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Overheard in the halls of
the Acme Widget Company:
I hear you've been
having some problems meeting takt time in the large widget assembly cell. What's going on?
The problem is big
volume increases from the customers. We'll probably need to redesign the cell and add people to get an engineered cycle time
in the right range. Then we'll need to relevel the schedule.
What about using
inventory out of the finished goods supermarket?
If it were just
normal demand variability, we'd have enough in the supermarket to handle it. But it isn't—we're seeing a significant volume
increase. We can keep the operational takt time at 65 seconds until the supermarket stock is gone, which will happen in less
than a week. After that, we'd better have higher throughput in the cell or we're going to miss the customer call-offs.
How are things
We're fine. We've
dropped the EPE interval to less than a week in most of the shared resources and our heijunka process is working great. No,
the major problem is in the assembly pacemaker cell.
Wait a minute. Who are
these people? What are they saying? And what are they trying to do? They live in the brave new world of lean manufacturing.
Just as lean manufacturing calls for processes quite different from traditional ones, it also has a different set of
terminology. Let's see if we can get a handle on what Jane and Bill are discussing.
Takt time
The basic rate of production—what Acme needs in order to meet customer demand—is the takt time, sometimes called the
drumbeat for the process. Takt time communicates the frequency of demand and, consequently, the frequency at which a product
must be produced by the finishing process.
The basic calculation of
takt time is:
Takt time = operating
time ÷ required quantity
For example, if Acme's
customers require 240 items per day and the factory operates 480 minutes per day, takt time is two minutes, or 120 seconds.
To meet customer demand, the plan must authorize sufficient resources, both in people and equipment, to produce one unit
every 120 seconds. The cell or finishing line for the product needs a proven engineered cycle time of 120 seconds or less.
Using the language of
demand and supply, we can say that takt time is the demand for capacity and that engineered cycle time represents the supply
of capacity. Supply must equal or exceed demand, or the total demand will not be met and the customers will be disappointed.
So takt time is the rate
of production required to meet customer demand. This is the simplest approach, when conditions allow. Frequently, however,
there are other issues that need to be considered in setting actual production rates. Inventory adjustments, products with
seasonal sales curves, plant vacation shutdowns, intermittent large demand shifts, and other factors may require a wider view
than pure takt time provides.
Operational takt time is
the rate of production required to meet customer demand as well as the other factors cited above. Within the context of sales
and operations planning (S&OP), pure takt time would be calculated from customer orders and forecasts; operational tact
time would be derived from the production plan, which is the pure demand plus or minus necessary adjustments. In Acme
Widget's case, the operational takt time should be used to determine the required output rates, taking into account the need
to replenish and expand the finished goods supermarket—a term we'll discuss in a moment—because of the increase in
The pacemaker process
and heijunka
A basic concept of lean manufacturing is to schedule at only one point in the overall value stream (the value stream
comprises all the actions required to bring a product from order to delivery). Scheduling at this one point—the
pacemaker—results in pulling work from upstream processes and flowing product to the customer through the subsequent
processes. The planned volume and mix at the pacemaker process typically corresponds to what's known as the master schedule;
the scheduled mix for the day's actual production, as defined by the heijunka box (see sidebar for definition), corresponds
to the finishing schedule.
Pacemaker schedules are
established in accordance with the takt time for all items that go through the pacemaker process. The entire system depends
on a foundation called leveled production or heijunka. As Taiichi Ohno points out in his book Toyota Production System,
"…production processes must be managed to flow as much as possible. This is really the basic condition." He goes
on to say that another important condition is leveling production as much as possible.
Finished goods
Producing only to customer orders is, when practical, the best way to operate. However, producing to a small inventory may
make more sense than flexing labor and plant processes to match day-to-day order variations. Products are often produced to a
buffer called the finished goods supermarket rather than to customer orders.
For situations where the
customer provides stable and reliable demand, it's often possible to operate with little or no finished goods supermarket.
For a customer whose demand is highly variable, maintaining a larger supermarket will probably be required.
Supermarkets are
essential for our friends at Acme Widget for two reasons. First, they provide a buffer of finished goods between highly
variable customer demand and the pacemaker process that must run at a more stable and leveled rate. Second, they can decouple
processes that run at different rates, for example a finishing process that flows at a constant rate and an earlier
fabrication process with a long setup that runs large lot sizes at a much faster cycle time. These supermarkets do not
contain finished goods but rather components that are used at the pacemaker (final assembly).
The size of an item's
supermarket depends on the frequency of replenishment and the volume and variability of demand for the item.
Pull to the customer
Another essential element of lean manufacturing is the principle of demand pull, which says "replace what is used."
Pull replenishment is
quite simple. Inventory for items in a supermarket is divided into equal units called kanbans. As a kanban-worth of inventory
is consumed, it is reported. When the number of empty kanbans hits a predetermined level, a signal is generated to schedule
replenishment. In a company with low setups, small order quantities, and lots of manufacturing flexibility, one kanban of
consumption might signal one kanban of replenishment. In other cases, several kanbans may need to accumulate before a
replenishment is signaled.
To use the pull
replenishment method rather than a more traditional work order method, there are some prerequisites:
Of these prerequisites,
the most difficult to achieve for most companies is relatively repetitive demand. Techniques used to create level demand
include finished goods supermarkets and load-leveling mechanisms like the heijunka box, plus other level-scheduling methods
for both volume and mix.
For items that are being
replenished using pull, some of the traditional techniques often associated with material requirements planning (MRP) are
shut off. Examples would include order releasing based on planned orders and traditional shop floor control based on push
dispatching rules. Typically, however, MRP planning continues to run to project requirements for suppliers of purchased
components and raw materials.
The issue is how to
communicate execution signals. In the conventional production situation and for low-volume, intermittent usage items, order
releases would typically be used. In the lean situation for high volume and relatively continual usage items, the best
execution mechanism is almost always demand-pull (kanban). Here, a pull signal can indicate the need to replenish finished
goods inventory, produce a product to order, and replenish component inventories.
EPE interval
Long setups are an impediment to creating value streams that flow. They typically result in larger lot sizes, lumpier
demands, longer lead times, potentially poorer quality, more inventory, and surges of work upstream. The large amount of time
needed to change over a pacemaker may prevent a true mixed-model schedule and stand in the way of implementing effective pull
systems for upstream components.
every-part-every-interval (EPEI) shows the effect of current setups on the flow through a process, plus the frequency that
each item produced in the process can actually be run without exceeding available capacity. The EPE interval calculates the
capacity required for running all the items that go through a process and uses that to determine how much time is available
for setup. The amount of time available for setup can be factored by the total setup time for producing every item at least
once and from this can be calculated the maximum number of times you can set up every item and the order quantity for each
one based on that frequency. For example, in the EPE interval calculation shown in Figure 1, Acme has calculated that each
part going through the molding process can be produced twice each month—an EPE interval of 10 days for each part. This
enables the company to set a lot size equal to ten days of demand for each item without incurring any kind of capacity
problem and without running a larger lot size and more inventory than required. The company would typically do this same
calculation for each different manufacturing process including its pacemakers.
The EPE interval answers
the key question: How often can we run every part through the process? Once a month? Once a week? Once a day? Once an hour?
The EPE interval validates that the schedules are actually doable from a capacity perspective. For fabrication processes that
are not part of a pacemaker, the EPE interval is essential for setting lot sizes. Lot sizes based on the EPE interval ensure
work scheduled for the process is doable and the most repetitive possible in the current environment.
The benefits of running
each item using the smallest valid interval (and decreasing it to an even smaller one) include
For the pacemaker
process, reducing the setup time and consequently cutting the EPE interval to less than the ship window (the interval between
shipments to a customer, daily or each shift or every two hours) has another potential benefit. This enables the company to
meet small orders as easily as large ones. For many companies, an EPE interval of less than a day means that any item can be
run essentially on demand. For this reason, a goal of mixed-model scheduling is to get the EPE interval to less than a day,
shift, or ship window.
