Foliage Skateboards Asks for Your Vote | Blue Planet Green Living

Ecopreneur and accomplished skater Eli Shepherd is the founder of Foliage Skateboards. He?d like your vote in the Dream Big, Grow Here contest. Photo: Courtesy Eli Shepherd

Ecopreneur Eli Shepherd is the founder Foliage Skateboards, ?an environmentally friendly, community-focused skateboard start-up.? Joe and I met Eli when he was volunteering for Iowa City Summer of Solutions and conducted an energy audit on our home. Eli recently contacted us because Foliage Skateboards is currently competing for a $5,000 business grant for start-up companies in Johnson County, Iowa. Like many young start-up business owners, Eli has a big dream but small resources. Winning the Dream Big, Grow Here contest would enable Eli to build the organization he describes below. He is asking for BPGL readers? support.?

If Eli?s company mission and vision resonate with you, we invite you to vote for Foliage Skateboards. Simply click on the Foliage Skateboard link in the Dream Big, Grow Here contest. Then click ?Log in with Facebook,? confirm the app, and click ?Vote!? You can vote once per day until the polls close at midnight on November 9. Eli also asks supporters to spread the word about the competition on Facebook and Twitter.

So, why should you vote for Foliage Skateboards? And what will the start-up company do if they are awarded the grant? Fair questions. Here is what Eli has to say. ~Julia Wasson, Publisher

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Environmental stewardship, skateboarding, and social change are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. However, when these three are combined, they create a four-wheeled solutionary vessel that can appeal to an incredibly broad spectrum of the population.

Foliage Skateboards strives for social unity and environmental sustainability. Graphic courtesy of Eli Shepherd

Foliage Skateboards is a sustainable skateboard company based in Iowa City, Iowa. Our combined mission is to use local resources to create environmentally friendly and sustainable skateboard products and to support worthy organizations and promote social change in the process. The mission may sound like a list of lofty goals, but on the contrary, our vision is put into play wherever and whenever Foliage Skateboards is involved.

If we win the grant, we will be sourcing the wood for our skateboards from Sustainable Forestry Initiative-certified suppliers. The one I have been looking at is in Vermont, but we will source as locally as possible for maple ? what most skateboards are made from. We?ll hand press them with a self-made hydraulic press or manual wood press and use non-toxic glues and resins as much as possible. I?m vegan, so we?ll try to avoid animal products if at all possible as well.

We?re a for-profit entity, selling products at local, non-chain vendors. That is how we make money. Yet, that is not the only thing we do. Within Foliage Skateboards is a philanthropic program called Friends of Foliage. This program goes beyond the standard realm of producing product for profit, by promoting and supporting non-profits, local businesses, and other organizations and causes. Most recently, we supported?Iowa City Summer of Solutions, an environmental community non-profit.?In fact, with growth, we aim to have this program become a non-profit itself.

We achieve social change through unity. Skateboarding today continues to bring together people of all classes, ethnicities, and races, breaking down social barriers everywhere its four wheels roll. Foliage Skateboards adds people who are not a part of the skateboard community through its environmental and local focus and support. We bring together skateboarders, community members, local business owners ? everyone we can ? and unite them under the mission for environmental and social progress through community support.

Foliage Skateboard tees are for sale in Iowa City. Photo: Courtesy Eli Shepherd

The company is currently in the beginning stages of becoming something truly unique, not only to the business world but to the skateboard industry, the green industry, local economies and communities, and people?s expectations alike. Based on a need for funding in a local non-profit, I decided to use some of my own savings to have product produced through the Friends of Foliage program in order to help them out.

So far, we have worked with local printers to produce sustainably farmed, organic cotton t-shirts that promote the environment and skateboarding. We are currently distributing this apparel to local vendors?and generating interest in the company at a local level. That?s where we are right now.

Our tees are currently available at The Full Kit skate shop in downtown Iowa City on E Gilbert St., right across from City Hall. In the future, they will also be available at both New Pioneer Food Co-op locations, as well as at EduSkate skate shop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Now, here?s where you come in. Please vote for?Foliage Skateboard on the?MyEntreNet?website.?As far as start-ups go, funding is certainly not abundant, to say the least. We need your help in making our mission a success. With your support, we aim to start locally, building customer demand and brand recognition. Right now our needs are laid out for us. For example, $300 can buy us materials to build a hydraulic press for skateboard deck production, fund the production of approximately 30 one color t-shirts, or pay for the purchase and maintenance of foliageskateboards.com for a year.

