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As many of you are aware the SW line has a clones and battle droid battle packs now starting to be available in parts of the US. On the front of the clone battle pack box it says "Build Your Army", as I am sure many a SW LEGO fan will (heck, I'll even get a couple of each)
More than a few "castle-heads" are army builders. Reality was that many battle had hundreds to thousands of soldiers, archers and knights involved in period.
Am I the only one that hopes that a similar idea for cool LEGO factions (in the vein of BF and Crusaders as opposed to Jellies) will accompany the rumoured new castle line? Just throwing this out there for discussion. I am especially interested in hearing about what some of our younger members think, who may have smaller armies than some of us who have been "collecting" for a while.

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by Scott Boyle
Even as the much anticipated Utah-BYU game looms, so does the end of a glorious 2007 golf season at the Hideout. Mild November weather has extended the season longer than most years.
Director of Golf Jim Robison reports that play is still available for walkers, but the carts have been put away for the year.
Even if you don't play golf (and I don't understand why you wouldn't), a walk around the course will bring immense delight – if you don't get run over by deer or turkeys.
Robison reports that 16,137 nine-hole rounds were played this year through October. That is up from 2006 when 14,558 rounds were played, but down a little from 2005 when 16,413 were played.
The extended November play will likely make this the best year ever for the Hideout. Robison reports that the increase comes mostly from increased out of town golfers. We like that, bringing in that outside revenue, don't we?
"We had a great year," says Robison, "with a great staff and a great golf course."
The new regime of specialized sand from Grand Junction, rather than Bluff sand, and airifying has seemed to turn the tide on the green problems.
The greens were superb this fall with the ball rolling smooth, true, and firm. Persisting problems on holes 15, 16, and 17 however will require some re-sodding in the early spring.
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And can someone find staff member Dave Ketron a camera? It seems Dave was idling his mower this fall alongside the fairway waiting while a foursome from out of town played through. They were commenting on the gorgeousness of the course and asked Dave if he would take a picture. "Don't got a camera," he replied, tongue in cheek.
Indeed, the course is unquestionably camera worthy as evidenced by the Hideout being on the cover and in the August spot of the 2008 Utah Golf Association Calendar (the same two positions as in 2007 and the only course photographed twice).
Five lucky golfers hit holes-in-one at the Hideout this season. In addition to Cory Eardley and Desiree Wright, whom we mentioned before, early teenager CJ Cordasco and later teenagers Mel Walker and Dennis Mustard all scored aces.
Walker knocked the golf ball in one shot on #3, as did Mustard, who hit an ace on #3 on October 27. He hit a nine iron from the blue tees. Local knowledge came into play as he hit it to the right and it bounced off the hill into the cup.
Local knowledge didn't help later in the round though, when Mustard, a long time driver for Alan Ritchey Trucking, drove his four wheel golf cart into the ditch on #8. Need 14 more wheels on them carts, I guess.
Oh, one more holes-in-one
Mustard was witness to another sort of hole in one this summer involving some of the local deer populace located on the golf course. It seems one Nick Patel, local business owner and avid golfer, was teeing it up on that same #3, with several deer standing on the ladies tee box.
Patel's tee shot, a low driving shot, scored a hole in one in the back end of one of the deer. "Right in there," marvels Patel.
Patel and his playing partners say the ball stuck for several seconds before the deer ran off and the golf ball popped out. "Go pick it up," suggested Mustard, but Patel refused to touch the ball, even though the rules clearly allowed him to "pick up, clean and replace."
Just a warning to anyone who found a ball on the woman's tee at hole #3 this summer; uh... I'd get rid of it fast along with the surgical gloves used to get it out of your bag. Maybe all the other golf balls... and the bag, too.
Patel reports that the other unaffected deer remained on the women's tee after the incident as he teed up another golf ball. He swears that as soon as they glanced up and saw him, they scattered. Ahh, golf. All the world looks better from a golf course.
I am fully in-best-ed. My goal for the week is two fold;
First, I hope to inscribe something so incredibly emotion-evoking for the Ute football that it will end up on the bulletin board in their locker room. I'm not troubled that such sentiment-inducing speechifying will lead to a 50-0 finger-pointing Ute victory. No, a BYU victory is assured (some would say guaranteed), in my opinion. Rather, I simply hope to tweak a few Ute fan noses.
Second, I'm eager to ignite a repainting of the U in my driveway, despite the Utes' unavoidable defeat. Now that would be a nirvana of sorts for any sports writer, winding up on a rival bulletin board and sparking an obviously meaningless repainting?
No one has ever repainted after a loss. I've checked the history of all repainting episodes, including the celebrated Devils Canyon car. Nothing has ever been decorated by a losing team. So, read 'em, weep and paint away, Ute faithful, while the inevitably victorious Y guys and gals can check 'em and chortle.
Q: Why do graduates from the U hang their diplomas in their windshields?
A: Because then they can park in handicapped spaces.
Did you know that they don't have any ice in the U's cafeteria? Apparently, the only kid who knew the recipe graduated.
Q: What's the college tree of the U?
A: The telephone pole.
Beating the U isn't a request, it's a tradition.
Q: What is the best thing in Salt Lake City?
A: The sign that says "BYU: 40 miles."
I heard the U's team is always late arriving to the game in Provo. They keep passing all these signs on the highway that say: 'Clean Restrooms'.
A group of backpackers were sitting around a campfire one dark evening when a stranger asked to join them. Glad to have the company, they agreed.
Soon the conversation turned to jokes, and one of the camping group started to tell jokes with the U being the butt of many of them. The stranger who apparently graduated from the U got angrier and angrier at each joke.
So he finally had enough and pulled out his razor and began to threaten the group with it. Fortunately for the jokesters, the stranger couldn't find an outlet to plug it into.
Q: How do you keep the Ute football team away from your house?
A: Paint an end zone on the driveway.
Apparently the FBI was called to the Utes football practice the other day when they discovered a mysterious powder on the field that none of them had seen before. The FBI ran some tests before concluding that it was the goal line.
The Utes have a fine ski team. In fact, one of their top cross country skiers won a gold medal in the last Olympics. His parents were so proud, they had it bronzed and put on top of the TV.
Can't get into college? Why not try the University of Utah?
"I have never in my life been more disappointed by a politician I voted for than I have been with George Bush. He is a total liberal."- overheard on Trax on the way to a U of U football game. It's 06:05 and Utah STILL stinks!
Q: What do you get when you cross a groundhog and the Utes football team?
A: Six more weeks of bad football.
Q: Did you hear about the fire in University of Utah's football dorm that destroyed 20 books?
A: The real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.
