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It's time to tell you all about my first dog that I had once I was living on my own, and include the story as our first "Memorial", and in "Inspirational Tails", as she really did inspire me! After my third year at Bishop's University, I stayed in Quebec for some summer session "catch-up" (no lectures please). The week before the courses began, my mom and dad surprised me with a late birthday present....my first dog! We made the trek back to Ontario where I met Billie for the first time at her breeders (this was 20 years ago before I became educated on the need to ADOPT! ADOPT! ADOPT!) an hour away from Toronto. I didn't know what to expect as my brother had two German Shepherds from the same breeder, Tarzan (who was trained for security purposes at our family run pet store), and Cheetah (a puppy who had not been trained & was quite aloof). As a side note, I find that many breeds such as Shepherds or Retrievers often fall into one of those two categories, in that they either have the "smarts" or the "not too smarts". They don't often exhibit both characteristics, but they're all equally lovable just the same! On to Billie.....
My Littlest Hobo
The first thing the breeder instructed me to do was to keep Billie in her cage for the first day or two we were together, and let her out only for feedings, walks, and playtime. As Billie was three years old, this would help her to understand that I was indeed her new "owner" (I have since grown to hate that term), and Billie, as with all German Shepherds, needed to learn loyalty. I am not overly fond of the term or the notion that we "own" animals, though the breeder had phenomenal Shepherds who were extremely loyal and well trained so who was I to question him?
On our second day together, my friend came by & suggested we hit the pub for a pint and lunch, and I did as instructed by both my friend and Billie's breeder. I put Billie in her steel crate in the bedroom, closed the door & locked the house. One hour later is when my relationship with my first dog truly began. As my friend and I were sitting on the patio of the pub (a good kilometer from home) eating, he turned to me and said, "Is that your dog coming out from INSIDE the pub?" You can imagine my surprise when Billie casually walked up & sat beside me. "What had I forgotten to do?" I kept asking myself. Upon returning home, it turns out that I had done everything correctly, & Billie simply did not want to be far from me. She had chewed through her wire crate, pawed & opened the bedroom door, gone to the basement and jumped on the washing machine whereby she could paw at a window enough to make her great escape and begin her quest!
For the next year, Billie could be found wherever I was, whether I wanted it or not. My one time fear that she would be hit by a car waned after I realized that through her training, Billie knew to stop and look both ways before crossing any street! On a few occasions she came to the local club and waited outside at the door, greeting university students as they came and went, always waiting for me to take her home (or vice versa!). Another time, my classmates and professor were amazed when we were in the middle of a lecture and all of a sudden, there was Billie sitting and looking in from the window to make sure I was paying attention. Billie had become known to many of the local students and residents at Bishop's University as "The Littlest Hobo".
A year later when I was back in Toronto and at work in the store, my mom called me panicking because Billie had hopped the fence at home. I too was panicked as even though Billie was safe in the slow moving town of Lennoxville, surely she was not accustomed to the dangers & traffic in the big city! Sure enough my faithful companion proved me wrong by navigating her way through roughly five kilometers of Toronto side roads, parks, and main streets to find me at the store. From that point on, Billie came to work with me everyday.
Unconditional Love
Billie exemplified qualities that all dogs have and that all humans should. She was more patient than I have ever been. When I brought home my new rescue kitten Haley, I was worried that the sweet little girl might get injured by 80lb Billie. Again, Billie proved me wrong. Haley would spend most of her time swatting Billie in the face and trying to nurse off her. The whole time, Billie would simply lie there and let Haley treat her as a giant toy and nurse mother. Every night, you would find a 3lb kitten curled up next to an 80lb dog. It is a sight that I will never forget, and one that still makes me question the loyalty and protection that we as humans offer one another.
After having Billie for four years, our close family received news that no one ever wants to hear, but far too often does. My father was terminal with cancer and did not have much time left. For two of his last few months, dad was living with Billie, myself, and Casey (my second rescue cat). It was at this point that Billie stopped sleeping beside me. She would spend her nights next to dad, who was often sleepless due to his pain. I often think that as much as she loved me he was actually her favourite, as much to my chagrin he spoiled her endlessly with the cookies that sat on top of the fridge. Billie had a system. Step 1 : Stare at the top of the fridge until he caves. Step 2 : Repeat. Step 3 : Repeat 30 more times.
After his short fight my dad died, and as much as I knew it was coming, there was no way to prepare. It seems so odd, but I really do know that Billie and I were mourning together. She was back to cuddling up to me at every chance (big dogs CAN cuddle!), and every time I started crying she'd leave whatever comfy spot she was in and come right over to me. From that point on, I took over my dad's duties as cookie spoiler, and never questioned it.
Gone Too Soon
Three weeks after my dad died, I started noticing Billie's hind legs wobbling. I was worried about hip dysplasia, common in Shepherds, though the diagnosis was worse than I had expected. Billie had a case of degenerative myelopathy, a progressive disease of the spinal cord. As I knew the outcome would be the same I had experienced with my dad, I made every effort to take advantage of the time I had left with my first pooch. As walking became more difficult, cookies and cuddles were endless! In addition, I made the decision early that I did not want Billie to get to the point that I had to carry her into the vet. One day I came home to find that Billie had an accident on the rug (something she never did), and I knew what I had to do the next morning. That night however, I went to the local butcher & bought the juiciest steak I could find (one that I would never purchase for myself), grilled it up for us & popped in a movie for our last night together.
