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"No, I've not finally gone mad after smelling too many petrol fumes."
"A good lap from Ralf Schumacher, even if his car will frighten small children."
"Gently womble across the road."
"Well done for getting up this early in the morning, you crazy lot. What on earth are you doing?! But I love your love of this sport ... I hope I'm not just speaking to your video recorder here."
James: "(McLaren) have been treating [the engine] like a porcelain vase all weekend."
Martin: "They must have dropped it, then, cos that one's broken."
"I wouldn't be a front jack man for all the tea in China – they're coming in at 100 kilometres – that's 62 miles an hour! Don't stand on the road and wave somebody down doing 62 miles an hour!"
"It was an absolute redwash."
Driver of the Day
"I'll go with Alonso for making the best of a bad job."
"However hot you imagine it is, I think it's a little bit hotter than that. It's like putting on an overcoat, climbing into your airing cupboard with the heating on and then doing press-ups for an hour and a half if you've got enough space. If you do, tell your wife or girlfriend beforehand so there's no misunderstanding when you come out what you've been up to."
"No point (Webber) buying a Lottery ticket today."
The following submitted by David Hutchison:
Raikkonen shoves an overzealous track marshal who tries to herd him off the gravel trap.
"That's a reaction you have: you're hot, you're sweaty, the adrenalin's still pumping, and somebody tries to take charge of you. It's not a reasonable reaction, but I'm afraid it's a natural one."
Comment from David: It's certainly the most animated I've ever seen Kimi Raikkonen get. ;)
"The Minardi frightening itself off the road."
Driver of the Day
"Technically speaking, Michael Schumacher [but] it's gotta be Jenson Button for keeping (Schumacher and Montoya) well in view."
(After Martin has talked with King Juan Carlos of Spain and then with the Crown Prince of Bahrain during the grid walk)
"Apparently there are some drivers on the grid here somewhere... I need to make a note of all these kings I've met today!"
"(Klien) is like a young puppy dog chasing after a ball and just going too far."
(James asks what it's like as a driver to experience the 'concertina' effect of you closing up on the car in front of you at the bends and then it racing away on the straight.)
"It is disconcerting, cos you can so easily run into him and lose your nose. Your senses are hyper and your eyes are out on stalks."
James: "Nice comfy scene there at the back of the podium. They'll be coming round with a tray of biscuits in a minute!"
Martin: "First podium I was on, they pulled an old breakdown truck up and we stood on that, Piquet and I."
Driver of the Day
"I haven't even thought about that! If you haven't driven off the road, if you haven't driven into each other ... It's gotta go to Michael, hasn't it – he just waltzed it."
James: "Button is a genuine contender – do you think he can get his first pole in Formula 1?"
Martin: "No I don't – it's gonna need something quite amazing to knock Michael Schumacher off pole."
(Button goes on to take pole.)
"At least I know what (Baumgartner) looks like now after I've done a track guide with him. Reminded me of when Gerhard Berger and I used to sit in the drivers' briefings on Sunday mornings nudging each other, saying, 'Who's that? Is that a driver? I've never seen him before'."
"You needed a calendar to time his first sector."
"So it's official – the wrong kind of fluff on the track."
"(Webber) did his 'I'm not really sure I can be bothered with all this' outlap."
(During the gridwalk) "Let's have a poke around and see who else we can annoy."
"What a shame that (Michael) won't let a Raikkonen or a Hakkinen or a Villeneuve into the other seat and really show that he is the best."
"I want to say Jenson Button [but] Michael Schumacher has to be the Driver of the Day."
Martin: "That 'oldest man' label is an incoming tide you can't fight – I had it, Gerhard Berger had it, Damon Hill had it. As soon as you get the title of 'oldest man in Formula 1' it's almost like an exit route at the end of the season."
James: "Well if it does lead to the exit route, guess who the next oldest man's gonna be – Michael Schumacher."
Martin (cynically): "Yeah, well, I'm sure they'll have to change it for that, then."
(To Alonso on the grid walk) "Now, we're really angry with you cos this used to be a private Grand Prix, you could drive in and out no problem, it was like a perfect place to come and relax for the weekend – now it's crazy! It's all your fault!"
"If you've never seen a Formula 1 car live, you would be staggered at how noisy it is. As they're revving to eighteen, nineteen thousand RPM the noise is somewhat piercing – and brilliant, I have to say ... which is why, when you get a group of old racing drivers together, they're all muttering in each others' ears, saying, 'What?', 'Pardon?'"
"(Coulthard's) refueller again looked a bit reluctant to depart the car. They need to look at the Renault system, don't they, with half the team hanging onto the thing!"
(Schumacher's car has a cracked exhaust)
"They can hardly get in there with some gun gum and seal it up, or a bandage."
"A party I'm going to Tuesday night I'm looking forward to – although it might not be quite as happy as it should have been – is a reunion of McLaren drivers, and Niki and Keke and all sorts of people are coming, but it'll need a bit of red wine to get that one going at the moment."
James: "Schumacher has six [trophies for winning the Spanish Grand Prix] in his trophy cabinet now."
Martin: "Trophy building, I think it'll be by now, won't it?"
Driver of the Day
"For me, Trulli did the best job of the day."
"There's a pit building here that looks like it wouldn't get planning permission on a very bad industrial estate. ... Instead of sitting on the pitwall on what's fondly referred to as 'The Prat Perches' where the bosses sit and hug each other from time to time, they're behind glass above the pits."
"Driving a Formula 1 car round the streets of Monaco, it's the Everest of the world of motor racing, but when they keep moving the barriers and giving you little curves and plenty of space to breathe, it's like climbing Everest to find they've put a few escalators in on the way up."
"I feel I wanna be watching some of (Bruni's) laps from behind the settee, as they're a bit scary."
James: "(Klien) will need a clean lap."
Martin: "A clean lap or a 'Klien' lap?"
"If you go to Monaco and you want to see what it's like for a driver, don't stand up or walk around, sit on the ground."
The Grid Walk
"I wanna go and nail ... [Martin pauses, then realises he stopped at an unfortunate moment] a quick interview with Jarno Trulli."
Martin: "Who on Earth are all these people? Where do they come from? How do they get a pass onto the grid? [He picks a woman.] Hello? How are you? Who are you?"
Woman: "Nobody."
Martin (to us as he walks away): "That was good then, you see, it proves my point, doesn't it? I don't think that was nobody, actually."
(She looked familiar to me – is she an actress? Alexander Keep emailed me to say that he thinks it might have been Victoria Abril.)
"Mr (Roman) Abramovich – we saw his floating waterproof caravan earlier."
The Race
Martin: "Webber doing well down in eighth place."
Ted: "Sorry to say this – Mark Webber has a problem. I think this is a race-ending problem."
Martin: "Sorry, Mark – I gave you the Murray Walker Curse there."
"That'll be the line of the day [from Raikkonen] – 'Which accident?'!"
"Twelve cars in the race but eight of them are only there to make a noise."
"Look! (Alonso's) having his accident and still giving the Williams driver the bird!"
Trulli kisses the Renault symbol on the nose of his car.
"The Rossi Snog on the front of your piece of equipment that's just let you win the race."
"I almost expected a Kleenex moment from Trulli there."
Coulthard and then Fisichella decide not to go out on their qualifying laps.
"I'll go down and have a go in the safety car in a minute – see if we can put something out on the race track."
James: "What about this new qualifying format [which may come in from the British Grand Prix] – two twenty-lap hurrahs, all the cars on track at the same time, 20 minutes in between for you and I to play Scrabble and talk about a few other things?"
Martin: "I think it's gonna be frantic track action – we could well see the situation where we don't see pole position, especially with the aggregated situation. I wouldn't wanna be the Formula 1 TV director. All we're gonna hear is drivers bitching about traffic. I'd be happy with the one-hour session we used to have but make them do a run every 15 minutes. But one thing's for sure – those two 20-minute sessions are gonna be must-watch television."
