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Congress will revise the bankruptcy code. An 85-15 Senate vote virtually ensures that laws protecting debtors' assets will be overhauled soon. (The House has passed a similar version, and President Bush will sign a compromise bill.) The legislation would require more people to file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, which forces debtors to repay most of what they owe, rather than Chapter 7, which allows debtors to cancel debt if they give up many of their possessions. Still at issue: A clause limiting the amount of home equity people can shield from creditors. Republican spin: This bill promotes personal responsibility. When people are allowed to write off debt, credit becomes more expensive for everyone else. Most Democrats' spin: We agree, but let's ensure that millionaires are forced to sell their mansions if they file. Other Democrats' spin: This bill rewards credit card companies for preying on unsuspecting consumers with misleading ads.
Drug companies will sell AIDS medicine in Africa at sharply reduced profit. Bristol-Myers Squibb, which will sell its HIV "cocktails" to African patients for $1 a day (U.S. patients pay $16), is the third drug manufacturer in the last month to make such an offer. Nearly 10 percent of South Africans have HIV and about 30 percent of Botswanans do—but median income is far below the retail cost of drug therapies. AIDS activists' spin: The drug companies should be commended, but "below-cost" drugs are still too expensive for most patients. If South Africa suspended trade rules, it could offer the drugs "at-cost" and save more lives. South Africa's spin: If we did that, Western investment would dry up and we would remain forever poor. Critics' spin: If Nelson Mandela hadn't utterly ignored the AIDS epidemic while in office, South Africa wouldn't be in such a fix.
The United States banned imports of animal products from the European Union. This follows the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease in France, the world's second-largest agricultural exporter. European border police are confiscating meat and cheese, and air travelers from Great Britain to the United States are being disinfected upon arrival. The disease, though harmless to humans, is highly contagious and stunts milk production in cloven-hoofed animals. More than 180,000 livestock have been slaughtered in Britain, where the outbreak originated. Britain's spin: We may have to kill half a million animals. EU's spin: America is overreacting. Just because two countries have the disease doesn't mean the whole continent does. Norway's spin: We're going to disinfect everyone who comes from France— even Gérard Depardieu! (To learn more about foot-and-mouth disease, click here; to read the Explainer's FAQ on foot-and-mouth, click here.)
The Dow Jones industrial average dipped below 10,000. It was the first below-10,000 close in five months. (It recovered slightly the following day.) Earlier, the Nasdaq closed below 2,000 for the first time in two years. The tech-heavy index has lost 60 percent of its value since its record close a year ago. The S&P 500 has lost over 20 percent since its peak. Stocks declined further in Europe, and Japan's Nikkei Stock Average hit a 16-year low. Glass-half-full spin: Unemployment is still near a 30-year low (4.2 percent), and the Fed will probably lower interest rates again on March 20. Besides, the GDP has to shrink for two quarters before we enter a recession; we haven't even had one quarter of shrinkage. Glass-half-empty spin: Unemployment is a lagging indicator, the Fed may not lower rates enough on March 20, and by the time GDP figures are calculated it will be too late.
President Bush abandoned a pledge to regulate power plants' CO 2 emissions. Citing rising energy costs in California and elsewhere, he reversed a campaign promise to impose a mandatory cap. Conservative spins: Limiting emissions would 1) harm consumers in the name of an unsubstantiated climate threat; and 2) implicitly endorse the Kyoto Protocol—an unratified treaty signed by President Clinton—which would subject our energy policy to an international authority. Environmentalist spin: 1) The regulations wouldn't hurt California because it is not as dependent on coal power as the rest of the nation; and 2) global warming has been proven.
A Navy jet accidentally bombed a dozen military training observers. The bomb hit an observation post in Kuwait, killing five Americans and one New Zealander. A ground operator ordered the bombing during a training exercise at night and then tried to abort the maneuver. Navy's spin: We don't know what happened. Pundits' spin: First the Navy drowns innocent Japanese, then it bombs its own personnel.
Morton Downey Jr. died at 67. The son of tenor Morton " The Irish Nightingale" Downey, he pioneered "trash TV" in the late 1980s with the brief but wildly popular Morton Downey Jr. Show. (He called his guests "slimeballs" and blew smoke in their faces.) Years later he admitted he had gone overboard. After his lung-cancer diagnosis in 1996 he became an anti-smoking activist. Downey's spin: "[The show] got out of control because the producers wanted me to top myself every night. There were times that I did things that were a little sleazy, but I didn't do shows on my neighbor's collie dog having sex with my neighbor's wife [like Jerry Springer did]." (To see excerpts from the show, click here and go to the video link; to read a Slate "Assessment" of Jerry Springer, click here.)
F lorida sentenced a boy to life in prison for a crime committed at age 12. Lionel Tate, now 14, was sentenced to life without parole for the first-degree murder of a 6-year-old girl. (Under Florida law a first-degree murderer need not intend to kill; the sentence is mandatory.) Before the trial, Tate's mother rejected a second-degree-murder plea by her son, which would have resulted in a three-year sentence and 10-year probation. Mrs. Tate's spin: "People say that I'm a fool for not accepting the plea bargain, but how do you send your son to jail for just playing?" Forensic experts' spin: The boy wasn't playing—he gave the girl a sustained, intentional beating. Prosecutors' spin: We hope the governor reduces the sentence. Judge's spin: Then why didn't you reduce the charge? I won't overturn a valid verdict simply to get around the mandatory-sentence law. Governor's spin: I'll consider clemency, and soon. Pundits' spin: A life sentence for a 12-year-old is a new and bad precedent. Legislatures should give judges more discretion.
The Nasdaq composite closed below 2,000 for the first time in two years. The tech-heavy stock index has lost 60 percent of its value since its record close (5,048) a year ago. The S&P 500, the broadest measure of stocks, has lost 20 percent since its peak. Having fled the Nasdaq, investors are now moving from previously stable stocks like food-and-beverage companies to ultra-safe Treasury bonds. Stocks have declined in Europe, and Japan's Nikkei Stock Average hit a 16-year low. Glass-half-full spin: Unemployment is still near a 30-year low (4.2 percent), and the Fed will probably lower interest rates again on March 20. Besides, the GDP has to shrink for two quarters before we enter a recession; we haven't even had one quarter of shrinkage.
Three eBay users were charged with nearly half a million dollars in art fraud. The three men put forgeries up for sale and used more than 40 user IDs to bid up the price. They sold $450,000 worth of art through 1,100 fraudulent auctions, one of which was discovered by a New York Times reporter. Caveat emptor spin: Art on eBay may be cheaper than at Sotheby's, but eBay's not interested in protecting its users. eBay's spin: Yes we are, but we can't monitor every sale.


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Sitting at a desk all day isn't just boring, it's also bad for your health.
Mashable.com recently reported that sitting for more than three hours a day lowers your life expectancy by about two years.
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Skyline Interns Learn From the Best: Friends of Sausal Creek's Jill Miller Visits the Classroom
As Skyline High EarthTeam interns continue preparation for their water quality project in Dimond Park, they get the opportunity to work with experts in the area. At their after school meeting on Wednesday 9/27, the interns had the chance to hear a presentation from Jill Miller, Restoration and Education Manager at FOSC. The enthusiastic interns learned about their watershed, Sausal Creek and its tributaries, and the primary threats to water quality in Dimond Park and Dimond Canyon.
