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Favorite juice so far:
3 small apples
3 large carrots
1" ginger
lemon juice
2 big handfuls of baby spinach
Bright, fresh, yummy! Oddly enough I am not putting lemon through the juicer - it's easier to use my little wooden manual twisty thingy than to peel the lemon before juicing. And it works great. Monday & Tuesday I juiced for breakfast and lunch and had a bad dinner. Monday was take out Chinese (tofu, veggies and rice(not brown) that I brought home from Panda Express then last night H ordered in pizza (classic, not a healthy version.) I am thinking I'll take a can of low sodium lentil soup for lunch and drink my 2nd big bottle of juice on the way home from work to see if I can't do better today.
I think I feel better. Whether it's from the nutrients or the knowledge that I am doing something to actively pursue better health I don't know. If it works I'll take a placebo any day! But it's not just my mood, my body feels better, it likes this.
Today's juice (I'm trying to use up everything in the house) is a little stronger in flavour so I added some Acai juice I had purchased from Costco and need to use up. This concoction is not as yummy as others I have made but still interesting.
Bok Choy
Yesterday was similar, sub in celery for the bok choy and red grapes for the oranges. It was delicioso. And it's not bad cleaning out the juicer either. I'm making a large batch(s) in the morning which means I'm only cleaning it once a day. So far so good! Yay me!
But all in all I think the most satisfying part of this endeavor is that I am responsible for the juice. That I am creating something wonderful each time I decide what will go into the juicer. I can hardly wait to try beets, I hear they are the best.
And as for the packing part of my double hitter agenda,I did pick up boxes, bubble wrap and tape yesterday. They even made it into the house. Of course I couldn't open the large box that the smaller boxes were packed in, but it's a start! And tonight I will get the damned box open and begin. Because I won't have to spend time making dinner, wink wink. I'll drink it on the way home, take a machete to the big box, and start packing my stuff from the bedroom. I will. I will envision it on and off all day and make it happen. Psycho-cybernetics come to Mama.


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A Soggy Day/
Wow! What a gorgeous day at the garden. After such a soggy weekend, 11 MGs came out to enjoy the sunshine. Since we had only a tiny harvest, we saved it to deliver on Thursday. Almost all the beds in the original Demo Garden are ready for winter. A group of MGs got Bed L ready for sowing a cover crop by removing the top layer of soil which has had a perpetual moss cover all season, adding lime and 'Stinky Bull' (composted dairy manure.) Then they sowed both Austrian peas and crimson clover and covered the bed with row cover to help keep our friendly crows from eating all the seeds. We're waiting for a load of leaves with which we can mulch the remaining beds.
The cane berries were pruned during a rather soggy, but very effective pruning class on Saturday, October 21.
A very nice pair of secateurs turned up during the cane berry pruning on Saturday. If these belong to you, please come get them. Otherwise, we will happily add them to the collection of Demo Garden tools.
Enjoy this week of lovely weather.

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Tailgattors and could not switch lanes
I finally moved over to the left but did not cross lanes until just as I passed the emergency vehicle. That police vehicle then pulled out and pulled me over from that second lane.
I explained this all to the officer and she said I should have slowed down more or moved over to the other lane quicker - she insisted that when a person slows down the tailgaters will not hit you. I did not agree but felt it was not in my best interest to argue. She gave me a $490 ticket and said to tell my story to the prosecutor.
She was very polite and professional but I still feel it was not safe to slow down or change lanes.
Do I have a case?
You've made a very good point. Thank you for your feedback. I really appreciate it. Quick question about the 3 demerit points ---Stanton wrote:Might be worthwhile to consult with a paralegal. While I'm sure the Crown will offer you a plea deal to a lesser fine, I doubt they'd simply withdraw the charge based on your explanation alone. While I don't think you'd be expected to jam on the brakes with a tailgater, it might be hard to articulate that the risk posed by the tailgater outweighed the risk you posed to the officer by not slowing down.
I've had two tickets in my life and this makes 3 - previously a speeding ticket about 20 years ago and there were no demerit points were involved ... then about a year ago I was talking on my cell phone and driving (not sure if that involves demerit points). I've now had more tickets in my 40's than I had in my 20's
If the Crown offers me a plea deal to a lesser fine will that likely mean they will also remove the 3 demerit point penalty?
Does losing three demerit points typically automatically mean my insurance will go up in my situation?
It's a shame because I do try very hard at being a safe driver and spend most of my time in the slow lane. Ironically If I was more aggressive I would never have been in that lane.
Anyway, another valuable lesson.
I wonder if there is a benefit to contacting a paralegal or a ex-copper type of business to see if they can help me articulate my story better. In my humble opinion (and my wifes) it wasn't safe to change lanes.
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While most of the world was focused on news of the Florida high school shooting, some celebs tried to spread love on Valentine's Day. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez celebrated their first Valentine's Day since getting back together. For other couples, like Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler, Wednesday was just another in a long line of consecutive love holidays. And they had no problem shoving it in everyone's face.
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"Teen Wolf" Actor Charlie Carver Comes Out As Gay
By Oceanup Staff on January 12, 2016
In a series of Instagram posts, "Teen Wolf" actor Charlie Carver has come out as gay. The 27 year-old actor used nearly 1,700 words in five posts to reveal his battle with separating his personal life from his professional life.


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The Christian newswires are abuzz today, because a big earthquake hit Melbourne with its epicentre down at Planetshakers. Michael Guglielmucci confessed that his battle with terminal cancer has all been a lie. Alun Davies immediately suspended his ministerial credentials.
Now begins a long and painful exercise of self-examination. And I'm not talking about Michael… that goes without saying. I'm talking about Planetshakers and about the AOG. The obvious question is this: How could no-one have known? Not even family! What kind of "system" can promote someone to such a place of influence and yet can fail to enforce a regime of accountability and scrutiny?
The thing about the Christian church in general, and Pentecostalism in particular, is that its history is littered with stories of fallen heroes. And this is not something to speak of lightly. It is very very painful stuff from which people never fully recover. People trust religious leaders like they trust very few other people and when one falls, it leaves a deep and very painful wound that will always leave a scar.
I know of a brilliant "man of God" who after decades cannot return to the congregation from which he was expelled for a matter of sexual indiscretion. Time heals a wound, but it doesn't restore trust… not fully.
In a place like Planetshakers this kind of catastrophe will impact different people in different ways. For some it will not challenge just their trust in leadership… it will challenge their spirituality, their faith. That's just what happens.
But see, the thing is… we KNOW that's what happens. It's happened many times before! And it will happen again.
So why don't we learn from the massive damage of past leadership failures, and expect (and demand) a level of accountability and transparency from our leaders? I simple ask this: How many church leaders in this country — and in Pentecostalism in particular — have explicit structures of accountability and transparency in their lives and ministries so that it would be extremely extremely hard for them to get away with immoral behaviour for any length of time?
To leaders who resist these kinds of structures and strictures, I'd say… tough! It's a very high call, so deal with it. It's the price you pay to honour God and to honour the seriousness of your position of influence and leadership.
We've had too much spiritual abuse. Too many (especially young) people have been burned beyond recognition. Surely the least we can do is wise up to what's going on here! And not to make too fine a point of it, I find it is almost a feature of Pentecostalism that the more senior a leader becomes, the more unconstrained his movements become; the more unaccountable we allow him to be.