I slept okay that night, knowing that I was making the right decision, and having my 80 pound blanket didn't hurt either! The vet appointment went exactly as I expected. I watched as Billie was put down and wept uncontrollably, much like I had when my dad died four months before. Oddly, it was harder than watching my dad die, as with dogs, you never know exactly what they are thinking at that final moment. What I do know however is that I am so glad that I was afforded the opportunity to be there comforting Billie at that very moment, To this day, when friends and clients express hesitation about going into the room with their beloved pet for that last appointment, I tell them that no matter how hard it may be on them, they owe it to their friend to provide that unconditional love that they have been so lucky to have received.
Billie died 14 years ago, and I always like to think while I took over the duties of spoiling her with cookies after dad died, I just didn't do a good enough job.


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HCA Healthcare UK – The World's largest private healthcare group; providing award winning primary, acute and complex care.
The Portland Hospital is the only private hospital in the UK dedicated to the healthcare of women and children. We're the UK's largest private children's hospital with over 46 paediatric beds including a 10-bed intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, and a day care unit. Caring for over 40,000 children a year, we provide treatment for everything from general paediatric conditions to complex craniofacial reconstruction. We have over 175 paediatric consultants available to treat children from new-born up to the age of 18.
As the only fully private maternity hospital in the UK, delivering over 1,600 babies a year, we place great importance on providing safe and high quality care for expectant mothers. Both consultant-led and midwife-led maternity care is available, and our aim is to provide you with all the support you need during pregnancy, childbirth and beyond. Women's health issues are treated by a team of 40 consultants, supported by nurses, physiotherapists and counsellors, with an emphasis on privacy and dignity.
The Portland Neonatal Unit consists of 6 cots, 3 of which are Intensive Care and 3 Special Care. The unit serves the maternity department which carries out approximately 2,000 deliveries a year with women attending for delivery from throughout the UK and abroad. The caseload ranges from premature infants, infants with congenital and surgical diagnosis to infants requiring short term nursing support. Most will remain within the unit, with a small number of infants with cardiac and complex surgical diagnosis being transferred to Harley Street Clinic for further treatment.
Admissions are emergency and planned for babies 30 weeks and over with current plans to reduce the admission criteria to 28 weeks in 2014. This is a unique service which is renowned for delivering.
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Job Description
• To assess, plan, deliver and implement a high standard of nursing care whilst responding to individual needs,
• Be able to provide management and leadership to all junior staff, participate in education programmes
• Maintaining the standards of care for children's services
• To develop and maintain positive Consultant relationships
• Able promote and enhance patient focused care by assessing areas of risk in relation to patient safety and implementing initiatives to improve patient experience
Duties & Responsibilities
- As a member of the nursing team, ensure high standards of nursing care are met and maintained
- Assess, plan and deliver care, based on research and evidence based current practice
- Ensure all organization policies are adhered to by self and others
- Work within the agreed nursing procedures providing safe care for patients
- Ensures holistic family centred care is provided to all users of the service
- Support and act as role model for junior staff, promoting a learning environment
- Ensure support for junior and senior colleagues in the cost effective provision of care, including manpower resources and appropriate use of clinical and non-clinical supplies
- To carry out all duties in accordance with personnel policies and procedures pertaining to staff
- To understand and comply with the control of drugs act regulations administering IV drugs when certified under "extended role of the nurse" within NMC regulations
- Ensure appropriate and timely referral of children requiring the services of external agencies, including social services and child protection advisors
- To provide nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to newborns and their families without supervision, in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team
- Work with the unit sister in the management of the clinical area. This will involve dealing with complex situations and having to take appropriate action in emergency or unforeseen situations
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- Evidence of on-going professional development.
- Basic Adult and Newborn Life Support
- Understanding of Safeguarding issues
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Competent with computers and able to use clinical systems
- Knowledge of clinical governance and evidence of experience with audits
- Ability to work within a team and independently
- To be able to Demonstrable knowledge and experience post qualification
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Now this is art. Another gem from the blogosphere - This wonderful painting of Bea Arthur from `The Golden Girls' wrestling a velocoraptor. Powerful, powerful stuff. Find more here and spend many a happy hour licking lint from the insides of your jeans pockets after they've been washed.
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Discussion in 'Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics' started by 6.5 Bandit, May 19, 2003.
Any of you guys know the contact info for the smith? Thanks
6.5 Bandit
He was at the match yesterday..............
6.5.......Email me.....Got a few things to ask you
Howard Wolf is in Mifflinburg, PA and his number was---717-966-0449
It may take him a while to get the work done as he is quite busy. I've heard of a year or two wait on some things.
If your wanting a 6.5/284 you might want to contact John Hoover and use his gunsmith instead?
Boyd had a stock done by John Hoover's smith.
Glad to hear you like the 6.5 bore. A popular choice.
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Thanks.... My dad wanted to contact him...
Boyd email has been sent..
oops, how imbarrassing my reply was for another post. (there's a first time for everything I gues)
I am launching 300 grain sierra's out of a 26" tube of a 338 Lapua mag at a speed of 2735 FPS (chronoed with a Oehler 35P) I have gotten at high as 2800 fps with the 300 grain sierra matchking but pressure was too high so I backed it down, Accuracy is phynominal at my current load.


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As anyone can tell from his well-researched op-ed in the local paper, my friend Bill Crawford is deeply committed to supporting the war in Iraq. He devotes the bulk of his blog to highlighting the good things that the U.S. military accomplishes in Iraq everyday.
I don't take issue with the facts that Bill lays out in the article. I will grant that good things are indeed happening in Iraq. And I will acknowledge that they do not always get as prominent of play in the national media as the negative events such as kidnappings and suicide bombings (although not for the reasons that Bill espouses).