"The car looked as predictable as a puppy dog."
The Race
"Coulthard in the 20th grid box. You almost expect to see tumbleweed blowing past."
"DC says, 'I've met a lot of nice marshalls this year'."
"(Klien) looks like a twelve year old who's hotwired a car down on the estate, doesn't he? He can't see out of it – he needs to sit a bit higher in that car."
"I'd got Sato down as Driver of the Day by a country mile until he pulled that stroke into Turn 1 ... (later) ... I've still got him pencilled in for Driver of the Day after thinking some more about it. I think he really did put in a great performance ... (later again, when asked for his final decision) I think I've already nailed that one with Sato."
"Massa's gonna be needing binoculars to see the start lights."
"Massa had a highly technical problem – it was a puncture!"
"(The Renault) has all the turning ability of a Hong Kong ferry."
The Race
James: "In that final chicane they're going from 215 miles per hour down to 75 in just two seconds. What does that feel like?"
Martin: "It sucks the air out of your lungs. On a cold day it'll pull a teardrop out of your eye. I've had that where it pulls the teardrop out onto the back of your visor. I would imagine it's like being hit by Mike Tyson."
(Klien spins for the umpteenth time.)
James: "Look forward to seeing Klien in the paddock and asking, 'What was the highlight of your race?!'"
Martin: "I suspect you might be queued up behind David Coulthard to speak to him about the first corner!"
James: "My Driver of the Day is (Raikkonen). I don't understand how he can be in seventh place. He's made five pitstops, he's had a drive-through penalty, he's been involved in an incident in the first corner and he's had three steering wheels and he's still managed to score two points!"
Martin: "For me it's between Michael Schumacher and sixth placed man Fisichella. Oh, let's give it to Fisi. I think he's done a great job out there."
"The tight corners – it's like racing a thoroughbred racehorse round your back garden."
"Jean (Todt) – the Master Yoda of the Ferrari team."
"Michael won't talk to me because he's got a contract with German TV but it doesn't really annoy me that he won't talk to the British fans(!)"
[Michael also won't talk to him because he took offence at Martin being brutally honest about some dodgy driving tactics which Michael once employed.]
(Michael pits while 15 seconds in the lead.)
"He could afford to stop for one of those big turkey legs they sell out at the back of the stands."
Driver of the Day
"It's between Michael Schumacher and Sato ... but Sato made more than the best of what he'd got."
James: "Ross Brawn tells (Michael), 'I need you to find 8 or 9 seconds,' and he goes out and does it."
Martin: "Yeah, they seem quite pleased with him, don't they – I suspect they'll put him in the car for Silverstone next week."
(Barrichello overtakes Trulli at the last corner.)
"Jarno was thinking about what to say in the press conference – he was asleep."
Driver of the Day
"It's relatively easy – Michael Schumacher, he just pulled out everything he needed to do."
On 6th July Martin drove a Jaguar around the streets of central London for a demonstration of Formula 1 cars. This is part of his in-car commentary:
"Past Hamleys, but I've got the best boys' toy in the world ... the [traffic] lights are on red but I am not gonna stop! ... I'm used to coming down here [Regent Street] in the back of a taxi at about 5 miles an hour! London will never look the same to me again."
Talking to Jim Rosenthal about the day:
Martin: "Some of [the fans] didn't even get to see a car. I spoke to two or three hundred fans and some of them only heard them and they still thought it was fantastic."
Jim: "Have you been done for the congestion charge?"
Martin: "No – no number plates on it, they're still trying to trace us."
"(Mark Webber) talking about Turn 11 and 12 which all the drivers and teams do now, which is such a shame. I think that's Abbey Chicane – you've got these great corners with lots of heritage, like Copse and Stowe and Club but they just get turfed out of the window for numbers, and it's a pity."
The Grid Walk
"The grid is absolutely full of politicians but I don't think you've tuned in to see them today. They're all pretending they're marginally interested in the Grand Prix – haven't seen them do much for the British Grand Prix yet!"
Martin: "Jenson – lot of pressure on you today."
Button: "Thank you for that, Martin!"
Martin: "D'you think we'll be here next year?"
Bernie: "You know we'll be here next year – all you've gotta find is somebody with the money, so why don't you put some of your money in and we'll do it together?!"
Martin: "I couldn't afford to lose that amount of money – I'm a very poor man compared to you!"
The Race
"(Ferrari) are like a bar of soap in the bath – you don't quite know where they are and you can't quite get hold of them."
Driver of the Day
"Easy – Fisichella – he's put in the best performance of the day."
"It's like a kids' playground round here – you can't really hurt yourself."
"(Massa) said he learned a lot last year testing with Ferrari. I think he must have left his notebook behind."
"Jarno Trulli put out a press release saying he's leaving the team [and] he's quite happy about it. I've never seen a release that says, 'I'm happy to have been fired'!"
Bernie: "If (Michael) is such a big attraction to the Germans, why isn't the place full? It's not full because he's winning everything. We ought to take him out, give him a pension or something."
Martin: "No, no, don't sit on the fence, say what you think!"
(Schumacher speeds up as Button starts to gain on him.)
"I think Michael had to put the Financial Times away and get on it."
Driver of the Day
"Jenson Button – great run. Maybe he should drive with one hand more often."
Martin wasn't commentating this weekend.
"There is a good view of that new incredible run-off [at the Bus Stop] where you could hold an entire kart meeting in there, including transporters and trucks."
"The exit [of the Bus Stop] used to frighten the life out of you and thrill you all at the same time – now you just point and squirt."
"You go to any airport when teams are migrating to a Grand Prix – the carry-ons are incredible! Even drivers carry pieces out to race tracks."
"No doubt there'll be a bit of blue sky and some sunshine any time soon for Michael Schumacher's lap – that's how it normally works out, doesn't it?"
"That flashing red light [on the back of cars in the wet] would drive me mad if I had to follow that all afternoon."
"Pantano having an 'I'll go and join that accident' moment."
(Ted reports that Pizzonia's race engineer is telling his driver to push like hell.)
"He should be pushing like hell anyway!"
Driver of the Day
"I didn't even give it any thought yet! I think it's comfortably Kimi Raikkonen."
"I'm surprised (Baumgartner) hasn't got the mirror off the Minardi truck on the side of that car so he can see who's gonna hit him next."
(Martin says that Baumgartner won't be penalised for cutting the chicane, then Race Control announces that the car is under investigation.)
"Yet another opportunity to remind myself that I'm only half as smart as I think I am."
"I'm gonna be about as welcome as a toothache on the grid here today."
"I'd love to be down there every day of my life – except days like this when I wouldn't change my microphone for a steering wheel."
"It's like trying to nail jelly to the wall when you're on tyres that have gone off."
Selvy Emmanuel submitted the following quote as a rather cheeky comment from Martin:
"This is a brilliantly effective podium here – as you can read in my new book coming out in October."
"Rubens kept his head, won the Grand Prix – he's my Driver of the Day."
(Ted reports that Villeneuve has said not to expect much from the Renaults.)
"We're used to hearing the excuses after the session's finished, not before they get out there!"
"Funny old business – (Renault) are congratulating (Villeneuve) on being just about half a second slower than his teammate. Two races down the road, he'll not be getting that."
"Honda apparently talking about one thousand horsepower for 2005. I mean, you can't go that fast, it'd make your nose bleed!"
(Michael spins off on the first turn.)
"It's just one of those things. They're hardly gonna fire him, are they?!"
"Hug the inside of the first corner like it's your favourite granny."
"A sweet and sour qualifying for Ferrari – I thought I'd get that in early so you can groan."
