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Importers need precise and complete information. Particularly accessing new sourcing markets calls for a great deal of detailed knowledge and reliable information.
The Import Promotion Desk will give you all of that. Our publications and our information on industries and countries will provide you with the expertise you need to recognise and tap new growth markets.
When preparing our publications we co-operate with a large number of international experts, institutions and associations. That is our edge regarding information. And your gain.
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Technical Wood: Brochure
Commercial Timber Suppliers from Peru
It is widely known that the Amazon rainforest is one of the most diverse tropical forest ecosystems in the world, hosting several hundred timber tree species. However, the over-exploitation of only a few commercially valuable species - mainly driven by restricted consumer demand - has imposed severe pressure on the forests. Reducing the market pressure over this small group of commercial timber species is a major challenge for forest concessionaires, who strive to manage their forests in a responsible yet economically
viable manner. Several lesser used timber species - some of them already being traded at local market level - often hold similar physical features and mechanical properties as internationally known commercial species.
On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) have joined efforts in
Peru. Together with the national export promotion agency PromPerú and the Peruvian Trade Office in Hamburg, a set of promising lesser used timber species for the German market have been identified together with Peruvian forest companies producing these species in a responsible and sustainable manner.
To promote these species and companies within the German market, data sheets have been developed that describe the characteristics and applications of 10 lesser used timber species from Peru. This brochure presents a contact list of Peruvian suppliers offering these timber species.
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Technical Wood: Data Sheet
Data Sheet Timber Peru
Data Sheets Timber Peru
Guide to Successful Trade Fair Participation
A survey conducted among business leaders in Germany revealed that 86% of all of them consider trade fairs as one of the most important tools in the sourcing and procurement process.1 For a simple reason: business is done between humans. People want to meet each other, see each other and get to know each other. Especially in a world that is characterised by growing digitalisation, real-life experiences make the difference.
Participation at a foreign trade fair is a not all that difficult. However, it requires good planning and meticulous execution. Especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), planning a participation at a foreign trade fair may be a daunting task.
This guide is intended to help SMEs approach this task successfully.
Guide to successfuk trade fair participation
Guide to the EUTR – European Timber Regulation
With the entry into force of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) in March 2013, a crucial step to combat global illegal logging was taken and thus public acceptability of wood as material from renewable resources was improved. The EUTR bans illegal timber in the EU and obliges anyone who places timber or timber products on the European market for the first time to assess the risk of those products coming from an illegal source and to reduce any identified risk.
Guide to the EUTR
Indonesia`s Timber Legality Assurance System
Indonesia's timber legality assurance system or the SVLK (Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu) was developed to ensure sustainability of Indonesia's forests by promoting legal trade of timber. This system was developed since 2001 through multi-stakeholders consultations involving civil society, the government and the private sector.
The SVLK provides incentives for legality and sustainability by promoting market access for verified legal products and blocking market access for illegal products. The SVLK also promotes broader governance reforms, such as improved information, transparency, capacity, and community rights.
Under the SVLK, Indonesian timber is deemed legal when its origin, production, processing, transport and trade are verified meeting all applicable Indonesian laws and regulations.
IPD Guide on HACCP
This guide is a resource to help companies better understand the topic of "HACCP". It is not a comprehensive guide to all HACCP concerns in any industry, but is instead a "key issues" guide to messages every international operating company should know about.
IPD Guide sur l`HACCP
IPD Guide on Traceability
This guide is a resource to help you and your company better understand the topic of "traceability". It is not a comprehensive guide to all traceability concerns in any industry, but is instead a "key issues" guide to topics every international operating company should know about.
Technichal Wood: Flyer
Lightweight timber from Indonesia – an outstanding material
Characteristics and benefits
Lightweight timber from Indonesia
Fresh fruit & vegetables: Calender
Seasonal Calendar: Fresh fruit and and vegetables
Which fruits and vegetables are in season in which country?
Which products are available in the IPD partner countries?
Inform yourself!
IPD seasonal calender: Fruit and vegetables
Tourism // Brochure
Sustainable Tourism How-to-Kit
How to take the first steps towards becoming a profitable, sustainable and successful tourism company.
Tourism // DRV Brochure
The German travel market 2017
Facts and figures on the German travel market 2017
Der deutsche Reisemarkt
Tourism: Brochure
Tips for a responsible traveller
The "Tips for a Responsible Traveller" (2017) brochure highlights those principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism directly related to tourists, in order to help guide travellers in making their behaviour ever more responsible.
Trade fair in Nuremberg // 12.02. - 15.02.2020
World Fair for Organic Food
Exotic herbs, spices and oils from developing and emerging countries
Meet reliable organic producers
Organic products are enjoying more and more demand. The market is growing. There is a lot of potential in developing and emerging countries. But which products are of high quality? Which suppliers are reliable?
IPD supports you in your sourcing.
At Biofach we will be presenting over 30 carefully selected suppliers from Egypt, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and the Ukraine.
The companies will showcase their diverse range of organic products at the joint stand of IPD and "Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit" (GIZ) and the country pavilions.
Find out more about herbs, spices and teas, pastes, essential and cold-pressed oils, cane and co-conut sugar as well as fruit and vegetable specialities from the new markets.
All exporters are equipped with the necessary certificates and are familiar with the requirements of European trade.
We will provide you with initial contacts to reliable suppliers directly at the trade fair.
Visit us in Hall 3A/3A - 220!
Detailed information on IPD exporters and their products will be available from January.For further questions or to make an appointment, please contact us:
Angie Martinez
www.biofach.de
P.S. At BioFach you can also visit the "Sacha-Inchi Business Breakfast" of our partner PromPerú on 14 February 2020 from 9.00 - 10.00 a.m. - Room Athen in the NCC Centre. Further information here.
IPD Exporters at BIOFACH 2020
Buying missions // Dates on request
Buying missions – individually organised to your requirements
Lower your sourcing costs!
Are you looking for a specific product? And you don't know yet from where, from whom?
You are interested in importing products from Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Nepal, Peru, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia or Tunisia? But you lack contacts to suitable exporters?
Finding reliable suppliers takes time and costs money.
The IPD supports you to reduce this effort andopens up new foreign supply sources.
We organize buying missions individually arranged for you – fully tailored to your needs.
You tell us your demands. We identify suitable exporters in our partner countries and
arrange – in consultation with you – visits to carefully selected companies.
All suppliers are visited by us in advance and evaluated according to strict criteria, including product quality, export capacities, compliance with international standards and certifications etc.
• Direct contact to thoroughly tested exporters – selected according to your requirements
• Inspection of product quality and production conditions directly on the spot.
• Tailored-made b2b meetings.
Take advantage of our offer. Save time and reduce your risk!
We look forward to providing you with detailed information about our services.
Medellín/Colombia17.03. - 18.03.2020
ProColombia: Business Matchmaking Forum
IPD Partner ProColombia invites to the 80th Business Matchmaking Forum in Medellín. Colombian exporters from the different industries present their offers. Further information here.