Who could be upset by our efforts to "repair the Iraqi education system" and provide textbooks to underprivileged Iraqi schoolchildren? What kind of Scrooge would denounce our work at reparing that nation's electrical grid, roads, bridges, health system, water system and oil infrastructure?
Surely, these are all good things that are being done. So what is the problem?
The problem is that this whole Iraqi invasion has been one giant bait and switch from the very beginning.
All of these wonderful things that Bill likes to point out each day (while ignoring all the bad things that are happening) are completely superfluous to the reason we invaded Iraq in the first place.
We did not go into Iraq to carry out a massive humanitarian mission and nation building project. If that had been the stated reason, most Republicans I know of would have been opposed to it - including George W. Bush who ridiculed Al Gore during the 2000 campaign over the notion of "nation building" projects. Republicans and conservatives have never been big on foreign aid spending and that is what this misadventure in Iraq amounts to today - a massive foreign aid program.
Imagine if President Clinton or President Gore had proposed sending our troops into some blighted region of the world to help overturn a repressive government and give assistance to the disadvantaged people living there. Republicans would have gone absolutely nuts opposing such an operation. This is the U.S. military, not the Peace Corps, they would say.
We invaded Iraq because the Bush administration insisted that Saddam Hussein posed an imminent threat to U.S. security and the only way to prevent an impending attack was to go in and strike first. I, along with many other Americans, suspected this was a lot of B.S. at the time, but we did not have access to the same intelligence reports that the President did. So many folks, including a lot of Democrats in Congress, felt pressured to give him the benefit of the doubt and support a resolution authorizing military force as a last option. Now we know that a military invasion was the first option for the Bush team almost from day one.
Since then, we have learned that Bush relied on faulty intelligence reports when making his case for launching an unprecedented pre-emptive invasion. Not only were the reports flawed, but other intelligence reports that countered or questioned the ones the Bush administration was touting were either ignored or covered up. We now know that Hussein was a delusional old man who had never fully recovered from the whooping he received during the first Gulf War. Most of the crimes Hussein was accused of were actually committed prior to Gulf War I while he was being supported by the Reagan and Bush I administrations. The U.N. sanctions had been effective in limiting and degrading Iraq's military structure to the point that Hussein was actually less of a threat to the U.S. by 2003 than he was immediately following the end of Gulf War I.
There was no need to invade Iraq in 2003. I don't care how many new schools or hospitals we build, it was not worth the cost in blood or dollars that the American people have been forced to make. President Bush should have declared victory and brought our troops home a long time ago. The fact that he is still running around the country making speeches and trying to bone up support for the war three years later is a sure sign that the wheels have fallen off this cart.


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The North Korean issue has never attracted so much attention – since the end of the Korean War, at least – especially in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration sees the North Korea nuclear program as one of the most important items on its foreign policy agenda.
So it was interesting to be in Washington, and this piece will present some general impressions of my recent trip to D.C. – without naming names, of course.
During my frequent trips to the U.S. capital, I have normally come back with a measure of understanding of the current trends. However, having spent two weeks in Washington in October, I am pretty much perplexed about what I have seen.
A cacophony of sounds is emerging from Washington: sometimes two people who are knowledgeable and well informed will provide you with two very different and mutually exclusive pictures of the situation within the space of few hours.
Nonetheless, if one tries to make sense of what is seemingly said and discussed inside the Beltway, one thing is clear: the majority of decision-makers are concerned about the current situation.
Indeed, it is widely understood that successful thermonuclear and, especially, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests by North Korea have significantly changed the strategic calculus in Northeast Asia, and, perhaps, the world. The DPRK is fast emerging as the third country in the world capable of hitting any major American city with a nuclear-armed missile.
The majority of U.S. decision makers are, nonetheless, opposed to a military solution to the problem. It is widely, if not universally, believed that military confrontation on the Korean peninsula will escalate into a large-scale land war of a scale the United States has not experienced since Vietnam, if not longer. There is even a remote, but real, possibility of such a war leading to a nuclear confrontation.
A cacophony of sounds is emerging from Washington
This basic fact seems to be widely understood, despite obligatory hints at the possibility of a military solution. However, there are many questions which remain unanswered.
The first question is what can be done now, when a military solution is perceived as impossible (at least by a majority, but as we will see, not by all)? The major hope in Washington is, of course, in the success of new sanctions. Indeed, it appears likely that a secondary bill is going to pass Congress in the near future. The efficiency of sanctions remains highly questionable, however, as even hard-liners privately admit.
There are also hopes for a diplomatic solution. Washington decision-makers have finally come to realize that the North Koreans will not have any interest in compromise until they have deployed a significant ICBM (and perhaps also submarine-based SLBM) force. Only then will negotiations of a possible freeze become possible. It is also widely understood that, this time, the price tag is going to be unusually high.
It doesn't help that the North Korean economy has improved significantly – another fact which, while virtually unknown to non-professionals, is widely understood by experts. This ongoing economic revival means that Pyongyang is much less interested in monetary rewards in exchange for compromise, and is now likely to demand considerable concessions of a military and political nature, not money, as a reward for its willingness to halt the further advancement of the nuclear program.
There are also disagreements about what exactly should be understood as a freeze. Some people believe that a freeze would be meaningless without the right to conduct inspections and the monitoring of a large number of suspected nuclear sites. Others, however, see such an idea as unrealistic and are quite happy with a partial freeze, which would include only a moratorium on nuclear tests and missile launches – an easily verifiable option.
