Recent developments from the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has put many of small toy-making companies at risk.
Facts about what’s happening:
Because of previous years toys issues (think lead in toys), the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) was passed this last summer. These guidelines help to insure banning on lead and phthalates in toys, [...]
As a fitness professional, I have been certified in CPR for over 10 years now, and I'm both proud to possess the skills, and happy that I've never really had to use them! Well, almost...Imagine yourself in a situation where someone is hurt, apparently not breathing, and you are the only one on the scene that knows CPR! At that moment in time, YOU are the one that can affect the outcome of whethe
Take a look at this short video and then please consider seriously signing the petition against the planned development of a 2600 hectare resort on the Greek island of Crete. Ecologists, archaeologists and politicians have all lent their voices to the protest against the construction of a 7,000-bed luxury resort on the virgin coastline.The land is located in an area of the island that is a biologi
The Vancouver Island marmot is a distinct species of marmot found only in the mountains of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.
Sadly we are faced with the discouraging challenge of recovering the Vancouver Island Marmot from catastrophically low population numbers in the wild. Vancouver Island marmots live in small colonies made up of one or [...]
Why is it that people love getting naked for a good cause? Hey, I’m in no way complaining here, but it just seems like these days the outfit of choice for any grassroots campaign is the birthday suit. Case in point: the fashion model Miss Giselle Bundchen in a new ad campaign promoting the Forests of the Future project — an initiative assisting the reforestation of the Brazilian Atlantic Fores
As I said yesterday, I recently moved and have quite a few tips that will help you save money and time. To start, lets talk about the actual moving process…
Make a list. We put a number on every box we packed and indexed on a notepad. So now when I am running around the new [...]
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When asked how long she will continue to play Sarah Palin on SNL, Tina Fey has been quoted as saying this:
“I’m done’ with playing Sarah Palin on ‘Saturday Night Live’ [...]
If you have a bad habit getting drunk and sending inappropriate emails to your ex girlfriends/co-workers/random people who’s business card you found in your wallet…then this new feature from Google Labs, titled Mail Google, might just help you salvage whats left of your social reputation.
As if doing math while sober wasn’t hard enough, Mail Google [...]
I've been following this issue for a while. In case you do not know about the issue, here is a little summary: -radio-vs-commercial.htmlJust a little while ago, I got this update via e-mail:Today, thanks to the extraordinary support of many Pandora listeners, we took a giant step forward when the House of Representatives supported Pandora and Internet radio and passed the Webcaster Settlement Act
It REALLY bugs me when Child Welfare target the wrong families and take away the children when it is clear that they have their facts wrong.
The family of one of my fellow bloggers needs help!
Visit Save My Boys. If you can’t offer advice or tips, please blog about it.
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Photo by Anna de'CapitaniA group of wild dogs called Lycaon Pictus (painted or ornate wolf) are being threatened over in Africa that have declined to only three to five thousand left. These dogs are a very social type of dog that won’t attack a human, but will roam in a pack for their pray. These dogs don’t even attack each other they just coexist among each other.The Males and Female each hav
Many of you know that I’m an avid supporter of the San Francisco Zoo and its conservation efforts. In fact, a portion of every one of my sales gets donated to the SF Zoo.
I received an emergency plea today from the San Francisco Zoo.
Please, if you care about conservation programs, please reach out to [...]
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CBS has pulled the plug on one of my favorite shows, “Moonlight” starring Alex O’Loughlin and Sophia Myles. Canadians watch it Friday nights on CTV! and seriously this is the best show I have [...]
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Serena Souiffi is a little girl who was diagnosed neuroblastoma.She urgently needs funds to save her life.Her mother has a blog where you can learn more about this situation and see photos of newspapers.Thank you.Observation : the author of The Art Inquirer publishes this article on a principle of good faith from the resources.