Q: Did you hear about the power outage at the University of Utah library?
A: Forty students were stuck on the escalator for three hours.
It was reported that Utah head football coach Kyle Whittingham will only be dressing 20 players for the BYU game. The rest of the players will have to get dressed by themselves.
A guy picked up his new Mercedes. The salesman explained that the radio had been programmed to his voice and all he had to do was tell the radio what he wanted to hear. Pretty neat stuff.
He got back into the car and said "Country music", and old Willie started singing. "Rock and Roll", he exclaimed, and immediately Elvis started crooning. "Easy listening", he remarked, and all at once it sounded like he was in an elevator.
He was relaxed, driving down I-15 to Provo, and listening to smooth sounds. Then a car overtook him, almost ran him off the road and pulled away weaving and lurching all over the road. "Lousy idiots!" he screamed. The radio immediately blurted out, "TOUCHdooooooooown Utahhhhhhhh!!!!"
A BYU football player got a frantic call from his U girlfriend. "I've got a problem," she said.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"Well, I bought this jigsaw puzzle, but it's too hard. None of the pieces fit together, and I can't find any edges."
"What's the picture of?"
"A big rooster."
"All right," the BYU guy said. "I'll come over and take a look." The girl led him into her kitchen and showed him the puzzle on the table. "For Pete's sake Buffy," he exclaimed after he saw it. "Put the Corn Flakes back in the box!"
Once there was a season when the U and BYU football teams were not scheduled to play each other. It seemed so unusual, that the coaches of both academies got together and decided that there should be some sort of competition between the two teams because of their great rivalry.
They decided on a week long ice-fishing competition. The team who caught the most fish at the end of the week would win. So, on a cold northern Utah lake (a neutral site so no one would whine about home field advantage), they began their contest.
The first day, after eight hours of fishing, BYU had caught 100 fish and the U had 0.
At the end of the second day, BYU had caught 200 fish and the U had 0.
That evening Whittingham got his team together and said, "I suspect some kind of cheating is taking place."
The next morning he dressed one of his players in blue and white and sent him over to the camp to act as a spy.
At the end of the day, the spy came back to report to the coach. The coach asked, "Well, how about it, are they cheating?"
"They sure are," the U player reported, "They're cutting holes in the ice!"
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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Isengard (), a translation of the Sindarin Angrenost, was a large fortress. Both names mean "Iron fortress" (cf. German Eisen and Old English isærn = iron),[1] though Isengard has a second meaning of "West Guard".
In The History of Middle-earth, Tolkien states that Isengard was built in the Second Age around the tower of Orthanc by the Númenóreans in exile. Its location was at the north-western corner of Rohan, guarding the Fords of Isen from enemy incursions into Calenardhon together with the fortress of Aglarond to its south.
The river Angren (or Isen) began at Methedras behind Isengard, which also formed its northern wall. The other three sides were guarded by a large wall, known as the Ring of Isengard, which was only breached by the inflow of the river Angren at the north-east through a portcullis, and the gate of Isengard at the south, at both shores of the river.
Isengard was a green and pleasant place, with many large trees and grass fields, fed by the Angren. Orthanc stood in the exact centre.
During the early Third Age the land of Calenardhon became depopulated, and the last warden of Orthanc was recalled to Minas Tirith. Isengard remained guarded by a small company, led by a hereditary captain. Bit by bit though the messages from Minas Tirith decreased until they ceased altogether.
After Calenardhon was given to the Dunlendings, until the fortress became Dunlending in all but name. Orthanc however remained closed, as the Steward of Gondor alone held the keys.
By 2710 the line of hereditary Captains died out and during the rule of Rohan's King Déor it was evident that Isengard had become openly hostile to the Rohirrim. Using Isengard as their base, the Dunlendings continued to raid Rohan during Déor's son Gram's rule, until during the rule of Gram's son Helm Hammerhand a Dunlending Lord, Freca and his son Wulf nearly managed to destroy the Rohirrim. The Rohirrim destroyed the invaders and blockaded Isengard, eventually taking it.
A more permanent solution was now needed for Isengard, as Gondor did not wish to relinquish its claim to one of the Towers of the Realm, but at the same time lacked the strength or inclination to garrison it. A solution presented itself to the Steward of Gondor, Beren, as Saruman the White suddenly reappeared from the East, and he offered to guard Isengard. Beren gladly gave him the keys to Orthanc, and Saruman settled there. However at first he resided there as Warden of the Tower on behalf of Gondor. After him the valley became known as Nan Curunír, or "Valley of the Wizard". In 2953, taking advantage of Sauron's return and the resulting distraction of the Stewards, Saruman took Isengard for himself and became Lord of Isengard.
During the War of the Ring Isengard was Saruman's base of operations against the Rohirrim, and he defiled the valley, cutting down its trees. Isengard's valley was destroyed by deep pits, used for breeding Uruk-hai and smithing weapons. Isengard became home to countless Orcs, whom Saruman used to try to conquer Rohan. Eventually an army of Ents and Huorns led by Treebeard of Fangorn attacked Isengard, taking the fortress, although they could not take Orthanc, made as it was of impervious rock without seam or fault. The Hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, as the new "doorwardens", received Théoden King of Rohan, Aragorn and Gandalf at the gates.
During the Fourth Age Isengard was restored, and the entire valley granted to the Ents. The Ents tore down the walls of the ring, and named the new forest the Treegarth of Orthanc. Orthanc became again a tower of the Reunited Kingdom of Aragorn King Elessar.
The Orcs of Isengard bore upon their shields a White Hand on a black field, and on their helmets an S-rune () to signify Saruman. A carved and painted White Hand of stone was set on a black pillar outside the gates of Isengard.[2]
Orthanc is the black tower of Isengard. Its name means both "Mount Fang" in Sindarin, and "Cunning Mind" in Old English, the language Tolkien uses to "translate" Rohirric.
Orthanc was, according to J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, built during the end of the Second Age by men of Gondor out of four many-sided columns of rock joined together by an unknown process and then hardened. No known weapon could harm it. Although the Ents could split ordinary stone with ease, their assault on the tower only left a few scratches and chips on its surface. Orthanc rose up to more than 500 feet (150 meters) above the plain of Isengard, and ended in four sharp peaks. Its only entrance was at the top of a high stair, and above that was a small window and balcony.
Orthanc housed one of the palantíri of the South Kingdom, and was guarded by a special warden. In the days of the early Stewards the tower was locked and its keys taken to Minas Tirith. When Isengard fell to the Dunlendings in T.A. 2710 they were unable to enter the tower.