As part of our community betterment vision, a portion of the grant would be put toward building an addition to the Iowa City Skatepark in a collaboration with Spohn Ranch Skateparks. Community members would submit addition proposals; a committee would decide; and Spohn Ranch would do the construction, attempting to minimize the environmental impact in the process.

Our dream is to one day expand nationally, supporting local causes and businesses everywhere, all the while promoting environmental sustainability and social progress. It?s positive change on all fronts, on four wheels, that, like a skateboard, is powered by you.

Eli Shepherd

Guest Writer

Blue Planet Green Living (Home Page)

Source: http://www.blueplanetgreenliving.com/2012/11/05/notes-from-iowa-foliage-skateboards/

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Integrated Finance's Worthy Reads Nov 5th 2012 Edition | Mortgage ...

Welcome to the November 5, 2012 edition of integrated finance carnival. Thank you all for all the entries this week. Please take your time to click through to the recommended articles for this edition.

Bankruptcy

Ralph Ferro?presents?Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Propose Recovery for Homeowners in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, saying, ?The plan under review by the Federal Housing Finance Agency would call for the mortgage financing companies to allow bankrupt homeowners who owe more on their housing debt than their homes are worth to pay zero per cent interest for five years?

MaryLou Walston?presents?I Just Filed Bankruptcy, Now What? | PersonalLoans.org, saying, ?Bankruptcy can be a helpless time in a consumer?s life. The stigma attached to bankruptcy is that you lose everything and cannot get credit for 10 or more years. The truth about bankruptcy is a little more consumer-friendly but still pretty intimidating.?

Credit

Maria Clark?presents?YouTube Credit Inspiration: How to Overcome Credit Card Debt, saying, ?You may think there?s absolutely no way you?re going make it out of the consuming black hole called credit card debt, but that simply isn?t true. There is a lot of advice to be found online that can put you on the right track to overcoming your debt. Here are a few stories from people who have found themselves in credit card debt and what they did to pay it all off.?

Dave Leonard?presents?How Credit Card Debt Affects Your Auto Insurance Rates, saying, ?This article talks about how Debt can affect the rate of your auto insurance. Your debt record is more important than your driving record.?

Amy Gardner?presents?Most Important Credit Card Rewards for Small Businesses, saying, ?As we all know from the commercials, there are a wide variety of rewards available from credit cards. Credit cards that provide awards can be a huge boost to a small business that pays off its cards during the grace period so that it avoids the interest costs.?

Taxes

Steve?presents?How long should you keep your tax documents?, saying, ?Your tax documents are very important documents that you may need to refer to way after the time you actually file your return.?

Debt

Dorothy?presents?How Long Will Credit Problems Stay On My Credit Report?, saying, ?By now, you should already know what a credit report is and how important that information can be for your finances. You should already be checking your credit report at least once a year to make sure that there are no mistakes or outdated information affecting your credit score.?

Azra Panjwani?presents?Protect Yourself from Debt After Death, saying, ?Many debt collection agencies are now going after the loved ones of the deceased who had debt. This article outlines this situation and how to deal with it.?

Laura Edgar?presents?Chase Slate: The Cure for the Common Debt?, saying, ?From the intro: ?Equipped with the Chase Blueprint program, the Chase Slate claims to be one of the best in the low-interest arena. But is it really the top card to pay down your debts without being slammed with high interest? It?s a close call, but we think we have something a little better than the upstart Slate from Chase.?"

Personal

Jill Thompson?presents?Why Leasing a Car is a Terrible Financial Decision, saying, ?There is a lot of advice available online about leasing a car. Some say that it is fine under certain circumstances, but most of this advice says to steer clear of leasing. The frustrating part is that many of these critics don?t say why leasing a car is such a bad idea.?

Dividend Growth Investor?presents?How to create a bulletproof dividend portfolio, saying, ?Investors who plan on living off their assets in retirement face several risks. The risks include inflation, longevity risks, extreme market conditions and liquidity. By creating a diversified dividend portfolio however, investors could not only address these risks, but have a very good odds of achieving a rising stream of dividend income, which means that they would never have to dip into principal to finance their retirement.?

