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Natural fibers that consist of particular proteins. Instances are silk, hair/fur and feathers. They are mostly taken from mammals such as sheep, goats and rabbits with well-known examples such as alpaca, merino, wool, fur and mohair. Animal fibers have different properties, even within a species. Individual animal or natural fibers look different, whereas all synthetic fibers look the same. One eco innovation in animal fiber is the production of cruel-free silk or peace silk.
Capable of being broken down (decomposed) rapidly by the action of microorganisms. Biodegradable substances include food scraps, cotton, wool, wood, human and animal waste, manufactured products based on natural materials.
Country of manufacture, production, or growth where an article or product comes from. There are differing rules of origin under various national laws and international treaties.
Sum of all emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by your activities in a given time frame.
Carbon neutrality, or having a net zero carbon footprint, refers to achieving net zero carbon emissions by balancing a measured amount of carbon released with an equivalent amount sequestered or offset, or buying enough carbon credits to make up the difference.
A unit of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) that is reduced, avoided, or sequestered to compensate for emissions occurring elsewhere.
The fine (dehaired) undercoat fibers produced by a Cashmere goat (Capra hircus laniger).
Process intended to determine if a fashion product meets minimum quality standards. This confirmation is often provided by some form of external review, education, or assessment done by a government body or non-governmental organization. Common textile certificates are the GOTS, the EU Ecolabel, the Fair Trade label and the IVN Best.
Inorganic cotton. One of the largest pesticide-dependent crops in the world, accounting for approximately 25% of the world's insecticide usage and 10-15% of the world's pesticide usage. Conventional cotton farmers most commonly implement: genetically modified seeds that are treated with fungicides and pesticides to increase a crop's yield; herbicides to control weeds; pesticides to kill or deter pests; and fertilizer to provide nutrition to highly degraded soil.
Cotton is one of agriculture's most water-intensive and pest-sensitive crops, often grown in semi-arid and water-scarce areas. The environmental and social impacts are therefore widespread and need to be addressed.
Products that have been made using artisan skills that involves making things by hand, which preserve the perpetuation of ancestral traditions.
Silk, wool, or synthetic fiber fabric with a distinctively crisp, crimped appearance.
Also called demi-couture or made-to-order. This is a way of encouraging quality and "slow fashion" over mass-produced disposable fashion.
A synthetic fiber characterized by its ability to revert to its original shape after being stretched.
According to the resolution of the National Council for Science and the Environment, the environmental impact is the change of the physio-chemical and biological environment caused by any form of matter or energy resulting from human activities. These activities, directly or indirectly, affect the health, safety, and welfare of the population; social and economic activities; the aesthetic conditions and health of the environment; and quality of resources.
Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
For almasanta, the word "ethical" comprises all or at least one of these four characteristics, namely the environment, social values, transparency and the preservation of traditional handicraft techniques.
Ethical fashion is fashion that has been produced with respect for people and the environment. Although there are existing certifications for Organic and Fair Trade, we want to encourage companies who are taking significant action but don't qualify for certification. This might include companies producing locally or on small scales in developed countries, who might not qualify for Fair Trade certification or companies working with farmers to transition to sustainable crops but who might not yet qualify as Organic.
Trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers
An organized movement that promotes standards for international labor (such as reasonable work hours, no child labor, the right to unionize, a fair living wage), environmentalism, and social policy in areas related to production of goods. Fair Trade focuses on exports from developing countries to developed countries. Some Fair Trade certification organizations include: FLO www.fairtrade.net, IFAT www.ifat.org, TransFair (Canada and US) www.transfairusa.org and www.transfair.ca.
The worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibers, including ecological and social criteria, backed up by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain.
A hard-wearing fabric woven from the spun fibres of flax.
Products that have been made in an specific area or country respecting its strict production regulations.
A cellulose fiber obtained by an organic solvent spinning process where: "organic solvent" means a mixture of organic chemicals and water, and "solvent spinning" means dissolving and spinning without formation of a derivative.
Also called natural yarns, are obtained directly from nature and are made into fabrics through mechanical processes of twisting, cleaning and finishing. They can be obtained from fruit, leaves, bark and wood. The main textile plants are: the Cotton crop, the Jute (to make ropes), Flax (stem with rigid filaments), Sisal and Rami (both similar to Flax).
Natural fibers that have been grown without any pesticides and other toxic materials, preserving the health of humans and the environment. The process of organic growth can be certified by various organizations.
Cotton fibre which has been grown according to the principles and rules of organic agriculture. These rules are very strict and are defined by a law from the European Union. Organic agriculture uses no synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, and no Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
Synthetic fabric that contains sweat-wicking and water-repelling properties that make it an ideal material for outerwear and sports clothing.
Anything that has been made from already existing materials, fabrics, metals or fibers. These are often reclaimed from previously made clothing and accessories and reworked into new ones. Fibers can also be re-purposed from pre-existing fabric, re-spun and reused for new garments.
The act of consuming products and services while taking into account the impact and consequences for the environment and the society at large.
Natural protein fiber. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx more reared in captivity.
A variety of textile standards exist, some of them apply globally, some nationally, like GOTS, Oeko-Tex ® Standard 100 or Naturtextil IVN certified BEST.
Supima is the cashmere of cotton. It has an especially long fiber which gives Supima unusual qualities of strength, softness and color, but it's also grown 100% in the USA. "Pima" is a generic term for extra-long staple cotton grown in the US, Australia, Peru and a few other countries. It was once called American-Egyptian cotton, but was renamed to honor the Pima Indians who were growing cotton in Sacaton Arizona. "Supima" is 100% American grown Pima cotton which, we think, is the best cotton on the market.
The quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance.
Fiber naturally derived from cellulose which is extracted from managed trees. It is one of the softest and most elegant fibers available.
Building sustainable relationships throughout the supply chain in order to create quality products that have minimal negative impact on the environment and human beings.
Products that have been made without the use of leather or animal tissue products. Examples are shoes and bags made from "vegetal leather" using Amazonian rubber instead of animal skins or other recycled or man-made materials.
Vintage is a generic term for new or second hand garments created in the period from the 1920's to 1975. However, the term is often used more generally for second-hand clothes or up-cycled clothes (second-hand clothes that have been given a new life through some sort of customization).
Semi-synthetic fiber. The latter is produced by treating dissolving pulp with aqueous sodium hydroxide and carbon disulfide which is used to spin the viscose rayon fiber.
The amount of fresh water utilized in the production or supply of the goods and services used by a particular person or group.