When Beren, Steward of Gondor, gave Isengard to the Wizard Saruman, he also gave him the keys of Orthanc. Saruman made it his base of operations during his search for the One Ring and later his attack on Rohan during the War of the Ring.
After his defeat, Saruman was confronted by Théoden King of Rohan, Gandalf and Aragorn, at which time Gríma Wormtongue, Saruman's servant, threw the palantír at the group in an attempt to kill them or possibly Gandalf. Saruman was then locked in Orthanc and guarded by Treebeard, but was set free a short time later, turning the tower's keys over to Treebeard before leaving and taking Gríma with him. Treebeard's main reason for letting Saruman go was that he could not bear to see any living thing caged. Saruman exploited this weakness, most likely using his power with words (See Saruman).
During the Fourth Age Orthanc was searched by King Elessar, and he found there many heirlooms of Isildur, among them the original Elendilmir, the Star of Arnor, evidence that Saruman had found (and probably destroyed) Isildur's remains. Elessar also found there a casket designed to hold the One Ring.
Isengard and Orthanc appear in film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings. For The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, these were based on the designs of illustrator Alan Lee, who worked as a conceptual artist. According to Richard Taylor in the behind the scenes documentaries from the Extended edition of The Fellowship of The Ring the original model for Orthanc was carved from micro-crystalline wax, intended to look as if it were carved out of obsidian.
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The Scale Lies! Find out exactly why it changes day-to-day…
We've been told over an over again that daily weighing is unnecessary, yet many of us can't resist peeking at that number every morning. If you just can't bring yourself to toss the scale in the trash, you should definitely familiarize yourself with the many reasons it fluctuates day-to-day…
A single teaspoon of salt contains over 2,000 mg of sodium. Generally, we should only eat between 1,000 and 3,000 mg of sodium a day, so it's easy to go overboard. Sodium is a sneaky substance. You would expect it to be most highly concentrated in salty chips, nuts, and crackers. However, a food doesn't have to taste salty to be loaded with sodium. A half cup of instant pudding actually contains nearly four times as much sodium as an ounce of salted nuts, 460 mg in the pudding versus 123 mg in the nuts. The more highly processed a food is, the more likely it is to have a high sodium content.
That's why, when it comes to eating, it's wise to stick mainly to the basics: fruits, vegetables, lean meat, beans, and whole grains. Be sure to read the labels on canned foods, boxed mixes, and frozen dinners. Women may also retain several pounds of water prior to menstruation. This is very common and the weight will likely disappear as quickly as it arrives. Pre-menstrual water-weight gain can be minimized by drinking plenty of water, maintaining an exercise program, and keeping high-sodium processed foods to a minimum.
Another factor that can influence the scale is glycogen. Think of glycogen as a fuel tank full of stored carbohydrate. Some glycogen is stored in the liver and some is stored the muscles themselves. This energy reserve weighs more than a pound and it's packaged with 3-4 pounds of water when it's stored. Your glycogen supply will shrink during the day if you fail to take in enough carbohydrates. As the glycogen supply shrinks you will experience a small imperceptible increase in appetite and your body will restore this fuel reserve along with it's associated water. It's normal to experience glycogen and water weight shifts of up to 2 pounds per day even with no changes in your calorie intake or activity level. These fluctuations have nothing to do with fat loss, although they can make for some unnecessarily dramatic weigh-ins if you're prone to obsessing over the number on the scale.
Otherwise rational people also tend to forget about the actual weight of the food they eat. For this reason, it's wise to weigh yourself first thing in the morning before you've had anything to eat or drink. Swallowing a bunch of food before you step on the scale is no different than putting a bunch of rocks in your pocket. The 5 pounds that you gain right after a huge dinner is not fat. It's the actual weight of everything you've had to eat and drink. The added weight of the meal will be gone several hours later when you've finished digesting it.
Exercise physiologists tell us that in order to store one pound of fat, you need to eat 3,500 calories more than your body is able to burn. In other words, to actually store the above dinner as 5 pounds of fat, it would have to contain a whopping 17,500 calories. This is not likely, in fact it's not humanly possible. So when the scale goes up 3 or 4 pounds overnight, rest easy, it's likely to be water, glycogen, and the weight of your dinner. Keep in mind that the 3,500 calorie rule works in reverse also. In order to lose one pound of fat you need to burn 3,500 calories more than you take in. Generally, it's only possible to lose 1-2 pounds of fat per week. When you follow a very low calorie diet that causes your weight to drop 10 pounds in 7 days, it's physically impossible for all of that to be fat. What you're really losing is water, glycogen, and muscle.
This brings us to the scale's sneakiest attribute. It doesn't just weigh fat. It weighs muscle, bone, water, internal organs and all. When you lose "weight," that doesn't necessarily mean that you've lost fat. In fact, the scale has no way of telling you what you've lost (or gained). Losing muscle is nothing to celebrate. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue. The more muscle you have the more calories your body burns, even when you're just sitting around. That's one reason why a fit, active person is able to eat considerably more food than the dieter who is unwittingly destroying muscle tissue.
Robin Landis, author of "Body Fueling," compares fat and muscles to feathers and gold. One pound of fat is like a big fluffy, lumpy bunch of feathers, and one pound of muscle is small and valuable like a piece of gold. Obviously, you want to lose the dumpy, bulky feathers and keep the sleek beautiful gold. The problem with the scale is that it doesn't differentiate between the two. It can't tell you how much of your total body weight is lean tissue and how much is fat. There are several other measuring techniques that can accomplish this, although they vary in convenience, accuracy, and cost. Skin-fold calipers pinch and measure fat folds at various locations on the body, hydrostatic (or underwater) weighing involves exhaling all of the air from your lungs before being lowered into a tank of water, and bioelectrical impedance measures the degree to which your body fat impedes a mild electrical current. If the thought of being pinched, dunked, or gently zapped just doesn't appeal to you, don't worry. The best measurement tool of all turns out to be your very own eyes. How do you look? How do you feel? How do your clothes fit? Are your rings looser? Do your muscles feel firmer? These are the true measurements of success. If you are exercising and eating right, don't be discouraged by a small gain on the scale.
Fluctuations are perfectly normal. Expect them to happen and take them in stride. It's a matter of mind over scale.
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Good read
Deb Galetka Heath, a good read!
Andie Boris i knew the scale was a liar!!!
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Just as bad as dressing room mirrors!
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Great article.
Jessica Gutierrez read this
I don't think it's good to weigh everyday. Just once a week for me.
Water. Water. Glycogen. And water.
Glad I saw this! This is what I NEED. I watched and watched what I eat! I really hate the scale!