Chelsea Prescotti?presents?Top 10 Things You Should Never Buy New, saying, ?Shiny new toys are always nice to have, even as an adult. While those nifty new items might feel good, they are not always a wise choice. When it comes to new versus used, the following ten items are things you should always buy used, when feasible. You won?t give up value, but you will save cash, provided the items are in good condition. (I am not able to provide a link back, please consider my article anyway.)?

J.B.?presents?Save Money At The Bar By Using Practiced Methods, saying, ?Here are some ways to save money at the bar without doing the obvious?and not going?

Jeremy Biberdorf?presents?Managing Your Finances On Your Travels, saying, ?Life on the road can wipe out your life savings in what seems like no time at all. However, there are a few ways to reduce your costs so that you can travel for longer on less money, making your return that little bit easier.?

JD Blake?presents?Who Wins?: The ethics, risks, and practicalities of selling a structured settlement or other annuity stream, saying, ?Having pension is good, but if you want to have cash, SYSS will arrange for the purchase of full or part of your annuity so you can use it almost immediately.?

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of?integrated finance carnival?using our?carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our?blog carnival index page.

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21 animated features vying for Oscar nominations

In this undated publicity photo provided by Paramount Pictures, Sandman eyes his target in DreamWorks Animation's "Rise of the Guardians." ?Brave,? ?Wreck-It Ralph" and "Rise of the Guardians" are among the animated features angling for an Oscar nomination. The motion picture academy said Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, that 21 films have been submitted for consideration in the Academy Awards' animated feature category. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Courtesy DreamWorks Animation, File)

In this undated publicity photo provided by Paramount Pictures, Sandman eyes his target in DreamWorks Animation's "Rise of the Guardians." ?Brave,? ?Wreck-It Ralph" and "Rise of the Guardians" are among the animated features angling for an Oscar nomination. The motion picture academy said Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, that 21 films have been submitted for consideration in the Academy Awards' animated feature category. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Courtesy DreamWorks Animation, File)

FILE - In this undated file film image released by Disney/Pixar, the character Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald, follows a Wisp in a scene from "Brave." ?Brave,? ?Wreck-It Ralph" and "Rise of the Guardians" are among the animated features angling for an Oscar nomination. The motion picture academy said Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, that 21 films have been submitted for consideration in the Academy Awards' animated feature category. (AP Photo/Disney/Pixar, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? "Brave," ''Wreck-It Ralph" and "Rise of the Guardians" are among the animated features angling for an Oscar nomination.

The motion picture academy said Friday that 21 films have been submitted for consideration in the Academy Awards' animated feature category.

"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," ''Frankenweenie," ''Ice Age Continental Drift" and "ParaNorman" are among the high-profile movies vying for one of five nominations. Other contenders include France's "The Rabbi's Cat" and Japan's "From Up on Poppy Hill."

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says several of the films listed have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying runs.

"Rango" won the prize earlier this year after 18 films were in nomination contention.

The 85th annual Academy Awards are set for Feb. 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Associated Press

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Here's the Horrendous First Scene of Amazon's Original Musical Comedy "Browsers"

Rumors are flying that in a bid to get some original content, Amazon is close to pushing through a musical comedy about four interns working for a "Huffington Post-esque" website, a project that was previously dropped (and rightly so) by CBS. What could possibly come of this? We thought long and hard about it, and here's what it might look like. It ain't pretty. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/BcUjpMpYe_E/heres-the-horrendous-first-scene-of-amazons-original-musical-comedy-browsers

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Cold weather and new storm add to victims' misery

First responders who worked through last Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy, listen as they are acknowledged by Diocese of Trenton American Roman Catholic Bishop David M. O'Connell during services at the Church of Saint Rose in Belmar, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

First responders who worked through last Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy, listen as they are acknowledged by Diocese of Trenton American Roman Catholic Bishop David M. O'Connell during services at the Church of Saint Rose in Belmar, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Workers scrape up mud and tiles from flood-damaged Saint Rose High School in Belmar, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, as the region tries clean up the damage from Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Maryann Eger cries during Mass in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, as the region copes in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Worshippers listen to a service by Diocese of Trenton American Roman Catholic Bishop David M. O'Connell at the Church of Saint Rose in Belmar, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Many in the region who went through Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy are still without power. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

A woman scavenges a sack of onions discarded by a Coney Island supermarket in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 in New York. Many people in Coney Island are still living without heat, and some without electricity, six days after Sandy struck the region. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Shivering victims of Superstorm Sandy went to church Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan region ? and another powerful storm forecast for the middle of the week ? added to their misfortunes and deepened the gloom.