Why did Michael not feel safe enough to confess his fraud to an intimate friend and co-leader, ages ago? Why did he find himself promoted to senior leadership, all the while carrying this deep inner turmoil, that never came out?
The answers to these questions should be none of our business. But they are when they spill out and hurt so many people. And spare a thought (and prayer) for the Guglielmucci family. Hurt indeed.
Never mind cancer of the human body. There is a cancer of the Body of Christ here and it's called leadership. Even in Pentecostalism we are far more man-centric than Spirit-centric. We place so much on human leadership and so little on Spirit-leadership, and this sort of debacle is the fruit of it.
And lest you think it has anything to do with the size of a church, it doesn't. Homechurch or Megachurch… leadership abuse and failure hurts people just as much in either case.
I, for one, have so much respect for Ps Danny, Michael's dad. I can't imagine his and his family's pain right now. I'll be praying for them.
Meanwhile, I hope the shockwaves of this earthquake lead to better "construction methods" in the structures of church leadership, designed to make sure it's much much harder for a leader to fall like this again.
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6.97 acres in West Barnstable – December 6, 2012
Barnstable Land Trust holds conservation restrictions (CR) on two extraordinary pieces of land, both of which are owned by Orenda Wildlife Land Trust. The CR provides an additional measure of protection for these unique and environmentally critical parcels.
Carvers Island is located in Shallow Pond, Centerville. The .68-acre island is composed of wooded upland featuring maple, oak and beech trees plus holly seedlings. Located within a state-designated priority habitat for rare species and in a zone of contribution to public water supply, it is considered core habitat and a critical natural landscape area. In the fall of 2012, Carvers Island was renamed the David H. Simser Island Sanctuary in memory of Cape entomologist and deer tick expert Dave Simser.
Brickyard is 6.97 acres of upland and freshwater wetlands at the site of the historically important West Barnstable Brick Company. The land, which abuts a salt marsh, provides a critical buffer to a freshwater pond fed by an artesian well. This property has been identified as priority habitat for rare species and is a critical natural landscape area. With views of the Great Marsh, the parcel lies within the Sandy Neck/Barnstable Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern and connects to Town and BLT conservation lands.
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Our 4th year of teaching the Partner dances for Cheyenne at the Grand Burstin in Folkestone and this weekend could possibly have been the best yet!
Cheyenne Promotions run the Country Music & Dance Weekends at the Grand Burstin Hotel and they just keep getting better. I have said before and am happy to be able to say it again, the people who come to this festival is the reason for its continued success. Dancers and loyal listeners just keep coming back for the atmosphere and comradery that is so rare to find.
This is a line and partner dance event and the etiquette is just brilliant, sure there are times when lines extend a little longer than the dance floor allows, and there's also times when partners cut the corners! But with patience and understanding and common courtesy everyone gets on so well the dance floor just works.
Friday afternoon the teaching starts at 1pm, alternating between line and partner (we taught the partners: "Happy Days" and "Some Town Somewhere"), this fills a couple of hours for the early arrivals before you can check into your room. Then dinner and a quick change for the evening's entertainment. Tonight was the fabulous Tony Crooks and Steve Jay, both brilliant performers in their own right but then they re-united again as 'Plain Loco'.
Then comes Saturday morning and a couple of hours of teaching (we taught the partners: "Finest Around" and "Hazzard"), alternating between Partners and Line dances, with many joining in which is always good for a laugh. Then lunch, there is no shortage of food on this weekend. At 2pm the afternoon session kicked off with one of my favourites "Roots & Wings" who kept us dancing all afternoon. More food and a freshen up for dinner and the evening entertainment brought us two acts "Billy Curtis" and our good friends Ray and Steve who are "Stonecold Country". Immensely talented and both acts kept the floor buzzing.
Sunday morning and a bleary eyed re-cap of all 4 partner dances we had taught and the same for the line dancers. Followed by what is always one of my favourite sessions Ky and his daughter (Shayna) came on for the afternoon and were joined by the wonderful Angie for a song, much to the delight of the audience. The festival was finished off Sunday evening with the ever popular "Steve Lovett" and "Kickin' Country" who gave us an amazing evening.
Our first time working with Roger Shepherd (Absolute Country) who was teaching the line dances. Our personal thanks to him for making it so relaxed for the teaching sessions where we worked together to ensure the dancers had the great time they came for.
There is always a charity raffle and this time was no exception with a raffle in aid of NSPCC raised £255.40.
So we are already looking forward to the Turkey & Tinsel Weekend 10th & 12th November which is always on of the busiest of the year and a great party. Get in early to ensure you get in!
Great dancing, great country music and wonderful people, see you in November.
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- Flowing Stance can be used in the middle of following skills: Basic Attack, Secret Sword Art, Flip Side Counter
- Flowing Stance - Force cannot be cast without this skill cast first.
- Using Flowing Stance in the middle of Drive Slash instantly stops the skill as you enter the stance.
- Formless Consecutive Activation of Flowing Stance - Force, can be deactivated. (Press Ctrl + right mouse click on icon on the skill quick slot to toggle ON/OFF)
- SP per level: 50
- Master Level: 1
- Max Level: 1
- Cast Time: 0.5 sec
- Cooldown: 1 sec
- MP Consumption: 28 + 60 per sec
- Basic Attack Cancelable Skill
- Allows for the usage of Flowing Stance - Clash, Flowing Stance - Swift, Flowing Stance - Rise, and Flowing Stance - Force at full power at the cost of one hotkey.
- You may still use Flowing Stance skills without using this skill, but they will deal reduced damage.
- Must be used with a hotkey, has no input command.
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In the Married to Medicine episode "Boiling Point," Rachel Suliburk hosts a crawfish boil party. At night, she and her guests circle around an outdoor fire and play a game of Two Truths and a Lie. The game involves a person revealing three things about themselves and then the crowd has to guess which one is a lie. Rachel's 3 are: she doesn't like dairy, her favorite color is blue, and she's on the Dean's List (she's studying to become a nurse). Someone guesses the Dean's List part is a lie but Rachel proudly says she has been on the List "two semesters in a row."
When Rachel hears guests laughing after her declaration, she asks if they need "to be schooled." Rachel has her eyes on plastic surgeon Dr. Erika Soto who says Rachel "feels she has to prove herself in front of the rest of us girls," who btw "all have four-year college degrees." Married to Medicine Houston airs Fridays at 9pm on Bravo.


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The daughter of a former laborer is suing dozens of companies for allegedly exposing her father to asbestos-containing products.
Veronica Rundell, as executor of the Estate of William McManus, filed a lawsuit Jan. 7 in Cook County Circuit Court against A.W. Chesterton Co., H.B. Fuller Co., Union Carbide Corp. and more than 20 other companies.
According to the complaint, McManus was exposed to the defendants' asbestos-containing products between 1965 and 1968 and 1970 to 1979 during his employment as an insulator. As a result of the asbestos exposure, the suit alleges McManus developed asbestosis, a lung disease that ultimately caused his Feb. 19, 2013 death.
Rundell claims the defendant companies knew or should have known their products contained asbestos and would result in physical harm. She further contends they failed to provide adequate warnings of the danger of asbestos exposure.
She is represented by attorney Michael T. Egan of Cooney & Conway in Chicago.