Thank you !! I've been quite obsessed with these weight fluctuations day to day. 16 pounds lost…8 more to go
I always lose my wt lost battle due to the scale. I will try to remember this from now on!
I know I know!!!
I so needed this!!! I about died yesterday on the scale…like seriously? ?? Lol I workout hard and eat clean watching my cal intake…religiously for months now…im dropping inches but the scale wont budge a whole lot lol Wont give up!!! Love the feel of muscle mass forming 🙂
Sonya Clark-morgan read this article.
This was the EXACT article I needed at the EXACT right time. Thank you. Let the good fight keep fighting. I can do this.
I really needed this! I have placed the scale in my trunk #Outofsightoutofmind
I just go by how my clothes fit! Lol
That's why I don't weigh myself! I go by how my clothes fit! Only get my weight when I go to the doctor!
Jessica Lester read this!
I tossed my scale in the trash about a month ago. I won't know how much I weigh until I visit the doctor in 3 months.
Mindi Russell Dawson
This was really helpful
Kristie Everlith Harvey, check this out. 🙂
This is the best article I've read in a long time.
This article is priceless! Thank you!
The scale drives me freakin nuts. We have a hate relationship because it never budges no matter how hard in work out and how healthy I eat
I know this is true and I'm trying to break the scale habit to once a week.
Chineitha Noble
So true! The scale isnt always fair. A good read this article is.
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Water weight
Love this!! Sharing with my online fitness/health group! 🙂
Water weight is my biggest enemy scale wise!


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The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited (GCML) is now the official print partners of the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL), following the signing of multi-year deal with the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA).
The signing of the deal, which took place at the media giant's North Street offices earlier this week, will see the newspaper company bringing unprecedented focus to the RSPL, through multi-platform coverage, as well as promotional and developmental programmes involving league stakeholders.
PLCA General Manger Pat Garel was elated with the deal.
"Personally, I am delighted that we are at this juncture to start what I think will be a mutually beneficial relationship," said Garel. "My knowledge of The Gleaner is that it was around long before I was born, and the history and archives should have just about everything do with the Premier League and every league that have been played in Jamaica.
"The history of what has happened with our football is very important for the young people coming up to know from where we are coming from, the major players, and people who are now coaching at different levels," Garel said.
Clyde Jureidini, secretary of the PLCA, said the partnership forms part of the PLCA's vision to secure world-class exposure for the competition.
"Our growth potential is great because I think that the Jamaica football landscape is one that is poised for take off in the new year," said Jureidini. "We are looking for new partners, we are looking for international brands, and we are looking to make a sudden and long-standing impact, and we think The Gleaner and The Star are the two pillars on which we can build that possibility."
This was a viewpoint that was shared by Sports Editor AndrÈ Lowe.
"We have always supported and presented the Red Stripe Premier League to our readership over the years, and we are looking forward to adding our unmatched platforms to the efforts to help this competition meet its potential and ambitions," said Lowe.
"The Red Stripe Premier League - its players, teams, coaches and personalities - is set to benefit like never before from unprecedented exposure through a number of exciting features and projects that go beyond our pages," Lowe said. "With The Gleaner, The Star as well as our vibrant online and social-media machinery, we know that The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited is best equipped to bring dynamic support to this competition."
Terry-Anne Wilson, assistant manager of Business Development and Marketing, said the company is very happy to be partnering with the PLCA.
"The Gleaner is very pleased to have signed this contract the Premier League Clubs Association for our sponsorship of the Red Stripe Premier League," said Wilson. "The Gleaner, having just recently redesigned its publication, was just not cosmetic, it has to do with the content of the product, and so one of the main facets of this redesign is our coverage of sports, and so we see this association as a mutually beneficial one."


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December 25th is fast approaching, so here are some last-minute ideas on which male grooming products to buy for your brother this Christmas - whatever his age may be!
For more suggestions on which cosmetics to buy for your dad, boyfriend, granddad or guy mates, check out the rest of Yesterface's Male Grooming Gift Guide.
What to buy for…
Your little brother
Pacman Washbag
Chances are your tween brother's social diary is currently filled with sleepovers and schooltrips, in which case I think the Pacman Washbag would make an amazing gift. The washbag boasts a cute retro design and a fun 'soap on a rope' accessory. Available at Sainsburys for £12.
Bench Gift Set
If your brother is on the brink of his teenage years, this Bench Gift Set would make a great present. The set includes a lovely deoderant and a stylish wallet. The wallet is fun yet masculine, making it the perfect place for your brother to keep all of his hard-earned pocket money! Available to buy at Boots for £18.
Your teenage brother
Nicky Clarke Hair Clay
If your brother is a hormone-riddled, image-conscious teenage boy, then he might like some "grown-up" hair products to experiment with this Christmas. If so, I recommend getting him Nicky Clarke's Runway Hold Matte Texturizing Clay.
The clay, which costs £14, has a neutral smell and is easy to apply. It also has a thick, sticky texture which lasts ages, meaning your brother can experiment to his heart's content! Just remind him to use sparingly, otherwise he'll end up looking like Ross Geller from Friends during his wet-head phase.
Superdry Cologne
Another thing which teenage boys are (sometimes overly) concerned with is the way they smell. I vividly recall the days where I'd walk into the 6th form common room and feel as if my nostrils were under attack.
If your little brother is starting to smell like a tub of cheap aftershave, steer him in the right direction this Christmas with more refined scents such as Superdry's new range of stylish colognes. There are four in total, read on to find out what they are…
1. Superdry Black, a rich mixture of ingredients such as coriander, incense and leather.
2. Superdry Steel, a refreshing fragrance with notes of lime and bergamot.
3. Superdry Blue, a cool mixture of ingredients including pear and moss.
4. Superdry Orange, a spicy scent containing black pepper and frankincense.
Each cologne costs £29.50 per 40ml and £39 per 75ml, and can be bought from a variety of major retailers including House of Fraser, Debenhams, Boots, Superdry and superdry.com.
Topman Washbag
This grey, medium-sized Topman washbag contains two products: a refreshing Bodyspray containing seaweed extract, and a Hair and Body Wash containing angelica root extract. Available at Boots for £15. Perfect for your style-conscious teen brother.
Your big brother
Hydra Energetic Booster by L'Oreal
If your older brother seems to live by the mantra 'work hard, play hard', then he'll appreciate Men Expert Hydra Energetic Booster by L'Oreal this Christmas. The product contains Vitamin C, has a zesty scent and feels refreshing when massaged into the skin.
It also has a light, serum-like texture which, as L'Oreal rightly claims, is "non-greasy", "non-sticky" and "quickly absorbed". Just a small amount of this stuff immediately perks up dry and tired-looking skin! Currently available from Amazon for only £8.84 (RRP: £14.29).
