commencing in March, with an overarching publication on the topic "Adding value(s) to investing". In it, CIO set out the why, what and how of SI, highlighting reasons and motivations to become involved in it, presenting three SI strategies, and advising on how to implement them in portfolios. Following on from this, CIO also published a report focused on integration and exclusion which also set out to dispel a common myth that SI must lead to financial underperformance.
CIO regularly translates key societal and environmental concerns into investment themes as part of its Longer Term Investments series and Wealth Management's global Research-based Advice (RbA). One important example in 2015 was oncology, with the investment theme identifying companies that develop new treatments for cancer. Wealth Management also raised USD 340 million for the initial close of a UBS oncology impact investing collaboration with MPM Capital.
More broadly, in 2015, RbA featured Performance Plus, which signifies our conviction that success cannot be measured by financial performance alone, but in tandem with performance with regard to the environment, good governance and other key components that make up sustainability and resilience.
For our sustainability-specific strategies in Asset Management, we have developed a leading-edge database of fundamental sustainability data at the company and industry group level that is used alongside valuation data from our analysts to rank the investment universe on both fundamental and sustainability attractiveness.
Corporate and private banking clients financing and advisory
We provide capital raising and strategic advisory services globally to companies offering products that make a positive contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation, including those in the solar, wind, hydro, energy efficiency, waste and biofuels, and transport sectors.
For clients that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, the Investment Bank provided equity or debt capital market services in 2015 (total deal value CHF 10 billion) or acted as financial advisor (total deal value CHF 35 billion).
In Switzerland, we support corporate and private banking clients in their energy-saving efforts. As promoted by the Swiss Energy Agency's SME model, clients benefit from the agency's 'energy check-up for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) at reduced costs and are granted UBS cash premiums for committing to an energy reduction plan within the scheme. Until end of 2014, the Swiss Energy Agency recorded double the target for UBS SME in their overall energy savings which is equivalent to the energy consumption of approximately 400 single-family homes. UBS clients have saved more than 1,800 t/CO2 per annum by end of 2014. In addition, the UBS environmental bonus, launched in 2015, supports corporate clients when upgrading to more environmentally-friendly commercial vehicles. Swiss private clients continue to benefit from the UBS "eco" mortgage when building energy-efficient homes. Our commitment as financial partner in the energy transition in Switzerland continues by our sponsorship of the Swiss Energy and Climate Summit.
In 2014, Asset Management's Sustainable Investors Team was introduced to a large European fiduciary manager who had a specific request on behalf of one of their major pension fund clients. They wanted to create a bespoke global equities portfolio that seeks to generate strong financial performance and report on the social impact of four categories: climate change, water, health and food security. The request reflects the increasing interest from institutional investors in impact measurement of global equities.
Asset Management successfully responded to this exciting request – with the result that, in 2015 it won a very competitive and cutting-edge mandate with a large Dutch pension fund to craft a global impact equities portfolio with measureable social impact. As this has not been done before, Asset Management is partnering with leading-edge academics on a multi-year research and development effort to develop scientifically based and easy–to-understand social impact metrics that inform on how the portfolio is contributing to solving important social themes, while minimizing the negative impact on the environment and society. Once developed and vetted, these social impact metrics will help influence UBS investment strategies.


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New York Times bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard stopped by BookCourt to discuss the My Struggle series and his contibution to Esopus Magazine, "On the Value of Literature."
New York Times bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard stopped by BookCourt to discuss the My Struggle series and his contibution to Esopus Magazine, "On the Value of Literature."
Tim Sultan, once a bartender at the famous Sunny's Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn, spoke at BookCourt for the launch of his new book Sunny's Nights. In his talk at the store, Tim talked about collecting Sunny's stories throughout his time at the bar, hurriedly scrawling notes as the great raconteur and bar-owner Sunny Balzano retold them to friends and eager listeners. Just a few weeks after Tim's appearance where he spoke warmly to a full house, Sunny passed away.
"I want a house that makes an impression from the street," Eileen tells her realtor. "A house that almost pulls you up into it.
What a coincidence. On the very day we decide to kick off our new BookCourt Blog...
Just days after his arrest in Ferguson, MO, Dr. Cornel West delivered a stirring talk at the store on his new book Black Prophetic Fire.
Garrison Keillor is a Minnesota native living in St. Paul and New York City. He is the founder and host of A Prairie Home Companion, celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2014. He is the author of nineteen books of fiction and humor, the editor of the Good Poems collections, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Fiona Maazel and Leslie Jamison discuss Graywolf Press and their recent work.
Phil Klay is a Dartmouth grad and a veteran of the US Marine Corps. He served in Iraq during the Surge and subsequently received an MFA from Hunter College, where he studied with Colum McCann and Peter Carey, and worked as Richard Ford's research assistant. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, Tin House, and in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012.
Robert Coover has published fourteen novels, three short story collections, and a collection of plays since The Origin of the Brunists received the The William Faulkner Foundation First Novel Award in 1966. Coover has also received awards from the Lannan Foundation, American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Endowment of the Arts, and the Rea Lifetime Short Story Award.
Jake Appleman has covered the NBA for eight seasons for Slam Magazine, GQ, Vibe, NBCSports.com, NBA.com, and most recently The New York Times. He lives in New York.
Sharon Salzberg cofounded the Insight Meditation Society with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. In addition to Real Happiness, she is the author of eight other books, including the bestsellers Lovingkindness and Faith.
In his heartbreaking yet hopeful fourth novel, award-winning author Willy Vlautin demonstrates his extraordinary talent for illuminating the disquiet of modern American life, captured in the experiences of three memorable characters looking for meaning in distressing times.
Sharon Salzberg joined us to discuss REAL HAPPINESS AT WORK: MEDITATIONS FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, ACHIEVEMENT, AND PEACE.