Miller lead an exciting hands on activity in which the interns constructed their own small scale, functioning watersheds and were able to visualize the flow, collection, and outlet of water in the bay area and how different sources of pollution affect water quality throughout the watershed.
Following this presentation, the interns began to brainstorm the primary issues threatening water quality in Dimond Park, and embarked on the challenging path of developing a research question and setting up an investigation about the primary issue, pet waste.
Moving forward, interns will interact with park visitors to assess values and challenges, and will focus on the very real issues affecting their community, their regional parks, and the quality of the water there. Check back in for more updates about the investigation soon!


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in the end it is only the bird's flight that matters. it reminds me of nothing but itself. this and...
the promise of the sky at dawn?
no, just its emptiness. this and the emptiness of the sky.
in the end...there were no more reflections...only you, beautiful you.ReplyDelete
those first three pictures... need a new word for beauty!
Mama mia... C'est du nan nan comme on dit chez moi...
Ouf ! les photos de Ouf ! ! !
I'll be back ! ! ! :)
wonderful words and images for the heart and soul....and I am going out to stare at the sky.ReplyDelete
This is too beautiful to be true...
I am most assuredly dreaming then... and I never want to wake.
gorgeous (both image and text)ReplyDelete
In anticipation of a journey in the Appalachians, i once absentmindedly packed a thimbleful of violet, a long bashful strand of yellow, a chatterbox of red, and a soft, joyous convolution of orange. Notwithstanding all these precautions, i was utterly unprepared for the scarlet tanagers, rendered blue in your impressionistic recreation of the fragile state of my mind, that swirled heavenward once at dawn.ReplyDelete
I am in awe. First I am dazzled by those vibrant colours more arresting than the deepest jewel tones of precious gems. You are more than a fairy queen--you are The Fiery Queen of Bedazzlement!
And then I am lullabyed and hushabyed and soothed and enchanted by those silken soft images of birds captured--postiviely enraptured--in flight through a universe of delicate beauty more tender than a mother's kiss. In fact, their imprint upon the sky is like a kiss.
It's so hard to write words to describe the feelings the images invoke...and even more challenging when I cannot hold those pictures before me and lose myself in them to revel in those feelings while trying to convey to you an inkling of what they are, magical Roxana. Forgive my clumsiness as I stumble, awed, across the floating bridge.
Du weisst, was ich von Deinem heutigen Post denke, nicht?! Wundervoll, wundervoll... auch der Text, wie immer (nur, ich kann nicht immer etwas dazu sagen, weil er mich manchmal irgendwo hinführt, wo mir zu viel Dunkelheit herrscht... ja, so ausdrucksstark ist er immer...!). Die ersten Bilder sind Gemälde, eine wunderbare Malerei, ich liebe Monet(und ich denke an ihn...), er hat eine aussergewöhnlich schöne Verbindung zu der Natur. Und die drei letzten Bilder... ah, das sind "meine" Bilder, himmlisch, klare helle Gedanken, Freiheit und vor allem, das Versprechen des ausserordentlichen Glücks in der nahen Zukunft...! Schön, wunderschön, soetwas zu empfinden...!
Ich umarme Dich, liebste Prinzessin! Auf sehr bald!
Impressionism has got nothing on you. The second set, with the seagulls is absolutely mind blowing. Every time I come back here I understand why I do a little bit more.ReplyDelete
Ah, in the end of your story there's so much tranquility Roxana, so much openness. I'm almost tempted to say: And then?ReplyDelete
ce frumos,draga,eu m-as tavali,de-a dreptul,printre aceste culori,atat de mult as vrea sa ma pierd in ele,nu doar tatuata sa raman,ci sa mi se impregneze undeva sub piele,ca,intr-o zi,sau seara,la culcare,sa dau jos pielea aceasta si sa-mi exhib narcisiac,mandalele-ca tot citesti cartarescu:)-in oglinda ochilor mei.
iar zborul si eu il vad ca ducand ceva undeva departe,mai mult golul dintre doua secunde sau nestiinta de dupa furori..
oh, my... so much beauty. in the end it is all that matters.ReplyDelete
The first three are like paintings! Exquisite, and of different shades than I recall in your work. Beyond splendid.
The last three (the first of them being my favorite) are simply to die for. You have invented a new beauty with them.
Your words....sigh. Just beautiful.
Et mes yeux de se remplir de larmes...devant cette indicible beauté...cette fin qui porte en elle tous les débuts du monde..
Cette fin que l'on porte en soi ,ultime voyage sans retour...
Waou Roxana....magicienne de mon coeur..tu me combles ce matin...
Ces couleurs vivantes presque violentes des premieres images...et puis cette douceur infinie ,qui emporte sur ses ailes toute la douleur du coeur..
C'est vraiment tres beau..
Je depose ici ,dans le creux de tes mains ,mille plumes d'oiseaux,mille feuilles d'automne, et mes plus douces pensées..passe un beau dimanche..:)
Talk about the "unbearable lightness of being!"ReplyDelete
Une lumière comme un lac sous les pieds. Pour s'y dissoudre peut-être.
Pierre-Albert Jourdan
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hello my beautiful friend Roxana,this post is soooooooooooooobeautiful these photos and your extravagantly beautiful worlds well ok I'll leave that -I was going to write words.If only life could be this way well in a way it is the dream of our hearts
I love the way the colours mix and dissolve the blue in the third image the suggestion of bluesky mind and the sea and the sky to express the fluidity of the sky of the precarious beauty of life on a bird's wing.
At this point I have a playful image of you by the sea as a flutist playing all these musical colours from your magical flute.
I am a libra, sky orientated and light orientated and I feel as you have demonstrated to express yourself in the bright colours of light is to begin the travel back to the stars whereas words, well I have never thought of it this way before, but where light is natural words are a human invention and there pull reaches the roots of the earth,-just a lackadaisical thought at a relaxed beach of colour.. to continue
and your beautifully powerful words-
"lingers for a while in your eyes then suddenly sinks into you to make your bones glow from within,"
and this is the physical property of light -the electron dance of light,the sinking within becoming the spiritual beauty the light within,brighter than an eternity of sunsets.
well just my little dream for today.
and it is really so romantic that a star 93 million miles away can create these impressions.
I have to confess my beautiful friend, once in a while I go to poetry presentations, and I am writing a verse on light and well this experience has sparked my writing
sending you beautiful colourful dreamlike kisses
ps it is snowing here but I'll leave the snow kisses for a more appropriate time.
ps no there is no promise only the emptiness of the vessel of life...
it is funny, stickup artist refers to the lightness of being and i don't know if that is where i want to go. (15 minutes ago spending time with just this book!) and so my initial response is perhaps valid, i don't know how to feel after this, except to say broken further apart.
beautiful, yes. but is all beauty linked with pain? and so my further broken apart becomes more understandable to me.
i never leave you without feeling.
Les 3 dernières, pastelles et diaphanes, sont infiniment belles.