Bonn/Berlin // 15.01.2020
Fruit Logistica 2020: Pitahayas, Physalis & Co. - Ecuador convinces with fruity variety
Import Promotion Desk (IPD) supports exporters from Ecuador and seven more partner countries at the international trade fair for fruits and vegetables
Bonn/Berlin, 16.01.2020 – Ecuador is known for its biodiversity and offers a wide range of tropical fruits. The South American country lives up to its reputation at this year's Fruit Logistica, which takes place in Berlin from 5. to 7. of February. With bananas, pineapples, pitahayas, physalis and passionfruit, the exhibitors present a richly filled fruit basket (Hall
21 Booth B‐06). Import Promotion Desk (IPD), the German initiative for import promotion, has been supporting the partner country of this year's Fruit Logistica for two years now, and
accompanies producers to the European market. This year the IPD brings six companies from Ecuador to the international trade fair. In total, over 40 companies from eight IPD partner countries ‐ from Egypt, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Côte d`Ivoire, Ghana, Colombia, Peru and the Ukraine ‐ will present their range of fresh fruits and vegetables in Berlin.
Press release: IPD at Fruit Logisitca 2020
Paris/Bonn 12.11.2019
Food Ingredients Europe 2019: natural ingredients from Sri Lanka and Ecuador
Import Promotion Desk brings natural ingredients from developing and emerging countries to this year´s Food Ingredients Europe (FIE)
Bonn/Berlin, 12.11.2019 – High-quality extracts and exceptional vegetable and fruit pow-ders will be presented by exhibitors from Sri Lanka and Ecuador at this year's Food Ingredients Europe (FIE), the international trade fair for food ingredients, which takes place from 3 to 5 December in Paris. Due to the high quality of the raw materials and the gentle manufacturing processes, the products retain their high content of nutrients and active components. The Import Promotion Desk (IPD) supports producers from Sir Lanka, Ecuador and other partner countries in presenting their great product diversity and special product quality to international buyers.
Press Release: IPD at Food Ingredietns Europe 2019
Bonn/ Madrid // 17.09.2019
Large range of organic products from IPD countries at Fruit Attraction
Import Promotion Desk (IPD) focuses on organic products: Tropical fruits and high-quality vegetables and herbs from developing and emerging countries
Bonn/Berlin, 17 September 2019 - The demand for organic quality in the fruit and vegetable sector is growing steadily. Experts expect an annual increase of 9 percent each over the next five years (study "Global Organic Fruits and Vegetables Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast" by the market research company Research and Markets). The Import Promotion Desk (IPD) takes advantage of this trend and supports companies from developing and emerging countries in the certification and marketing of organic products. At this year's Fruit Attraction, which will take place from 22 to 24 October in Madrid, the partner for import promotion will place a special focus on the organic segment from South America and Africa. (Hall 4, Booth E07)
Press Release: IPD at Fruit Attraction
Bonn/ Nuremberg // 22.01.2019
BIOFACH 2019: Exotic herbs, spices and oils
Import Promotion Desk supports organic producers from developing and emerging countries
Bonn/Berlin, 22.01.2019 – Coriander and Sesame oil from Egypt, cinnamon and coconut oil from Indonesia, ginger and Jatamansi oil from Nepal – the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) brings a wide range of exotic herbs, spices and oils to BIOFACH 2019. Around 40 companies from 12 countries will showcase their diverse range of organic products at the world´s largest trade fair for organic food with the support of the German partner of im-port promotion, which takes place from 13 to 16 February in Nuremberg. The products include herbs, spices and teas, essential and cold-pressed oils. In addition, the exporters will be presenting the regional specialties in organic quality at the joint stand shared by the IPD with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Stand 4 | 4-561) and at the respective national pavilions.
Press release: IPD at Biofach 2019
Berlin // 21.01.2019
Fruit Logistica 2019: Diversity of berries from Ethiopia
The Import Promotion Desk brings exporters from seven developing and emerging countries to the international trade fair for fruit and vegetables.
Bonn/Berlin, 21.01.2019 – Strawberries and blueberries are highlights at the country stand of Ethiopia (Stand 26 | F‐28) at this year's Fruit Logistica, which takes place from 6 to 8 February 2019 in Berlin. The exhibitors from Ethiopia bring a wide range of berries to the fair, including San Andreas, Sweet Ann and Montery Strawberries. Due to the climate conditions, berries in Ethiopia can be cultivated in Ethiopia all year round in high quality. Other products such as beans, physalis, prickly pears and sugar snap are also exhibited by the companies from the African hinterland at the Ethiopian Horticulture Producers Exporters Association (EHPEA) stand, organized with the support of the Import Promotion Desk (IPD). The German partner for import promotion also presents exporters from Egypt, Ecuador, Colombia, Mozambique, Peru and Tunisia and a wide range of regional products.
IPD at Fruit Logsitica 2019
SIAL 2018: Product diversity from Ethiopia
Import Promotion Desk presents specialities from emerging markets and developing countries at the international food exhibition
Bonn/Berlin (Germany), 4 October 2018 – With "Worldwide Sourcing for Europe" as its motto, the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) together with the "Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries" (CBI), an import promotion programme from the Netherlands, will present regional producers from emerging markets and developing countries at SIAL. The exhibition, the leading food exhibition, will take place from 21 to 25 October 2018 in Paris.
26 exporters from Egypt, Ethiopia, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Peru, Tunisia, and Mozambique will offer a wide product range of regional specialities. A special focus at the IPD exhibition stand will be on the IPD partner nation Ethiopia: teff and spices, beans and pulses, seeds and oilseed – the Ethiopian companies demonstrate the product diversity of this African country.
Bonn // 25.07.2018
IPD intensifies activities for sustainable economic development
German import promotion initiative is now active in 13 countries and 5 sectors
Bonn/Berlin, 25.07.2018 – Since 2012, the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) has assisted small-to-medium-sized enterprises in selected developing and emerging counties to ac-cess the European market. In its third project phase, the IPD expands activities to 13 partner countries and five sectors. The IPD supports export companies on the so-called "last mile"– it accompanies producers to the European market, arranges contacts with importers, thereby closing a strategic gap at the interface of development cooperation and foreign trade.
Press release: IPD intensifies activities for sustainable economic development
Bonn, Nuremburg // 22.01.2018
BIOFACH 2018: Comprehensive organic range from emerging and developing countries
Import Promotion Desk with organic producers from nine countries at BIOFACH
Bonn, 22 January 2018 – Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Peru, Tunisia, Serbia, and South Africa – the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) will be accompanied by organic producers from these countries at this year's BIOFACH. More than 30 enterprises from nine countries will present their diverse range of organic produce at the joint stand shared by the IPD with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and at the respective national pavilions. The products include herbs, spices and tea, essential and coldpressed oils, cane and coconut blossom sugar, as well as fruit and vegetable specialities from the regions. The fair, the world's largest showcase for organic food, will be held from 14 to 17 February in Nuremberg.
IPD brings organic producers to BIOFACH 2018
Fruit Logistica 2018: Ethiopia to have country pavilion for the first time
Bonn, 18.01.2018 – At Fruit Logistica, the international specialist exhibition for fruit and vegetables to take place from 7 ‐ 9 February 2018 in Berlin, Ethiopia will be represented with its own country pavilion for the first time (hall 26, stand B‐04). Seven exhibitors from all over Ethiopia will exhibit the broad range of products available from the African interior on the stand of the Ethiopian Horticulture Producers Exporters Association (EHPEA).