(To Ross Brawn on the grid walk)
"There's a story going around that Michael intentionally spun off yesterday in some brilliant three-banana strategy from you."
"People [have been] saying, 'What on Earth are they gonna do to stop Schumacher winning?' – well, parking him in the pits, giving him no tyres and making him have to refuel before he starts the race might just be the solution every weekend."
"With that sort of dexterity, I reckon Alonso could get a job driving a transit van round the M25."
Driver of the Day
"It's gotta go to Barrichello, hasn't it?"
"Happy 81st birthday today, Murray Walker."
"This is the calm after the storm that never quite got here."
(Qualifying took place on Sunday morning because of a threatened typhoon on Saturday.)
"Everybody came in with a purpose this morning instead of wombling in, getting the sleepies out of their eyes."
(Webber retires after his low ride height caused burning to his seat.)
"He'll not be sitting down much on the flight home tonight."
Driver of the Day
"Coulthard was shaping up to be driver of the day [until he clashed with Barrichello]."
"Michael was just gone, wasn't he?"
Martin: "Max and Bernie: huge changes for Formula 1. Team managers running all over the place, making decisions on the hoof – it's been a weird weekend."
Bernie: "Be quiet – now you're an author, you're writing books and things ..."
Martin: "Have you got my new book?"
Bernie: "I'm gonna buy it – well, I was hoping you were gonna give me one. What's it called, so I can get it right?"
Martin: "Working the Wheel. You've got me into a lot of trouble now!"
Max: "You've got the plug done now, so d'you wanna know anything about Formula 1?!"
Martin: "I wanna know everything about Formula 1! Why are we making so many changes on the hoof? Why isn't it done in a three-day meeting on a tropical island somewhere?"
"Enjoy this, because the cars are changing fundamentally for next year and they're gonna be quite a bit slower."
"(Montoya) is comfortably my Driver of the Day."
(For part of the show, Martin interviewed David Coulthard and Jenson Button.)
Martin: "Let's get this out of the way early: Buttongate; Contract Recognition Board. You two were together on a boat, I think, floating around the Mediterranean somewhere. What was that all about?"
Jenson: "Well, we were just on holiday in Sardinia, really!"
Martin: "DC, you've been on the podium sixty times – thirteen of them for victories – but I've seen you standing up there with a face like a wet Monday morning."
DC: "We're not actors. I guess we are living out a lot of people's dreams but the reality is we have a professional job to do and if you don't achieve your goal, how can you be happy about that?!"
(Talking about the incident at Monaco where Montoya ran into the back of Schumacher in the tunnel behind the safety car.)
DC: "Montoya was running second in that group of cars but he was a lap down, and just as you have on the open road, whoever runs into the back of the other car is at fault, so I just don't get how Montoya could run into Michael in the tunnel and put the leader out of the Grand Prix and not receive some sort of penalty."
Martin: "Yeah, but if you're going through the Dartford Tunnel in a Ferrari and you accelerate like crazy and [then] jam the brakes on and somebody runs into the back of you, they're not gonna be happy with you!"
(After a montage of clips from Martin's gridwalks, including one where Martin had incorrectly said to DC that this was his best grid position of the year and DC had had to correct him.)
Martin (to DC): "Looks like your manager should talk to the media a bit more, fill us in."
DC: "Absolutely. Your gridwalks – obviously you weren't always on the money. I understand that you're under some pressure but also, in some of them, you were doing a good impression of Montoya's dad with your tight T-shirts ..."
Jenson: "... and also a little bit of Simon Cowell with the old trousers up around your nipples."
Martin: "Right – I'll get 'em down by my knees for the next one ... but be careful, cos what goes around comes around!"
Jenson: "S'alright, my old man does it as well, so it must be cool!"


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Public Notice - Toyota Tsusho (PNG) Limited
Toyota Tsusho (PNG) is the trading arm of Toyota Motor Company and is represented in Papua New Guinea by Ela Motors.
Ela Motors itself is a Papua New Guinean Company with its shareholders being Toyota Tsusho South Pacific Holdings Pty. Ltd., MTSL, Nambawan Super Limited, National Superannuation Fund, Defense Force Retirement Benefits Fund, QBE Insurance (PNG), and over seventy (70) other minor shareholders.
The Company is a distributor of a range of a comprehensive range of Automotive and Marine products including:
In all market segments in which the Company competes they have taken the number one position and dominate in terms of market share. This can be attributed to a real focus on Customer Satisfaction, the development and sourcing of products which are suited to the harsh operating conditions of Papua New Guinea and a strategic network of 15 branches nationwide.
Ela Motors has been in operation in Papua New Guinea for 50 years; making it one of the longest established businesses in the region. Total employee numbers are in excess of 820 with 800 National employees and 20 expatriate staff.
Ela Motors has one of the longest established training centers in Papua New Guinea supplying world class automotive technicians for over 45 years and has recently developed a partnership with Australian Pacific Technical College as an accredited training provider.
In order to meet customer demand and ensure a truly national coverage, Ela Motors are the only automotive supplier in Papua New Guinea to operate sixteen fully functional, wholly owned branches strategically located throughout the country with an additional two joint venture/agencies supporting these operations.
To support this scale of operation Ela Motors operates a National Distribution Center located in Lae to distribute and assist all franchises with stock holding for Parts regardless of franchise.
Total inventory value for this operation alone is in excess of twenty million kina in parts and accessories. To support new vehicle sales and ensure adequate stock coverage the inventory value in terms of vehicles is in excess of 55 million kina.
The Company operates to the highest level of Quality Assurance and is regularly audited by Toyota Tsusho and Toyota Motor Company in order to assess compliance and ensure customer satisfaction is maintained.
To assist in this the Company operates the ERA Dealer and Customer Service Management System, a fully integrated computer program in all Branches, which includes vehicle sales, parts, service, accounts and administration. All Ela Motors departments have immediate access to the total stock holding whether it be parts, vehicles or service history.
Customer Satisfaction is a real focus for the company and all aspects of the business are monitored and reported on a monthly basis to assess areas of strength and weakness from a customer's perspective. Satisfaction measurement and reporting for New Vehicle Sales, Parts and Service are done to the exacting Toyota Motor Company criteria and are in line with other distributors of the brand worldwide.
As a long term business in Papua New Guinea, Ela Motors is a strong supporter of the community and programmes which assist in the development of the country. These programmes include:
Drive TB out of PNG, Business Coalition against Aids/HIV, Walk Against Corruption, Susu Mamas Cancer Society, Cheshire Homes, and KilaKila Clinic
It is considered vital to the Ela Motors brand in Papua New Guinea that Corporate Responsibility programmes are developed and supported where they add real value to the country.
The Ela Motors position of "YOUR FIRST CHOICE" sets the standard to which all departments aspire to as the company strives to support, assist and satisfy our many customers.
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Light on the Land Small-scale Logging field day: Sept. 19, Brainerd
Small-scale Logging Field Day: September 19, 2009, Brainerd. Download complete event details (PDF)
Small-scale logging is a system and a range of equipment that increases logging flexibility and extends production seasons. Small-scale logging is designed for harvesting operations where maneuverability is a primary concern. It is not logging small trees and/or small volumes.
Why attend?
Whether you are a logger, forester, woodland owner, or other land manager, this field day will show you how to maximize profitability through the use of small-scale logging and harvesting equipment, using efficient and safe techniques.
From tree to finished product is the main theme of this event, with a focus on the private landowner.
Equipment displays:
- Peterson swing blade sawmill
- Mulch-R'Down brush clearing
- ATV arches
- Farmi Winch
- Portable Winch(TM)
- Log-rite Tools
Informational Displays and Forest Products:
- Lumber drying
- Lathe turnings
- Custom log work
- Growing mushrooms
- Maple syrup
- Silent Auction
- Wood carving, crafts, furniture,
- misc. lumber, etc.