Merci Roxana <3
Herrliche Farben!ReplyDelete
i dissolve before these ... beautiful in image and word
colours or the flight of the bird, allowing oneself to be filled with the abundance of the world, or erasure in a single infinite gasp? (though i don't mean to reduce this subtlety to such a simple scheme) the soul in conversation with itself -- does it hesitate to choose, or plunge into both at the same moment?
i think beauty is inevitably linked to pain, yes -- at last beauty in art is, because it inevitably calls to time, calls us to the verge of disappearance ... it may be a pain that is also joy, but pain still ....
one can discover emptiness even in a beautiful face, even an imaginary beautiful face, so you are not completely hopeless :-P
Rachel, thank you so much!!!
jeff :-)
OUF, bises moi-aussi :-)
Dan, yes, do that, that is the best thing to do and precisely the type of reaction i can wish for this post...
Owen, it isn't true, it is just what i imagine to have seen, not what i really -saw-, i abhor this idea of photography's crude realism...
thank you.
(for the Jourdan quote as well, yes, that se-dissoudre-soi-meme is ultimately the key we are fumbling for :-)
Prospero, what a delightful description of your luggage, chromatic lists are most assuredly among my vices :-) but hmm, i have to be careful from now on, avoiding any risk of damaging the fragile balance of your impressionistic mind (though i have a suspicion such a precaution is already useless :-)
Lynne, i am so touched by your huge praise, thank you, oh - (no words either, how to respond, i don't know)
'The Fiery Queen of Bedazzlement', now that is indeed a dazzling metaphor, if there has ever been one :-)
liebste Wolkenprinzessin, ich finde Deinen Kommentar wunderschoen und gar nicht oberflaechlich, ich weiss nicht, wer sowas sagen koennte! :-)
besonders weil es mir so sehr gefallen hat, wie Du die Bilder als 'deine' bezeichnet hast, was auch auch mein Gefuehl war, als ich sie bearbeitet habe: die sind fuer Renée, die sind _ihre_ Bilder, habe ich dabei gedacht :-)
ich nehme dich in meine Arme, wie immer, wie immer...
Natalia, thank you so much!
do you mean that you understand why you come here only _after_ you come? that is a very interesting perspective :-)
billoo, sometimes, there is no 'and then?'. but not in stories, though, we want stories to be unending, we imagine ourselves victorious as Scheherazade :-)
Cerasela, mandalele tale sunt cu mine, mereu :-)
Cristina, yes. so go out there and show us beauty as well :-)
Lydia, thank you, your words are so kind and warm, as usual, they make me happy and shy. it is interesting to note people's preferences, some go for the first set, some for the second, this says much about themselves or at least the mood they are in right now (or so i imagine :-)
oh Clo, apres ce tres beau et poetique message, qu'est-ce que je pourrais encore dire... je garde tes mots et tes dons dans le creux de mes paumes, avec tendresse, pour toujours...
(et je te remercie pour les autres fleurs aussi, pardonne-moi pour le retard mais je vais repondre bientot)
je t'embrasse, chere amie de mon coeur.
Stickup, that is a wonderful title, isn't it - if not the _most_ beautiful title ever, sometimes i think it doesn't even matter how the book is, after such words in the title :-)
Michael T.,
if we could just move towards and into that beyond... (though everyone of us has his or her own 'beyond', i don't know whether such a shared step could be possible - i remember now Horacio and Maga from Rayuela trying each night, desperately, to dream the same dream).
ah, Madeleine, i am once again happy that the Bridge has sparked your own creativity, perhaps at some point you could share your writing with me, i mean the poems that a particular post has inspired? i would be more that glad if you did!
and i know you are extremely sensitive to this light worshiping, after all it is also what your own photos express :-)
(and you are a libra!)
many kisses and hugs :-)
erin, i am touched and grateful that you came and left such words here - a question, perhaps the most important one (at least for the Bridge), fur sure a perpetually open one. the Japanese seem to have found the answer, their 'mono no aware', a notion i hold so dear, expresses exactly that, it is difficult to translate but perhaps: sensitivity for the impermanence of things, the emotion, fusing delight and aching, when we contemplate a beautiful yet/and? evanescent thing. however, i think that even if we settle for an answer, it is still important to hold the question open, in the sense that we have to live it each time anew, _as if for the first time_ - otherwise the answer ceases to be true. but i digress, perhaps...
Plum' (c'est difficile de ne pas dire K'line, j'espere que je vais m'y habituer :-), je t'embrasse de tout coeur, merci a toi aussi...
flowerywallpaper, vielen Dank fuer Deinen Besuch und die lieben Worte, ich habe mich sehr gefreut, Dich hier zu lesen!
you have said it again, and much better than me - time is the key here, always time...
(that you are so painfully - but wonderfully :-) - aware of this yourself became apparent for me at my first visit on the Klagewelt, years ago :-)
Sounds like the end of the affair.ReplyDelete
Many people feel it, few can say it. Its just that way.ReplyDelete
tu doit de cacher , tu es difficile à prendre dans l'eau.ReplyDelete


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Detoxification and detox cleanse are hot topics, now that marijuana legalization has occurred in some states.
What is Detoxification?