Fruit Logistica 2018: Ethiopian country pavilion
IPD exporters at Fruit Logistica 2018
IPD presents Ethiopian exporters at Fruit Logistica 2018
Ethiopia at Fruit Logistica 2018
Bonn/Cologne // 12.09.2017
Anuga 2017: Fresh impulses from emerging markets and developing countries
Import Promotion Desk brings a broad range of specialities to Anuga
Bonn, 12.09.2017 – At Anuga, the world's largest food industry exhibition, to be held in Cologne from 7 to 11 October 2017, the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) will be attending with 18 producers from 7 countries. Exporters from Ethiopia, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia, Columbia, Indonesia and Peru will be supported by the IPD in presenting their products at the exhibition. The companies offer high quality natural ingredients from their regions.
COMPLETE PRESS RELEASE
IPD Exporters at Anuga 2017
Fruit Logistica: Intensified cooperation with Egypt
Bonn, February 16, 2016 – The Import Promotion Desk (IPD), the import promotion service provider in Germany, is expanding its cooperation with Egypt. To that purpose representatives of the IPD and the Egyptian Agricultural Export Council (AEC) signed a memorandum of understanding at the Fruit Logistica trade fair where Egypt participated as a partner country. Until 2018, the IPD will help Egyptian producers become ready for export. "With this agreement we want to promote sustainable and structured import from Egypt and strengthen the local private sector. Because successful import promotion benefits both importers and exporters", says Dr. Julia Hoffmann , head of the IPD.
At the Fruit Logistica the IPD showcased two exhibitors from Egypt. One of them, the Egyptian Grower's Organization (EGO), took part in the trade fair for the first time. An association of five agricultural businesses which farm in the country's different climate zones, the EGO is able to offer single-source products such as fresh mangoes, pomegranates and grapes over an extended period of time. At the Fruit Logistica the group conducted several positive business talks including one that promises a business deal for mangoes.
First-ever Ethiopian country booth
The IPD also presented the world's first Ethiopian country booth at a trade fair for fruit and vegetables. German companies were especially interested in the beans, chilies, strawberries, grapes and snow peas offered by the four Ethiopian exporters. Initial successful business talks were conducted by the Meki-Batu Union, the largest association of cooperatives in Ethiopia, which participated in the trade fair following an invitation by the IPD. The IPD exhibitor portfolio at the Fruit Logistica was complemented by Tunisia and Colombia.
Full Press Release
Fruit Logistica 2016 Exhibitor brochure
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Damien Vigroux (ur. 19 kwietnia 1972) – francuski snowboardzista. Nie startował na igrzyskach olimpijskich. Na mistrzostwach świata jego najlepszym wynikiem jest 4. miejsce w gigancie na mistrzostwach w Lienzu. Najlepsze wyniki w Pucharze Świata osiągnął w sezonie 1994/1995, kiedy to był piąty w klasyfikacji giganta, a w klasyfikacji PAR  był ósmy.

W 1999 r. zakończył karierę.

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  Les Deux Alpes – 14 stycznia 1995 (Slalom równoległy) - 1. miejsce
  Calgary – 23 lutego 1995 (Gigant) - 2. miejsce

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How to Relax Before Taking Your USMLE Step 2 CS Exam?
Even though this might seem as if you're going against common sense and taking away from your study time, by taking some time away from studying, you are actually going to be helping yourself out. You will be able to give your brain some time to recharge and when you come back to your study materials, you will be much more likely to remember the information.
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Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog Award nominations sought from the public
Nominations are being sought for the sixth annual Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog Award, recognizing an individual's extraordinary contributions to open government or investigative journalism in Wisconsin.
Dave Zweifel, editor emeritus of The Capital Times and a founder of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, was named the inaugural winner in 2011. The late Dick Wheeler, founder of the Wheeler Report and a tireless advocate for public access to the workings of state government, was honored in 2012. In 2013, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, the chief author of Wisconsin's Open Records Law and a strong advocate of the Open Meetings Law, received the award. The 2014 recipient was Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigative reporter Dave Umhoefer. Earlier this year, Journal Sentinel investigative health reporter Meg Kissinger received the honor for tirelessly exposing flaws in the mental health system.
The award is presented jointly by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and the Madison Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Letters of nomination are accepted from journalists, news organizations and other individuals and organizations involved in open government and investigative journalism issues.
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Opportunity Rover Completes Exploration of fascinating Santa Maria Crater
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NASA's long lived Opportunity Mars rover has completed a three month long exploration of Santa Maria crater along the trail towards its biggest target ever, Endeavour crater, some 22 kilometers in diameter. Santa Maria has simultaneously offered a series of stunning vistas and a scientific bonanza as a worthy way station in the rovers now seven year long overland expedition across the Martian plains of Meridiani Planum.
Opportunity made landfall at the western edge of Santa Maria on Dec. 15, 2010 (Sol 2450) after a long and arduous journey of some 19 kilometers since departing from Victoria Crater nearly two and one half years ago in September 2008. Santa Maria is the largest crater that the rover will encounter on the epic trek between Victoria and Endeavour.
Robotic arm at work on Mars on Sol 2513, Feb 17, 2011. Opportunity grinds into rock target Luis De Torres' with the RAT. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell
The science team decided that Santa Maria would be the best location for an intermediate stop as well as permit a focused science investigation because of the detection of attractive deposits of hydrated minerals. The stadium sized and oval shaped crater is some 80 to 90 meters wide (295 feet) and about nine meters in depth.
Opportunity has since been carefully driven around the lip of the steep walled crater in a counterclockwise direction to reach the very interesting hydrated sulfates on the other side. The rover made several stops along the way to collect long baseline high resolution stereo images creating 3 D digital elevation maps and investigate several rocks in depth.
Opportunity was directed to Santa Maria based on data gathered from Mars orbit by the mineral mapping CRISM spectrometer – onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) – which indicated the presence of exposures of water bearing sulfate deposits at the southeast rim of the crater.
Opportunity rover panoramic photomosaic near lip of Santa Maria Crater on Sol 2519, Feb. 23, 2011. Opportunity drove to exposed rock named Ruiz Garcia to investigate hydrated mineral deposits located here at southeast portion of crater. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell, Kenneth Kremer, Marco Di Lorenzo
"Santa Maria is a relatively fresh impact crater. It's geologically very young, hardly eroded at all, and hard to date quantitatively," said Ray Arvidson from Washington University in St. Louis. Arvidson is the deputy principal investigator for the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.
The rover had to take a pause anyway in its sojourn to Endeavour because of a restrictive period of solar conjunction. Conjunction is the period when the Sun is directly in between the Earth and Mars and results in a temporary period of communications disruptions and blackouts.
During conjunction – which lasted from Jan. 28 to Feb. 12 – the rover remained stationary. No commands were uplinked to Opportunity out of caution that a command transmission could be disrupted and potentially have an adverse effect.
Advantageously, the pause in movement also allows the researchers to do a long-integration assessment of the composition of a selected target which they might not otherwise have conducted.
By mid-January 2011, Opportunity had reached the location – dubbed 'Yuma' – at the southeast rim of the crater where water bearing sulfate deposits had been detected. A study of these minerals will help inform researchers about the potential for habitability at this location on the surface of Mars.
