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At MJ Rose Homes we strive to build the most effecient and healthiest homes for our clients.
That's one of the main reasons we build our homes on conditioned crawl spaces or raised slabs. Check out the link below for more information:
Building an Unvented Crawl Space
Sealed crawl spaces have less mold and stay dryer than vented crawl spaces — and they often save energy
Residential foundations vary widely from one corner of the U.S. to another. Builders in some regions love basements, while builders in other regions swear by slabs on grade. Although most builders have a theory to explain these regional preferences, the main reason for these variations is habit, not logic. In areas of the country where basements are rare, there usually aren't any technical barriers to building basements; and up north, where basements rule, it's perfectly possible to build on a slab.
Slabs have several virtues: they are inexpensive and they keep all of a home's living area above grade, away from dampness and mold. Basements also have their virtues: they keep plumbing pipes from freezing, provide a good place to install a furnace and run ductwork, and provide a useful area for storage.
Crawl spaces cost almost as much as a basement, with none of a basement's advantages
Crawl spaces are more of a puzzle, and it's hard to come up with a reason to like them. I'm sure that as soon as this blog is published, a builder from North Carolina will write in with an eloquent defense of the crawl space. I don't have a dog in this fight, however, so if you really want a crawl space, go ahead and build one. Just be sure you get the details right.
GBA Encyclopedia: Crawl Spaces
How to Insulate a Basement Wall
CAD Details from the GBA Library: Building Plans for Conditioned Crawl Spaces
Fine Homebuilding: Sealing a Crawl Space
An Open Discussion on Closed Crawl Spaces
Closed Crawl Spaces: A Builder's Guide from Advanced Energy
Closed Crawl Spaces: A Quick Reference Guide from Advanced Energy
Closed Crawlspace Research Findings from Advanced Energy
Advanced Energy's Crawl Space Web Site
Crawl Space Remediation Strategies from CMHC
Building Science Corp.: Conditioned Crawl Space Construction, Performance and Codes
If you're perverse, and you want to build a damp, moldy, nasty crawl space, just do two things: insulate the crawl space ceiling with fiberglass batts, and vent the crawl space to the exterior. If you live in the Southeast, within a few short years the fiberglass batts will begin to hang down at odd angles like drunken stalactites. Every summer, the open vents will introduce huge amounts of moisture into the crawl space. You'll end up with a classic moldy crawl space — one that represents a significant source of moisture for the house above.
In a hot, humid climate, venting a crawl space is counterproductive. During the summer, the outdoor air in North Carolina holds more moisture than the cooler crawlspace air. When humid outdoor air enters the crawl space vents, it soon hits cool surfaces — concrete blocks, water pipes, and air-conditioning ducts. Condensation forms and begins to drip. The more you ventilate, the wetter the crawl space gets. If you set up a fan to double the ventilation rate, you'll just make the pipes drip faster.
Crawl space vents can also cause problems during the winter, when they introduce outdoor air that can cause pipes to freeze.
Unvented crawl spaces are permitted by building codes
In most areas of the U.S., sealed crawl spaces work much better than vented crawl spaces.
Most building codes permit the construction of unvented crawl spaces. In the 2006 International Residential Code, requirements for unvented crawl spaces can be found in Section R408.3. If an unvented crawl spaces has a dirt floor, the code requires exposed earth to be covered with a continuous vapor retarder with taped seams: "The edges of the vapor retarder shall extend at least 6 inches up the stem wall and shall be attached and sealed to the stem wall."
The code lists two options for conditioning unvented crawl spaces; both options require the installation of a duct or transfer grille connecting the crawl space with the conditioned space upstairs. Option 1 requires "continuously operated mechanical exhaust ventilation at a rate equal to 1 cfm for each 50 square feet of crawl space floor area." In other words, install an exhaust fan blowing through a hole in the rim joist or an exterior wall; make sure that the fan isn't too powerful. (The makeup air entering the crawl space is conditioned air from the house upstairs; since this conditioned air is drier than outdoor air, it doesn't lead to condensation problems.)
Option 2 requires that the crawl space have a forced-air register delivering 1 cfm of supply air from the furnace or air handler for each 50 square feet of crawl space area. (Assuming the house has air conditioning, this introduction of cool, dry air into the crawl space during the summer keeps the crawl space dry.)
Advantages of unvented crawl spaces
Unvented (sealed) crawl spaces:
- Stay dryer than vented crawl spaces;
- Protect pipes from freezing;
- Require less insulation than vented crawl spaces (since the area of the perimeter walls is less than the area of the crawl space ceiling); and
- Bring ducts within the conditioned envelope of the home — an improvement that usually results in energy savings compared to vented crawl spaces.
According to researchers who conducted a careful study of vented and unvented crawl spaces in North Carolina, homes with sealed crawl spaces with insulated foundation walls use 18% less energy for heating and cooling than identical homes with vented crawl spaces with insulation between the floor joists.
A crawl space can work well in a dry climate
However, similar energy savings cannot be expected in dry climates. Researchers comparing the energy performance of homes with different crawl space designs in Flagstaff, Arizona found that homes with insulated floors used less energy than homes with sealed crawl spaces with insulated foundation walls. According to a report on the research, "This seemed counterintuitive; ducts are a notorious source of heat loss. With all the Flagstaff homes' ductwork in the crawl space, one would expect better performance from the warmer, wall-insulated crawl spaces. But according to Cyrus Dastur, the Advanced Energy building scientist who directed the research, those homes' lack of floor insulation let heat radiate from the first floor to the crawl space, robbing more heat from the house than was saved by keeping the ductwork warm."
While vented crawl spaces often perform poorly in the humid states of the Southeast, they perform well in most Western states. According to an article in Home Energy magazine, "In the drier regions of the West, and even — surprisingly — in the marine climates of the Northwest, vented crawl spaces work acceptably most of the time. The hot-dry conditions in summer and the cold-moist conditions in winter do not cause the same problems that hot-humid conditions cause in the rest of the country. ... The Washington State University Extension Energy Program (WSU-EEP), as part of its work for Building America, monitored four test houses in Vancouver and Moses Lake, Washington, for over a year and found that the vented crawls rarely, if ever, reached dew point and that they remained above 80% RH only for brief periods of time."
Creating an unvented crawl space
If you live in a humid climate, and you still want to build a crawl space — or if you are trying to correct problems in an existing moldy crawl space — here's how to go about it.
- To help keep the crawl space dry, correct any grading problems on the exterior so that the grade slopes away from the foundation.
- Remove all rocks and debris from the crawl space floor, and rake the dirt smooth. Ideally, the crawl space floor will be higher than the exterior grade, although keeping the grade high on the interior of a crawl space is not always possible.
- If the home is located in an area where radon is common, install a passive radon collection system in the crawl space floor.
- If the crawl space is subject to water entry, be sure to slope the floor to a sump equipped with a drain or a sump pump.
- Install a durable vapor barrier — for example, a 20-mil pool liner or Tu-Tuf poly — over the floor and extending up the crawl space walls, to within 3 inches of the top of the wall. Leave a 3-inch-wide termite inspection strip at the top of the wall.
- Attach the top of the vapor barrier to the wall with horizontal battens, secured to the wall with masonry fasteners.