Fat Face Washbag Gift Set
Maybe you had an unkind nickname for your brother while you two were growing up. Maybe it was fat face. If so, what better present to get him than the Fat Face Washbag Gift Set! The set contains Body Spray, Hair and Body Wash, and a soap on a rope. A lovely gift to buy your brother, even if your nickname for him wasn't that cruel (or, indeed, that kind). Available to buy at Boots for only £10.


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In the timeless open landscape of the Norfolk Fens Thorpland Manor Farm offers visitors a wonderfully peaceful rural setting and shared enjoyment of a fine range of facilities including a heated open air swimming pool. Skilfully and lovingly converted from handsome farm buildings and carefully retaining traditional features in their beamed interiors all seven cottages provide the highest quality of comfort. Set near the owners' 17th century farmhouse on a working farm they all boast their own sitting out areas as well as access to the farm grounds where coarse fishing and farm walks make this the perfect spot in which to relax and unwind. A sauna hot tub and games room all add to the pleasurable atmosphere. A wide variety of attractions lie within easy reach including the NT's Oxburgh Hall a moated manor house built in 1482 and which holds special events throughout the year and Langham Glass where visitors can watch the traditional skills of glass making. A wealth of crafts and antiques barns a butterfly and wildlfe park water gardens farm parks plant nurseries museums or rural life and a rare breeds centre also promise good days out. Boasting several unique wildlife habitats and criss-crossed by footpaths and quiet lanes the wide scenery of the Fens and the heathland and forests of the Norfolk Brecks offer excellent walking and cycling opportunities whilst the north Norfolk coastwith its picturesque villages salt marshes and bird reserves is an easy drive. Sandringham House and Park is well worth a visit and the Victorian seaside resort of Hunstanton's sandy beaches rock pools majestic cliffs beautifully planted gardens traditional amusements fun fair and host of water based activities are sure to delight visitors of all ages. Standing on rising ground just 3.5 miles away is Downham Market one of Norfolk's oldest market towns and offering a good choice of shops inns restaurants tennis and a sports centre. Fishing riding and golf are all available nearby. Shops and pub serving food 1.5 miles.
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Should teachers carry guns?
First Published Jan 09 2013 11:58 am • Last Updated Jan 09 2013 04:35 pm
I am the son of a teacher-turned-principal. My late wife was an elementary-school teacher. My sister currently teaches. I've been in dozens of Utah schools over the years as a parent and a journalist. That doesn't make me an education expert, but I've spent much of my life talking to teachers and principals.
I am also familiar with guns. My dad let me fire his shotgun and deer hunting rifles when I was very young. I passed hunter safety. I've hunted deer, waterfowl and upland game birds. In 21 years in the military, I qualified to fire and carry an M-16 and then a .45 caliber pistol. I still enjoy target practice and trap, skeet and sporting clays shooting. There are many who know more than I, but I have a working knowledge of firearms.
With that background and after spending hours watching news reports and reading about the recent shootings in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, I remain as confused as ever as to what exactly society can do to stop these horrific mass killings. We seek instant answers to solve complex problems that defy easy solutions.
Thus, I read with interest the story about the Utah Shooting Sports Council recently offering classes at West Valley City's Maverik Center to teachers that included concealed carry and mass violent response training. I get that we want to do everything possible to protect our kids. But I'm not certain that training educators to carry guns into school is the answer.
We already ask our teachers to do so much. In Utah, they endure some of the highest class sizes in the nation. Society expects them not only to educate students, but also to serve as mental-health counselors, surrogate parents, babysitters, lunchroom and recess monitors, parental advisers, enforcers, bully eliminators and confidants to dozens, if not hundreds, of kids.
So on top of all that we already ask, are we as a society ready to now expect our teachers to become gun-carrying security guards?
How will concealed weapons in classrooms be secured? Will they be locked in a drawer, stored in a purse or briefcase, or actually carried on a holster? What assurances do parents have that a teacher carrying a weapon will make their kids more and not less safe?
Second, in a chaotic situation involving a mass shooting, what should the proper role of a teacher be? Should educators leave scared children alone in a classroom while pursuing a shooter who more than likely is carrying more firepower? Or would it be better for instructors to do everything they can to secure their classrooms while waiting for the authorities? Should we require educators to wear bulletproof vests to school each day?
In an actual shooting situation, will gun-carrying teachers be an asset? Can you imagine the guilt a teacher might feel if, in a difficult situation, a shot fired from his or her pistol accidentally killed a student rather than a bad guy?
Finally, as someone trained in the military to shoot and kill the enemy, I always wondered if I could actually kill another human being, even one who was trying to do me harm. I suspect I could have, but I also know that I would have needed some serious mental-health counseling afterward. Do teachers who will receive far less training than soldiers or law-enforcement officers really feel qualified to begin trying to kill an intruder in a chaotic situation?
I asked my sister the elementary-school teacher what she thought.
"I would quit before I would carry a gun," she said. "Teachers are nurturers, not killers."
I don't know the answer to what we do about the recent spate of mass killings. But my gut tells me that our time and efforts would be better spent identifying and dealing with mental-health issues early than arming our educators.


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Only a few players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni can score a double hundred in a Test match with an amazing strike-rate (nearly 85 percent), feels his younger teammate Virat Kohli.
"His (Dhoni) strike-rate was 87 per cent (84.55) which is quite brilliant. Only a few players are there in the world who can do that," Kohli, who scored his fourth Test century on the day was lavish in praising his captain.
"It was brilliant batting especially coming in at the fall of Sachin Tendulkar's wicket. The way he batted was usual for him and when he is in flow he can hit the ball a mile," the rising star of Indian batting said.
Asked about whether this was the best innings played by Dhoni, he said,"I have seen him bat like this in the ODIs. I think his knock of 183 against Sri Lanka but ODIs are different."
"But when you analyse the situation of playing with a tail-ender and take strike when you wanted and hit the ball when it is needed, it is totally a great display of batting in temperament wise, hitting the ball cleanly and assessing the situation as well by Dhoni today. Especially, in Test matches it is not easy to play with the lower order and making 200 plus score with a lower order is commendable thing."
Kohli also seemed happy about his own performance and said,"I was really happy to get a big score. I had a very good consistent run and then few misses in the one day series. I was not feeling bad about it. But, people watching felt that they heard that. Suddenly, I had a bad patch but I took some time off and took some rest and went away from the game. That really helped me to be fresh."
"I became hungry for runs before this series. Those feelings are important to a cricketer. I am pleased with how I batted in this Test so far. Just hoping that we will have a great session tomorrow and take strong position in this game."