Cook County Circuit Court case number: 2015L000115.
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PARIS, Jan 11 (Reuters) - French largest listed bank BNP Paribas will close its proprietary trading desk unit, Opera, within the next three months, a source close to the matter said Friday, confirming an earlier report from Bloomberg.
The bank had already downsized its proprietary trading operations over the past few years in a bid to reduce exposure to market volatility.
The bank held the operation in a distinct legal entity called Opera to comply with local banking regulations that banned French banks from directly trading on markets with their own funds other than for market-making for clients. (Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Leigh Thomas)


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In a turbulent household filled with people and animals, it is sometimes hard to find the eye of the storm, the quiet in the madness but fortunately I have been able to create a space with beloved artifacts and most importantly the writing desk, which belonged to my mother. I am intrigued by the drawers (11!) and the cubbies (4) and the objects within the drawers all ready for use and organized in a way that makes sense to me: lots of paper clips, sticky note pads, desk and writing utensils. The desk blotter is old and worn, but I'll keep it anyways, for luck and for the feeling it gives me of having done this for a long time. Writing.
The corner is comfortable and the view is lovely with all the comforts I need: a desk lamp, a radio, a tray to set down my glass of water or tea, in anticipation of winter and colder times. The phone is handy, as are the files allowing business can be taken care of; bills organized and unwanted items safely shredded. My needed reference books are standing at attention on the credenza across from the desk: the writing books, creative inspiration from those who know better and others just because I like them near. This is my sacred space, my escape, my muse of sorts or a least a home for me, within my home, a home for my thoughts, my hopes, my insights and my observations.


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What is it about girls who save the world (or at least their small towns and high schools) and lackluster love lives? High school detective Veronica Mars has never wanted for admirers of the boy variety, but no matter which one she opts for, heartbreak seems close around the bend. Veronica seems doomed in the dating department, whether it's Duncan Kane, who took his baby (not Veronica's) and ran from the law to Mexico, effectively ending their romance before it had much chance to begin, or bad-boy, rich-kid Logan Echolls, who waxed eloquent (and drunkenly) about a love for Veronica that's "epic" two episodes back–only to then sleep with evil Kendall Casablancas moments later.
The worst part is, somehow the show has me rooting for a Veronica-Logan reunion. Why? Because its writers have offered no interesting boy alternatives, and seem recently to be trying to redeem Logan's character enough to re-ignite the tension that turned Veronica and Logan into star-crossed lovers (well–not lovers, but close) last year. As the season comes to a close this evening, I'm wondering if Veronica will be left with more than the satisfaction of the bus-crash mystery resolved, or if the Veronica-Logan redemption project will be dropped cold until season three.
Not to harp on the Buffy Summers comparison again, but, alas, I will, as with my earlier post, "Veronica Mars": It's No "Buffy"–At Least Not Yet. As I watch Veronica's love life fall flat again and again, I can't help be reminded of Buffy's constant struggle to fulfill her role as "The Chosen One"–saving the world against vampires, demons, and apocalyptic plots–while at the same time trying somehow to manage a relationship. It never really happened for Buffy. Yet again, the difference between Veronica and Buffy in both vocation and love is similar: While Veronica's best options are slick-talking but generally vapid spoiled high school boys, Buffy's suitors had big hearts, a good dash of romantic sensibility, a desire to make the world a better place, and the knowledge that Buffy was worth whatever hardships a relationship with a Vampire Slayer might entail. Granted, they may have been vampires (most of them), but they still had souls.
Logan Echolls on the other hand–human definitely. Soulful, not so much.
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Break Free! was just released on January 6, 2014 and already has 17 rave reviews on Amazon and is listed as #7 in the ratings. Lucky number 7 for author Jason Paul Cascio. Or perhaps, his message is reaching far and wide and there is no luck involved at all.
Review by Deric – Motivational / Inspirational
As stated in this book, the goal of the author is to motivate and inspire others. Mission accomplished! Written with heart from personal experience and insight, the book will leave you feeling ready to tackle that personal goal you've had lingering in the back of your mind.
Are you living the life of your dreams?
Well "yes" and "no" so that is why I bought this book and was pleasantly surprised when I found out about the free gift. (See below in Meet The Author section)
How this book came to be! (from the summary)
This fundamental question – (Are you living the life of your dreams?) is what drove the author to break free from the rat race, leaving behind a six-figure income and a successful career to pursue a life of purpose. Jason tells of his own failures and setbacks in life, and how he toiled for years in an effort to find his higher calling.
He shares the lessons he learned along the way, and dares the rest of us to embrace a life of courage and adventure as we chart our own courses. Join him as he shares how he made lemonade from lemons, gleaned inspiration and power through his relationship with a dying friend, and ultimately made a life-altering decision in his own life and career.
BREAK FREE! is the first book by the author and represents his deepest desire to lift people up and help them achieve things in their lives that they didn't even know were possible. This book will take you on an eye-opening journey of self-discovery, enabling you to look at your life in a whole new light. It will reinvigorate you, and awaken within you a sense of hope and optimism as you chart a course towards your dreams.
Review by Jessica ~ If you want to be inspired, look no further!
Wow is the first word that came to mind after finishing this book. I have never taken the time to write a review before, but I felt compelled to do so after reading this amazing book. Cascio writes from the heart and his emotional transparency is refreshing. I could not help but relate to his experiences. The book is easy to follow and digest, yet does not lack depth. No matter what stage you are in your life, there is something that can be gained from reading this book. His tenacious appetite for life and his unrelenting desire to live his most fulfilled life, was infectious. Cascio reinvigorated me and helped to reignite that fire deep down within. I urge you all to read this book, you will NOT regret it!!!
"Life shouldn't be merely about surviving, or just getting by. This is a short ride and we have to make the very most of it!"
The launch of his first book, BREAK FREE! Don't Waste Another Minute Living Somebody Else's Dream, represents a catharsis to him–a culmination of the lessons he gleaned through his life experience. He is now focused on bringing quality content to his readers, and bringing hope and inspiration into people's lives.
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Canadian Lumber Prices Down Amongst Industry Producers
Volume 52 No. 7, February 15, 2002
A Dichotomy of Purposes
Last week, I received an assignment from another publication to do an interview with a small contract logger in Washington State. I phoned the fellow up and went through my list of questions. My list included why he was buying the particular piece of new equipment, how it was going to fit it into his system, and what it would do for his operation and his business.
I have done hundreds of these interviews and I always find that once the formal part of the interview is over, the person invariably relaxes and is often willing to talk about other aspects of the industry. The time his guard is down is often short, however, so I have to be quick with the questions.
I started off by asking him how the logging industry was doing in his area. He said with housing starts remaining strong through the winter season, most of the loggers were doing okay. In fact, by scaring up some private wood during the off-season, he was able to work right through last year. I assumed that accounted for his decision to buy the new equipment.
In a natural progression of the conversation, he explained that everyone was waiting to see what happens regarding the tariff on Canadian softwood lumber. I then asked him how he personally felt about the tariff, but he avoided expressing an opinion. Instead he went right to the nub of the problem, which for him at least, was the import of Canadian logs. It was obviously a touchy subject, as his voice became quite agitated.