However, the freeze idea, while discussed much more frequently than, say, a year ago, is not universally supported. It appears that the Department of Defense is especially skeptical about it. It is often argued that the North Koreans will almost definitely cheat and that a freeze will be used by Pyongyang as a possible way to drive a wedge between South Korea and the United States, as well as a way to squeeze additional funds necessary for further advancement of the nuclear and missile program from the international community.
The efficiency of sanctions remains highly dubious, as even hard-liners privately admit
Those who don't share this view argue that a freeze, even if eventually unsuccessful, will bring a few years' delay in nuclear and missile development and therefore should be welcomed, even if the North Korean side will cheat (and cheating is almost universally expected).
However, there are two major unknowns which are widely discussed in Washington and make any predictions for the near future extremely difficult.
First, there are deep suspicions about the long-term goals of Kim Jong Un. Some people believe (and this seems to be a majority view) that his goals are essentially defensive in nature. According to this point of view, Kim has developed his nuclear and missile force, above all, to deter against a possible Libya-style or Iraq-style American attack.
This goal is tacitly accepted as rational and, if this is indeed the case, a nuclear freeze or some other kind of compromise might be possible.
On the other hand, there is a growing view in Washington DC that the North Korean government's ambitions are more far-reaching than the above-mentioned deterrence model implies. Many people believe that Kim Jong Un is committed to the idea of forced unification of Korea and that he wants to finish the business that his grandfather couldn't successfully complete in 1950.
But even among the supporters of this point of view, there are disagreements on whether the North Koreans are going to start acting in this direction immediately, or will consider it as a long-term goal.
Nonetheless, supporters of this view tend to look more favorably at a military solution. These people believe that Kim Jong Un, like Hitler in the 1930s, is hell-bent on conquest, driven by irrational ideology and that, therefore, deterrence is not going to work. If this is indeed the case, a preemptive strike makes perfect sense.
Another unknown is the actual position of Donald Trump and his inner circle on this matter. While the State Department (predictably) supports negotiations and the Department of Defense (less predictably) is overwhelmingly against resorting to military measures, the position of the White House remains a mystery.
The flow of bellicose and threatening rhetoric emanating from Donald Trump's White House could indicate that President Trump is one of the few people supporting the military action. If this is indeed the case, it is extremely worrisome.
Many of Donald Trump's opponents (and there is no shortage of opponents in Washington) believe that he is essentially incapable of fully understanding the results of his hasty actions and that, driven by his alleged super-ego, he could plunge the country into a disastrous war with great ease.
It is widely believed though, that the top military leadership exercises restraint on President Trump, who is known to be suspicious of the State Department and not to be especially enthusiastic about the intelligence community. The military is perhaps the institution he takes most seriously and, therefore, the generally anti-war position of the military leaders is of great significance.
The general picture is inconclusive and unclear
However, there are always doubts as to how efficient these internal restraints can be. Some elements in the U.S. military do not agree with the majority view and believe that military action would be possible. One cannot rule out that one day they will get the President's attention and will neutralize the more careful approach of the Pentagon majority who, as we have said already, are against any action which is likely to provoke a large scale conflict.
However, it is also possible that President Trump shares such concerns – no matter what his numerous critics say. As a businessman, he was known to be a master of bluff and the intimidation of his partners and opponents.
Therefore, many suspect that the bellicose rhetoric of the White House is nothing but a diplomatic strategy, aimed at terrifying China into supporting tough sanctions. It is argued that Beijing, in spite of being a status quo power, will exercise great pressure on North Korea if it is persuaded that the alternative to harsh sanctions is a war in Korea.
In other words, it is possible that President Trump wants to look bellicose not because he is going to provoke a war, but because he wants to persuade China, and to an extent North Korea, that he is willing to provoke a conflict to extract the necessary concessions from them.
Clearly, it is not possible to understand exactly what President Trump is doing right now: is it a show, or is it a real reflection of his thoughts? From where I sit, both explanations look equally possible.
One should mention that apart from talk about actions against land targets inside North Korea (an idea very few people endorse), there is also widespread discussion of targeted and partial actions which are less likely to provoke a violent response from North Korean forces. An example of this would be a plan to intercept a North Korean missile mid-air, or to attack a missile on launch pad just before the test.
It is understood that such limited action would still provoke retaliation from North Korea, but that response is likely to remain proportional and limited in scale and, therefore, less likely to escalate into a massive military confrontation. Such plans for limited actions, surprisingly, are often supported by people who, generally speaking, support a soft-line approach.
The Americans, rightly or wrongly, believe that North Korean leaders have come to assume that no conditions, short of massive attack, will provoke the Americans strike them. If so, the reasoning goes, such an erroneous view of Pyongyang should be shattered.
Therefore, limited military action can be seen as a good way to signal to North Koreans that they should not count on the U.S. to turn the other cheek no matter what. This belief is shared, as I have said, even by people with impeccable dovish credentials. Needless to say, such limited actions would also be quite dangerous and might lead to escalation as well.
The general picture is inconclusive and unclear. People in Washington are equally uncertain about the actual intentions of both Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump. They don't quite understand to what extent military action can be undertaken and they are also deeply divided on what should be an accepted cost of a diplomatic compromise. This is an era of uncertainty indeed.
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The intricacies of timber framing made simple with timber framing instructor Skip Dewhirst: 040
I've gotten a lot of requests over the last few months from people asking if I can do more on woodworking and especially timber framing, so today's episode is for you good folks. Today I'll be speaking with Skip Dewhirst, who has been a professional wood worker for more than 30 years and has taught over 100 classes in furniture making, woodworking, timber framing and natural building at places like Rocky Mountain Workshops, Dartmouth College, Rancho Mastatal, Bona Fide, and Mao Organic Farm in Hawaii.