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My youngest went from scooting to walking. Crawling never did enter the picture.
My oldest son didn't crawl for the longest time, I am pretty sure he was close to 15 months, the reason I assume is because he was a little Chub. He was in the 90% once he hit 3 months and stayed there (he's almost 4 now). I thought maybe he was D.D. or something because aside from crawling he was also waaaaaaaay behind on talking, now he's caught up with everything. It was just unnecessary worry for me, probably is for you too.
Every child is different , i was so worried that my son 10 months will never crawl
well thank goodness, i stressed for nothing, he started crawling last night.,
i have 2 daughters whom both crawled around 7 months, so dont know if thats says much maybe boys are just slow to start there milestones
there are many things that can delay a child from crawling. I personally wouldn't be concerned. One of my boy's crawled for what seemed like forever, the other crawled for maybe only a month. Neither of them started crawling til almost a year. My suggestion is, if you are REALLY concerned ask the Peds. They know more about that kind of thing than you or me. Biggest thing is to relax; each child is different. Good luck, I'm sure you are doing a great job!
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Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig star in this American version of the Swedish bestseller from Stieg Larsson. An elegant balance between light and dark, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo benefits from Fincher's ascetic treatment, and will silence any of the naysayers who felt the American version was little more than a money grab.
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer and Robin Wright
Rating: Three and a half stars out of five
Given its dominance on international bestseller lists and at the box office over the past few years, you'd think we'd know what The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy is all about by now.
Sure, we know Stieg Larsson's story of a girl sleuth with a giant chip on her shoulder zapped something in the zeitgeist. Those who have read the books, seen the recent Swedish films, or perused premature critiques will also know the basic plot: A disgraced magazine editor is hired to investigate an old, unsolved murder.
Over the course of his inquiry, he forms an unlikely friendship and allegiance with a mysterious woman with a large, reptilian tattoo. Together, they unravel the case, but there is always more to these stories than meets the eye.
The subject matter is generic thriller pap: rich heirs, debauched sex, fetish-laden violence. Even the female perspective isn't original. So what nerve did Larsson prick with the character of Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo?
David Fincher seems to rub the right spot in his English-language take on the Scandinavian phenomenon, because he scratches at the scab of revenge, the very base, but altogether human, urge for punishment.
Generally peddled as justice, revenge yanks at something base and primal and triggers our worst instincts. It's also a defining force in the world we live in, which is why Lisbeth Salander is such a compelling character: She doesn't live according to any established paradigm.
Clothed head to toe in black, and prone to wearing a T-shirt that says "F--- you, you f---ing f---," she's a nihilist cartoon character -- the antidote to the pin-up proportions of Wonder Woman, and a true breath of fresh feminist air.
The original Swedish film certainly captured the essence of Lisbeth Salander, but the cinematic context felt warped. Director Niels Arden Oplev slipped on the graphic sexual content of the book, and gave us a movie that fell prey to the very things it was attempting to denude: namely, sexual torture in the name of titillation.
It all comes down to one specific scene. Lisbeth Salander is a ward of the state, but she is not cared for by the government representative assigned to her case. The old, fat civil servant abuses her sexually.
In the original film, this scene ran over the edge of decency. It thrilled in its own contempt for women, and blurred the line between arousal and repulsion. Oplev may have been hoping to make the viewer complicit in this crime, but his point was never clear and the effect was numbing.
Fincher handles the scene with the fine hand of a neurosurgeon, ensuring his lead actress appears debased and tortured, but without stroking the base strings of sexual excitement. For a man accused of being misogynist, Fincher's touch with the scene is truly surprising. Not only do we feel a sense of strength and rebelliousness from Lisbeth, Fincher gives her all the great reaction shots, and lets the lens rest on her face long enough to let us read the subtleties of disappointment.
Lisbeth isn't just sexy cake decoration opposite Daniel Craig's Mikael Blomkvist. She's a whole character ready to recreate the world in her own image -- because she has to.
Played here by Rooney Mara (the nice girlfriend from The Social Network), Lisbeth often looks like a startled raccoon, but that's part of her charm. She's genuinely horrified by the ambient evil in the world, but she's learned to fight it in the shadows. She is the epitome of the romantic hero, and, as a result, we have to champion her cause -- even if we're never too sure exactly what it is.
Lack of dramatic and narrative focus was another problem in the original movie. The plot seemed to spiral out of control and lose a lot of its momentum.
Fincher is such a methodical director, he's always got a handle on the action, as well as character, which certainly puts his actors at ease. Just about everyone in this movie appears to be having a pretty good time, even when it's awfully bleak, because Fincher is a clear sucker for performance and great acting.
He hands over huge swaths of screen time to his two leads, and even though it keeps the running time over two hours, it lets us settle into the folds and emotional creases of the story. It even creates enough cracks for moments of humour, which go a long way toward making this dark, moody, cold film feel a lot warmer.
An elegant balance between light and dark, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo benefits from Fincher's ascetic treatment, and will silence any of the naysayers who felt the whole American version was little more than a money grab.
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Council Postpones Sunshine Ordinance Until At Least January
Tuesday's City Council worksession on the Sunshine Ordinance for open government ended with Mayor Bates' promise that "we will bring this item back into the Council in January. And we will be ready to make it happen." The Sunshine Ordinance, an attempt to make city governance more accessible to the public, has been on the table in various forms for the last ten years and has seen 24 drafts by the City Attorney. The ordinance is an attempt to improve upon the "minimum standards" set by the Brown Act of 1953 and the California Public Records Act of 1968.
The only public comment at the worksession came from Sherry Smith, President of the League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville. She voiced the LWV's support of a Sunshine Ordinance and named a number of components that the LWV would like to see in an ordinance, including the release of the Council agenda packet at least one week earlier.
The Citizens Sunshine Committee gave a twenty-minute presentation regarding their most recent draft of the ordinance. The group has drafted three different versions of the initiative between January of 2009 and May of this year, awaiting city staff's fiscal analysis and response to each.
The main concern of the city staff has been the cost of implementing the ordinance, estimating that the CSC's most recent draft represents $2 million in "ongoing annual costs." The CSC disputed that number, saying that the staff estimate includes technological upgrades and modernization that ought to be made regardless of any ordinance.
The CSC also argued that payroll expenses are very high because the city governments doesn't have up-to-date technology, and that the time spent servicing Public Records Act requests alone could be reduced by 100 hours per week with the right technical assistance. "The bottom line is the staff estimates reflect a profound extreme and shockingly wasteful fiscal management," stated Roger Marquis, the CSC's information technology consultant.