Just in the last two years, he said, they're sending whole logs down here, just load after load of 'em. Evidently, since you Canadians up there can't get the boards down, now you can get the logs down. I responded that most of the logs going south from B.C. are off private land and that it was difficult to control what companies did with their own timber. "That's what they say," was his response, "but I'm telling you, they're hauling 'em hundreds of miles."
Calming down a bit, he continued: "There doesn't seem to be anything we can do about it. It's big business and they do what they want." Trying to drive the point home, I reiterated the part about the logs coming from private property, but he wasn't buying it. "Oh, they can send Crown logs down too," he retorted. "All they have to do is have a mill say they don't want 'em and down they come." I explained that to export Crown timber there had to be three refusals, but he paid little mind to the technical details. "If they can't get an export permit through the usual channels, all they have to do is run them through a debarker and say that they are partly manufactured inCanada. We see lots of them coming down this way," he summarized.
I tried to entice him to further comment by saying that this must pee off the loggers, but he immediately slipped into a conciliatory mode. "The way I look at it is that you guys got to make a living too, and you're our neighbors. I do a lot of business up inCanadaincluding buying supplies and equipment there. Then he drifted off to the benefits of shopping inCanadadue to the dollar exchange rate.
My point in reiterating this conversation is that there is another aspect to this Canada-U.S. lumber trade dispute that never gets mentioned. Through all the negotiating, proposals, counterproposals, meetings, arguing back and forth, political spinning, and all this haranguing, never is anything mentioned about the impact the deal might have on American loggers.
As I perceive it, a majorU.S.objective this time is a significant increase in the exportable log volume available from
Canada. B.C. has offered up to 13 per cent of its log volume, but as we all know, the U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports is holding out for much more. Actually, judging by the way negotiations have gone so far, it's hard not to conclude that the Coalition isn't in favor of a deal of any kind. They certainly aren't making things easy.
Should the American lumber lobby get its way and more Canadian logs start heading south, theU.S.logging sector is certain to feel the bite. Logs in theU.S.are often sold at auction and when lumber prices are high, bid prices can skyrocket. We've all heard stories of bidding wars where the timber was sold at such a high price, the successful bidder couldn't afford to log it. There's also the scenario that by the time the logger got his roads built and into the area to start logging, lumber prices had fallen and he was again left holding the proverbial bag.
Without such competitive bidding for timber, Canadian operations haven't experienced these problems, but that may change in the future. Should we go to a competitive bidding system, there is every likelihood our loggers, particularly the small, independent ones, will be in exactly the same jeopardy as their American counterparts when it comes to acquiring timber and making a living.
Should the powerfulU.S.lumber lobby achieve its objectives and gain access to Canadian timber, in addition to the potential havoc it will visit on the Canadian forest industry, American independent loggers will also feel the cut. You can be sure they will be cursing every Canadian log that arrives there because it will be doing them out of a job and a way of life. This time, the softwood lumber dispute really is creating a dichotomy of purposes.
U.S. Says No
In a news release issued this week by the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports, the U.S. lumber industry says the only way the softwood lumber dispute can be settled is if a large majority of provincial timber is put up for auction. This effectively slams the door onCanada's most recent offer for a settlement. As part of the package, B.C., which produces about half the Canadian lumber exported to theU.S., offered to put up 13 per cent of its timber for auction, but the U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports says the amount is too small for B.C. operators to notice.
Alternatively, the U.S. lumber industry has offered Canada three options: get rid of policies that protect the lumber industry; impose an interim border tax or volume restrictions that eliminate U.S. concerns while a deal is hammered out; or face the full vigor of U.S. laws. TheU.S.lumber lobby has not changed its stance since the last softwood lumber agreement expired nearly a year ago, but now it has been put in writing.
In the meantime, Canadian Minister for International Trade Pierre Pettigrew and Prime Minister Jean Chretien are on a 10 day trade mission toRussia.
Doman Warns
Doman Industries Ltd., one of B.C.'s large coastal lumber producers, says it may be laying off up to 2,000 workers because it doesn't have the money to post bonding on its lumber shipments to the U.S. Doman says since the U.S. imposed new duties last year, it has put up over $30 million in cash and its coffers are fast drying up. The company is unable to secure additional funding because it has a $1 billion debt load, which means it has been drawing on its working capital.
The U.S. International Trade Commission is expected to make a final determination on the duties in May of this year. The Canadian industry is posting bonds until this determination is made, but following the determination, Canadians will have to ante up. At this point it is estimatedCanadaowes in excess of $1.5 billion, which will be handed out to the offendedU.S.industry under the Byrd Amendment.
C-Housing Jumps
With both sales levels and prices for homes in Canada achieving record highs last year, starts for 2002 are coming out of the gate in a similar vein. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts is up 17.3 per cent for January to 204,300 units. This is up from 174,100 units in December.
Multiple starts lead the way with an increase of 39.4 per cent to an annualized rate of 95,200 units, up from the December level of 68,300 units. Urban singles increased 4.0 per cent from 85,700 units in December to 89,100 units in January. The overall annual rate of housing starts for January is currently at the highest level since May 1990.
At 1,786 units, actual rental housing starts in January were the highest since November 1993.Ontario,Quebec, andAlbertawere the most active, while rental construction in B.C. andNova Scotiawas less active. CMHC attributes the overall positive results in Canadian housing activity to mild winter weather and tight resale and rental markets in many metropolitan areas.
New Operation
Jackpine Forest Products of Williams Lake, B.C., has opened a new 23,000 square foot remanufacturing facility there. The new plant can produce up to 235 million board feet of product a year and when in full operation, will employ 40 new workers. In conjunction with the opening ceremonies, President and CEO Gian Singh Sandhu announced his company has also been granted ISO certification for quality management and environmental management systems.
International Paper Sells
International Paper has announced it has signed a letter of intent to sell its OSB facilities to Nexfor Inc., one ofNorth America's leading OSB producers. Two facilities are located in Jefferson andNacogdoches,Texas, and a third inCordele,Georgia. Approximately 456 employees are affected. The proposed sales do not affect the company's remaining facilities in its Panels & Engineered Wood business.
Pulp Down
Prices are slipping downward on pulp. The benchmark has fallen nearly $5 to US$452.30 per ton. The range is between US$450 and US$460 per ton, with most sales at the lower end.
WSPF Lovable
Deals were hotter than a Valentine's date as everybody jumped into this midwinter market. AlthoughCaliforniawas holding off for a break in the weather, much of the continent was enjoying unseasonably pleasant conditions. This made for thoughts of spring. Buyers from all market segments were represented in the surge. Prices took a wild swing upward as many producers sold out. Order files were as long as most mills were willing to go—about two to three weeks.
Prices of KD R/L Std&Btr 2×4 gained $23 to $268. In KD R/L #2&Btr, 2×4 spiked up $20 to $270; 2×6 caught a $26 wave to $266; 2×8 segued up $15 to $245; 2×10 made a $26 leap to $286; and 2×12 grabbed a fiver to end the week at $355.
Studs Smelling Like Roses
Stud producers opined that this week went as smoothly as a thornless red rose. Starting the previous Thursday, sales were very strong. Orders added up to a good three weeks of production. Premium producers were getting approximately $380Chicago(KD WSPF 2×4-92-5/8" PET studs). Middle of the road studs took a handful of confidence from the dimension side and increased prices $20 to $285.