The role of planning
in lean production
Key scheduling people in a lean environment—whether their job title is master scheduler or something different—typically
are involved in the following activities:
Such activities are in
addition to these employees' traditional roles of balancing supply and demand, ensuring customer responsiveness isn't
sacrificed in the name of factory stability (or vice versa), deciding where and how to meet the customer, and deciding how to
manage changes to the plan.
These, then, are the
basic tools needed for effective planning and scheduling in lean manufacturing: takt time, operational takt time, scheduling
at the pacemaker, supermarkets, heijunka/load leveling, kanban/demand pull, and the EPE interval. They are also the most
important areas to understand for those planning to integrate their master scheduling processes effectively into a lean
manufacturing environment.
Will you and your company
be moving to lean manufacturing? Our answer is yes—it is simply too good and too powerful to ignore. Some companies embrace
lean 100 percent and reap great rewards. Others use lean on their high-volume products and remain in a conventional mode on
the others. Some companies use lean principles for waste elimination but have difficulty with the scheduling elements of lean
because of highly volatile, nonrepetitive demand and perhaps a broad and fragmented product line.
Almost all companies
should be using lean. Too few are using it today. Lean will probably touch your life, if it hasn't already, so start building
your knowledge base.
"Master It" originally appeared in "APICS - The Performance Advantage", the
monthly magazine of APICS (www.apics.org).
Chris Gray is the president of Gray Research and
can be reached at cgr...@grayresearch.com
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helped more companies sort out manufacturing and distribution software issues
than any other individual in the field and has authored three books on this
topic. His Web site is www.grayresearch.com.
Tom Wallace is a Distinguished Fellow at Ohio
State's Center for Excellence in Manufacturing Management.
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Last night, the number of pelajar was down to 12. I'm a fan of the reality show since I was introduced to AF 2 last year by my Sis. No doubt the show is better than Astro Talent Quest (Chinese), Malaysian Idol, Audition or Mentor. I do watch all these shows to be in position to comment on this. However I'm not going to comment about the quality of the shows or even compare them.
I must salute to the people at Astro. These people really know how to generate money. Last season, AF charged 50 sen per sms/vote but this year they increase it to 65 sen per vote which is an increase of 30%. All the mobile service providers already lower their sms rates to as low as 1 sen per sms. Even Astro Talent Quest still charge 50 sen per vote. I really pity the voters and chatters at Channel @15 for being so fanatic about the show and they wouldn't mind spending hundreds of ringgit (this information was obtained based on my observation on channel @15). There was even this funny guy who say something like this in the chatroom: "Bini tak mau bagi wang. Aku gadai motor. Sekarang ada kredit RM1000 untuk AFundi."
Astro is so smart that they bring back Mawi, the pelajar that generate the most income for them. He was not chosen in the initial stage but because of the big demand from the chatters, the number of students were increased to 14 pelajar just to accomodate the request from AF fans. The other pelajar chosen to join back AF3 is Marsha. This Mawi guy was so phenomenal that even the host Aznil called him TsuMawi (originated from a chatter @15). He has his fan clubs all over Malaysia and they are ready to spend hundreds of ringgit each just to make him a winner at AF3.
I don't know what so great about Mawi. Some chatters say it's his aura. Some say it's his great voice (with some nasyid touch). But I only hear mediocre singing. He even constantly forget his song lyrics. What I see in those fans is they are trying to realise their dream by turning a kampung boy into a popstar just like in movies. These fans are fanatics and some even says that they are going to vote even if he doesn't sing. Another Carrie Underwood in the making I think.
Despite other talents like Idayu and Felix or even Amylea, Mawi is going to the AF3 champ this year. Trust me because the fanatic fans already invested a lot of money on him. But the BIGGEST winner here is none other than Astro.
I'm starting to get sick of these singing competitions that involves voting system. This is even worse than gambling. At least in gambling you still have a slight chance of winning money for yourself. I suggest AF3 fans or even the coming up Malaysian Idol fans to buy 4D or Jackpot instead of wasting money voting.

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Gitanjali Gems Ltd, the leading branded jewellery company in India has reported a 77.4 per cent increase in net profit at Rs. 354.8 crore for the year ended 31st March, 2011, as compared to Rs. 200 crore posted in the last fiscal year.
Commenting on the company's performance, Mehul Choksi, CMD, Gitanjali Gems Ltd, said, "In full year 2011, the group has achieved outstanding results in sales, and, even more in profitability. Further the continued focus towards jewellery business as well as expansion in India will drive the future growth and earnings." The company's net sales of Rs. 9,456 crore for the year ended 31st March, 2011, as compared to Rs. 6,527 crore in corresponding fiscal year, registering a growth of 44.9 per cent.
The company has developed about 20 different retail formats to expand its brands – Nakshatra, Asmi, Gili, D'Damas and Sangini – in the form of EBOs and MBOs.
In FY' 11, the company added nearly 3,00,000 sq.ft of retail space, primarily through company-owned stores and franchising route. Gitanjali group has reached to over 3,300 points-of-sale with about 300 additions in FY'11.


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The Astronauts were another group from the melodic 'Folk'-tinged end of the anarcho-punk spectrum. As, in my opinion, Punk Rock is Folk music, this is something quite natural.
Long naturally curly haired Mark Astronaut, had the standard anarcho-office clerk kind of voice that was so popular with most of these awful groups; but the Astronauts stood apart. They had good socially aware and insightful lyrics, some interesting songs,and didn't dress in washed out black with 'i'm in the Anarchy Club' badges splashed everywhere like medals.This stuff is genuine Folk music,not affected by fashion and hive-like behaviour.
Don't let the Folk/Punk label put you off, this ain't the Levellers or ,if possible, worse. Think more in line with a more lightweight Zounds;and if you haven't heard Zounds,they're quite trad melodic post-punk punk with a folk-flavour to the lyrics.......in fact like The Astronauts, but a bit punkier!?
Here's what it says on The Astronauts website:
"This cassette is a rare treat indeed. Side 1 has the added bonus of having two tracks featuring the superb soprano saxophone playing of Lol Coxhill. This side consists of 6 songs recorded in a 16-track studio by various combinations of The Astronauts. They are all professional quality recordings intended for future release on vinyl. Side 2 is a bonus for those of us who have followed Mark's work over the years. It also contains 6 songs, 5 of which were recorded in the more informal surroundings of the various Astronauts domiciles. Obviously, the recording quality on this material is not of the same high standard as Side 1, but nonetheless the songs themselves are of enormous quality* and interest* and we felt we could not pass up the opportunity to release these rare tapes."
*even though they say so themselves!?
Track listing:
A2 Seagull Mania 3:06
A3 Blood 2:42
A4 Gold at the Top 5:17
A5 Behave Yourself 3:35
A6 Typically English Day 2:57
B1 Sorry 4:50
B2 Political Stances 3:57
B3 Problems 2:37
B4 New Drummer Boy Blues 3:32
B5 Bodies in the Bath, Part 2 4:13
B6 Behave Yourself Dub 3:32


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My maternal grandmother was Jeannette ODonnell (1920 - 1993). Her mother, Anna Preston (1890 - 1921), died the year after Jeannette was born. Jeannette was raised by her paternal grandparents, Patrick Francis ODonnell (1857 - 1931) and Delia Joyce (1862 - 1929). Jeannette's stories about her grandparents and great grandparents were great leads when I set out to document the family history.
The oral story was that Patrick ODonnell immigrated to the United States from County Donegal in Ireland. To uncover more, I visited cemeteries, court houses, archives, and libraries. I viewed census records; birth, marriage, and death certificates; wills; newspapers- all the possibilities in a genealogist's treasure chest.
Patrick was single and living in Bayonne, New Jersey in the 1880 census. I found a few siblings born in the 1840s and 1850s and uncovered their father's name: Peter ODonnell. They were from Ardara in County Donegal. And that is as far as I could stretch. It's not that I can't find ODonnell; rather, the opposite is true: there are so many people named ODonnell (or Ó Domhnaill in Gaelic), that I can't distinguish my ODonnell line from any other.
Enter Y-DNA testing.