Help Save Serena: Lorraine Dudek is pleading for help to save her three-year-old daughter, Serena Souiffi, who is dying from neuroplastoma, a rare form of cancer. The family needs to raise £125,000 for a treatment in America and they have started a blog to help raise funds.I have created this blog as I am a desperate father pleading for help to save my three-year-old daughter who is dying from a
Serena is a three-year-old girl with a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma, a tumor in the adrenal glands. Her father is a fellow blogger and is trying to raise money to help his daughter. If you would like to help or want more information, please go to his blog, Help Save Serena. There are scans of newspapers articles of Serena's story on the blog as well as information on neuroblastoma.
Serena is a 3 year old little girl that has a rare type of cancer: "Neuroblastoma ".Her story told by her daddy:"I have created this blog as I am a desperate father pleading for help to save my three-year-old daughter who is dying from a r..
I haven't been able to blog lately due to the faulty router and I don't understand why that my laptop is unable to connect to the Broadband with the direct connection to the modem. Argh..ok. I'll stop the whining. I'm currently using my PC to connect to the Internet now.My favourite channel is always 553 and 556 on ASTRO. If you have ASTRO, you'll know what channel is that. For thsoe who doesn't,
Wireless keyboards have became increasingly common and popular. It give the user more freedom, and to help save on space. Many of the early prototypes of wireless keyboards did not have a particularly successful career, due to limited battery lifespan and a constant need to replace the batteries soon irked consumers. Advances have now been made which have ensured that the longevity of the
On my previous post-dated May 20th, I told you about a Civil War battlefield that has been put on our Nation’s 25 Most-Endangered List by the Civil War Preservation Trust.After I had posted this announcement I received a reply from Ann Brownlee, President of the Trading Ford Historic District Preservation Association asking me to help by getting the word out. So this is what I’m doing.PLEASE!
Did you know April 22 was the official Earth Day? It is basically a special day created to increase the awareness of global warming and the damage we have done to our planet. Yes, global warming is real and very real.
Will There Be A Day After Tomorrow?
I bet most of you have watched the movie [...]
As some of you know, I love to golf (which is a very expensive hobby by the way) and always want to buy a ton of stuff. The latest toy that I wanted was a laser range finder and the one I wanted is sold everywhere for $299.99.
I know that Golfsmith (a golf specialty [...]
In 2006, more than 250,000 U.S. women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. This deadly disease will claim the lives of more than 40,000 friends, neighbors, mothers and daughters. These are staggering statistics.However, breast cancer death rates are going down. This decline is largely attributed to the benefits of annual mammograms that enable physicians to detect cancer at its earliest stages, and improved treatment programs that help patients better manage their cancer.Both digital and film-based mammography can identify breast disease in women who may have no obvious signs of breast cancer. Historically, mammograms have been conducted using medical X-ray film. Now, new digital imaging technologies are emerging that offer a complementary method for early detection of breast cancer.The a
By: Mike SinghFor those who want to make phone calls at much lower rates, cheap VoIP services is the best alternative to traditional phone companies. Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP technology uses voice signals transmitted over the Internet for communication. These companies that offer VoIP are much cheaper for people who do a lot of long distance communication.VoIP is much cheaper than all other telephone services because there is no basic facilities and capital equipment needed to invest in. Voice traffic is routed through the Internet to make speaking to people easy and cheap. The VoIP service providers pay a specific fee when calls surpass the net to traditional phone lines. When calls are made to and from Internet enabled phones the provider has no cost except for a termination fee if applicable. This reduces the cost to the consumer, making VoIP services cheap for long distance calling.Those individuals who subscribe to VoIP phone services benefit the most and have as much
Remodeling costs are as hard to predict as they are to afford. That’s why it may be a good idea to consult with experienced home loan professionals before you undertake a remodeling project. They can offer solutions to help save you time — and money. Before you decide how to finance remodeling costs… Here are 3 solutions to ask for by name: A cash-out refinance These are first mortgages that also allow you to borrow a lump sum from your home’s available equity. A refinance may let you improve the terms of your first mortgage while you get cash to pay remodeling costs — potentially killing two birds with one loan! Typically, interest rate will tend to be less than nearly every other type of credit, and is usually tax deductible. (Check with your tax advisor for details.) A home equity loan Also called second mortgages, these allow you to borrow a fixed sum from your home’s available equity, while leaving your
Today is Blog Action Day. Shoelovers can buy environment-friendly shoes by shopping at companies who are concerned about global warming and pollution. To be very honest, I don't have any "eco-friendly" shoes in my closet. I may buy a pair in the future... I think it's a good idea. If you're interested in saving the planet 1 shoe at time, then check out these links:Green Shoes And Serene LakesEl Naturalista-ShoesVisit Your Feet Make You Unique and grab your Free Ultimate Shoe Guide. Don't forget to get your email updates by subscribing to Your Feet Make You Unique.