For more details, including schedule and registration information, check out the event brochure (PDF) or contact Gary Bradford at (218) 927-4599 or Patrick Lanin at (218) 764-3315.
This event is hosted by Northwoods Forestry Cooperative and the Brainerd Chapter of the Minnesota Forestry Association.
Harvesting Timber: Overview
An overview of harvesting and selling timber in Minnesota, with links to content on timber harvest contracts, visual impacts, selling timber, the future of your woodlands after harvest, and natural and artificial regeneration.
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Harvesting and selling timber
A brief overview of different widely accepted methods of selling timber: Lump sum, scale, and percentage. Also links to other useful related sites.
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Harvesting Timber: The Future of Your Woodland
As you plan a timber sale, it is easy to focus on what can be taken out of the stand. However, as a landowner committed to the stewardship of your land, you need also to be thinking about what will be left behind. The trees that remain after the harvest are the ones that you'll see every time you walk through the woods. They're also the seed source for your future woods.
Every timber harvest should leave the woodland in a better condition than it was beforehand. This can happen in many different ways. Partial harvests should be designed to remove less desirable species and trees of relatively poor form. This will focus growing space on the best of your woodland, improving its vigor, quality, and value. Partial harvests are also a great way to grow big trees quickly.
The same concept applies to clearcut stands as well. Well planned and executed timber harvests can greatly improve the productive capacity of the woodlot. But details do matter. For example, harvesting aspen in the winter leads to more vigorous new growth.
Why? In spring and summer, most of the tree's nutrients are in the growing parts of the tree: stem, twigs, and leaves. In winter, nutrients move from leaves to roots, where they're stored until the next growing season. If you harvest in winter, these nutrients will be available for a fast, vigorous new growth. If you harvest in summer, the nutrients will be lost.
Details like this can have important impacts on your timber harvest experience. Before you harvest, talk to a forester who can help you plan ahead for a successful sale.
Written timber harvest contracts
Why it's important to have a clear written contract when selling timber, with a link to a timber harvest contract for Minnesota.
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Sample Minnesota timber harvest contract
A sample Minnesota timber harvest contract.
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Harvesting timber: Visual impacts
Harvesting timber will dramatically change the appearance of your woods. Even a low-intensity partial harvest will require a cleared landing and skid roads, along with deposition of residual slash. This page has basic information about what to expect and how to manage visual impacts during harvest.


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We started our company back in 2006, and with more than 10 years of happy customers we are looking forward to the next decade as a dynamic one, full of new technologies and their opportunities. We are dedicated to high level solutions with high quality code and implementations and any of our products go through an extensive set of tests thus ensuring that all threats are assessed. During this 10 years we implemented many custom solutions dealing with business communication (B2B, EDIFACT, Enterprise Application Integration, Business Process Optimization a.s.o) but not limited to these standards. Our development team consists of profesionals with extended experience in technologies like J2EE, C#, C/C++, Python, Perl and our latest addition is Node JS (2015). When we start new projects our first step is to perform an requirements assessment allowing us with a deeper understanding of what needs to be done and ensure that we choose the fastest route to delivery - Starting 2016, we embarrassed the Agile Development Strategy.
Network operations is one of the most important aspects of our strategy and our team provides support for small to medium and large networks (covering from 10 to 200 computers) with several design types (star, link) keeping your team focused on business productivity with lesser concerns regarding the overall infrastructure. We are experienced in managing servers with Unix OS, Linux OS, Mac OS, and Windows OS for both ADC managed and not managed scenarios.
Training and Education is an important part of our technologies leading to a better absorption for newly available products and solutions. Our team include specialized trainers covering aspects of software development, audit and infrastructure audit.
Cloud is becoming a new requirement for modern infrastructures. Our professional team in involved in cloud development and solutions implementation since 2008 when we build our first SaaS cluster mainly for scientific research in the field of nuclear physics.
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Out profesional team has extensive knowledge about network environment management, starting from cable systems (UTP/FTP/FO a.s.o) to cloud services and solutions and even cluster solution for dedicated, high performance computing. Desktop management togheter with on-site/off-site one-to-one support allows us to keep close to our customers.
When needed, our dev-ops team can implement custom/tailored solutions based upon a deep analisys of your requirements and working environment allowing for less aggresive learning curve to your employees. Our dev part is experienced with Java (JEE, JSE, JSF, EJB), C#, Python, Android and Windows platforms and our portofolio includes tailored webapps implemented in technologies like EAP (JBoss, Glassfish, Oracle), Django and NodeJs (MADD or other platforms) employing modern design specifications.


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Courtesy of the artist and Walker Art Center, Photograph by Timo Ohler
The human body in all of its forms (and deformities) is a recurring theme for the artist Nairy Baghramian, who tends to talk about her work with the precision of a surgeon. Though her output spans two decades, 2017 has been a breakout year for the Iranian-born, Berlin-based artist, who is in her mid-40s and best known for her mixed-media sculptures. In May, she unveiled a solo show at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York; in June, she was at Documenta 14 in Kassel, Germany, and Skulptur Projekte Münster. In September, she takes over three floors of the Walker Art Center, in Minneapolis, for "Déformation Professionelle," her first institutional solo exhibition in the U.S.
Though the survey was originally conceived as a retrospective, Baghramian decided to create new approximations of her existing pieces by revisiting ideas, materials, and shapes she previously used, without reproducing them. Also on view will be a site-specific work in bronze commissioned for the Walker's newly augmented sculpture garden. Painted in pastel colors, it evokes, not surprisingly, the softness and undefined color of skin.
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For the past month my family and I have been on our connections tour in the United States and Canada, visiting supporting churches, foundations, institutions, and of course many friends.
For the past month my family and I have been on our connections tour in the United States and Canada, visiting supporting churches, foundations, institutions, and of course many friends. This has given me lots of time to reflect on the special way World Renew works and the incredible and special partnerships we build and facilitate between ourselves and supporters, ourselves and communities in Zambia, and, most important, the lasting partnerships formed between Zambian communities and communities and congregations across North America.
"I witness that power in action every day. Mother Teresa's single aim was to do 'small things with GREAT LOVE.' We can all do that. Cynicism robs us of that power and makes us less."
As I have crisscrossed North America, I have learned much, including two main things. First, I have grown to appreciate the diversity of support we have, from financial planners in Charlotte, N.C.; to cattle ranchers and potato farmers in Montana; to a special young lady in Edmonton, Alta., who donated the money she received for her eighth birthday to the El Nino response; to grieving families tithing an estate; and to the many congregations from different denominations across the region—all of them giving, serving, and engaging in acts of faith and service by supporting our work and building relationships.
The second thing that has struck me, as I share the stories of our work, is the diversity of what we and our partners do to support the development of the communities we serve. Our programming in Zambia is diverse and multi-sectoral but properly focused to meet the differing needs and contexts identified and faced by communities across the country. All of this, however, revolves around the common themes of partnership, service, and deeds-based ministry. To give you some idea of the extent of this, here are some of the ways in which communities are partnering with us in Zambia.
As Mwandi district enters the most critical period of this El Nino-inflicted drought, we give thanks for our partnerships with many churches who have supported the relief efforts, school production units, and construction of boreholes. As the drought has worsened and the impacts have intensified, the work they have supported has brought huge relief to Mwandi families.
We also have had long-lasting support for the community of Madzimoyo in eastern Zambia, where there has been a direct church-to-church partnership between this community and a congregation in Edmonton. This partnership has allowed two communities to walk side by side as equal partners, to share and rejoice in success but also to come together in strength at times of hardship and loss. Farmers in Montana provided a 50 percent matching fund to a livestock cooperative in Zambia to enable them to buy a mobile spray unit that is shared around the district, keeping animals healthy and communities resilient. We have had nurses and doctors, financial gurus and farmers all give of their time, skills, and hearts to the service and the building of partnerships with communities across Zambia—and if you feel called to contribute, you can too!
