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The main financial sponsor of the downtown Windsor farmers' market is questioning the choice of Charles Clark Square as this year's host site.
Farmers' market funding in jeopardy as BIA questions new location
The main financial sponsor of the downtown Windsor farmers' market is questioning the choice of Charles Clark Square as this year's site.
"We were not part of the process in finding this location … what they need to do is explain the benefits to the businesses in the downtown," said Larry Horwitz, chairman of the Downtown Windsor BIA.
He suggested the funding partnership that has been in place since the seasonal market returned to the core five years ago could be in jeopardy if the proponents fail to convince the DWBIA that its members stand to benefit from the new location.
The Downtown Residents Association, which sponsors the Saturday market that sells local foods and products from June until October, had been eying a section of Park Street west of Ouellette Avenue. "That would have been a phenomenal location," said Horwitz.
But city council on Monday night approved Charles Clark, the same day as the DRA submitted a letter to the city withdrawing its request for Park Street.
"We couldn't wait, we had to make a decision yesterday," DRA president Mike Holdsworth told The Star Tuesday. He said city administration had raised too many questions about the Saturday closures along Park, particularly its impact on traffic flows from the tunnel, and emergency vehicle access.
Holdsworth said his group could have made its case to council but that it would have required more work and further delays in getting this year's market organized. The farmers' market had to vacate its home at the former downtown bus depot due to the University of Windsor's plans for the site.
"Everybody's thrilled about the (Charles Clark) location — it fully meets our needs, with washrooms, storage, (power) and water," said Holdsworth.
The DWBIA pays wages and marketing for the farmers' market to the tune of about $9,000 per year. Horwitz said his organization sent letters to the DRA on Tuesday, asking it to "come to us and tell us the benefits" of the new location. The DWBIA board is expected to meet and decide the matter next week.
"Hopefully, everything will work out," said Holdsworth. While describing the DWBIA as an important partner, he said the market will go on this year, even if the funding is killed: "We will continue."
Despite being almost two blocks from most downtown business activity, Holdsworth said the market, which attracts hundreds of visitors each weekend, should provide plenty of economic spinoff benefits for the core's retail and hospitality sectors.
"They're going to have to park somewhere, and then they'll walk by these businesses," he said, citing one example. Holdsworth said the market draws new people into the downtown, including families which would otherwise not be wandering the downtown streets.
"This was sort of the backup plan … time is of the essence," Ward 3 Coun. Fulvio Valentinis told council prior to Monday's vote to approve the Charles Clark Square location. He said no vehicles will be allowed on the square, located directly north of city hall between Chatham Street and University Avenue.
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This very tasty and easy marinade for lamb chops can also be used for steaks. BBQ or grill depending on the weather!
Hi! This is Noor and I would just like to add a comment about the recipe. One lady commented about not over marinating the meat and she is right. I actually meant to write in the recipe to marinate for 1 to 2 hours and no more than 2. I know lamb chops are an expensive cut of meat and what would be more disappointing than to over marinate and have them too salty. Lastly, if I may suggest to anyone that loves middle-eastern food, I often add 1/8 teaspoon each: cinnamon, allspice and garam masala. They add a delicate flavor that is perfect with the lamb. ***I tried to submit with no stars and it wouldn't go thru, so I also give them 5 stars!*** - 28 Sep 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
I was a little concerned about using vinegar as a marinade here, but took a chance based on the reviews....it was FANTASTIC! We loved these chops and so did our 2 and 5 year old children. They were super-easy to prepare. You HAVE to keep the onions and do this : make a little tray using two layers of aluminum foil. Spray it with cooking spray and place (drained onions) on it and carefully place tray on grill, alongside the chops. We cooked our chops on med-hi for 8 mins. exactly and in that time the onions cooked and carmelized a bit and man, they were tasty. Next time I will at least double the onions, they were that good. Also, I would not recommend leaving the chops in any longer than the 2 hours stated in the recipe. - 26 Sep 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Whoa Sister...Awesome! My hubby and I loved this so much. I usualy use a marinade of: plain yogurt, garlic/ginger paste, fried onions, lemon juice, 1TB oil, 1beef bullion cube, salt & pepper. But I was looking for something different than my usual. I prepared as the recipe stated, but only I marinated for an hr instead of 2 as per advice from reviewers and I baked in the oven (in an aluminum foil envelope) at 375 degrees instead of the grill, still the meat was so tender and very well seasoned. This is my menu choice for the month so will be making this for 3 more times on this months dinner menu and for special ocassions in the future. I also live in the Khaleej-UAE and hope to find more recipes posted by this cook. Thanks a million. - 06 Mar 2008 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)

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Human Rights Risk Assessment
Human Rights Risk Assessment is a process for rapidly identifying and prognosticatingmajor actual and potential human rights risks of a business operation, capital project, supplier contract or investment. It is less time- and cost-intensive than full Human Rights Impact Assessment, but more evidence-driven than desk-based human rights reviews.
Below is a business person's guide to HRRA. A practitioner's guide (with full methodology) is forthcoming in 2017.
Human Rights Impact Assessment toolkit
Human Rights Impact Assessment is a process for systematically identifying, predicting and responding to the potential human rights impacts of a business operation, capital project, government policy, or trade agreement. It is framed by international human rights standards and designed to complement other impact assessment and due diligence processes. It is also rooted in the realities of the particular project by incorporating the context within which it will operate from the outset.
In 2016, responding to feedback from users, we updated our HRIA platform, commissioning a dedicated program for cataloging. The program is 85 MB (compressed) and is too large to include on this website, but we are happy to send OS X, Windows and Linux versions to anyone who requests them. Please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com to request a copy.
Previously, in 2012 NomoGaia updated the HRIA toolkit and template to automate impact ratings scores using Excel. This development reduces human error and standardizes rating in a transparent way. The toolkit is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
How it works
Download the tool
Click on the "download tool" button on this page to transfer a zipped copy of our assessment tool to your computer. It includes both a guide and a template.
Watch the tutorial
Watch the two step-by-step video tutorials below for instructions on how to put the tool into action.
Gather data
Gather data on your project and fill in the appropriate areas in the template to build your assessment.
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Human rights policy tool
Rights-responsible companies take on a variety of duties in the name of respecting human rights. One of these is adopting a human rights policy.
Devising a human rights policy should be an involved and extended effort undertaken by senior leadership in consultation with a variety of junior staff, incorporating the specific rights issues that arise.
Policies are systems for corporate governance and statements of company values. A Human Rights Policy lays out a framework to define a company's responsibility to respect human rights. NomoGaia has produced a "starter" human rights policy, upon which we hope companies will build. It reflects the standards set by the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights.


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More than half of all American adults suffer from insomnia at least a few times a week. Sleep is vitally important for our bodies. It regulates the release of growth hormone which regulates muscle mass and helps control fat. Sleep slows down our aging process and boosts our brain function. It lowers our chance of getting depression and increases our lifespan. Divine Health's Restful Sleep Formula can help everyday stress and sleep problems. It contains ingredients which work together to set our body's biological clock and re-establish balance to our body's circadian rhythm. Divine Health's Restful Sleep Formula helps promote restful sleep, a healthy response to stress, better ability to focus, increased memory and alertness and aids in a more youthful appearance. The key components are:
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Westeros.org is the premiere fansite for George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Discuss the series on the forums and browse the fan-edited wiki. Read all about HBO's Game of Thrones, learn more about the books from our resource collections and play the MUSH.
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Use your arrows or W, A and D to move and your space bar or Ctrl to shoot. Bring down all the space ships before they destroy your ship and you will level up! As your earn money for destroyed ships, upgrade your weapon and your shooting and cool down rates so you can shoot more faster. Every level brings more ships. Can you avoid their torpedoes and beat Laser Blast?
