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HALIFAX — Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak called the recent Arab Spring "almost inspiring and moving" during a wide-ranging public interview at the Halifax International Security Forum last weekend in the Nova Scotia capital.
"Of course, we can't predict what will happen in the short- and mid-term," he said.
"There is always a risk of some societies being taken over by Muslim Brotherhoods who are determined to come to power. You can't choose your parents. We can't choose our neighbours. They are who they are. In Israel, we certainly enjoy a high quality of life, but we don't pretend to control the area."
Barak was one of more than 300 leaders from 41 countries attending the third such conference held in Halifax in the last three years. A downtown hotel was closed to the public, and security was extremely high.
A cadre of security guards surrounded Barak as he entered and exited the 500-seat meeting hall.
The 30-minute interview, conducted by Robin Shepherd, director of international affairs at the British-based think-tank Henry Jackson Society, covered defence issues facing Israel, its concerns about Iran, the internal struggles in Syria and the Palestinian situation. There was no open questioning from participants or the media.
Barak stressed Israel's defence strategies haven't changed with the overthrow of the regimes in Egypt, Libya and potentially Syria. He said flexibility has been the theme of Israel's strategy, using knowledge gained from previous experiences and challenges.
"We know where we have to fight. It's not in Antarctica or Afghanistan. It's at home. And we face the same challenges as previously stated by [Canadian Minister of National Defence] Peter MacKay and [U.S. Defence Secretary] Leon Panetta. We have similar budgetary constraints and have to become more cost effective strategically."
He said Israel couldn't control what happens tomorrow in Syria or Yemen or the Palestinian Authority or with Hamas, or in any other Middle Eastern country.
"We have to try collectively to reduce tensions wherever we can, to keep peace with Egypt and Jordan as far as we can, and focus on the main issues. But we know the Arabs have more profound issues among themselves."
Regarding Syria and the struggles of the people to unseat President Bashar Assad, Barak said that the Syrian leader "went beyond the point of no return. He can't be legitimate with his people any longer. The slope has become steeper, and even people within his service are looking at the end [of his regime]."
The Israeli defence minister pointed out Assad's memory "will be refreshed by what happened to [Libyan leader Moammar] Gadhafi, yet that might drive him to be more brutal."
However, he said, the Arab League has responded negatively to Assad's leadership, a signal that there is acceleration toward the end of his rule.
"[When Assad leaves], it will be good for the Syrian people and the Arab world," Barak added. "It will damage the radical axis, will weaken Hezbollah and Hamas, and that will be good for Israel and the Middle East as a whole."
When Shepherd asked whether Israel's attitude toward Iran leans toward military attack or containment, Barak noticeably raised his eyebrows.
"Iran is a challenge to the whole world, not just Israel," he said, a statement echoed by other leaders such as MacKay, who stressed Canada's support for Israel and Canada's censure of nuclear buildup in Iran.
"It's a major threat," said Barak. "We're in a competition between Iran reaching nuclear military capability and the rest of the world getting there. In Israel, we think a nuclear Iran is unacceptable. We're determined to prevent them from being nuclear, and all options must be removed from the table.
"I hope we'll see sanctions imposed effectively, with no choice given to Iranian leadership. Previous and current presidents of the United States, Mr. [George W.] Bush and [Barack] Obama, and leaders in Britain and France, have also said it's unacceptable. We prefer diplomacy and sanctions, but no option should be removed from the table."
He concluded with a half-smile to Shepherd: "However, we won't reach the point of military action without having another interview with you."
In a news conference with Barak in Ottawa before the Halifax forum, MacKay said that "Canada and Israel have enjoyed close bilateral defence relations for some time and our special relationship with Israel has grown stronger in recent years. Canada and Israel have shared values in key areas, such as public security, trade and investment, democracy and the rule of law, and our growing relations in the defence sector enables a more prosperous relationship in the future."
MacKay and Barak discussed key issues, including the significance of benefits from the exchange of best practices between their respective defence ministries as well as changing regional dynamics in the Middle East, including Iran.
As a strong ally of Israel, MacKay said Canada is concerned about the alarming and threatening overtures that Iran has directed toward Israel.
While in Ottawa last week, Barak also met with Foreign Minister John Baird. The two discussed the "strong and multifaceted ties" between the two countries, Joseph Lavoie, a spokesperson for Baird, told The CJN. This bond is "further enhanced by ministerial visits and dialogues such as this one," he said.
During their meeting, the ministers discussed the Arab uprisings, recent developments in the Middle East peace process, regional security, and the recent International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's nuclear program, Lavoie said.
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European satellite measures changing sea ice coverage
Europe's satellite mission to measure the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, the Earth observation satellite CryoSat-2, was launched at 15:57 CET on a Russian Dnepr launcher from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The satellite is now in orbit 717 kilometres above Earth. The mission will survey the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and sea ice until 2013. Researchers expect to gain a new understanding of the relationships between global warming, the shrinking of the polar ice sheets and changes oceanic and atmospheric circulation from the mission. DLR is contributing towards the funding of the mission on behalf of the German Federal Government. Germany contributes 24 percent of the total funding for the European Space Agency's (ESA) Living Planet programme, of which the CryoSat-2 mission is a part. The total cost of the mission is around 140 million Euro.
The polar ice sheets are of fundamental importance for the global climate, ocean currents and sea levels. Due to the greenhouse effect, more ice is melting at the north and south poles than is being created. The salt concentration of seawater at low latitudes is decreasing. This inhibits the transport of cold, deep-sea water to the Equator as well as the corresponding counter-flow of warm, surface water to the poles. This also weakens the Gulf Stream, which warms the lower latitudes of Europe in comparison to similar latitudes on other continents. With CryoSat-2, scientists will, for the first time, be able to measure changes in the thickness and mass of the polar ice sheets from space, and accurately determine contribution to sea-level change due to the melting of large ice sheets. This will make it possible to create reliable climate forecasts and provide early detection of risks for low-lying areas.
Innovative SIRAL measurement technology used for the first time
Distinguishing between sea ice, which is largely underwater, and the water around it, is a challenge for conventional space-based altimeters. These systems direct radar signals vertically down to Earth, and receive the reflections from its surface. By knowing the exact position of the satellite at a particular time and the amount of time it takes the radar to be reflected back up from Earth's surface, the height of the illuminated area can be calculated. This technology has a measurement uncertainty of about 10 centimetres. However, at the sloped, often rough edges of the ice sheets, the error can grow to more than 100 metres.
This is why CryoSat-2 is equipped with a new measurement system, SIRAL (Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radar Altimeter). It employs two antennas, arranged transversely, or across the satellite's flight direction, and connected by a carbon-fibre antenna frame. The system measures the phase difference – that is, the difference between the travel times from the satellite to Earth and back – of the signals received by the two antennas. From this, it is possible to precisely determine the location where the reflection occurred, even when the reflecting surface is sloped.