- Seal the seams of the vapor barrier material with a compatible tape or mastic; many builders use duct mastic embedded in fiberglass mesh tape.
- Consider installing a 2 in. or 3 in. thick concrete slab (a "rat slab") to protect the vapor barrier.
- If this is a new-construction crawl space, and you can't afford a rat slab, you may want to install a temporary (sacrificial) second vapor barrier — usually a layer of 6-mil poly — on top of the permanent vapor barrier; once construction is complete, this temporary poly is rolled up and discarded.
- Insulate the interior of the walls and rim-joists with rigid foam — many builders use Thermax, a polyisocyanurate foam that does not require a thermal barrier or ignition barrier — or spray polyurethane foam. Another option: insulate the exterior of the foundation walls. If your crawl space has stone-and-mortar walls, you can't insulate the walls with rigid foam; the only type of insulation that makes sense for stone-and-mortar walls is closed-cell spray polyurethane foam. Install at least as much insulation as required by the 2012 IRC for basement walls, namely R-5 for climate zone 3, R-10 for climate zone 4 (except Marine Zone 4), and R-15 for Marine Zone 4 and climate zones 5, 6, 7, and 8.
- Install a floor register in the floor above to allow air to flow between the living area and the sealed crawl space below.
- Install an exhaust fan or a forced-air register to meet code requirements for conditioning the crawl space. Be sure that the fan does not exceed air flow requirements for the size of the crawl space, since exhaust fans carry an energy penalty.
- Install good lighting — most crawl spaces will benefit from at least six fixtures, spaced evenly across the crawl space ceiling — controlled by a switch located near the entry door.
New-construction crawl spaces often require temporary dehumidification to remove construction moisture. Once the home is dried in, it's a good idea to install a stand-alone dehumidifier in the crawl space and run it for three or four months until the interior relative humidity stabilizes.
Any combustion appliance (for example, a water heater or furnace) in a sealed crawlspace should be a sealed-combustion unit.
For further details on building a sealed crawl space, consult the resources listed in the "More Information" sidebar.


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Apr 21, 2013
The Basics
- Score: VCU 4, Xavier 0
- Records: VCU (22-4), Xavier (20-6)
- Location: Boar's Head Sports Club - Charlottesville, Va.
- The Short Story: For the third time in the past four years, VCU Women's Tennis earned the title of conference champions. With a 4-0 defeat of Xavier on Sunday afternoon, the Black & Gold claimed the first-ever Atlantic 10 Championship in VCU history. The Rams didn't lose a point all weekend long, extending their win streak to 13 straight matches.
How It Happened
- Junior Olga Terteac and sophomore Salome Kvitashvili got VCU's momentum started with a 8-2 win at the third doubles spot, followed closely behind by the freshmen duo of Olga Barscheuskaya and Yukako Noi, who wrapped up the doubles point for the Rams with an 8-4 at the top spot in the lineup.
- Senior Josefin Hjertquist pushed VCU's lead to 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Xavier's Kally Alkire at the third spot in the singles lineup.
- Terteac brought the Black & Gold within one point of the title with a 6-1, 6-3 over Andrea Wolf at #5 singles.
- Noi clinched the championship for the Rams, taking down Alex Brinker, 6-4, 6-4 at the second spot in the singles lineup.
VCU 4, Xavier 0
1. Katie Pleiman (XU) vs. Cindy Chala (VCU) 7-5, 1-2, DNF
2. Yukako Noi (VCU) def. Alex Brinker (XU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Josefin Hjertquist (VCU) def. Kally Alkire (XU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Salome Kvitashvili (VCU) vs. Daniella Patton (XU) 7-5, 3-3, DNF
5. Olga Terteac (VCU) def. Andrea Wolf (XU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Lizzie Oosterbaan (XU) vs. Olga Barscheheuskaya (VCU) 7-5, 1-4
Order of Finish: 3, 5, 2
1. Olga Barscheheuskaya/Yukako Noi (VCU) def. Kally Alkire/Katie Pleiman (XU) 8-4
2. Josefin Hjertquist/Cindy Chala (VCU) vs. Daniella Patton/Ally Westling (XU) 7-2, DNF (VCU lead)
3. Olga Terteac/Salome Kvitashvili (VCU) def. Alex Brinker/Andrea Wolf (XU) 8-2
Order of Finish: 3, 1
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As a corollary to a previous blog about being upset when things aren't perfect I got another insight into one of my forms of this problem. Typically, in my experience, the teddy bear men are wonderfully warm but not inspiring in terms of ascetical heroism – as in some of them eat too much (duh! That's why they look like teddy bears!); some of them are not very neat; some of them … you fill in the blanks. So I love them dearly but don't find them as inspiring as…
The thin, gaunt, heroic ascetical types who are amazingly sacrificial and whose eyes are luminous with the graces of their God alone spirituality. But they are usually not as warm as I would like them to be.
So, after all, who do I know who is warm and also heroically virtuous and luminous? Guess who? Jesus, my Lord, Savior, and 2nd Bridegroom. As a dedicated widow for whom Jesus is my Second Bridegroom, He ought to be enough.
Of course, some man friend is looking at me and thinking well she's very warm but not very sacrificial or luminous and my other friend "X" is luminous and angelic but not so warm… And who is warm and luminous? Mother Mary. Isn't she enough?
Well, let's be thankful for all the warm people in our lives and all the luminous people in our lives and if you know any other than Jesus and Mary who are both warm and luminous, praise the Lord!
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Morning cup: Sowing Wild (Card) oats
Let's assume for a minute that the Pirates will NOT head off the Cardinals for the NL Central title — I know it's a stretch, but bear with me.
That would mean an inevitable Wild Card game against the Cubs.
How critical does that scenario make the seven remaining regular-season games between the teams? In other words, what is the value of the No. 1 seed and the home-field advantage that comes with it?
Don't quickly dismiss that with, "Duh! Of course hosting that game is huge."
But would it be decisive? This currently hypothetical issue is rife with pros and cons.
The Bucs are having a season-long problem with winning in Central cities — 7-18 at this moment; but Jake Arrieta, Joe Maddon's likely choice for the WC start, has won both starts in PNC Park this season with an 0.64 ERA.
The Pirates might prefer getting Jon Lester, but that would happen only if the game is in Wrigley Field, where the lefty has made 17 of his first 25 starts.
Gerrit Cole, who would get the ball, has been a sharper road pitcher in his young career (2.87 ERA v 3.26) and is 4-1 in five starts in Wrigley, where he has yet to allow a homer in 30 innings — while fanning 40 and walking five.
The Cubs would have to be taking a lot of momentum into a Wrigley Wild Card game, since they've been chasing the Bucs all season … Blackout versus Bleacher Creatures.
Anyway, it's far from decided. By the way, the schedule still shows only six remaining games between the teams; the seventh will be the makeup of the Aug. 3 rainout at PNC Park. The makeup date hasn't yet been announced, but it will be during the Cubs' Sept. 15-17 visit, either on Sept. 14, a scheduled off day for both teams (they're waiting approval by the MLB Players Association) or as part of a day-night doubleheader on the 15th.
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I love my Pirates. I have loved them since about 1958, when I first snuck a transistor radio under my pillow.