Sara Eckel joined us for a discussion of IT'S NOT YOU: 27 (WRONG) REASONS YOU'RE SINGLE.
Alice Waters, the iconic food luminary, presents 200 new recipes that share her passion for the many delicious varieties of vegetables, fruits, and herbs that you can cultivate in your own kitchen garden or find at your local farmers' market.
Wes Anderson is one of the most influential voices from the past two decades of American cinema.
2013 National Book Award Winner for Fiction! Combining selected readings with music inspired by and in some cases even sung by the abolitionist John Brown, a key figure in this "wildly entertaining" (People) novel, the band will have you on your feet with their mix of exuberant spirituals and jazz renditions of classic gospel music. With Keith Robinson on guitar, Trevor Extor on bass, Show Tyme Brooks on drums, Adam Faulk on piano, James McBride on saxophone and the whole band on vocals.
The breakout book from a prizewinning young writer: a breathtaking, suspenseful story of one man's obsessive search to find the truth of another man's downfall. Nelson's life is not turning out the way he hoped. His girlfriend is sleeping with another man, his brother has left their South American country, leaving Nelson to care for their widowed mother, and his acting career can't seem to get off the ground.
Together with the inspired texts, Solnit and Snedeker show New Orleans as both an imperiled city—by erosion, crime, corruption, and sea level rise—and an ageless city that lives in music as a form of cultural resistance. Compact, lively, and completely original, Unfathomable City takes readers on a tour that will forever change the way they think about place.

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The Pac-12 blog will be off today, enjoying President's Day.
Go presidents.
Kevin will use his free time in search of the unifying equation of the universe. Ted will ponder why his grilled Malaysian meat skewers -- marinated for two days! -- lacked their typical zing Sunday night.
We will both be back Tuesday, rested and ready to resume all the typical awesomeness you've come to expect here.


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318 reviews | 4.6 out of 5
i've lately realized that i'm a huge popcorn fan and will go to the theater and see ANY movie just to get some popcorn :) was looking at microwaves today and snatched one of these babies up b/c i can't really purchase bagged popcorn anymore after transitioning to Veganism a year ago...soon as we got home i read all of the instructions which seemed very simple and popped the corn...i'm guessing that there might have been one or two unpopped kernels (so few that i didn't notice) and it was so good that the bowl didn't survive the first 15 minutes of the movie so i actually paused it to make another and it's not b/c there wasn't enough for me and my daughter (it's about the same amount as a bag of popped corn) but b/c it was THAT good...it only took 2 minutes and 15 seconds in our microwave and cleanup was easy...
I had bought a popper like this several years ago and it was great but walmart quit carrying the paper inserts that line the bottom. I recently went to purchase another and found they didn't carry them anymore. Instead a red one which I purchased although it works well it gets hot to the touch when done unlike the presto. I found one on line recently that looked the same but was disappointed, the plastic was very inferior then the first and arrived cracked. The paper inserts you have to order online but will not ship to store. That is way inconvenient and time consuming to customers for a few paper incerts that should be stocked with the popper.
Disappointed busy popcorn addicts
I had my doubts and wanted to get this as a gift for someone. Our hot air popper had broken down and I could not find a suitable replacement. I decided to give this a try prior to buying for someone else and fell in love. It is now the standard gift with a movie and a bag of popcorn. It pops almost every kernel. I am talking light fluffy popcorn with maybe a kernel or two left over, just as good as air popped if not better. And just as quick too. I do not use oil and I also put in a separate bowl to eat so that the butter does not ruin the heating discs. I recommend buying a second package of discs to keep, but I know that we use them way longer than is listed on the directions and they work for a long time. If the popcorn starts burning easily then there may be a kernel stuck under the disc, remove it and clean out the bottom and then reinsert or put in a new disc.
Love this product.
This particular one was ordered as a gift as it is no longer on the shelf at Walmart along with the Presto Powercups that go along with it. My first one was given to me by my brother. I used it hundreds of times while raising six children. Eventually I replaced it and I still love it. Now my grandchildren ask me to make popcorn when they visit because "You make the best popcorn Grandma. ". There is no fat used, and it is always so huge and light and fluffy. For the little children I do melt a little butter for them only after popped and in the serving bowl. I have given these many times as gifts, so I am so sorry that I can't just go to the Walmart store and pick one up.
This is my second time to purchase this popcorn popper. I used the first one for years. I use it almost every day with with a small amount of olive oil so the salt will stick. Don't wash in the dishwasher though, it will warp. If I run out of the white bottom liner I just use it without it , And it works just as well. Wonderful for super quick low calorie snack.
I had this product for years, maybe over a decade,: Accidentally, I nuked it too long, so it was destroyed (becoming slightly melted), scorching popcorn and staining my microwave walls, perhaps irreparably. This was my own fault.....
These don't require oil--oil would hurt the replaceable paper "concentrator" on the bottom.
These inexpensive concentrators burn through fairly quickly, so occasional purchases of a package of a few is required.
Sometimes, a slightly scorched taste came through--getting the timing just right can be difficult. Popped corn usually causes the lid to rise up slightly.
I prefer air poppers over these--no scorching, no harmed microwaves.
Either product offers healthier, far more economical popcorn than microwave bag popcorn....
I've had one of these for years now and I love the thing. Tried other poppers but this one is the greatest! Makes great popcorn. Much better and cheaper the the microwave bags. Simple to use. Can be used with or without oil. You can use any kind of popcorn you want. Does take paper concertrator cups but each one can be used more then once and it's still far cheaper then the bags although replacement concentrators can be hard to find in the store. (Just came from the store and they were out.#
Anyone who say's this doesn't work has done something wrong when they used it.