With overnight temperatures sinking into the 30s and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses still without electricity, New York City officials handed out blankets and urged people to go to temporary warming shelters set up during the day at senior citizen centers.

At the same time, government leaders began to grapple with a daunting, longer-term problem: where to find housing for the tens of thousands of people whose homes could be uninhabitable for weeks or months because of a combination of storm damage and cold weather.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said 30,000 to 40,000 New Yorkers may need to be relocated ? a monumental task in a city where housing is scarce and fiercely expensive ? though he said that number would probably drop to 20,000 within a couple of weeks as power is restored in more places.

In a heavily flooded Staten Island neighborhood, Sara Zavala spent the night under two blankets and layers of clothing because the power was out. She had a propane heater but turned it on for only a couple of hours in the morning. She did not want to sleep with it running at night.

"When I woke up, I was like, 'It's freezing.' And I thought, 'This can't go on too much longer,'" said Zavala, a nursing home admissions coordinator.

On a basketball court flanked by powerless apartment buildings in the Far Rockaway section of Queens, volunteers for the city handed out bagels, diapers, water, blankets and other necessities. Genice Josey filled a garbage bag until it was bulging.

"Nights are the worst because you feel like you're outside when you're inside," said Josey, who sleeps under three blankets and wears longjohns under her pajamas. "You shiver yourself to sleep." She added: "It's like we're going back to barbaric times where we had to go find food and clothing and shelter."

Six days after Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline in an assault that killed more than 100 people in 10 states, gasoline shortages persisted across the region, though odd-even rationing got under way in northern New Jersey in an echo of the gas crises of the 1970s. More than 900,000 homes and businesses were still without power in New Jersey, and nearly 700,000 in New York City, its northern suburbs and Long Island.

With more subways running and most city schools reopening on Monday, large swaths of the city were getting back to something resembling normal. But the coming week could bring new challenges, namely an Election Day without power in hundreds of polling places, and a nor'easter expected hit the area by Wednesday, with the potential for 55 mph gusts and more beach erosion, flooding and rain.

"Well, the first storm flooded me out, and my landlord tells me there's a big crack in the ceiling, so I guess there's a chance this storm could do more damage," John Lewis said at a shelter in New Rochelle, N.Y. "I was hoping to get back in there sooner rather than later, but it doesn't look good."

Voting machines in hundreds of locations will be operating on generator power, some polling stations are being moved and there are likely to be delays in reporting election results in a few closely contested races because of extended deadlines for counting ballots cast by mail.

Churchgoers packed the pews Sunday in parkas, scarves and boots and looked for solace in faith.

At the chilly Church of St. Rose in Belmar, N.J., its streets still slippery with foul-smelling mud, Roman Catholic Bishop David O'Connell assured parishioners: "There's more good, and there's more joy, and there's more happiness in life than there is the opposite. And it will be back."

In the heart of the Staten Island disaster zone, the Rev. Steve Martino of Movement Church headed a volunteer effort that had scores of people delivering supplies in grocery carts and cleaning out ruined homes. Around midday, the work stopped, and volunteer and victim alike bowed their heads in prayer.

In the crowd was Stacie Piacentino. After a singularly difficult week, she said, "it's good to feel God again."

After the abrupt cancellation of Sunday's New York City Marathon, some of those who had been planning to run the 26.2-mile race through the city streets instead volunteered their time, handing out toothbrushes, batteries, sweatshirts and others supplies on Staten Island.

Thousands of other athletes from around the world ran anyway inside Central Park, where a little more than four laps around it amounted to a marathon. "A lot of people just want to finish what they've started," said Lance Svendsen, organizer of a group called Run Anyway.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York state is facing "a massive, massive housing problem" for those whose neighborhoods or buildings are in such bad shape that they won't have power for weeks or months.

"I don't know that anybody has ever taken this number of people and found housing for them overnight," Bloomberg said. "We don't have a lot of empty housing in this city," he added. "We're not going to let anybody go sleeping in the streets. ... But it's a challenge, and we're working on it."