I love baseball, and played pretty good for a lot of years around Pittsburgh. The only thing that kept me out of the Majors war a lack of talent! But I still
know and love the Game:
1. As good as they are, they exhibit sudden shut-downs of Offense. Please watch recent footage of the Blue Jays.
2. Please get rid of Jeff Branson.
Whether we win the division or have to play the wild card game, the road to the World Series for us goes through St Louis. It will be determined at that time. I'm tired of angsting over this daily lol!
But a note for next year: We basically have outplayed the Cards most of the season. The big difference has been in our horrible starts, at the beginning of the year, and after the All Star Break. St Louis excelled at both, and that is the difference. So, coach to that this winter!
There are two SS's on the Pirates, Mercer and Kang. Not Rodriguez. Bad move Clint. Cost us an important game.


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These beautiful luminaries are perfect for the garden! The frost paint creates a soft glow, just the right amount for summer evenings.
What you need:
- Recycled glass jars
- Silver jewelry wire
- Various colored beads
- Acrylic sealer spray
- Wire snips
- Round nose pliers
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About Me
It all began when I was 4. I remember it vividly. My brother was born in our basement apartment, in the soft glow of the June moon, as I stood alongside midwives who awaited his arrival. His birth was treated like a normal life occurrence that was embraced by everyone in attendance. I remember feeling the joy in the room. I can still feel the scissors in my little hands as I was asked to cut the cord. I believe this experience was a gift that ushered me into this amazing life work.
I weave my training as a marriage and family therapist together with my experience as a doula, childbirth educator, meditator and mother, creating a unique and holistic approach to childbirth and parenthood preparation.
I hold an undergraduate degree in Contemplative Psychology from Naropa University in Boulder, CO. This degree is based in the philosophy of finding a healthy blend between psychology and spirituality. I also hold a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University. I have completed over 3,000 clinical counseling hours working with children, teens, and adults in transforming their lives.
I began training with Birthing From Within after my son was born. I completed the advanced training in BFW and began running my own prenatal classes and workshops to prepare for birth and parenthood. Also having completed training as a birth doula, I am honored to assist women and their partners throughout labor and birth.
Working in our town's beautiful free standing birth center, Sunrise Birthing Center, has been a wonderful opportunity for me to learn about birth from wise midwife, Karni Seymour-Brown. I have been able to witness and learn more about what parents need from being surrounded by expectant couples on the brink of this extraordinary transformation into a family.
In 2009, I envisioned and created our community's first and only Pregnancy Circle. I had a vision of a circle of women that were encouraged to listen within. Instead of a class, where the message is to access outside information, this circle was about retrieving inner knowing. It is a time to have meaningful dialogue around pregnancy with other expectant women while also carving out time to be mindful, quiet and still and connect with oneself and one's baby. It is based on the foundation that we nurture the emotional lives of women embarking on this journey.
I have extensive education and training in meditation and mindfulness, as well as incorporating my own mindfulness practice into my daily life. I believe in developing myself personally, intellectually and spiritually to enhance my work and my life.
And, last but certainly not least, I am a very full time mother. The presence I am able to hold with my clients throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum has been cultivated by being present in the lives of my children.
"Laurel is a smart, spiritual, sweet and all-around good human being! She offers such a tender and down to earth voice, as well as empathy and creative solutions to all of those peaks & valleys that define the pregnancy experience. She helps facilitate in a non-judgmental way and creates a nurturing, relaxed and meditative environment." ~K.R.
My Work
Why? All throughout both of my pregnancies, I felt as though there was something missing. I was preparing my body by eating well, exercising, and yoga. I was preparing my mind through my birthing class and reading the many books. I was even preparing my external world by buying the baby gear and preparing space in our home for having a new baby. But where did my heart fit into it all? I really felt as though I needed and wanted time to prepare my heart for what was about to occur.
As I experienced the great physical, emotional and cognitive changes within myself as I had my two children, I began to shape my work into a more holistic perspective. I saw that a birth class wasn't enough. I began to notice that many different types of women were looking for heart centered preparation.
I have worked with…women who were experiencing easy, textbook pregnancies but needed a space to process and integrate the many changes. Women who were fearful of giving birth. Women who were excited about giving birth. Women who had experienced a difficult or traumatic birth. Women who wanted space to be heard. Women who lived far from family and needed support. Women who were challenged with family dynamics and expectations. Women who struggled with the physical changes. Women who struggled with the emotional ups and downs. Women and their partners wanting time to talk about their evolving relationship. Women preparing for a VBAC. Women preparing for a cesarean. Women who experienced a loss. Women who needed to grieve. Women who wanted to celebrate. Women who want to enjoy who they are and who they are becoming. Women who want to deeply connect with themselves and their growing baby.
I have found this work by listening to the voices of many women. I help you come home to yourself, in finding and sustaining calm in the midst of a time of great change. It is about finding what is true for you and living from that place.


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Economist Milton Friedman, propagated 18th century values in the Post-WWII global economy. Like Adam Smith he preached the gospel of minimal government, laissez-faire. The triad, Hayek's The Road to Serfdom (1944), Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (1957), and Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom (1962) pit economic efficiency against social justice.
"It is standard doctrine, at least among American economists and in much of the business community, that firms should maximize the stock market value (Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2007. "What is the Role of the State?" in Escaping the Resource Curse. supra note 154, at 3, 28-29)." Under U.S. corporate law, for example, a corporation's board of directors must make decisions that reflect the profit motivations of shareholders or risk liability for a breach of fiduciary duty." (The Yale Journal of International Law. Vol.36:167:184).
A Circumtomato Globe: Devouring the Earth, Extremes of Wealth and Poverty
I compiled this digitized collage, inspired by Deborah Barndt's Tangled Routes: Women, Work and Globalization on the Tomato Trail on November 16, 2006. I used a Google earth generated globe to situate as a kind of circumtomato globe. I developed the concept of John Elkington's Cannibals with Forks for the image of a world being devoured by those who choose to make decisions based on only one bottom line.
In its Oxford style debate 2.0 on sustainability and corporate responsibility, The Economist set forth the proposition for debate, "Without outside pressure, corporations will not take meaningful action on sustainability." The final vote count was: Pro 73% / Con 27%.
Henry C K Liu, chairman of the New York-based Liu Investment Group wrote this in his article (2003) about Hong Kong's benign colonialism that seduced Milton Friedman.
Love is blind and infatuation disguises faults as virtues. As Rudyard Kipling fell in love with the pageantry of colonialism and saw racial exploitation as the "White Man's Burden", Milton Friedman, Nobel economist, fell in love with colonial Hong Kong, seduced by the wine-and-dine hospitality of its colonial masters and elite compradores. Friedman mistook Hong Kong's colonial economic system as a free market, despite Hong Kong's highly orchestrated colonial command economy.