CryoSat-2 data
Commitment to climate
The German Federal Government's continued commitment to the programme, following the loss of its predecessor CryoSat-1 at launch in 2005, underscores its commitment to climate science and protection. Germany is playing a leading role in the mission: the main contractor for the construction of CryoSat-2 was EADS Astrium, Friedrichshafen. IABG Ottobrunn performed the tests that verified the satellite's operational readiness and the mission is being controlled and monitored by ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt. In all, 18 scientific institutes will be processing and evaluating the data sent to Earth by CryoSat-2. DLR's German Remote Sensing Data Center (Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum; DFD) in Oberpfaffenhofen will be involved in image processing, while the coordination of user applications and publications will be handled by DLR in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung; AWI, Bremerhaven), at their CryoSat Project Office.
After completion of the scheduled six-month commissioning phase, CryoSat-2 will produce its first science data around August this year. The mission is scheduled to last a total of three years. CryoSat-2 is the third 'Explorer' mission in ESA's 'Living Planet' Earth research programme, following the GOCE gravity mission and the SMOS water mission. Three more special satellites are currently being built. The Explorer satellites will replace the European environmental satellites ERS-1, ERS-2 and ENVISAT in the medium-term.


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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Wants to Bring 'Resistance Pro' Wrestling to Reality TV
Longtime wrestling fan and Smashing Pumpkins frontman, Billy Corgan, is ready to expand the promotional horizons for his Resistance Pro Wrestling Company.
The musician, while giving an interview on MLW Radio, revealed that he has plans to launch a reality TV series based on his life trying to run a wrestling organization. Corgan explained, "I'm doing a lot of behind the scenes stuff. We're trying to get a reality show made. We just signed a deal with a big reality show producer, a guy with an incredible track record. We're in good hands."
Corgan says the world of wrestling is interesting enough as it is, but he feels a look into the off-camera life of struggling independent wrestlers would be a fascinating watch for viewers. "Those are real struggles," says Corgan. "We want to show what goes on in a wrestling company behind the scenes. I've had like nine or ten meetings so far about it, with different people. A lot of them wanted to know if this would be your typical manufactured reality show and I told them that with a wrestling company, you don't have manufacture reality. There's plenty of it to around."
Corgan's full interview, which also includes talk about the Smashing Pumpkins' 'Oceania' album, can be heard here. The disc is due June 19.


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This Day in Sports History — July 23
Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on July 23:
1925 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees hit the first of his record 23 career grand slams in an 11-7 win over the Washington Senators. (More info.)
1955 — Bob Cerv and Elston Howard of the New York Yankees became the first men to hit consecutive pinch-hit home runs. (More info.)
1960 — Betsy Rawls won the U.S. Open golf tournament a record fourth time at Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts. (More info.)
1969 — The National League beat the American League, 9-3, in the MLB All-Star Game at RFK Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. (More info.)
1972 — Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx won his fourth consecutive Tour de France in Paris. (More info.)
1974 — The National League beat the American League, 7-2, in the MLB All-Star Game at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. (More info.)
1989 — American Greg LeMond won his second Tour de France title, beating Laurent Fignon by 8 seconds' the smallest margin of victory in the history of the race. (More info.)
1995 — John Daly won the British Open at St Andrews in Scotland. (More info.)
1995 — Miguel Indurain of Spain won the Tour de France for an unprecedented fifth consecutive time. (More info.)
1996 — Despite an injured ankle, American gymnast Kerri Strug landed her second vault to help the U.S. to a team gold medal in women's gymnastics. (More info.)
2009 — Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox threw a perfect game, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-0, in Chicago. (More info.)


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Reptiles have successfully managed to live in every part of the world except Antarctica in both terrestrial and marine habitats. Some reptiles are extremely long living, for example, tortoises can live for over 100 years. Reptiles are an important part of the food chain and perform valuable ecosystem services such as the dispersal of seeds, pollination, control of pest species and are food for a wide variety of other animals.
Today, reptiles are threatened by habitat loss, over-exploitation, and climate change. The introduction of alien species to islands is also a concern for the survival of native reptiles. If action is not taken soon to protect these important species a long line of evolutionary history will be lost.


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Trac is strong in basic, individual and small-team task management but lacks features for heavy-duty project management a la Microsoft Project, Project Manager Workbench, etc. This page discusses those missing features and how they can best be realized.
Gantt Charts
As discussed in two threads on the Trac Users mailing list, a fundamental requirement for project management is a Gantt chart to show work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
Trac has three Gantt chart plugins:
FlashGantt seems complex and stale.
GanttChart is a very simple Gantt chart implemented in a formatted text region. It is manually edited, not data-driven.
TracGantt has potential but has some funky fields (e.g., Due to Assign) that don't seem to be appropriate to what we want to do with a Gantt chart.
There is a Google Gadget Gantt chart which might be leveraged for the visualizations once the data is made available.
Gantt Chart Components
In its most basic form, a Gantt chart shows:
- Tasks
- Self-contained units of work
- Dependencies
- Relationships between tasks that constrain when they can be done
- Milestones
- Dates by which one or more tasks must be completed
It may also show resource assignments and progress in tasks. It often includes a "today" line to show where a project stands. (If the project is on schedule, all tasks to the left of today are complete and any task that spans today has a progress bar to the right of today.)
A Gantt chart may also show slack time for tasks, how much they can slip before affecting the overall schedule.
Component Data
Each Gantt chart component or feature requires data to support it. For Trac-based project management, this data is often in addition to the core ticket data. Core ticket fields include:
- type (bug, task, enhancement, etc.)
- time (when the ticket was created)
- owner (who is working on it)
- reporter (who wrote the ticket)
- milestone (what milestone this ticket is part of)
- status (new, assigned, ..., closed)
- summary (short description)
Core milestone fields include:
- name
- due (date and time)
- completed (treated as a Boolean: open or closed)
- description
For a simple Gantt chart, we may use the following ticket fields:
- owner (the resource assigned to the task)
- milestone (when the task is due)
- summary (short description)
In addition, a task must have:
- estimate (expected work require to complete task)
- percent complete
- dependencies
While Gantt charts typically show percent complete, this can be computed from hours remaining vs. total estimate or hours worked vs. total estimate. We will not, necessarily, store percent complete. It is intuitive for display and analysis but difficult for data entry.
There are four general types of dependencies for tasks:
- Task B may have to start after task A. That is, B can't begin until A is done, perhaps because it uses a product of task A as a raw material.
- Task A may be composed of tasks B, C, and D. That is, tasks B, C, and D are subtasks of task A.
- Task A may have to start with task B (but they may end independently). For example, auditing someone's work may start when their work starts but may involve analysis and reporting after that work is done.