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The Mana River is a natural border of the Korup National Park. It is also an easy way to transport crude palm oil to the port of Douala. Palm oil plantations are expanding along the river, right inside the National Park.02/20/2012
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200,000 People Compete to Be the First Settlers on Mars
Dutch non-profit company Mars One promises to start a human colony on Mars by 2025. 200,000 people worldwide have applied and Mars One has picked suppliers to build a lander and a satellite for the mission. WSJ's Monika Vosough reports. (Photo: Mars One)
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I ... I ... do you want to live ... and die on my list ... the nonprofit companies moving closer to making it a reality ... last month announced that it has hired to its suppliers to Lockheed Martin answer a satellite technology ... to build a robotic a lender and a communications satellite friend an admission to the red planet in two thousand AEDT ... this first mission is supposed to prove the technology safety ... the four minus one moves ahead with its ultimate goal of sending humans but the one way ticket to the planet by two thousand twenty five ... since the project was announced in April two thousand thirteen more than two hundred thousand people around the world have signed up to become the first settlers unlocks ... the four candidates were selected will undergo eight years of intensive training but they will lead to deal with long periods of isolation ... and once they are on Mars there will be no way back ... the technology for intense eye doesn't exist ... after the first humans arrived in two thousand twenty five minus one plans to send an additional group of settlers ... every two years ... last month estimates will cost six billion dollars to get a first for people to Mars ... the funding will come from artists and sponsors ... crowdfunding contain ... the recently announced TV reality show about the first settlers


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Yes I read about Colchicine as well prior to it being mentioned in this thread. But the darn thing sounds so toxic it scared me just reading about it. Accidentally getting just a little under the fingernails or breathing the stuff in could cause death. I was looking for safer ways of mutating DNA in seeds. So far the only safe way I have heard of is using caffein although I don't know how effective it is. Another question I wanted to ask - how about running an electric current through the seed or the seedling as its growing. Would that cause mutation during cell division? Jeremy Harbinson wrote: > > So far as I know colchicine is used to double the chromosome number (ie make > a polypoid); it interferes with microtubule formation, and these sub-cellular > structures are required to separate chromosomes during mitosis and meisosis - > if the chromosomes can't separate you end up with twice the number in the > daughter cells. It is a nasty chemical; see > http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2259/colchicine.htm > for some info. > all the best, > Jeremy Harbinson > > "Dennis R. Moore" wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 May 2001 02:06:05 GMT, Night23 <night23 at nightynight.com> > > wrote: > > > > >Jeremy, > > > is there ANY way at all I can cause a random mutation in the > > >genetic makeup of a seed using equipment/chemicals at home? I don't > > >want to go the natural selection route selecting for this and that trait > > >waiting for something interesting to show up. It just takes too many > > >generations. I want to mutate a bunch of seeds right off the bat, plant > > >them, see what germinates and if its interesting perpetuate that line. > > > > > >Of course I know most will either not germinate or be 'sickly' but out > > >of a couple of hundred seeds and a few tries, I'm willing to bet there > > >will be some interesting mutation in there. > > > > > >Someone mentioned caffein could temporarily unwind DNA. If so, will I > > >be able to mutate a bunch of seeds if I soak them in warm black > > >caffeniated coffee for 24 hrs? > > > > > >Please let me know. > > > > > >Thanks. > > > > Colchicine, an extract of Colchicum spp. is used to split chromosomes. > > It is also prescribed as a treatment for gout. Sorry, I don't know the > > treatment protocol for either use. > > regards, > > Dennis


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Obamacare funds a tough sell on Hill
President Barack Obama's 2014 budget sketches out his vision of a grand bargain on entitlements — and makes another stab at getting the funding needed to make sure the Obamacare exchanges are up and running late this year.
The federal government is going to be responsible for putting up the new insurance marketplaces known as exchanges in 33 states — a task for Washington that was neither anticipated nor funded when the health law was passed in 2010. The administration has been asking for more money — and being rejected by Congress. The Department of Health and Human Services has maintained that it will get the exchanges up no matter what — but it has not been clear to date about how it will fund that effort. The department may release more details at a 2 p.m. briefing with Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
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HHS has several times asked Congress for about a billion for the Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Service, with the lion's share of that going for the health law implementation. But with Congressional Republicans still strongly opposing the health law, they haven't granted it.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's risky 'goodwill' gambit)
The subsidies for eligible people to help pay for coverage, for the Medicaid expansion, and for the state run exchanges were all part of the 2010 law and have not been deeply affected by the sequestration and other budget deals, although estimates of some parts of it have gone up over time.
On the savings side of the budget, Obama would make deep cuts to Medicare, including more than $300 billion in provider payments and $50 billion from seniors. It would make wealthier seniors pay more than under prior means testing proposals.
That's the bulk of the $400 billion in health care savings that he's offering Republicans in search of the latest and more modest version of the grand bargain that has eluded the White House and Congress so far.
It's a combination of proposals from previous deficit reduction talks, and an expansion of some of them, and follows the outline of the last offer Obama made to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
( Also on POLITICO: Full coverage: Obama 2014 budget proposal)
But despite the cuts, HHS as a whole would get $80.1 billion in discretionary funds, a raise of $3.9 billion — nearly 5 percent. The National Institutes of Health would receive $31 billion — the same as was requested last year. And FDA would see an increase of more than $800 million, in part from higher user fees from industry.
The administration asked for $30 million for the CDC to expand a violent death reporting system to all 50 states and for research into the causes of gun violence in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., massacre last year.