You do have to watch it just like you do the bags and when the popping slows to about 2 seconds between pops stop the microwave. #Any longer and the popcorn will scorch# Only takes about 2 1/2 min to pop and almost all kernels will pop. #Better brands of popcorn will pop better then the cheap brands)
The bowl is a little small for family move night but for a nighttime snack it is great, fast and easy.
This product lived up to its advertising in all aspects but 2. One is that is that it doesn't pop all of the kernels. In that aspect, it is just like a hot air popper. It is, however, twice as fast as my hot air popper. The second is that I don't recall being informed that you need to keep purchasing metalized (but coated) inserts to make it work.
We pop popcorn every week without fail for "movie night". We have gone through 3 different poppers. This one is the EASIEST to clean, pops in about 2 minutes, and there are no un popped kernels. Great product!
Maybe not 15, but at least 10. A heck of a long time. So long ago that I can't remember when I bought it. So getting another. Finally dropped it so many times that it cracked on the bottom and leaks out the oil. But I'll never make popcorn at home any other way.
Listen, when I was a kid we popped popcorn on the stove in a big aluminum 7-ply pot and it was WONDERFUL. A little ooil, some kernels and some salt on top. Today's microwave popcorn is either full of chemicals (the pre-packaged stuff# or flavorless #air poppers). This makes the REAL DEAL flavorful and tasty. My son and I make some nearly every night.
The concentrators work 6, 7, 8 times....more than once. Eventually they get a hole in them, but buy a bunch of packs and you'll always have some.
...you will love this thing. 120 calories for 3 tbs makes an entire bowl. So far I've it used only with zero calorie butter spray (Ralph's#, to help make the salt/or 21 Seasonings #Trader Joe's) stick, and it completely satisfies my popcorn cravings. I find it unbelievable that it can taste this good even without oil. I can imagine how it tastes with it, I may try a tad of olive oil. I stop the micro just as the last pop and so far almost all the kernals are popped, sometimes leaving 1 or 2 left. Before I bought this I tried using just a lunch bag, stapling the ends shut, and it worked less than ok, tasted bland and left about a 3rd of the kernals unpopped. When you are on a strict exercise and diet routine like me, you appreciate every little thing that makes your diet easier and pleasurable, and this is my latest addition toward that goal. I gave it only 3 stars for durability because I haven't had it long enough to rate it properly.
As I said, this one is of lessor quality than the one of the same variety I bought years ago. The Walmart experience is always a good one
I wanted a bowl that would spread the food on a larger surface.
3 tsp of oil & 1/3 cup of kernals makes awesome REAL popcorn. Try this and you will not go back to the pre-packaged popcorn. Fast & easy and so delicious!!
I purchased this product in the store on Sept. 30, 2010. After reviewing the simple instructions, looking forward to enjoying my birthday gift to myself, I proceeded to pop my first batch with disappointing results.
All three attempts produced the same scorched PRESTO PowerCup microwave concentrators in their centers. The popcorn popped perfectly, except for the smell of the scorched concentrator, which overpowered the popcorn aroma.
My microwave oven is a Kenmore 1100 watt oven. I used regular settings, NOT the 50% power or high power settings.
Watching and listening carefully didn't matter, as the paper in the concentrator scorched and "flaked" thin scorched paper into the popcorn. These pieces were not so easy to remove.
I will consider purchasing another product of hot air popcorn popper after returning this one to the store.
I read all the great reviews and I wanted a pop corn popper for Christmas. I have been using a pot on the stove. That has worked great but the pot gets oil burn on the side and is very hard to clean. So I figured this popper would be a lot easier to clean. First problem is the paper popcorn holders you need to use every time you pop. The second issue is many of the kernals do not pop. Usually from 10 to 20. It has not been terrible but not as good as everyone seem to be claiming. I followed the measurements I just am not having the luck like everyone else. I'll probably go back to my pot when I run out of paper holders. I hope this helps
Not happy. I did not realize that I would need paper insert that I would have to buy periodically or frequently. I do not recommend it. The first time I used
Broke the first time I used it. He burned the popcorn without the paper. I hated!
This popcorn popper is everything it says it is and has now become one of my favorite kitchen gadgets! I have used it both with and without oil and either way, nearly every single kernel popped. I think the popcorn popped with this tastes better than the microwave popcorn in a bag and it's much healthier too. I would definitely recommend this item!
I have been researching online to find a microwave popcorn popper that really works. I finally decided to give this one a try AND IT REALLY WORKS!!! Very minimal kernals not popped, light fluffy popcorn. I have made popcorn everyday since I received it and LOVE IT!! You won't be disappointed if you purchase this popcorn popper.
I love this product My husband eats popcorn almost daily With this product I can make him popcorn easily, the way he likes it (buttery, salty) very quickly and efficiently, easy clean up and much more cost effective than bags Anybody can use this product


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Honey Mustard Smoked Salmon Salad
|Italian pasta
|7 Ounce (Penne Rigate)
|Mixed salad greens
|10 Ounce
|Pine nuts
|3 Tablespoon
|Smoked salmon slice
|20 (Kirkland Signature)
|Honey mustard dressing
|8 Ounce (1 Bottle)
|Fresh chives
|1 Teaspoon
|Chopped fresh dill/Dried dill
|1 Tablespoon
1. Cook pasta aldente according to package directions. Drain and let cool.
2. Wash and dry salad greens.
3. Roast pine nuts until slightly colored. Let cool.
4. Arrange salad greens on plates and place smoked salmon on top. Distribute the cooled pasta ove
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 2395 Calories from Fat 1380
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 162 g249%
Saturated Fat 15.8 g79.1%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 274.3 mg91.4%
Sodium 5474.9 mg228.1%
Total Carbohydrates 115 g38.2%
Dietary Fiber 4.9 g19.5%
Sugars 56.4 g
Protein 122 g244.4%
Vitamin A 112.6% Vitamin C 128.8%
Calcium 16.6% Iron 66.7%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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Author's note: I truly appreciate everyone who has this story on their favorite and alert list and everyone who added me on author alert. Thank you so much! And to all those who left a review: You've all truly made my day! THANK YOU SO MUCH for sticking with me this far.