I know a wise man who is much wiser than I. He is a mentor to me, and he is the person I call upon to help me process, gain perspective, and rely on my faith; he is a partner to me, one of constant support and encouragement. In a time of trial for me he wrote to me, and I have carried these words with me ever since; they are constant and timeless, and they provide me a constant focus when I need it:
"It's all about relationships . . . dummy!!!!
"With our relationships we are changing the world one small act a time. Every time we invest something of ourselves into someone else's life, a transfer takes place. It can be as simple as a smile or a kind word. Once the transfer takes place the world is now different. The person who has received the gift given is richer. But here is the surprise. The donor does not have less; they have more too. The "more" is different… better, unexpected yet welcome. The sum of the whole is always, always, always greater than the individual parts. When we give ourselves and our "stuff" away, the pie gets bigger, not smaller; the world expands and is changed.
"The people we go to serve in places like Zambia enjoy an amazing freedom. They do not hold on to things or each other the way we do. My guess is that this is one of the outcomes produced from extreme hardship and suffering. I want to know this freedom.
"Every time we come, we take more home with us than we gave , in quantity and in quality. We learn so much from our relationships. I return a very wealthy man!
"Yes, the world is a mess… but within each one of us exists the power to make a difference, the power to change things as they currently are. I witness that power in action every day. Mother Teresa's single aim was to do 'small things with GREAT LOVE.' We can all do that. Cynicism robs us of that power and makes us less.
"Some men see things as they are and ask why; I dream of things that never were and ask, Why not?" (he stole that from Robert Kennedy!)
I hope you find this as powerful and as motivational a tool as I have.
To God be the glory!
Ruairidh Waddell
Program Consultant
World Renew Zambia


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I started working in real estate with my International award winning family team in 2002. Although this is technically when I commenced my career, my brothers and sisters have all been working in the industry since Mum entered in 1991…
I remember putting up signs with Dad at the age of seven, Mum would have professionally printed pictures and stick them onto the signboards – Some of Sue's techniques helped shape the local market as it is today.
My mother Sue Dwyer was the top agent in Coorparoo and Holland Park / West, and was known for her skilled negotiation, innovate marketing and working day and night for her clients to get the best result. We have owned Harcourts Coorparoo, worked as the number 1 team for over a decade with the Remax franchise, trained and run Coronis Coorparoo, and worked with Place Coorparoo. I like to move with the times and work for innovative brands that stay ahead of the industry (hence the launch of People Estate Agents in 2018!)
Here are some of our sold properties our family has had the pleasure marketing over the past 25 years' in Brisbane, unlike most agents, we service our clients wherever they are in Brisbane, stemming from our roots living, working and schooling in Coorparoo.
Sirius Street | Buena Vista Avenue | Welwyn Crescent | Letchworth Road | Baragoola Street | Nicklin Street | Newton Street | Hipwood Avenue | Rees Avenue | Mansfield Street | Amelia Street | Regal Street | Sector Street | Capella Street | Canopus Street | Shakespeare Street | Rialto Street | Kitchener Street | Upper Cornwall Street | Kirkland Avenue | Pembroke Road | Wylie Avenue | Marian Street | Trundle Street | Verry Street | Emlyn Street | Brae Street | Leigh Street | Chatsworth Road | Marriott Street | Lade Street | Walker Street | Norman Street | Park Street | Beresford Terrace | Satellite Street | Mars Street | Solar Street | Crucius Street | View Street | Hillock Street | Ferol Street | Lavington Street | Illidge Street | Norfolk Street | Kelsey Street | York Street | Derby Street | Woodhill Avenue | Leicester Street | Beet Street | Halstead Street | Noela Street | Weston Street | Burke Street | Haig Street | Joffre Street | French Street | Jelicoe Street | Temple Street | Stanley Street East | Milsom Street | Ninth Avenue | Tenth Avenue | Eighth Avenue | Sixth Avenue | St Leonards Street | Barnes Avenue | Old Cleveland Road | Orion Street | Mars Street …
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Dozens of streets including Kneale Street | Dagmar Street | Hockings Street | Framont Avenue | Newbolt Street | Garvary Street | Logan Road | Rees Avenue | Canning Street | Raff Avenue …plus dozens more!
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Coorparoo, Mount Samson, Samford Valley, Greenbank, Camp Hill, Mount Gravatt, East Brisbane, Greenslopes, Annerley, Fairfield, Yeronga, Cannon Hill, Bulimba, Balmoral, Morningside, Murarrie, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Ferny Grove, Ferny Hills, Gordon Park, Manly, Wynnum, Wynnum West, Lota, Capalaba, Victoria Point, Raby Bay, Rochedale, Rochedale South, Mackenzie, Mansfield, Upper Mount Gravatt, Eight Mile Plains, Stretton, Cleveland, Fortitude Valley, Kangaroo Point, Mount Samson, Greenbank, Cleveland, Samford Village, Redbank Plains, Yeronga, Brisbane City…
In the modern world of real estate, things have changed and we are changing with the times.. technology, property styling and premium presentations attract your buyers to your inspections, and a professional and experienced negotiator works your buyers to get you the best price.
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text: It's not always the youngest generation that is the first to try out the latest technology. A Houston grandmother has become the country's first user of a technology called "Super Wi-Fi."Now to be clear, it's not called "super" because of its speed, but rather because the Wi-Fi signal has the ability to travel over greater distances and through walls thanks to its utilization of spectrum from unused television channels. The FCC created rules to enable the use of the spectrum specifically for this new version of Wi-Fi.AdChoices广告Leticia Aguirre's home became a Super Wi-Fi hotspot thanks to a partnership between Rice University and a Houston-based non-profit group called Technology for All (TFA). Aguirre, who is 48 and a working grandmother, had previously been using a free community broadband Wi-Fi network in her home established by a Rice University-based research team led by Professor Edward Knightly and TFA. But Aguirre never received a good signal in her home because she lives at the edge of the network. That fact made her the perfect candidate for Knightly's research team to introduce the new Super Wi-Fi technology.The Super Wi-Fi equipment used was created by Ryan Guerra, a graduate student at Rice. The equipment dynamically shifts between traditional Wi-Fi and unused UHF digital television channels to offer the best coverage. One of the advantages of the new Super Wi-Fi equipment is that it looks like any other traditional Wi-Fi hotspot to users. Additional Super Wi-Fi links are planned for Aguirre's neighbors with the goal of reaching up to 3,000 homes in East Houston.The initiative has federal support from the National Science Foundation and hopes to develop the technology as an open-source solution in an effort to ease deployment of it in additional cities and rural areas.Read more at Rice University


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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the City of Philadelphia are joining forces to provide health care to children and adults in South Philadelphia. They are relocating two existing clinics, a CHOP-owned pediatric primary care practice currently located in South Philadelphia, and the City-owned Health Center, which serves children and adults into one new building.
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I know we've shown you one mast climbing work platform in an elevator shaft this summer (at Eagles stadium) but this one is a touch taller than that one. This one spans 300 feet from the ground to the top of the elevator shaft. Yep. That's a tall order but what a smart way to construct the inside of an elevator shaft.
And just look at how snug that MC-10 is in there. Like a glove. So tight in fact, that crews often ask if it was designed for this very purpose. It's not but we can certainly say it's becoming more common to use them in this manner. It's a match made in heaven.
There is plenty of room for workers, gear, and material. As you can see from these pics the bricks are already up and now crews are putting on the insulation board and getting them finished.
In this shot you can see just how far down the track goes.
Here you can actually see the anchor points that hold the mast climber's track in place.
Superior provided two MC-10 mast climber platforms (one for each shaft). This is the inside of the new building – just to give you an idea of where they were located.