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After today's "atom bomb" presser by the redoubtable former Sindh Home Minister / PPP Senior Vice President / Sindh MPA Zulfiqar Mirza, I think it is quite obvious who is behind the site.
The site of course is the imaginatively titled terroristleaks.com and contains pretty much all the information Mr Mirza spoke about and brandished in his presser today.
Not only does it have the facsimiles of the "secret" reports of the Joint Investigation Teams (JIT) on arrested target-killers (all of them allegedly connected to the MQM) in Karachi, it also contains the video-ed professional interrogations of some of them, such as the notorious Ajmal Pahari...
Who else would have had access to this highly classified information and have the motive and the guts to "leak" it on the net. Not a bureaucrat or policeman who feared the wrath of the government for disclosing official info, that's for sure.
These confessional statements make for fascinating (and of course chilling) reading and watching no doubt. And they also provide an insight into the mindsets of professional killers as well as those who control them. There is plenty here to damn the MQM's top leadership. But without, in any way, trying to sound like I am defending the indefensible, one must add a couple of caveats about the information contained here.
For one, keep in mind that this website does present only a selective version of the truth. The only information leaked here is of those terrorists alleged to be part of the MQM. Yes, the MQM's hit squad is apparently the most well-organized, most feared and most talked about. But in recent years the PPP, Sunni Tehrik and the ANP have also managed to cultivate their own nexus with the mercenary underworld (which Zulfiqar Mirza brushed off as "tit-for-tat" in answer to a question on Geo's Capital Talk tonight). And let's also not forget the hit squads of outlawed organizations such as the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and the Sipahe Sahaba (which have links with other legitimate political parties), the MQM-Haqiqi faction, and on a different level, state-controlled institutions such as the police and intelligence agencies themselves. We do know that at least some of those killers are also in custody. Why is that information not here on the website? Does that justify the MQM's killers? No, not at all. But reading the lawlessness of Karachi without factoring in the political and economic turf wars which breed it or understanding how various communities perceive and react to the state would be slightly simplistic and even perhaps dangerously naive.
Secondly, purely from a legal (i.e. not moral) point of view, these documents and confessions do not necessarily establish guilt. They have yet to be proven in a court of law. We may choose to believe them (or not believe them) but they have the same legal position as, say NAB's accusations of corruption against Mr Asif Zardari. That is not to say that they are not true, just that one's belief in their authenticity does not equal legal proof for conviction.
Of course, as pointed out by a number of people already, this information and Zulfiqar Mirza's press conference also begs the question why, if this information was available with the government, have these terrorists not yet been prosecuted in the courts of law. If, as Mr Mirza claims, witnesses crucial to the prosecution are being eliminated, is it not the government's responsibility to protect them?
But even bigger questions hang over the whole drama today. Who benefits from this rhetoric and these disclosures at this time? Is it a mere coincidence that what occupied Pakistanis' entire evening came on the same day that the Rangers claimed to have unearthed ammunition stockpiles and torture cells in Lyari raids, and managed to push that news off the news channels? On the face of it, Zulfiqar Mirza may be claiming that his newly awakened conscience dictated today's "straight-talk", but has he not also driven a stake through the heart of his close friend and "benefactor" President Zardari's political manoeuvrings for the PPP's future? For weren't what Federal Interior Minister Mr Rehman Malik (the target of Mr Mirza's wrath) and current Sindh Home Minister Mr Manzoor Wassan doing to keep the MQM on board part of Mr Zardari's strategy?
Mr Mirza may also have wrested the initiative from Sindhi nationalists who had been chipping away at the PPP in Sindh after the party's U-turn on the Commissionerate system. But would that really help the PPP if Zulfiqar Mirza is considered to be at odds with the party leadership? And was there something more to Mr Mirza's fullsome praise for the ISI and military than meets the eye? Who benefits if the PPP government at the centre comes under strain?
I confess I do not have the answers to these questions. At least answers that make immediate sense to me. If someone has a coherent explanation, I would love to hear it.


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Feds' plan to let guns go to Mexico described as a disaster
Federal 'gunwalking' operation called a failure
ATF agents say supervisors told them to do nothing as Mexico-bound weapons were loaded into traffickers' cars
WASHINGTON — Three federal firearms agents told lawmakers Wednesday their supervisors in Phoenix prevented them from breaking up Mexico-bound gun purchases in Arizona so that the weapons could instead be tracked as they moved to those higher up in the drug cartels.
"What we have here is a colossal failure of leadership," Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent Peter Forcelli told a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. "This was a catastrophic disaster."
The strategy of "gunwalking," as the investigative technique is known, was at the heart of the ATF Phoenix office's Operation Fast and Furious. It was aimed at reeling in major gun-smuggling players who employ "straw" purchasers to buy high-powered weaponry at gun stores in Arizona, Texas and elsewhere in the Southwest.
But agents lost track of the guns as they were handed off from purchaser to middleman to trafficker. As a result, the up to 2,500 weapons that could have been intercepted were instead smuggled into Mexico.
Two of the guns, both AK-47s, were recovered at the site in Southern Arizona where smugglers killed Border Patrol agent Brian Terry last December.
U.S. guns in Mexico
"ATF is supposed to stop criminals from trafficking guns to Mexican drug cartels," said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who appeared as a hearing witness.
"Instead, ATF made it easier for alleged cartel middlemen to . . . buy hundreds and hundreds of weapons. Agents warned that inaction could lead to tragedy, but management didn't want to listen."
The controversy over Operation Fast and Furious is a part of a proxy war over gun laws and gun control, as well as whether U.S.-purchased guns winding up in Mexico represent a significant problem.
Gun-rights advocates, many of them in Texas, argue that the Fast and Furious case shows that most, if not all, U.S. weapons purchases were within ATF's power to prevent. Most weapons in Mexico come from Central America or are sold to traffickers by corrupt Mexican law enforcement, they claim.
Gun-control advocates, on the other hand, focus on the documented cases of weapons purchased in the U.S. that wind up in Mexico.
The Feinstein ban
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., issued a report Monday along with Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., that cited ATF data showing 70 percent of guns seized in Mexico in 2009 and 2010 were manufactured in the U.S. or imported into the U.S.
The report called for re-enactment of Feinstein's assault-weapons ban, which expired in 2004, and a requirement that gun dealers report multiple sales of military-type rifles.
At the hearing, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., called for a separate hearing to examine whether current gun laws are adequate to stem the Mexico-bound gun flow.
But the committee's Republican majority, led by Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., focused on the ATF and its parent agency, the Department of Justice.
Issa released emails showing that ATF senior officials, including acting director Kenneth Melson, were intimately involved in monitoring Operation Fast and Furious in its early stages last year.
He also upbraided the lone Justice Department official at the hearing, Ronald Weich, telling him "you should be ashamed of yourself" for stonewalling the committee's document requests about what Justice Department officials knew about the operation and when they knew it.
At another point, Issa hectored Weich on who at DOJ authorized the operation. "Do you know? Do you know?"
Weich responded, "The answer is I do not know," and that the Justice Department inspector general is investigating.
Robert Heyer, a cousin of the slain Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry, said in emotionally charged testimony that if any government official "made a wrong decision," they should "admit error and take responsibility."
The three ATF agents testified that, at times, they watched purchasers carry away loads of weapons and put them into traffickers' cars only to have supervisors tell them to do nothing. When agents protested, ATF agent John Dodson said, "We were told that we simply didn't understand the plan."
'A blatant lie'
A former N.Y. police detective, Forcelli said, "To walk a single gun is, in my opinion, an idiotic move."
Forcelli recalled watching his boss, Phoenix ATF special agent-in-charge William Newell, say "hell no" to a news conference question last March on whether the ATF had allowed guns to be smuggled to Mexico. "I was appalled because it was a blatant lie," Forcelli said.