- Task A may have to end with task B (though they may start independently).
Each of these relationships has an inverse relationship in the other task.
- If B starts after A, then A ends before B.
- If A is composed of B, C, and D, then B, C, and D are part of A.
- If A starts with B, then B also starts with A.
- If A ends with B, then B also ends with A.
While generally useful, the starts with and ends with dependencies are somewhat more esoteric than the others and implementation may be deferred.
Draft garbage below this line. Still working with it...
dependencies (mastertickets does this fine)
estimates (timingandestimation is mostly ok, but needs computation logic a little more towards earned value)
recording of available resources (people in hours/week)
scheduling to show given all of the above when tasks are expected to be done
a way to show the schedule
A Gantt plugin for Trac should analyze ticket dependencies and produce an interactive, explorable Gantt chart showing task progress and project status.
By "project", I mean a set of related milestones. Perhaps a software project has a Design Phase, an Alpha Release, a Beta Release, and a General Release. Each would be a milestone with a target date and tickets to complete the work for that milestone. There must be a way to specify which milestones to include either listing explicitly or by giving a pattern or substring filter.
The chart should be able to show all tickets, though that may be a very complex chart.
or alternately all those tickets matched by a (query | report) or any other ticket group provider ;)
The chart should support interactively "folding" groups of tasks to hide detail.
Tasks/tickets in the chart should be links to the tickets they represent.
To effectively display project progress, tickets must have estimated and actual times as in the TimingAndEstimation plugin. Each task's bar in the chart should show actual hours.
The chart should have a Today line
Ticket dependencies that must be supported include:
- Task B must follow task A.
- Task A is composed of tasks B and C. A's estimated time is the total of B's and C's. (SubTickets)
- Tasks A and B start at the same time
- Tasks A and B must end at the same time
Type 1 dependency is implemented in the MasterTicket plugin. Note that a task may have many predecessors and many successors.
Type 2 dependency is necessary to support "folding" or "zooming" detail in the chart. It is also generally useful and might be implemented as its own plugin that the Gantt chart could require. Note that is should be possible to create a tree where A is composed of B and C, and B is composed of D and E, and C is composed of F, G, and H.
Types 3 and 4 are more unusual and a useful Gantt chart can be created without immediate support for these links in the first release.
It is also desirable to have loop detection to error-proof the tool used to create dependencies.
It would be nice to be able to choose an As Late As Possible or As Soon As Possible algorithm for laying out tasks.
The chart (or an accompanying report or tool) should aid in resource leveling by (at least) showing overcommitted resources.
Related Work
The bulk of this page was prepared by Chris Nelson who makes no claim to be a certified project planner or anything of the sort. It is based on his understanding of project management after 25 years of software development.
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Uma, that uber-sweet and talented blogger from Teluguruchi, sent me a secret ingredient for the Arusuvai friendship chain ages ago. But swamped as I was with my trip to India and a crazy workload after I returned, I didn't have a chance to make and post a recipe worthy of it until now.
By now most of you know about the Arusuvai chain and have participated in it, but for anyone that doesn't know, this is a very special idea from the ladies over at the Yum Blog, Bharathy of Spicy Chilly and Bhags of Crazy Curry. Arusuvai, in Tamil, means the six tastes. In this chain, a blogger sends on a secret ingredient to another, and they cook with it, post about it, and send on another secret ingredient to yet another blogger, and so on. It is indeed a wonderful way to make and maintain friendships in our strange world where we usually only know each other by our urls and recipes.
Uma's ingredient came with lots of goodies including a plush poodle for a dog-lover, a lovely bookmark, lentils, and a card. Thanks, dear Uma, for your thoughtful gifts.
Now after all these years of cooking Tamil food, you'd think I'd have guessed the secret ingredient right, but I didn't. I thought it was rasam powder, but it turned out instead to be sambar powder. Oh, well, it does have some of the same ingredients. Anyway, an email to Uma later all was well and I knew just what I would make. Rasavangi.
Rasavangi, a dish that's one of my favorites, features the wonderful eggplant. I know it seems like I'm on eggplant overload right now, but hey, can one ever have too many recipes starring this wonderful veggie? I, for one, don't think so.
For the Rasavangi, I used a variety I planted this year in my tiny vegetable garden. It's goes by the cheesy name of Lavender Touch and has a beautiful white color with lavender streaks and tender white flesh (the one in the picture looks more purple than is typical). Believe me, this eggplant is almost too good-looking to eat.
I used red lentils, or masoor dal, although tuvar dal is the more traditional ingredient for Rasavangi. There's a story behind this: I used to cook the tuvar dal in my handy dandy pressure cooker, because the cooker does a great job of reducing it to the nice, mushy consistency I love in any sambar.
But my big, gorgeous dog Lucy has a tremendous fear of all things noisy, and the hiss of the pressure cooker tops her list. A close second are thunderstorms. Since the DC area is racked by thunderstorms almost every other day in the summer, Lucy is in a perpetual state of panic these days, with her tongue hanging out, tiny whiny noises coming out of her throat. She is so acutely aware of the pressure cooker that she doesn't even wait for the hiss: she recognizes the distinctive clink the cooker makes when I take it out of the kitchen cupboard and put it on the countertop. The next minute I hear her feet thumping down the basement stairs as she flies for cover.
So despite Desi's objections- he feels, guy-like, that Lucy has to get over it- I have tried to minimize my use of the pressure cooker as much as possible. In the past few months, I've found I can use the microwave to cook most lentils, but tuvar dal takes inordinately long and never comes out quite as well-done as I like it to be.
So pink lentils it was for the Rasavangi, and a good thing too, because not only do they cook up in a jiffy, they tasted absolutely wonderful. Uma's sambar powder added a spicy, fragrant flair that took this dish from super to sublime. Thanks, dear friend. And thanks also for your patience.
What's more, Lucy couldn't be happier…well, almost. Mommie can't do anything about the thunderstorms.
Food for Friendship: Rasavangi (And A Scaredy-Cat Dog)
- 2 medium eggplants , chopped into small, even-sized pieces
- 3/4 cup red lentils or masoor dal , boiled until very soft
- 2 tsp of sambar powder (the Arusuvai ingredient)
- 1 tbsp canola or other vegetable oil (not olive)
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 1- inch round ball of tamarind , soaked in warm water, then crushed to extract juices. Discard the solids.
- A generous pinch of asafetida (hing)
- 2 dry red chilies
- Fry in 1 tsp oil and then grind to a smooth paste:
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 tbsp chana dal (bengal gram dal)
- 1 dry red chili
- 1/4 cup coconut shreds
- For the tadka or seasoning:
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 dry red chilies
- 2 tsp udad dal (black gram)
- Heat the oil in a deep saucepan. Add the eggplant and curry leaves and cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes until the eggplant is quite tender.