KD Fir Focused
Valentine's didn't get much attention this week; everyone was focused on the lumber market. Overall, the feel was surprisingly good for this time of year. It was early for a spring buy, but nobody cared. Customers who held off too long, discovered they were short on inventory. Rather than continue waiting for a bargain buying opportunity, they jumped in. Inquiry was up sharply beginning the previous Friday, and sales volume rapidly increased with follow-through sustained into the end of this week. Trading was a sweetheart deal for mills that pumped up prices, as demand exceeded supply.
Cedar Desirable
It's nice to be the belle of the ball, especially on Valentine's Day. Cedar was the most popular product on the board this week. On-ground inventories depleted in previous weeks made customers aware they must commit if they are going to find the products they need when they need them. Producers are booked through the first quarter and are now looking for their second quarter business. Altogether, first quarter totals will be better than expected, comparing very favorably to 2001. Prices are solid on both sides of the border. Unfortunately for Canadian producers hampered by the CVD and anti-dumping penalties,U.S.makers are selling at substantially lower prices.
Cedar Roofing Tight
Supplies were tightening in #1 Perfections shingles, both treated and untreated; prices rose accordingly. Buyers everywhere, exceptCalifornia, participated with enthusiasm. East coast business was the most brisk.
OSB & Plywood
Last Friday, the day after we did our market survey, the OSB market began to heat up. Inspired by heavyCaliforniabuying, it got even hotter this week. Buyers in theGoldenStatesimultaneously noticed two things: first, that their inventories were dangerously low; and second, that OSB prices were not going to decline as anticipated. The result was a rare sellers market. IfCalifornianeeded OSB, buyers nearly everywhere else in theU.S.andCanadadecided they had better buy some too, even if their requirements were not as urgent. OSB producers fought to keep up with customer orders while at the same time revising asking prices. There was even one report fromOntariothat mills were pricing at time of shipment. A new price list every hour or so was not unusual.
In centralCanada, 7/16'Torontomoved up $16 from last week, ending the week at C$277. Mills reported order files well into the week of March 4. In westernCanada, OSB prices didn't just move up, they jumped. 7/16"Vancouverno longer lags well below central Canadian levels. This week, 7/16"Vancouveris priced at C$280, up $50 from a week ago. Mills report order files nearly through the week of March 4, and they are not listening to counters.
Cargo & Reload
It was mixed week for the lumber market in the northeastern U.S. Stocking wholesalers report decent business but point out that their customers are not jumping on the buying bandwagon as everyone seems to be doing in California. While the weather is still mild, there is always a chance that winter will arrive late and they could be stuck with high priced unsold inventory. Yards are not busy and are continuing to buy for their immediate needs. They are not building inventory. Some were caught unaware and let their inventories shrink while they waited for lower prices, but this week did not generate substantial buying volume.
Selling prices for both green fir and hemlock were firm but little changed from a week ago. Green fir delivered prices from mills in theU.S.west were sharply higher this week, pushed by booming demand fromCalifornia. In most cases, green fir replacement prices are now above selling prices.
Refer to Madison's Lumber Reporter for the latest news in the lumber industry.
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August 2011 archive
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Sound Check Extraordinaire
If the dress rehearsal was this good, I can't wait for opening night. A handful of lucky jazz fans served as the audience tonight for a live test run at The Jazz Room. The goal of the evening was to find any kinks – sound, lighting, setup, etc. – prior to Sept. 9th's opening night. …
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The Society is pleased to announce that tickets for the opening weekend go on sale August 13 at Words Worth Books in Uptown Waterloo (cash only). Friday, September 9, 2011 kicks off with none other than local favourite trumpeter Larry Larson and his Jazz Guys. Saturday, September 10, 2011 sees award-winning saxoponist (tenor and soprano), Mike Murley and the Mike Murley Septet, performing for …
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summer dining at it's finest! eric and i have been holding on to the summer with meals of fried seafood and ice cream.
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I have to admit we are doing a bang-up job at enjoying this summer. we spent our weekend in falmouth on cape cod at a friend's fam's summer cottage (thank you missy and joe!!). it was a blast. family dinner outside, bike rides,beach, lobster (ice cream and rolls!), and lots of sunshine. perfection!
clock wise from the right: dinner of tempeh stuffed peppers, gazpacho, and salt potatoes / surf drive beach between falmouth and woods hole. i actually went in the water! a rare event in cold new england waters for me / my view from the back of our bike pack as we cruised the shining sea bike path with tunes blasting and enjoying a shared milkshake / the path to falmouth beach
A few quick snaps from our trip to martha's vineyard last week. it was absolutely dreamy there and utterly relaxing. i can't wait to go back! lots of photos to share soon, plus many of those will be medium format. i tried to stick to shooting with my yashica during our visit to the island.
the lastest words to shoot by is up! our word was summer. i couldn't resist a few shots of one of our favorite summer indulgences…fried fish! the best of the best of these meals usually come from tiny, weather little roadside shacks. the bite in menemsha was exactly that and the massive line out front was our signal to stop. we scarfed down fried clams, zucchini, and jalapenos beside menemsha harbor, which to our amusement that day, is a bustling fishing hub on the island.


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After much playing around with illustrator, it's back to the good old pen/pencil on white paper combination. It's my favorite medium and I can't stay away from it for too long.
My fourth assignment for London Fashion Week was Basso & Brooke.
Fashion writer Akeela Bhattay sent me some gorgeous pictures of the runway…
All pictures by Akeela Bhattay for Amelia's Magazine.
… and I started scribbling straight away.
I had a great time drawing these two girls. I loved the dresses. Gorgeous prints and colors, perfect summer dresses, really, and great inspiration too. Also, I realized that I haven't done much pencil work lately and really missed it so I just went for it. It was one definitely of my favorite Fashion Week assignments so far.
Read the complete review of Basso & Brooke in Amelia's Magazine.
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Here are some pictures of the cats settling in from the past week. I have a lot of posts coming up since I haven't done much because of our lack of internet. Stay tuned for more :-)
|The cats enjoy having furniture again, here is Westley lounging on the living room sofa.
|Bedroom, mostly put together and art on the walls. I am so happy with the color in here, it's very peaceful for a bedroom.
|Dining room-cleaned up and ready to be used (if we can get the cat off the table).
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In all of my 22 years, I've never learned the significance of 'happenstance' situations than I have this past month. I've learned that you can plan and plan, but you never really know what life is gonna throw at you (cue my poor BFF Miss Linds who suffered an unfortunate accident/surgery in the recent week, she is doing better, for those who've reached out to her <3 !). Regardless, it's been a lot of reflecting and reorganizing this month, and it's been a reminder to just be grateful. Sometimes, you just gotta slow down and enjoy the ride. Alright, enough with the sappy sagacity, here's what I've been loving this month!
01. Kat Von D Lock-it Foundation - So I had this in my favorites a while back (about a year ago?) when I started using it, but I thought I'd throw it in again today. 1) Because I'm still using it, and 2) Because I think it's really done wonders for my makeup routine over the past year. I was always a huge supporter of non-foundation foundations, simply because I believed they were a little better for my skin. As I found though, I had a lot of trouble maintaining an even complexion throughout the whole day, not to mention, I would shine up so easily. I appreciate not only the lightness of this foundation, but also it's incredible durability.