The staff's Power Point presentation focused on four primary points for an ordinance: the agenda process, the conduct of meetings, how public records are made available, and the possibility of an advisory commission for the ordinance. They committed to the Council that they could have a draft ordinance prepared by January for consideration.
Everybody on the council, on the city staff, and from the CSC claimed to have the same ultimate goal. Councilmember Max Anderson said that it is to have "an open government that is responsive to the citizenry, and still allows us to proceed in a manner that we don't induce some self-imposed paralysis on the government."
Councilmember Kriss Worthington pointed out that there are a number of points in the ordinance that are not particularly controversial on which most of the council seemed to agree. Nobody argued against the need for a more accessible venue for council meetings or the need for an easier-to-navigate website. Everybody agreed that the meetings should not run later than 12 a.m., with most councilmembers wishing that they would not run past 10 or 11 p.m.
It also seemed that everybody wanted an earlier release of the Council agenda packet, which would give the public as well as the councilmembers more time to study the issues being presented at the meeting. Since the CSC's ordinance will likely be approved for the November, 2012 ballot, but will probably not be passed before then, Worthington recommended that the Council take action on passing those non-controversial sections of the ordinance at the next available opportunity, most likely at the upcoming January discussion.


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Historically, bison roamed North America from coast to coast. The Plains Bison, which predominated the lands west of the Appalachian mountains and through the Rockies, once numbered over 50 million. Bison remains found on the ranch have been dated at over 10,000 years old.
For centuries, bison were an important staple for numerous Plains Indian tribes, providing food, shelter, clothing, tools, and even holding important religious significance. Beginning in the mid-1800's, however, commercial hunting decimated the bison, bringing the species close to extinction.
Through the bold efforts of concerned citizens, the bison were protected on private and federal lands. Several small herds formed the genetic basis for the bison that exist and are thriving today. As a result of these efforts and careful management, Bison numbers have rebounded in recent times, and nearly 500,000 are in existence today.
he Zapata's 2,000 head bison herd is located on the north end of the ranch in a 50,000 acre pasture called the Medano (formerly the Medano Ranch). Plentiful meadows irrigated by artesian wells, lakes, snow run-off, and a seasonal creek known as Sand Creek create a home rich in forage for our resident herd.
The bison are managed as a conservation species, meaning that they run as a wild herd: no branding, supplemental feed or weaning. Bison organize themselves in family groups that are typically 30 to 100 animals in size, usually comprised of related females and their nursing young. The bull bison typically run in bachelor herds or alone. Occasionally throughout the summer the entire herd will suddenly materialize out of nowhere, having traveled from all corners of the pasture to arrive in a fresh meadow to graze, much as they would have before modern man appeared in the American West. In the colder months of the year and during the breeding season, groups congregate together in a large herd. In winter they are usually joined by large herds of elk acting in the same manner.
There are several sub-species of American bison; Plains Bison, like those on the ranch today, are typically smaller than their northern cousins, the Wood Bison. A full-grown bull Plains Bison can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and stand over six feet tall. Cow bison are much smaller, standing around four to five feet tall and weighing from 900 to 1,200 pounds. Bison typically live an average of 20 years, with females generally outliving males.
Our bison are gathered once a year, in November. They are tagged, vaccinated for brucellosis, sold for meat, or sold to other ranching operations.
Visit our bison tours page to learn more about seeing the conservation herd in their 50,000 acre pasture.


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To learn Cairo by walking all its streets
In 1882 the total street surface of Cairo covered only 200 kilometers. In 1900 it was 1,300 kilometers and 27 years later the street surface ran to 3,400 kilometers. Now, 80 years later, I estimate that figure at least has tripled. The beltway alone that was recently constructed is 100 kilometers long. Then there are the bridges, a tunnel and viaducts, as a result of which some streets count twice. But if I assume that there are indeed three times as many streets today as there were in 1927, then the total street surface would cover at least 10,000 kilometers. This would mean that if I wanted to learn Cairo by walking all its streets at least once, I'd have to spend one year walking 30 kilometers a day down streets where I've never been before.


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You will most likely arrive at the hospital on the morning of surgery. In many cases, pre-op tests are done days or even weeks ahead of time. Follow all of your surgeon's instructions on preparing for surgery. When you arrive, you'll be given forms to fill out. You will also talk with the anesthesiologist, the doctor who gives the anesthesia, if you haven't done so already.
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When the surgical team is ready, you'll be taken to the operating room. There you'll be given anesthesia. The anesthesia will help you sleep through surgery, or it will make you numb from the waist down. Then an incision is made, giving the surgeon access to your hip joint. The damaged ball is removed, and the socket is prepared to hold the prosthesis. After the new joint is in place, the incision is closed with staples or stitches.
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The hip is a ball-and-socket joint. The ball is cut from the thighbone, and the surface of the old socket is smoothed. Then the new socket is put into the pelvis. The socket is usually press-fit and may be held in place with screws. A press-fit prosthesis has tiny pores on its surface that your bone will grow into. Cement or press-fit may be used to hold the ball-and-stem portion of the hip replacement.
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Saw this on Boing Boing, where the sentiment seems to be that the talking R2D2 ice bucket is a near-sighted scrap pile but that the Han Solo–frozen-in-carbonite ice mold that comes with it stone cold awesome. One commenter there laments that the shape of the Han Solice would limit it to highball glasses but another envisions pressing it into duty as a chocolate mold. Unfortunately, the set, which was only available by pre-order in the U.K., now appears to have been removed from websites there.
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ORONO, Maine — The UMaine Composites Center has taken in a very, very big test subject.
Wednesday, a truck brought in a 180-foot wind turbine blade for strength testing. It's the biggest structure the center has put through the ringer in its six years of evaluating turbine components. Under the terms of its contract with the manufacturer, the name of the company that produced the turbine is confidential.
Habib Dagher, director of the composites center, says this is the largest structure ever tested at his facility, which is one of just two sites in the nation capable of handling a blade this large. The blade would go on a turbine with a 400-foot rotation diameter, or about four stories tall, not including the tower.
Dagher said there has been a growing interest across the nation in using fewer but larger turbines in wind farms because they are more cost-effective in energy production.
"There's a big push for bigger and bigger and bigger," Dagher said.
During the next few days, center employees will place about 150 sensors on the blade to measure stress as they apply pressure and bend it or twist it in various directions. Dagher said the blade should deflect about 20 or 30 feet under the pressure loads they'll be using.
Tests will be run on the blade for most of the remainder of the year, according to Dagher.
"This certainly takes things to the next level," Dagher said. "It's going to put Maine on the map in the industry."