The immigrant Patrick ODonnell passed his Y chromosome virtually unchanged onto his sons and they passed this same Y chromosome onto their sons. An ODonnell cousin in this direct male line agreed to test at FamilyTreeDNA and the results are in.
|Surname ODonnell
37 marker Y-DNA test
I was surprised to see a flag and "Niall of the Nine Hostages." The results for two other Y-DNA tests, Lutter and Duryea, did not have any special designations.
I had to do some reading. Niall was a man who may or may not have existed. According to legend, he was a king of Ireland in the 4th and 5th centuries, which accorded him the right to have relations with many women, resulting in abundant offspring, and some of them also ruled and made lots of babies.
My ODonnell cousin has 772 matches on the Y chromosome. For comparison, my father has zero matches. My Duryea cousin has 38 matches.
Whether or not Niall actually existed, about 20% of men in northwestern Ireland (where County Donegal lies) and 1 out of 50 men in the New York area have an almost identical Y chromosome that originated from a prolific man. To be allowed such behavior, the man would have to be a king or man of great power, hence the idea that he was Niall of the Nine Hostages, or a very close relation to Niall.
This reminds me of the idea that Charlemagne may be an ancestor to most people of European heritage.
A study from the journal Genome Research offers that our collective maternal heritage is much more diverse than our paternal ancestry. In genetic bottlenecks throughout history, for every 17 women who passed their genes onto the next generation, only one man did so, reflecting the power of a few elite men who procreated abundantly.
This information about Niall is interesting, like looking into a crystal ball, but into the past, not the future- where one of my ancestral lines was located 1500 years ago. In the meantime, I am stuck in the 1820s in County Donegal.
In a separate post, I will discuss the more recent ancestry that the matches provide.


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Hello, all my lovely readers! Yes, yes, I realize what a shock this is to your systems. A post!! ::gasp!!:: And let me just tell you, this almost didn't happen. I think my kids & husband have some sort of monitoring system that alerts them to whenever I am about to rest or do something worthwhile (to me) and/or creative. And once that alarm sounds, it's like Mission Impossible. They are all over me like they are a gang of hungry cockroaches and I am the last moldy hotdog in the world.
Wow. I just totally described the loves of my life to cockroaches. Even worse, I likened myself to a weiner. Whatever. You can't fight the truth. ;)
Right now, as I am typing this post, I am simultaneously constructing (and reconstructing. And reconstructing again. And again. And again. And, lord help us all, again) a Lego Jeep for Austin. See, Daddy & the big kids are all either in bed or hiding in the bathroom. Levi is too tired to do much damage, so it's all up to Austin to keep me busy & try to stop the Creativity Process. But the poor guy is no match for me. He is a novice. I am armed with an extra large mug of coffee, a laptop...and superior Lego-building-with-one-hand skills.
So, alas, here I am, battling the odds (and the overwhelming need to pee....thanks to that extra large mug of coffee I mentioned), just trying to bring you this blog post! :D See? I love you!!!
Things have been rather hectic around here lately. Nothing that would interest you all too much, but has kept me on my toes. Over the last month-and-a-half, I have had 4 (count 'em: F-O-U-R...oh. Well, I guess that's more like "spell 'em", not "count 'em"...) women join my Avon sales team!! I have been training three of them & trying to pretend that I am the consummate professional. When in reality I am a very large dork with a penchant for hosting meetings & assembling PowerPoint presentations. ;)
Oh, here's a little jewel that you may find amusing. If not, who cares? I am in control of this keyboard & you are just along for the ride. So suck it up. Anyway, I was in the bathroom the other day after a long car ride. What was I doing in there? Man, are you nosey!! It's none of your business, man! Anyway, I was in the bathroom and my oldest son came running up to the door to relay a message to me. All of you mommies out there know what that's like. He is all excited & telling me that an Avon lady was at the door. Well, I (stupidly) assume that he means that its one of the ladies in my Sales Team. So I tell him to tell her that I was in the bathroom. Thirty seconds later, after tripping while trying to pull my pants up while running, I get to my front door....to find a strange woman at the door. Yes, folks, a woman had been driving past my house & saw my Avon decal on the back of my mini van & stopped to place an order. And yes, people, she was informed of my bathroom activities upon her arrival. How wonderful...and not at all embarrassing.
On a different note, I have been toying with the idea of going back to cloth diapering. Do you know how large of a mountain of moolah I can save by NOT having to buy disposable diapers for two boys?! But my genious self lost 3 out of my 4 diaper covers & hubby refuses to buy me more, so I am left to try & figure out how to get the funds to invest in some cloth.
And covers.
And washable wipes.
Ugh. That just sounds like so much work. It's really not. But it sounds like it. And that makes me tired just thinking about it.
Well, that seems to be the end of our little rendevouz today. Three out of four kids are up. Austin called in the big guns & they are good. They want to discuss the diaper rash that has been bothering Austin (hahahahaha! Originally I put my husband's name there!! LOL). And my trying to continue with this post is just reassuring them of their innermost belief: I am a selfish bastard. So let me get off here & discuss the merits of coconut oil vs Vaseline on a diaper rash...
Until next time!! xoxoxoxo


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Rumor has it that Super Street Fighter IV will have the car breaking and barrel busting mini-stages from the original Street Fighter II added into it [source]. No complaints here. Loved the car stage. Not so much the barrel one though. Depending on which character you were using that one could be a bitch. You could always cheese the car stage with Blanka or E. Honda, though.
Update: It's confirmed that the car-bashing bonus stage will return in Super Street Fighter IV.
See Benny the Cab from 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' is in this comic? Reminds me that I want to mention two things relating to the 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' product. One, read the book the movie is based on: 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'. It has Roger, Baby Herman, Eddie Valiant and Jessica Rabbit in it and that's about where the similarities between the two end. Much darker story and has a pulp detective feel to it. Definitely worth the read. Second, Robert Zemeckis has confirmed that he is working on a Roger Rabbit sequel and that the original screenwriters are working on a script. [source]. Not sure if this is a good thing or not. Zemeckis has a major hard-on for the CGI motion capture thing now. Not sure if he might try using that instead of live actors. Just wouldn't have the same feel. Your opinion?
Nonetheless, I'm done for the week. I will be at Nekocon, my last convention of the year, this weekend. So if you're going to be in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area of Virginia drop by and say, "Hi!" Otherwise, I'll talk you next week.


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In this section you will find some of NLWA's responses to recent consultation. NLWA typically responds to a consultation if it is likely to affect the operational practices or finances of the Authority. Draft responses are included in the 'Consultations and Policy Update' reports to Authority meetings. For a complete list of NLWA consultation responses email firstname.lastname@example.com
NLWA does not ordinarily run consultations, apart from the recent consultation on the North London Heat and Power Project (NLHPP). You can find out more information about NLHPP on the NLHPP website.
Consultation responses
Consultation on the Government's Industrial Strategy Green Paper 2017
In January 2017 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) issued a green paper entitled 'Building Our Industrial Strategy'. The objective of the draft industrial strategy as set out in the paper is "to improve living standards and economic growth by increasing productivity and driving growth across the whole country". The government has identified ten pillars of thought and policy for the strategy which they consider, based upon evidence, will drive economic growth.
NLWA responded to the Green Paper following approval of the response at the Authority meeting on 5 April 2017.
Consultation on the Goverment's proposal on Plastic Packaging Tax 2019
This consultation was about the Government's proposal to introduce a new tax on plastic packaging as announced in the Budget in 2018. The tax will be set at a rate that provides a clear economic incentive for businesses to use recycled material in the production of plastic packaging.
NLWA's response to the consultation is available here.
Defra consultation on consistency in household and business recycling collections in England 2019
This consultation was about requiring collection authorities to collect certain materials for recycling in order to increase recycling rates.
Consultation on consistency in household and business recycling collections in England
Defra consultation on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland 2019
This consultation was about proposals to introduce an additional cost (or 'deposit') on beverage containers which would be refunded if people return them for recycling. The aim of the scheme would be to increase the amount of beverage containers recycled.