Opportunity at rim of Santa Maria crater as imaged from Mars orbit on March 1, 2011, Sol 2524.
Rover was extending robotic arm to Ruiz Garcia rock as it was imaged by NASA's MRO orbiter.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
Opportunity snapped a collection of raw images from 'Yuma' which Marco Di Lorenzo and myself assembled into a panoramic photo mosaic (shown above) to illustrate the location. The high resolution version was selected to appear at Astronomy Picture of the Day on Jan. 29, 2011.
The rover turned a few degrees to achieve a better position for deploying Opportunity's robotic arm, formally known as the instrument deployment device or IDD, to a target within reach of the arms science instruments.
"Opportunity is sitting at the southeast rim of Santa Maria," Arvidson told me. "We used Opportunity's Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) to brush a selected target and the Moessbauer spectrometer was placed on the brushed outcrop. That spot was named 'Luis De Torres', said Arvidson.
Ruiz Garcia rock imaged by pancam camera on Sol 2419. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell
'Luis De Torres' was chosen based on the bright, extensive outcrop in the region in which CRISM sees evidence of a hydrated sulfate signature."
Opportunity successfully analyzed 'Luis De Torres' with all the instruments located at the end of the robotic arm; including the Microscopic Imager (MI), the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) and then the Moessbauer spectrometer (MB) for a multi-week integration of data collection.
After emerging in fine health from the conjunction, the rover performed a 3-millimeter deep grind on 'Luis De Torres' with the RAT in mid-February 2011 to learn more about the rocks interior composition. Opportunity then snapped a series of microscopic images and collected spectra with the APXS spectrometer.
The rover then continued its counterclockwise path along the eastern edge of the crater, driving northwards some 30 meters along the crater rim to a new exposed rock target – informally named 'Ruiz Garcia' to collect more APXS spectra and microscopic images. See our mosaic showing "Ruiz Garcia" at the lip of the crater (above).
Opportunity finished up the exploration of the eastern side of Santa Maria in March by snapping a few more high resolution panoramas before resuming the drive to Endeavour crater which lies some 6.5 kilometers (4 miles) away.
Endeavour is Opportunity's ultimate target in the trek across the Martian dunes because it possesses exposures of a hitherto unexplored type of even more ancient hydrated minerals, known as phyllosilicates, that form in neutral water more conducive to the formation of life.
Raw image from Opportunity's front hazard-avoidance camera on Sol 2524 ( March 1, 2011)
showing the robotic arm extended to Ruiz Garcia rock target. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell
CategoriesMars, NASA, Solar System, Space Exploration TagsMars, Mars Rovers, NASA, Opportunity Rover
10 Replies to "Opportunity Rover Completes Exploration of fascinating Santa Maria Crater"
GekkoNZ says:
One of the great things about sending two rovers to Mars is that when a rover dies, the mission can continue.
I wish NASA could have done the same with the new Curiosity rover.
Torbjorn Larsson OM says:
The economics of scale goes against investigations. Generally you can start out wide and can cover much of the problem cheaply. As you concentrate and deepen your search, the cost of instrumentation goes up at the same time as the ROI of multiple system decreases dramatically.
It is understandable to make a cut sooner rather than later, but it is not a good argument against wishes. Or even multiple search as of yet.
For one thing we don't know if Curiosity will hit pay dirt! It should if life survived the CO2 lockup of minerals. But if not evidence for early life now seems buried in newly discovered carbonates several km below later deposits. The crater upcasts of those layers are fairly easily accessible, if not voluminous.
But it would take a paleontologist to say if existing fossils or trace fossils such as isotope ratios survive impact events.* Who knows, since it isn't the usual environment for preservation of fossils maybe even they don't know yet.
* I'm not optimistic on that.
"the CO2 lockup of minerals" – the CO2 lockup in minerals.
Incidentally the easiest survival environment would be around those carbonates, since the old water systems that helped form them should leave residuals associated with them, as far as this layman understands. You don't even need volcanism for heat if the buried water/mineral system leaves unequilibrated chemical potentials around for energy, as they should.
Astrofiend says:
Bugger Santa Maria – get me the hell to Endeavor…
You set my soul on fire
You set me on my own
Broke-down car but the wheels still roll
Down the dry, dry dusty road
Dry dusty road
Dry, dry
Aqua says:
When will we hear what form of hydrated sulfates were found?
Ken Kremer says:
watch for my next story
Hon. Salacious B. Crumb says:
Probably either copiapite (iron sulphate) or sodium or potassium copiapites.
Most are found in coal mines and shales, so I'd assume your trying to make a indirectly connection to some form of Martian life. They could be formed by meteorites that has fallen in water or damp soils.
Look forward to Ken's story, too.
I'm curious about the Sand dunes in the Crater.
Wish they would drive down and sample them.
Why do the sand dunes form in Craters and low lying ares but not on open ground. (or rarely) You might think that wind action alone would spread desert landforms, but on mars they are concentrated. (possibly formed long ago; thus their undisturbed prevalence in craters?)
Why are they darker (or black blue in some cases) I understand that dark volcanic rock basalt is likely to be what they are composed of, but as they are distinct from their surroundings I begs the question; Why hasn't this been covered up by the much more abundant red soils. What keeps the dunes dark ?
Earth deserts are known to sublimate sodium minerals and deposit them near the underground water table. Its possible that mars dunes also play a similar role with CO2 or other minerals.
Lastly is it possible that a form of life remains in the Sand Dunes ? A logical train of thought might surmise that these are established protected landforms that are subject to a aeolian deposition and renewal process. (a dynamic system) that "could' be utilized by a lifeforms.
Just fun speculation. 🙂
fractal says:
I would guess that heavy particles are trapped in a crater.
When dust and sand get into the crater, wind is able to blow out the lightest fraction of the particles while the rest accumulates and forms dunes. On open ground the heavier particles are able to roll on untill they are trapped somewhere.
Maybe the heaviest particles happen to be relatively abundant of dark-colored materials.
Of course it would be nice if your theory of life in the dunes is right. However I think it's unlikely. On Earth sanddunes are not the environment where life flourishes, especially if they are very dry..
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Power magazine recently reported on a study by MIT that determined energy patents were increasing faster than patents overall.
What's interesting is that government money, supporting development of renewables, has been a major force behind new patent applications.
While the researchers concluded that the slowdown in government money between the 1970s' oil crisis and 2003 resulted in a slowdown in innovation, and that government money stimulated innovation after 2000, there is another question relating to government money that needs to be answered.
Are the innovations being produced by government money economically beneficial?
The researchers concluded, as would be expected, that early stage markets for new technologies are small. They extrapolated from the probability that these markets were small; to conclude that government money was required to spur new product innovation.
The Power magazine article didn't attempt to determine whether these new innovations were good or bad, it merely assumed they were good. Since most of the new innovations involved wind or solar energy, the assumption may have indicated a bias in favor of wind and solar energy on the part of the Power magazine writer.
But are wind and solar energy good for the economy?
It can be argued that government intervention on behalf of wind and solar wasn't based on economics, but rather on an assumption that they were good for society … primarily because they would cut CO2 emissions.