The violence of extremes of wealth and poverty is the moral dilemma of the 21st century, not the acquisition of wealth by individuals, corporations and nation-states. The use of that wealth to convince civil society through mass media of a fair redistribution of wealth is unconscionable. In his book entitled The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Times, Harvard Economist, Jeffrey D. Sachs (2005) reveals the gaping chasm between the real and the perceptions of the real in terms of the ways in which the world's wealthiest share their wealth with the world's most vulnerable, at-risk populations. Based on OECD statistics and his own research Sachs claims that the extremes of poverty could be overcome in 25 years if wealthy nations devoted just 0.7% of their GNP (instead of the 0.33% currently provided) official development assistance (ODA) in developing countries. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reported that Canada's official development assistance (ODA) was 0.28% of gross national income (GNI) up from an all time low of 0.22% in 2001. In 2005 the world's most powerful, wealth nation, the United States devoted just 0.22% of its GNP to foreign aid.
Public perceptions reflect support for higher levels of aid. When asked what percentage of the federal budget they think goes to foreign aid, Americans' median estimate is 25% of the budget, more than 25 times the actual level. Only 2% of Americans give a correct estimate of 1% of the budget or less. When asked how much of the budget should go to foreign aid, the median response is 10%. Only 13% of Americans believe that the percentage should be 1% or less. Over 60% of Americans believe that contributing 0.7% of national income to meet the Millennium Development Goals is the right thing to do (Sachs 2005).
In an article published in The Economist in 2005 entitled "The Biggest Contract" (in reference to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of social contract), Ian Davis challenged Anglo-Saxon corporate management to revisit, redefine, re-articulate and reinforce with greater subtlety their relationship with society as an implicit social contract that acknowledges obligations, opportunities and mutual advantage for both sides." Corporate management needs to recast this debate and recapture the intellectual and moral high ground from their critics." Davis argued that like the political leaders in Rousseau's 18th century, corporate management in the 21st century will lose legitimacy if they refuse to serve the public good. Davis rejects the nonproductive binary oppositional environment of public debate on economic efficiency vs social justice. The strongly held belief in Anglo-Saxon economies [1] that the "business of business is business" (to create shareholder value) is as outworn, ideology-based and caricature-driven as is the extreme version of Corporate Social Responsibility" (CSR).
Davis argued that an informed, educated and engaged [2] CEOs and upper-level management should map-out long term options and responses to relevant, evolving, overarching, broad, carefully researched social pressures and issues as an implicit and integral (not merely peripheral) part of corporate strategy rather than depending exclusively on lower-level public-relations tacticians operating with a knee-jerk, defensive, narrow, reactionary, rebuttal stance to individual, local and immediate (at times, ill-defined) laws, (political, ideological, etc) tensions and (environmental, sustainability, NGO) concerns. "Large companies need to build social issues into strategy in a way which reflects their actual business importance." The CEOs should blend and harmonize their supporting efforts, such as trade regimes, with sophisticated, sensitive and successful approaches to risk management, social and economic development issues, access to social services particularly for the most vulnerable populations and resolutions of regional geopolitical conflicts. See The Economist premium content.
"Since 2006 investors have flocked to sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) but now find themselves in the firing line for 'greenwashing', as many fail to fulfill their promise to fully integrate and report progress on environmental, social and governance factors. Most Australia-based UNPRI signatory super funds contacted by Ethical Investor admit there is still much work to be done to fully integrate Environmental, Social Governance (ESG) into its investment analysis and decision-making (Wagg and Taylor 2009-05-31)."
1. The Anglo-Saxon shareholder-value model has increasingly taken on global significance.
2. Davis argued that executive managers must introduce explicit processes which include the development of resources such as broad metrics, summaries and analysis of relevant social issues in order to systematically "educate and engage their boards of directors.
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Selected Bibliography
Wagg, Oliver; Taylor, Nicholas. 2009-05-31. "UNPRI: Greenwash or Green Fix? Ethical Investor.
Barndt, Deborah (2001) Tangled Routes: Women, Work and Globalization on the Tomato Trail, Aurora, ON, Garamond Press.
Davis, Ian. 2005. "The biggest contract: By building social issues into strategy, big business can recast the debate about its role, argues Ian Davis." The Economist. May 28.
Elkington, John (1997) Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business, New Society Publishers, Limited.
Elkington, John (2003) Chrysalis Economy: How Citizen CEOs and Corporations Can Fuse Values and Value Creation, Wiley, John and Sons, Incorporated.
Friedman, Milton. 1970. "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits", The New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970. Copyright @ 1970 by The New York Times Company.
Liu, Henry C. K., 2003, "China: a Case of Self-Delusion, from colonialism to confusion," Asia Times, May 14, 2003.
Sachs, Jeffrey D. 2005. "Facts on International Aid." The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Times.
Sachs, Jeffrey D. "The Strategic Significance of Global Inequality."
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Tags: Anglo-Saxon economies, benign colonialism, Cannibals with Forks, CEO, circumtomato, CSR, economic efficiency, executive management, Hayek-Rand-Friedman, Ian Davis, MDG, Milton Friedman, OECD, risk management, Rousseau, shareholder-value, social contract, social issues, Social Justice, social pressures, Tag Clouds, The Economist


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As you may know, I've created a lot of websites, and I also created a number of Google blogs (Blogger) associated with them. If you found it confusing, join the crowd. 😉
I recently got rid of some of my websites and consolidated several others. The original GeoWorld, GeoZoo, GeoSymbols and Politix sites are now all based at both www.geobop.com and www.geostacks.com. In other words, most articles are displayed on both sites, with a twist or two.
More recently still, I started working with WordPress, which is nicer than Google Blogger in so many ways. The rest is history: This blog replaces the Google blogs originally associated with these sites.
Most blog posts will be classified in one of four categories: World, Life, Politix and Symbols.
I probably won't do a lot of work on this blog for the next couple months, as I'm quite busy with my political campaign — I'm running for Washington State Governor.
However, my campaign has already been an incredibly educational experience, and I will certainly make a few blog posts on the Washington/Seattle political scene. For example, I'll tell you how one county tried to censor the statement I submitted for the Voters Pamphlet.
Watch for another post discussing a new word I coined as a more accurate alternative to the grossly manipulated word antisemitism: Jewarchy.
Eventually, I'll find time to get back to my first great love, animals, which get more bizarre by the day. I just recently learned that at least some crocodilians eat significant amounts of fruit. And I'm still scratching my head over the report that the Amazon may be fertilized by the remains of prehistoric fish carried by the wind from an ancient lake bed in the Sahara Desert halfway around the world to South America.
And if you're interested in science and politics both, then you'll want to hear what I've learned about genetically modified food, along with Bill Gates' investment in the so-called "Doomsday Seed Vault."
We live on a strange planet in an even stranger universe, which may be just part of a much bigger multiverse. Some of the things happening on our planet are kind of scary, but learning the truth about them can make them less scary. So throw your blinders away, and let's explore the world around us, along with the world inside our minds…


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Lawson's Andy Brown On Their Future: "We're In The Best Place We've Ever Been" - Video
12 October 2013, 08:00
The 'Juliet' singer says the band's "incredible" fans have helped them have the best year of their lives.
Lawson's Andy Brown has looked back on the band's "incredible" past year and says the band are having a "brilliant" time performing up and down the UK on their 'Everywhere We Go' tour.
The 'Brokenhearted' four-piece, who release new single 'Juliet' this Sunday (13th October), are out on tour right now and singer Andy says he feels they are in "the best place we've ever been" right now.