Consultation on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Defra consultation on reforming the UK packaging producer responsibility system 2019
This consultation was about reforming the producer responsibility system for packaging waste to make the system more effective.
Consultation on reforming the UK packaging producer responsibility system
Defra Proposals to Extend the Bag Tax 2019
Following the introduction of a bag tax in England the government issued a consultation on proposals to extend the scheme.
NLWA's response to the consultation is available here.
Defra Consultation on proposals to ban the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, plastic-stemmed cotton buds and plastic drink stirrers in England 2018
On 22 October 2018 Defra issued a consultation on proposals to ban the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, plastic-stemmed cotton buds and plastic drink stirrers in England. NLWA's response to the consultation is available here.
Defra Call for evidence on voluntary and economic incentives to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling 2017
This call for evidence was about the impact of voluntary and economic incentives to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling. Principally this call for evidence was seeking evidence for the potential impact of introducing and England-wide Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers whereby consumers would be incentivised to return empty drinks containers rather than disposing or recycling them for free.
NLWA response to Defra call for evidence on voluntary and economic incentives to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling
Defra Consultation on WEEE Compliance Fee Methodology 2017
Between 18 October and 1 December Defra consulted on the methodology it intended to use for calculating the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance Fee for 2017.
NLWA response to the Defra consultation on the WEEE Compliance Fee Methodology 2017
Enfield Local Plan 2017 – 2032
LB Enfield's Local Plan is due to be adopted by summer 2017. In the early stages of the Plan's development LB Enfield undertook a call for sites, alongside providing a consultation document on challenges, visions and options.
Please see NLWA's response to Enfield's Local Plan
Environment Agency charge proposals from 2018
From 30 November 2017 until 26 January the Environment Agency was consulting on its scheme of charges for environmental permits and a range of other approvals with the aim of bringing a new charging regime into effect from 1 April 2018.
The aims of the review included to simplify the current charging regime and to enable full cost recovery through the charging scheme. A response was submitted on 26 January 2018.
Haringey Development Management Development Plan Document (DPD) 2016
The Development Management DPD gives effect to Haringey's spatial strategy and the key objectives of the Strategic Policies Local Plan.
NLWA responded in 2013 to the Draft Development Management Policies Consultation and commented again in March 2015 on the Preferred Options. Below is NLWA's response to the pre-submission version of the Development Management Plan DPD.
Haringey Site Allocations DPD - Preferred Option 2015
NLWA's response to the Preferred Option Draft of the Sites Allocation Development Plan Document (DPD), February 2015 focusses on the Pinkham Way site in Haringey, which is part owned by NLWA and part owned by London Borough of Barnet.
Haringey Site Allocations DPD - Pre-submission version 2016
The Site Allocations DPD allocates sufficient sites to accommodate the identified development needs in the borough. It specifically identifies strategic sites which will make a significant contribution to meeting the growth plans set out in the Local Plan Strategic Policies. Once adopted the Site Allocations DPD will enable LB Haringey to determine planning applications and make interventions on sites in line with the allocations.
At the pre-submission stage of the Site Allocations DPD development the consultation was primarily concerned with the soundness of the DPD i.e. is the DPD positively prepared, justified, effective and consistent with national planning policy. Please see below:
Haringey Strategic Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) 2016
LB Haringey's Strategic Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) was adopted by the Council in March 2013. The purpose of the document is to set out the long term vision for how Haringey, and the places within it, should develop by 2026 and the Council's strategy for achieving that vision. However, since the Strategic Policies were adopted there have been a number changes in the over-arching planning framework at both national and regional level which affect local planning. Accordingly LB Haringey identified and consulted on a number of alterations for the Strategic Policies to ensure that the Strategic Policies DPD remains up-to-date and consistent with the current national and regional planning position.
NLWA's response to the proposed changes to the Strategic Policies
Haringey Tottenham Area Action Plan 2016
LB Haringey consulted on two area action plans - for Wood Green and Tottenham. NLWA has responded to the Tottenham Area Action Plan (AAP) because it encompasses the Reuse and Recycling Centre (RRC) at Park View Road and the Authority's offices at Ashley Road.
HMT Tackling the Plastic Problem 2018
This call for evidence by the Treasury was seeking to explore how changes to the tax system or charges could be used to reduce the amount of single-use plastic that we waste, in order to deliver better environmental outcomes. NLWA's response drew upon its experience of the issue in north London.
JWDAs BREXIT: position paper 2017
North London Waste Authority and the other five joint waste disposal authorities (JWDAs) in England have produced a paper which calls for an English Resource Strategy. This paper was attached as Appendix 1 to the Authority's response to the government's green paper Building Our Industrial Strategy in April 2017.
Mayor of London draft London Environment Strategy 2017
The Mayor of London has a duty to develop a capital-wide environment strategy, the London Environment Strategy (LES), the Authority will also have a duty to be in general conformity with the waste elements of the LES.This is the first strategy to bring together approaches to every aspect of London's environment. It is divided into the following areas:
• Air quality
• Green infrastructure
• Climate change mitigation and energy
• Waste
• Adapting to climate change
• Ambient noise
The final London Environment Strategy will be published in 2018.
New London Plan 2018
In December 2017 the Mayor of London issued a consultation on a new London Plan (NLP). The London Plan sets the strategic planning framework for the capital. The NLP will run from 2019 to 2041. NLWA responded to the consultation.
New North London Waste Plan (NLWP) Launch Consultation 2013
Launch consultation on the new North London Waste Plan (NLWP), the spatial strategy for waste in north London. The plan is prepared by seven north London boroughs in their capacities as planning authorities and will allocate sites for waste facilities and establish common policies against which planning applications for new waste facilities will be assessed. Further consultations on the NLWP will come forward as the Plan is developed.
North East Enfield Area Action Plan (NEEAAP) 2014
As part of the London Borough of Enfield's preparation of an Area Action Plan (AAP) for North East Enfield, London Borough of Enfield sought comments upon the draft NEEAAP. The NEEAAP will provide a comprehensive planning policy framework to guide future development and investment in North East Enfield. Whilst the NEEAAP area is to the north of the Edmonton EcoPark site, where the energy-from-waste facility for north London is located, the consultation was relevant to the Authority because the NEEAAP refers to the Lee Valley Heat Network and to the Edmonton EcoPark as the major source of heat for this network.
North London Waste Plan (NLWP) Issues and Options consultation 2008
Consultation on the Issues and Options version of the NLWP the strategic landuse plan which will set the framework for allocating new waste sites and policies against which new waste facility planning applications will be assessed in north London. A new NLWP is currently in preparation. Further detail is available on the NLWP website.
North London Waste Plan (NLWP) Preferred Options consultation 2009
Consultation on the Preferred Options version of the NLWP, the strategic landuse plan which will set the framework for allocating new waste sites and policies against which new waste facility planning applications will be assessed in north London. A new NLWP is currently in preparation. Further detail is available on the NLWP website.
North London Waste Plan (NLWP) Proposed Submission consultation 2011
Consultation on the submission version of the NLWP the strategic landuse plan which will set the framework for allocating new waste sites and policies against which new waste facility planning applications will be assessed in north London. A new NLWP is currently in preparation. Further detail is available on the NLWP website.
NLWP proposed submission version representation form
The Authority additionally submitted a list of factual corrections - if a copy of these is required please contact the Authority.
North London Waste Plan 2015
The seven constituent borough councils in north London have been working together as planning authorities to prepare a Joint Waste Development Plan Document (Joint Waste DPD) which will set the framework for waste planning in the area for the period 2017 to 2032. The joint waste DPD is entitled the 'North London Waste Plan' (NLWP). This consultation on the draft plan will be followed by a consultation on the 'proposed submission version' in autumn 2016. NLWP response 29-09-15
North London Waste Plan - Proposed Submission North London Waste Plan 2019
The seven North London Boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Waltham Forest in their capacities as planning authorities issued the proposed submission North London Waste Plan (NLWP) between 1 March and 12 April 2019 for consultation. The NLWP sets the planning framework for waste planning in north London for the period 2020 - 2035. NLWA responded to the proposed submission NLWP on individual response forms as requested by the NLWP, but these have been collated for the purposes of a single website document.