The article also highlighted that the market has not been willing to invest in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), a clear signal that the market has concluded CCS has no future … yet the government continues to provide money for developing CCS innovations. The government's motivation is, again, to cut CO2 emissions from the use of coal.
An argument can be made, therefore, that some government investment in energy innovations may be for social rather than economic reasons.
If so, the government is thwarting the free economy, which is typically the best way to sort out new technologies in support of what's best for the economy.
The Power magazine article went on to say, "Industries reinforce the status quo and can eventually die." This infers that government knows best and that industry is not capable of innovating what's most important economically.
This flies in the face of history. The automobile was the result of free markets. The Apple iPhone was the result of free markets. Microsoft's array of software was the result of free markets. The transition from cable shovels to hydraulic excavators was the result of free markets. The development of fracking was the result of free markets.
There was little, if any, government support for innovation in the instances cited here.
Government support may be necessary when the scope of the innovation is beyond the economic capabilities of industry. The space program to put a man on the moon and development of the atomic bomb are good examples of where the government's size and ability to absorb risk were crucial.
There is every possibility that government investment in innovations for wind and solar energy may not be the best economic use of money, but this possibility was never addressed in the Power magazine article.
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jan 20, 2020 Cause Of Death: Undetermined, by Charles Douglas Owens, II
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Carry On Tradition
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PAPYRUSCOLLECTIVE
WRITE OR DIE
Several months ago, the Brothers at the San Quentin SHU/Deathrow contacted me about collaborating on a zine project as part of an educational outreach and networking project that they were developing. This included social networking with email, facebook, twitter, a website, and so forth. This was right around the time that the first two waves of hunger strikes, spearheaded by the SHU prisoners over at Pelican Bay was getting ready to become a very important reality. I was part of the support group, working behind the scenes, for that seminal series of actions. I knew these Brothers at San Quentin would also involve themselves with that struggle, as they are victims of clinical state torture, too. So, we all had a "lot on our plates" mentally at that time. But, I knew that this would prove to be a very fruitful and productive collaboration, once we had time to focus on it. I immediately told them I was down for the zine aspect of their initiative, which will actually flower into a series of zines. After all, that's what I do - collaborate with conscious prisoners on zines and make them available to whoever wants to learn from them - not least of who is myself! I got into this whole zine distro thing in the first place because I wanted to learn and (hopefully) become comrades with those brilliant thinkers on the frontline trenches - the brilliant prisoners who have not only attained consciousness under brutal conditions but who also have the courage to share their wisdom with their fellow captives.
I'm a prison abolitionist because I detest crime. This may sound odd. You may say, "People are in prison because they have committed crimes!" I do not condone criminal behavior, whether perpetrated by an individual or carried out by bureaucrats following the orders and laws of a criminal state. Incarceration is composed of kidnapping and imprisoning, in this society under brutal and seemingly endless conditions. It "solves" nothing! It is mass criminality, on a daily basis by the state, protected by "law."
You don't pour gas on a fire and you don't rehabilitate people by torturing them and brutalizing them - and then spitting them back into society with little or no options to facilitate a legitimate life. As for death row, this is the ugly bed sore of a diseased society. How the hell does this society claim the right to slowly torture people - and then put them to death??? Oh yeah, I forgot - the Constitution says so. Well, to this day, the Constitution still insists that prisoners are nothing more than legal slaves! Read the 13th Amendment - and then read what these articulate Brothers write.
- @nthony Rayson -
1.) Carry on Tradition ......................... 3 - 7
2.) The Road to Solidarity...................... 8 - 9
3.) Guilty ..................................... 10 - 11
4.) Through Your Eyes .......................... 12
5.) Request Denied ............................. 13
6.) New Generation, Part 1 & 2 ................. 14 - 18
7.) New Generation, Part 3 (Community Letter)... 19-24
8.) Memo to: Prison Industry Captives .......... 25
9.) Request Denied (cont'd) .................... 26
10.) At Golgatha: The Place of the Skull ....... 27 - 33
11.) Reaching out .............................. 34 - 35
12.) The Ninth Ground .......................... 36 - 38
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PAPYRUS COLLECTIVE (PAPCO) is an organized body of California Death Row Prisoner Writers and Artists working to create a grassroots human rights community / prison activists network of family and friends, opponents to capital punishment and prison support groups. Our online workshop and social network can be found at www.deathrowinmate.org.
WRITE OR DIE (WOD) is a compilation of PAPCO and independent death row authors created as an underground periodical, or zine, reaching other prisoners "Behind Enemy Lines" from prison to prison, communicating information, ideas, and experiences that represent who we are, and to get those who have relevant and insightful things to say, involved. With the support of Anthony Rayson at South Chicago ABC Zine Distro, WOD will effectively reach a loyal and extensive readership of other progressive and conscious prisoners nationwide. We're just getting started!
Through our online workshop at (DRI) www.deathrowinmate.org and social media sites like facebook, twitter, and wordpress, we're developing an outlet through which we can remain vocal and visible to the public, sharing who we are and what we're about -- as individuals as well as a collective and moreover, to put a face to this new generation of prisoners on death row who represent the intelligence and courage of this movement as it begins to force its way to the surface.
With Capital Punishment as the vanguard of political and legal debates worldwide, there's an increasing amount of media attention and public interest denoting the all too familiar realities of the American justice system.
It is time we begin speaking for ourselves -- if nothing else. California has the largest death row population in this country which currently exceeds 740+ men waiting to be executed. Few are granted commutation. As the condemned population in this country flourishes, a disproportionate number of us are black and latino, from poor working class communities.
The mainstream media, prompted by prosecutors, politicians, and law enforcement, regularly satiate the public with biased and misleading information, deliberately ignoring issues of unjust and aggressive prosecutions, errors, racism, and continues this pattern of stigmatization while validating every nefarious behavior of the system. Those of us like Troy Davis and countless others whose stories have never been told; the media's propaganda and image portrayals are used to plant false seeds of impression upon society, to isolate and demonize us as dangerous, manipulative sociopathic serial sex offenders and killers. People, this is not who we are!
One of the remarkable examples most pertinent to this article, as well as to PAPCO, is the late Stanley "Tookie" Williams.
Recognized by most as the co-founder of the Los Angeles Crips and for his notoriously-destructive lifestyle as an active gang member, he made a truly productive transition in his life within the near 25 years he spent here on death row. Becoming an activist for peace, violence prevention, education for children, social justice, and moreover, influencing the new generation to embrace self-leadership from the bottom of this "slave ship", also known as death row.
I knew Tookie briefly as "Ajamu" by his Yoruba name which meant, "He fights for what he wants". Tookie's autobiography entitled, "Blue Rage : Black Redemption", gave me an informed personal view of Ajamu's life and times. The energy that he invested in his intellectual and personal growth, the attention and worldwide support that he'd generated throughout the years; celebrities, religious leaders, political activists, active and former gang members of all affiliations. People from every walk of life recognized Ajamu's potential to do so much more good if he continued to live.
Much like Ajamu, there are many other positive examples behind these myriad walls, but none have quite captured the minds, hearts, anad interest of the outside world quite the way he did. Not so long before Ajamu's passing, he tendered and endorsement which confirmed that he recognized the potential in the growing number of new generation prison youth. He acknowledged this in a local public interview and radio broadcast. There are indeed others here like himself.