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Call for Proposals: Pantawid as Platform for Social Protection
As part of DSWD's advocacy and commitment to provide comprehensive, holistic and responsive social welfare and development programs and services, the Department with the technical assistance grant from DFAT under Direct Funding Agreement No. 70507 enjoins all private and public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) or Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) interested in conducting mini-researches for DSWD with Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program as focused area of research. Details of the grant is further provided below:
Research Theme: Pantawid as Platform for Social Protection
Amount of each research grant: PhP 150,000 to a maximum of PhP 500,000 depending on research type and scope of the study
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Oil prices drop as government report shows big increase in US supplies
NEW YORK (AP) ' Oil fell after the government reported a bigger than expected increase in supplies in the U.S.
The Energy Department said inventories of crude oil rose by 4.2 million barrels last week. Analysts were expecting an increase of just 1 million barrels. The report indicated that demand for oil in the U.S. remains weak.
West Texas Intermediate, which is used to price oil produced in the U.S., fell 61 cents to $105.95 per barrel. The price declined both Monday and Tuesday after reaching a nine-month high last week.
Brent crude, which is used to price international oil, gained 20 cents to $121.75 in London.
Oil was higher earlier, after the U.S. government said the economy expanded at a 3-percent annual rate in the fourth quarter. That's up from a prior estimate of growth of 2.8 percent. Americans also earned more income in the final three months of 2011 than previously reported.
But economists cautioned that growth is likely slowing in the current quarter as companies spend less on restocking their warehouses.
Retail gasoline prices rose for the 22nd consecutive day to a national average of $3.73 per gallon.
The Energy Department said gasoline supplies shrank by 1.6 million barrels, or 0.7 percent, to 229.9 million barrels. That's 2 percent less than year-ago levels. Analysts expected gasoline supplies to decrease by 180,000 barrels.
Demand for gasoline over the four weeks ended Feb. 24 was 6.7 percent lower than a year earlier, averaging 8.3 million barrels a day.


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HPX® – High Performance Crystalline Garnet Waterjet Abrasives
HPX® High-Performance Adirondack Garnet Abrasives
Produced from BARTON's crystalline garnet deposit in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, BARTON's HPX® waterjet abrasive line sets the standard for performance and cost-effective cutting. Superior cutting speeds, surface finish and overall efficiency make this the preferred abrasive for precision waterjet operations around the world.
Superior abrasive traits
The grains in BARTON's HPX garnet have a unique structure that causes them to fracture along crystal cleavage lines. This fracturing produces the very sharp edges that enable HPX to outperform other waterjet abrasives.
Faster cutting
Because BARTON's Adirondack garnet crystals have sharper, more angular edges, HPX grains cut faster and more easily than other waterjet abrasives.
Better edge quality
HPX waterjet abrasives produce a high-quality edge in the material that is being cut and therefore can be used in demanding applications where finish is important, and where other waterjet abrasives fall short.
Cleaner (less dust)
HPX waterjet abrasives have high garnet purity and very low dust levels. For the customer this translates to less downtime because of clogged nozzles or erratic abrasive feed, and therefore a more cost-efficient operation. A cleaner abrasive also results in a cleaner waste product that is easier to remove and recycle.
BARTON offers eight grades of HPX waterjet abrasives (listed here from the coarsest to the finest). All BARTON waterjet abrasives are manufactured under tight QA/QC processes and are guaranteed to meet your highest standards.
- Offers the most powerful cutting performance and speed
- Used when cutting speed is more important than edge quality
- Use to cut thick stainless steel, titanium and stone
- Combines the cutting power of 50 HPX with the edge quality of 80 HPX
- Use to cut thick materials where surface finish is important
- Provides the greatest versatility for a wide variety of applications
- Offers fast cutting speed and good edge quality
- Use to cut wide variety of materials, including all metals, composites, ceramics and stone
- Offers the cutting power of 80 HPX with superior edge quality
- Used on thin to medium-thickness materials, where high speed and exceptional edge quality are required
- Use to cut a wide wide variety of materials, including all metals, composites, ceramics, and stone
- Offers superior edge quality and cutting speed
- Used for net shape cutting applications to eliminate secondary finishing
- Use to cut steel, aluminum, glass, ceramics, laminates, composites and other brittle materials
150 HPX®, 220 HPX® and 230 HPX®
- Specialty grades for applications with very demanding, fine edge requirements
- Used when small kerf is desired
- Industries: electronics, communications and precious metals
- Use to cut composites, printed circuit boards and fiber optic cables
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Construction Grade (CG)
CG garnet abrasives are coarse, ultra-aggressive products used for mobile cutting and other specialty applications. Available in several grades, CG products are designed to provide maximum performance and minimum consumption.
- 36 is the workhorse of the CG line, 36CG provides excellent cutting performance; a proven performer in the petro-chemical and nuclear power industries, as well as in general industry.
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Standard packages for BARTON garnet abrasives are 55 lb. paper bags, 2,200 lb. bulk bags and 4,400 lb. bulk bags.
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Celebrity Sun Smoasters
With the weather hotting up some people just can't stop tweeting about the glorious temperatures.
We've picked our best and worst celebrity offenders in the world of smoasters. What is a smoaster we hear you ask, a smoaster is a social boaster - the Kim Kardashians of the world who take to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and every other social platform to shamelessly boast about their wonderful life - tut.
So with the sun shining and the weather hotting up we took a look online at just who we can name and shame as a smoaster over the recent heatwave to hit the UK.


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Booth Library has a history of hosting traveling exhibits from the American Library Association, National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Library of Medicine. Topics have ranged from the life of Queen Elizabeth I to Harry Potter to our award-winning Frankenstein exhibit.
Library staff has also created many of its own major exhibitions, including Teachers Tame the Prairie and Revolutionary Decade: Reflections on the 1960s. Other grant-funded programs, including America's Music and Muslim Journeys, have earned national recognition.
Faculty and students from throughout campus are encouraged to participate in our exhibit and program series. Stay tuned for updates and ways to get involved in future programming.


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YOU CAN TALK all you want about spotting the first robin or the crocuses blooming, but to me the official harbingers of spring are the colorful "Construction ahead" signs that dot every highway in the land.
Spring means the familiar smell of exhaust fumes as dump trucks, their suspension sagging under two tons of fill, wheeze into a construction site on the interstate that's causing a 10-mile backup.
Spring means the deafening roar of huge John Deere front-end loaders moving mountains of earth and narrowly missing the windshield of my car with their bucket. It means battalions of ruddy-faced men with hard hats leaning disinterestedly on their shovels and swapping the latest Roseanne Barr jokes while traffic slows to a crawl all around them.


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Thanks for all the help with the vocabulary! Was feeling a bit lost with the jargon in the beginning, think I'm getting the hang of it now
Thanks folks, I'm new and this is helping me make more sense of the site.
This too is a big help to any newbie. Put it on the list of threads to read for any beginner. Thanks all!
Ha, thanks for this...was wondering where the 'Mechanical Turk' came in!
This post had some terms I wasn't familiar with - Gold Standard, Speed Clicker, and Clicker/Crack Hit/Bulk Hit. Thanks for the info!
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This is such a big help - thank you for positing it
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Thanks for explaining these terms to us newbies.
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Excellent, if not predictable, find!
Of course, the problem is precisely what it has been all along... perpetual ownership of creative 'intellectual' property by third party businessmen...
Unless someone can tell me that there are artists who have actually come forward to state that they will not have their music played at weddings and other such events unless they are paid for it.
Imagine the hubris involved - "I have produced 'art' - wanna hear it? - PAY FIRST - you remember it? Then pay again!"
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Emedia Plus (UK) is a young British company specialising in the purchase and supply of tape media for IT applications. Emedia Plus will purchase your old tape media, supply certified tape media or new tape media depending on your requirements. All tape formats and types can be supplied at significantly reduced cost.