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The Spa at The Cliffs
Indulge in services ranging from speciality manicures and pedicures to hydrating facials and deep tissue massages that will leave your body and mind relaxed and ready for anything. The professional staff will pamper and provide you with a rejuvenating experience.
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Because of the nature of a spa experience, we request that you silence cell phones when you enter the facility.
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When you check in for your appointment, you will be escorted to a locker area. A robe and slippers will be provided. They are the appropriate wear around the spa. Your therapist will greet you in the rest area and accompany you to your treatment room. The therapist will step out to give you time to make yourself comfortable and undress to your level of comfort.
The State of Texas requires that we prepare intake forms. This information is valuable for the therapist and ensures your safety. Forms are absolutely confidential as is any information you share with the therapist.
Please avoid bringing valuables to the spa or leaving them in your locker.
The Spa at The Cliffs Resort offers therapeutic and rejuvenating facial and body care treatments. We also have a fitness center for your enjoyment. A spa receptionist will coordinate a spa experience specifically to your needs. We suggest you make your reservations as far in advance as possible due to limitations on select appointments. When scheduling your appointments, we request a credit card to hold your reservation. Spa attire is provided for you.
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A 24-hour notice of cancellation is appreciated for all single services. Multiple services or spa packages require a 48 hour notice of cancellation. If we do not receive a call, 100% of the payment for services not canceled in the time allotted will be charged.
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2016. Let's rock this shit. Who has goals? I have a few goals.
I gotta get healthy. For my sanity, my body, and my wardrobe. But I'm doing this by:
- eating more vegetables
- drinking lots of water
- sleeping more sensibly (i.e. not more, just earlier on week nights etc)
- yoga every damn day
- less sugar
(rather than obsessing or doing crazy crash dieting crap)
I gotta write more. So this means:
- scheduled music time
- gigs!
Other goals:
- declutter
- sort the house for sale in the summer
- work on my stress levels (either through changing jobs or finding time to let it go – more meditation maybe?)
- more spiritual time for me
- more Scotland travel, also maybe a few more European jaunts
You got goals? Let's kick ass.


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Deep relaxation, tension release, chronic pain reduction, and overall deliciousness. With a background in therapeutic massage, I draw on a variety of modalities to release tension and energy from the body, including: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Hawaiian Lomilomi, Body Mobilization Techniques (BMT), Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT), and Reiki. My integrated and intuitive Read more [...]
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Habitas TulumTown , Beach or Beyond: Beach
The Local Take: Habitas is a Hotel & Spa located on the Tulum beach road, KM 4, right before Papaya Playa Project. It is inspired on a global community and created to celebrate all the cultures of the world. They have a beautiful beach club and restaurant with delicious cuisine. Read more [...]
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Chiropractor in Tulum. I have practiced in the United States for twenty years and now I am here in paradise for the season and possibly forever. I've helped people with all sorts of conditions and pain. I do have a portable table if you need me to come to you!
Maya TulumTown , Beach or Beyond: Beach
The Local Take: Maya Tulum is known for it's yoga retreats, this resort is a blissful destination. Although the grounds are usually bustling with sta and yoga enthusiasts, there are signs all over asking you to respect and enjoy the silence. This makes your experience all the more ethereal as Read more [...]
Shandala SpaTown , Beach or Beyond: Town
The Local Take: Located in town, on Main Street, on the same side of the street as Scotia Bank at the second stoplight, and right next to the Similares pharmacy, is Shandala Spa. This is a good place to go for manicures and pedicures in town. If you want a detoxing, Read more [...]
Mayan Clay Spa & BathhouseTown , Beach or Beyond: Beach
The Local Take: The Mayan Clay Spa and Bathhouse is a truly unique pampering experience as warm clay taken right from the earth is rubbed over your entire body to detoxify and remineralize the body's organs. Once the clay dries, you are asked to wash o the clay mask in Read more [...]
Be TulumTown , Beach or Beyond: Beach
The Local Take: One of the most luxurious hotels in Tulum. Be Tulum uses natural materials and glass to create an atmosphere of bohemian opulence in their 20+ rooms. There is a common hotel pool on site reserved for hotel guests only. Each room hosts its own private pool as Read more [...]
Sanara HotelTown , Beach or Beyond: Beach
The Local Take: Sanara Hotel is located just past Hartwood and Casa Banana restaurants and before La Zebra Hotel. It has one of the most beautiful spas in Tulum. It has a simple but beautiful and elegant design. Sanara offers in it´s Spa a wide range of treatments such as Read more [...]
Papaya Playa ProjectTown , Beach or Beyond: Beach
The Local Take: OK, this is past the point of being a "Project", this place is big and if it's still a project it's ongoing and going! We used to wonder what the project was, know we know it's to have fin! You'll have a lot of lodging options to Read more [...]
Mi Amor HotelTown , Beach or Beyond: Beach
The Local Take: Mi Amor Tulum Hotel is situated among the rocky coral cliffs overlooking the Caribbean. The design of the hotel blends beautifully and sublimely with the environment it inhabits. The tiered pools fall beside the gourmet restaurant of the same name which features fresh Mexican fusion dishes with Read more [...]


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Jewish World Review Feb. 13, 2013/ 3 Adar 5773
A message to Obama, served cold
By Jonah Goldberg
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com |
In an earlier era, Dr.
Born in crushing poverty to an illiterate single mother dedicated to seeing her children succeed, Carson became the head of the department of pediatric neurosurgery at
Even if you didn't like the substance of what Carson had to say at the breakfast, his speech made for great political theater. President Obama was seated on the stage, just a few feet away, and he didn't look like he was having a good time.
Intellectual historians of black America might make a great deal out of the image of a frowning Obama listening as Carson inveighed against a culture of victimology and dependency. It's too trite to say that the president is the incarnation of
But as Mark Twain allegedly said, history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. The great argument between DuBois and Washington is often boiled down to integration versus self-help. Washington believed that blacks should emphasize education and self-advancement first and worry about integration later. DuBois favored a civil-rights-first strategy combined with reliance on the leadership of technocrats, including what he called the "talented tenth," or the best African-Americans.
Culturally, DuBois won the argument and the allegiance of liberals and the left, while Washington has often been unfairly cast as an Uncle Tom (despite fighting against racial injustice his whole life).
But in a country that's elected a black president -- twice -- and passed the Civil Rights Act half a century ago, even if Washington was wrong about the sequence of priorities, it seems fair to ponder whether the time has come for his philosophy to get a second look.
Although much of Carson's speech focused on personal responsibility, he offered two concrete policy ideas. The first is a flat tax. The Bible endorses the idea, Carson explained. Everyone should tithe -- give 10 percent -- in good times and bad. It doesn't have to be 10 percent, he conceded. It's the principles of proportionality and simplicity that matter.
Critics complain that the poor guy who puts in
Carson's idea for health-care reform is even more Washingtonian. Instead of the technocratic behemoth of Obamacare, empower the individual. "When a person is born, give him a birth certificate, an electronic medical record and a health savings account to which money can be contributed -- pretax -- from the time you're born till the time you die. If you die, you can pass it on to your family members ... and there's nobody talking about death panels."
The beauty of Carson's argument exceeds its simplicity, particularly as even economist
As a conservative, I'm obviously partial to all this. But there's something bigger than a policy dispute going on here. Although DuBois and Washington were understandably consumed by racial questions, the philosophical divide between Obama and Carson is one we are all part of now. And that's a sign of the racial progress both DuBois and Washington fought for.
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Popular Ghanaian reggae singer "Blakk Rasta" has been summoned to appear before a parliamentary committee after he said that most of the West African country's legislators use marijuana, officials said on Friday.
Speaker Doe Adzaho has issued an order for the musician, whose real name is Abubakar Ahmed, to answer to lawmakers for damaging the reputation of parliament.
The comments, made on radio station HitzFM, angered many lawmakers and Ahmed could be prosecuted or be made to withdraw the comments and publicly apologize, a senior clerk told Reuters.