It came as no surprise to us who "overstand" the nature and intent of the system when his appeals for clemency were denied. In spite of what good he had accomplished and could've continued to do, Ajamu's life was not spared. We're talking about a man who had changed his life so dramatically, that he had been nominated for The Nobel Peace Prize. Why?
As a prerequisite to granting clemency, the "then" state governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, stated that prisoners must not only confess to crimes but in Ajamu's case, it was openly expressed not only by the governor but by prison officials, that the state's version of change or redemption, included a relentless and degrading campaign, one that attempted to force Ajamu to "debrief" -- in other words: become a prison snitch.
I don't know much about other prisons, but the snitch culture is very much alive and well, thriving even here on death row. When Ajamu focused his energy on helping my generation to develop this positive and progressive mentality, all the state wanted to do, was break and dishonor him: to have him implicate others in illicit activity. True to form, they'd have been far more satisfied with a lie than any efforts to prevent our youth from coming to prison to die.
Further significant in this final struggle of Ajamu's, was the unmitigated double standard and bigotry of the standing governor / state that was exposed in their condemning the references of the admiration expressed by Ajamu in his book, to: Malcolm X, George Jackson, Geronimo (Jijaga) Pratt, and Assata Shakur. The governor further justifies his denial of Ajamu's clemency to the public through the villainous epithet of these venerated leaders of the civil rights and black liberation movement of the 60's & 70's, individuals who've inspired hope and courage in a generation to fight for dignity; the dignity and freedom of EVERY human being.
The very fact that these leaders, held in such high regard in the history of most African-Americans, were assassinated, imprisoned, and / or driven into exile for speaking out against racism, classism, unjust wars, and the social and economic injustices of their era, I expected some kind of response from self-appointed black leaders like Al Sharpton, The NAACP, etc to the offensive remarks made by the governor. Sadly, it seems to have went over OUR heads, or was simply ignored.
However, in an article published in the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper after Ajamu's execution, I was delighted to find an address to the community, authored by one of Ajamu's close comrades, Ajani. It included a swift response to the governor's ignorant remarks.
(Ajani)
"This pattern of criminalization and vilifying black leaders and personages is an old one... The retaliatory targeting of prison writers has a clear objective: to intimidate and discourage those voices willing to expose violations of basic human rights, and the degrading conditions in prison."
It is relevant to mention that this subsequent article was one of a series of published articles he has co-authored in response to the ongoing harassment by prison officials, aimed at disrupting their writing projects. Not only had he and several other individuals been isolated in the Adjustment Center at San Quentin (death row's Security Housing Unit --- SHU) just days prior to the December 13th, 2005 execution of Ajamu, but over the past six years they've (prison officials) kept them there. On the allegation of conspiracy to assault staff in retaliation to the execution, staff continues their protracted targeting of these men. For what? For expressing themselves with the same truth and courage as our late ancestors did. They face threats of "gang validation", long-term isolation, disruption of their mail, cancellation of visits, cell searches, and confiscation of personal property.
For decades, prison officials have exercised the arbitrary and illegal use of practices like indeterminate solitary confinement in Security Housing Units (SHU's), physical and psychological torture, "jacketing", character assassination, informants (snitches), and the above-listed threats of "gang validation" as repressive strategies to bridle outspoken activism and the influence of potential leaders. Unity and solidarity amongst prisoners puts prison officials on edge, and an increase in politically conscious prisoner movements certainly place the whole damn system "on notice".
State and prison authorities know that just beneath the surface of the criminalization, gangsterism, chaos, and violence, lies a collective consciousness and a history of revolutionary struggle against this prison system that has yet to be forgotten. A potential Malcolm X, George Jackson, and the likes; a spirit that is still very much alive today.
Recent work strikes of Georgia State Prisoners and the hunger strikes of California's Pelican Bay State Prison SHU prisoners, is a significant example reminiscent of organized counter strategy. Every race and affiliation were able to unite and participate in these demonstrations. In most cases, prison activists outside, as well as friends and family of the incarcerated, caught prison officials completely off guard, organizing rallies along with solidarity-based hunger strikes and in Georgia, prisoners used mobile phones to coordinate their activities from prison to prison and throughout the state. At an Ohio State Prison, death row inmates protesting the cruel and inhuman conditions of their confinement in isolation were able to communicate and organize nationwide support. They took to social media websites like facebook and twitter along with emails, letters, and articles posted on prisoner support organization bulletin boards.
40 years ago, the organized resistance of California prisoners against a racist prison system, and the historic rebellion at Attica Prison in New York, inspired the growth of the early prisoners' rights movement. As part of a nationwide offensive by Federal & State law enforcement and prison officials, measures were taken to stifle prison activism, targeting prisoners social and political movements, ideological beliefs and applications to the black liberation movement. Much of our generation, those of us born in the 60's and 70's, are the immediate result of the same repressive measures that targeted the prisoners' rights movement and black liberation movement, respectively. Those of us who're familiar with the history of COINTELPRO, and the discriminatory profiling, "gang" validation, injunctions, and enhancement of law, can see how similar methods are being used to criminalize a new generation -- young and old.
We need not look back to the 60's and 70's to find a cause or the motivation to become "political" or more conscious about who we are and where we're at. It's going down right now! Awake or sleep on it, we're in this. Those of us who're still preoccupied with the "back in the day" way of things and those out-moded ways of thinking. Watching the the game change but not seeing it. We can romanticize the idea of revolution, the words of revolutionaries, their sacrifices and that warrior ethos, but if we lack the heart and mind to do today what they did yesterday, to at least educate others and set an example, then that knowledge is of no use.
In war and in struggle (as in life) it's necessary to change tactics in order to achieve our objectives; in order to not repeat the mistakes of the past, and so that history may be a guide for a new future. I believe that now is a time for the kind of quality self-leadership, vision, and sacrifice that inspires those around us, to really begin thinking in a new way.
This first issue of WOD is dedicated to the living memory of Troy Davis (whose life was taken as I wrote this piece), and to the late Ajamu.
I extend my respect and gratitude to those who're a part of this collective effort, especially those "young elders" (5-20 years my senior) here on the row for your confidence and contributions to this project. You've encouraged others through your positive examples --- including me. Carry On Tradition.
Piankhi
* The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration In the Age of Colorblindness, by: Michelle Alexander
* Blue Rage, Black Redemption, by Stanley "Tookie" Williams
* Writing Under Fire : Resisting The Regime by Anthony Ross (Ajani) (article -- SFBAYVIEW)
* Another Definition of a Soldier, by S.K.S. Tabansi (article -- Anti-Racist Action / LA)
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[Hieroglyphic-like image of three people. The middle person is standing and has broken handcuffs on their wrists. The two people on either side are sitting and have their hands handcuffed behind their back.]
[Text] The title of the the design, Awake and Rise Up is from a passage in ancient egyptian text "The book of coming forth by day" called "The Awakening" in it, it describes the deads conscious departure from this life to the afterlife.