At the end of its useful life, nearly all tape media is shredded or crushed and the residue is put into landfill. This is partly due to concerns that the tape may still hold important data and proper disposal is required but, until now, there has been no effective recycling or re-use to provide an alternative. This means that all tape purchased each year, which amounts to millions of units, will be dumped.
What is even more criminal is that many millions of tapes are written once, read once or twice and after the retention policy expires, the tapes are shredded even though a tape cartridge is designed to handle up to 30,000 read/write cycles.
Emedia Plus UK is the first company to provide an alternative, which is environmentally sound, cuts the cost of tape usage significantly and reduces the amount of new tape consumed through re-use. Quality is not sacrificed as all recertified tapes pass a stringent nine-stage process before being re-used.
Tape disposal, tape buy-back and tape storage
Emedia Plus offer the following services to all customers – small or large:
1. Through the supply of new or recertified media, Emedia Plus will significantly reduce the cost of tape acquisition by up to 50%
2. To cut the cost of tape disposal through tape buy-back offers that includes data eradication and certification. No tape material ends up in landfill. Tape is either re-used or recycled. Buy-back schemes offer credits towards either new tape or recertified tape
3. Audits to understand tape media usage across backup and archive. New tape should be used for backup but recertified media can be used for archive which reduces new tape costs dramatically
4. To provide migration of data from any media type to any media type. Media Management programmes require migration of data from legacy formats to current formats. In some cases this can be a cost neutral exercise
5. Duplication, relocation services and tape storage services that use local resources that reduce the cost of tape storage significantly
We can provide any tape media including all of the LTO-x range, DLT and SDLT, etc. and all new media comes with the manufacturers guarantees. We can supply tape formats from IBM, StorageTek, Sony, etc as well as DAT, QIC and Travan. We also provide cleaning cartridges, labels and any ancillary components.
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I never really got my pre pregnancy body back after my darling N was born. I did look super 3 months after (almost back) to my normal weight and size and somehow I lost it after that.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
She's backkkkk...
Well….at least for now J
It's mid-April already, this year seem to be on a roller coaster.
I did find myself after my last post. I reconnected to Jesus and every other thing fell into place.
*Someone shout Halleluiah!
I've always had a hard time trying to figure out my passion or what I was created to do. I still haven't figured it out, time and chance haven't quiet made their way to me and it makes me feel bad sometimes.
On the other hand, there are things I love to do/ things I think I would love to do (but when I see how other people express themselves in those areas, I tell myself, Naa…you don't know jack! Don't bother, just admire them from a distance)
*That's bad…and I know this.
I have decided to take my life/destiny into my own hands and take a leap of faith and NO… I am not launching a fashion line/ style house (yet) or becoming a nutrition expert (yet) and neither am I becoming a weight loss coach any time soon.
But the things I love to do, I will continue to do and enjoy them, learn more about them, become better at them and wait for time and chance to have a date with me J
As you all know the reality of motherhood is quiet heavy.
1. You lose your body
2. You lose "me" time
3. You come last on the list
4. You become a super human being joggling life, work & family
Just to mention a few.
I never really got my pre pregnancy body back after my darling N was born. I did look super 3 months after (almost back) to my normal weight and size and somehow I lost it after that.
I tried all sorts of short cuts (silly me) and of course none worked! Spending money that I should have used on fabrics and paying a tailor to bring my designs to life. hissss
Now I am currently on the only thing that works. Sensible eating and exercise!!!
I have gone on this journey more than 2ce in my life time and the key ingredients are patience and discipline! However with my new lifestyle, those 2 ingredients are very far off (my patience is reserved for N- the most hyper active kid ever). I decided to try one last time, and……drum roll! After 1 month I tried on my wedding dress, and I was able to zip it to the top! Yaaaay! HUGE MILESTONE. (I did look fuller and more womanly, no thanks to childbearing hips)
Now my goal for weight loss is to get a six pack *coughs*
Timeline is 1 year. Slow and steady they say wins the race.
I will go into details in my next couple of posts, on my weight loss journey (especially nutrition habits with Nigerian foods), exercising.
I need to do this for myself… just in case I find myself in the same boat again.
As for my love for fabrics, styles &designs. I will also post about them in whatever form I choose to.
Best believe, I will be my own model for some posts….whoop whoop!
I'm so done with remaining anonymous.
Have a great Wednesday people!!!
~Sirius~ Signing out….
5 comments:
- Myne Whitman said...
Wow, welcome back. Do you know of the bloggers weight loss challenge? Check out Sting's blog. I look forward to your fashion posts :)
- April 17, 2013 at 9:33 PM
- Gee | EverythingWeddingsAndMore said...
Dunno how long you've been out but I can definitely relate to being off blogger and coming back...especially catching up!
Welcome back :)
- April 18, 2013 at 2:57 PM
- Toinlicious said...
Welcome back and goodluck with your weight-loss journey. Sting's blog os on break for now but you can check here and join in the challenge: http://naijafatbusters.blogspot.com/
- April 25, 2013 at 10:48 AM
- CaramelD said...
Whoo hoooo! I want fashion designs toooooo! Post, post, post!
- April 29, 2013 at 2:55 PM
- Hazel said...
I CANNOT WAIT for the fash posts *almost typed fashpar* andf yes, the journey back to pre-pregnancy bod can be so discouraging. The money thrown away in search of quick fixes, i for don finish my house for village.
- April 29, 2013 at 9:42 PM
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Democratic Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will face some tough questions once he's sworn into office Jan. 1. Here are a few key questions and possible answers, graded on a scale from -4 for disastrous to +4 for outstanding. How do you think he'll do? Use the scoreboard to tally up your numbers.
1. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly is a goner. Who will be New York's next top cop?
a. Bill Bratton, a former commissioner of both the NYPD and LAPD +4
b. Philip Banks, the NYPD's chief of department +2
c. Al Sharpton, a self-appointed law-enforcement expert -4
2. De Blasio opposes the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy. What would he do to keep New Yorkers safe?
a. Come to his senses and retain the policy that's cut the murder rate to record lows +4
b. Let the city's appeal proceed with a new federal judge on the case after Shira Scheindlin was bounced +3
c. Summon violent gangbangers to City Hall for a 60's-style rap session followed by a chorus of "Kumbaya" -4
3. Schools Chancellor Dennis Wolcott is out. Who should replace him?
a. Andrés Alonso, ex-Baltimore school superintendent and a former deputy chancellor in New York City +2
b. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and staunch opponent of most public school reforms -4
c. Mike Bloomberg, who won mayoral control of the public schools +4
4. De Blasio has said he has mixed feelings about Times Square-style pedestrian plazas. What should he do?
a. Replace those that slow traffic on busy Midtown streets +2
b. Get rid of them all. +4
c. Give cars, trucks, and tourists equal access to the roadways and let the strong survive -4
5. Should de Blasio – unlike Bloomberg – take up residence in Gracie Mansion?
a. Yes, it's the traditional home of New York City's mayor and his Park Slope pad can't compete with Bloomberg's posh Upper East Side town house for entertaining dignitaries +4
b. No, stay in Park Slope and order delivery from Smiling Pizza when guests come over. Chirlane can pick up Uncle Louie G's ices for dessert and fellow Sloper Patrick (Capt. Picard) Stewart can be invited to wow guests -2
c. Pitch a tent in Zuccotti Park to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protesters and bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots of his "Two New Yorks" -4
6. De Blasio supports plans for a transfer station on the tony Upper East Side, despite neighbors' opposition. Should he:
a. Change his stance once he moves into Gracie Mansion and let the riff-raff shoulder the load -4
b. Stick to his guns and make Silk Stocking District residents deal with their own garbage just like the rest of us +2