Are you interested in helping the environment? If so, here's your chance to help out by spreading the word. Click on the image on the left to find out more information.My company actually has a few ways to help with recycling. We always ship old toner cartridges back to the manufacturer, which doesn't cost us a penny. We also recycle all paper products and shred any confidential documents, just in case.One of the best programs that we've implemented was to ask all employees within the building of any ideas that could help recude waste. One person thought of enabling the screen saver and power down functions on everyone's computer. Imagine how much money we can save each day!If you want to enable your screen saver and/or power options, follow these simple steps:Right-click anywhere on your desktop (that doesn't have an icon in that area).Click Screen Saver and then you can adjust the settings there.On that same screen, you have the Power... button, which can help you adjust your co
Property taxes are out of control all over the country but they are terrible in Florida. Homes that people have lived in for years are being assessed for crazy amounts of money. People are being forced out of their homes because they cannot pay these outrageous taxes.A Miami real estate company is trying to make a difference in people's lives and help propose the Portability of the Save Our Homes Assessment Cap. This is something that will help people keep homes that they have lived in and worked for their entire lives. Now that I have family in Floria I want to make sure that they aren't forced out over such unfair practices.
In-fact, the internet is one of the worst (if not the worst) places to promote an altruism lifestyle. If anything, the internet has shown us how lazy we can be.The internet makes communication easier than ever, with services like e-mail and instant messaging. Instead of picking up a telephone and dialing a few numbers to plan a meeting, we can simply message all of our friends and family with a few clicks of a button. Instantly. Because we're lazy.We use to spend time to write a personal letter to someone, then sealing that letter in an envelope, licking a stamp, driving to the post office - or nearest mailbox - to send the letter off. Now we just open our computer, type what we have to say, and click a button.We use services such as Google's Feed Reader to get all of our news in one convenient place. The internet has made things easy for us, and we like it that way, because we're lazy.So when I find events such as Blog Action Day (which Internet Hunger is proud to be a part of) I c
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Dear Friend of the Ocean, I am writing to you with very exciting news for the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL)--and especially for the coral reefs and myriad rare species found in the archipelago of Raja Ampat. For the next 30 days, CORAL Board member, Dr. Jim Foght, will match every contribution supporting our work in Raja Ampat--dollar for dollar--up to $25,000. Please act now to double the impact of your gift. As you know, Raja Ampat is home to one of the most pristine reefs in the world with 450 species of hard coral, 600 mollusk species, and as many as 1,100 fish species--including a newly discovered shark that walks on it's fins! But crushing poverty has pushed some local fisherman to use cyanide and dynamite--severely damaging the coral. What's worse, mega commercial fishing companies are threatening to ramp up their operations in these precious waters. Friend of the Ocean, your gift today will go twice as far to help us stop this destruction. CORAL is working wit
We all use google. I don't know anyone who uses any other search engine. About the only time i even go to another search engine is to check my yahoo mail.What we all dont realise is that the white space in google is costing us money."how?" you ask.Well "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." Roberson et al, 2002But dont feer there is a solution...http://blackle.com/Blackle uses light text on a black background. It may not save the work but it "remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy"To view more articles visit us online a www.theonlineproducer.com
World of Good is a green enterprise that encourage environmentally sustainable practices, helps communities in many ways from paying artisan partners a fair wage, adopting strict ethical business practices, building long-term relationships with both producers and customers, and re-investing in the infrastructure of artisan communities through healthcare, education and development projects.