"We're in an incredible position at the minute, the last year and a half has just been amazing for us," Andy revealed exclusively to Capital FM this week. "'Chapman Square' did so well and now we're coming back with ['Chapman Square Chapter II], and everyone seems really excited about it.
Watch Lawson's Andy Brown chatting exclusively to Capital FM about the band's plans for the remainder of 2013 below:
"I think we're in the best place we've ever been as a band," Andy declared. "We're on tour at the minute, on the 'Everywhere We Go' tour, playing the biggest venues we've ever played and it's brilliant."
While reflecting on the band's meteoric rise to chart success over the past 18 months, Andy admits they couldn't have done it without their amazing fans behind them all the way.
"We feel really, really lucky to have such incredible fans that have supported us from day one and we just love every minute of it, performing every night on stage and we're really excited about getting the album out there," he explained. "If it goes top ten for us, then that's just another box ticked, fingers crossed!
Lawson release new single 'Juliet' on Sunday 13th October with their repackaged album 'Chapman Square: Chapter II' set to be released on 21st October.
Check out a picture of Lawson at the Pride Of Britain Awards 2013 this week below:
Pre-order Lawson's new single 'Juliet' by clicking here.


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Quoted: FU PSUEngineer wrote: Such a good Christian response.What does FU have to do with Christianity? Nothing.From Wiki:Swearing and cursing are modes of speech existing in all human languages. They perform certain social and psychological functions, and utilize particular linguistic and neurological mechanisms; all these are avenues of research. Functionally similar behavior can be observed in chimpanzees, and may contribute to our understanding, notes New York Times author Natalie Angier.Angier also notes that swearing is a widespread but perhaps underappreciated anger management technique; that "men generally curse more than women, unless said women are in a sorority, and that university provosts swear more than librarians or the staff members of the university day care center"; and that linguistic research has shown that the physiological reactions of individuals who are proud of their education are similar between exposure to obscene words and exposure to bad grammar.Profane language is by no means a recent phenomenon. The Bible sometimes uses strong language, such as mention of men who "eat their own dung, and drink their own piss" in the Authorized King James Version of 1611's close translation of Hebrew text of 2 Kings 18:27. Shakespeare is replete with vulgarisms, though many are no longer readily recognized. Even the oldest traces of human writing include swear words.
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Offsite Manufacturing and Technology
Chair John Lorimer, JLo Innovation and Darren Richards, Cogent
The Constructing Excellence Offsite Group is exploring the benefits and drivers behind the use of pre-manufactured and offsite based systems. The group uses practical demonstrations and visits to delve into the opportunities and benefits around offsite technologies. Run in collaboration with the Offsite Hub, it has visited the BRE Innovation Park, offsite manufacturers Vision Systems and Fusion as well as a visit to the Manufacturing Technologies Centre in Coventry. It will continue to visit leading examples of offsite implementation with the aim of producing a guide on the business benefits of offsite approaches as well as developing an Offsite category for the Constructing Excellence Awards in 2018.


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It's a sad day for evil. Ross Karpelman, a co-founder of the House of Shock heavy metal haunted house in the shadow of the Huey P. Long Bridge, has confirmed that this is the last year for the long-running Halloween attraction. For 22 years, the warehouse labyrinth has treated guests to up-close and personal encounters with gory ghouls, over-the-top religious irreverence, heart-stopping surprises, spectacular pyrotechnics and general hellishness.
Despite the popularity of the devilish destination, profit margins are always pretty slim, Karpelman said. And, the last two years, have been particularly tough. In 2012, Hurricane Isaac wrecked the outdoor stage where the House of Shock's explosive pre-tour performances take place, requiring a laborious restoration. Then, Halloween night 2013 was a rain-out.
"It's hard work, brother," Karpelman said of producing the big show. "People think we're minting money over there." But in truth, he said, considering the labor and risk, "it doesn't make sense to do it" anymore.
Cold, hard economics are only part of the reason for bringing down the curtain. As Karpelman described it, the House of Shock has nothing left to prove.
"I mean, it's been over two decades," he said. "We've kept the same theme for 20 some odd years. We were trendsetters without trying to be. We made our mark. Now I'm seeing others doing the same thing. We invented the idea of the interactive haunted house. It's time to call it quits."
The House of Shock's co-founders were Karpelman's pals Jay Gracianette, Steve Joseph and Phil Anselmo. The first incarnation of the haunted house in 1992 was in co-founder Jay Gracianette's grandparents' backyard. It wasn't long before the operation moved to a warehouse in a barren stretch of industrial park in Jefferson. From the beginning the house had a demonic / slasher movie vibe. As Karpelman put it in a 2012 interview: "'The Exorcist' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,' that's our generation."
The house also had a heavy-metal, pseudo-satanic theme. The theatrical devil worship tapped into popular fears of the 1990s. It was so effective that a few parents, school officials and a Jefferson politician or two warned the public away from the horrifying amusement. This naturally made it all the more attractive to rebellious kids.
In 1999, Anselmo, who had risen to rock star status with the band Pantera, famously parted company with the other founders. But the show went on and over the years the House of Shock received its share of national attention. A highlight was when he was asked to hold a Playmate in his arms during a Playboy magazine photo shoot, Karpelman said.
Asked what he'll miss most, he said that everyone associated with the House of Shock will agree that it's the camaraderie between the staff members who spend their October weekends scaring the heck out of the public.
"We really are a family, a community," Karpelman said. "What defines us is us. It's every person who put their blood and soul and lives behind this thing called House of Shock."
It isn't an easy gig, either. Working in makeup in the closed warehouse for hours can become stifling.
"It's gets hot as hell sometimes," he said. "Y'all walk through, we stay there."
And the payoff, he said, for the volunteers anyway, is "a slice of pizza at the end of the night."
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Asked what he plans to do with himself during the fall season, when the House of shock is closed, Karpelman said: "I don't have any clue."
In addition to helming the horror attraction, Karpelman is an accomplished keyboardist who sometimes joins in on heavy metal gigs around town. He travels with rock bands, sometimes as stage manager, sometimes driving the tour bus. And he further fills the off-season chauffeuring a tourist and convention bus. He'll probably do more of all that, he said. Who knows?
There's one more Halloween to come, of course, and Karpelman can't bring himself to rule out the possibility that the House of Shock may be reborn in another guise. The heavy metal horror experience is over, he said wistfully, but if fans demand it, it's not impossible that there could be a second incarnation.
"Who's to say there's not a future," Karpelman said. "If the public speaks, we will answer. The House of Shock is done and gone. But who's to know what the future may bring? I've been doing this since I was 22 years old. I'm 45."
As House of Shock fans know, Karpelman plays the role of Lord Belial, a basso profundo Satan who struggles each night with the power of goodness for the souls of audience.
Asked if the closing of the House of Shock implies that goodness has finally won out, Karpelman laughed, then promised that he still may have some evil tricks up his sleeve during the last season.
"People need to come out," he said. "This could be included in an ain't dere no more song."


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Bleeding Sailor Performs Self-Surgery Via E-Mail / Boston doctor advises solo racer
A sailor with a badly infected arm, alone on a boat in the middle of the stormy South Atlantic. A scalpel and some gauze down below, near the laptop computer. A doctor in Boston, reaching the sailor with an e-mail connection that worked only when the sun was shining.