So the next time you think elevator shaft – think Superior Scaffold and mast climber. I know that's a reach but seriously, look at what a perfect fit they are.
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"What the hell was that I just saw?" grumbled a nearby theater-goer leaving what I had enjoyed as a fascinating multimedia spectacle. OK, the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama's The Alice Project is not for everyone. A familiarity with the play's inspiration, Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (And What Alice Found There), would probably help; just don't be pedantic about it. This is an interpretation, actually an experiential one, of that book's sequel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Alice is the starting point, with the occasional aside (comical or contemplative) augmenting the basic story, and a geek's dream of techno-wizardry to bring Looking-Glass World thrillingly and scarily alive. The multi-level set -- three three-story towers -- features huge video screens that vary from a full composite background to a tangle of discrete cells with repeating or even competing images. This is Alice in 4-D.
As the name implies, the Project is a rather large and ambitious joint venture "devised by the company" of 13 multi-cast actors, nine designers and two writers (Dan O'Neil and Liz Ellison), among other contributors, all under the direction of Marianne Weems. The result is huge but not cumbersome, and definitely on sensory-overload mode.
The actors switch or even morph into different characters. Alice herself is portrayed by three people: the storybook blonde (Tess Primack, also a mean Red Queen), a perky brunette (Krista Marie Yu, the "real" Alice ); and even a guy (Evan Barron). Also notable are Dan Weschler in the extended version of the Gnat, and his collaboration on the play's original songs with fellow cast members Alex Falberg (a notable White Knight), Ben Ferguson (a wry White King), Ryan Melia (a warmly thoughtful interviewer) and Arya Shahi, folded up to suggest the shape of Humpty Dumpty. If I had to quibble, it would be about the omission of the Hump's logocratic arrogance.
Of course The Alice Project is confusing. That reflects the point of view of Alice herself, making her way through a world where things change constantly and nothing is as it seems. But she did have fun, after all, and so can we.
THE ALICE PROJECT continues through Sat., April 23. Philip Chosky Theater, Carnegie Mellon University campus, Oakland. 412-268-2407 or www.cmu.edu/cfa/drama/


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The heat index is soaring, the kids are out of school for the summer, and the neighborhood pool is singing a siren song to the 9-to-5-ers. And, as we all know, none of this does much for productivity around the office. So, how do you counter the effects of summer time and keep your employees motivated? Here are 5 tips on how to keep your employees on track (and on task) during work hours.
Celebrate Success – This can be as simple as using positive reinforcement, such as thank-you cards, phone calls or a congratulatory email when you see an employee performing well. If the accomplishment is much larger, you can treat the individual or entire team to an impromptu get-together. This could include lunch, pizza or drinks at a local pub. You can also beat the heat by taking the team to a movie, where air-conditioning and cold drinks are plentiful.
Set Challenging Goals – Goals are a great way to keep your employees and team members on track. By setting the bar high but still within reach, everyone will be striving to achieve his or her set goals. Make sure goals are clearly communicated and in writing, so employees can refer back to the list as necessary.
Keep Them in the Loop – When employees feel that they are playing an active role in the development and progress of their company, they are less likely to resist authority. Plus, you never know what insightful information they may have to offer that could make a significant impact to your small business. Schedule a short-but-sweet weekly or monthly company-wide meeting to keep everyone on the same page.
Create an Enjoyable Atmosphere – You'd be surprised at how hardworking one can be when they walk into an office everyday and feel welcome. By creating a working atmosphere full of acceptance, camaraderie and unity, your employees will feel more motivated to get work completed. Positivity is key – remember, your staff takes cues from you, so be sure the right attitude starts at the top.
Give Them the Tools for Success – If your employees are lacking sufficient tools required to complete their jobs, chances are they'll become frustrated and productivity will drop. Let's face it – no one likes a printer that jams frequently, or a computer that shuts down on a whim.
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Oregon Lumber Industry Returns To Work After Fire Closures
After recent rains, many lumber workers have been able to return to work this week as fire levels in many areas are back down to a level safe for industrial work. The State of Oregon has Industrial Fire Precaution Levels, which dictate the amount of work a lumber company can do while a fire is burning.
Last week, most of Southern Oregon was at a level four, which calls for complete closure of lumber industry while fires are being fought. "We were down all of last week in Roseburg," Steve Swanson, CEO of Swanson Group, said. Swanson Group is a lumber company that owns mills all over the state, including Coos County.
When the state posts a level one IFPL work for the lumber industry returns to normal. The requirements at level one are the same as the precautions companies take naturally during fire season. Small precautionary measures like workers carrying a water tank with them are required.
At level two, waivers are submitted by lumber companies for permission to operate. Certain equipment like power saws, feller-bunchers with rotary head saws, cable yarding, blasting, welding, cutting, and grinding metal, are only allowed between the hours of 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. When the IFPL is increased to three, all work must be done between the hours of 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Todd Payne, the CEO of Seneca Sawmill, said "It's not just the closures that hurt us. We own 167,000 acres in timber lands. We lost 1,000 acres in the fire." The age of the trees in an acre determine its worth. For example an acre of two year old trees may be worth around $600 to a lumber company, where as an acre of forty year old trees could be worth up to $10,000.
From The World: http://theworldlink.com/news/local/lumber-industry-returns-to-work-after-fire-closures/article_134eb318-b945-5c41-a665-e017bc2f6395.html


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The business book you should read this month: #GIRLBOSS
Sophia Amoruso went from petty theft to founder of a $100m fashion retailer. Here's why her book is a must-read for budding female entrepreneurs
What is #GIRLBOSS about?
"A #GIRLBOSS is in charge of her own life. She gets what she wants because she works for it". This is the opening line to Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso's bestselling book #GIRLBOSS and is the sentiment that echoes throughout each chapter.
Full of empowering and un-apologetic mantras, no-nonsense business advice, and honest accounts of how she turned her life around from petty criminal to retail mogul, Amoruso's book looks to inspire anyone to find their own "unique path to success".
Amoruso shares her start-up story: Aged 22 and working in a job she hated, she began selling vintage clothes on eBay as a hobby and this later developed into Nasty Gal – the US online fashion retailer, which by the time Amorosu was 30, had achieved turnover of over $100m and employed 350 people.
While Amoruso's story is impressive, her focus throughout the book is on letting the reader know that you don't need to have a degree, business experience, or even take yourself too seriously ("let your freak flag fly") to be successful.
Target audience?
As Amoruso states in the foreword, #GIRLBOSS is intended to "inspire women everywhere" but that doesn't mean that there aren't any good take-away tips for men too. From securing funding to hiring staff, there are lots of insights that are as valuable for budding male entrepreneurs as they are for females.
What's the best bit of #GIRLBOSS?
Alongside frank observations about business and the start-up world, within each chapter Amoruso shares case studies and pointers from female founders, authors and bloggers , what she refers to as 'Portrait of a #GIRLBOSS'.
These 'Portraits' include fashion designer Norma Karmali who advises you to "dream and never stop dreaming. Making my dreams come true has always inspired me to work hard" alongside blogger Alexi Wasser of IMBOYCRAZY.com who gives an open account of what it's like to work on a freelance basis:
"If you don't build structure for yourself, you feel like you always have to be working and it's exhausting. I'm still trying to figure out how to balance work and a personal life."
Why should business owners read #GIRLBOSS?
#GIRLBOSS has been referred to as Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In "but for misfits" and this is a pretty accurate description. The book aims to encourage both "outsiders and insiders" – those who won't necessarily be able to relate to the stories of Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs. For anyone launching a business idea, it's hugely inspiring to find out how Amoruso went from what she refers to as "a broke, anarchist "freegan" dead set on smashing the system" to a millionaire business woman.