c. Pack New York's refuse on barges and send it to Chris Christie +4
7. De Blasio will face tough contract negotiations with the city's municipal labor unions. What should he do?
a. Cut a deal that does not include retroactive pay raises, which could cost the city $7 billion by some estimates +1
b. No retroactive pay, and make sure that union members pay a fair share of their health insurance costs, like their neighbors in the private sector +4
c. Raid city coffers to give the unions what they want to guaranteed political support come re-election time -4
8. De Blasio has said that Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the holiest days of the Muslim year, should be school holidays, even though insiders say the move could cost millions. What should he do?:
a. Don't make them official holidays but allow the roughly 12 percent of city students who are Muslims to take the days off without penalty +4
b. Make the days school holidays out of fairness to Muslim students, despite the costs -2
c. Go a step further and recognize other holidays that might be important to some students, like May Day for communists -4
9. De Blasio got $350,000 in campaign contributions from the yellow-cab industry, and has signaled opposition to outer-borough taxi service. Should he:
a. Not be swayed by the campaign cash and work to make hailing a cab easier for people in Brooklyn, The Bronx and Queens? +4
b. Improve subway and bus service so those in the outer boroughs can enjoy easier commutes even without taxis +2
c. Encourage New Yorkers in far-flung neighborhoods to take up hitch-hiking to get where they need to go -4
10. De Blasio has the full support of the powerful United Federation of Teachers, and has suggested a freeze on letting new charter schools open in city school buildings, and even wants to charge existing schools rent. Should he:
a. Listen to parents of charter- school children and support their efforts to give their kids a better education than they can get in some of the city's failing public schools +4
b. Defy the teachers' union and reverse his plan to charge charters rent, which charter backers say could shut them down +3
c. Ban new charters and work to close existing ones in city school buildings, condemning thousands of schoolchildren to lousy schools he'd never send his own kids to -4
11. De Blasio is a big supporter of expanding bike lanes and the Citi Bike program. As mayor, should he:
a. Increase enforcement of traffic laws to make bicyclists less of a menace to pedestrians +4
b. Slow the expansion to take into account residents' concerns about public safety and placement of Citi Bike racks +3
c. Mandate that all New Yorkers ride bicycles as a way to cut pollution and solve the obesity crisis -4
12. De Blasio supported Bloomberg's attempts to ban large sodas and other nanny state initiatives. As mayor, should he:
a. Revive the proposed ban on large, sugary drinks in an effort to fight obesity -2
b. Expand health grades and calorie-count menus to food trucks and dirty water dog carts +4
c. Ban bars from selling booze, and burger joints from peddling beef, all for our own good -4
13. De Blasio said he would try to increase taxes on those earning more than $500,000 a year. Should he:
a. Push Gov. Cuomo to back his plan to soak the rich to pay for expanded pre-school and other liberal programs -3
b. Surprise everyone and cut taxes across the board. WOOHOO! +4
c. Raise taxes across the board, socialist-style, because "progressives" know better than the average Joe or Jane how their money should be managed -4
14. Who will be the first leader he's going to meet with?
a. Chris Christie, for tips on fiscal responsibility and handling the teachers' union +4
b. Gov. Cuomo, to push his soak-the-rich tax hikes -2
c. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, so the two old comrades can catch up over a couple of cold cervezas -4
15. Where will he maintain a vacation home for weekend and holiday getaways?
a. Sheepshead Bay, sticking close to home +4
b. Bermuda, where he can get an Airbnb sublet on Bloomberg's luxe vacation pad -2
c. Havana, Cuba, so he can relive his honeymoon -4
16. Should he change the clocks to de Blasio time, to accommodate his beauty rest?
a. Yes, he'll make sure that the work day starts later so that he won't be known as the mayor who's always running late. -4
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Hundreds of participants dance for 13.1 hours, which signifies the length of a half-marathon (13.1 miles).
One of the top fundraisers is Rosie Colucci, also known as "Rosie The Rock Star," (www.heroesforlife.org/goto/RockStarRosie) who plans to dance the entire marathon! Rosie has a brain tumor and is a patient at Lurie Children's Hospital. She joined us in our ABC 7 studio along with Michele Lengerman, PR & Marketing Chair, Chicago Dance Marathon, to tell us about the event.
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Lloyd Irvin, renowned marketer and martial artist, is now a Tweeter! After many requests from fans and students, Lloyd Irvin has joined the Twitter world. You can follow him at http://www.twitter.com/lloydirvin.
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I'm sorry to report that Dan Abrams is losing his job on MSNBC. Although I love Rachel Maddow — and I consider myself to be Maddowsexual — Abrams was a decent enough host and brought a wonderful, Gen X indifference towards the news cycle.
- Abrams had the same f@#$ it we'll do it live attitude as Tucker Carlson. Those guys could talk about Hillary Clinton, American Idol, a child predator, and Ron Paul. I'm pretty sure they would be okay covering a squirrel on a scooter, too. Didn't seem to matter. They were happy to be on TV.
Dan has a legendary bromance with Dave Zinczenko, editor of Men's Health — and in the interest of full disclosure, I'm a fan of rock hard abs. I can only imagine that the job loss will free up more time for Dan Abrams to spend more time in the Hamptons with his BFF Dave — and they can work on their gluts, their triceps, and their obliques.
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Study: Inhalable nasal spray slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients
Previous studies have indicated that insulin levels are lower in the central nervous systems of Alzheimer's patients, but this study shows that restoring insulin levels could have a protective effect.
Investigators from the University of Washington School of Medicine assigned 104 participants with certain types of mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease into three groups. Over a period of four months, one group received 20 international units of insulin nasal spray per day, one group received 40 IUs and the remaining third received a placebo.
The results of the pilot trail showed improved cognition and cerebral glucose metabolism in the insulin-receiving participants, the study authors wrote. "Taken together, these results provide an impetus for future clinical trials of intranasal insulin therapy and for further mechanistic studies of insulin's role in the pathogenesis of AD," they said.
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Hi all. I have a Linksys WRT54GL v1.1. I'm currently using the DD-WRT v23 SP1 firmware. I see that DD-WRT v24 SP1 is out, but that I'm actually recommended to use the SP2 beta.
Anyways, being a bit of a networking noob, I have one simple question:
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I once upgraded the firmware of my router to try to alleviate a problem I was having with dropped packed. It was a Linksys and I was using the Cisco based firmware. Well, once applied, the router rebooted everytime I ran a traceroute command. Which was real bad since my ISP was coming out the next day and would clearly have a case for blaming my router when a simple traceroute caused it to reboot. It took a few hours with Linksys on the phone to determine the problem was in the firmware and they got me back to the old firmware and the problem went away. And I've left it there to this day.
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Their slogan is "A Serious Sport for Serious Fun." And they would like others to join them.
TRYING IT OUT – Two students of the croquet clinic try their hand at the basics. Unlike the backyard croquet familiar from childhood summers, true competitive croquet's wickets are barely wider than a ball.Croquet can be a thinking person's game
Their slogan is "A Serious Sport for Serious Fun." And they would like others to join them.
They're the Sandwich Croquet Club. Never mind the name. They have many players from the villages of Barnstable and from Cape towns that range from Falmouth to Wellfleet who come together at Sandwich Hollows Golf Club, just off the Service Road in East Sandwich
On June 16, the club offered a clinic through the Sandwich Community School, an adult education program, with repeats planned for July 14 and Aug. 11. But you're also invited to join them at their regular sessions, Mondays from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesdays 2 to 4 p.m., and 5 to 7 p.m.; and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. The first two sessions are free to visitors and $10 for each session thereafter unless the person joins the club for $65 dues. Club members offer lessons and practice 30 minutes before the Saturday and Tuesday sessions.