The mayor and the governor gave no details of where and how the victims might be housed. After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita smashed the Gulf Coast in 2005, hundreds of thousands of victims were put up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in trailers, hotels, cruise ships and apartments across several states for months and even years.

On Staten Island, emergency management officials distributed leaflets urging people to take shelter from the cold. But "people are apprehensive and don't want to leave their houses. It's a definite problem," said Fred Melendez, who helped run a shelter at Tottenville High School that was nearly empty of storm victims Sunday afternoon.

Fearing looters, Nick Veros and his relatives were hoping to hold out in their storm-damaged Staten Island home until power was restored. He figured the indoor temperature would plunge into the 40s.

"If we get two consecutive below-freezing days, I'm probably going to have to drain the water out of the pipes," he said, "and then we'll have to get out of the house."

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Associated Press writers Michael Rubinkam, Cara Anna, David B. Caruso, Tom Hays, Michael Hill, Hillel Italie, Christina Rexrode in New York; Jim Fitzgerald in Mount Vernon, N.Y.; and Ben Nuckols in Belmar, N.J., contributed to this story.

Associated Press

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Anonymous Says It?s Going After Facebook on Guy Fawkes Day

Remember, remember, the 5th of November.

Better get all that Facebooking done before the end of the weekend.? Renowned hacktivist group Anonymous has pledged to take down Facebook on Guy Fawkes Day ? Monday, Nov. 5 ? unless the closely affiliated gaming company Zynga agrees to back off on plans to lay off 1,000 employees.

(PHOTOS:?Guy Fawkes: Who Was This Guy, Anyway?)

Calls for the shutdown come after the San Francisco-based makers of FarmVille announced a five percent cut to their workforce and the closure of their Boston office, according to Wired. The magazine estimates that the struggling company could save between $15 million and $20 million through the cuts.

Anonymous posted a YouTube Video in which they announced their intention to bring Facebook down and make many Zynga games playable for free.? The video has since been removed, but the statement remains posted on the group?s?website:

Zynga customers and Facebook users , We are anonymous . During the last few days anonymous has been targeting Zynga for the outrageous treatment of their employees and their actions against many developers .

We have come to believe that this actions of Zynga will result in massive layoff of a thousand people and legal actions against everyone that speaks to the public about this plan. It will also come to end of the US game market as we know it as all this jobs will be replaced in other more convenient financial countries. With a billion dollars cash sitting in a bank we do believe that such actions are an insult to the population and the behaviour of corporations like Zynga must change.

Anonymous could not allow this to happen so it?s starting to release confidential documents we have leaked on this plan As we speak we are planning to release also all the games we?ve taken from their servers for free.

That being said we will stop the idea of the distribution of such games if Zynga will cease immediately the plan.

The relationship between Facebook and Zynga is quite symbiotic. Zynga dominates the social gaming market, according to the Daily Mail, with hugely popular games including FarmVille, Mafia Wars and Words with Friends. It also accounted for 14 percent of Facebook?s total revenue, the Daily Mail adds.

(MORE:?It?s Guy Fawkes Day: What Does That Mean?)

Guy Fawkes was a Catholic conspirator arrested for plotting to blow up the English Parliament on Nov. 5, 1605. He?s become something of an icon for Anonymous activists; their trademark Guy Fawkes masks ? based largely on a design used in the graphic novel and 2006 film V for Vendetta ??have been widely adopted by other protesters.

Guy Fawkes Day, Nov. 5, is a popular British holiday that commemorates Fawkes? arrest, and it?s also a popular day of action for Anonymous: they threatened to close down Facebook on Nov. 5, 2011 too, although without success.

PHOTOS:?Occupy Wall Street: A Year in Guy Fawkes Masks?

Source: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/04/anonymous-to-go-after-facebook-on-guy-fawkes-day/

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A*STAR unveils 5mm-thick hybrid hard drive, touts affordability and ...

A*STAR's Data Storage Institute Launches Next Generation 5mm Hybrid Hard Disk Drive

SINGAPORE, 1 November 2012: The "A-Drive", one of the world's thinnest 5mm hybrid hard drive in a 2.5'' form factor, was officially launched by Mr. S. Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade & Industry, to commemorate the Data Storage Institute's (DSI) 20 years of R&D in the area of data storage capabilities.