I have a new hero. His name is William McDonough and he is an architect and designer. He thinks AND ACTS (!) like I wish all people did, including myself - because we all do and create things that impact others. He always starts designing by asking how our buildings and products can take into account “all children, all species, for all time.”
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Attention video junkies and creative gurus. This is YOUR chance to save the earth AND win a new Toyota. So what are you waiting for...grab those camcorders and GOOD LUCK.;)
Click below to Tell Congress To Pass the Internet Radio Equality Act:http://capwiz.com/sicminc/issues/alert/?alertid=9942396&type=COALERT: The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger!Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 -- retroactive to Jan 1, 2006! If the increased rates remain unchanged, the majority of webcasters will go bankrupt and silent on this date.Internet radio needs your help!On March 2, 2007, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which oversees sound recording royalties paid by Internet radio services, increased Internet radio's royalty burden between 300 and 1200 percent and thereby jeopardized the industry's future. At the request of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the CRB ignored the fact that Internet radio royalties were already double what satellite radio pays, and multiplied the royalties even further. The 2005 royalty rate was 7/100 of a penny per song
Help spread these planet-wide and express real empathy!~~~~~~~~SUICIDE VACCINE~~~~~[It works, which is the only point, Eh?!]http://CaptainChurch.proboards57.comhttp://s2.excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=24582http://s2.excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=15311http://b4.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?user=ChurchCaptainhttp://groups.google.com/group/TeenAnswershttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/TeenAnswershttp://groups.google.com/group/answers-for-teenshttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/answers-for-teenshttp://www.bev.net/users/homepages/JamesSorrellThanks,Jim Sorrell [CaptainChurch]
There, I just succeeded at fitting in a drop-down menu, as it's actually called, on the side for all the sections. That helps to save space and fit all external links into a nice compact space, and will probably also help make it easier to load the pages too. One thing I can't seem to figure out though is how to control the exact length so that it doesn't look like it's going halfway off the screen, even though it does look like I added the correct codings when I preview it. Oh well, what matters for now is that I succeeded in working out something I'd wanted to experiment with for some time now, and to make everything easier to handle and to load onto the screen! Perfect.
From China ViewBEIJING, May 21 -- Since the QDII (qualified domestic institutional investor) plan launching last July, it has not been very popular in its test market, Hong Kong. The QDII plan will allow Chinese citizens to invest in overseas equities markets with designated foreign currencies. QDII works through qualified institutional investors such as fund management companies. A quota of 12.6 billion U.S. dollars has been allotted for the operation, but only 300 million dollars, or 2.4 percent, has been utilized. Obviously, when the domestic stock market is like a crazy bull and nobody cares about risks, who will bother with the seemingly low yielding overseas market. But things may be about to change. The number of players in China's stock market is now rapidly approaching 100 million, and the banks are still flooded with liquidity. The bubble is about to burst, and decision-makers have to do something fast. QDII is an obvious candidate on the short list of possible m
I found a great website that you can help save the Environment for free.. Just click on their link and you can help save by funding different Eco-friendly projects.When you "click to give", the sponsors of the EcologyFund.Com pay the project you selected to preserve the number of square feet shown by each project. You pay nothing. To maximize the contribution, click on each project every day. Pass it along to friends by e-mail and more lands get saved.. You can keep a running tally of how much land you saved by Registering, and CharityUSA will contribute 500 square feet of Amazon Basin Rainforest in your name. How great is that.Note that you can only click once for each project, per person, per day... so click away and pass it along...