The detoxification definition, simply put, is the "physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism". The liver is in charge of removing toxic substances from the body. Detox is a term that also refers to "the period of withdrawal" when the body "returns to homeostasis after long-term use of an addictive substance". Alcohol detoxification is one example. Detoxification removes poisons from the body, in medicine, by the use of antidotes, dialysis, and chelation therapy. For common usage, there are alternative medicine practices that promote liver detoxification with a detox cleanse. A natural detox cleanse could be dietary (water fasting, juices), or it could occur via special products (foot pads, oil pulling).1 Fasting, juicing, cleansing detox, colon cleaning, master cleansing, and detox diets are all forms of detoxification available. Some people do a cleanse detox to lose weight, while others might try to get certain substances, such as marijuana, out of their system. Detox diets "allegedly purge the body of chemicals and toxins" via "herbs, pills, potions, colonics, and/or fasts to rid the body of impurities". The low-calorie diets can have downsides, such as protein deprivation and dehydration, leading to fatigue and headaches. They might even lower the metabolism.2
Ways to Detoxify
Detoxification has been practiced in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for centuries in order to nourish, cleanse, and rest the body. Removing the toxins, and then putting healthy nutrients into the body, is said to provide protection from disease and to maintain health. It is believed that cleansing the blood and removing impurities in the liver, kidneys, lungs, intestines, lymphatic system, and the skin can help the body. Fasting, for example, is thought to stimulate the liver to remove toxins, promote elimination through the intestines and kidneys, improve blood circulation, and refuel the body. Some suggest detoxifying once a year, although children, nursing mothers, and patients with cancer, tuberculosis, or degenerative diseases should not engage in this practice. There are many toxins in the environment, and these are said to lead to fatigue, sluggish elimination, allergies and irritated skin, infections, puffy eyes, menstrual problems and bloating, and mental confusion. Before going through detox, people should consult a healthcare professional and eliminate refined sugars and saturated fats, cigarettes, alcohol, and coffee, which would act as "obstacles to your healing process". Natural alternatives should be substituted for "chemical-based household cleaners and personal health care products". It is also recommended that people reduce stress with meditation, yoga, or Qigong. Some of the recommended types of cleanses include "fasting on liquids for two days, followed by a carefully planned five-day detox diet" or "a three- to seven-day juice fast". After the cleanse, some lifestyle changes should occur, such as eating fiber, taking certain herbs and vitamins, breathing deeply, continuing to reduce stress, hydrotherapy, sweating in a sauna, detox foot spas, and exercise.3
Effectiveness of Detoxification and Detox Cleanse Products
For marijuana uses, THC and THC-COOH stay in the body for various amounts of time, depending on the amount and rate of consumption, body fat, metabolism, health, and what is consumed. Seven days is "the half-life of THC metabolites". Most people will be free of these metabolites within a month. The reason why many cleanses are not effective is because "fat cells will continue to release THC metabolites into your system over time". Drug tests check hair, blood, and urine. Urinalysis is the most common tests, and it checks for THC-COOH. The test is accurate and inexpensive. Blood tests, unlike a urinalysis, "will show impairment". A hair test is the least common type of test, and it can detect THC-COOH for months. To beat a drug test, some people will try to drink a lot of water, but this method could flag the test for tampering. To mask diluting, some try taking vitamin B to make the urine yellow or they take creatinine (which would be flushed out in diluted urine). Some of the detox drinks contain vitamin B and creatine. Some people try to pass the drug test by avoiding exercise, which "will break down your fat cells", using synthetic urine, or by collecting urine in the cup from the "'middle' of the pee stream".4 Many of the THC detox products are expensive, and several websites promote various products, such as Toxin Rid, Mega Clean, and One Shot Concentrate.5 It is difficult to say what the best detox cleanse is, since many of the products available do not do what they say they do. Marijuana detoxification products can be very expensive, as well, and they may not help the user pass a drug test. The kits often "contain a mixture of compounds such as goldenseal, vinegar, niacin, or vitamin C, activated charcoal, lecithin, and herbal teas/powders" and "research suggests that none of these compounds speed up the process of eliminating marijuana". By using the products to pass the test, most labs "also test for the presence of these compounds". Additionally, passing a test one day might not mean passing on another day since "levels of cannabinoids and their derivatives in urine can fluctuate"; therefore "time is really your best bet for passing the test".6
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detoxification
2 http://www.webmd.com/diet/detoxification-diets-and-procedures-directory
3 http://www.gaiam.com/discover/146/article/10-ways-detoxify-body/
4 https://www.coloradopotguide.com/colorado-marijuana-blog/2015/september/18/how-to-flush-marijuana-out-of-your-system/
6 http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/answered-questions/marijuana-and-drug-detox-kits
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Morning all my crafty friends!! Hope you have some wonderful crafty plans for this weekend. We are having inventory at work, so it's gonna be a busy day for me.
I am pleased to show you the card I made for my Daily Project today at Exploring Cricut. The end of the year brings quite a few birthdays our way so I'm trying to get a heads up on my stash to be ready. I used my Create-a-Critter cartridge to cut this cute little owl and branch. Both can be found on page 25. I cut the owl at 2.5 inches and the branch at 1.75 inches. The cloud paper is from my stash. The sentiment is from the 'For the Birds' stamp set from Mary-Cardz TV Stamps.
Now, if you haven't been checking out the Daily Projects every day, you sure are missing out on some awesomeness for sure!! Also, you still have time to create and enter a project in our 'What's Cooking' challenge. You have until 10pm, EST tonight to link up. Hope to see your project there!!
Hope ya'll like my owl card!!!! :)
Saturday, September 28, 2013
8 comments:
- Mary Ann said...
Super cute card!!!Love your lil owl,Very cute sentiment!!!
- September 28, 2013 at 7:24 AM
- snappy scrappy said...
Too cute!
- September 28, 2013 at 8:29 AM
- Michelle N. said...
Oh how cute! And I love the inside of the card too-lovely!
- September 28, 2013 at 9:39 AM
- Tanya/Nonna said...
Super sweet card Sharon! I love that cute owl - what a sweetie!
- September 28, 2013 at 8:47 PM
- Boots And Bling Time said...
So precious!!! Love that cloud paper!
- September 29, 2013 at 10:11 AM
- Donna and Sara said...
Such a fun little card, the cloud background is perfect and the owl is just darling. I always love the way you finish the inside of your cards...
- September 29, 2013 at 9:06 PM
- Sherrie K. said...
Super cute owl cut and LOVE the cloud background...adorable Sharon!
Have a great week my friend:)
Sherrie K
- September 29, 2013 at 9:12 PM
- Scrapper69 said...
LOVE IT! The cloud paper goes perfectly and I LOVE the branch on the inside.... Super cute as always Sharon! :O)
- September 30, 2013 at 11:06 PM
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I'm a 27 year old female and I have been addicted to Solpadeine for over 17 years. As with the majority of Solpadeine addicts, I had terrible headaches that started around 10/11 years. Somehow they only thing that worked was Solpadeine. I became addicted very quickly. There have been periods in the last 17 years when my daily dose was high, around 8 a day (2 tablets, 4 times a day). I have cut down and steadily for the last few years I have taking about 3-4 a day (1 tablet, 3-4 times a day).
I have had stomach problems that started about two years ago but I was diagnosed with IBS and hoped that was all it was. I live in a small town, nearly every pharmacy knows I have a problem even though they still serve me. I stock up when I go over the border to Northern Ireland. I am really worried about my long-term health and I know I cannot continue like this and get away with it for much longer.
A huge worry for me about quitting is that I will get off them and then get a really bad headache and I won't know what to do. I still get the odd extremely bad headache once a month and sometimes I can take up to 3 tablets in one go trying to tame it. I have built up such a tolerance to painkillers that I know nothing else OTC will work when I get one of those headaches and I don't know if I will be able to take Solpadeine as a once off and not get hooked on them again.
I know that the hardest part for me will be breaking the habit, I'm a major habitual user. My day revolves around sitting down with a Solpadeine fizzing in a glass. I love the clink it makes, the noise of the fizz, the taste, the relaxation it gives me. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. I'm also unemployed at the moment and I noticed I've been taking the odd extra one to take the edge off the stress but I do stop myself again the next day.
I have been to my doctor so often about my stomach problems over the last two years that I really feel she thinks I'm a hypochondriac and I can't now go and admit that I actually have this problem, I'd be mortified, she wouldn't have the greatest of empathy or bedside manner. I am assigned to that doctor on a free treatment scheme so I can't really go to another without it costing me €50+ a go and I cannot afford that.
Taking my daily dose into account, do ye think I might be able to cut down further or go cold turkey on my own without assistance. I really don't want to have to go into residential care or anything like that but I'm worried that, that is what will happen because I have been taking them for so many years.
Any help is greatly appreciated.


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GOA (3rd-JAN-2017): The Goenchi Mati Movement welcomes the statement of the Archbishop at the recent Annual Civic Reception endorsing the idea of intergenerational equity in mining. As was rightly pointed out, minerals are a shared inheritance. And the existing system is leading to enormous corruption and mis-governance.
Update: The relevant section of the speech by the Archbishop of Goa can be viewed here. The full text can be read here.