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WELCOME to the third of the new live blogs on the new-look Angler's Mail website.
Every Wednesday will see a new blog by Angler's Mail magazine's HQ, focussing on happenings in the wonderful world of fishing, including latest tackle and events.
The first Angler's Mail HQ blog is by Tim Knight, the editor, who has worked on the magazine, its various side-projects and increasing online activities since 1991.
As weeks go by various staff will contribute to what is sure to be another must-read blog for all anglers – whether you are into pleasure fishing, carp fishing, match fishing, specialist fishing or anything else.
We hope you enjoy the blog, and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter by clicking the icons above, or by the "old skool" method of telling fellow anglers! Feel free also to comment by using the special space at the bottom on this page.
Aiming for the right balance every week
WE try very hard to create a fully balanced magazine at Angler's Mail HQ. So when we get accused of bias, it sometimes make my tip fly round.
Get this…. On Tuesday, our new issue hit the shelves. Instant praise from some of the most aware fishing magazine consumers. Then a phone goes on the newsdesk.
'Too much carp. It's all carp, carp, carp, carp…" he carped on. It's only 10am. He's surely sober, just like an angling big-hitter I regularly phoned at that time for a sensible chat.
Fair enough, we welcome all opinions and constructive criticism (after all, we dish plenty of both ourselves). But the guy was way off beam…
- This week's AM cover catch is a giant crucian (not Cyprinus carpio), held by all-rounder Dean Macey.
- Star catches include the full stories on a 144 lb UK catfish and this country's biggest ever grass carp (actually a relative of the chub more than Cyprinus carpio).
- London match fishing legend Dave Vincent catches species other than carp by the Olympic Park.
- John Bailey delivers important summer pike tips.
- Gary Newman seeks Trent barbel.
- Action Replay covers an awesome perch session, with perch tips.
- We look at a campaign to protect silver fish stocks.
Sure there's the new ACE Carp Cup champion, and exclusives on the Korda Carp Team England and British Carp Championships. But come on pal (if you're reading)… giz a break mate!
BITE ALARMS. Those are two words to make your ears prick up with interest, or provoke a grimace and a "grrrrrr…."
Love 'em or hate 'em, bite alarms have helped shape angling forever. And the first major game changer was the Optonic, sold by the warehouseload by Sundridge.
I remember selling them Saturday after Saturday back in the carp-boom years of the Thatcher "loadsamoney" 80s and upwardly mobile John Major years.
I helped out in a tackle shop then, and the buzz-word was Optonic. Or Delkim conversions, if you wanted a bit more oomph, and were part of the in-crowd rather than the emerging carping generation. The shop I worked for was a key Sundridge account – the firm was a major independent player then.
Fast forward to 2012. We've seen super sexy alarm designs in the past couple of years, Nash Sirens and Wychwood Epics have impressed me for their looks and design features, developed by serious development work by some great minds. Then there are latest "Delks" and Gardner ATTx, not forgetting the ever-popular Fox ranges.
But be honest, you still hear older blokes on the bank refer to alarms as "Optonics".
The rebirth of these alarms, via Daiwa's low-key Sundridge arm, is quite a story, worthy of a spread in our latest magazine. Plus our man Brian Gay made an exclusive video on the Optonic Smart G3 that he's tested for us (below). Looking so different, they also provide a visual treat.
Love the look of them? Hate the look of them? Prefer something else on your sticks and pods? Let me know by commenting at the bottom of this page.
AND so to the Olympics. Or "The O's" as our current magazine's cover star Dean Macey calls them.
As I write, the biggest controversy for me – barring hopeless US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney doubting London's ability to run such a showpiece – has been in badminton.
Players deliberately trying to LOSE to avoid playing quality players. What a load of shuttlecocks!
I sit on the bench when it comes to angling ever becoming an Olympics sport, but if competitors not competing embraces the hallowed "Olympic ideal" then I am glad we are not part of it.
Can you imagine going fishing and not trying to catch anything? Blanking is one thing, but seeking to blank… how ludicrous!
AM HQ's LIKES OF THE WEEK
Angling Trust: if you want cormorant controls you'll want to back their campaign. See latest Angler's Mail magazine for details and a coupon to register your support. Read their blog here at www.anglersmail.co.uk on Saturday.
Marukyu – for going GREEN, literally, with great success, as we report in the mag's Product News. You can win their bait this week on our lively Facebook page – and also via a comp in our next magazine.
National Fishing Month: great work by guys and gals everywhere, including Club Korum, who are making a difference right now, giving all kinds of people a taste of the sport. Find out more: www.nationalfishingweek.com
The bloke who cleaned my windows: after five years encamped in what was once a sparkling new office, and my (useful) clutter accumulation brought a boss's mutterance of "tramp", I now look out clearly on busy Team AM and the corridors of IPC Media. Top work!
AM HQ's UNLIKES OF THE WEEK
Death: RIP Malcolm Grice, the popular bearded carp angler from the Wychwood stable, seen many a time in our mag. And to a couple of other contacts of ours who passed on. Plus fish we've heard of that have died in several venues over the past week.
The weather: basking in the London 2012 feelgood factor, there's not been much to moan about here these past seven days. But just when we all thought summer was here, the clouds came back and the heavens opened. Don't quote me on it, I'm Timdafish not Michael Fish, but I forecast an Indian summer.
I'll pass the X-Factor Simon Cowell judging duties over to YOU now.
Below are three quality promo videos emailed into my inbox already this week (I receive ever-increasing amounts!) All are worthy of a click to view. We also have lots more videos in our new TV player (top right on this page).
Let me know with a comment at the bottom of the page which one out of the three videos here is your favourite and why!
Click below for the latest video from Nash
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Here's the list of all the new blogs and when they go live:
MONDAY: Carp crews on rotation – Korda, Fox, Nash and ACE.
TUESDAY: Steve Collett, Mail contributor and ultimate all-rounder.
WEDNESDAY: Angler's Mail HQ – yes, us!
THURSDAY: Specialists from Pike Anglers Club, Korum and Pallatrax, on rotation
FRIDAY: Carl & Alex, Angler's Mail juniors and video diary makers.
SATURDAY: The Angling Trust – guys at the governing body.
SUNDAY: Colin Mitchell, veteran coarse angler and top journalist
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Anne B for EZcouple needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
EZcouple is an online service for couples or romantic relationships. Once registered each partner can relay what he or she would love the other to do or give for any occasion, knowing that his or her partner will know and be reminded in due time to act. EZcouple is the platform dedicated to the relationship, where the couple can invite friends to suggest ideas as well.
Online current version is about to be revamped completely. New UI, new design, new features, targeting all couples including same gender couples.
EZcouple is not a dating site but could not find a better industry in the list. In fact the industry is life style.
Get inspiration from dating sites is a good idea as it sets the theme that the site is for couples.
This a new concept and the homepage must be as clear as possible while explaining what the site does.
Note that it will also be a web app.
Current site will not give you any style information because we are re branding the whole site and we have a new logo.
I sketched what I would like to see in terms of feel for the homepage.
Priority should be given to clarity, and call to action.
The inside pages will follow the colors scheme of the homepage, reversely.
The logo is orange and I would like the homepage to be in lighter grey scheme with touch of orange.
The more neutral the better as I plan to change the logo color according to seasons. For instance around Valentine's day it might be red or pink etc...
The hidden menu header that only appears when the menu is clicked on is where other colors can show.
A collage of images of couples should be in the background to give an instant clue that this about romantic relationships.
Please know that the header and top menu will be on every page of the site, along with the simple footer.
Header on homepage is to be discreet so top menu hidden header must use a darker shade.
The inner pages of the site will follow the color schemes chosen for the homepage in an opposite way (header will become the darker color and hidden menu the lighter one).
I like 3 different directions in terms of colors scheme for the inner pages that all goes well with orange.
1. shades of grey
2. chocolate brown and beige
3. deep purple and grey violet
If the homepage is to be overall looking grey white I would like some hints of the inner pages colors either as a border or in the hidden menu header.
Note that the site will handle a lot of images so the design should be neutral enough yet warm and chic.
The homepage is the landing page of each visitor.
What do I want them to know?
A new online service helps them know when needed what to do to please their partner.
What do I want them to feel?
Hope to keep, or live again the great relationship they love.
What do I want them to do?
I want them to feel confident to register and talk to their partner about EZcouple
The challenge is that it is a new concept so What does EZcouple do? is a key question that should be answered on the homepage.
The feel of this page should inspire trust and the will to give it a try.
For content see doc attached
Avoid videos as they slow the loading.
Clarity should be the priority, especially in displaying the content.
Images or drawings should not be distracting.
Please see the files attached:
1. the sketch I did (note that I don't want the .com next to the logo)
2. the logo EPS file
3. a screenshot of current version under development to show you how the hidden menu header showing looks like.
4. A zip file of about 9 images of couples that I would like to see in the collage.
5. A word document with the content
I have an account on depositphoto so kindly choose images or illustrations there when possible.