Put together with a satellite link, perseverance and quite a bit of luck, those elements came together last week to save a Russian sailor's life in the middle of the open sea.
Viktor Yazykov, a competitor in the perilous Around Alone sailing contest, which pits solo sailors against each other in a race around the world, operated on his own arm last weekend with instructions e-mailed from Dr. Daniel Carlin in Boston.
The surgery was makeshift at best. Bungee cords, a bottle of red wine and some chocolate became instant medical supplies for a sailor who had to become an instant surgeon almost entirely on his own.
Bleeding heavily after slicing into his own elbow with the scalpel, Yazykov wondered whether he would die. His solar-powered computer connection shut down on him just after Carlin's step-by- step e-mail on how to perform the operation arrived at nightfall, leaving Yazykov to handle the emergency with no outside advice for hours.
At one point, the 50-year-old Russian military veteran even wrapped bungee cords around his arm in a misguided attempt to stop the bleeding. "Watching as my life drop by drop (is) leaving me," he wrote in an e-mail Saturday.
"The Around Alone race is incredibly dangerous," said Carol Pogash, editor-in-chief of Quokka Sports, the San Francisco online sports media company that has been linking race participants to the outside world and covering the race for a worldwide audience. "But this took things to a whole new level."
Yazykov's midsea medical crisis began in late September, as the fifth Around Alone race got under way from Charleston, S.C.
The race, held every four years, pits solo sailors against each other in a nine-month, 27,000-mile race around the world. This year, 15 competitors are battling their way on an eastbound course that passes the southern tips of South Africa and South America before returning to South Carolina.
Yazykov, without much money, started the race late and could afford only solar-powered communications equipment on his boat, rather than the far more expensive satellite phone used by some other competitors.
His e-mail messages, quoted here without his original spelling mistakes, tell the story of a growing emergency at sea. (Yazykov's e-mails are posted on the Around Alone Web site, a division of Quokka Sports, at www.aroundalone.com).
Early in the race, he injured his right elbow. By November 10, he e-mailed Carlin, the race's on-call and online doctor, that his elbow did not look good.
"It feels like dead," he wrote. "Waiting for your help."
Carlin said he thought the elbow could be infected, with an abscess that could turn deadly if it burst beneath the skin.
The arm problem grew worse, spreading to Yazykov's hand and making it tough to climb the mast, secure lines or wrestle with the rigging. On November 12, Yazykov wrote, "The pulse in the wrist is OK. . . . All the fingers are moving, but it is still a bit colder and weak."
The next day, Carlin decided that the infection needed emergency surgery. Yazykov, equipped with a few medical supplies, would have to do it on his own. Carlin e-mailed detailed instructions on how to puncture and drain the abscess with the scalpel. Yazykov would have to hold his arm over a mirror to see where the incision would go.
Yazykov got the doctor's e- mail. Then, as the sun went down, his computer link died. He was on his own.
"I have been steering (all) day, but I wanted to do something to my elbow before too late," he wrote that day. So he lashed down his tiller and went to his cabin. He thought the operation would take only a few minutes. He did not get back on deck for almost 22 hours.
Holding his arm over the mirror, Yazykov cut into the infected area. As blood and fluid poured out of his arm, the sailor could no longer see the incision in the mirror and did not know where he should press to stop the bleeding. Panic started to set in.
"It didn't take long to do all the doctor's instructions, but the bleeding was too frightening," he wrote. "So I have placed a (bungee) cord above the elbow."
Carlin, now sitting in Boston and unable to reach his patient because of the setting sun in the southern Atlantic, spent a sleepless night wondering how Yazykov was doing. Without e-mail, he was unable to tell Yazykov that the makeshift tourniquet was exactly the wrong thing to do.
Cutting off the blood supply to the injured area could have cost Yazykov his arm. "The stakes were very high," Carlin said. "Losing his arm would have been a disaster."
The tourniquet made the sailor's hand and arm go numb. The wound continued to bleed. The cabin was covered with blood. After two hours, Yazykov's arm turned cold and rubbery, and he took the tourniquet off. Slowly, the bleeding eased.
"Blood was all over the cabin floor," he wrote. "The hand was white, cold and rubberlike. . . . I have been losing control. Getting out of power. Will finish later. Bye."
He tried soaking the hand to coax some life back into it. Believing that red wine would help rebuild his blood supply, he drank half a bottle of it. He ate some chocolate. He took a couple of aspirin. Then he passed out.
When he woke up, Carlin directed him by e-mail to apply direct pressure to the wound, which Yazykov did. He finished the first leg of the race, making it to Cape Town, and is expected to make a full recovery.
He plans to start on the next leg in about two weeks, this time with a new, nonsolar power system.


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Jason Aldean has credited Taylor Swift with introducing country music to a whole new generation of fans.
In an interview with USA Today, Aldean praised Swift as a trailblazer for creating country music that teenage girls can relate to.
"Taylor has gone out and brought a whole new fanbase to our world," Aldean commented. "All these teenage girls that might not have listened to country before, she has brought them all into our genre. Nobody else is really doing that."
Aldean also said that he's very "proud" of his former support group Lady Antebellum, whose third studio album Own the Night topped the US pop chart this fall.
"To see Lady Antebellum go from our opening act to just exploding like they have has been fun to watch," the singer explained. "I'm really excited for them and proud of them."
Aldean recently picked up six trophies at the 2011 American Country Awards, including wins in the 'Artist of the Year' and 'Album of the Year' categories.
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VVO2max (velocity at maximal oxygen uptake) is the speed associated with VO2max and is the key speed to train at to improve your maximal oxygen uptake. It is calculated from VO2max and running economy.
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I am so glad that I haven't had a chance to vote yet. If I had, my vote for Edwards would have been given away to another candidate. I read a blog this morning talking about how voting early in primaries isn't a good idea– too many votes are wasted by candidates dropping out.
Folks in Ohio don't necessarially prioritize the same things as they do in New Hampshire, Iowa or South Carolina. Maybe one of the first Primaries should be held in Indiana, Ohio or Illinois… but, then what about Texas, Arizona and Georgia? There isn't a true sampling of the American fabric in the early primaries and therefore we aren't all heard.
The American system of Presidential election is so bizarre from the point of view of the rest of the world. We sort. A couple of States get to thin out who they like best and the rest of us are stuck with a dwindling field of candidates.
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Just a half hour from Boise, a train can take you up the river and back in time. The Thunder Mountain Line, a rare sightseer-only train, takes passengers along the Payette River for riverside picnics or onboard wine tastings and dinners. There are costumed murder mystery nights, themed holiday excursions and the occasional strolling minstrel--all on a '40s-era train retrofitted with a dining car, bar and open-air viewing cars. It may seem kind of cheesy at first thought, but two hours spent relaxing to the gentle rocking motions of the train is more than just physical transportation; it's psychological.
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A minty green pill—medication or sugar? Louise is working on a placebo-controlled study of a new female arousal drug. As her work in the lab navigates the blurry lines between perception and deception, more and more these same questions pertain to her life at home. With uncanny insight and unparalleled wit, Melissa James Gibson's affectionate comedy examines slippery truths and the power of crossed fingers.