- Add the tamarind water, sambar powder, and the ground spice paste and let them boil together for a few minutes.
- Add the lentils and simmer 8-10 minutes on a low flame for the flavors to merge
- For the tadka, heat the oil in a small saucepan. Add mustard seeds, red chilies and black gram.
- Take off heat as soon as the lentils turn golden-brown. Add to the rasavangi.
- Garnish with chopped coriander.
- Rasavangi tastes absolutely delicious served hot with rice. Enjoy!
The Arusuvai now goes out to my dear friend Priya of 365 Days of Vegetarian.


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OCZ Ibis High Speed Data Link (HSDL) 240GB SSD Review
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OCZ has been cooking up some goodies in their kitchen for the past few months. While the norm for them is a new drive every few months, with the occasional new controller thrown in, this time they are pushing some entirely new tech:
The High Speed Data Link (HSDL) is OCZ's crack at increased storage transfer rates within the PC chassis.
Here we see the interface cable. Those familiar with high end SAS RAID cards may find it familiar - it's the same type of 'mini-SAS' connector. OCZ opted to go with the physical standard, but changed the electricals around considerably. Whatever you do, don't plug an HSDL device into a SAS RAID card (or vice versa)!
SFF-8087 cables (mini-SAS) contain four Low Voltage Differential data pairs, meaning four channels of data per cable. Where they usually carry SAS or SATA data streams, OCZ had a different purpose in mind - PCIe signals.
Above we can get an idea of where all of this is going. We take a standard PCIe adapter card with a simple buffer chip, and effectively extend four channels of the PCIe bus. This extension passes via the HSDL cable to the device - in this case the OCZ Ibis we are looking at today. Previous RAID enabled SSD's had to pass through RAID chips via SATA, while the Ibis is able to contain a bona-fide PCIe RAID solution. This is significant as solutions for the former always hit a brick wall on ultimate IOPS performance, as they do not support passing on Comamnd Queueing - vital to high IO's in a RAID configuration. Another point of interest is that the above configuration is the simplest possible with HSDL, as it's meant to scale much further:
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A seven-month-old elephant in Thailand named Mosha was just hanging out, adorably blowing water out her trunk and batting her gigantic eyelashes at passersby, when the poor thing stepped on a landmine and lost part of her leg. Since the accident, the folks at the Friends of the Asian Elephant hospital in Lampang have been hard at work on a solution and now, Mosha is the proud owner of a prosthetic limb.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
F is for found furry animals
Finding them just took a bit of perseverance, and a bit of luck. I was actually searching for a cake rack (which I failed to find). I'm going to use four furry animals per pack until I run out of them. Or the kids find them.
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- Carpe Jugulum said...
Good luck with the cake rack BOAB
- June 23, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- Nilk said...
Boy, those clippy toys rock! When I went overseas back in the day, I took several packs of those with me. I just gave them out and you'd be amazed at how much fun you can have with them!
- June 23, 2009 at 9:01 PM
- kae said...
F is also for found sugar sachets... 50 for about $1.50 Bundaberg sugar... But you'd probably be able to buy them cheaper from the local cafe, unless you resort to stealing them! They might sell them to you - I don't think 50 sachets would go far,especially with no milk!
Something wrong with the furry critter pic, is it OK?
- June 27, 2009 at 1:08 PM
I picked up three packs of those furry critters yesterday for $3 each in what WAS a $2 shop. (It's now been renamed $2 $3 and $5 Shop).
I've put six in this week's package, filling up little spaces.
When I first saw the BM boxes I thought they were too small to get much in there at all but they really do take quite a lot if you pack carefully.
Here's this week's contents:
4 Mocca sachets
1 pkt Twistees
1 tiny Detol hand sanitizer
1 pkt Wasabi peas
1 tube of lip balm
1 vanilla custard cup (no refrigeration required)
1 chocolate custard cup
2 x mini sultana packs
1 Delites (savoury biccies)
1 travel size baby wipes
1 pack of dental floss sticks
1 pkt of macadamia nuts
8 Chuppa Chups (singles poked into little spaces)
1 pack white choc and macadamia cookies
6 clip-on koalas
- June 28, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- kae said...
Hi Sandi!
Don't forget your greeting! We'd also like for the soldiers to know about OSK, so that we can get feedback on what they need on the site....
- June 28, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- Nilk said...
Good one, Sandi.
As for the furry animals, I've yet to find them.
I have, however, found whoopie cushions and grabbed a couple to send over.
We have plenty of fun with them here, and Magilla's already managed to destroy a couple since last christmas.
Must buy more!
- June 28, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Half-way done, kae.
I put my post office and email addresses in the letters and ask that they let me know what's hot and what's not. Haven't heard back yet.
- June 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Oh, and I put the URL for this site in as well. I only write one typed page starting with thank you for serving our country.
- June 28, 2009 at 5:52 PM


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The roiling snake pit that is Washington politics writhes and hisses with unexpected comical fervor in "The Parisian Woman," a provocative new play by Beau Willimon now receiving its world premiere at South Coast Repertory.
Seldom does pure dialogue leave such a scathing impression as in this strikingly intelligent exercise, which throbs with sexual tension — headed by a character who has known three of the play's other four inhabitants biblically.
Willimon cites as his inspiration the French play "La Parisienne" (1885), by Henry Becque, but quickly emphasizes in a program note that his "Parisian Woman" was "inspired by" rather than "based on" the earlier work. Certainly his use of language, which cuts to the quick while the characters engage in the most polite conversation, is a particularly modern instrument, though traces of the French playwright Moliere may be visible.
His title character is not really Parisian, but she spent some time in the French capital polishing her manipulative skills. And her talent for keeping the others in thrall to her sexual acumen is not one that is traditionally acquired on these shores.
In SCR's dynamic interpretation, directed with surgical skill by Pam MacKinnon, that central figure is superbly rendered by Dana Delany, who'll be familiar to TV viewers as the savvy medical examiner on "Body of Proof." Delany holds the others at bay like specimens under her microscope while emitting some scalpel-sharp dialogue with a winning smile and a kittenish purr. Clearly, she enjoys her work.
Ironically, hers is the only character devoid of political ambition as she arranges the lives of the others — more ambitious personages — like so many chess pieces. As Delany plays her, the role of Chloe is that of a master puppeteer deriving great pleasure from jerking the strings of her companions as she assimilates herself into their lives.
She's an adulteress and makes no secret of it, either to her husband (Steven Weber) or her sometimes lover (Steven Culp) — the latter more consumed with jealousy than the former. Weber, whose character seeks to become U.S. attorney general, stands to benefit from Culp's backstage maneuvers, and Chloe is content with either outcome.
Culp endows his character, who's going through a messy divorce, with anxieties that can only be alleviated by Chloe's maddeningly withheld creature comfort. Weber is more of a straight man in this exercise, strong but painfully out of the loop.