3 top take-away points for start-ups:
- Be obsessed with your customers and keep them at the centre of everything you do: "Without customers, you have nothing"
- Leave your ego at the door: "Be respectful, collaborative, curious and open-minded"
- Keep learning: "Get excited about growth, take intelligent risks, and learn from your mistakes"
Excerpt business owners can learn from?
The chapter 'Taking care of (your) business' is especially useful for aspiring start-up founders:
"Turnoffs [for investors]:
"Over-confidence: You need to be passionate and excited about what you're doing but don't be so blinded by it that you're unrealistic. If you're saying things like 'No-one has ever done this before' it usually comes across as cocky, or, worse, uninformed. As a #GIRLBOSS you should always be confident – and absolutely sure – about what you know, but humble about what you don't.
"Talking about how soon you plan to exit: This might work for some people, but most investors are in it for the long haul. It's for the same reasons that I don't like it when I ask people where they want to be in two years and they answer that they want to own their own fashion businesses. People like to see evidence of commitment.
"Typos and general unpreparedness: Yeah, this is just basically a turnoff for anyone, everywhere."(P.196)
|Book name: #GIRLBOSS
Authors: Sophia Amoruso
Date published: August 2015
RRP: £7.99 (paperback)
Synopsis: In 2006, Sophie Amoruso was "dicking around on the internet" and decided to open up an eBay shop called Nasty Gal Vintage. Eight years later, she had become the CEO of a $100m+ retail business with 350 employees. Amoruso's book looks at the ins-and-outs of starting a business and seeks to empower readers to become a #GIRLBOSS – to take control and responsibility of their own lives.


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Brown Rice Bowl with Curried Roasted Cauliflower and Green Chutney
- 1 1/4 cups long-grain brown rice, rinsed
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Salt
- 1 small head cauliflower, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 small ripe tomato, chopped
- 2 cups packed baby spinach
- 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves
- 1/2 cup Greek yoghurt
- 1/2 jalapeno, seeds removed if less heat desired
- 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1 large carrot
- 1/2 cup roasted and salted cashews, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup potato sticks (find these in the Indian snacks section of your local supermarket)
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Make the rice: Bring the rice and 2 1/2 cups of water to a boil over medium-high heat in a medium saucepan. Cover, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until the rice is tender and most of the water is absorbed, about 40 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, and leave it covered for at least 10 minutes. Stir in 1 tablespoon of the oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Fluff the rice with a fork. Serve warm or at room temperature. (The rice can be made and refrigerated up to 2 days ahead. Microwave just enough to take the chill off, about 2 minutes, stirring about halfway through.)
Make the curried cauliflower: While the rice is cooking, toss the cauliflower with the remaining 2 tablespoon oil, curry powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt on a rimmed baking sheet and spread it out in an even layer. Roast until softened and browned in spots, about 25 minutes. Add the tomatoes, and stir to combine. Continue to bake until the tomatoes are soft, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly.
Make the chutney: Blend or pulse the spinach, coriander, yoghurt, 2 tablespoons water, jalapeno and 1 teaspoon salt in a blender or food processor until smooth and creamy. (The chutney can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 days.)
Microwave the peas in a microwave-safe bowl to just remove the chill, 1 to 2 minutes. Peel ribbons from the carrot with a vegetable peeler.
Build the bowls: Evenly divide the rice among 4 bowls. In each bowl, make neat piles or rows of the curried cauliflower, peas, carrots, cashews, potato sticks and green chutney.
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2011 Bill Warnock Memorial dinner – Lindsay and Kerry Clare
2011 Response to WAPC "Capital City Planning Framework"
2011 Submission on MRS Waterfront Amendment
2010 August : Fourth Bill Warnock Dinner and Lecture, with speaker: Prof Rob Adams, City of Melbourne
2010 Response to City of Perth's "What If? Projects"
2010 "Strategic Planning & Governance of the Capital City": a discussion paper in conjunction with Australian Institute of Architects.
2010 Submission on City of Perth "Draft Urban Design Framework"
2010 September CityVision multi-agency workshop: Cultural Infrastructure
2010 March CityVision Dinner. Prof Geoffrey Bolton: "Delay and Decay" (in cultural infrastructure provision)
2009 September Third annual Bill Warnock Dinner and Lecture, with speaker Steve Woodland, Government Architect
2009 May CityVision's Plan for the Perth Waterfront presented to Swan River Trust.
2009 April. Ken Adam and Premier inspect Waterfront site, with CityVision's plan.
2009 January. CityVision meets with Premier Colin Barnett and Minister for Planning John Day.
2008 Second Bill Warnock dinner & lecture
Speaker: Alan Saunders, ABC.
2008 Article published "Perth City's Future: Time for some Sensible Thinking"
2008 Publication of CityVision's Plan for Perth Waterfront
2008 CityVision celebrates its 21st year.
2008 June CityVision Forum on the Waterfront
2008 CityVision opposes Metropolitan Region Scheme amendment, deleting the Fitzgerald Street – Milligan Street road link
2008 Historian Prof Jenny Gregory and research assistant Ruth Morgan prepare archival record of CityVision files.
2007 CityVision supports City of Perth's Concept for Concert Hall Precinct
2007 Inaugural Bill Warnock Memorial
Dinner and Lecture, with speaker Alan Dodge (CEO, Art Gallery of WA)
2007 Workshop on "Northbridge Link"
2006 CityVision workshops (3) on "Vision for the City"
2005 Submission on "Perth Western Foreshore Indicative Concept Plan" published by Landcorp
2005 Submission on EPRA: Draft Masterplan for East Perth Power Station
2005 "Creativity and the Future of Perth" joint paper, CityVision with Simon Blackwell
2004 Ken Adam receives award as a "Champion of the Built Environment" in the Year of the Built Environment.
2003 Submissions on the future of the WA Museum
2003 New Chairman of CityVision, Ken Adam receives Architect's Board of WA Award
2002 CityVision publishes its concept plan for a great city park on central railway land, following the State government decision to sink the Fremantle line.
2002 CityVision awarded both State and National "Award for Excellence in Planning: Media" by Royal Australian Planning Institute/Planning Institute of Australia.
2001 – 07 CityVision active in "G8" group, in forum on Southern Rail Link and submissions to State government and City of Perth
2001 June. Death of Bill Warnock
2000 – 01 Submission on the PCEC proposals
2000 CityVision supports Foreshore location for PCEC.
2000 Bill Warnock appointed to Planning Minister's "Future Perth" Committee.
2000 1991 Cathedral Square proposals by Ken Adam formally endorsed by CityVision.
2000 CityVision's founding Chairman, Bill Warnock, appointed an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Australian Planning Institute.
2000 CityVision Forum on Proposed Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (PCEC).
1999 CityVision Charrette: Three Bold Visions for Perth
1999 CityVision participates in RAIA Charrette on Central Perth.
1999 Forum on future of Supreme Court buildings and location.
1998 – 2000 Submissions to City of Perth to remove Forrest Place overhead walkway.
1998 – 2000 Submissions on draft Master Plan for Barrack Square Redevelopment.
1998 – 99 CityVision publishes concepts for the land above the Northbridge tunnel./Graham Farmer Freeway
1998 Capital City Forum organised by CityVision
1997 "A Capital City Planning and Development Agency for Perth." proposed by CityVision, supported by the Property Council of Australia, Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA, and Australian Institute of Urban Studies.