Carrie Coon
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Hi Nik, I just found my way here via the Black Box widget! Spooky.Hope you're well, Lx
After a week of reading through my little novel my head is a bit fuzzy. But in a good way – I've enjoyed the work and the read. This is good (if it hasn't bored me then maybe it won't bore others…). It feels very close to being finished. Eek.
Really chuffed to see that I've had a mention on the fabulous Chicklish site. Thanks to Alexandra and the fab Chicklish girls for that. (As a point of interest, one of said girls is Luisa Plaja, author of Split by a Kiss, and interviewed by me here; and the other is the lovely Keris. Go, check 'em out, folks.)
Hi Nik, I just found my way here via the Black Box widget! Spooky.Hope you're well, Lx
Lisa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Long time no speak. How the devil are you? I'm okay, well, walking again at least.Hope you're good.(The Black Box is fun, innit?)Nx
Nik!!!!!!! I'm okay, thanks! Doing a bit of this, bit of that, and way too much black boxing! Urrrgh.Glad to hear you're walking! Eeeek! Right, must stop playing with that damn widget! Tsk. Lx
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Can Kurdish Fighters Battle Islamic State?
The U.S. military and its allies are training Kurdish forces to use sophisticated weapons against the Islamic State. WSJ's Bill Spindle and Simon Constable discuss. Photo: AP
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... the U S military and its allies have launched the American effort to train car or baseball sales of forty steps up counter offensive against the extremist group Islamic State of the effort teaching soldiers how to use sophisticated weapons systems will have back and mall ... right and right now on the New Saab good morning and welcome I'm Simon Constable ... with more on this millet re Apple with joined now by doubly SJ minis bureau chief Bill Spindle joins us from Abba Daddy thanks for being map belt ... things and it's good to be here ... so the the the training and but some may explain what's going on others is in both millet re yet the advice as training in strategy and tactics and weapons systems ... that's right we head here we have a situation and a couple of months ago where the ISIS fighters the Islamic State fighters ... there have ... been a big push into what sellers are Iraqi Kurdistan which is protected by which was essentially a local militia ... of the Kurds known as the Peshmerga ... they have long been repeated in the great fighters but they basically call apps in many ways and fell back in this the ice was able to surge in so ... at this point they're now trying to train them up so that they can become of stronger element in this new coalition that's forming to Fight ISIS so they're bringing in weapons are breeding and training other than trying to bring the two together and the date here of course is is French the British ... us ... of the hands of others who are able to provide the weapons in hopes that they'll only ... be able to make these guys part of the ground forces that that is able to ... make progress against ISIS ... when these airstrikes ... I know that running on the weapon systems unemployment in the past some passages that head has some play equipment to use it and it arrived and we knew that what was low on having a set ... well that's right or they just ... stood on the black market ... the in various places and had a shift in and have no idea really know what to do with or how to working ... on some of these things are are are pretty sophisticated and weapons ... animated any training ... so summer that's being provided on the ground ... in the Iraqi Kurdistan in the north of Iraq ... my ... in other cases the Germans and actually play ... hundreds of these Peshmerga fighters on planes flying to Germany ... where they can maybe be given the training there ... was another thing is that the tradition of military forces they use to be possible to buy positions in the millet re ... in a way reminiscent of the ... nineteen Sentry your up ... that nice to be reformed crime ... well of the law to report anything to go on and there's really two things were talking about here rate is busy on the one hand there's the Iraqi ... government ... a military on and on the other hand are these Peshmerga fighters ... now in some sense they come together because one of the things that the word boom the Kurds were very uncomfortable surpassing the Iraqi military and they often been at quite odds with ... protecting them so what they did was essentially take their own local militia guys put him in ... uniforms and make them part of the military ... so that these two different units ... these two different bodies there are many ways it can meet each other ... of trying to work together and then each of them are in themselves have all sorts of problems in terms of ... morale training ... in just the corruption ... and that and that's really one of the reasons ICE's is the name alone makes it significant strides is they just have not yet up against a force that is capable of stopping ... will we shall say in how the changes thank you very much Bill Spindle of the will Street don't


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{rusty kept knocking our second tree of the season over. it never got any ornaments.}
I can't believe it's already 2012! I hope you all had wonderful and happy holidays!
I took a much needed blogging break and gave my brain a rest. Posting every day is hard work! But I think I've settled in to my new work routine and I'm hoping to get back into the swing of my online world. I've really missed you all!
So here is a little glimpse at my last month of 2011:
{the magic tree in front of our favorite gathering spot}
While poor Steven was stuck at home with the flu, I met with some out-of-town friends for a drink. They're only two hours away, but we don't see them as much as we should!
{a few of the presents I gifted}
I got all my Christmas shopping done by December 17th and wrapped all the gifts in kraft paper. I gussied them up by making ribbon out of strips of fabric and tying pretty little bows.
{our stockings hung out of the cats reach, with care}
I did a little decorating, but not as much as last year. The cats managed to break our big, artificial tree. It was not reparable, so we chucked it into a nearby dumpster. I put up our smaller, artificial tree, but it never really felt the same. And Rusty had a blast pulling the tree over, which is why it never got any ornaments. We decided we need a tree with a 50 pound cement base. ;)
{rusty taking a little nap}
I spent extra time snuggling with my kitties before I left town. Steven and I were both gone the same week (December 21st to the 28th). I was with my family in the Chicago area, Steven was, unfortunately, down in Shreveport working the bowl game. He usually heads to the Chicago area to spend time with his family, too.
{my super yummy chicago-style dogs}
We made it to Chicago-land and our first stop was for Portillo's. I always get two hot dogs with pickles, tomatoes and ketchup. I could really go for another couple right now...
{our gingerbread house}
My aunt had picked up a gingerbread house kit for my Grandma, and she waited for me and my sister to get there to help her put it together. I ended up helping her by myself one morning while my sister slept in. I was worried we'd run out of time otherwise!
{bailey's is my new favorite}
I had a few glasses of Bailey's Irish Cream with some whipped cream swirled on top during the week, and even made one up for my Grandma! It's a new favorite for sure.
Now I'm back home, getting into the grove of the new year. {I mean seriously. How is it 2012 already?!} And I have some other exciting news... but that's coming in its own post. :)
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Rebel forces overthrow Sargus suburb, rename new outpost 'Freiland'
In a stunning show of power and organization, a large force of rebel militants stormed the quiet eastern suburbs of the large Mauritanian Provence city of Sargus. In a siege that has lasted for twelve days, the rebel forces managed to reach the border of the Sargus river before being turned back at Hope Bridge, the only crossing connecting the mostly residential suburban outskirts to the rest of the city.
The rebellion has captured Sargus Hall, a key battlement in the great war between historical rivals Mauritania and Macondria. It was at Sargus Hall that the peace accord uniting Mauritania and Macondria was ratified. This peace accord is a large reason for the continuing rebellion across Greater Mauritania as the native Tieflings have long been frustrated by the Dragonborn Macondrians who have ruled the nation since the Sargus Pact was signed.