The 40-year-old musician, famous in Ghana for a song eulogizing Barack Obama that earned him a rare dinner meeting with the U.S. president when he visited Accra in 2009, said he was misunderstood.
"What I said was that about 80 percent of parliamentarians all over the world may have used marijuana," he told Reuters.
He said the comment was part of his fight to legalize the drug.
(Reporting by Kwasi Kpodo; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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American Home Design $1,000 Scholarship Contest
American Home Design is proud to be the home renovation leader in the greater Nashville, Tennessee area. Since 1977, we've been committed to providing families in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama with quality home improvement products and services they can trust. We understand that our customers view their homes as a safe haven — a place that should feel comfortable and secure while reflecting their own personal style. That is why we provide only the finest products and craftsmanship, turning every home we touch into a customized and beautiful sanctuary.
Over the years, we've developed strong relationships with the families in our area, and we believe it is our responsibility and privilege to give back to the community that has supported our family for more than 35 years. We feel the best way to say "thank you" is to offer an annual college scholarship contest. Every year, we will give a $1,000 college scholarship to one U.S. undergrad student who is working to earn a degree in business, management, marketing, or a related field.
But don't think this contest will be easy. Winning our scholarship will require you to write an essay following the guidelines listed below. If American Home Design selects your essay to be the best, then you'll receive the $1,000 scholarship fund! Just like we provide only the highest quality products to our customers, we expect only the highest quality writing from our scholarship applicants. So clear some space at your desk, grab a cup of cold brew coffee, and let's begin.
Applicants must be a U.S. undergraduate seeking a degree in business, management, marketing, or a related field. Student must have a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA and submit a 1,000 – 1,500 word essay entitled "American Home Design Scholarship". The paper must be signed with the student's full name and .edu email address.
The essay must answer the following question:
American Home Design provides premier home improvement products and services to our clients and our mission is to treat our customers as we would like to be treated. What are three core values you believe a business should maintain to ensure the highest level of customer service is achieved?
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- Disbursement awarded by August 1st, annually.
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- The American Home Design Scholarship award will be submitted to the financial aid office that matches the student's primary .edu email address.
- Once the winner is chosen, the student may be asked to provide personal identification information (like birthdate or student ID) to confirm enrollment.
- American Home Design will withhold the award if the applicant does not meet the eligibility requirements at the time of disbursement.
- In the event that no applicant meets the scholarship's requirements for academic achievement and writing aptitude, American Home Design reserves the right to withhold disbursement.
- American Home Design employees and immediate family are not eligible to apply.


text: On Friday 08 August 2003 05:34 pm, Dan Conti wrote: > I can downgrade again to debug it more, but i dont think it's worth the > effort - i think the docs say qt 3.1 is "highly recommended" at this > point, and the interface for keys in 3.1 looked a bit easier to use > anyways. If it were just an issue with how the key was dumped into the > event it might be worth it, but the wierd latency issues are kind of a > curveball. In a couple more releases, I think I'm going to make 3.1 required -- it really does fix a number of bugs in the library itself (random segfaults in QString, etc), and it'd be nice to be able to use the newer features of Qt without worrying about 3.0 support. Isaac


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No matter what Apple has to say about the iPhone 5 tomorrow, you can bet that an army of loyal fans will be ready to jump on the opportunity to get their hands on the company's latest smartphone. How long will they have to wait for the opportunity to place their orders? A new rumor suggests it could be a little longer than we were expecting.
About a month ago, we shared with you a rumor we had heard that Apple would open the books on pre-orders the very same day it announced the iPhone 5. While that would certainly play well off the buzz from the announcement itself, Apple may need a couple more days to ready its staff for the massive influx of orders expected.
Instead of tomorrow, the latest rumor has Apple waiting until this Friday to start accepting pre-orders. Even then, the exact timing isn't clear; in the past, Apple's started taking orders online as soon as midnight on the day orders open, but this time it may be looking to get a good night's sleep instead and wouldn't start taking orders until 6AM eastern.
Of course, you'd still have another week or two to go before the phones start shipping, but we know how anxious it can feel when there's an exciting new phone about to drop and you want to absolutely guarantee you get your hands on one ASAP. Look for updates on iPhone pre-orders once we get the official word from Apple tomorrow.


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November 17 2010
(SPOILER) Tim Minear wrote tonight's episode of Terriers. If you love "Out of Gas," "Omega," "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been," and too many other Firefly, Dollhouse and Angel episodes to list, treat yourself to the latest written by the man. (Spoiler tag solely because the article mentions the structure of tonight's episode. It gives away none of the story.)
He wrote on his Facebook page when he posted this article: "I love Maureen Ryan. Also, apparently I worked on Buffy."
He wrote on his Facebook page when he posted this article: "I love Maureen Ryan. Also, apparently I worked on Buffy."
Here's the teaser for tonight's episode, that I posted too early here last week.
Terriers really is a great show; I'm reminded of Rockford Files, Veronica Mars, and Shannon's Deal (a great series John Sayles produced in the early '90s that nobody saw but me), but it's really its own show. Mo Ryan's comments are dead-on.
By the way, the Alan Sepinwall piece on Terriers is also well worth reading.
I've been watching Terriers out of loyalty to Tim Minear and Shawn Ryan, but so far I've mostly found it to be a disappointment. Hopefully the last three episodes will be better.
I am amazed at the way this show gets better with each week--and it started out strong. I'm glad Mo Ryan says people who've never seen it can jump right in with tonight's episode.
What a wonderful ep. The flashbacks were seamless, and it reminded me not just a little of Out Of Gas. Now, Out Of Gas is in a league of its own, but this one was really really good.
Ratings: TERRIERS up to 725,000 viewers (from 539,000 last week), 0.4 w/ adults 18-49 (up from 0.2). http://twitpic.com/380yo3
I'm a sucker for flashback episodes, and I rate this one up with the best flashbacks of Firefly/Buffy/Angel (well, okay, not quite Fool for Love great) or those of The West Wing.
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Hey yall! Happy hump day!
I don't have anything inspiring or super crafty to share with you today. We honestly haven't done anything super cutesy this week, besides our Earth Day owls :) We have just been really trying to get to all our content, and haven't had much time for cutesy. We also had to set aside an hour and a half today for testing, totally last minute. Sheesh. There went social studies!
So I thought I would share some stuff that I am really lovin' lately.
1. Mod Podge: I am really digging this stuff. It has my wheels-a-turnin. I will be putting this to great use in the next few weeks, especially once I start making my end-of-the-year gifts!
2. This place...
This is our local dog park and it is awesome! We spend most of our afternoons here with our pups. It is a great way to relax after a long day at school, and is amazing exercise for our sweet doggies.
3. This adorable unit that I purchased from Alisha at The Bubbly Blonde. Our first grade classes are all switching on the last week, and each teacher will teach a lesson to all 3 first grade classes. I was trying to find something cute and funky...and this is perfect! Can't wait to see how they turn out :)
4. The lineup for this year's Music Midtown in September.
Can you say Pearl Jam?!?!
That would be enough in itself, but also in the lineup is Foo Fighters, The Avett Brothers, and Florence and the Machine. Super stoked!!!
5. That there are only 17 days of school left!!! I am in the midst of writing my last set of lesson plans for the year...whoo-hoo! Even though I am over the moon excited that summer is so close, it is also bitter sweet, because I know that I will officially be unemployed. So keep your fingers crossed for me that I get a job next year!
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Who Went: Chelsey & Michelle
Number of Visits: 1
What We Ordered: Michelle - Ricotta Dumplings and Grilled Asparagus, Chelsey - French Dip Sandwich with side of Broccoli Raab
What It Cost: $14.50 for me (including tip)
What We Thought:
I've been wanting to try The Copper Onion for forever, but it never seemed to work out with our schedules, so I decided to settle for going here for lunch last week instead. Normally I don't love trying new restaurants just for their lunch menu since they typically all have a similar boring spread of soup/sandwiches/salads, but The Copper Onion still proved to have something to interest my palate.