02. Colourpop 'Lunch Money' - This super affordable highlighter ($8!!!!) is perfect for your travel bag this summer if you're not looking to spend a ton on a similar shimmery product. It truly has the softest, most buoyant texture and I recommend building this up with a couple of layers to achieve ultra-shine.
03. Benefit Cheek-a-thon Palette (Newer Version Here)- Although I'm very late to the party on this, I found this palette buried under other products of its kind in my palette drawer, totally untouched. As I've mentioned a couple of times on this blog before, I've always received a ton of makeup free-bees from my past internships and collaborations, and this was one of them that I just totally threw in a drawer and forgot about! Until now, that is. I've always been a fan of Benefit's respective blushes and bronzers, so it's even more exciting to have them all boxed together in one set. Perfect for traveling this season, this is definitely going to be a staple in my summer look.
04. Kylie Cosmetics Lip Kit in '22'- Ah, an orangey-red lip I've been waiting for. So I actually have a similar version to this color in a Mac Liquid Lipstick in Quite The Standout, but I always found that one to be a little too bright and almost neon. 22 is a much more subtle version of a nice orange-red, but it's not too overpowering which I love.
05. Tweezerman Mini Tweezers- I realized I never talk about my favorite tweezers on this blog, so I knew I had to throw this new one I got into my favorites this month. Tweezerman by far is my favorite tweezer brand (I have like four versions!), and the mini-one is my favorite to throw in my makeup bag for and eyebrow-touch-ups. Plus, it's pink and metallic, so where can you go wrong?
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07. Summer Reading- I thought it would be fun to add some of my summer reading to the end of my May Favorites this month. And without surprise, the ones I've chosen so far are obviously murder mysteries (TBH, I only really read mysteries). First up on my list is All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda which I'm about over a quarter-of-the-way through, and it's a cool story about two girls who disappear in a small town. Better yet? The story is told backwards, and it's been interesting to read it that way so far, so I'm excited to reach the end to see how it all wraps up. Second up is going to be The Girls by Emma Cline, which is basically a summer tale about girls who get accosted by a cult, mimicking the Charles Manson story/murders (so fun!) (I'm crazy, I know!)
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Polls schedules not acceptable without level-playing field: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the schedule or election will not be acceptable unless equal opportunities are created for all parties.
He said the polls schedules will not valid without the release of Khaleda Zia. "We want Election Commission creates a level-playing field for 11 parliament polls for all candidates."
Mirza Fakhrul was addressing the Jatiya Oikyafront's rally at Madrasa Maidan in Rajshahi city on Friday afternoon. No further program was given from the rally.
BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said, "Why national leaders of different parties were on the stage? That's because democracy is missing now. We are together to return to democracy."
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Hello and welcome to The Fit and the Functional. My name is Jim Burdumy and this is my first of many posts. This blog will be dedicated to educating you in leading a healthy lifestyle. More specifically, I will post about things such as fitness, nutrition, recipes, wellness and healthy lifestyle choices. I look forward to sharing my ideas, as well as other people's ideas, with you and I hope you share yours as well. Please feel free to comment on posts and ask any questions you may have! Also, if you would like to see a post about a certain topic, please let me know and I will do my best to help you out.
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You'll never guess what I left my house without the other night.
If your first thought was "pants," what the hell is wrong with you? Or, perhaps more accurately, what the hell do you think is wrong with me?
What I left my house without was my cell phone.
Many of you are probably thinking that I not only left my house, I left the current century. Well, I'll have you know that I own a state-of-the-art-as-of-two-months-ago iPhone 5, and that I am very proficient with not even one feature of it.
Yes, I feel obligated to carry it should I leave my home during business hours, but otherwise I don't usually have it with me because, frankly, there's no one I want to be in touch with who can't wait until I get home. So if you call me at night or on the weekend, leave a message. And, by the way, leave that message on my answering machine at home, because I sometimes don't even turn on my cell nights and weekends. I've had people send me texts on a Saturday that I didn't know about until Thursday, and that was only after they sent me an email wondering why I didn't respond to their text.
I sincerely believe that cell phones are the scourge of our society, and that they have done absolutely nothing to improve our quality of life. Sadly, there is an entire generation of people out there who do not know this, because they have no idea what life was like before cells.
They do not know, for instance, that there was a time when…
- If someone in a car appeared to be having an animated conversation despite being the vehicle's only occupant, she was likely to be a genuine crazy person.
- If you were standing at a urinal in a public restroom, the guy standing next to you would not be checking his email while peeing.
- You could have a legitimate trivia contest in a bar without everyone looking up the answers.
- You would have to wait until you got home before you could let people know you were out.
- Hearing the theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark did not mean you were getting a phone call.
- Families wouldn't talk to each other at dinner because they were all watching a TV show together, not because they were all texting somebody.
- If you were having a "hands-free" conversation, it meant you weren't Italian.
- You would burn your thumb when you went to a concert because you kept your Bic® lighter on too long during the encore. (Note to self: App idea. A video of the flame on a Bic lighter for when people hold their phones up at concerts.*)
I'm reminded of this last one because a concert is where my wife Barbara and I were headed when I left the house without my phone the other night. (Remember–way back at the beginning of this post, when you stupidly thought I went out without pants?) Barbara was driving as she usually does because, while we are equally bad drivers, I'm a much better passenger. As soon as we got on the highway, her cell phone rang, which is to say a disembodied voice suddenly started coming out of the dashboard. It was a client of hers, and I got to listen in on the conversation because, really, where was I going to go?
- Client: Are you at home?
- Barb: No, I'm in the car with my husband.
- Client: Can you call me right back?
- Barb: I'd still be in the car with my husband.
- Client: Can you pull over?
- Barb: Not really. I'm on the Merritt.
- Client: Oh, well, can you take down a phone number?
- Barb: Well, I'm driving…
- Client: You're driving? (Note: So much for women's lib.) Can your husband take down a number?
- Barb: I don't know if we have a pen. And it's kinda dark. Can I call you back first thing in the morning?
- Client: Oh, sure.
See? That's the thing. There was nothing Barb was going to be able to do with that phone number until the morning anyway, but the client had to get the information to her right then. Why? Because she could.
At the concert, which was at a small venue, I actually saw the opening act sneak a peak at his cell phone while he was on stage. I think maybe he had his set list on it, instead of taping it to the side of his guitar like the good old days. But who knows? Maybe some opening act groupie was sexting him from the audience. Or maybe Anthony Weiner was.
We were sitting in front of what we think was a row of college girls, although we're not exactly sure, because we are no longer able to discern the age of anyone under 30. Throughout the entire show, one of them appeared to be keeping a running commentary with her thumbs. Or perhaps she was writing a novel 140 characters at a time. Or maybe she was just using her thumbs to keep time with the music. (Note to self: Another app idea: the thumb drum!)**
And remember when you used to go to a concert and they'd make an announcement that the use of recording devices was strictly prohibited? Ah, such innocent times! I recall security guards actually relieving people of their cameras because they snapped a photo of the performer. Now they'd need an entirely separate building to store everyone's various recording devices, because pretty much everything is a recording device, including people's eyewear. And remember how naughty and accomplished you used to feel when you found a bootleg album of your favorite group? This concert was probably on YouTube for you to enjoy the next morning, if you don't mind watching a performance from a stationary angle with sound quality that is reminiscent of a 1960s-era transistor radio.