In the Goa mining case, the Supreme Court ruled that all mining during the period 22-Nov-2007 up to the ban on 10-Sep-2012, was 100% illegal. Goa Foundation estimates that Rs. 65,058 crores were recoverable on account of 5 years of illegal mining. Instead of recovering this staggering amount, the BJP government renewed the leases to the same miners! As there were no auctions or other attempts to get the full value of the minerals, Goa Foundation estimated that there was a further loss of Rs. 79,836 crores. The mining companies again got another windfall.
The Shah Commission said of Goa mining: "It is pertinent to state here that such illegal act can't happen without connivance of the politicians, bureaucrats and lessees. There is a complete collapse of the system."
The Goenchi Mati Movement is asking for the implementation of some simple Constitutional principles in the management of our mineral wealth:
- We, the people of Goa, own the mineral in common. The state government is merely a trustee of natural resources for the people and especially future generations (Public Trust Doctrine).
- As we have inherited the minerals, we are simply custodians and must pass them on to future generations (Intergenerational Equity).
- Therefore, if we mine and we sell our mineral resources, we must ensure zero loss, ie. capture of the full economic rent (sale price minus cost of extraction, cost including reasonable profit for miner). Any loss is a loss to all of us and our future generations.
- All receipts from minerals must be saved in the Goenchi Mati Permanent Fund. Similar proposals are already implemented all over the globe. Like the minerals, the Permanent Fund will also be part of the commons. The Supreme Court has ordered the creation of a Permanent Fund for Goan iron ore and already Rs. 94 crores is deposited.
- Any real income (after inflation) from the Goenchi Mati Permanent Fund must only be distributed to all as a right of ownership, a Citizen's Dividend. This is like the comunidade zonn, but paid to everyone.
- The implementation of these principles will be done in a transparent participatory process with the people of Goa.
These are in line with our ethical and moral obligation to our children and future generations, as rightly pointed out by the Archbishop. Its common sense really.
Endorsements and Support
The Movement is also pleased to acknowledge the endorsement and support by independent candidate from Benaulim, Judith Almeida. We call upon all citizens to ask their MLA candidates and political parties to endorse and support our manifesto, and to pledge to implement it faithfully. We will shortly launch a tracker where anyone can check which candidates have committed to the Goenchi Mati Manifesto.
Here is a partial list of prominent individuals and organisations that have endorsed the Goenchi Mati Manifesto.
- Maria Aurora Couto, author, Padma Shri
- Suresh Amonkar, author, Padma Shri
- Wendell Rodricks, designer, Padma Shri
- Norma Alvares, lawyer, Padma Shri
- Claude Alvares, Goa Foundation
- Bhasker Assoldekar, Goa State Coordinator, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
- Dean D'Cruz, architect, owner Mozaic Design: "Stops the loot and gives a future"
- Arturo D Souza, civil activist: "It is a very fair proposition to all"
- Haresh Melwani, mining lease holder, HL Nathurmal
- Desmond Nazareth, serial entrepreneur: "it is an eminently sensible and meaningful use of the commons"
- Diviya Kapur, Owner, Literati: "I believe the future requires sustainable development and protection of our earth and environment"
- Ahmed Bungalowala, Author
- Reboni Saha, owner Mozaic Design, Secretary, Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA)
- Bhagyashree Patwardhan, Owner, Paperboat Collective: "Believe in a green and living future for the next generations to come"
- Hyacinth Pinto, architect
- Colin D'Cruz, Director, Jazz Goa
- Tallulah D'Silva, Architect T & Mission Green Goa: "It is inclusive! It supports and promotes shared use of resources and therefore benefits are accrued by all members of the community"
- Kaushik Ramanathan, designer: "Future Generations require a sustainable environment and planned development"
- Reginald Goveas, designer: "It is only fair in a democratic country."
- Rahul Chandawarkar, journalist and photographer: "It is people centric. For the people, by the people, of the people."
- Lina Vincent, art curator: "I want a better future for the next generation"
- Saba Hasan, artist: "This earth is our life"
- Seema Kohli, artist: "it is the common earth that we share and not an answer to anyone greed to have "More""
- Rahul Basu, founder and CEO, Ajadé
- Aruna Roy, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)
- Nikhil Dey, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)
- Shankar Singh, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)
- Jagdeep Chhokar, retired professor, IIM-A, founder, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
- Jean Dreze, Professor, Ranchi University
- Felix Padel, anthropologist-activist and author
- EAS Sarma, Former Secretary, Government of India
- Guy Standing, SOAS, University of London, and Hon.Co-President of BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network): "This is the optimum way of promoting community development while giving every man, woman and child a sense of basic security and pride in their community. It is enlightened, it is sensible, and it is eminently feasible."
- Nandan Nawn, Professor, TERI University: "This makes perfect sense. Each human inhabitant on the earth has equal claim over the 'gifts' given by nature in the form of natural resources, from rain, sunshine and wind to iron, bauxite, salt and sand–this principle is the fulcrum of the proposal, which I thoroughly endorse."
- Ilina Sen, Professor, TISS Mumbai
- Gayatri Menon, Professor, Azim Premji University
- Himanshu Upadhyay, Asst Professor, Azim Premji University
- Pradip K Datta, Professor, JNU
- Ashok Shrimali, General Secretary, mm&P (mines, minerals & People)
- Himanshu Damle, Coordinator, Public Finance Public Accountability Collective (PFPAC)
- Goa Foundation
- mines, minerals & People (mm&P)
- Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)
- Public Finance Public Accountability Collective (PFPAC)
- Nirmal Vishwa, Ponda
- Ajadé
- Mozaic, Goa
The Goenchi Mati Manifesto is available at goenchimati.org/manifesto. It is available in English, with translations into Konkani (Devnagari, Romi), Marathi, Hindi. It will soon be available in Kannada and Portuguese.
Show your support at goenchimati.org/support. Aamchi Mati Aamka Zai!
CONTACT: Roxanne Coutinho
Phone: +91 800 763 6466


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Navajo, N.M., Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Voluntary Manslaughter Charge
ALBUQUERQUE – Mervin Ervin Charley, 33, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Navajo, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a voluntary manslaughter charge. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Charley will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Charley was arrested on Jan. 21, 2014, based on an indictment charging him with second degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. According to the indictment, Charley killed a two-year-old child on May 30, 2013, by placing the victim in a situation that endangered the victim and resulted in the victim's death.
Today, Charley entered a guilty plea to a felony information charging him with voluntary manslaughter, and admitted killing the victim in the heat of passion on May 30, 2013.
Charley has been in federal custody since his arrest and remains detained pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.
This case was investigated by the Gallup office of the FBI and the Crownpoint office of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle T. Nayback.


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The convictions and controversial actions of a man reviled in the Confederacy and never fully appreciated in the Union
Lincoln's Abolitionist General tells the life story of a general who operated on the vanguard of the advance toward emancipation and the enlistment of African American soldiers. Though not nearly as well known as other senior Union generals, David Hunter participated in signal events of Lincoln's presidency and the Civil War, and he took advantage of his position to champion the rights of African Americans. Edward A. Miller, Jr.'s comprehensive examination of Hunter's life looks closely at his rare stance as abolitionist officer, his friendship with Lincoln, and his early advocacy of the "hard war" policies for which William Tecumseh Sherman later became famous.