1996 CityVision incorporated, as Capital City Vision, Inc.
1995 Second revision of CityVision's Manifesto as "CitVision's Agenda for the Capital City of Perth".
1995 CityVision submission on proposed Southern (Mandurah) Railway route through the city.
1994 – 95 CityVision leads a successful campaign, with the RAIA and others to save Council House, following the decision of appointed commissioners to demolish it. The newly elected Council resolved to retain it, against the recommendation of its officers, Re-opened, to widespread acclaim in 1997
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1994 Publication of Jan Gehl report: "Public Spaces and Public Life in Perth"
1994 Submission on State government program: "Perth – a City for People"
1993 CityVision, with Robert Hart, publishes plan for a new Northbridge Boulevard.
1993 April. CityVision's Manifesto reviewed, as "CityVision's Objectives and Agenda for the Capital City"
1993 Jan Gehl study of Central Perth, with contributions from CityVision members.
1993 Foreshore Competition officially abandoned by State government
1992 City Challenge Conference, initiated by CityVision, brings Jan Gehl to Perth, leading to him being commissioned to carry out a study of Perth.
1991 State government and City of Perth issue brief for "Perth City Foreshore Urban Design Competition".
1990 "A Capital City Planning Authority" a proposal to the State government and City of Perth, in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Urban Studies and WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry
1989 – 96 Submissions on: Proposed East Perth Redevelopment Authority; Swan Brewery conservation and development; City Northern Bypass; and Perth Cultural Centre.
1989 – 92 Inner-City Living: CityVision submissions to State government, City of Perth and the Commonwealth government lead to formation of the Inner City Housing Task force, subsequent publication of its report and establishment of the Inner City Living Office.
1988 – 89 First CityVision Plan for Perth City Foreshore
1988 Publication of CityVision Manifesto "New Directions for Central Perth".
1987 Perth Urban Discussion Group convened by Ian Alexander and Bill Warnock, becomes CityVision in the same year


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Expecting a baby in the next few weeks?
It's a bit of an awkward time of year, as you potentially have just a few days left of summer once the baby arrives.
We all know how much the great British weather loves to keep us on our toes. It could be a roasting September, or the rain could pour down every day.
With that in mind I've been looking at baby clothes and thinking about what I would stock up on if I was expecting a baby at this time of year.
For me it would be about having a few items that could be worn in case we have a sudden heatwave – let's be positive! – as well as light long sleeves and layers that can be built up in chilly weather.
Most places have at least some of their summer items on sale. If you add cardigans and long trousers then you can take advantage of all the short-sleeves tops and vests that are around.
Here are some of my favourite picks that would see you through late summer into autumn.
After seeing Wonder Woman at the cinema I am seriously loving the character, she's definitely one for little girls to look up to. Therefore this sleepsuit is just amazing. I also love the colour of this cat outfit, check out that hat. I think these are good for cool-ish nights when you don't want to swamp your baby in blankets but you do want all their limbs and feet covered.
I would also happily use them in the day. You can add vests underneath if the temperature really drops.
I'm not usually a tutu fan but I just love this rainbow vest. I would add trousers on a chilly day. This cardigan is nice and light with cute little pockets. Add it over short-sleeved tops when the weather turns a little chillier.
I've got a flamingo top myself so I would love to dress my kids in these flamingo print outfits. Short rompers are perfect for really hot days. You get easy access to the nappy and baby stays cool. The two-pack mummy and daddy rompers keeps both parents happy!
The baby clothes from Gap are so soft and the prints are really lovely. I had a few things from Gap as gifts when my first baby was born and they have lasted so well that my second had worn them too.
I have this same footless bear print sleepsuit and it's been great. I sometimes put my daughter down for sleep when it was about 24C in her room wearing just this. It meant her limbs were covered but not in anything too heavy.
I think the floral print cardigan would be brilliant to cover up in early morning and late afternoon when the temperature drops suddenly.
I want those little hats with the bear ears, they're perfect for keeping little heads cozy. I like the Little Sister sleepsuit for new siblings, it could be a great gift from an older sister so they feel involved in the new baby.
Light, long-sleeved tops are good for the start of autumn. They shouldn't be too heavy. The floral vest top romper is adorable and would be fab for a barbecue if the sun happens to come out.
These trousers would go with pretty much anything. They're good to add with these sets of short-sleeved vests on those awkward days when the temperature yo-yos all over the place.
Affordable and fashionable all in one place. Mothercare seems to be constantly upping its game with its collections.
This blue print dress would be lovely for baby to wear when meeting the family for the first time. You go through piles and piles of washing in the first few weeks so the multi-pack of vests is a great idea.
I'm a sucker for a Disney movie themed outfit. Particularly when it's the older movies that I watched growing up. This Bambi set is just brilliant as a gift for a newborn. The seven-piece set at the top ensures your baby has lots of options to keep cool or warm.
John Lewis
There's a sale on at John Lewis now, so it's a good time to stock up on multipacks of vests and sleepsuits.
I love the Bonds baby brand, they make some gorgeous sleepsuits. The one in the bottom left is footless so a good late summer choice. The one at the top has a double zip fastening so should make getting baby in and out easier.
The prints on the John Lewis own collection are really sweet. I love the multi-pack with hat and bib, it's practical and looks good. The little dress would be great for any special occasion like a wedding, if you're brave enough to try it with a newborn.
These three rompers would keep baby cool in the final burst of summer. I'm choosing to stay optimistic that we will have more sunshine!
Links to all of the items in this feature can be found on my Pinterest page. Please follow me if you get a minute.
You may also want to look at my top baby product suggestions for a newborn and for if you are going to have two kids under two.
I hope these suggestions were helpful and if you are expecting a baby imminently, take care of yourself and congratulations!


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The Certificate of Need (CON) Task Force is set to finish its work by January 15 and send a list of recommendations to Governor Malloy for his consideration.
The question is: Will the Task Force be bold enough to request changes to the state's oversight of transactions in the hospital and health care delivery system in order to ensure affordable, quality access to care for all Connecticut residents?
We believe that some changes to the CON process are in order, particularly ones that recognize how much the health care delivery landscape has shifted over the past few decades.
There are now only a handful of independent, community hospitals remaining in Connecticut and two health systems (Yale-New Haven and Hartford HealthCare) have control over more than 50% of the state's hospital activity. In addition, the majority of medical practices are now owned by the large health systems.
As a result, it is far more important to most people that local health care needs are being met by hospitals and health care systems than whether or not a large medical practice can purchase an MRI machine. The CON process needs to catch up with the times.
There are also actions that the legislature should take – above and beyond the scope of the CON process – to make sure that the interests of the community at-large are well represented in health care system decisions.
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A long time being talked about, finally got the ferry booked to go to Arran. It didn't disappoint, it turned our to be a nice sunny day, and because it was during the week, it was pretty quiet too. Once off the ferry we headed south to Lamlash, a small village that has beautiful views of Holy Isle. On the south of the Island everywhere you look has spectacular views like (above) the lighthouse on the island of Pladda looking onto Aisla Craig. We could have stopped everywhere for photos, but we didn't have all day, so we battered on to Blackwaterfoot for a spot of lunch by the sea. On to the North of the Island where the Isle of Arran distillery is situated. But that's for another time, when I don't have the motorbike with me. Heading south from Lochranza gives you amazing views of Goatfell, and Brodick Castle. Before getting back to the ferry, a must stop location, the Arran Brewery, to pick up some beers for "feet up time" later. Can't wait to go back.
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The nights are fair drawing in
It's coming into winter time, long gone are the long sunny days and dry roads, now comes the cold dark nights and hazardous mother nature, here are some things to look out for.
Ice on shaded roads
It might feel like the sun has heated the day up to an acceptable level, but the nights are a lot colder and brings frost. With the short days and low sun, some parts of the road don't see light at all, so the frosty parts stay there.
Leaves on corners
All the lovely colours on the trees, eventually they fall off and cover the roads, and they are slippy too.
Thicker gloves
Yeah, it's still warm enough, just take the bike out, but it's cold enough to freeze you fingers off at 70 mph, get the winter gloves looked out again, your fingers will thank you.
Low sun glare
Shorter days come with low sun, this makes it hard to see but also makes it harder to be seen.
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