Many different kinds of mallets are always available to borrow and the club encourages newcomers to try many of them until they are ready to buy their own.
A member is present at each session to organize play and provide advice and instruction. The club plays both a fast version of the game called "golf croquet" and a more complicated and advanced version known as "American croquet."
Later this summer, a new court will be ready to play on, allowing more people to participate. The club, only in its second year, has increased from a handful last summer to 33 this year. It also serves as a social network with lunch either at the golf course or at a local restaurant; potluck suppers; an annual luncheon in September; and other outings as well as a members-only tournament. They also met last winter just to stay in touch.
Depending on the weather, the season for play lasts from May 1 to Nov. 1.
Among the students at the clinic last month were Peter Weldon and Joanne Doherty from Hyannis. Both golfers, they bought a croquet set at a yard sale and decided that they wanted to learn how to use it. They, like the seven other learners, were practicing the "golf" version of the game.
Meanwhile, on the court being used by members dressed in the traditional white (some decorated with croquet motifs in the traditional ball colors of black, blue, yellow and red), an "American" version, the more complicated, was taking place.
On the court was Jane Padwee of Osterville, who said that she has been playing "for a long time." She advised, "This form of croquet is very cerebral. It's good for your mind."
She was joined by another advanced player, Jacquie Zenopoulos of Cotuit.
More members were due to arrive after the student players had finished their session at 12:30. They had made room for the clinic, which was not surprising to the members. "It's a very social group and everyone wants you to learn," said Maureen Villiotte, a summer resident of Mashpee who said that she can play croquet all year long in Florida.
The club's description of the game in the Sandwich Community School catalog says that croquet "incorporates many of the same skills as golf, billiards, and chess."
Members knew of one other croquet club, at Heritage Museum and Gardens, also in Sandwich.
It seems that croquet has plenty to absorb people's interest beyond the childhood memories of a backyard game. Bill Day, a member of the steering committee and a teacher at the clinic, observed to a visitor, "I've been playing for five or six years and I'm just starting to scratch the surface."
It seems peaceful, too. As a visitor left the two courts full of people exclaiming "Nice shot!" under a dramatically cloudy sky, the chimes of a nearby church sounded the noon hour and played a hymn.
The club's website, sandwichcroquet.com contains a link to the United State Croquet Association, or call 508-341-3658 for more information.


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Earlier this morning, Marcey brought you the very cool news that Nicolas Winding Refn's follow-up to DRIVE, titled ONLY GOD FORGIVES, was on the verge of getting picked up for domestic distribution by Radius-TWC, even though it has just commenced production in Thailand. A great update for those of us who can't wait to see what Refn and Gosling have up their sleeves next...
Hopefully, it's not too early for another update on the flick! The official website of Wild Bunch, the sales company handling ONLY GOD FORGIVES, has the first still from the film. It's small and low-res, but will have to suffice for the moment. (And, naturally, it's of a brooding Gosling, because brood is what he does best.)
In addition, the site has posted a more detailed synopsis than the one we already had. Read on, although you may want to be wary of spoilers.
Bangkok. Ten years ago Julian killed a cop and went on the run. Now he manages a Thai boxing club as a front for a drugs operation. Respected in the criminal underworld, deep inside, he feels empty.
When Julian�s brother murders a prostitute the police call on retired cop Chang - the Angel of Vengeance. Chang allows the father to kill his daughter�s murderer, then �restores order� by chopping off the man�s right hand.
Julian�s mother Jenna - the head of a powerful criminal organization - arrives in Bangkok to collect her son�s body. She dispatches Julian to find his killers and �raise hell�.
Increasingly obsessed with the Angel of Vengeance, Julian challenges him to a boxing match, hoping that by defeating him he might find spiritual release� but Chang triumphs. A furious Jenna plots revenge and the stage is set for a bloody journey through betrayal and vengeance towards a final confrontation and the possibility of redemption.
Sounds intense! In addition to Gosling, ONLY GOD FORGIVES stars Kristen Scott Thomas and Taiwanese singer Yayaying (pictured below).


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At Roscommon Elementary School, our mission is to challenge and inspire students through a balance of hard work, positive relationships and communication. Our students will become lifelong learners which will prepare them to become productive members of our global society.
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At Roscommon Elementary, our vision is to serve as the top school of choice by cultivating a partnership between our school and local community. We will continually strive to reach our vision which guides our mission to develop life-long learners.
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We believe a balance of hard work, positive relationships, and open communication will create shared values that prepare our students to be academically and socially ready to become the leaders of tomorrow.
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Roscommon Elementary School's main focus is on the cultivation of a culture of achievement through the alignment of our school culture and academic press. The culture is being purposely developed through the accumulation of actions, traditions, symbols, ceremonies, and rituals that are closely aligned with our mission and vision. Thus, further engaging each student in a world-class educational experience. Our work revolves around five pillars of practices and structure that helps our school get into a cycle of continuous improvement driven by our mission, inspired by vision, and operationalized by the culture. We are a welcoming, inviting learning environment where all students feel comfortable and loved. We place learning at the heart of our teaching as we encourage a growth mindset of achievement and a commitment to hard work as we are prepare students with the foundational knowledge to be college-and-career ready with 21st century skills.
Roscommon Elementary School serves students preschool through third grades. A full time guidance counselor and a speech therapist are available in the building daily, and a school psychologist and social worker are contracted to provide services as needed. Para-professionals provide daily support to students both in the classroom and on the playground. All RES staff members meet the "Highly Qualified" requirements as detailed in No Child Left Behind.
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But with 30 events set for the 2017 edition from June 9-10, meet director Kevin Heisler is making sure the international showcase doesn't lose its personalized touch with Canadians.
"We're confirming athletes as we go along, as we're four-and-a-half weeks out but we're talking to coaches and athletes regularly and are looking forward to highlighting these great athletes to the public," Heisler said.
"What I can tell you is that one of our Canadian athletes, Pamela LeJean, will be competing on June 9 following the introductory press conference at 12:30 p.m.
She had to attend a wedding on the 10th so we made an exception and will be holding the mixed para shot put on the ninth.
"We're hoping people can come out and enjoy it afterwards."
Over its two decade-plus existence, many in Atlantic Canada have come to cherish the Aileen Meagher Track Classic for its unique selection of competitors.
High-profile names such as track's current wunderkind Andre De Grasse, two-time Commonwealth Games medalist Adrienne Power (Halifax), and Olympian Geoffrey Harris (Halifax) have stolen the show in years past.
But young up-and-comers, para-athletes and a seniors' category — known as the Masters Mile — all also have their chance to shine under the sun.
Speaking before heading to Mesa, Ariz. for the Desert Challenge Games, para-athlete and national gold medal winner in the T53 100 metres Ben Brown said the Halifax feeling is something all of its own.
"(Saint Mary's University) is a really good track for runners and it's pretty decent for wheelchairs, too. It's an Olympic stream for many but for para-athletes it's more of a local showcase to show that we can put on good races too and that we're right there with the Olympians," he said.
"At the end of the day, track is track whether you run with legs or with a blade. It's all the same sport; the event just shows the different disciplines."
The Aileen Meagher Track Classic comes as a part of the National Track League. In addition to the Maritime event, the Guelph Speed River Inferno (June 14) and the Harry Jerome International Track Classic (June 28) round out the season.
The showcases, Heisler commented, are used primarily as an opportunity for Canadians to compete against international talent. Times are typically used as springboards for future events with the Canada Games and the Canadian National Championships being the bullseye.
The World Championships and beyond (i.e. the Olympics) are the ultimate goal.
"Certainly this attracts some of the better Canadian athletes present. Two years ago — and we don't want to dwell on this — Andre De Grasse was here and nobody knew who he was," Heisler said.
"Very rarely are people able to see such great international track competition in Canada — much less in Atlantic Canada. We want to showcase that."