Longtime SCR favorite Linda Gehringer provides some old-school haughtiness as the wife of a powerful politician who can't handle his liquor (mercifully, we are spared his definitive character scene). Her daughter, an ambitious law school graduate, is coyly played with a seemingly innocent sensual quality by Rebecca Mozo, whose own dark secret comes to light eventually.
The power of the spoken word is exemplified in a scene where Delany and Gehringer sit and chat for what seems an unusually long time until Delany drops a bomb of information that leaves Gehringer utterly flummoxed. These are two excellent actresses at the top of their game, and their sense of pace and timing is dead-on.
Marion Williams' scenic designs move seamlessly in and out of the spotlight as the scenes shift during this long one-act play. Eye-pleasing costumes by David Kay Mickelsen and sharp lighting by Lap Chi Chu also add immeasurably to the atmosphere.
"The Parisian Woman" is premiering at SCR as part of its Pacific Playwrights Festival, and certainly should merit further production from here to New York. It's a highly literate adventure with verbal rapiers, beautifully presented at South Coast Repertory.
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For some reason these hot girls are wandering around what looks to be an abandoned building dressed in skimpy bikinis and helmets — one is wearing a Darth Vader helmet while the other pretends to be Boba Fett.
Good enough for us, let's all watch and enjoy.
As hot as Princess Leia was in that bikini… yeah, these girls win. Sorry, Carrie Fisher.
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Newcastle sign Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa from Montpellier on five-and-a-half-year deal
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The 23-year-old France international has put pen to paper after passing a medical on Tyneside and agreeing personal terms.
Yanga-Mbiwa, who will reportedly cost Newcastle around £7million, is backing Newcastle to improve their current league position this season and then eventually challenge for honours.
"I don't think it (the league position) is a concern at the moment," he said. Newcastle is a massive club and while we are not in an ideal position at the moment, I think we can definitely finish in the top half of the table.
"In the long term people talk about the top four in the Premier League and I think with the players we have got on board and the manager and his ideas, we can definitely close the gap, get in the top six and, in the long term, why not challenge for the title?"
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew added: "We needed to strengthen the team and bringing in Mapou will give the whole squad a boost. He is precisely the sort of player we've been looking to bring to the club.
"He is a good age for us but has plenty of experience at club and international level. Mapou is a talented footballer, good in the air and on the ground and has all the attributes to succeed as a quality defender in the Premier League. He's a good character too and that will be important for us over the next few months."


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UL Lafayette took full advantage of its opportunities.
The Ragin' Cajuns, which led the nation in runs scored (515) and ranked second in batting average (.319), did so by way of small ball and the long ball in a 9-5 win over Ole Miss in Saturday's Super Regional opener.
"They got 11 hits, but I felt like we gave them too many opportunities, and that's what we talked about all week," head coach Mike Bianco said. "If you limit their opportunities, you have a much better shot."
Ole Miss had the momentum. The Rebels had scored three runs in the second to take a 3-0 lead. Chris Ellis had retired five of the first six batters he faced. The game then appeared to turn on a two-out fielding error, which UL Lafayette turned into its first run of the game.
"I went up," said Auston Bousfield of the play. "I was under it. It hit my glove and bounced out. I just didn't catch. I have do a better job."
"It didn't really affect me at all," Ellis said. "Some things happen. That will probably never happen again in his career. They scored one run there, and it was a two-run lead at that point. I struck the next guy out. It seemed like it was fine. It didn't affect me in any way."
UL Lafayette starting pitcher Austin Robichaux carried that momentum into the next half-inning, retiring the Ole Miss side in order, as he appeared to settle in from that point forward.
In the bottom of the inning, the Ragin' Cajuns exploded for four runs on just one hit, the one hit being a three-run home run from Tyler Giroaurd to take a 6-3 lead.
"We drop a fly ball, they score a run," Bianco said. "We walk a guy, we hit a guy, we walk a guy to start the next inning, those guys scored. Then we walked a guy in; that was the next run. Then we don't field a bunt and give them an extra base runner; so not only does that give them a base runner, but it's one less out when that home run was hit.
"You can't do that against most teams, but certainly not against that offense."
That home run also ended the game for Ellis, who allowed five runs -- four earned -- on one hit with three walks, one hit by pitch and two strikeouts in 2.1 innings, his second-shortest outing of the season.
"He lost command there," Bianco said. "He lost a little bit of his composure. It happens, but it hasn't happened to him all year. You see it a lot from guys that sometimes all of a sudden lose their rhythm, but fortunately one of the reason we're at where we're at is our three guys don't do that.
"The last time that happened to him was at Alabama, and that seemed forever ago. He lost his rhythm and he couldn't get the ball back into the strike zone."
UL Lafayette stretched the lead to 9-4 with three runs in the fifth, including its second home run of the game. Ole Miss threatened again in the seventh, cutting the lead to 9-5 on an RBI single from Will Allen, but Sikes Orvis was later robbed of extra bases with a leaping catch at the left-field wall.
Looking to stay alive and even the series with a win, sophomore left-hander Christian Trent gets the ball in game two for Ole Miss.
"I would be surprised if we weren't ready tomorrow," Bianco said. "We have done that all year. It's baseball, and sometimes you get kicked in the mouth, and you have to get back and ready to play. We have to do that tomorrow."
"We've bounced back all year, and I don't expect anything less from us," Bousfield said. "We'll be ready to go tomorrow."


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That's especially true for IT pros; the technologies and skills necessary to succeed are constantly evolving, perhaps more so than in most industries. So what should you be thinking about now? We asked IT recruiter Paul DeBettignies, head of Minnesota Headhunter, for his take on some of the top hiring trends on both sides of the interview table.
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1. Social Media Profiles Aren't A Fad.
The use of social sites like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook by recruiters isn't new. But it has intensified of late, acccording to DeBettignies, as skilled IT talent has become tougher to find. Yes, updated social profiles will lead to more unsolicited -- and sometimes unwanted -- interest from recruiters and hiring managers. But it will help cut down on irrelevant inquiries, too.
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"IT pros could help themselves if their LinkedIn profiles are complete and their Twitter bio says, "Minneapolis, MN" and "Software Engineer" or ".Net Developer," DeBettignies said by way of example. "While this will may lead to more inquiries from recruiters it also may weed out the unnecessary ones."
2. Resumes: Not Going Away, But No Longer The Calling Card.
The age-old resume hasn't gone bye-bye, according to DeBettignies, but it's taking a back seat to newer methods of introducing yourself to potential employers. He's observed this shift both in working with his own clients and at other tech companies, too.
"A resume is not needed for an initial inquiry," DeBettignies said. "Send me a summary, a link to a portfolio or well-written LinkedIn profile. GitHub or other repositories [are acceptable], too. This allows me to get to know a candidate better, faster than a traditional resume."