To Maddie: Aw, thank you so much! I appreciate the love! And yes, Stephenie should TOTALLY write a Jasper/Alice version of events. :D
As usual, many thanks to snitchster for her great BETA work.
Playing Dress Up
Prompt given: Humor – Why is Jasper wearing Rosalie's new dress?
"Alice, please. I don't feel comfortable…" Jasper trailed off as he reached down to scratch his leg, only to have his hands swatted away by Alice.
"Stay still." She warned severely as she walked back to admire her newest masterpiece.
"Alice…" He pleaded once more but was shushed by Alice. Jasper cleared his throat, all the time still trying to find a more comfortable position in his situation.
"Jasper! Stay still or you'll rip the dress!" Alice admonished him, walking forward to forcibly get him to stop squirming.
"Why am I even in the dress?" He complained. He should have never come into the room to bother Alice. He had been reading in the living room and thought that perhaps she would like to go on a hunt with him. He went into their room, only to find Alice hard at work on Rosalie's new dress.
Alice had decided that this year, for Christmas, she wanted to give her sister a dress that had a one-of-a-kind design: hers.
Too bad she needed someone to model in it for her; just to see if the dress went well with Rosalie's blond hair.
Alice had made the dress from scratch, modeling it using Jasper's body, but she had pinned it so that it would fit Rosalie's curves just right. Unsurprisingly, Jasper found himself jutting his chest and backside out a lot, while sucking his stomach in.
"Because I need to see if the dress goes with her hair color." Alice rolled her eyes, as if the question was an incredibly silly one. "And I can't possibly ask her to try it on first."
"You've already seen her wearing it in your visions…"
"I just want to be sure." Alice mumbled as she walked around Jasper in circles. "Good, good, it'll go well." She kept saying to herself.
Jasper closed his eyes and tried to visualize himself out of the dress. He loved Alice more than anything else in the world and would do anything for her but he was definitely going to have to draw the line next time.
But how could he? Just seeing Alice, being Alice, running around and muttering about dress details, it made his chest swell just thinking that this brilliant, awesome, wonderful girl was all his.
"Okay, Jasper, you can get out of the dress now." Alice smiled widely. Obviously, she found the dress matching to his hair color and must have seen a vision guaranteeing that Rosalie would be wearing it too.
"One problem, honey."
"Yes?" Alice was confused. How could there be a problem?
"You know how you made the dress to fit Rosalie?" Jasper scratched his head a little uneasily.
"Yes…" She tried to follow his train of thought.
"How am I going to get out without ripping it?"
"Bella? Bella, time to wake up." I felt something cold nudging me and the sensation was enough to rouse me. I blinked a couple of times for my eyes to adjust to the light, and naturally, Edward was on the bed, right in front of me.
"Wow, I had a really weird dream." I rubbed my eyes tiredly.
"Yes. Something about Jasper being in a dress?" Edward's eyes seemed to almost twinkle in the morning light.
Author's note: So this is THE END. I hope you've all enjoyed reading as much as I had fun writing. Thank you for all the reviews and love. I appreciate them very much! I'm kinda sad that this has ended already.
If you've enjoyed this series, please spread the love! That would make me so very happy. Also, if you're interested, put me on your author's alert so you'll know whenever I have anything new and I promise you, I will. *wink* A little self-pimping never hurt, no? My profile will be occasionally updated with the writing shenanigans I get up to so stay tuned!


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If you had an appetite for a sub sandwich, you know if you stopped at Subway, you could get one. If you really wanted to see a movie, you know where you'd need to go - the Cozy. If you wanted to borrow a book, you'd head to our fabulous city library. When you want to know more about God, or have questions about heaven, or need wisdom for life, you'd go to.......where would you go?
The second feature of 'God's Not Dead' addresses an issue that is a sensitive topic in our area this year: how much 'Jesus' is allowed in the public square. The two main scenarios addressed in the movie involve a public school teacher who answers a religious question with a Bible passage and a pastor who faces the dilemma of submitting his church sermons to the authorities because of a broad subpoena on the city's religious leaders. This Pureflix film plays out the natural tension that occurs in every church/state relationship: how much of each is allowed in the other?
Luke 24:46,47 46 Then he said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. When was the last time you've heard someone say to you: "Was that really necessary?"
What would you do if you had to get God's attention? Would you pray harder? Pray louder? Trek a pilgrimage, or make a promise to him?
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 You've probably heard someone say, "Let's flesh this idea out." When someone says that, they're trying to formulate a real-world evaluation of how an idea or theory would work outside the classroom or research facility; to see and understand how a theory or idea or concept works under the pressures of reality - the wear and tear of use; the rough handling of everyday life.
All of us are familiar with the iconic drama masks that picture one face in an exaggerated smile and the other face in an embellished frown. These masks have their roots in ancient Greek theatre and are attributed to the Greek dramatist Thespis, who is credited for transforming theatre by using people who wore masks to play fictional parts - for the first time, 'actors' were utilized in theatre. These actors could change roles simply by changing their masks, and would be expected to play a variety of roles and wear a diversity of masks.
Cain murdered Abel out of anger. Joseph's brothers threw him in a pit and sold him as a slave out of jealousy. Jacob fled from Esau out of fear. Judas Iscariot hung himself out of guilt and shame. Scriptures pages are full of examples of people handling conflict poorly for the same reasons you and I might approach conflict poorly by letting our feelings or emotions make our decisions in the moment of conflict.