In this interview Skip talks about the differences between the main styles of timber framing around the world, box framing, cruck framing and aisled framing, the many types of joints and tools used in the trade, and even gives practical advice for owner-builders and novices starting out. We go deep into different infill materials and techniques for the wall systems and the different considerations to take into account if you're building in a cold or hot climate.
There are a lot of technical terms in this episode and a lot of explanations of techniques that are might not make sense unless you see pictures, so I've put a whole list of resources and visual aids in the show notes on the website to make it easier to follow along, so just go to abundantedge.com and click on the podcast tab in the navigation bar to find this and all previous episodes.
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- Aug 2, 2019 Designing regenerative landscapes for wildfire ecologies, with Erik Ohlsen, founder of Permaculture Artisans: 123
July 2019
- Jul 26, 2019 regenerating nature in the Arctic circle and the shortcomings of permaculture with Moli "The Permaculture Viking:" 122
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- Jul 12, 2019 Permaculture business planning for the modern economy with Joe Goerbert, founder of Brainhive: 120
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June 2019
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- Jun 21, 2019 Running a professional ecological design company, with Daniel Halsey of Southwoods Ecosystem Ecological Design: 117
- Jun 14, 2019 Can eating meat be ethical and good for the environment? With Meredith Leigh, author of "The Ethical Meat Handbook:" 116
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May 2019
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- May 3, 2019 Building an off-grid intentional community in the Canadian wilderness with Peter Wildemann of the Zenith Project: 110
April 2019
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- Apr 5, 2019 The definitive guide to no-till organic farming part 2, with Andrew Mefferd, author of "The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution": 106
March 2019
- Mar 29, 2019 The definitive guide to no-till organic farming part 1, with Andrew Mefferd, author of "The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution": 105
- Mar 22, 2019 Lessons from more than 30 combined years navigating a foreign culture: RRT 14
- Mar 15, 2019 Can water pollution be the fuel for its own clean-up? with Doug Lewis from Revive Amatitlan: 103
- Mar 8, 2019 The essentials of rainwater harvesting with co-author Rob Avis from Verge Permaculture: 102
- Mar 1, 2019 Why storing water is more important than storing carbon with Zach Weiss from Elemental Ecosystems: 101
February 2019
- Feb 22, 2019 Building a regenerative future and heading in different directions: RRT 13
- Feb 15, 2019 Designing Regenerative Cultures with author and educator Daniel Christian Wahl: 099
- Feb 8, 2019 Finding the story of a place and it's true potential with Bill Reed, principal at Regenesis: 098
- Feb 1, 2019 Listening to nature and seeing with more than your eyes with Marcus Veysey from "The Seed:" 097
December 2018
- Dec 28, 2018 Reviewing and learning from the first year working as a team and developing the farm: RRT 12
- Dec 21, 2018 Transitioning to a regenerative economy with Matt Powers, author of "The Permaculture Student 2:" 095
- Dec 14, 2018 How to raise rabbits for meat with authors Eric and Callene Rapp: 094
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November 2018
- Nov 29, 2018 Finding ways to build soil and ecosystem fertility with every aspect of the farm :RRT 11
- Nov 23, 2018 Fighting food apartheid and empowering people of color to get back to the land with Leah Penniman, author of "Farming While Black:" 091
- Nov 16, 2018 Cultivating "silver branch perception" and reviving indigenous culture with Diarmuid Lyng: 090
- Nov 9, 2018 The Japanese traditions and techniques of natural plasters with Kyle Holzhueter: 089
- Nov 2, 2018 Animal pens, native plant nursery and teaching at the farm: RRT 10
October 2018
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- Oct 19, 2018 The reality of natural building and designing for your climate with Ziggy Liloia from "The Year of Mud": 086
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- Oct 5, 2018 The challenges and benefits of collaboration in regenerative enterprises: RRT 9
September 2018
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August 2018
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- Aug 10, 2018 The paradox of diversity and efficiency in permaculture enterprises and much more: RRT 7
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July 2018
- Jul 27, 2018 The Abundant Edge design criteria checklist part 2: 074
- Jul 20, 2018 The new "Abundant Edge design criteria checklist" is here. Jump-start your regenerative projects today with our free PDF guide: 073
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June 2018
- Jun 29, 2018 Respecting the diversity of permaculture and talking shop with Shad Qudsi and Zach Loeks: 070
- Jun 22, 2018 The regenerative way to recover after a natural disaster with Rory Dickens of RecycleRebuild: 069
- Jun 15, 2018 Re-foresting the land by preserving heirloom avocados, with Neal Hegarty and Shad Qudsi: RRT 5
- Jun 7, 2018 Solving climate change in your yard with Ginny Stibolt, co-author of "Climate-Wise Landscaping: 67
- Jun 1, 2018 The balance between diversity and efficiency on your permaculture farm, with Shad Qudsi of Atitlan Organics: 066
May 2018
- May 25, 2018 Demystifying home-made bread and mythbusting gluten with Victoria Miller, author of "From No-Knead to Sourdough: 065
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- May 11, 2018 DIY kombucha and the delicious world of fermented drinks with author Andrea Potter: 063
- May 4, 2018 Getting high quality harvests to a larger audience in Guatemala, with the founders of "La Botica Verde:" 062
April 2018
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- Apr 20, 2018 Climate considerations, training new team members, and project planning: RRT 3