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Best for Babes is excited to announce our newest undertaking, a Nursing In Public (NIP) incident reporting hotline! Best for Babes is taking action against nursing in public harassment. We believe in protecting the legal, civil and human rights of breastfeeding moms and babies!
Best for Babes is the first consumer-driven cause focused on righting the wrongs and the harm done to the millions of moms and babies who each year suffer from the Breastfeeding Booby Traps(R) — the cultural, legal and institutional barriers that prevent them from achieving their personal breastfeeding goals which include making moms feel lousy about engaging in a behavior which is as good for us all as exercise and as instinctive as hugging. The fact is moms in the USA endure an obstacle course of Booby Traps trying to get breastfeeding going (relatively very few succeed — 60% of moms report not meeting their personal goals) and the lucky few who make it are being bullied and even discriminated against for feeding their babies in public. How can we let this happen? Mothers and babies are our most vulnerable and precious population and they deserve full cultural, institutional, and legal support –cheering, coaching and celebration — certainly not degradation and sabotage.
As a breastfeeding mother of four, I have managed to dodge several Booby Traps and to succeed despite facing many oppositions. Aside from the eye-rolls and stink stares many moms get while nursing in public, I faced harassment while shopping at Target with my infant. I have used the Target incident as fuel to advocate for lasting change.
Now that I volunteer for Best For Babes as their Director of Take Action (Activism), I get calls from moms across the country who have faced NIP harassment, who want support from someone who has walked in their shoes, and suggestions on how they too can harness their energy to help other mothers and babies by strengthening legislation, raising awareness about the rights of the breastfeeding pair, and fixing this problem!
I tell the moms I speak with that until we have a federal law that covers breastfeeding harassment and discrimination, until existing laws in 48 states which do make breastfeeding in public a legal right are all changed to include enforcement provisions, until businesses institute not only breastfeeding policies, but training sessions to educate and sensitize their employees about how to treat breastfeeding customers to go along with those policies, our deep cultural prejudices will bleed through and this problem will persist. The question then became how do we influence and expedite the change we so badly need?
The Best for Babes NIP Hotline 855-NIP-FREE will revolutionize and increase our chances of quickly and more effectively accomplishing broad and lasting societal change!
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The hotline is the one place to report and the one place to record NIP incidents. We believe having records of as many incidents as possible, even if the mom chooses not to take action on her own, will be instrumental as proof when we take big steps, like encouraging companies or legislators to make real changes. Documenting for the media, moms, companies and our legislators of exactly how many problems mothers have is something we haven't had before. With this form of organization, the potential is BIG!
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- Moms who have been victimized through a NIP incident will call 855-NIP-FREE and report the issue to Best For Babes.
- When moms call our hotline, you'll be asked to record a message, giving us some information about what you experienced.
- One of the members of our team will return the call of that mother. Our team is comprised of influential and well-versed moms who have faced NIP harassment themselves, who have begun advocating for either corporate policy change or improvements of state breastfeeding legislation, and who most importantly can offer support to moms faced with NIP harassment. Rest assured everyone manning the phones and having access to the information you give us truly has your best interest at heart, and most of us have been exactly where you are.
- Our volunteers are there to help aggrieved mothers understand what their rights are, to help moms navigate through their situation and suggest ways to approach the offending institution, as well as refer moms to become active in their state breastfeeding coalitions. We want to help be a guiding hand in what can be a very frustrating and emotional time.
- All of the incidents will be recorded but your personal information will be kept private.
Who is behind the scene making this work?
Beyond the volunteer moms who are returning calls, the Hotline is being overseen by the Best for Babes Take Action Steering Committee — a powerful alliance of breastfeeding advocates and influential media partners and bloggers, including Best for Babes Founders Bettina Forbes and Danielle Rigg, Peggy O'Mara of Mothering.com, Jodine Chase, facilitator of the Facebook! Stop Harassing campaign, Annie Urban of PhD in Parenting, Robyn Roche-Paul of Breastfeeding in Combat Boots, Michelle Hickman aka The Target Mom and BFB Director of Activism, Marsha Walker of the United States Breastfeeding Committee (and Best for Babes Board Member), Christie Haskell of Daily Momtra, and Emily Mohajeri Norris (aka the Pottery Barn Mom) of Breastfeeding Friendly. Our Take Action Committee will be consulted about every phone call, every incident. As they say, there's more strength in numbers and if the company you keep within those numbers includes the kind of mama power we've assembled, we are destined to succeed at creating lasting change!
How can YOU make sure this work?
Share, share, share! Help us get the word out about our hotline, so all moms know this resource is available to them! If you see on a forum, or hear while you're out and about, about a mom having faced discrimination, let her know we're here to help! The more accurate and comprehensive our database, the more firepower we have when we fight for change!
Also, please consider giving $5 to keep it alive! Donations from moms (or anyone!) will help us make sure we can keep our hotline going, and get phone calls returned to moms quickly! We'll also have bumper stickers and business cards with the phone number, so you can hand them out to anyone you see nursing her baby.
We encourage all organizations to join us and to promote the use of the hotline.
What the hotline isn't
Unfortunately, as much as we'd love to talk about breastfeeding in general – and we do! — we are not able to answer your calls about breastfeeding concerns or offer medical advice. For questions of that nature we encourage you to contact your local La Leche League or Breastfeeding USA chapter, contact an IBCLC, or go to www.4women.gov.
Neither Take Action nor the Harassment Hotline are intended to provide legal counsel or advice though we do have a Legal Advisory Steering Committee.


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We need a logo that will be used on our website and all printed marketing materials. It is most likely to be printed digitally with full color, but it should also print well in black and white. The logo will also be used in b&w training manuals.
Strategic Training Partners, website is http://www.stp3.ca
The Strategic Training Partners offer training to large companies on communication, mediation, facilitation. Clients are most likely to be goverment organizations, large corporations. Logo needs to be appealing to these clients. The Strategic Training Partners are fun-loving, charismatic and memorable trainers, with strong backgrounds in communication, mediation and facilitation. The Strategic Training Partners offer training to large companies with specific focus on the skills of communication, conflict resolution and giving recognition to others. Clients are most likely to be government organizations, large corporations, non-government (NGO's) and not-for-profit entities. Logo needs to be appealing to these clients who are trying to build the people skills of their employees. The Strategic Training Partners are fun-loving, charismatic and memorable trainers, with strong backgrounds in leadership and customer service training in general.
- Please provide vector format, ai, and eps files. Must be PC compatible.
- Fonts: free or true type - also must be PC compatible.
- Should print well in color or black & white
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- Preferred colors bold blues, fresh "spring leaf" greens. Will consider other bold, strong, lively colors.