So, yes, I left the house without my cell phone. And if you ever call my cell at night or on a weekend, you're just going to have to leave me a voice mail.
I may one day figure out how to retrieve it.
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Dunne shows true grit with 64: "It was kind of a big round for me"
European Tour cards are often earned on the strength of a few hot weeks rather than consistency but if Paul Dunne has to squeak over the line to save his this year, he may well look back on his seven under 64 in the second round of the KLM Open as the most important round of his season.
The Wicklow man's magnificent, eight-birdie effort helped him soar 95 places up the leaderboard to tied 27th on four under.
And while that's six shots off the lead held by Bernd Wiesberger, he's only three strokes outside the top 10 and another juicy cheque after an "on demand" display that augurs well for the future.
"I shot 64 in Dunhill last year and Joburg this year," Dunne said after lipping out for a career best 63 at his final hole, the ninth. "This is more pleasing, definitely.
"With the position I am on the money list, I am borderline keeping my card at the minute so making it through to every weekend is a help and you never know, I could have a big weekend this weekend.
"The game is good. I knew a round like this has been coming. Hopefully I can have a few more of them."
Ranked a perilous 108th in the money list as autumn arrives is not where a rookie wants to be and Dunne's feat in making the cut at The Dutch rightly made him proud of himself and should act as a great confidence booster for the weekend and what remains of the season.
"It was kind of a big round for me after shooting 74 yesterday," Dunne told European Tour Radio's Nick Dye. "I knew I needed to shoot 67 to make the cut today. I am pleased. I got off to a good start anyway. I played pretty solid yesterday but couldn't get a putt to go in.
"The difference was I made a few putts today, got off to a quick start and kept going. Yesterday I got off to a bit of a slow start and the had loads of chances from eight to 12 feet for birdie all day and when you are two or three over at the start you put a lot of pressure on yourself to have to make them and I kept lipping out or hitting good putts and misreading. So I wasn't far off.
"I knew I had a good round coming. The last few weeks I have been swinging it well. I got off to a better start today with birdies at my third and fourth holes of the day — 12 and 13th — and once you get a couple under, the shorter birdie putts excite you a bit more."
When Dunne birdied the 15th, 16th and 17th to go five under for the round he did not let a bogey six at the 18th affect his concentration.
He hit back with a birdie at the first and then made two more, at the par-five sixth and the par-three eighth before lipping out on the ninth for what would have been a career best 63.
"I am pleased with how I played; only one bogey and eight birdies so hopefully I can do the same tomorrow," said Dunne, who will need another €60,000-70,000 this season to make the Top 110 who keep their cards for 2017.
"I had a good chance from about 15 feet on the last that I lipped out for what would have been my first ever 63. The first job today was to get through the cut, obviously, but I have shot a few better than I planned so I am in a better position but I think I'm in the middle of the pack. If I shoot something similar tomorrow, I might have a chance going into Sunday but I am just pleased with the day."
The big goal is to save his card as quickly as he can with a win or a big finish and a 64 is certainly a great sign."
If it was a great day for Dunne, it was a disappointing one for Michael Hoey, who added a 73 to his 69 to miss the cut by one. It was his 17th missed cut from 23 starts this season and at 182nd in the Race to Dubai, the affable Belfast man needs big week soon.
Hoey has averaged 31 putts this year and the 37-year old had 32 yesterday to miss out by the minimum on level par.
Former Spanish Open winner Peter Lawrie, has also struggled on the greens and with just three cuts made from his 10 starts will need a huge finish or a successful trip to Q-School to regain his card.
Joost Luiten will carry home hopes into the weekend after the flying Dutchman posted the lowest round of the week at his home course to move within one stroke of the lead.
With a huge home crowd roaring him on, Luiten produced sparkling seven under par 64 in perfect conditions to charge up the leaderboard and lie just one stroke behind his playing partner Wiesberger, who carded a second round 66 for a ten under total.
With the sun splitting the skies over The Dutch, Luiten treated his adoring public to seven birdies as he seeks to add a second KLM Open title to his 2013 success.
Luiten is joined in a tie for second place by Italy's Nino Bertasio and Englishman Mark Foster, with the English duo of Ben Evans and Tommy Fleetwood a further stroke back alongside Spain's Alejandro Cañizares.
Wiesberger made a shaky start to his second round, dropping two strokes in his opening three holes, but the Austrian bounced back brilliantly with three consecutive birdies before adding another four to ensure a one stroke lead into the weekend.
Round two scores
132 B Wiesberger (Aut) 66 66,
133 M Foster (Eng) 67 66, J Luiten (Ned) 69 64, N Bertasio (Ita) 66 67,
134 T Fleetwood (Eng) 67 67, B Evans (Eng) 65 69, A Cañizares (Esp) 67 67,
135 D Gavins (Eng) 70 65, S Hend (Aus) 67 68, D Horsey (Eng) 67 68, S Khan (Eng) 68 67, M Korhonen (Fin) 66 69,
136 G Storm (Eng) 69 67, R Fisher (Eng) 70 66, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 68 68, R Bland (Eng) 67 69, R McEvoy (Eng) 69 67, J Lagergren (Swe) 66 70, J Robinson (Eng) 68 68,
137 M Southgate (Eng) 72 65, D Im (USA) 70 67, M Manassero (Ita) 67 70, N Elvira (Esp) 69 68, C Hanson (Eng) 66 71, S Lee (Kor) 68 69, F Zanotti (Par) 68 69,
138 J Campillo (Esp) 70 68, A Noren (Swe) 69 69, S Jamieson (Sco) 68 70, M Baldwin (Eng) 67 71, P Hanson (Swe) 66 72, D Brooks (Eng) 72 66, O Fisher (Eng) 67 71, Paul Dunne (Irl) 74 64, M Tabuena (Phi) 71 67, B An (Kor) 66 72,
139 N Srithong (Tha) 67 72, C Lee (Sco) 71 68, M Kieffer (Ger) 70 69, J Carlsson (Swe) 68 71, A Levy (Fra) 72 67, S Benson (Eng) 69 70, R Evans (Eng) 73 66,
140 R Dinwiddie (Eng) 71 69, C Wood (Eng) 72 68, N Colsaerts (Bel) 71 69, E Molinari (Ita) 75 65, R Davies (Wal) 71 69, L Bjerregaard (Den) 70 70, B Stone (RSA) 72 68, J Knutzon (USA) 72 68, E De La Riva (Esp) 72 68, S Webster (Eng) 69 71, T Van Der Walt (RSA) 68 72, C Pigem Xammar (Esp) 70 70, F Laporta (Ita) 71 69,
141 L Jensen (Den) 72 69, J Parry (Eng) 74 67, D Burmester (RSA) 70 71, S Gros (Fra) 74 67, R Karlsson (Swe) 69 72, M Lafeber (Ned) 71 70, J Fahrbring (Swe) 70 71, W Besseling (Ned) 73 68, T Linard (Fra) 69 72, J Veerman (USA) 70 71, R Langasque (Fra) 68 73, L Haotong (Chn) 69 72, A Otaegui (Esp) 73 68, P Edberg (Swe) 73 68, P Larrazábal (Esp) 70 71, M Fraser (Aus) 73 68,
142 J Walters (RSA) 70 72, M Carlsson (Swe) 69 73, B Virto (Esp) 70 72, A McArthur (Sco) 73 69, R Paratore (Ita) 70 72, J Roos (RSA) 69 73, M Kraaij (Ned) 73 69, R Wattel (Fra) 72 70, U Van Den Berg (RSA) 72 70, O Wilson (Eng) 77 65, D Drysdale (Sco) 71 71, Michael Hoey (Nir) 69 73, R Jacquelin (Fra) 67 75, B Hebert (Fra) 73 69, D Huizing (Ned) 71 71, L Nemecz (Aut) 71 71,