The Mauritanian Marauder Squadron, fresh off a victory against a small rebel uprising in Plainvista, will be dispatching units to neutralize the rebel threat, and retake Sargus Hall, and the residential communities that surround it. There have been no reports at this time of how many MMS units will be deployed, but it is likely that the newly formed 215th will be amongst those bringing peace back to Sargus.
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BOULDER, Colorado – Computer equipment seized from the home of Portland, Oregon resident Craig Rosebraugh has allegedly been found to contain a wealth of evidence pertaining to the still-unsolved 1998 firebombing of the Vail, Colorado ski area and a host of other purported acts of "eco-terrorism."
Rosebraugh, whose computers were seized when federal agents stormed his home three months ago, says law enforcement officials are now claiming that they have recovered a number of files linking him and other radical environmentalists to the Vail arson and a rash of other "eco-terrorist" acts.
"According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, there's a 'remarkable amount' of evidence that was found on my hard drive that implicates either myself or other individuals in these acts," Rosebraugh said.
Asked to comment on the evidence allegedly recovered from Rosebraugh's computer, Stephen Peifer, assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon, did not return phone calls from ENS by publication time.
FBI spokesman Gordon Compton acknowledged that technicians have been examining computer equipment seized from Rosebraugh's home, but he declined to comment on what evidence, if any, has been found.
"I cannot comment on any findings on any evidence that was discovered during the search," Compton said. "I can't comment any investigative findings associated with that."
Rosebraugh himself was quick to deride the FBI's alleged findings, calling them an "intimidation tactic" designed to trick him into cooperating with the Portland-based federal grand jury that he has largely rebuffed.
"I think it's ridiculous," Rosebraugh said. "It seems to me if there was really a 'remarkable amount' of evidence on my computer, there would have been an indictment by now."
Rosebraugh is the above-ground spokesman of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), the underground organization that claimed responsibility for setting the series of fires that ravaged the Vail ski area in the early morning hours of October 19, 1998. According to an ELF communique obtained by ENS, the fires were set "on behalf of the lynx," an endangered wildcat that is believed to inhabit the area where the ski resort last summer began construction on a major new expansion.
The ELF communique said, "The 12 miles of roads and 885 acres of clearcuts will ruin the last, best lynx habitat in the state. Putting profits ahead of Colorado's wildlife will not be tolerated."
According to the FBI, the Vail arson is the single most costly act of "eco-terrorism" in the nation's history. While initial reports estimated that the arson caused $12 million in damages, information presented to a federal grand jury in Denver pegged the losses at $26 million, according to ENS's sources.
Rosebraugh claims to have received an "anonymous communication" from the perpetrators of the Vail arson, which he used to write a press release about the incident. He has long maintained that he has no idea who informed him of the Vail incident or a rash of other purported ELF activities, but he will not discuss the manner or circumstances by which the claims of responsibility were communicated to him.
Federal agents, not satisfied with that explanation, in February obtained a warrant to search Rosebraugh's home, vehicle, and downtown Portland office. The agents confiscated a truckload of Rosebraugh's property, including computer systems, videotapes, compact discs, address books, journals, and phone records. At the time of the raid, Rosebraugh was also presented with a subpoena that compelled him testify before a federal grand jury in Portland.
In an affidavit filed in support of the warrant that authorized the raid on Rosebraugh's home, FBI special agent Frank Heckendorn argued that evidence of criminal activities could likely be retrieved from Rosebraugh's computer systems – even if the ELF spokesman had attempted to conceal or delete it.
Rosebraugh maintains that there is nothing incriminating to be found on his computer. But he added that if he were to have received an incriminating email or other such communication, he would know how to deal with it.
"I'm not saying that this is the case, but if I ever had any sensitive information or material, I would know not to expect that I could erase it from my computer if I just took it to the trash on the desktop or something like that," Rosebraugh said with a chuckle. "I have knowledge enough to be aware of the certain safety precautions that I need in order to survive in my line of work."
Rosebraugh said he has long operated under the assumption that every keystroke he makes on his computer is being monitored by the FBI.
"If I were to discuss any sort of illegal activity, even if it's jaywalking, I would not do that on my computer," Rosebraugh said.
Asked if that meant that he does not learn of ELF activities via email, Rosebraugh said, "Again, I'm not going to discuss the transmission of the communications."
Rosebraugh has appeared before the federal grand jury in Portland twice since February. He was previously granted immunity from prosecution, which effectively strips away his right to refuse to answer questions put to him before the top secret panel.
Still, Rosebraugh has generally refused to cooperate with the grand jury. He says he has been told that he will be jailed for contempt of court if he continues to rebuff prosecutor Peifer's queries.
Meanwhile, another activist who has been subpoenaed to appear before the Portland grand jury has gone underground. Josh Harper, a self described "green anarchist" from Seattle, was supposed to appear before the top secret panel last Wednesday. But Harper did not show up as scheduled, sending instead a written statement that Rosebraugh read to more than 100 ELF supporters who held a rally outside of the federal courthouse in Portland.
"As an anarchist I would never willingly cooperate with the grand jury system," Harper's statement declared. "If they want me, let them come and get me. They can drag me to the grand jury room, but they can never make me speak."
Federal officials in Portland refused to comment on whether or not the U.S. Marshals are looking for Harper. The FBI, in fact, would neither confirm nor deny that Harper had received a grand jury subpoena.
Rosebraugh said he has no idea of Harper's whereabouts.
"No one's heard from him," Rosebraugh said. "But it does seem that they are looking for him. The U.S. Attorney's office wanted me to give up the original of his statement, which I don't have."
Scores of law enforcement officers clad in riot gear were also present at the Portland courthouse last week, presumably in response to an ELF press release that called on activists to "Read the Weather Underground and apply tactics," and to "Stop this grand jury by any means necessary."
The Weather Underground was launched in the 1960s as a revolutionary organization dedicated to the violent overthrow of established power in the United States. The group carried out bomb attacks against a host of police installations and federal buildings, including the Pentagon and the United States Capitol.
There were no incidents during ELF rallies held outside the federal courthouse in Portland last week and in April.
It is unclear if information pertaining to the Vail arson is still being presented to a Denver based federal grand jury. According to ENS's sources, that panel's 18-month statutory term expired on March 24. However, officials will neither confirm nor deny that date, nor will they say if the panel's term has been extended.
At least a dozen Colorado activists were ordered to testify about the Vail arson before the Denver-based grand jury. Assistant U.S. attorney Ken Buck, lead prosecutor in the case, told ENS last September that federal officials had identified several "suspects" in conjunction with the crime, but he has steadfastly refused to offer any details about them.
Dozens of environmental activists from the Boulder, Colorado area were camping in the Vail backcountry on the night of the fire, but they have long maintained that they know nothing about the arson.
However, documents obtained by ENS last week revealed that federal law enforcement officials used night vision goggles to maintain surveillance on Boulder area activists who were demonstrating in Vail in July 1999, a full nine months after the still unsolved arson.
Documents obtained by ENS also confirmed that federal officials planted infra-red motion detectors in the Vail backcountry in order to track activists' movements.
Buck could not be reached for comment on the revelation regarding the surveillance activities.
Rosebraugh said federal officials have promised to call him back before the Portland grand jury later this summer, but the ELF spokesman vowed that he will not cooperate with what he said was a "politically motivated fishing expedition."
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