Brown seemed to succinctly summarize the level of focus heading in.
"Basically the mindset is to set some really fast times and be in the top 10 in the world, or around it. There's no if, ands or buts about it."


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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Jumping Ship
I'm flying to Europe tomorrow morning and will be there until early October. After spending a couple of nights in Belgium, I'll be in Portugal for the majority of the trip, splitting my time between the city of Oporto (top picture) and Monsanto (bottom picture), a Portuguese village in the mountains and which has medieval roots.
I may not find any time to blog during this period, but if I get a chance to put something up now and then, I will. And I don't know how often I'll be available on e-mail, so please don't be surprised if there are any delays in getting back to you.
In the meantime, my longtime colleague and friend Tom Orange might put a guest blog post or two. Tom and I agree on many things but may differ on others, and all views he expresses are his own. I hope you'll engage him in discussion if you're inclined.
This is the first time in my life that I've not worked or been in school in the fall, and I feel a sort of pleasant, falsely romantic sense of shirking my duties, jumping ship, and traveling to unexplored lands.
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Sounds wonderful Mark, très bon voyage!
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In 2017, the British Science Festival will be held across Brighton, co-hosted by the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex. Taking place from the 5-9 September, the event was last hosted here in 1983.
The British Science Festival is Europe's longest-standing national event which connects people with scientists, engineers, technologists and social scientists.
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I just returned from a trip to Wyoming where I heard presentations about the environmental destruction from natural gas well drilling in that wildlife rich state. I also viewed photos of the damage. Thousands of gas wells have been drilled on Wyoming lands at great loss to the sagebrush ecosystem and its populations of sage grouse, mule deer and pronghorn. Roads and pipelines and drilling pads look like a bad case of acne on the landscape. The Wyoming drilling is so intense that professional wildlife biologists are fearful for the short and long term survival of sagebrush-dependent species.
I understand that gas leases on federal Bureau of Land Management lands in Wyoming are sold at the paltry rate of $7 an acre while private land gas leases are a hundred times more. It appears the state Game and Fish Commission got a better deal at Gulf Mountain and Petit Jean than federal land managers in Wyoming. But I wonder about the deal for wildlife!
Several species of birds that inhabit Petit Jean and Gulf Mountain are at risk — Scarlet Tanager, Ovenbird, Cerulean Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Swanson's Warbler. Were these birds and their needs considered in the lease agreement between the Game and Fish and Chesapeake Energy? Where is the management plan for other species — reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mammals — that inhabit Petit Jean and Gulf Mountain management areas? What happens during their breeding and nesting seasons? Or like Wyoming will Arkansas essentially write off several thousands of acres of habitat not knowing and worse not caring about the long-term consequences to our state's wildlife? How would we know unless the Game and Fish Commission held a series of public meetings similar to those being held for next year's turkey hunting season? How can a public agency do less?
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I was so pleased to see someone had the courage to send a letter to the editor about how Fellowship Bible treats the women in their midst. I read the article and just dismissed it as one of "those types" of religious groups and I can't do anything about it. That was a mistake on my part. Ms. Jackson read and acted on what she sees as a disservice to women.
I believe that Fellowship Bible church is missing out on half of what their members can contribute to the community. It is so sad that people in the 21st century still believe that certain populations have a "place" in which they must stay.
I would like to invite Ms. Jackson and anyone else who feels they are not accepted as who they are in a religious community to come to mine. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Little Rock is an accepting, open, liberal religious community that respects and values all people. For information about the church please go to the church website www.uuclr.org or the association website, www.uua.org. We will welcome you!
Judi Casavechia
Little Rock
Beaten students
The Code of Ethics for Arkansas Educators appears, at first blush, to hold those educators to the highest of standards.
The code says they will treat children with dignity and respect. Educators will contribute to and support a student-centered community that promotes human dignity, fairness, and care for the greater good, and individual rights. Educators are also going to be held to a standard in promoting the health and safety and general well-being of students, and citizens are assured that there will be a degree of accountability in the educational profession in Arkansas. Now this is really encouraging, good stuff.
After reading this code, my first thoughts were of the 22,314 students in Arkansas who were beaten with wooden boards in schools, and how this code would protect them in the future. When we treat children with human dignity, surely we don't beat them and humiliate them. I wonder how the board will find the time to hear the cases of the educators who abuse and beat these children?
Upon further inspection of the Code of Ethics, one realizes that it's all fluff, and that the fox will continue to guard the hen house. The only way a complaint can be filed and an investigation launched is for it to come from the state Department of Education, a local board of education, the State Board of Education or a public school superintendent.
"Degree of accountability" in the educational profession in Arkansas is the key phrase. I would bet that would amount to a zero degree of accountability when it comes to protecting children from physical assault in the classroom.
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I recently started a new job with West Virginia State University as the "Extension Service Interim Assistant Director for Development" — long title for fundraising and marketing.
It feels good to be back on campus — the place I wrote Valley Girl, A Poem For Pia inspired by the juxtaposition of a chemical plant and college. It was here, at WVSU that I started to develop a passion for environmental issues, in fact it was a class assignment that I wrote Valley Girl, the poem.
Because of that class assignment (thanks Dr. Ford-Ahmed) the Director of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) was present and published my first poem in the OVEC newsletter. Thirteen years later, I serve on the OVEC Board.
Things come full circle – or maybe there is a lesson here at WVSU I missed as a student and am back again. I'm not sure where this road is going, but everyday as I pull into the parking lot I recognize (again) the sheer genius of another WVSU alum – the artist for my book, Heidi Richardson Evans.
This is my parking lot view. It's representative of the chemical valley industry in the Kanawha Valley which is why I claim and call myself, a "Valley Girl".
I totally am, for sure to the max, a Valley Girl.
Heidi Richardson Evans is a Valley Girl too, she's also a fine artist, designer, and blogger, who created both the cover art and poetry text layouts for my book.
Heidi says, the cover art is a "Chemical Valley Sunset" and is a composite drawing of chemical plants in "Chemical Valley," in Kanawha County, WV with textures of oil slicks and metal corrosion and acidic colors against natural textures. She used this technic to illustrate the tension in WV between industry and the environment.
Heidi is amazing, she "gets" me and I love working with her because it's an intuitive process for us. And, she loves paper and text as do I. She explored typography in the interior of Valley Girl- she is very well known for using digital fonts and hand lettering in her art to create a visual expression of the rhythmic patterns in my poetry.
The interior text was important to me because I needed her visual expression of rhythmic patterns for people to "get" my cadence on the page. We used text and font like musical notes to clue the reader. We made music with Valley Girl.
Heidi says I am her muse, well… shes totally is mine. Visit Heidi at daisybones.com, and like her Facebook page, Daisybones: Art + Words by Heidi Richardson Evans.


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After seven months in jail, Kazmi gets bail
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi, who has been behind bars for over seven months in the Israeli diplomat car attack case. The case historydelhi Updated: Oct 20, 2012 01:39 IST
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi, who has been behind bars for over seven months in the Israeli diplomat car attack case.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir granted bail to Kazmi - in jail since March 6 - and directed him to deposit his passport before the authority concerned to restrain him from leaving the country.
The bench passed the order on a plea filed by Kazmi, who challenged the Delhi High Court's order dismissing his bail application.
Kazmi, who claims to have been writing for an Iranian publication before his arrest in the case, was picked up after Delhi police investigation showed he had been in touch with the suspect who is believed to have stuck the magnetic bomb on Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua's car on February 13 this year, police said.
Kazmi is alleged to have helped the suspect in conducting the recce of the Israeli Embassy on Aurangzeb Road in the Capital to keep a tab on arrival and departure of diplomats.
Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua Koren, 42, wife of Israeli defence attache Colonel Yossi Refaelov, and an Indian driver of the embassy vehicle, were among the four people injured in the blast caused by the magnetic bomb stuck to her vehicle by a motorcycle-borne person in the Capital. She was later sent back to Israel.
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|Direct Marketing
|El Segundo, California
Area served
Key people
|Bill Guthy and Greg Renker, founding principals and co-chairmen, Rick Odum CEO
|$1.8 billion (2012)
Guthy-Renker (/ˈɡʌθi
Guthy-Renker was founded in 1988 by Bill Guthy and Greg Renker. In 1995, it began distributing the acne treatment Proactiv, which became responsible for more than half its revenues by 2005. The company also created seven subsidiaries in the late 1990s for different products and advertising channels. It founded an infomercial channel, GRTV, which was sold to TVN Entertainment Corporation in 1999. Guthy-Renker's revenues grew from $400 million in 2001 to $1.5 billion by 2009. It formed a joint venture with Nestle Skin Health in 2016 whereby Nestle now manages Proactiv.
Guthy-Renker was founded in November 1988 by Bill Guthy and Greg Renker, who met at the Indian Wells Racquet Club and Resort in Indian Wells, California.[1][2][3] They considered starting an infomercial company after an order was placed at Guthy's cassette duplication company, Cassette Productions Unlimited, for 50,000 copies of a real estate lecture to be sold through infomercials.[1][2][4]
At the time many infomercials mimicked talk shows and investigative news specials, raising concerns among consumers and policy makers that the programs were misleading.[5] To avoid the controversial practice, Guthy-Renker disclosed that their infomercials were paid advertisements at the beginning of each program. It made professional-quality productions.[6] Renker was invited to testify to a Congressional subcommittee in 1990 regarding ethics in advertising, which led Guthy-Renker and others to form the National Infomercial Marketing Association to create industry standards.[2][6][7]
The following year, the firm had to cut back operations, because news coverage of the Persian Gulf War drew viewers away from infomercials.[6][8] Ron Perelman of Forbes Holdings Inc. bought a 37.5 percent share of Guthy-Renker in 1993 in exchange for $25 million and priority access to air-time on Perelman's television stations.[9][10] At the time, Guthy-Renker had grown to $60 million in revenue.[11] In 1996,[11] Perelman's stake in the company was resold to News Corp and Guthy-Renker bought it back. Two years later, Goldman Sachs bought a stake in the company that valued Guthy-Renker at $3 billion,[12] and a Japanese trading company, Nissho Iwai Group, bought a 17 percent portion of Guthy-Renker's Asia subsidiary for $9 million.[13] Guthy-Renker created a television station for infomercials called GRTV in 1996, which was sold to TVN Entertainment Corporation in 1999.[6]
From 1995-1997, the firm created seven new subsidiaries.[2] These included Guthy-Renker Radio, Internet, Select Network, International and Fitness,[2] as well as subsidiaries like an online dating service and a psychic business that did not perform well.[4] Guthy-Renker partnered with National Media Corp. to help market some of its fitness products, which led to a legal dispute that was settled with undisclosed terms in 1997. Guthy-Renker claimed National Media Corp. excessively aired infomercials for an exercise machine, the Fitness Flyer, and started selling an unauthorized imitation of the original. National claimed Guthy-Renker had not provided enough Fitness Flyers to meet demand.[14][15][16]
Guthy-Renker grew to $400 million in revenue by 2001[17] and $1.5 billion by 2009.[18] In 2011, Guthy-Renker acquired a portion of Paramount Equity Mortgage, a solar energy, insurance and mortgage loans company.[19]
Guthy-Renker's first products were self-help and motivational courses.[20] The founders bought the rights to a self-help book they were both fans of, Think and Grow Rich, for $100,000 and aired their first infomercial selling the book in 1988. The infomercials were hosted by former football quarterback Fran Tarkenton and grossed $10 million in sales.[9][21] Another early product marketed by Guthy-Renker was Tony Robbins's "Personal Power" series of motivational lectures.[12]
The company started to sell cosmetics and skin-care products in 1991, starting with the "Principal Secret" cosmetics line endorsed by Victoria Principal, after market research showed that 70 percent of Guthy-Renker's audience were women.[2][3] In the 1990s, the company started marketing housewares, the "Perfect Smile" teeth whitening product and fitness products like the "Fitness Flyer", "Perfect Abs" and "Perfect Buns and Thighs".[22] By 1996, 40 percent of the company's revenues were from fitness products.[6]
Guthy-Renker uses infomercials, television ads, direct mail, telemarketing and the internet to sell products directly to the consumer.[3] The firm's infomercials have production costs exceeding $1 million and usually feature celebrity endorsers.[18][23] In 2010, Guthy-Renker sold 15 different products.[12] Approximately half of Guthy-Renker's revenues in 2005 came from the Proactiv acne treatment,[23] and 30 percent of its revenues were from international sources.[24]
Guthy-Renker also markets the "Meaningful Beauty" anti-aging skin care system endorsed by Cindy Crawford and developed by Jean-Louis Sebagh.[25] The "Sheer Cover" brand of mineral makeup is endorsed by Leeza Gibbons.[26] The company also manages the "In an Instant" line of skin care products endorsed by Heidi Klum and the "Malibu Pilates" exercise equipment endorsed by Susan Lucci.[12][24] Guthy-Renker's Proactiv line is endorsed by celebrities, including Jessica Simpson and Kelly Clarkson.[27] The brand reports annual revenue of $1 billion.[28]
In January 2015, it was announced that Brooke Shields would be the new celebrity endorser for Wen Hair Care developed by Chaz Dean.[29] She was reportedly a fan of the brand's Cleansing Conditioner.[29]
- ^ a b Leavitt, Neal (August 1997). "Q&A with Guthy-Renker". ResponseTV.
- ^ a b c d e f Gladwell, Gina (August 1997). "Guthy-Renker: 10 Years of Trailblazing in Direct Response Marketing". ResponseTV.
- ^ a b c Pamela Danziger (1 January 2005). Let Them Eat Cake: Marketing Luxury to the Masses - As well as the Classes. Kaplan Publishing. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-0-7931-9307-3. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ a b Orton, Charles (May 2001). "The Guthy-Renker Story" (PDF). Response Magazine.
- ^ Williams, Scott (August 4, 1990). "'Infomercial' Producers Form Trade Group". Associated Press. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Pederson, Jay (2000). International Directory of Company Histories. 32. St. James Press. ISBN 1558623914.
- ^ Vazzano, Sherri (November 23, 1990). "TV Ads Policing Own Act". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
- ^ Weiner, Steward (April 2002). "Excellent ad Venture". Palm Springs Life. p. 66. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ^ a b Richman, Louis (October 31, 1994). "Pioneers of a new way to sell". Fortune. pp. Volume 130, Issue 9. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ Bird, L. (1993, Nov 15). Perelman buys stake in maker of infomercials. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ a b Rotenier, N. (1996). Operators are standing by. Forbes, 158(10), 278.
- ^ a b c d Rose, Lacey (November 3, 2010). "Shill Shocked". Forbes. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ Brennan, Judith (May 19, 1998). "Japanese Firm Buying Stake in Guthy-Renker". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ Cleland, K. (1997). Fitness Flyer. Advertising Age, 68(26), s30. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ "Business News in Brief". Philadelphia Inquirer. April 1, 1997. pp. D03.
- ^ "Flyer/Strider suits settled with Guthy-Renker Corp". The Wall Street Journal. April 1, 1997. pp. B, 11:4.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (January 5, 2001). "Infomercials an easy sell:Celebrities and TV Stations…". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b Remy Stern (6 October 2009). But Wait ... There's More!. HarperCollins. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-0-06-197111-2. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Finkelstein, Brad (April 18, 2011). "Guthy-Renker Buys Equity in Paramount". National Mortgage News. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ Williams, Scott (August 4, 1990). "Infomercials industry forms trade association". Associated Press. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ Mary Lou Roberts; Paul D. Berger (1999). Direct Marketing Management. Prentice Hall. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-0-13-080434-1. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Fussell, James (February 8, 1999). "As Seen on TV Fitnes Fads Thrive on Variety". The Kansas City Star. pp. D1.