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The state plans to take nine million dollars out of Sacramento County's health budget next year.
It says counties won't need as much money because uninsured people in regional health programs will move over to state-managed Medi-Cal under the Affordable Care Act.
Ann Edwards is a chief county executive with Sacramento. She says there will be significant savings on health care next year, but there may not be enough money to treat the remaining uninsured.
"We may have to reduce services in our clinic, we may have to reduce contracts with community based organizations and hospitals. So there's a number of things that we may have to do as a result of this," says Edwards.
Edwards says funding for programs like disease testing is also at risk. A final county budget is expected in September.


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Father and son cleared in 'happy hooker' case
Vincent George jr and Vincent George sr in court in New York. The father and son, who acknowledged they were pimps, have been acquitted of sex-trafficking charges after several prostitutes testified they were treated well. Photo: Seth WenigNEW YORK: A judge who heard prostitutes testify that a father-and-son pimp team made them feel like family cleared the two men of sex-trafficking charges on Wednesday.
The men's supporters in the courtroom cheered the verdict, but the gallery fell silent when Manhattan Judge Ruth Pickholtz announced convictions against Vincent George sr and Vincent George jr on charges they laundered millions of dollars through music recording and car service businesses. The pair showed no emotion aside from slight smiles as they were led back to jail in handcuffs.
George sr, 56, and his 35-year-old son had faced possible 25-year terms on sex-trafficking charges accusing them of coercing women into becoming prostitutes. They still could get up to 15 years at sentencing on July 8 for the money laundering conviction.
Despite the mixed verdict, District Attorney Cyrus Vance jr called the outcome a victory.
"The goal of the prosecution was to dismantle a criminal enterprise from top to bottom," he said. "That goal has been achieved with the Georges… There is no fairy tale ending for these defendants."
Defence attorneys — who called the women working for their clients "happy hookers" — also claimed victory, adding that they planned to appeal the convictions.
The verdict "recognises that people have free will and the right to make choices whether or not you like those choices," David Epstein, the son's attorney, said of the prostitutes.
The loving relationship between pimps and prostitutes "was vindicated," Epstein added. "It's a moral victory as well as a legal one."
Prosecutors had alleged the prostitutes made as much as $US500,000 a year for the Georges but got only a few dollars a night themselves and had no bank accounts or property. They were threatened with beatings when they didn't bring in as much money as expected or were late to check in, according to wiretap conversations played at trial.
"Bring me my [expletive] money right now and get your ass back to work," the son said to one woman.
The women painted a different picture, saying they were treated to nice cars, vacations in Florida and affection from their pimps. Some lived together as "family" outside New York, and drove in to the city at night to turn tricks for $US300 a night, they said.
One witness, Heather Keith, has Vincent George jr's nickname, King Koby, tattooed on her neck. She testified she was a drug-addicted 19-year-old stripper from upstate. He helped her beat a cocaine habit, she said.
"I would say that I make my own choices," said Keith, now 26. "I am not a dumb person. I know what I'm doing."
Another witness, 24-year-old Desiree Ellis, dismissed allegations that Vincent George jr abused her, calling him a "teddy bear".
She once thought about leaving him. But once at a bus station, she changed her mind and asked if she could come back to their "family", He welcomed her with open arms.
"We kissed," she said. "We made up. We had a love session."
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Heat grill over medium-high heat. In a small skillet over medium heat, toast peanuts, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Let cool, then coarsely chop; set aside.
Make marinade: Process ginger, lime zest, jalapeno, 2 tablespoons chopped shallot, and 2 teaspoons sugar in a food processor to form a coarse paste, about 1 minute. Add 1 tablespoon fish sauce and 1 teaspoon oil; pulse to combine. Place steak on a large plate, and coat both sides with marinade.
Make dressing: In a small bowl, combine lime juice with the remaining tablespoon fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, and 2 tablespoons shallot. Slowly add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, whisking constantly until emulsified.
Prepare an ice bath; set aside. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil, and cook green beans until crisp-tender and bright green, about 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, quickly plunge beans into ice bath to stop the cooking.When cool, remove from ice bath, and set aside.
Grill steak 6 minutes on first side. Turn steak, and continue cooking 4 minutes more for medium-rare. Transfer to a cutting board to rest at least 5 minutes.
Arrange green beans, cabbages, and carrot slices around perimeter of a large serving platter. Drizzle dressing over vegetables. Thinly slice steak on the bias, and fan out slices in middle of platter. Sprinkle with peanuts, and scatter scallions on top of steak. Serve immediately.


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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The judge presiding over proceedings at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, war court Monday suggested ripping out the microphones to ensure attorney-client privacy.
The privacy issue arose last week when unbeknown to Army Col. James Pohl, the judge at the war court, a censor disrupted transmission of the proceedings to media centers at Guantanamo and Fort Meade, Md.
"Let's just get rid of them, problem solved," Pohl said in response to concerns someone could be listening in on conversations between attorneys and their clients through the sound system.
The suggestion came during a hearing involving the 2000 suicide bombers' attack on the USS Cole while at port in Aden, Yemen, that killed 17 U.S. sailors and wounded 39 others, The Miami Herald reported. The hearing involves alleged CIA torture of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who alleges he was waterboarded and subjected to threats against his mother, among other things. His attorney says he's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
The New York Times reported prosecutors responded Monday by asking for a mental health evaluation of al-Nashiri.
Pohl granted the request, meaning most of the pretrial motions on tap for argument this week would be delayed for at least a month, the newspaper said.
"We will not proceed until said examination is completed," the military judge said, conceding later, "It appears we are not going to make too much progress this week."
Pohl also ruled defense medical consultant Sondra Crosby can examine al-Nashiri, unshackled and alone while being filmed by a surveillance camera without audio with guards outside the door.