The "A-Drive" represents the next generation of storage innovation providing capacities of up to 1 TB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) with 32 GB Solid State Drive (SSD). This potentially allows the "A-Drive" to store over 250,000 songs in its 5mm body. The "A-Drive" also addresses limitations of the popular, yet expensive, flash-based SSD, as well as the conventional HDD for the consumer and business industry.

DSI's "A-Drive" is set to change the consumer and enterprise landscape, targeted specifically for tablets, ultrabooks, and future data centres. With its slim form factor, the "A-Drive" could fit into tablet devices, greatly expanding its storage space while extending battery life by up to 30%. The "A-Drive" will be a cheaper alternative to the SSDs currently used in ultrabooks, offering the same instant-on capability but with larger storage capacity. In addition, the "A-Drive" can be extended for enterprise storage applications, reducing power consumption by up to 50%, resulting in greener and more efficient data centres with better optimisation of the already limited rack space.

"Today, our year-long vision of creating a 5mm thin hybrid hard drive in 2.5'' form factor with increased storage capacity and reduced power consumption at a lower cost for manufacturers has become a reality," said Dr. Pantelis Alexopoulos, Executive Director of DSI. "We have managed to fit an amazing amount of innovation and advanced technology into a thinner, cheaper, and faster design, and we think the consumer and enterprise impact will be significant."

One of the main challenges in reducing the thickness of current 7mm hard disk drives by almost 30% without compromising on its performance and stability is its spindle motor design. To achieve a reduction in size, DSI researchers developed a proprietary axial field motor which runs smoother, quieter, more efficiently, lowering power consumption by up to 70% yet at a fraction of the cost of SSDs. The motor's design has been patented, along with 30 other unique designs for the "A-Drive". In addition, DSI has collaborated with multinational corporations and local companies, such as Seiko Instruments, Miyoshi, and Unisteel, to develop key components for the "A-Drive".

"Our capabilities today have been the result of two decades of collaboration with industry partners around the world. This has enabled DSI to develop groundbreaking solutions like the 'A-Drive'. We look forward to future partnerships as we continue our drive towards new innovations that will shape the data storage landscape," said Dr. Alexopoulos.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/03/astar-5mm-hybrid-hard-drive-adrive/

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Royal Delta repeats in BC Ladies' Classic

Royal Delta, ridden by jockey Mike Smith, crosses the finish line to win the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic horse race, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Royal Delta, ridden by jockey Mike Smith, crosses the finish line to win the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic horse race, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Royal Delta, right, ridden by Mike Smith, leads My Miss Aurelia, center, ridden by Corey Nakatani, and Include Me Out, left, ridden by Joseph Talamo, down the stretch to win the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic horse race, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Hightail, rear right, ridden by Rajiv Maragh noses ahead of Merit Man (3), ridden by Patrick Valenzuela, at the wire to win the Juvenile Sprint horse race at the Breeders' Cup, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Jockey Aaron Gryder douses Calidoscopio with water after winning the Marathon horse race at the Breeders' Cup, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Beholder with jockey Garrett Gomez atop, crosses the finish line to win the Juvenile Fillies horse race at the Breeders' Cup, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) ? Royal Delta won the $2 million Ladies' Classic by 1? lengths on Friday at Santa Anita, making the defending champion the only favorite to win on an upset-filled opening day of the Breeders' Cup.

Jockey Mike Smith earned his 16th victory in the event's 29-year history, breaking a tie for most wins with fellow Hall of Famer Jerry Bailey.

Royal Delta gave Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his second consecutive win and fifth overall in the Ladies' Classic, putting him in position to sweep the weekend's biggest races, a feat he accomplished last year. He has three runners in the $5 million Classic on Saturday, a race he won last year with Drosselmeyer.

Royal Delta was the 8-5 favorite in the field of eight fillies and mares. She ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.80 and paid $5.40, $3.60 and $2.60.

My Miss Aurelia returned $5.80 and $4, losing for the first time in seven career races. Include Me Out was another 1? lengths back in third and paid $5.20 to show.

Awesome Feather, the 2-1 second choice, came in undefeated in 10 races but finished sixth.