- Name should be included in the logo if possible – the "S" in Strategic Training Partners could be incorporated into the compass (or other graphic) design.
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Australian Dispatch Times
Orders received by 2pm are dispatched the same day.
Orders placed on the weekend + public holidays are dispatched the next business day.
Pre-Orders - Dispatch Time
From time to time The Kind Store has items listed as Pre-Orders. The dispatch time for these orders varies from 1 week to 6 weeks. Once you place the order we will keep you updated the entire time with estimated arrival time.
Out of Stock Items
The Kind Store sells over many different platforms, both online and in store. Sometimes we sell out of products before the kindstore.com.au can be updated. If we are are out of stock of an item, we will let you know. If you have multiple items in your order we will dispatch what we have in stock + ship the out of stock items when they arrive. We will let you know an ETA.
Sometimes items are discontinued, therefore we are not getting them back in. In this instance we will issue a refund, this will occur using the payment gateway you selected.
If you have used a discount code or a gift certificate our system will automatically refund you the amount you paid. When you use a discount code or gift certificate our system discounts each product in your cart not just the final amount. If you have any concerns please get in contact with us via our Contact Us Page.
International Shipping - Yes We Do!
The Kind Store ships Internationally. The postage cost will be calculated when you check out.
Please note that all import duties, taxes and charges are unable to be included in the item/s shipping and handling costs, these charges are the buyers responsibility.
Before purchasing please check with your local customs office in the destination country to check what these charges are before proceeding with your purchase. The Kind Store will not be liable for any additional charges.
The countries we ship to are:
Zone 1 - New Zealand
Zone 2 - China, Hong Kong, Japan,
Zone 4 - USA + Canada
Zone 6 - UK + Ireland
Zone 7 - France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland,
If your country is not listed please contact us.
For international orders we deliver via Registered International Post.
The freight charges will populate on check out depending on the country that the parcel is being shipped.
You will need to sign for your parcel, we like you to have peace of mind that you will receive your parcel safely.
It is your responsibility to pay any import duty or sales tax within your own country.
International delivery timeframes are between 14 - 21 days.
If you require your order faster, simply drop us a line. We can organise express international postage for you.
AUSTRALIA WIDE - Shipping Policy
We ship using either Star Track Express Couriers or Australia Post. In some cases parcels are trackable & may require your signature.
We do ship internationally. Please keep reading to see if we ship to your country.
1. Parcels are shipped in Australia using Star Track Express Couriers or Australia Post for delivery within Australia.
2. Parcels are shipped using Registered International Post or Air Mail for international deliveries. Shipping & handling rates depend on the destination country, rates will be calculated during the check out process.
3.The customer may be required to sign for the parcel.
4.You can follow the order status by using the tracking ID sent to you.
5. We aim to have all items delivered to Australian addresses in 10 days. In instances that a product is out of stock we will inform you of the wait period for delivery. If we are unable to get the product back in stock, you will be offered a refund for the product that is out of stock or a store credit.
6. You will receive notification once the order has been sent.
7. If your order has already been shipped you will not be able to change or cancel your order.
Your order is delivered via Star Track Express or Australia Post. Please note that if you live in the Northern Territory or use a PO Box as your address your order will be sent via Australia Post express post to ensure prompt delivery.
You may need to sign for your parcel.
You can track your order through the tracking ID that you are sent. If your order has not arrived within 10 business days you can check the status of your order using the tracking ID. If you still have concerns please contact us.
KIND will happily exchange or issue a credit note for all returns under our returns policy.
Need to return an item? It is easy to do, simply read the Return Terms, check your return fits within the criteria [at the end of the return terms we will tell you what to do next!]
1 Returns must be returned within 30 days from date of purchase.
2 Returns must be unworn/unused, in the original packaging including tags. Once the merchandise is confirmed to be in its original condition a credit note or exchange will be issued.
3 Returns must be in the same box you received your item in, we are unable to accept returns without the original boxes.
4 In instances where you have changed your mind or would like to exchange for a different item, size or colour, in order to issue an exchange or store credit, original packaging is required. If you don't have the original packaging, unfortunately in these circumstances, we can't issue a credit note or exchange. If the item is faulty but you no longer have the original packaging, proof of purchase is required in the form of a No Love form, to receive a store credit or exchange.
5 Shoes must be returned with all original packaging including undamaged boxes. We are unable to accept shoes that have scratches or dirty soles.
6 Returns must include the Return form & receipt
7 On receipt of the merchandise, credit notes or exchanges will be processed and a confirmation email sent. Credit notes or exchanges will be processed within 7 days of receipt using the same transaction method used to make original purchase.
8 Customers are responsible for for delivering returned products securely to KIND.
9 Customers are responsible for the payment of return post of merchandise
10 In the rare circumstance that your merchandise has a defect please send it back to us with the KIND form filled and we will send you a replacement item. In case that we don't have a replacement item, we will give you the option of a store credit or a refund. A refund will only be issued if the item has an agreed upon defect.
11 If you need to exchange for another size and the size is out of stock we will issue a store credit.
1 To prevent damage in the returns process, please be sure to package the merchandise well as damaged merchandise will not be accepted. If you use the packaging KIND sent the merchandise in, your returns should arrive undamaged. Please contact us if you have questions on how best to package your returns.
2 When trying on your new shoes for the first time, wear them on carpet or soft surface. This will prevent the soles of the shoes from getting scuff marks.
3 If the item arrives and you have no love for it, do not remove the original packaging.
Not returnable Merchandise
Please choose carefully when choosing the following types of merchandise as credit notes & exchanges will not be provided unless the product is faulty, not doing what they're supposed to do, significantly different to those shown or described to you.
1 Pierced jewellery
2 Hair Accessories
3 Personal care merchandise
4 Custom made, made to measure and altered products
5 Hosiery
6 Underwear
7 Swimwear
Credit notes or exchanges will also not be provided on the following types of merchandise unless the product is faulty, not doing what they're supposed to do, significantly different to those shown or described to you and at our discretion is unopened and all original tags are attached.
1 Cosmetics (including fragrances)
2 Bedding accessories
Go to the Contact Us Page, send us an email. We will send you the Returns Form to complete.
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Our Idol is Sir David Attenborough. We are Conservationists.
KIND was started to showcase amazing products. Products that are just as comfortable in a large department store. Products that are KIND.
Our preference is to work with small business. We prefer Australian Made.
We understand that you, the customer want to see as many "green" brands as we can find. We want to give you that experience to shop from a big range of products & brands. We want you to feel empowered that every product & company we showcase is KIND.
At KIND we have a strict process & policy about the products we showcase.
It starts with research. Behind the scenes there are hours of research into companies. We research not just the company that manufactures the product but the entire supply chain.
We ask questions. A lot of questions. We have an Ethical Supplier & Supply Chain Questionnaire. A five page in depth document full of questions. Questions based on what KIND believes in.