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6 Biggest Mistakes That Job Hunters Make
By Amit De
Quit blaming your failed job search on a down economy; it's time to evaluate your efforts instead. While no job seeker likes to hear that his strategies are failing, it's important to know when your practices need revising -- or should be dropped altogether.
So rather than letting job search frustrations take a toll on your attitude and confidence, consider these six reasons that your job search might be failing:
1. You have a negative attitude or lack of confidence.
The job search is frustrating, tiring, degrading and a whole other slew of negative adjectives. It's important to not let the search eat away at you and ruin your outlook. So much of the job search can be related to your composure and attitude, so it's essential to stay positive.
In fact, your attitude is the only part of the job search that you can control. A positive attitude usually generates a level of confidence that can be gauged in applications, emails, online and, most importantly, in an interview. Do whatever it takes to stay positive and confident.
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2. Your online presence is non-existent (or vulgar).
Social recruiting is on the rise this year, with more than 80 percent of job openings being recruited for online. Dozens of companies are now launching tools to help recruiters search for job candidates through social media.
For job seekers, it's absolutely imperative that you not only have the necessary social media profiles, but that your online brand be sparkly clean. If you don't have them already, it's time to generate a LinkedIn profile, Twitter account and any other social media profiles recruiters could use to find you.
Don't ruin your chances of a potential interview or job offer by allowing your social media profiles to be anything less than professional. Google your name for insight into what employers will see when they search for you. If the results are less than professional, it might be time to check your privacy settings or have your friends untag those college drinking pictures on Facebook.
3. You're looking in all the wrong places.
Don't let the lure of major job boards ruin your job search. Too many job seekers waste time and energy only applying to openings that have been posted on the major job boards. Not only does this categorize you as a less-than-dedicated job seeker; it's the equivalent of tossing your resume into a tower-sized stack of applications.
Stick to niche job boards within your industry to get the benefits of smaller candidate pools and more accurate job search results. There's also an increased level of interaction that comes with applying directly to niche job boards, because the contact information of hiring managers is usually more readily available.
More:3 Job-Search Mistakes You Don't Realize You're Making
4. You don't know how to network.
The job hunt may leave you spending the majority of your time as a hermit, living in front of your computer. The ability to successfully generate a network of professional connections is just what you need to turn your job search around.
Effective networking isn't just about knowing someone and asking them to put in a good word for you; it's about building a mutually beneficial relationship where you can learn more about companies, positions, industries and even your own career path. Take the right steps toward creating better networking connections by seeking out mentors and actively listening and learning from their experiences.
5. Your resume isn't up to par.
There's no room in this competitive job market for a bad resume. It takes only five seconds for a hiring manager to scan your resume and decide which pile it's going into. Too much text, lack of formatting, grammatical and spelling errors, and downright poor content are sure to send your resume to the recycling bin.
Do whatever it takes to create a resume that represents you in a concise, easy-to-read format.
6. You never ask for advice.
There are generally two forms of job seekers: Those who ask for too much and those who ask for too little. It's important to find a happy medium, but remember that asking for job search and industry-related advice is both acceptable and necessary to land a job.
Utilize your networking connections and attempt to build a mentor-like relationship to allow for a two-way communication chain founded on asking questions and learning from experiences. Advice doesn't mean asking someone to find you a job; it means gaining insightful knowledge that will help you along your career path.
What mistakes do you think are all too common when it comes to job searching?
Amit De is the CEO and co-founder of Careerleaf, an all-in-one job search platform that can cut the time to apply in half. Connect with Amit and Careerleaf on Facebook and Twitter.
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Opinion: Tokyo's Olympic Opportunity
American Enterprise Institute Scholar Michael Auslin on what the 2020 summer games means for Japan, plus wrestling's reinstatement to the competition.
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I ... shot of ... some Japanese people there celebrating getting the twenty twenty summer when the axe ... it isn't always a blessing given the cost of the event ... but could Japan to reap some well unusual benefits from hosting those games ... that got American Enterprise Institute scholar and ... Japan specialist Michael Ostling joins me now from Washington ... but why would anybody wanna host the Olympics after we've seen so many debacle has in recent years ... great question area I think that ... from the Japanese perspective from Tuesday's two reasons first is they think they can do better ... bring all those vaunted management techniques to the Olympics of the problem not lose money the way that ... other countries regularly do ... and then after that and that he really goes back to when they first emerged from the postwar period of getting in eighteen sixty four Olympics in Tokyo ... it was that it was literally a national historical moment for them in every time they get Olympics after that ... they serve are back in and can remember with a world leader in a gentle that will be a leader again I'll still be a leader in that I'm thinking of the Beijing games Michael wheeze Japan's been something of a one up man ship been ... against China and that's really just have to do it ... well I don't know if that was what I mean she is certainly keeping up with that she says speaking of they have to keep pushing the new ... jeans out on everyone else who got these games in ... a deal for Japan is very hard to to see themselves being eclipsed all cross the border by China ... I think some of the things they'll be able to talk about when they lose the games is that ... they don't have to effectively shut Tokyo down to get the care quality downward the athletes can read that ... and I have to drive in over two million cars off the roads in order to ... clear out congestion and pollution so ... I think that he uses a showcase of me you know ... and I'll be focusing on things like combining it with ... industrial shows Greetings hacking ... and trade shows you know the way that you could see leverage get ... the idea is that of the games but is a showcase for the country and ... its ability to move beyond the three eleven nuclear advances audiences and that maybe they'll even get twenty four hour subway service ... on Michael I understand it there's also some good news for wrestling fans what is that ... while India in Asia ... instead of the sport came out for that would be allowed on the twenty twenty one this ... lesson was not included now wrestling in the modern era has been part of it since eighteen ninety six ... of course it was probably the cheese store back in the ancient days of the Olympics in the nation Greece in the ... as far back to seven hundred B C so ... the petition hard to change the rules about what they're going into the sport they made a provisional caught ... in the interview that about wrestling with a very I think it just would not fell right ... in the sport needed to modernize its change the rules can be asterisk and the total points for the win as opposed to best to victory ... I didn't get to make it more exciting will be able to stall but most importantly it's one of a grandfather for anyone thinks so it's back they still have to get over this provisional her ... and well ... good luck center and we will be watching it closely American Enterprise Institute scholar and the beest dot com columnist ... Michael Ostling thank you so much for being on show ... she


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Naomi Watts is flawless, but even "The Impossible" star admits you can't knock cosmetic surgery right off the bat.
The actress graces the April 2013 cover of Australia's Good Health magazine and candidly shares her views on plastic surgery.
"Never say never--and I certainly don't judge anyone who does it," she said. "But most of the characters I play are going through some kind of emotional turmoil, so my job requires me to have expression."
Watts continued, "If my face was froze, what right do I have to play that part? All the women who haven't anything to their faces are still able to play great roles. And some of the ones who have done something have messed it up--they look freakish.
"Anyway, for me it's about playing women with rich lives--and the longer the life, the deeper the wrinkles."
Have you seen these stars without makeup?