Matthew 5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." What does it mean to be 'poor?' To have no money? To have no ability to produce wealth? To have no earthly possessions? Most of the time, we think of defining 'wealth' or 'poverty' with numbers - dollar amounts in the 'income' column and 'expenditures' column.
If you've flipped on the TV to watch any form of entertainment television in the last several weeks, you've seen the flippant way our society tolerates and even justifies sin; whether it's language, bedroom scenes, dishonesty, violence or crude behavior, it all seems to be a selling point on even regular programs. The book of Lamentations describes in vivid detail the consequence of harboring sin and the displeasure and discipline of God toward His people.
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1. Place chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in a microwave oven at 50 percent power, stirring twice, until chocolate is soft, 3 to 4 minutes total. Remove from oven; stir until mixture is smoothly blended.
2. Add egg yolks and flour to chocolate mixture; whisk until smooth.
3. In a bowl, combine egg whites and cream of tartar. Beat with a mixer on high speed until whites are foamy. Beat, gradually adding sugar, until whites hold stiff, glossy peaks.
4. Add about a fourth of the beaten whites to chocolate mixture; stir to mix. Add remaining whites and gently fold into chocolate mixture until evenly incorporated. Scrape mixture into an 8-inch cake pan with removable rim. Spread batter smooth.
5. Bake in a 350° oven until torte puffs slightly and center barely jiggles when pan is gently shaken, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool at least 1 hour in pan on a rack (torte sinks slightly).
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So, an entire country is about to go under.
The Great Panic of 2008 was always to some extent global, but no one expected an entire country. Iceland, an island about the size of Ireland right smack in the middle of the North Atlantic, is on the brink of complete collapse.
Iceland hasn't got much of a population, which is understandable. Most of the place is a volcanic wasteland, which is cold much of the year (and has two small ice caps) and that pesky polar cycle of seasons where the sun goes down for only two hours a night in summer and not at all for most of the winter. Since they don't have much in the way of resources besides fish and volcanic heat, the Icelandic government has been selling itself as a tax haven to both the US and the EU. Icelandic banks have branches throughout Europe, and everything was going hunkey dory until last March, when the first rumblings of the current banking crisis were felt over there. Then the current tsunami hit and the two largest banks, Landsbanki and Kaupthing, failed and trading of the six largest financial institutions was halted on the Reykjavik stock exchange. The former was taken over by the government and the latter got a half a billion euro loan, which isn't much, and the Icelandic government is trying to get a loan from Russia, which doesn't seem to really want to give it. The Krone, the national currency, has lost half its value (which isn't much, when I was there a Krone was worth about two cents) and according to the Financial Times, "Iceland could become the first "national bankruptcy" of the global financial crisis.."
But Iceland isn't alone. Thousands of miles to the southwest, a much larger entity, the State of California, is in almost as bad shape. The Schwarzenegger administration has been dealing with the mortgage situation since early summer at least, and has been considering trying to get a handout from the Fed. As California goes so goes the nation...down the tubes.
People have been bitching about why Obama and McCain haven't come up with an actual plan to deal with the situation. The answer is quite simple: Neither has more than a clue as to what the hell they're supposed to do at the moment. This is understandable, as neither does anyone else. The rumors, some of them completely insane, like the abandonment of the Euro,, bailouts by CANADA of the Federal reserve and the like have been spread by some respectable business journalists. One doesn't know whether to laugh or pee in one's pants.
The Canadian elections polls are showing a Conservative meltdown and the situation appears that it's possible Stephiné Dion, whom everybody thought was washed up, might actually win the day and be able to form a government, but an extremely shaky one. Some polls down here show Obama leading by one or two percent, and with the leadership of two of the G8 in such doubt during the middle of a crisis of these proportions can only make things worse.
The Dow Jones fell "only " 189.1 points today. I remember when that was considered a lot.
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In Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide, Chef Thomas Keller explores experimental cooking methods, including recipes for Compressed Watermelon and Hayden Mango "Yolk"; Salad of Heirloom Beets, Anjou Pear, Mâche, Candied Walnuts, and Blue Apron Goat Cheese Coulis; and Air-cured Waygu, Treviso Leaves, Compressed Asian Pear and Whipped Pine Nut Oil.
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Most foods can be cooked sous vide with great success, but some foods should not be cooked sous vide. The color of green vegetables—broccoli, asparagus, peas, etc.—is harmed by sous vide. Grains and cereals (rice and pasta, for example) do not benefit in any appreciable way from sous vide. But sous vide can be applied to the majority of food. Here's a rundown of some of sous vide's most important assets.