Certified Cruelty Free
We believe in Kindness to Animals. We believe that no animal should be harmed. Every product that we showcase is either Certified Cruelty Free or Cruelty Free.
We will not showcase a product if the entire supply chain (this include the ingredients) is not Cruelty Free.
We will not showcase a product if the parent company tests on animals.
Palm Oil Free
We believe in Kindess to the Environment. We believe that no forest should be destroyed to grow Palm Oil. Every product we showcase is either Palm Oil Free or Certified Sustainable Palm Oil.
Palm Oil is found in shampoo, ice cream, margarine, lipstick and many other products.
We will not showcase a product if the entire supply chain is not Cruelty Free.
We will not showcase a product if the parent company actively uses Palm Oil that is not Certified Sustainable Palm Oil.
Ethical & Fair Trade
We believe in Kindness to People. We believe that no one person should be exploited to make a product. Every product has been made in an ethical way. No sweat shop, child labour or poor treatment of people.
We will not showcase a product if the entire supply chain is not Ethical or Fair Trade.
We will not showcase a product if the parent company actively practices unethical behaviour.
Sustainable Recycled Plasctic Free & Eco Friendly
We believe in Kindness to the Planet. We believe that the planet should not be harmed in anyway. Every product we showcase is kind to the Environment.
Even down the way we wrap & ship our products. We source our packaging from an Australian Company that uses Solar Power to power the factory. All the wrapping paper & pretties are made from 100% Recycled Products Made in Australia.
The boxes we post our products in are 100% Recycled Paper.
The paper we print Loyalty Cards, Thank You Notes, Gift Vouchers & all office stationery are printed using soy ink on recycled paper.
KIND Believes In..
We promise that every product is kind.
We are kind to animals. Every product &/or ingredient in the supply chain has never been tested on animals.
We are kind to you. Every product is kind to your skin, body, health & home.
We are kind to the planet. Every product is kind to the environment. Even our product packaging is eco kind.
We are kind to people. Every product has been made in an ethical way. No sweat shop, child labour or poor treatment of people.
We are kind. We donate money from each & every sale to organisations that are kind to the people, the planet & animals.
Ever Eco Bamboo Cutlery Set with Chop Sticks
The Ever Eco Reusable Bamboo Wooden Cutlery Set is the eco friendly choice + lets you ditch plastic cutlery for biodegradable cutlery.
The Ever Eco Bamboo Cutlery Set Contains
1 x Bamboo Eco Fork
1 x Bamboo Eco Spoon
1 x Bamboo Eco Knife
1 x Bamboo Eco Reusable Chop Sticks
1 x Organic Cotton Travel Pouch
A sustainable and convenient alternative to single-use plastic cutlery while out and about. Keep this handy set in your bag, backpack, car or lunch bag.
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The Afghan Ambassador to Germany, Professor Dr. A. Rahman Ashraf, smiles warmly at the group of four young Afghan civil society leaders. They smile back, timidly. "This is the best day in my life in the past eighteen 18 months since I became Ambassador to Germany!" he proclaims. The group now smiles with a more complex mixture of embarrassment at being in the spotlight and pride, obviously moved by his words. He continues: "When I was teaching at the university in Kabul, I was hoping that one day my students would go out and present Afghanistan to the world. And now you are doing just that."
The Ambassador's reaction was perhaps more personal than the reactions in some of the other meetings to which I accompanied the group, but it is hardly atypical. In their day in Berlin -- part of a week-long tour through Germany, Hungary, and Spain, from April 15-22 -- these four young leaders kept audiences spellbound just by their reports on their daily work and life in Afghanistan. It is information we rarely get a chance to hear, because so many media reports out of Afghanistan just focus on military issues, Taliban, drugs, or corruption. We hardly see or hear anything about what committed and courageous individuals are doing, daily and on the grassroots level, to build a better society for themselves and their children.
The group of travelers were Ms. Razia Arooje, who is a national program officer for the Kabul office of an international development organization; Ms. Freshta Karimi, who is the director of Da Qanoon Ghushtonky, a legal organization supporting women and children; Mr. Mohammad Sadiq Mohibi, who is an advisor to the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and the Disabled; and Dr. Mirwais Rahimzai, the country director for the Center for Human Services/University Research.
In Berlin, they met with German diplomats, who briefed them on their perspectives on the current situation in Afghanistan through the lens of their professional focus. During a luncheon with German journalists selected for their direct personal experience with Afghanistan, the group spoke openly about their work but also about their thoughts on transition, corruption, drugs, and the legal system. There were a few moments that particularly brought the reality of the group's struggles home to the German journalists. add a space One of the Afghan visitors reflected on a question posed by a reporter: "What is it like to be a social activist in Afghanistan? Be prepared to be hated!"
When the group moved on to stick to their tight schedule, the journalists lingered and reflected on their comments. "In all my travels with German officials to Afghanistan, I never met and was able to talk to Afghan citizens like these," one reporter said. "We only always see the military aspect of things and the schedules are too fully packed for individual conversations like these."
During a roundtable at the U.S. Embassy later that afternoon, a group of German parliamentarians, staffers, think-tankers, academics and journalists listened to the group's presentations.
Medical doctor Mirwais Rahimzai summarized the public health situation in Afghanistan as representing "50 years of progress in 10 years" because it has improved so dramatically. The mortality rate for women giving birth has decreased tremendously and the number of midwives has increased tenfold. Ms. Razia Arooje characterized her work on preventing gender-based violence as "reaching the individuals and provinces in Afghanistan that are not reachable by the Afghan government." Ms. Freshta Karimi said that her legal aid organization only grants legal assistance to individuals who promise not to pay bribes, thus contributing to a bottom-up effort to fight corruption. She noted with pride that not only has the number of defense lawyers increased in Afghanistan in recent years, but that the number of female defense lawyers has increased in particular. Mr. Mohammad Sadiq Mohibi, whose organization works to raise awareness for the rights of women, children, and the disabled, described his participation in second Bonn Conference in 2011 and the role that committed activists are playing in rebuilding the country.
The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has been hosting visitors from Afghanistan for many years, on the government and civil society level, to meet with their German counterparts to exchange views and ideas on how to promote and foster our common efforts for a democratic and prosperous Afghanistan. We consider ourselves to be very lucky to work with such a strong partner nation that supports Afghanistan in so many ways -- and to have the opportunity to meet such inspiring visitors, who are quietly and assiduously doing the work that all too rarely makes headlines but that could not be more important.


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|Did you ever get the feeling that your doctor wasn't really listening to what you were saying -- or was suggesting that you take an action that was unworkable? Writing this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers argue that doctors should work harder to establish 'context' for a patient's care, considering all factors that might affect the quality of care. We'll talk about their suggestions.