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How do thing the series is going to end???
Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
I just started reading in on Halloween Night....
I also read some today out at the park but it is starting to get colder
and the wind was whipping buy, so I only stayed out for about a 1/2 hour,
the Canada Geese have gone south so we are in for more snow I think very soon.
It's looking very interesting so far.
Lotsa drama.
I'm half way through...
Some things that are interesting, when Ishmael has feet of clay,
I remembered reading something in the Scriptures in Daniel re
this, on a dream Daniel interpreted.
Very interesting to cross check.
Could this be relevant??
I love messages within messages.
Some you find,some you don't.
Canada is Beautiful...
Maybe we should start a new thread called
"Jim's Canada"
Maybe giving your idea or impression of what Canada really is.
It did snow, but now it mostly melted, except for a a few places up
north. Now we have a little heat was back, grass is still green and
growing, autumn leaves are all scattered around.
South of here, it will be autumn for awhile, about every 2 hour drive
north has a different climate, sounds odd but true in my opinion for Ontario,
Finished the book last night.
It truly is the END.
Wrapped up like a Christmas Present. Interesting for the Apple & Snake.
In the Beginning.....
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The calendar may say that the year still has a few days left, but the good folks at YouTube are calling it closed when it comes to top videos.
As part of "YouTube Rewind," the video-sharing site has released its most viewed videos of 2010.
This year's big winner is Antoine Dodson of Huntsville, Ala., who happened to talk to a reporter after his sister was attacked. The interview spawned an auto-tuned remix from the Gregory Brothers, which has garnered more than 47 million hits.
U.S. & World
No. 1 - BED INTRUDER SONG!!! (now on iTunes)
No. 2 - TIK TOK KESHA Parody: Glitter Puke - Key of Awe$ome #13
No. 3 - Greyson Chance Singing Paparazzi
No. 4 - Annoying Orange Wazzup
No. 5 - Old Spice | The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
No. 6 - Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow 1-8-10
No. 7 - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version - Official
No. 8 - THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE - Trailer
No. 9 - Jimmy Surprises Bieber Fan
No. 10 - Ken Block's Gymkhana THREE, Part 2; Ultimate Playground; l'Autodrome, France


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Businesses fight proposed tobacco tax
Petition circulates as council plans vote
Omaha grocers and retailers estimate that tobacco sales account for 40 percent of their annual revenue.
It is money they're afraid will leave the city if a 7 percent tax increase on cigarettes is approved.
The additional tax revenue would go toward the new University of Nebraska Medical Center's cancer center.
But about 40 business owners stood in front of a Cubby's and said their customers shouldn't be the only ones to pay for a project from which everyone will benefit.
"The business owner will be hit very hard, but the consumer will be paying," Rite Way Oil and Gas Company representative John Dilsaver said.
Paying more for tobacco -- an extra 35 cents per pack of cigarettes -- over 10 years would raise $35 million for the new cancer center.
"We are urging the city council and the mayor of this great city to find alternative funding sources for a great project," Nebraska Grocery Industry Association representative Kathy Siefken said.
It's a project local business owners are in favor of but say they've seen the impact of a tobacco tax increase before.
"The first year, we lost 30 percent of our tobacco revenue. The following year was another 21 percent, and the year after that slid another 7 percent," No Frills Supermarket Chief Financial Officer Steve Moskovits said.
Moskovits said their Iowa stores took on a $1 per pack increase in 2007.
"Over a three-year period, we lost over 50 percent of the tobacco business that our store did," Moskovits said.
Moskovits said he fears the same thing will happen in Omaha, so his chain is rallying customers and placing petitions in stores to oppose the tax.
"Here in this pile, I have a handful of petitions, about 20 signatures on each one," Siefken said.
About 3,000 signatures were gathered in just one week.
"It will be a benefit for everyone. It should be paid for by everyone," Siefken said.
"I already pay too much, and I don't particularly want to pay more," a smoker said.
"Even though it is related to tobacco just because of the product, where does this stop?" Siefken said.
Sen. Bob Krist also said city leaders are misusing the occupational tax.
The council will have a public discussion about it Tuesday and plan to vote as early as next week.