- ^ a b Arndorfer, James (May 2, 2005). "Guthy-Renker gives the infomercial street cred". Advertising Age. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ a b Brown, Rachel (September 3, 2009). "Van De Bunt Outlines Guthy-Renker Growth Plan". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ McKay, Hollie. "Ageless Supermodels: Older and Sexier Than Ever. How Do They Do It?". Fox News. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
For example, in 2005, Crawford created a line of beauty products with Dr. Jean-Louis Sebagh called Meaningful Beauty for Guthy-Renker
- ^ "Sheer Cover". Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "Proactiv's Active Ingredient: Celebrity". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "10 Best-Selling Infomercial Products". Mental_Floss. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "Brooke Shields is the New Face of WEN Hair Care — And There Are 3 Key Reasons She's a Resurgent Beauty Icon". Bustle. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
Further reading[edit]
- Johnson, Emma (October 2012). "As Seen on TV". Success Magazine.
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As we move into March, many trees are telling us autumn has begun, while we all hope for some steady, warm days to ripen our tomatoes. At least the wind has abated!
The recent Koonya Garlic Festival has put garlic at the forefront of my mind and I will be preparing beds this week. I went to 3 talks at the festival, all with excellent advice on growing, eating and storing garlic. What it comes down to is that, whatever garlic cultivars you choose to grow, the state of your soil will determine how well the flavour develops. The growth of the bulb itself will be determined by soil and weather.
Garlic does not need a lot of fertility but it needs humus (well rotted organic matter) and for the soil microbes to be well fed. Here is what I am going to do:
1. Dig to a spade's depth and loosen any clumps
2. Dig in plenty of aged sheep manure (cow would be even better, I am saving my compost for brassicas and other greens)
3. Dig in a well known, pelletised seaweed, fish, humic acid and manure product available in large buckets. Seamungus.
4. Really concentrate on improving the structure of the soil, with elbow and back grease!
5. Mention was made of lactobacillus bacteria so I might dilute some kefir or pickle juice and pour it over!
6. Water, mulch and leave, or sow a quick green manure.
7. Plant out at times according to what garlic you have.
The planting, harvest and storage times depend on the cultivars you grow. I will be planting my 3 cultivars from late March onwards. I cannot reproduce all the information here but I suggest you search online for "Tasmanian Gourmet Garlic" and a book called "Garlic".
March in the Tasmanian vegetable garden
Brassicas grow wonderfully in the cold and they are so healthful for our bodies during winter. Use them in winter soups, stews and warm salads. I love a plate of cooked kale, with scrambled eggs on top. There are hundreds of varieties from all over the world. European brassicas include broccolis, cauliflower, cabbages, collards, Brussels sprouts and all the kales etc. My tips for growing these are:
· Get good sized seedlings into the ground NOW and cover them with lace curtains or white shade cloth to keep off the cabbage moths which are still active. (The moths will disappear when we get a cold snap.)
· Plant seedlings into damp soil rich in compost and lime to get them growing fast before the end of May when day length and low sun angle bring a halt to further growth if the leaves are too small to provide enough energy to do more than survive.
· Protect with iron based slug and snail pellets.
Asian brassicas can be sown throughout autumn because they grow so fast that nothing slows them down all winter. These include bok choy, tatsoi, Chinese cabbage, mustard greens, mizuna, mibuna, kalian, daikon, hakurei turnips etc. Most parts are eaten; stems, leaves, flower shoots and some roots. My tips for growing these are:
· Wet the soil thoroughly. Put your fork into it and check it is wet down at least 15cms. Keep watering until it is!
· Spread with well rotted sheep manure and some sea & manure pellets or similar then dig it all in well, to the depth of the wet soil. If you have good compost then use that. Asian Brassicas are less fussy about pH than European brassicas but prefer near neutral.
· Rake to a fine tilth. Sow thinly. Asian vegetable seeds germinate quickly and reliably and will provide a long season of fabulous food right through late autumn, winter and early spring. Sow every 2 weeks for continuous supply.
· To stop birds disturbing them while they germinate, cover wire crates (from a tip shop) with lace curtains and place over the area. I use this system a lot as rain and irrigation go through, white lets the light through and the lace reduces the wind.
· Protect with iron-based slug and snail pellets.
I have staked and tied up several old parsley, kale, chicory and fennel plants. This week I will be harvesting the very dry parsley and kale seeds to share with friends and to sow myself. But I won't need to sow much because it is all self-sowing where it is falling. I will transplant some of the seedlings elsewhere, give many away and leave some to grow where they fell. Seeds are so easy and, to me, they are the second crop, after I finish eating a plant.
How are your beans? Did you let a few pods get away and start to become knobby? I hope you will leave them on the plants to dry off completely then save them for next year. Beans do not cross and all are so easily saved and shared.
There is nothing better for you and your family, for eliminating food miles, for food security of our region and for the health of the whole earth than saving seeds. Of all the options we are presented with to help reduce our carbon footprint, none surpasses growing food from seed that has been saved and shared in your own area.
If you don't want to save your own seed, look for locally saved seed at any of our great Huon Valley markets.
Sow in March
Plant out now
Tas. swede
Broad beans
Asian veg.
Spring and salad onions
Coriander, pennyroyal, cress
European brassica seedlings
Spring onions
Silver beet
Evergreen shrubs and trees
Spring bulbs (ixias, daffodils etc)
Tips of the month
· Last chance to do summer pruning of fruit trees. Wounds will heal quickly and you can see where to prune while the leaves are still on.
· Rake up all fallen fruit to reduce over-wintering of diseases.
· Let your chooks range under the fruit trees to get rid of codling moth larvae.


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Tyson Foods has fired several workers at chicken slaughterhouses in Cumming and in Union City, Tenn., in the wake of a federal investigation of animal cruelty charges, the company said this week.
Tyson also is stepping up management surveillance of areas where live chickens are handled and retraining workers, according to a statement from spokesman Gary Mickelson. The Springdale, Ark.-based company disciplined other workers. He declined to say how many employees had been fired.
The company is conducting an internal investigation of allegations made by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which sent an undercover investigator into the plants last fall.
The group, which promotes vegetarianism and animal welfare, notified the federal agriculture department of its concerns in mid-January, and posted video shot by its investigator online.
Both the agriculture department and Tyson said investigations are ongoing. The USDA has referred a concern about animal handling at the Union City, Tenn. plant to that state's agriculture department. The state veterinarian is reviewing the information, said Tom Womack, a spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.
There is no federal regulation governing humane handling of poultry, as there is for cattle and pork. But there are guidelines for good commercial practices for handling food animals that federal investigators are eyeing. Those would be actions that minimize excitement, discomfort or stress, says Amanda Eamich, a USDA spokeswoman.
"We did find some issues that were not considered to be good commercial practices, that fall outside our regulatory authority," Eamich said. "In one of those cases, we did refer the matter to appropriate state officials and notified plant management of our concern. The expectation in every case is that they be immediately addressed."
Tyson's investigation found that some activities shown in the PETA video warranted corrective action, while others were misrepresented because the birds had already been stunned and were unconscious, Mickelson said.
The video appeared to show workers throwing chickens and urinating on the plant floor, among other activities. Mickelson said Tyson's check found no evidence of any food safety concerns.
PETA is calling for Tyson and KFC, which uses Tyson as a supplier, to hire investigators to prevent incidents.
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