- Apr 13, 2018 An intimate peek into the world of bees with Christy Hemenway, the author of "The Thinking Beekeeper:" 059
- Apr 6, 2018 The unique beauty and challenges of domes, with Kelly Hart author of "The Essential Earthbag Construction:" 059
March 2018
- Mar 31, 2018 How to live regeneratively without abandoning society with Scott Mann, host of "The Permaculture Podcast:" 058
- Mar 23, 2018 It's all about Goats! and a few other important things, but really GOATS!: RRT 2
- Mar 16, 2018 How does natural building stack up to industrial alternatives? with Conrad Rogue of House Alive: 056
- Mar 9, 2018 Applying permaculture to your life and social interactions with Isabelle Fortier of EgoEco: 055
- Mar 2, 2018 Natural regenerative housing for veterans with Ted Brinegar of Foxhole homes: 054
February 2018
- Feb 23, 2018 Designing for abundance, biochar production and plant propagation: RRT 1
- Feb 16, 2018 The wild potential of mycology with Peter McCoy, author of Radical Mycology: 052
- Feb 9, 2018 A look at a multifaceted agrarian community revival initiative with Rachael Forster of Tamar Grow Local: 051
- Feb 2, 2018 Pushing the boundaries of restoration agriculture with Mark Shepard, author of Restoration Agriculture: 050
December 2017
- Dec 29, 2017 Creating a healthy ecosystem within through holistic nutrition with Breanne Gibson of Circular Nutrition: 049
- Dec 22, 2017 Permaculture earthworks demystified with Douglas Barnes, author of "The Permaculture Earthworks Handbook:" 048
- Dec 15, 2017 The myriad technologies and innovations of earthships with Rohan Sutherland: 047
- Dec 8, 2017 The Abundant Edge design criteria for a regenerative lifestyle, with the free PDF design criteria list: 046
- Dec 1, 2017 Permaculture chocolate, the highest quality anywhere in the world with Lorenzo Maniet of El Porvenir cacao farm: 045
November 2017
- Nov 24, 2017 The beauty and usefulness of bamboo, with Charlie Rendall of "Return to the Forest:" 044
- Nov 17, 2017 Joel Salatin like you've never heard him before, on his new book "Your Successful Farm Business:" 043
- Nov 10, 2017 The unique factors of a true profitable permaculture farm with Richard Perkins of Ridgedale farm: 042
- Nov 3, 2017 The most impressive permaculturalist you've never heard of. Alex Kronick of Caoba Farms: 041
October 2017
- Oct 27, 2017 The intricacies of timber framing made simple with timber framing instructor Skip Dewhirst: 040
- Oct 20, 2017 Kicking off our demo farm and finding the "abundant edge" with Jeremy Fellows: 039
- Oct 13, 2017 The infinite possibilities of light straw clay with Lydia Doleman from The Flying Hammer: 038
- Oct 6, 2017 Why and how to build your own ponds with Robert Pavlis, author of Building Natural Ponds: 37
September 2017
- Sep 29, 2017 Mastering the educational side of permaculture and land management with Matt Powers, author of The Permaculture Student 2: 036
- Sep 22, 2017 The independence and empowerment of earth bag building with Atulya K Bingham, author of "Mud Mountain": 035
- Sep 15, 2017 Diversity and the importance of tree guilds with Brock Barker from "The Brockoli Patch" farm: 034
- Sep 8, 2017 How technology and chemicals have transformed farming in just one lifetime with Roland James: 033
- Sep 1, 2017 Taking permaculture based businesses to new heights holistically with Erik Ohlsen of The Permaculture Skills Center: 033
August 2017
- Aug 25, 2017 How to regenerate damaged and polluted waterways with Tom Duncan of Aquabiofilter: 032
- Aug 18, 2017 The key to client attraction for your permaculture design business with Pete Widin of Artisan Environments LLC: 031
- Aug 11, 2017 The hidden side of natural building, how to start your own build project and more with Oliver Goshey: 030
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July 2017
- Jul 28, 2017 Discovering "Why We Farm," the book by author Elvira Di'Brigit: 028
- Jul 20, 2017 Lucrative city farming on borrowed land with Curtis Stone, author of "The Urban Farmer:" 026
- Jul 14, 2017 Giving blank walls a voice through natural plasters with Gabriel Franklin, founder of The Art of Plaster: 025
- Jul 7, 2017 Profitable permaculture market gardening with Zach Loeks, the author of "The Permaculture Market Garden:" 024
June 2017
- Jun 30, 2017 Promoting permaculture knowledge and environmental activism with Hannah Eckberg of Permaculture Magazine of North America: 023
- Jun 23, 2017 The wide world of human powered machines with Tamara Dean, author of the book "The Human Powered Home:" 022
- Jun 16, 2017 Founding a sustainable living and education site, and working with the local community with Tim O'Hara of Rancho Mastatal: 021
- Jun 9, 2017 Desert regeneration and showcasing examples of permaculture success with Neal Spackman of the Al Baydah project and Sustainable Design Masterclass: 020
- Jun 2, 2017 Tropical permaculture experiments in diversity and economic resilience with Scott Gallant of Rancho Mastatal: 019
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- May 26, 2017 Regain your freedom and self-sufficiency through natural building with Chris "Uncle Mud" Mcclellan from unclemud.com: 018
- May 19, 2017 Building soil on a large scale and going beyond permaculture with Darren Doherty of Regrarians Ltd. Episode 017
- May 12, 2017 How to avoid 95% of straw bale house failures and more from Bill Steen of the Canelo Project: Episode 016
- May 5, 2017 Lessons learned from both success and failure in a permaculture based business with Diego Footer of "Permaculture Voices:" Episode 015
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- Feb 3, 2017 Insulation vs. thermal mass and the advantages of hybrid structures with Sigi Koko of Build Naturally and Down to Earth Designs
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Wearable Technology has been mostly about measuring our body functions. Seismic develops a Super Suit that helps us move. Humans live longer and longer, raising the issue of how to keep the quality of life up. Walking around without help is a big part of staying independent and self-controlled. Technology is a possible solution to keep moving even in high age.