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On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 23:50, Brian Goetz wrote: > > >Welcome! And POI looks great. > > Here here! > Thanks! > >I would like to see folks come to some agreement on an API to use for such > >extensions, perhaps via an interface or base class - although I'm partial to > >the interface so as to not interfere with other folks object hierarchy and > >such. > > The ability to easily handle various document file formats is an area where > a little up-front work will make life a _lot_ easier for future (and > current) users. > > At first glance, the missing abstraction appears to be something like > FormatStripper, which is basically like a FilterInputStream; it would take > in a document of a specific format (Word, XLS, PDF, XML, etc) and return a > stream of text corresponding to the "body" of the document. This is an > 80-90% solution, and is probably worth doing because it is so easy. Then > we could hook up the HTML parser to a format stripper and include an > HtmlFormatStripper in the core, which would be nice. > > The remaining 10-20% come from the ability to extract metadata from the > document as well. Word documents have Author, Title, and CreationDate > metadata, which are pretty useful in a multi-field text indexing system > like Lucene; HTML documents have META tags which contain keywords, which > are also very useful. > I'll go ahead and write or ask someone on the poi list to write a summary info interpreter. It looks trivial, we've just not needed it so far. > Unfortunately, the Lucene Document class is defined in such a way that > would make it hard to collect both the body and the other fields in one > pass on the input file. While that irks the performance-weenie in me, in > reality keeping one document in memory when scanning it probably isn't so > horrible. (I think Doug convinced me of that.) > POI::HSSF (Excel) and POIFS (OLE2CDF) may have a solution to that. I'll have to look this over a bit harder. We've implemented an event based system for reading documents (so you register for what you care about and then kick it off and it throws events to listeners as it runs into them). Not sure if there is a clean way to graft those ideas onto Lucene for a single pass read. I'll take a more comprehensive look at it. > I would say that there are two stages to defining how an arbitrary document > will map into Lucene. Lets call them the "Document Digester" and the > "Document Mapper". The document digester processes a document (say, a Word > document) and breaks it down into multiple fields, like Author, Title, > CreationDate, and Body. The document mapper maps the fields created by the > DD into fields that will actually get put into a Lucene index. > > public interface DocumentDigester { > /** Retrieve the fields supported by this Digester */ > public Set getFields(); > > /** Digest a document into memory */ > public void digestDocument(InputStream in); > > /** Digest a document into a Lucene Document. Could optimize the > * loading process by not storing fields that are not desired by > * the mapper */ > public Document digestDocument(InputStream in, > DocumentMapper mapper); > > /** Retrieve a digested field */ > public String getFieldAsString(String field); > > public InputStream getFieldAsStream(String field); > } > > public interface DocumentMapper { > /** Indicate that we want to map a given field from the document into > * the given Lucene field. These routines together basically define > * Map-like functionality. There could be a convenience constructor > * that sets up the field mappings using a Properties */ > public void mapField(String documentField, String luceneField); > public String getFieldMapping(String documentField); > } > > Now, someone can wrap any given document format processor with a > DocumentDigester, and then in order to import documents into Lucene, the > user only need create the Mapper showing which fields he cares > about. Again, we can create an HtmlDigester from the existing parser and > include it in the kit, along with adapters for various document parsing > packages. > Great. I'll start work on this for Excel. I'll include the interfaces above as you suggest (unless someone else would rather), I'll leave the HTMLDigester to someone who understands javacc a bit better. I'll ask the poi-devel if anyone would kindly write an interpreter for Document Summary information (not to bore you but its a "separate" document within an OLE 2 Compound Document). Just a suggestion but you might at some point in the future consider inverting this a tad for a future release of Lucene. Meaning if your streams followed a similar pattern and threw "events" instead of building fields, the index writer could listen for these fields based on passed in parameters and the (file-type filter) reader or stream could throw them as it came across them. When we did this for POI::HSSF the memory usage for reading a really large spreadsheet went down tenfold and performance was roughly equal or perhaps a bit better (lets put it this way...I could probably run POI::HSSF on my palm pilot :-D, but the sample file wouldn't fit). Anyhow this is just a thought we shamelessly stole from SAX. :-) For an example of how we do this check out: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/poi/poi/production/src/net/sourceforge/poi/hssf/eventmodel/ and http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/poi/poi/production/src/net/sourceforge/poi/hssf/dev/EFHSSF.java Thanks, Andy > > > -- > Brian Goetz > Quiotix Corporation > email@example.com Tel: 650-843-1300 Fax: 650-324-8032 > > http://www.quiotix.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:email@example.com> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:email@example.com> > -- www.superlinksoftware.com www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:email@example.com> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:email@example.com>
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Invasive Species Plan
Invasive species are non-native (or "alien") plants, animals and even micro-organisms whose introduction or spread can threaten the environment, human health and the economy. They can be extremely difficult and costly to control and, if unchecked, can inflict significant and irreversible ecological impacts (see pp. 47-52 of the ECO's 2003/2004 Annual Report). For example, in Ontario:
- The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) has killed over one million trees in the southwest.
- Invasive Phragmites (the European common reed) has caused significant habitat loss for several wetland-dependent species.
- Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) have restructured nearshore ecosystems, displaced native mussels and clogged intake structures in power stations and water purification plants, costing millions of dollars in increased operating costs.
Other invasive threats, including Asian carp (several species of cyprinid fish) and chronic wasting disease (a degenerative brain disease that affects deer, elk, moose and potentially woodland caribou) also have the potential to cause major harm if they become established in Ontario.
A variety of approaches have been developed to address invasive species in Ontario. Since 1992, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has partnered with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters to deliver the province-wide Invading Species Awareness Program to educate the public about invading species, address key pathways contributing to their introduction and spread, and facilitate monitoring and tracking initiatives.
Despite some isolated successes, however, addressing invasive species remains a significant and complicated problem, involving many different species, points of entry, means of dispersal, stakeholders, industries and levels of government. Accordingly, the ECO has been calling on the government for almost a decade to develop a provincial invasive species strategy. Although Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy (2005) included some provincial actions for implementing components of the federal government's An Invasive Alien Species Strategy for Canada (the "National Strategy"), it failed to delegate responsibilities to different ministries, set out timelines to accomplish objectives or establish measurable targets.
In July 2012, the government finally released a dedicated invasive species strategy. The development of the Ontario Invasive Species Strategic Plan (OISSP or the "Strategic Plan") was led by MNR, but also involved the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA, as it was then known). The three objectives (or intended outcomes) of the OISSP are to: prevent new invaders from arriving and surviving in Ontario; slow and, where possible, reverse the spread of existing invaders; and reduce their harmful impacts. To meet these objectives, the OISSP is guided by four goals, which mirror those of the National Strategy:
- Prevent harmful introductions before they occur.
- Detect and identify invasive species before or immediately after they become established.