They weren't too busy for lunch on a Friday afternoon, so we were seated immediately. Despite the dreary rainy weather, the restaurant was bathed in lovely natural light from their large windows and we loved the rustic decor. Michelle wasn't feeling too hungry, so she ordered a couple small plates, and I decided that I would have to go for a sandwich. My rule for restaurants is that I will only order something I cannot (or am not willing to) make at home, and a French Dip sandwich seemed to fit that bill.
We tested the dumplings first, which turned out to be more satisfying than I had anticipated. They had a soft, tender texture, a delicate infusion of thyme, and were lightly fried. I was surprised at how they were filling, but still didn't feel too heavy. They were dusted with a light sprinkling of cheese and lemon, and are an excellent choice to start your meal.
Lemon seemed to be the accent of choice in our meal, and was paired with a delicious creamy sauce for the grilled asparagus. The asparagus was cooked to perfection, helping eliminate the sometimes bitter taste that accompanies this vegetable.
I ordered the broccoli raab as a side dish for my sandwich - let's start off by saying that this is clearly a different vegetable than broccoli! In fact, broccoli raab (or rabe or rapini) is not related to broccoli at all, and actually tasted to me more like a mix between kale and spinach. Either way, it was delicious, and was sprinkled with hot chili flakes that kept catching me by surprise!
And now the real part of the meal - the French Dip sandwich. I was initially intrigued by this dish because it said on the menu that it came with Tillamook cheddar cheese. I've never had a French Dip sandwich with any kind of cheese except the rare provolone slices, but since I'm from the West coast, I am a die-hard Tillamook fan, and knew it had to be amazing. Fortunately, I was totally right. The rich cheese oozed onto piles of delicious roast beef from Pleasant Creek Ranch, and was highlighted by sweet grilled onions. The meat was a little dry, but in that soft, tender, cured way that is absolutely delicious. It was served with more than twice the amount of au jous I needed, and was topped with two of their housemade pickles. I am a huge pickle snob - I'll only eat Farman's pickles which sadly can only be found in Federal Way, WA now, but these pickles may have changed my mind. Fantastic. The bread it was served on wasn't the best, but it was sturdy and fresh enough to provide an excellent base for the wonderful sandwich filling inside. Totally messy, but a real treat.
What You Should Do: Do what I am going to do, and go ahead and make a reservation for dinner! To me, they proved to be worth all they hype, and I will definitely be going back again. I am particularly intrigued by their wide range of fresh cheeses, and enjoyed the unique flavor twists on their dishes. The service wasn't particularly great, and it's definitely not cheap, but I would say it's certainly worth a trip for a special occasion and delicious meal.
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Some of you may have read this title and assumed I would be writing about when I found out I was pregnant, but that involves a not so classy CVS bathroom with my best friend that isn't my favorite thing to share, haha!
When did you know that you had met your son/daughter's future parents? I remember it like it was yesterday.
I had looked through a few books of families and honestly, I had a feeling they were the ones before I even met them. They were a hopeful couple who had struggled with infertility and wanted a baby to complete their family more than anything. The woman was a a 7th grade special education teacher who coached middle school basketball and the man was a police sergeant. They lived in Savannah, Georgia, which was about 4 hours from me.
I remember worrying about how I would greet them, do I hug them? Do I shake their hand? This was so small but it was the first impression and I wanted it to be absolutely perfect. And it was. I was told beforehand that the lady from the adoptive agency would be prompting us throughout the meeting to keep it going nicely and allowing us to get to know each other. I do not remember her saying one word throughout the meeting because with my mom, the future adoptive parents, and myself, she couldn't get a word in!! I had a list of questions I came in with and I remember asking them question after question and they said an honest response every time, not trying to give me the perfect answer. In my eyes, it was the perfect response every time though!
We had so much in common.
When they left, I remember them giving me their phone numbers, address, and emails. This is such a rare blessing. They both gave me long hugs, I think we both knew. On the way home, I texted them ultrasound pictures of Noah.
I couldn't wait to see them as a family.
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LOS ANGELES — Adventurer Steve Fossett and Virgin Atlantic chief Richard Branson unveiled an exotic jet Thursday in which Fossett will attempt the first solo, nonstop flight around the world without refueling.
The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, a single-engine jet with a 114-foot (34.7-meter) wingspan, was rolled out at Mojave Airport in the desert north of Los Angeles after four years of design and construction by cutting-edge aviation designer Burt Rutan and his company, Scaled Composites.
The first nonstop flight around the world on a single load of fuel was accomplished in 1986 when pilots Dick Rutan, Burt's brother, and Jeana Yeager took off in the Rutan-built Voyager from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and landed there nine days later.
One better with one less
Fossett, who became friends with Branson while trying to fly around the world in balloons, will try to go one better than the Voyager flight -- by going one less.
"In aviation, solo flights carry quite a distinction from co-piloted flights, they become more of an endurance endeavor, and become focused on the ability and the performance of a single person," he told The Associated Press.
"I will be totally responsible for flying the airplane at all times, so I carry one level more of responsibility," he said. "But that is not the only distinction. My flight is at a different technology level as well. It's a jet flight and it's also a much faster flight."
Fossett, who made the first solo balloon flight around the world in 2002, also holds various glider and jet aircraft records.
Voyager vs. GlobalFlyer
The similarities between Voyager and GlobalFlyer end with their common trimaran shape: a long wing with a stubby cockpit fuselage flanked by long booms with twin tails.
In addition to having a two-person crew, Voyager was piston-powered with propellers mounted in front of and behind the cockpit. Unpressurized, it flew slowly at low altitudes.
GlobalFlyer has a turbofan engine atop its single-seat, pressurized cockpit and will fly at speeds greater than 287 mph (460 kilometers per hour) and at altitudes up to 52,000 feet, where it will seek the jetstream's push to give it the range to fly around the world in just over three days.
The attempt to fly around the world will be made after numerous test flights, probably sometime between November and March when the jetstream will be favorable.
The flight will originate from somewhere in the central United States to allow the plane to remain over land while it gains altitude and to ensure that it will be over land at the end of the flight, when there is a risk of it running out of fuel.
Virgin Atlantic is sponsoring the flight, though the cost of the project remains secret.
"There aren't many great aviation records left to be had," Branson said in an interview. "This is perhaps, apart from space, the last great aviation record for Earth."
Branson as backup
Branson, whose own aviation feats include the first hot-air balloon crossing of the Atlantic in 1987, is a backup pilot for GlobalFlyer, but only if something catastrophic happens to Fossett.
"If anybody can do it, Steve is one of the few people in the world who can stay awake for 80 hours," Branson said, calling him "the greatest adventurer alive today."
Burt Rutan said GlobalFlyer is "absolutely" different from Voyager.
Voyager was 73 percent fuel by weight when it took off; GlobalFlyer will be 82 percent fuel.
"Now that doesn't sound like a big difference, but to a structural airplane designer, making something that is 82 percent fuel is extremely difficult compared to making something that's 73 percent fuel. This is a very, very difficult problem," Rutan said.
GlobalFlyer is expected to weigh about 22,000 pounds (10,000 kilograms) at takeoff and land 23,000 miles (37,000 kilometers) later after using 18,000 pounds (8,200 kilograms) of fuel. Internet users can track the project's progress via the GlobalFlyer Web site.
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NEW YORK, May 12, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Young Survival Coalition (YSC), the premier global organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women with breast cancer, has named Jennifer Merschdorf as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Merschdorf will bring a combination of leadership, strategic planning and financial management skills to the position.
There are more than a quarter-million women living in the U.S. today who were diagnosed with breast cancer before their 41st birthday. Ms. Merschdorf strives to be a strong voice for these women, ensuring that they face the disease empowered and supported. As a young breast cancer survivor, Ms. Merschdorf understands the need for all young women to have access to YSC's critical resources.
"My goal is to bring a new voice and a new philanthropic approach to YSC," said Ms. Merschdorf. "I look forward to the opportunity to merge my traditional business and large-scale nonprofit training with fresh and innovative thinking. Now is a particularly exciting time to be joining YSC as the organization creates its vision for the next decade. YSC needs to remain as relevant as the amazing young women we serve."