Venture backed Seismic is developing activated smart clothes since 2016. Seismic is a spin-off from the non-profit research center SRI International. The company's super suit works with the wearer's muscles to help boost their power. The Seismic super suit helps boost the power of the wearer's muscles
The suit is powered by tiny motors, which contract the fabric in a way that mimics human muscle. These electric muscles are integrated into the clothing around the joints of the body and attached via grips in the clothing. The super suit basically adds another layer of muscles.
"Right now the only kinds of products that can help people are walkers and canes," said Rich Mahoney, founder and CEO of Seismic to the BBC. (Wheelchairs are another aid, but the suit is aimed more at those whose mobility is reduced only slightly). "The other option is to stay home or to limit your activity. And most people choose that because they don't really want to associate themselves with those other kinds of products."
Seismic plans to launch the super suit at the end of the year in markets including the US, Japan and the UK.
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Wende Zomnir burst onto the cosmetics scene in 1996 with blue-black and green-black polish on her fingers, lavender and blue on her eyelids. Like a punk princess crashing a debutante ball, the hues of her Newport Beach company, Urban Decay, were an antidote to conservative cosmetic colors at the time.
Sandy Lerner, the woman who co-founded tech firm Cisco Systems, brought in Zomnir as a partner. The startup debuted with the advertising line, "Does pink make you puke?"
Seventeen years later, Urban Decay has passed through the hands of a luxury-goods conglomerate (LVMH, 2000), a duty-free company (Falic Group, 2002) and a private-equity firm (Castanea Partners, 2009). Last December, Urban Decay was sold to cosmetics giant L'Oreal. Under CEO Tim Warner, its revenue rose to $140 million in the year leading up to the L'Oreal acquisition, triple what it was in 2009, according to Castanea Partners.
Zomnir, 44, is now Urban Decay's chief creative officer. She sat down with the Register to talk about her indie roots, lessons learned and adapting a rebel brand to corporate ownership. Here's an edited version of that conversation.
Q. What was Urban Decay like when you joined it?
A. It was really Sandy Lerner's brainchild. But she wanted to do philanthropic things and other adventures. She brought me on as her little helper/partner person to help launch this business. It was something that really spoke to me, I've always loved makeup. I'm from Texas. When you're a girl born in Texas, makeup is in your blood.
Q. What was the premise of Urban Decay?
A. In the mid-'90s, the beauty front was kind of beige, red and pink. It was really boring. There wasn't a lot going on as far as color in high-quality prestige cosmetics. And so our idea was to really knock down the door of cosmetics department and say, "We are here with high-quality cosmetics in bold greens, purples and blues and experimental color that you can have fun with.'"
The only place you could find that before was at a drugstore and when you put those colors on, it was junk. You picked up a blue and you put it on and it wasn't the blue in the pan.
We wanted to be able to swipe that blue, put it on your eyelid and get exactly the color that you see in the pan. That was a really new and innovative idea.
Q. How did you sell that idea?
A. It was a very tough start for us because the beauty departments were really entrenched with the big brands. And we really said, we want to do it differently. They loved the idea, but they didn't really know how to embrace it.
Then along came Sephora, shortly after we started. And that was really the thing that launched some of these indie brands. It was a great platform for us and, not too long after, Ulta started carrying prestige beauty and we jumped right on that.
Q. Did anyone tell you then that the concept was not going to work?
A. No. People love the idea of it. But the question was "how do you put into in this environment and make it work when there are all these companies that have a machine." The beauty industry is really a machine. It's a marketing machine.
Q. What was it like operating without a lot of money and resources?
A. You want something badly enough, you figure it out. A great example of that was the launch of our eye shadows. We wanted something really unique, but we couldn't afford to tool it ourselves. That takes a ton of money.
We found these cute little tins and screen-printed on them a logo and little manhole cover to make them really cool and look Urban Decay. I worked with a vendor – a little manufacturing plant in Bishop – and they were making the inserts so we could put the little pan in. It was a whole homemade thing.
Q. Any mistakes along the way?
A. Tons of mistakes. I feel like I didn't pay enough attention to the operations, the finance part of the business in the beginning. I just thought that if you make a good product, put good marketing behind it, you get good people, it'll all be OK. And it's not. You have to be really smart on the business side of things as well and I should have brought stronger, more business-oriented partners at the beginning.
I really enjoyed it when Castanea owned us, we had these monthly board calls. It seems like a weird thing, but I really enjoyed getting the key people who worked with us in a room going through the numbers and seeing, 'what did we do well, where did we miss.' I wish I had done that from the beginning.
Q. Were there products that didn't make the mark?
A. One of my favorite things to use is these loose pigments. The colors and the intensity are so rich, the shimmer is so vibrant. I thought, 'I'm gonna make this so that regular women can use loose pigment because women complain that they're messy.' So we devised this special little bottle and a brush and a trap, so the powder didn't spill if you knocked over this whole thing.