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The Gamify SETI & Prosper Challenge
by Jon Richards, The SETI Institute May 5th, 2011
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Are you a gamification expert[1] or interested in becoming one? Want to help solve a problem of epic proportions that could have a major impact on the world?
The SETI Institute and Gamify[2] together have created an EPIC Contest to explore possible ways to gamify SETI. We're asking the most brilliant Earthlings to come up with ideas on how to apply gamification[3] to increase participation in the SETI program.
The primary goal of this social/scientific challenge is to help SETI empower global citizens to participate in the search for cosmic company and to help SETI become financially sustainable so it can live long and prosper. This article explains our problem and what we are looking to accomplish. We invite everyone to answer the question, "How would you gamify SETI?".
To be more specific:
- Can we create a fun and compelling app or set of apps that allow people to aid us in identifying signals?
- Do you have any ideas to make this process a fun game, while also solving our problem, by applying game mechanics and game-thinking?
- Can we incorporate sharing and social interaction between players?
- Is monetization possible through virtual goods, "status short-cuts" or other methods popularized by social games?
- Are there any angles of looking at the problem and gamifying that we have not thought of?
The scientific principles involved in this field of science can be very complicated. A conscious attempt has been made to explain the challenge we face with a minimum of scientific explanation or jargon. We wish to be able to clearly explain our unique problems and desired outcomes to the scientific and non-scientific audience.
To click straight to the contest, click http://meta.gamify.com/questions/13/how-would-you-gamify-seti. For more information, read on.
SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, is an exploratory science that seeks evidence of life in the universe by looking for some signature of its technology. (See http://seti.org for information about The SETI institute.)
This gamification effort is being led from within the setiQuest project with the help of Gamify, a start-up that is building the first intergalactic Gamification Platform[4] with an interactive knowledge-base,network of experts and tools to gamify any products or services to engage users and solve problems -- from tiny to epic proportions. See http://setiQuest.org and http://gamify.com for more details.
We have built and operate the Allen Telescope Array (the ATA which is located in a remote location in Northern California (Hat Creek area). See http://www.seti.org/ata for an explanation of this unique instrument, collectively referred to as the telescope. We use the ATA to observe signals from the far reaches of outer-space. We are hoping to be able to detect intelligent signals from an extraterrestrial source. Another civilization, perhaps.
The Problem
The ATA generates a lot of signal data that needs to be analyzed for potential signals. We have developed software that analyzes the signal data in real time as it is delivered from the telescope. As great and efficient as our software and algorithms are, we see several issues with our approach:
- Without looking at the signal data more carefully, how do we know the software algorithms are not missing some signals?
- Our software is trained to detect certain kinds of signals. What if a signal or message broadcast from somewhere is of a different type than our software is attempting to detect?
- There is a lot of RFI (radio frequency interference). What if a valid message or signal is not being detected because our algorithms are confused by the RFI?
The data volume is immense. We need help from a large community of people to help us.
It would be a real shame if there are valid signals we are missing because of these issues!
The Challenge
How can we gamify SETI and allow the general public to help us search through our signal data, detecting new kinds of signals, or find signals our system is missing? We would train our software to detect these new or missed signals identified through this gamification effort. It is even possible a real ET signal may be detected directly through this as a result of your ideas!
A secondary challenge is to come up with a way to monetize the gamification to directly support the ATA and the signal analysis efforts.
The Contest
We have created a question page on http://meta.gamify.com. Each person who wishes to participate should try their best to answer the question "How would you gamify SETI?"[5]. Each person is allowed to answer up to three times. All users can vote on which answers they like best which may or may not influence SETI's decision when selecting the winner. The contest starts May 5th, 2011 and ends either when SETI selects a clear winner or July 5th, 2011, whichever comes first.
We want to recognize all good answers to show our appreciation for your participation and efforts so we will be rewarding all answers that we think are great as honorable mentions.
You can answer the question up to three times so don't hesitate to get started and begin perfecting your answer!
The Rewards
For the Winner:
- One(1) Astro A30 Audio System -- Including one of a kind setiQuest design! (Two choices: White or Black version)
- Invite to the exclusive Gamify Expert Network + one of a kind SETI Master Badge!
- One(1) SETI Shirt and One(1) Gamify Shirt!
- "One(1) Seti Institute Globe Clock"
- If we use your answer, you will be able to provide feedback on the actual development and implementation of your idea throughout the process!
For the Honorable Mentions:
- Invite to the exclusive Gamify Expert Network + limited edition SETI Badge!
- One(1) SETI Shirt and One(1) Gamify Shirt(American Apparel) -- limited to 10 people.
The ultimate reward, of course, is that in aggregate, our ideas could help SETI find Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence in our lifetime!
The Rules
You must have applied to become a Gamify Expert at http://gamify.com/expert/apply to be eligible to win! You can read the full contest rules here: http://gamify.com/partner/seti. Additional details[6].
Background Information: How Our Data Works
At this point a discussion of the signal data may be helpful.
There is too much data to make all of it available to the general public. Too much to upload and download all of it to the internet for later analysis. This is why our signal analysis software SonATA operates on the data in real time as it arrives from the telescope.
We currently have an effort in place that gathers some of the data and stores the data on the internet, as much as we can currently handle. See setiQuest Data Links for a list of what we have made available available for download. We also publish details of the data format so anyone can analyze the data if they have the scientific and programming knowledge.
We have a standard method of visually representing the signal data for humans to view. We call this representation a waterfall, in the form of waterfall plots. Below is a sample waterfall plot created from raw signal (with the axes identified for this explanation):
The waterfall plot above is the simplest we have. The data looks like static because during this time period and at this frequency range there were no signals except for random static. Below is an example of a waterfall that does contain a signal. This is the very weak signal detected from the Voyager spacecraft which is now outside our solar system speeding away from earth. See the the diagonal line? That is the signal, tilted due to the Doppler effect[7].
But there are signals visible in a waterfall plot that our software fails to recognize. For instance, here is a squiggle shaped signal. What is it? We currently have efforts underway to write an efficient algorithm to detect this kind of signal.
And, what is this?
We have hundreds of thousands of these waterfall plots available online. Soon to be millions or more. We can make this data available to a gaming system. Note that we can also provide meta data associated with each waterfall plot, as well as information about previously identified signals and potential RFI.
Efforts So Far
We have developed an application we call setiQuest Explorer. It is really not a game, or an attempt at gamification. It does, however, allow a participant to efficiently look through our collected data and see if they can spot anything. Here is a screen shot:
You can try the setiQuest Explorer program if you have a computer that can run Flash (not iPhone or iPad).
Please go to http://explorer.setiQuest.org
We have several key things that we believe will make gamification of our problem successful:
- A well defined problem we want to solve
- We have lots of data!
- SETI and searching for ET are topics that a lot of people find interesting. If done right we have the potential to reach a large audience
Now we ask the gamification expert community[8] and all of the world:
How would you gamify SETI?
Take Action!
- We've created a designated Question for this Contest at http://meta.gamify.com/questions/13/how-would-you-gamify-seti. Go there and answer the question to participate!