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Warren Miller: That 8mm Aladdin's Lamp
My next-door neighbor, Steve, recently gave me a wonderful present: a hand full of aluminum and a little bit of glass.
I am now the second owner of a 1945 Bell and Howell 8mm, hand-wind movie camera. It has a Taylor Hobson lens and a mechanical computer on the side so I always have the right exposure for the lens I had.
It is the same make and model camera that I bought the day I got mustered out of the Navy June1946. I spent $94.95 of my mustering-out check for that original camera.
After I bought it, I discovered I owned a combination of a Genie in a bottle and Aladdin's' magic lamp that I could rub and all of my wishes would come true, I also owned a magic carpet on which to fly all over the world.
That original 8mm camera launched all of those things for me: a chance to some day visit and eventually own almost anything I wanted to build, create, or buy.
The camera is only two inches thick and five inches long, and it will fit in the palm of my hand. It was with me from sun up to sundown from the day I bought it, until I was loaned a 16mm Bell and Howell camera to replace it and start my movie business officially in 1949. That summer was when I made my first 16mm surfing movie at Malibu and San Onofre.
When I first held the 8mm camera Steve gave me the other night a thousand memories, all good, flooded across my mind as they spilled out of my memory bank.
The first one was looking at a cold winter sky with Orion very prominent as I lay by the open door of our four foot by eight foot, teardrop trailer. It was the same temperature inside the trailer as it was outside with or without the door open, and that night it was very cold in the Sun Valley parking lot.
The next day I found out it had been 32 degrees below zero. Ward Baker and I were warm in our $7, down-filled war surplus mummy bags. (Or we were too dumb to realize we were supposed to be cold.)
We would eventually spend the winter living there. It was sometimes hard to fall asleep because we were so excited about learning to be better skiers.
I took 8mm movies of the dirt streets in Aspen and the view from the Tourtelotte Park Chairlift. Along with movies of the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Ski Club sign that didn't move.
Also, scenes of the Alta parking lot with our Buick and trailer buried under a two-foot, overnight snowfall. Movies of skiing down The Big Hill at Badger Pass in Yosemite when they had one rope tow and a sled lift.
Each time I pick up that 8mm camera a new memory falls out of it.
Some of those 8mm movies are still in my basement. Some of them I loaned to Kim Schneider when we were both helping to create my annual feature length film. Unfortunately those 8mm films are buried somewhere in a warehouse stack of hundreds of other movies in Boulder, Colorado.
Ward Baker also had an 8mm movie camera so we tried to improve our skiing style with the books that we had access to, such as Otto Lang's. We would take movies of each other to see what we were doing wrong.
We took movies of each other carving a nice set of figure eights on Horse Ridge next to Ostrander Lake in Yosemite. I still have a still photo of those tracks. There was no one within ten miles of us when we did that.
No one can take the memories away I have seen while filming during the last 65 years. We also filmed powder snow in the Bowls before there were chairlifts there and skiing in the massive icy bumps in the Canyon at Sun Valley.
We had to do it all on laminated wooden skis that were seven-foot-three-inches long without offset or sharpened edges while wearing ski boots that gave about as much support as a pair of wooden Nike golf shoes. We were a sight to behold.
In some ways I am just as happy the films are lost or stored away. We would compare our style to that of Otto Lang who was a very smooth skier and later my boss when I worked for him in the Sun Valley Ski School as a ski instructor in 1948/49.
Six weeks after I bought my 8mm camera, I bought a three-inch telephoto and a tripod and started taking surfing movies at Malibu in August 1946. The lens gave me six times magnification to film close ups from the beach. Surfboards were 10 and 11 feet long and weighed over 90 pounds. The waves came all the way up to our shoulders sometimes.
Unfortunately all of the surfing films I had taken disappeared about 30 years ago, but the memories are still vivid for me now that I have that 8mm camera in my hand. It really is a magic carpet.
The film in the 8mm camera was originally 16mm wide and only half of it was exposed at a time. When you got to the end of the 25 feet, you turned the roll over and exposed the other 25 feet. When it was processed, they slit it down the middle and then spliced the two pieces together.
When there was only a few feet unexposed left on the end of the roll I used to take pictures of stuff that made no sense to anyone. Scenes such as a very fat woman chasing her chickens out of the road in front of our car. Not nice but other unusual things such as that.
When I first showed the 8mm ski movies of my travels with Ward Baker, those offbeat scenes would suddenly appear out of nowhere. I had some smart remark to make about how the lady should eat more chicken and lose weight so she could also run faster and catch more chickens. Maybe that is where I got the idea to keep offbeat comedy scenes in my ski movies. That first small audience of 15 people always laughed at the offbeat stuff.
That 8mm camera almost completes the collection of stuff that will be on exhibit at the Warren Miller Center for the Performing Arts in Big Sky, Montana, scheduled to open December 2012.
It was a real hoot for me to have this much fun just because I bought an 8mm movie camera and earned enough money taking movies to put three kids through college.
I look at what became a memory bank that Steve found for me in that small 8mm camera with a historical metal computer on the side of it. It is here on my desk alongside my laptop computer and the notes that I am stitching together as I write my biography.
I only have the last ten years or so to still write about. Then it is a re-edit, sort out thousands or more historical photographs, hundreds of cartoons, and then the company will find a publisher.
Until then I will gather a lot more pleasant memories from this gift from Steve, my next-door neighbor.
(Learn more about the Warren Miller Freedom Foundation.)
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News Limited agreed to sell TrueLocal to Sensis, the directory subsidiary of Telstra, Sensis has announced.
The deal requires approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The value of the deal wasn't disclosed.
Sensis believes acquiring TrueLocal will enhance its Yellow Pages network, said Sensis managing director, John Allan.
"TrueLocal has built a strong reputation in connecting consumers with businesses across the country, through its high quality local business listings," Allan said in a statement. "TrueLocal also has an extensive library of ratings and reviews which enables consumers to make more informed decisions when they search for a local business.
"Consumers' reliance on this type of content underlines why it's important to make it accessible—which drives more traffic to the Yellow Pages network and generates better leads for our customers."
If the deal is approved, Sensis said it expects business as usual at TrueLocal and has no plans to replace TrueLocal general manager Simon Carson or his management team.
The move by Telstra follows Optus' $6 million acquisition last year of Eatability, a restaurant directory.
"This potential sale suggests that the local online directories sector in Australia is probably best suited to only supporting one large player," Telsyte analyst Foad Fadaghi told Computerworld Australia. "TrueLocal is a natural fit for Sensis. However, the deal will need to pass regulatory approval."
BuddeComm analyst Paul Budde said the acquisition shows Telstra "frantically trying to counteract" the activities of over-the-top providers. A recent report by Ovum said over the top providers represent a major threat to telcos in Australia.
Fadaghi added that it's "equally significant that News Limited is divesting a business that it had previously tightly integrated into its mastheads."
Even so, News Limited CFO, Stephen Rue, seemed to dismiss the importance of TrueLocal to his company.
"TrueLocal is a terrific business," Rue said in a statement. "But the reality is it is no longer a priority for us as we have recently made substantial investments in Foxtel and Fox Sports and Business Spectator and Eureka Report."
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Stoddard's at the farmers' market, add a slice or two of Ruth Klahsen's runny Monforte goat cheese and make a scrambled up dinner just for one.
Morel Mushroom and Goat Cheese Scramble
serves one
1 fresh duck egg, plus two extra egg whites
⅓ lb. fresh morel mushrooms, lightly rinsed and brushed to remove any dirt
1 tbsp bacon fat*, duck fat or any cooking oil of your choice
1-2 oz goat or other mild soft cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Combine duck egg and egg whites with salt and pepper to taste in a small bowl and whisk lightly until frothy. Set aside.
2. In a non stick skillet, melt about 1 tbsp bacon fat and heat over medium heat. Add the morels and saute gentle until they are softened and ever so slightly browned at the edges.
4. Pour a bright crisp glass of Chardonnay or a dry Riesling and enjoy.
*Now, I know that bacon fat is not good for you. Or so I thought until I googled the term "is bacon fat bad for you?" Turns out that many are greasing up their pans (and recipes) with bacon fat that's been stored in the fridge.
Saving the bacon fat was somewhat accidental. I had made rosemary bacon for a brunch recently (wrap bacon around rosemary spears; cook in 350°F oven for 20 minutes or until crispy), and set aside the baking sheet. After the guests departed and clean up begun, I noticed the rosemary-infused bacon fat had hardened. Why not save it? My mother certainly would have. Turns out just a dab is enough to cook with, for a very occasional dose of super-charged flavour. I'll let you decide whether it's a good thing or not....


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