- Respond rapidly to invasive species before they become established or spread.
- Implement innovative management actions and take practical steps to protect against impacts of invasive species.
These four goals translate into 27 strategic actions and almost a hundred tactics (see examples in Table 4.2.1), grouped into six activity categories: leadership and co-ordination; legislation, regulation and policy; risk analysis; monitoring and science; management measures; and communication and education. The OISSP describes how the government intends to meet the goals of the National Strategy, as well as those of several national action plans, including A Canadian Action Plan to Address the Threat of Aquatic Invasive Species (2004), the Action Plan for Invasive Alien Terrestrial Plants and Plant Pests (2005), and Canada's National Wildlife Disease Strategy (2004).
- 1 Implications of the Decision
- 1.1 Potential to Reduce the Threats Caused by Invasive Species in Ontario
- 1.2 New Invasive Species Policies and Management Plans
- 1.3 Fulfillment of Other Commitments and Goals
- 1.4 Reliance on the Canadian Government, Municipalities, and Other Stakeholders
- 1.5 No Implementation Plan or Funding Strategy
- 2 ECO Comment
Table 4.2.1. Examples of Strategic Actions and Tactics Included in the Ontario Invasive Species Strategic Plan (2012).
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|Leadership and Co-ordination
|#2. Clarify roles and responsibilities of provincial ministries for invasive species issues.
|OMAFRA will establish a clear contact as its lead on invasive agricultural species.
|Legislation, Regulation and Policy
|#7. Examine provincial legislative and policy framework for invasive species management.
|Conduct a regulatory review of federal and provincial legislation to determine regulatory gaps and inconsistencies.
|Monitoring and Science
|#15. Improve existing invasive species monitoring programs, and develop a network of experts to identify species.
|Investigate new technologies to inventory native and invasive species and detect hybridization.
|Communication and Education
|#27. Build communication networks with a wider range of interested communities and interest groups.
|MNR will work to broaden partnerships with Ontario's Aboriginal communities.
Implications of the Decision
Potential to Reduce the Threats Caused by Invasive Species in Ontario
Previous efforts to address the threats caused by invasive species in Ontario were piecemeal and unco-ordinated. The province now has a comprehensive, logical and well-researched strategy dedicated to addressing this problem. Assuming that the OISSP's strategies and tactics are fully and effectively implemented, the Strategic Plan has the potential to help reduce the introduction, spread and impacts of invasive species.
New Invasive Species Policies and Management Plans
Implementation of the Strategic Plan will require the government to develop and implement a variety of policies and plans, including best management practices, and management plans for priority invasive species. The development of these policies, plans and protocols will require public consultation via the Environmental Registry.
Fulfillment of Other Commitments and Goals
In echoing the National Strategy's goals and strategies, implementation of the OISSP should help Ontario fulfil Canada's invasive species goals at the provincial level. Moreover, implementing the OISSP's actions and tactics should help Ontario meet the goals of other overarching plans and commitments, including the Ontario Government Plan to Conserve Biodiversity (2012), the Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (2007), Climate Ready: Ontario's Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan (2011), and MNR's strategic directions.
Reliance on the Canadian Government, Municipalities, and Other Stakeholders
While the majority of the tactics in the OISSP require tangible action by Ontario ministries, a few involve the government encouraging, working with and/or co-operating with the federal government, municipalities, or other players to do something (e.g., develop ballast water treatment standards, increase capacity for inspections and enforcement at Canada's borders and key ports of entry, etc.). Although integral to the Plan's overall success, the ultimate power for completing these tactics and meeting OISSP's underlying goals may be in the hands of some other authority.
No Implementation Plan or Funding Strategy
The OISSP provides a good, clear description of the issues related to invasive species and a comprehensive analysis of what is needed to address them. However, the ECO has identified a number of structural deficiencies in the actions and tactics outlined in the Plan. Namely, they: are not species- or region-specific; generally do not identify the ministry or branch responsible; lack timelines for completion; fail to specify targets and indicators for measuring progress; and contain no public reporting requirements. The draft OISSP, posted on the Environmental Registry in 2011, included a commitment by MNR to co-ordinate the development of an annual implementation plan to identify and articulate priorities for implementation. Unfortunately, references to annual implementation plans are noticeably absent in the final Strategic Plan. What still need to be articulated, then, are the details that likely would have appeared in an implementation plan: species-specific actions; responsible branches/actors within ministries; deadlines for completion; and targets and indicators to measure progress. The OISSP also lacks a clear timeframe and an indication as to when it will be reviewed, as well as any strategic actions to ensure funding for its implementation.
ECO Comment
The ECO applauds MNR, OMAFRA, MOE and MTO for collaborating to develop a comprehensive invasive species strategy for the province. The Strategic Plan provides a logical and thoughtful framework for preventing, responding to and managing invasive species in Ontario.
Nevertheless, the Strategic Plan lacks the specifics necessary to instil confidence that all of the responsible players will do what is required to ensure success. While the ECO agrees with MNR that the OISSP provides a "conceptual framework for tackling Ontario's invasive species problem," the ECO does not believe that it includes a "detailed action plan designed to ensure progress toward specific outcomes." The ECO is disappointed that the government decided to remove from the Strategic Plan the commitment to develop annual implementation plans. The ministry's explanation as to why this commitment was removed reads as follows:
- [MNR] recognized that a more efficient model was for planning to occur through regularized annual work planning and priority setting exercises. MNR will help to facilitate these discussions in collaboration with the other ministries. This will enable ministries to use business systems already in place to establish implementation priorities, reflective of needs, resources, partnership opportunities and respond to ever-emerging invasive species issues.