- Help spread the word, this is for an important cause! Help by telling friends on facebook and twitter to join in the cause!
- Create a blog post, presentation, YouTube video or other form of media if you need help to express your idea! Look at the question page for details on how to make sure other media is considered for the contest.
Our goal is to empower Earthlings everywhere to become active participants in the ultimate search for cosmic company. Please join us in our quest. Together we hope to find a creative solution to gamify SETI, making it sustainable and to increase the chances of us all being alive to see first contact.
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. Use your power to help SETI!
- ↑ http://gamify.com/experts
- ↑ http://gamify.com
- ↑ http://gamification.org
- ↑ http://gamify.com/platform
- ↑ http://meta.gamify.com/questions/13/how-would-you-gamify-seti
- ↑ http://meta.gamify.com/questions/13/how-would-you-gamify-seti
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect
- ↑ http://gamify.com/experts/info
External resource links to help you
- http://setiquest.org/ - Official setiQuest website.
- http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ - Galaxy Zoo has done a great job and is a good example to look at when thinking of applications for SETI.
- http://gamify.com/features - A list of common game mechanics that could be used to gamify SETI.
- http://gamification.org - Learn about Gamification by reading the Gamification Wiki to help you craft the best answer to increase your odds of winning!
- http://setiquest.org/getting-data - Get the stored setiQuest data.
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Sure, New York Fashion is now under way and couture week is slowly being drowned out by all the fresh new autumn/winter '14 collections. However, I think it's better late then never to share with ya'll one of my favourite details from the couture week.
You may remember a previous post I did on how to sport your sneakers outside of the gym. Which just touches the surface on how much I adore sport luxe outfits. So you can only imagine how mesmerized I was when I first saw these photos of the Chanel Spring 2014 couture show (on my instagram feed actually!)
I must admit that at first I really was not a huge fan of this collection. I didn't really dig those corseted midriff and the overall silhouettes were not my cup of tea. However, I definitely was more content when it came to the romantic colour scheme, the luxurious fabrics and most importantly - those shoes. This was actually one of the first times I've seen sports luxe come together in a single piece so well. Lace, pearls and tweeds, I found it hard to pick my favourite pair of sneakers. What I thought really tied them together though were the shoe laces (pun unintended); all in a delicate sheer fabric.
Chanel collections that fuses contradicting ideas, in this case sporty luxe, do usually result in wonders. Especially for this fusion. Coco Chanel can be said to be the first designers to ever incorporate sporty elements to outfits in the 1920s so no wonder Karl's sports luxe pieces have such a unique yet classic feel to them. Also that liberating freedom which Coco brought in the '20s resonated in this collection too. Mostly though the models, which skipped down the staircase in such a carefree manner. I loved it! It gave the collection a more youthful vibe and an almost ready-to-wear like feel to the ensembles.
What are your thoughts on this collection?
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Surprise! This islandy outdoor living and dining room is attached to an 18th-century farmhouse in Long Island. The east coast brick flooring may have tipped you off, but it's the ornate wicker furniture, European accents, and unusual palette that mark the space out as uniquely tranquil--and a bit aristocratic. Interior designer Tom Scheerer is behind the escapist scheme, and despite our track record as secret supporters of the anti-purple-in-interiors lobby, we have to say we're converts. So much so, that we've honed in on three key tips for mastering this look. ADD PLUM: We're impressed by Scheerer's purple upholstery choice; the color is an unexpected one, and the saturated hit goes a long way toward modernizing the bamboo furniture. It's also a classic pairing with green--which, in this scenario, works as a neutral by virtue of the verdant surroundings. "Purple is too 'out there' for some, but it's perfect for outdoors--it's the color of shade and shadow," says Scheerer. "Monet knew this: the porch is--almost by accident--a glorious evocation of the painter's own garden at Giverny." CREATE A CULTURE CLASH: Look closely and you'll notice that those clover green French bistro chairs flank an Italian trestle table, while the lounge chairs and wicker cabana seat inhabit a decidedly tropical realm. The furniture grouping feels cohesive due to a shared spectrum of natural wood finishes. "The French park chairs and the vintage wicker are natural complements; in fact, the French popularized the use of rattan summer furniture as early as the 19th-century," Scheerer explains. "They romanticized the tropics and brought rattan from the colonies in Southeast Asia and the West Indies." DRAW THE LINE: The open floor plan of this outdoor dining area and sitting room calls for demarcation--the ivory rug subtly defines each space, while its round shape suggests a circular, cozy layout for the furniture--an ideal configuration for kicking back with end-of-day sundowners. "A circular rug always suggests a convivial gathering 'round," says Scheerer. "So here it delineates the seating area, and also directs traffic flow around it." Can't get enough of Tom Sheerer? Check out his new book, Tom Scheerer Decorates, by Mimi Reed.
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Skyharbour Resources (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) is a preeminent uranium and thorium exploration Company with projects located in the prolific Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan, Canada which was ranked as the best mining jurisdiction to work in globally by the Fraser Institute in 2017. The Company has been acquiring top-tier exploration projects at attractive valuations culminating in five uranium properties totaling approx. 200,000 hectares throughout the Basin. Skyharbour recently secured an option from Denison Mines (TSX: DML) (NYSE MKT: DNN), a large shareholder of the Company, to acquire a 100% interest in the Moore Uranium Project which hosts the high grade Maverick Zone where recent drilling by Skyharbour returned 21% U3O8 over 1.5 metres within 5.9 metres of 6.0% U3O8 at 265 metres depth in hole ML-199. In addition to the Maverick Zone, the project hosts other mineralized targets with strong discovery potential which the Company plans to test in upcoming drill programs. In addition to its core strategy as a discovery-driven exploration company, Skyharbour employs the prospect generator model to monetize and fund exploration at its other projects in the Basin. In March 2017, Skyharbour announced an option agreement with AREVA Resources Canada whereby AREVA can earn up to 70% of a 49,635 hectare portion of Skyharbour's 74,965 hectare Preston Uranium Project for $8 million in project consideration. The Preston Project is strategically located proximal to NexGen Energy and Fission Uranium's high-grade uranium deposits in the Patterson Lake region on the west side of the Basin. The Company also owns the Falcon Point Uranium and Thorium Project which hosts an NI 43-101 uranium resource as well as a high grade uranium surface showing. The Company is run by a strong management and geological team who are major shareholders with extensive capital markets experience as well as focused uranium exploration expertise in the Basin. Skyharbour's goal is to maximize shareholder value through new mineral discoveries, committed long-term partnerships, and the advancement of exploration projects in geopolitically favourable jurisdictions.
In June 2016, Skyharbour secured an option to purchase the 35,705 hectare Moore Uranium project from Denison Mines, located in the infrastructure-rich southeastern portion of the Athabasca Basin. Skyharbour's initial winter drill program at Moore Lake concluded in May of 2017 with multiple drill holes intersecting high grade uranium mineralization over the 4km long Maverick corridor. Drill results included 20.8% U3O8 over 1.5m at 264m in hole ML-199, 9.12% U3O8 over 1.4m at 278m in hole ML-202 and 5.29% over 2.5m U3O8 at 279m in hole ML-200. Hole ML-202 represents a new high-grade discovery and illustrates the strong discovery potential of additional high grade lenses along strike. The Company is planning additional drill programs at the project for 2017 and 2018.