The idea of this design is that, for many of us, death is a state of mind as well. A condition - miseducation. Self destructive ignorance and behavior and hopelessness. The setting is the prison system and environment (CDC- California department of corrections) in a county that leads the world in its prison population, with disproportionate number of young black men locked down (1 in 9 between the age of 20-34). It represents the mental awakening and liberation achieved through true knowledge of self, history and reality, breaking the chains or our conditioning, and giving us the potential and power to transcend into a state of consciousness - "Life"
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"The Road to Solidarity"
The Death Row Inmate Project is an evolving workstation which continues to blossom out of the calls for solidarity.
Many people have said that capital punishment is ultimately caused by a storm of vengeful racism and the killing of poor people, U.S.-led capitalism on a whole different level, a legacy of slavery and servitude which affects the disproportionately impoverished.
Reading this, I'm guessing that the assertions may seem at the outset, outrageous.
Listen when I tell you, they are not. I am condemned to death by lethal injection for a crime unfamiliar to me on so many levels. This platform at DRI, is a way for marginalized voices like mine to be heard. Spencer and I have found a way to lend an ear to the men and women of death rows around the world, to share the images of destruction with our readers, images that have cut into the meat of our hearts --- inspiring stories of resistance and hope combined with visions of survival.
We've met incredible people who have told us about their families and their lives, stories of tragedy and what their loved-ones mean to them --- people who through their personal stories, have helped us understand the depth and breadth of this and other atrocities.
So too, we've been blessed to collaborate with some quality like-minded agencies and their incredible committed activists, folks with energy and skills who aside from their "normal 9 to 5" share immense creativity and even bigger hearts. People who stand in solidarity.
We want to say that we're not writing this as if we've got it all figured out, because we don't. We definitely have our work cut out for us as we continue to find our way through the maze of power, wealth, and privilege which keeps this machinery of vengeance up and running. Speaking from our very own perspectives enjoined by over 40% of the globe's population in vehement opposition to the death penalty, our analysis and first hand experiences have helped us develop this framework. We need to put this on the table, because we believe it's important for our readers to identify with our struggle and those of our friends and neighbors behind these myriad walls.
No matter how well-intentioned, privilege seems to "hijack" solidarity and imperils ones' capacity to explore options, even as we mobilize to support the communities and families who wrestle with being afflicted on some level with capital punishment---blatant criminalization and legalized terror at tremendous costs to taxpayers.
There's a meaningful distinction (at least for us) in maintaining the heartbeat of DRI's evolution and how it is that we've found a niche to educate and inform the public by sharing critical resources with those looking to reconnect (or stay connected) with humanity. Sad to say, there's a justifiable component in confronting the greed and tyranny of prison interest lobbies, politicians, and those who continue to build magnificent careers upon the brittle bones of the condemned across the globe.
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I have only just started reading your post, but your words about being an abolitionist because you detest crime were so clarifying that I wanted to at least start the work of transcribing your words so that as many people as possible could read them. Of everything I've read by scholars and journalists, nothing ever was that clear and concise a description of what abolitionism is about. I look forward to reading and helping to transcribe as much as I can of your work.
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The rental industry has changed a lot in the past few years and today people are mainly focusing on hiring expensive equipment instead of buying them. As a result, there are so many companies offering diggers for hire. You will also be able to find companies offering telehandlers for hire in your lo cality.
The rental industry has changed a lot in the past few years and today people are mainly focusing on hiring expensive equipment instead of buying them. As a result, there are so many companies offering diggers for hire. You will also be able to find companies offering telehandlers for hire in your locality.
abor is being substituted with latest technologies. The major reason for this is time. If, for example, a company needs to dig a hole for construction purposes, it will take almost a whole week for the workers to complete it manually. However, a digging machine can get it done for you in a day or two. The work completed by the digging machine will also be perfect. Due to this very reason, many businesses are preferring technology instead of labor.
One of the questions that people may ask is, "why companies don't buy their own machines instead of hiring them?" Well, the basic reason for this is that many companies plan for a longer period of time. They do not think about the present situation as they think about the future. At present, they do not want to spend a huge amount of money on buying heavy and expensive machines. That is why they prefer diggers for hire. There are actually many benefits of hiring diggers instead of buying them.
One of the main reasons is that hiring diggers prevents the companies from paying higher amount of taxes. Even if the companies buy a digger or a telehandler on installments, it is not a good idea as they will be paying for it no matter what. Also, the rate at which the technology is growing doesn't allow the owners to buy such heavy machinery. If they buy it today, the whole market will be changed in a year as new technology will keep coming. So instead of buying, hiring is the only option available for you.
There are so many companies in the market offering telehandlers for hire. You can easily contact these companies and hire diggers, telehandlers or other necessary equipment you need. There are many options available for you. You can get different models of diggers as well. All businesses are easily able to rent these machines and their demands are being fulfilled perfectly. The companies involved in this business buy the machines in bulk at affordable rates and rent them to other businesses. In this way, they make a reasonable amount of money. You only need to look for experienced companies providing heavy machinery for rent. Contact them, talk to them, and listen to the rules, regulations and services provided by them. If you are fine with all these things, get machinery from them to get your work done in an efficient manner.
Diggers for hire are available all around you. Just look for the local renowned companies offering diggers and telehandlers for hire.


In October, We Wear PINK…And Save Lives!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, this year, more than 252,700 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. A lot, of these cases will involve women who are unable to afford the cost of mammograms as well as the cost of diagnostic services and treatment. So it is our job to make sure that we support each other and ensure that every woman has the opportunity to get the care that they deserve during these trying times.
One way that we can do that is by shopping. Yes, I said it, SHOPPING! Y'all already know that I love to shop. But, what I love even more than shopping is, that some of the stores that I purchase from are also giving back. So, what I wanted to give you today is seven clothing stores that are already amazing. They're even more amazing because they are donating to the Breast Cancer Awareness cause. Take a look at the list below.
Avon has been a huge contributor to breast cancer awareness for 25 years. They're still going strong with foundations like the Avon Breast Cancer Crucade, the Avon Walk Around the World for Breast Cancer,and the Avon Foundation for Women. Avon will donate 20% of their net profits from breast cancer fundraising products-up to $1 million in 2017 – to the Avon Foundation for Women to support Avon Breast Cancer Crusade programs across the U.S.
Loft creates a limited-edition jewelry collection that promotes balance, spiritual-lifting, and peace. 60% of the purchase price will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. They also allows customers to purchase a $25 or more gift card. Customers will receive 20% to 25% off of their purchase of $100 or more when they use the gift card. 90% of the card's purchase price will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.
Fabletics has teamed up with CFDA's Fashion Targets Breast Cancer initiative. The brand designed an exclusive collection for the initiative that will donate 20% of customer purchases to the cause.
Forever 21 continues to work with Keep A Breast Foundation during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The brand has a lovely Breast Cancer Awareness collection. For every item purchased from the collection, Forever 21 will donate one dollar.
According to Vogue.com, for the entire month of October, a special $35 T-shirt Angela Missoni designed for Saks Fifth Avenue's Key to the Cure Charity will be available in all Saks locations in the U.S. and Canada, as well as online at SaksFifthAvenue.com, with 100 percent of proceeds going to 12 local cancer charities, among them American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and TGen Foundation.
Ralph Lauren's Pink Pony campaign supports programs for cancer screening, treatment, research, and patient navigation. After Ralph Lauren's friend, Nina Hyde, was diagnosed with breast cancer, he made a commitment to focus his philanthropic efforts on improving care for this devastating disease. Twenty-five percent of the purchase of The Pink Pony Collection of apparel and accessories is directed to an international network of charities.