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Obama celebrates Hanukkah at White House
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama says Hanukkah is a story of "resilience and optimism."
He and first lady Michelle Obama held a White House reception Thursday on the sixth evening the Jewish Festival of Lights.
In the Hanukkah story, a small band of Jews rededicating a Jerusalem temple found that a one-day supply of oil kindled a flame instead for eight.
Thursday's celebration included the reciting of traditional prayers and the lighting of candles in a 90-year old menorah from a temple in Long Island, N.Y., that sustained heavy flooding during Superstorm Sandy.
Obama said the menorah is "a symbol of perseverance" and "a reminder of resilience and hope in the fact that we will be there for them as they recover."
He also reasserted America's "unshakable" support for Israel.


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It is one of the biggest, most interesting and most happening cities on earth. And with the Olympic Games returning, now's the ideal time to rediscover London in all its polish, pomp, grit and glory.
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WITH THE OLYMPIC GAMES starting up later this month, the world's eyes will turn to London. That is, if they ever turned away to begin with. The biggest city in Europe and the former capital of a vast empire, London offers in equal measure cutting-edge culture and a history so pervasive it's almost impossible to comprehend.
Founded by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago, London (née Londinium) endured plagues, invasions, wars, fires and other forms of upheaval and unpleasantness on its journey to become the capital of England, the center of the British Empire and, more recently, a global trendsetter in literature, music and fashion.
Today the city is vibrant, a financial powerhouse even amid an economically shaken European Union — but from the stately parks of Kensington to the bohemian haunts of the East End, the wide and low megalopolis affectionately known as "The Smoke" has lost none of the inimitable contrasts that have long defined it. It remains, as ever, London.
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Yalmaz Siddiqui is a dark-green environmentalist, who once started a business called, of all things, "eco-eco." But in his job as the senior director for environmental strategy at Office Depot, the $11.6-billion a year office-products giant based in Boca Raton, FL, he doesn't talk about saving the planet. Instead, he focuses on the business benefits of sustainability, particularly those that accrue to Office Depot's customers.
"It really is rare for me to invoke climate change or landfills or toxicity in my internal arguments," Yalmaz says. "We're in Florida. We're not in San Francisco or the Pacific Northwest. Impassioned arguments about environmental issues don't resonate."
Whatever his approach, it seems to be working: Office Depot has green cred. In Newsweek's ranking of U.S. companies, they were the top retailer and No. 8 overall, ahead of rival Staples (17), Best Buy (19), J.C. Penny (64), Starbucks (82) and Whole Foods Market (106). While the rankings are debatable, Newsweek wrote:
Office Depot, at No. 8, is the single retailer to make it into the U.S. top 10. It's had its share of operational successes -- saving 3,000 tons of wood and up to $1.5 million a year simply by delivering goods in paper bags rather than cardboard boxes, for instance. But, as with IBM, perhaps more significant are the tools Office Depot provides to its largest customers, including cities, states, and large corporations. It shows customers the environmental and financial tradeoffs of their purchasing decisions on everything from copy paper to cleaning supplies.
This customer-centric approach helps explain what Office Depot can do, and what it can't, when it comes to "green." You won't see solar on the roofs of Office Depot stores, at least for now, because the return on the investment is insufficient. You will see attention paid to energy efficiency because the ROI makes sense, and you will see even more attention paid to selling greener products because profits from those sales drop right to the bottom line.
I spoke to Yalmaz by phone the other day because I'm interested in how people inside companies -- intrapreneurs, they're sometimes called -- promote change. There's a small army of these folks in corporate America, and the work they do matters.
With Washington gridlocked (or worse) on environmental issues, it's up to corporate America (as well as state and local government) to deliver the change we need.
Yalmaz, who is 41, started "eco-eco" after college to sell organic clothing, reusable organic cotton bags and other dark-green stuff. "It didn't resonate with the marketplace," he said. Subsequently, he got a masters in environment and development, did consulting work with PwC and IBM focusing on the forest, paper and packaging industries and then joined Office Depot in 2006.
The company divides its environmental strategy in three: Be Greener, Buy Greener and Sell Greener. Be Greener focuses on internal operations, and this is mostly about saving money. Mostly but not entirely: Office Depot, as you'd expect, buys recycled paper, for which there's essentially no business case. (If classical economists were right about how the world works, there's be no recycled paper. It costs more and performs no better than paper made from virgin forest.)
But, as Yalmaz notes: "It's an iconic product, when it comes to organizational greening. It's the everyday symbol of environmental commitment. It's very tangible." Through its purchasing requirements, he explained, the federal government helped create the market for recycled paper.
Office Depot also got a lot of attention for replacing cardboard boxes with lighter weight bags when delivering supplies to institutional customers. That was a double win, saving the company money and pleasing customers. "It was sold as way to satisfy customer desire to have less packaging," Yalmaz says.
Office Depot also took a pragmatic, customer-driven approach when it set out to define greener products. The firm looked at the purchasing policies of key, leading-edge buyers like the EPA and the U.S. Green Building Council, rather than setting out on its own to measure the environmental impact of what it sells.
"We've tried to make the definition of green products as simple and accessible as possible," Yalmaz says. That's a different approach from the one taken by Walmart and its partners in The Sustainability Consortium, who are setting out to do complex, science-based life cycle analyses of thousands of products.
Unlike Walmart, Office Depot hasn't set big attention-getting goals like zero waste or being powered entirely by renewable energy. It's ranked No. 16, behind Staples (No. 4) and Walmart (No. 5) in EPA's list of the top 20 retail green power partners. But, to its credit, Office Depot is unusually transparent about its environmental performance, posting a dashboard that tracks its progress or lack thereof. For example, you can see that the percentage of copy paper sold with post-consumer recycled content actually fell between 2008 and 2010.
This week, to spur sales of green products, Office Depot recognized 25 of its own customers for their "leadership in greener purchasing." Winners from the FORTUNE 500 include Chevron, JP Morgan Chase, Google, Bechtel and Comerica. Says Yalmaz: "If I was to be asked, what is the ultimate metric of success of our environmental program, I'd say it was 'green spend' by customer."
To borrow a phrase from economist and author Gernot Wagner, but will the planet notice? That's hard to say. Clearly, if Office Depot sells a lot more greener products in place of conventional products, we'll be better off. And if greener corporate behavior paves the way for the political action needed to have a big impact on climate change and other issues, great.
"Normalization of green behavior works better than a message of environmental guilt," Yalmaz says.
On the other hand, let's not fool ourselves into thinking that buying recycled paper or Pilot pens made out of recycled bottles (try them, they're cool) get us where we need to go. It won't.


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