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Heineken Going Green
Posted by Maggie on September 9, 2010
The last time I drank a Heineken (over 10 years ago), I hope that it had gone bad. It was terrible. That can't really be what the beer is supposed to taste like. I haven't had one since and even wince at the thought. However, they are aiming to be the greenest brewery in the world. They still can't compete with the energy/resource/water efficiency of home brewing, but this might help set new industry standards for green brewing. It would help their greeness if they stopped exporting, however!
This is from Triple Pundit, a great website BTW. http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/04/heineken-worlds-greenest-brewer/
Heineken Aims for World's Greenest Brewer Title in 10 Years
By Leon Kaye | April 23rd, 2010
I am aging myself here, but when I was in my early 20s, drinking a beer usually meant pallid, dull brews that somehow all tasted the same. Then the microbrewery craze caught on: walk into your nearest Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, or even a Safeway, and you're inundated with choices, many of them local. Not only does this give consumers better choice and a happier palate, but drinking local brews is good for the economy (dollars stay local) and good for the earth (heavy bottles not hauled as far, hopefully!).
Now, large brewing companies are riding the sustainability bandwagon: Sapporo Breweries started a pilot program that calculates a beer's carbon footprint on its bottles' labels, and InBev, which owns Anheuser Busch, has a snazzy CSR report trumpeting the company's goal to "Become the Best Beer Company in a Better World." Now Heineken, perhaps mindful of its Wobo bottle legacy (1960s bottles shaped like building blocks), has announced its ambition to become theworld's "greenest" brewer within 10 years.
Heineken's agenda rests on three core ideas: ameliorating the environmental impact of its products; "empowering" communities in which Heineken operates; and making a positive impact on the role of beer in society.
The company says it will start by becoming a "green brewer." Heineken claims it will reduce CO2 emissionsin complying with international treaties and agreements, and "as far as is possible financially and technically," will seek by 2012 to have its breweries in water-stressed areas as water-neutral as possible. And by 2010, Heineken will also retrofit at least three of its 40 breweries to become carbon neutral in two years.
Next, Heineken will reduce its carbon footprint: the details are vague, which in perusing its site, made me wonder why Heineken buried the fuzzy details in an appendix. But in fairness, the goals are laudable and will be ironed out (again) by 2012. The firm will create a baseline carbon footprint model (giving it an opportunity to be a leader in the beverage industry), take a look at more efficient packaging (does this mean square bottles?), reducing the energy needed for its cooling systems, and identifying carbon reduction opportunities in its top 20 markets.
The goals will be challenging: like any beverage company, Heineken relies on its distributors, which really do not have any choice but to haul glass bottles and kegs full of heavy liquid—and by the way, if you want a local brew, go for the bottle; if it's an imported beer, buy it in cans, which are lighter. Then there are the issue over hops, which are grown only in a few areas, mostly Germany and the Pacific Northwest. British Columbia is enjoying a renaissance in organic hops production, but at a very small scale. Greening Heineken's supply chain will be a challenge, but perhaps method home could give this firm and others a good template from which to start.
Heineken should be given credit for listing the steps it has taken, what it has achieved, and what will occur in the future. At this point, its up to its customers and stakeholders to hold the company accountable. Much of Heineken's sustainability portal, however, focuses on issues more relevant to employee relations and alcohol consumption. True, employees should be treated well and alcohol abuse should be mitigated, but whether or not a brewery is water- and carbon-neutral has little to do with how a company can make sure its product is enjoyed, not over-indulged. The site and CSR report are both nicely written and are pretty. Nevertheless, more details are needed if the company truly wants to become a "green" company, not just a firm putting its brew in an iconic green bottle.


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Birth and Death are.
Life is always.
Because we were suddenly blessed with a balmy (67 deg) evening, I decided to go outside to the labyrinth to celebrate Samhain and honor those of my loved ones who have died. In many pagan traditions, this evening is when the veil is thinnest between the worlds and thus our connection is stronger to those whose spirits are no longer in the forms in which we once knew them. The forecast was for rain but, in spite of an overcast sky, we had only experienced the occasional light sprinkle.
I gathered some supplies and candles, and as I stepped out the door I heard some rain droplets pelting the dead leaves everywhere. I continued to the labyrinth, lighting candles on the outside at the four directions and a large one in the center.
As I spoke the names of my loved ones - two-legged and four-legged - who have died over the years, I honored their lives in form, expressing gratitude for the gifts of love, wisdom, and companionship they shared with me. I still feel compelled each year to ask forgiveness for any hurt I may have caused in whatever form it may have manifested. As raindrops fell on my upturned face, I realized that they represented tears of sorrow and joy, grief and pain; tears I have shed as well as those I may have been unable to release before. Tears of letting go.
The night was dark because of the overcast sky so the nearly full moon could only barely cast her glow through the clouds to silhouette our sentinel pines, but still I was drawn to walk the path. I wanted to release any negative emotions of the past - to set them free and let go of those that might be holding me back in some way. I asked my ancestors and loved ones to guide me, knowing we are all One, always, no matter where we are, on what plane in what incarnation -- we are still One - part of each other - connected through our joint experiences of love in the world of form.
So, as I walked the dark labyrinth, I turned off my flashlight, only the light of the candles at the four corners and center lit -- only the pale glow of the night sky that looked more like smoke -- keeping total blackness at bay. But I realized as I walked that the night was perfect. The path perfect. I shuffled my feet through the thick layer of leaves, taking small steps along the path, guided more by feel than anything else. The flat path a contrast with the edges of the large, dark rocks that lined the path, the hardness halting my feet when I needed to turn. I trusted my feet and the rocks to guide me -- and I embraced the reminder that I could also trust Gaia (Source, Infinite Spirit, She of Ten Thousand Names) and my loved ones to guide my path in this life of form, to help me know/see when to turn or pause or reflect - when to be tentative and patient or bold and forthright. To see that if I release the past -- my fears, the negative patterns -- then I can trust in love to guide my steps where I need to go.
And as I stopped in the center, releasing, I sighed from deep within, raising arms and face to the sky. Beautiful indeed. Light sprinkles of rain fell on my cheeks and I smiled in gratitude -- to Gaia, to my loved ones -- for love, guidance and wisdom bestowed now and to come.
Walking out of the labyrinth is a time to embrace, to welcome in joy and love, beauty and wisdom, the peace of knowing that all is as it should be past, present and future. As I walked, I sang:
"We all come from the Goddess, and to Her we shall return,
like a drop of rain, flowing to the ocean."
I felt the moon's glowing, healing energy pouring down upon me, infusing me, lighting the way. The path that earlier seemed so dark, was now far more clear, softly lit, water on tips of leaves twinkling like little fireflies. The message is also clear. My path is always right there in front of me and all I have to do is trust and step forward into the light of Love.
I am blessed. We are blessed.
I am never alone. We are never alone or separated.
I am filled with gratitude. We have so much to be grateful for.
I am loved. I love. We love.
We are all One.