The ECO is not convinced by this argument and urges the government to revisit its original intention. Committing to the development of a detailed and publicly available annual implementation plan will increase the likelihood that the goals, actions and tactics outlined in the OISSP are promptly implemented and consistently employed. Furthermore, it is important that the Strategic Plan include a commitment to, and a mechanism for, evaluating whether the implemented tactics are actually achieving the OISSP's intended goals and objectives (for more discussion about the evaluation of environmental programs, see Part 6.4 of the ECO's 2011/2012 Annual Report, Part 2).
Given the nature of some of the OISSP's tactics, the ECO is disappointed that the Strategic Plan seems to assign no responsibilities to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH). For example, one tactic is to "encourage municipalities to include invasive species prevention measures within their official plans." Others relate to working with municipalities, for example, on policies and practices to reduce disturbance in natural areas and natural corridors, and to develop and implement invasive species best management practices for municipal planning documents and zoning. Because these tactics relate to municipal land use planning – something clearly within the mandate of MMAH – the ministry should have been involved in developing the OISSP and should be jointly responsible for implementing it.
Finally, the ECO is concerned that the laudable goals of the Strategic Plan will go unfulfilled without adequate funding. The ECO has reported several times that MNR and MOE have limited finances, staff and expertise to effectively meet their mandates (see Part 2.3 of this Annual Report). MNR is moving forward with a plan to "modernize its business and operate on a more cost efficient basis" that involves cutting its budget, staff, partnership funding and facility locations over three years (for more information, see Part 2.1 of this Annual Report). There is clearly a need to secure funding to ensure the effective implementation of the OISSP. Equally important, funding is needed for other partners (e.g., conservation authorities, municipalities, etc.) to fulfil some of the OISSP's strategic actions. Dedicating adequate dollars to preventing the introduction and spread of invasive species would be a wise investment, potentially averting the risks and financial costs associated with invasive species that we have seen with previous introductions.
Other jurisdictions have made funding provisions an integral part of their invasive species strategies. For example, one of the five key actions of the Invasive Species Strategy for British Columbia (BC) is to "develop a long-term funding strategy for invasive species management in BC that includes baseline funding targets and possible funding mechanisms." The BC strategy also suggests that "new funding mechanisms should include approaches that are both universal (applicable to all British Columbians) and targeted (linked to special interests, such as key pathways of introduction and spread)." The ECO is disappointed that no comparable actions are included in Ontario's Strategic Plan. If the plan is to be more than a well-meaning but empty gesture, it is incumbent on the government to develop and implement the means to finance the long-term prevention, detection, and management of invasive species threats.
The OISSP itself may be a comprehensive, logical and thoughtful strategy. However, it provides no details as to how, when and by whom species-specific tactics will be implemented, no articulation of how progress and efficacy will be evaluated, and no indication how funding for implementation will be secured. As a result, the government's commitment to addressing this complex and significant issue may be sincere, but ultimately unachievable.
|This is an article from the 2012/13 Annual Report to the Legislature from the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario.
Citing This Article:
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. 2013. "Stopping the Spread: Invasive Species Plan." Serving the Public, ECO Annual Report, 2012/13. Toronto: The Queen's Printer for Ontario. 99-103.


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Paul Rutherford will be appearing at the coming bank holiday Shoom Summer of Love Weekend Party's in Hastings. Derek Hazel caught up with him recently for a catch up.
Q – So come on how did Paul Rutherford emigrate to New Zealand to farm sheep? and do the
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A – My partner Perry is from New Zealand and after 10 years in England we decided it was time for
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recording in Jersey for 6mths then Amsterdam and finally Ireland. We should of made a fortune but it
was Trevor Horn who made the fortune. He was one of only three in the country who had a Fairlight and we
wanted the best we were hell bend on it !We would take tracks that we were listening to into the studio
from the Paradise Garage and the records which I would buy from Probe in Liverpool and Black Market
in Soho all the early House records. We would take him to crazy Gay clubs and say this is what we want !
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redoing things constantly. Doing crazy samples for Relax like throwing water sponges around the studio
even getting recordings of naked women in the bath having fun just to get that cum sound on the track.
Always remember Trevor saying we have the final mix of Relax and being blown away…we nailed it.
Q – From Shoom to Taboo, how did you find your way?
A – I lived round the corner form Shoom in a Warehouse apartment which the local drug dealer would visit constantly.
My night outs would start on a Thursday and end on a Wednesday morning it was constant madness and
great fun. Taboo was about character's and dressing up more Panto and theatre with music almost taking
second place. Shoom was like a out of body experience it had that unity and I would dance for 6 hours at
a time it was a magical place. Also I would go to Clink St which was much harder musically and darker !
Loved New York clubs and remember being switched on to Larry Lavan it was also a very special place,
A club called Save the Robots was fucking nuts bit like Taboo with everyone dressing up and completely
off it….all wonderful places.
Q – MDMA was rife in Taboo in 87,why do you think Acid House didn't happened there instead of Shoom
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clubbing on a Thurs night which would end on a Tuesday night, Wednesday was the day of rest but it was
Shoom that the music and the drug Ecstasy came together it was a case of right time and place.
Q – Get Real is a classic Acid House record, how did it come about? Have you got any unreleased stuff ?
A – First I got approached by Madonna's, Michael Jacksons and ABCs manager who came up with an idea
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after a heavy night on Acid and working with wonderful David Clayton and Martin Fry, I could tell you what
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and we were given 30k from the label and fucked off the desert with a bag of Acid to shoot the video for
2 weeks. My later music was more soulful and gospel probably the direction I would like to go now but who knows.
Q – What's the plans for Paul Rutherford ?
A – After a successful gig in Liverpool that Andy Carroll and Derek Hazell had put on I started to work to on a few
project's with Derek there's a remix of Get Real to come out on Dave Seaman and Steve Parry's label called
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