The fact is, loose pigments are still too hard for the average customer to use and they're too time-consuming to mess with. We put it out there, we gave it a big launch, and it sold OK, but it wasn't selling like gangbusters. I learned that no matter how easy you make it, this is a tough makeup product unless you're a makeup artist.
Q. Since Urban Decay launched, other companies have added similar colors and products to their offerings.
A. If you are copied, it's definitely flattering. We launched our Naked Palette a few years ago and that's been knocked off 10 different ways, counterfeited, copied, embraced almost by every other brand that has come out with their own version of it.
Q. How do you know your products work?
A. I'm pretty committed to road-testing everything. I go out and run, I go surfing. I go to the gym and I'll wear full-on makeup. If we're working on mascara, I will test Formula A vs. Formula B, and I'll go for a hot sweaty run and see which one runs.
I work out at CrossFit in Balboa, and it's a pretty sweaty workout. I remember a few weeks ago I had on creamy purple eye shadow and this woman was like, 'How did you do that?' I go: 'What do you mean? My timing wasn't that good.' 'No,' she goes, 'Your makeup is still on.' It has to give you decent wear.
Q. Where does Urban Decay fit in the L'Oreal stable of brands?
A. We are part of their luxe division. We're alongside Kiehl's, Lancome and Clarisonic and all of these prestige fragrances. Carol Hamilton, who runs that division, is a great supporter of creativity. We're in a great situation because we have the backup of New York, the huge L'Oreal organization, but we have the independence of more than 2,500 miles away.
As we expand internationally, we have the support of the L'Oreal organization.
Q. What does that independence mean on a day-to-day basis?
A. They're really committed to letting us continue to be creative, continue to have Urban Decay be an independent business unit. We'll continue to operate in the same format as we always have. There's not this influx of L'Oreal people in the building.
They want us to stay core. They want us to continue to talk to our customer. They want us to continue to do product the way we do it. That's why they bought us.
Q. What would you say to entrepreneurial young women about how to succeed?
A. The beauty of how women think is that we tend to see multiple solutions. And that is all great. But you have to laser-focus on your business plan and your goal before you start.
The other thing is that a lot of women tend to take on a lot. There are times when you have to delegate. You just have to hire really good people and trust them to help propel you along.
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Sun, 10/06/2018 - 11:00am - 4:00pm
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Sun, 10/06/2018 - 11:00am - 4:00pm
We're inviting you to Pentwyn Farm for a look at our conservation grazing stock & orchard.
Hundreds of farms all over the country open their gates for LEAF Open Farm Sunday today, and Gwent Wildlife Trust's Pentwyn Farm is one of them. Discover first-hand how we manage grazing
land for wildlife and food! Meet our Hereford cattle, Hebridean and Hill Radnor sheep and lambs, walk through the incredible wildflower
meadows and try and find our geocaches! You can also take the trail to neighbouring Cherry Orchard Farm to see their livestock.
ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Designated parking close to the the event and facilities but unfortunately it is not accessible by wheelchair.
Venue location
Pentwyn Farm Nature Reserve, Penallt,


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Marvel's "Daredevil" is the top-rated show on Netflix Instant!
At 4.6 out of 5 stars, it is a tenth of a point higher than "House of Cards," "Breaking Bad," and "Sherlock" (tied only with "Alive Inside," a documentary about Alzheimer's).
If it's not getting more buzz, that may be because it's a superhero show, and some people still think those are for kids. What's more, it's not blowing up box offices like "The Avengers"; it's only on Netflix, and anyway the California company doesn't release ratings.
Wake up, people: "Daredevil" is a masterpiece, and it's got a wide appeal.
Created by Drew Goddard, the 13-episode series tells the story of a blind lawyer who fights crime as a vigilante in Hell's Kitchen. Don't let the pulp plot intimidate you: Goddard, who has worked with "Avengers" mastermind Joss Whedon on projects dating back to " Buffy the Vampire Slayer," knows how to keep it real.
Every episode I've watched so far is a work of art: beautiful production, tight plotting, sharp dialogue, good acting.
The latest — Ep. 5 "World On Fire" — was my favorite yet. Keep reading to see screenshotted highlights from the episode, which you should be able to appreciate even if you haven't seen the show. There are some spoilers but nothing major.
"You just opened one of the cuts on your back," he says.
"How do you know?"
"The taste. Copper in the air."
After he touches her:
"The swelling's down. Rib fracture's only a hairline. I couldn't tell before."
"You have X-ray fingers now?"
"I can hear your bones shift when you breathe. No grinding means nothing's broken."
"What does a hairline fracture sound like?"
"An old ship."
Nelson faces off against Marci Stahl (Amy Rutberg), a corporate lawyer he used to date, who meets them in the lobby.
Stahl explains why Nelson's case is hopeless and shows a total lack of concern for his client.
"And did Ms. Carnitas tell you —" she says.
"— Cardenas," Page corrects.
"If I were you," Stahl says, picking a piece of lint off Nelson's shoulder, "I would go to Ms. Whatever today and strongly urge her to accept our offer."
But Nelson turns the tables with a rousing speech.
And he tops it off with a zinger: "So you're gonna see us in court where I will absolutely dismantle you, from the top of your salon blowout to the bottom of your overpriced pumps.
Only when she calls him out does he allude to the true nature of his work: "Money and influence are not enough to usher change on such a scale. Sometimes it requires force."
The Fisk-Murdock parallels couldn't be more clear, especially as this episode sees both characters defend themselves by saying they don't take pleasure in violence. That kind of relationship between protagonist and antagonist is a hallmark of a good story.
Also, both characters grew up in Hell's Kitchen and lost their fathers at a young age.