According to Amazon.com, AmazonSmile lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.
Wow! So many great organizations that we all love are doing their part by contributing to the wellness of women everywhere. That's amazing, isn't it. Please keep these stores in mind while you're out shopping during this month. Let's do our part to give back in every way that we can! Do you know of any other shops that give to the breast cancer awareness cause? Let me know in the comments below! To donate to the National Breast Cancer Foundation click here.
I'm definitely happy to see Forever 21 and Ralph Lauren on the list. I visit and spend money with them both. Now I won't feel so bad about racking up this month.
This is SO so so important. Thank you for sharing all the different ways people can use to help.
Wow! This truly is so amazing that these organizations are doing this. Wish there could be more coming together for a lot of other positive reasons too. But this is definitely a great start!
I love Fabletics. I'll check it out. I am surprised I haven't gotten an email from them about this. I'm so glad they are doing this.
Thanks for sharing. Nice to know that more and more companies are getting involved.
Great to see that there is so much support behind this movement! Hopefully the momentum keeps up.


Alright Dolphingirl Thanks for a great contest though..it was tons of fun! I hope you do another one when your not so busy.
aw man. hope u get un-busy soon!!
Ok, So this contest is closed, I am very very sorry, I am just extremly busy and don't have time to worry about my contests. Thank you all for playing!
That's ok Hope things settle down for you a little. Pretty busy around our house too so I totally understand.


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LGBT advocates call on Senate to drop Army secretary nominee
By Meghann Myers
Two advocacy groups are speaking out against President Donald Trump's nominee for Army secretary, citing his anti-LGBT record.
The White House on Friday announced the nomination of Tennessee State Sen. Mark Green, a former Army special operations flight surgeon, but opponents say his record of working against LGBT rights is a threat to soldiers.
"Mark Green's radical and extreme views about LGBT people, including those in uniform, would send an incredibly dangerous message down the chain of command," said Stephen Peters, Human Rights Campaign spokesman and a former Marine discharged under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, in a press conference Monday.
Green, a West Point graduate, spent 20 years on active duty, including participating in the 2003 raid that captured Saddam Hussein. Today he represents the area of Tennessee near Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Reached for comment, a representative said Green's past politics will not inform his decision-making as Army secretary.
"I was nominated by President Trump to do one job: serve as his secretary of the Army," Green said Tuesday in a statement to Army Times. "If confirmed, I will solely focus on making recommendations to him on how to keep our country safe and secure. Politics will have nothing to do with it."
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, in a statement issued Friday, voiced support for Green.
"He had my full support during the selection process, and he will have my full support during the Senate confirmation process," Mattis said. "I am confident of Mark's ability to effectively lead the Army."
But Peters said that Green's legislative track record and public comments have included moves to discriminate against LBGT people.
Currently, Green is a co-sponsor of a Tennessee bill that would prevent public agencies from denying a contract to a private company based on their personnel policies — for example, not providing benefits to same-sex couples
The senator argued on the state senate floor that the bill was intended to level the playing field regardless of a company's personnel policies, as Tennessee law does not prohibit employer discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, The Tennesseanreported in February.
Green also encouraged cities and counties to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to legalize those marriages, HRC said in a release.
The state senator has also gone on record saying that he believes being transgender is a disease.
"If you poll the psychiatrists, they're going to tell you that transgender is a disease," he said at a meeting of the Chattanooga Tea Party in September that was posted to YouTube.
"It is a part of the DSM-6, I think it is, the book of diagnostic psychological procedures or diagnoses. It's very interesting to see what's happening in government, or in our nation.
In fact, the American Psychiatric Association updated its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 2011, removing "gender identity disorder" and replacing it with "gender dysphoria," a condition of distress that some transgender people experience, according to the association's website.
"But you ask about how we fix it ― how we get the toothpaste back in the tube — I gotta tell you, it's going to start with me being the salt and the light to the people around me," Green continued. "I mean, if you really want to bring this back to who's at fault, we got to look a little bit inwardly. We've tolerated immorality. And we're reflecting light."
In this April 17, 2013, file photo, state Sen. Mark Green, R-Clarksville, sits at his desk in the Senate chamber in Nashville, Tenn. President Donald Trump has nominated Green to be Army secretary after his first choice withdrew his name from consideration. The West Point graduate is a physician and the CEO of an emergency department staffing company.
Photo Credit: Erik Schelzig/AP
Those comments are deeply concerning, LGBT advocates said Monday.
In terms of rolling back progressive policies that opened up service to LGBT troops during the Obama administration, Green would not be the final decision-maker.
That would fall to Mattis, who said during his January confirmation hearing that he would not reverse those policies unless a service secretary could demonstrate that they had created a problem.
"As someone who proudly served our nation in the Army with men and women of all backgrounds and beliefs, my concern is nothing more than building the best Army with the best soldiers who are willing to prepare, fight and, if necessary, die for our country regardless of their political beliefs, ethic background, religious beliefs or sexual orientation," Green said in his statement. "Every American has the right to defend their country."
The issue, advocates say, has more to do with perception.
The concern is that even if LGBT members continue to be allowed to serve openly, having an anti-LGBT service secretary could create a negative command climate, said David Stacy, the government affairs director for the Human Rights Campaign.
If confirmed, Green would replace Obama-era Army Secretary Eric Fanning, the first openly gay service secretary.
About Meghann Myers
Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members.
Troops can't get discharge forms or retire due to Army's HR transition


My Uncle Skip drove giant tractor-trailers cross country for a living when I was a kid, and Uncle Skip was cool.
He loved snakes and spiders and rode motocross and his van was painted in a fantasy mural and my brother and I always wanted to go on a big rig trip.
My brother finally went, but I wasn't allowed to, because it was not a thing for 10-year-old girls.
If I remember correctly, Mike and Skip had some nutjob road rage them in a Smokey and the Bandit style altercation, and that was that.
Well, finally I got my ride!
My good friend here, Frankling, drives a big rig and we took it ... 14 hours ... to Managua to pick up construction materials for a guy who is building a house, and then he kindly invited me, on his dime, to go to a big bookshop to get games and books and a whiteboard for the preschool.
Jadir, which I know I'm murdering the spelling, was so generous and despite that 14 hours, which you think is hell, was pretty fun actually, and when I was waiting around, I slept in the cab and would wake up to think, "I am so tall! We could crush these cars!"
We got $200 of supplies and games and learning games for the school.
I got my rig ride.
And it was like a video game. It's big - like a bus - and Frankling was maneuvering that thing like Dom Torreto. At one point we were like 2 inches from a car, and had to back up and do a K turn in the street, cars parked on either side. There's no nose, so from my vantage point, we were IN the back seat. Incredible!
And I also spent a short time discussing the pros and cons and merits of a lie detector machine, in Spanish, so I guess I'm progressing here, and I THINK it ended with Jadir inviting me to eat iguana at his house at some point because I have not eaten the dish yet.
I will let you know if it tastes like chicken.
PS We picked up a guy at the construction site who needed a ride, and Jadir bought him dinner too. Good guy.


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