143 R Ramsay (Sco) 72 71, J McLeary (Sco) 74 69, P Meesawat (Tha) 69 74, T Lewis (Eng) 73 70, R Gonzalez (Arg) 69 74, J Scrivener (Aus) 72 71, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 72 71, J Hugo (RSA) 72 71, D Fichardt (RSA) 73 70, S Chawrasia (Ind) 68 75, T Jaidee (Tha) 72 71, E Pepperell (Eng) 70 73, B Rumford (Aus) 68 75, R Caron (am) (Ned) 66 77,
144 N Ravano (Ita) 72 72, G Havret (Fra) 72 72, R Kakko (Fin) 72 72, L Slattery (Eng) 71 73, G Coetzee (RSA) 76 68, T Detry (Bel) 71 73, S Manley (Wal) 72 72,
145 R Green (Aus) 76 69, G Boyd (Eng) 75 70, B Åkesson (Swe) 69 76, F Fritsch (Ger) 73 72, M Warren (Sco) 70 75, D Howell (Eng) 75 70, P Melching (am) (Ned) 71 74, L Van Meijel (am) (Ned) 76 69,
146 M Madsen (Den) 72 74, A Quiros (Esp) 71 75, S Gallacher (Sco) 73 73, T Fisher Jnr (RSA) 73 73, O Bergqvist (Swe) 72 74, J Hansen (Den) 70 76, L Canter (Eng) 73 73, N Fasth (Swe) 73 73, J Hahn (USA) 72 74, A De Bondt (am) (Bel) 76 70,
147 F Aguilar (Chi) 70 77, T Remkes (Ned) 74 73, A Dodt (Aus) 76 71,
148 M Ford (Eng) 75 73, M Bosch (Ned) 76 72, J Winther (Den) 73 75, H Porteous (RSA) 74 74, M Ilonen (Fin) 73 75, C Kumar (Ind) 76 72, S Dyson (Eng) 76 72,
149 N Holman (Aus) 78 71, V Van Veen (am) (Ned) 78 71,
150 M Siem (Ger) 74 76, Y Yang (Kor) 74 76, J Jeong (Kor) 74 76, D Dixon (Eng) 71 79, R Van West (Ned) 71 79,
151 D Van Den Dungen (Ned) 78 73, J Singh (Ind) 75 76, R Miller (Ned) 76 75,
152 P Bootsma (am) (Ned) 73 79,
153 Peter Lawrie (Irl) 76 77,
154 T Merkx (Ned) 77 77, W De Vries (Ned) 75 79,
** J Busby (Eng) 78 RT, R McGowan (Eng) 74 RT, R Lee (Can) 76 RT, C Shinkwin (Eng) 74 RT, C Berardo (Fra) DQ 0,


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Mobile Phone Use at the Wheel Jumps Dramatically in England
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There has been a big rise in the number of motorists in England using hand-held mobile phones behind the wheel – despite research which shows such behaviour severely impairs reactions times.
According to the Department for Transport, the proportion of car drivers using hand-held mobiles increased from 1.1 % to 1.4 % – a 27% leap – between September 2008 and November 2009. For van and lorry drivers the figure was 2.6%, up from 2.2% – a rise of 18%.
Commenting on the findings, the director of the RAC Foundation Professor Stephen Glaister, said:
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"It seems a small, but growing, minority of drivers choose to flout the law. Yet their actions can have tragic consequences. In 2008 the use of a mobile phone was a contributory factor in 16 fatal road accidents and many more where people were seriously injured.
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Gidget: In remembrance
May is becoming a month of remembrance for me. Taking a slightly different, and more personal, tone from the things highlighted this week – today marks one year that we put my dog Gidget down.
That day was a long one. It just started off with Mom taking her in to the vet to check what was going on with her hair falling off. She had also gotten so thin it looked like she hadn't eaten anything in weeks, but her stomach was like a balloon because of the liver or something expanding. Even her face was so thin and bony.
When I was getting ready to go to work she way laying in the hallway and I just felt like I knew – today or tomorrow and that would be it. I snapped some pictures with my camera and told her how much I loved her. One of those pictures is the one above.
Around lunchtime Mom called in tears and told me that the vet said Gidget was really anemic and she needed a blood transfusion as soon as possible or else she'd probably collapse in the next 24 hours. But even with the transfusion it would only be a couple more weeks. With everything else, we decided it best to let her go that day.
I left work early because I couldn't stop crying, and I wanted to be with her. We had scheduled an appointment for later that evening, but when I got home I could tell she was in pain. When I had heard a thud, and saw her with her head back crying, I thought that was the end, but she held on. I scooped her up and put her in my lap, sitting with her for awhile until my mom got home and spent some time with her. When my brother got home, we took her to the vet – a little earlier than planned.
Those last moments were difficult to face, to understand. It was difficult to see my brother and my mom so upset, and to feel that pain too. It was hard to hear Grandma talk to her as I was standing in the other room at home telling her how she was her best friend and that her heart would never be the same.
Honestly though, our hearts were already changed by Gidget. She had such a personality that anyone who tried to hate her (mostly because of her obnoxious barking) turned out to love her. I remember when she stayed with my aunt – who strongly disliked her – one weekend while we were away and by the time we got her back, my aunt was in love with Gidget and wanting to keep her longer.
In one way, I know she's a dog, but to me, she's Gidget – my companion of almost 14 years. I remember picking her out of the litter and driving home with her in my lap and the pink monkey toy that was the size of her. We grew up together. She was the one I put in my bicycle basket that I decked out in some pink plush fabric just for her and bicycled to the dog park. She was the one that would antagonize the larger dogs on the other side of the fence at the dog park until they would race her up and down the fence. And she would beat them every time. She was the one that was there when my parents divorced. She was there through my years in elementary school, middle school, high school and college. She met my first love and was there when he broke my heart. But some of the best moments were just the every day parts of being with her. She's part of our family. Everyone loved her. Even when she barked all the dang time.
We miss her and remember her. I love her still, and always will.
In another detail of my life – while today is the day Gidget passed away, tomorrow will mark an anniversary from my first boyfriend who also became my first heartbreak. I wish I had forgotten by now, but as I mentioned, overcoming loss or heartbreak doesn't seem to be in a single moment. I had thought that if I got through three months after the break-up (because I heard somewhere that it takes someone an average of three months to overcome loss), that I would be done and "moved on" (whatever that means), but it turns out that disregarding reality for three months isn't the same as facing and trying to understand the pain I was going through. Now that it's been longer, I'm in a much better place, but some days I still am confused about love. I at least definitely learned a lot from that experience, that relationship.
I've found for me, that there's no black and white solution for pain. Pain is a spectrum of grey, and the process is not in overcoming a single moment. So I just live, and when those moments of remembrance come, I try to appreciate them.
Concerning the painful reminders this month brings – June is just ahead.