A San Francisco Bay Area native, Ms. Merschdorf spent the first six years of her career in the for-profit sector. Motivated by a desire to effect social change, she entered the nonprofit world in 2001 when she joined the Sierra Club, where she became a Director of Operations and Finance. She later served as Director of Development for New Yorkers for Parks. Most recently, Ms. Merschdorf was the Director of Finance for Soliya, an international nonprofit.
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AD Duty Orders on Goods from China Revised to Reflect WTO Case. Effective July 20, the International Trade Administration is implementing determinations under section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act as a result of proceedings at the World Trade Organization with respect to antidumping duty proceedings on the following products from China.
- aluminum extrusions
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- kitchen appliance shelving and racks
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- narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge
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- sodium nitrite
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The WTO proceedings concerned the ITA's imposition of AD duties calculated on the basis of the methodology for non-market economy countries concurrently with the imposition of countervailing duties on the same products without having assessed whether so-called double remedies (i.e., the offsetting of the same subsidy twice) arose from such concurrent duties.
Steel Plate. The ITA has rescinded its administrative review of the CV duty order on cut-to-length carbon quality steel plate from Korea for the period Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2014, with respect to BDP International, Daewoo International Corp., GS Global Corp., Hyundai Glovis,
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PET Film, Sheet and Strip. In its administrative review of the AD duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Taiwan for the period July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014, the ITA has preliminarily determined that Nan Ya Plastics Corporation did not make sales below normal value and that Shinkong Materials Technology Corporation had no shipments of subject goods.


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5 Crazy-Simple Hacks to Never Run Out of Good Ideas Again
Have you ever felt stuck when coming up with an idea? Maybe you need a business idea, or an article idea, or an idea to help you solve a problem. And you feel like your idea well has run dry.
If this sounds familiar, you're not alone, and it feels like dangerous territory. Ideas are the lifeblood of entrepreneurship. They enable you to solve problems, engage your audience, and come up with new products.
Any threat to your ability to think up new ideas can seem as if it's threatening your business. But don't worry., there are a few things you can do to make sure you never run out of ideas again.
Try these 5 tips to become a true idea machine:
1. Flex your idea muscle
Your ability to come up with ideas can be strengthened. Like a bicep or quad muscle, the more you work your idea generation muscle, the stronger it becomes. In the book Choose Yourself, James Altucher suggests writing 10 ideas every day. They don't have to be good ideas or live up to any standard.
They just have to be ideas. Whether you're writing ideas to solve small problems you have around the house, business ideas or project ideas, write down 10 ideas every single day. Over the course of a year, you'll have written 3,650 ideas and have strengthened that idea muscle.
"Ideas come from everything" – Alfred Hitchcock
2. Ask questions
It's an interesting truth that many of us have never considered. The strength and quantity of our ideas are limited to the strength of our sphere of experience and knowledge. For instance, it's difficult to come up with an idea to solve a problem you don't know exists, a creative solution you never knew was a possibility, or an angle you've never even imagined.
So how do you expand your sphere of experience and knowledge? By borrowing some of other people's. If you ask meaningful questions of others, you'll be able to expand your knowledge of other people's problems, solutions, and stories.
Next time you meet a stranger, instead of asking "what do you do?" or "how are you?" ask "what is the best thing that happened to you today?" or "what's one solution you wish you had right now?". These may seem odd questions, but they'll help you break the idea seal.
3. Get out of your comfort zone
Ideas are a creative process. Think about it, when you're generating ideas you're just coming up with creative solutions to problems. So it makes sense that to come up with more creative ideas, you need to expand your creative capacities, and one of the best ways to do this is to get out of your comfort zone.
Getting out of your comfort zone by traveling, putting yourself out there, and doing things outside of your norm will help you become more creative and therefore generate more ideas. So do something you wouldn't normally do. You may be surprised with the ideas you're able to come up with.
4. Stop being a "tryhard"
Have you ever noticed that your best ideas come to you when you're doing something mundane? You're showering, driving or going for a walk, and all of a sudden…Eureka! Your brain has been graced by the presence of the idea fairy.
Yet during those times when you're actually trying to come up with an idea, it's really difficult. Maybe you're trying to solve a problem or come up with a product name or article topic. And you find yourself sitting there in dumb silence, with the cursor blinking or a blank page in front of you. Your brain is blank. That's because you're trying too hard.
Like relationships, ideas don't come to tryhards – they come to people who aren't actively seeking them. So instead of trying too hard to come up with ideas, let your mind wander. Engage in mundane, routine activities to give your brain the space it needs to come up with the next big idea.
"No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come." – Victor Hugo
5. Immerse yourself
Ideas don't stand alone. They come from somewhere. The last idea you came up with was likely influenced by some piece of knowledge you had absorbed or something somebody said. Without the information we take in, we would have no base from which to generate ideas.
That's where immersion comes in. If you want to generate a ton of ideas, you need to immerse yourself in information. Read autobiographies. Immerse yourself in articles and books and podcasts. Tune into the radio and watch documentaries and movies. Have conversations.
Ideas are often sparked by unexpected connections between the problem you're trying to solve and something seemingly unrelated. By immersing yourself in idea-fueling information, you'll be able to make more of those connections and become far more effective in coming up with creative ideas and solutions.
So go out and start generating ideas. Right now, it might seem like you'll never have a good idea again.
But as you start to flex that idea muscle, ask questions, get out of your comfort zone, and immerse yourself (without trying too hard), you'll notice the ideas begin to flow naturally again.And if you continue to engage in these activities, those ideas will keep coming.
Thank you for reading my article! I would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below!
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Writing ten ideas a day is a great idea. Sometimes things that seem zany one minute seem totally doable the next!
great post and I think many people need to take it to heart.
I am by nature very curious and connect things well (but suck at a hell lot of other things).
One key to creativity I find is wandering, I noticed that as I increased my podcast consumption, I much more alert on the go and my brain shuts down.
Funny enough, another great way to stretch my idea muscle I found is commenting on blogs 🙂 Take an idea, think about it and connect your own ideas to it and you'll end-up moving into interesting pathways.
Thank-you Sarah,
5 great tips to help us become idea machines! I particularly liked #5. It really does help when you surround yourself with relevant information. That's when the ideas start to flow in!
Thank you for these valuable ideas you are sharing with us. We are all artist but our modern life do anything possible to kill our genius and talent. If we want to live our true life, we have to be an artist. I think that your post gives simple tips on how to be creative.
I want to share these quotes with all the readers of this post
"Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up" – Pablo Picasso
"Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people" – Leo Burnett
Hey Sarah,
Nice post!
I like your "tryhard" tip. That's a nice way to balance all tension.
I always try to maintain a level of curiosity, the more annoying level, the better 🙂 But I guard against overthinking too. Curiosity will take us a long way. They can stop us from making excuses.
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On April 12th Miss New Bedford Jillian is holding a fundraiser at the Skyroom in New Bedford. Jillian visited the studio to talk about the event that she is excited about because proceeds go to the Children's Miracle Network. The event on the 12th is called Making Miracles Happen and will feature food, music auction items and much more! If you are interested in attending the event you can call (508) 971-9564 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. You can listen to Jillian's interview with Pete and Neal here.


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We are leaving Beijing today – and coming back at the end of the month. It will be nice because we're staying at the same hostel when we get back – and the staff is kind of like extended family almost. Just very friendly, helpful, casual, and always up for conversation – language barrier be damned!
We've had a great time here, meeting both new people and friends. The Friend Cards we created are a great idea and have really come in handy – plus, everyone really likes them.
Beijing has been everything I could have imagined and obviously so much more since we didn't just stay in our own area, and we didn't simply see the normal tourist spots. We walked down every dark alley (hutong) we could find, and ate at every street stand or street grill we felt like eating at.
This is the city – it's been great but we're heading out for the countryside now – a region known as the Dragons BackBone – Longsheng, where the rice terraces are.