From People's Daily OnlineSend the crime scene investigators to China to investigate the CSI 300 index. The index is a combination of the yuan-denominated A-shares of the biggest firms on China’s two big exchanges, in Shanghai and Shenzhen. It’s up 88% this year, in dollar terms. It will probably crash soon.It’s not a crime scene yet. But just you wait. After the crash, there will be accusations of fraud, negligence and general misbehavior. If it’s a big enough crash, we would consider getting Foxtel to watch some of the riots on the street live. For smaller riots, we will stick with Youtube.Then again, no crime is committed when the market separates a fool from his money. In fact, it’s a kind of economic justice. Anyone fool enough to believe you can get something for nothing is going to have his lunch eaten sooner or later. “People get what they deserve, not what they expect,” so says Bonner’s Law of Perverse Outcomes.What’s most surprising at times like this is ju
A group of artists on eBay are holding several auctions beginning Sunday April 22, to help save the baby Harp seal.Here is the miniature painting I have created for this project:"Harp Seal" ACEO 3.5" by 2.5" India Ink, Colored Pencil and White Acrylic20% to benefit the baby Harp Seals that are still being brutally killed for their white fur!This little painting goes on auction Sunday the 22nd. Click on his image to find my current auctions.Here is some information about the plight of the Harp Seal. (Brace your self, its very sad!)"The commercial harp seal hunt in Canada DOES NOT (officially) kill baby whitecoat harp seals, it, INSTEAD, kills hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals who have partially or completely molted their white coats.These baby seals are killed in the same exact manner: by beating them to death using clubs, sticks, and hakapiks or by shooting them in the head. Most die at the age of 2 to 3 months old.The U.S. Congress even introduced legislation in 1972 to ban the
Racedays are holding a new fundraising event at Ascari, Spain, with all the profits going to Riders for Health. The exclusive trackday event will be held at the Ascari Race Resort, near Malaga, on the 27th and 28th of March.
There is a house here locally by the name of the Captain Scott House. It’s an amazing house. I’ve always been very impressed with the architecture and the beauty of this amazing house. Now the house is facing destruction if enough money is not raised to move it. Visit www.captainscotthouse.org on how you can help save this historic monument.
The wide appeal of the project has mainly to do with the home itself, said Herring. “I am constantly meeting people who say ‘I’ve always loved that house!’” Last week, a family who wishes to remain anonymous stepped forward with a $10,000 donation. “This family had admired the house for years, too, and felt they wouldn’t be happy if they didn’t put themselves out to help save it,” said Herring.
The home was built for Joseph M. Scott, an outspoken abolitionist and locally prominent farmer and historian who earned his captainship in the Civil War. ODOT has given the house to the Village of Alexandria on condition that t
Today Mr. Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury goes on trial for his life in Bangladesh. His crime - writing articles favorable toward Jews and Christians.Help Save Mr. Choudhuryclick her for previous post on Mr. Choudhury
Photographer made this available under a Creative Commons LicenseOn this side of the continent, we have the western Monarch and it seems that both eastern and western varieties are under threat because of massive loss of habitat brought on by modern farming methods, especially the use of Roundup Ready corn and soybeans.So, the call is out for individuals anywhere in the monarch range to provide what they can by way of "way stations" for these exceptional migrators.Some Insects of the BC Interior: Text and pictures.
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HYA EVERYONE! JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER - THE MOM'S DAY SALE IS OVER...SO ORDER FORMS RECEIVED STARTING TODAY, MAY 12 / 2008 ONWARDS - ALL ITEMS ARE BACK TO THE REGULAR RETAIL PRICE.AND TO THE LADIES WHO ORDERED ITEMS DURING THE SALE PERIOD AND HAVE YET TO PAY, YOU HAVE TIL WEDNESDAY TO PAY - MAY 14, 2008. (dapat today nga - m