Questing was eased down the backstretch, but the on-call veterinarian said there was no apparent injury to the 3-year-old filly.

Six different jockeys, trainers and owners won each of the Breeders' Cup races in front of 34,619 fans on a sunny day.

The biggest upset was Calidoscopio's 4?-length victory in the $500,000 Marathon. The 17-1 shot from Argentina paid $36.40 to win and at 9 became the oldest Breeders' Cup champion.

Age also played a part in the second-biggest upset. Sent off at 15-1 odds, Hightail kicked off the two-day world championships with a nose victory in the $500,000 Juvenile Sprint. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas earned his leading 19th Breeders' Cup victory at 77.

In the $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf, 11-1 shot Flotilla rallied to win by 1? lengths and paid $24.80. Trainer Mikel Delzangles and jockey Christophe Lemaire, both from France, won their first Breeders' Cup race.

Zagora won the $2 million Filly & Mare Turf by three-quarters of a length at 9-1 odds. She paid $20.40 to win under Javier Castellano.

Beholder led all the way to win the $2 million Juvenile Fillies, holding off 3-2 favorite Executiveprivilege by one length.

It was the 13th Breeders' Cup victory for jockey Garrett Gomez and the seventh for trainer Richard Mandella.

Beholder paid $9.80 to win, while trainer Bob Baffert's Executiveprivilege had her five-race winning streak ended.

Associated Press

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2 NYC boys found dead, swept away by storm waters

Glenda Moore, and her husband, Damian Moore, react as they approach the scene where at least one of their childrens' bodies were discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Glenda Moore, and her husband, Damian Moore, react as they approach the scene where at least one of their childrens' bodies were discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Police officers wearing wet suits leave a site where the body of a 2-year-old child killed during Superstorm Sandy was discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Police officers wearing wet suits leave a site where the body of a 2-year-old child killed during Superstorm Sandy was discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Damian Moore, reacts as he approaches the scene where at least one of his childrens' bodies were discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Police officers wearing wet suits leave a site where the body of a 2-year-old child killed during Superstorm Sandy was discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Two young brothers swept from the arms of their mother by the violent sea at the height of Superstorm Sandy were found dead in a marsh Thursday, a tragic exclamation mark on an epic storm.

The boys, 2-year-old Brandon and 4-year-old Connor Moore, were sucked into the swirling floodwaters as their mother, Glenda Moore, tried to escape her SUV after it stalled Monday in the deluge on Staten Island, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm that has claimed 90 lives.

"Terrible, absolutely terrible," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said as he announced that the bodies had been discovered on the third day of a search that included police divers and sniffer dogs.

"It just compounds all the tragic aspects of this horrific event."

Police said the 39-year-old mother had driven from her flooded home toward her sister's house in Brooklyn when the car became stuck about 6:10 p.m. Monday, forcing her to confront the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves as she clung to her boys' arms.

"As the water swelled she lost her grip of her children and they were swept away," police said in a release.

Kelly said the mother "was totally, completely distraught. She started looking for them herself, asking people to help her look."

After the boys disappeared, police said, Moore fled and in a panic climbed fences and went door-to-door looking in vain for help in a neighborhood that was presumably largely abandoned in the face of the storm.

Police said she flagged down an emergency vehicle about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday and authorities began their search. Police said she told them she tried to find help and eventually gave up, spending the night trying to shield herself from the storm on the front porch of an empty home.

The search continued in the days that followed, with numerous emergency personnel joining the march through Staten Island marshland. The bodies were found about 100 feet from each other at the end of a narrow dead end street.

Television video later showed the water-logged SUV, two children's car seats visible through a window.

Damian Moore, the boys' father, reached on his cell phone, said he had no comment about the tragedy.

The boys were among 19 storm victims found on Staten Island, out of nearly 40 who died in New York City's five boroughs. Those identified Thursday included a couple who apparently drove away from their home as the storm struck.

The 89-year-old man and 66-year-old woman were found lying next to a car in a vacant lot. Police believe they drowned after climbing out to escape rising water.

Authorities stressed that the death toll was preliminary, and that the total could change if the medical examiner determines any deaths were not storm-related.

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Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz and Tom Hays contributed to this story.

Associated Press

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Local Voices ? The Basic Steps To Take In Your Next Home ...

So you?ve found this article. You are now ready to tackle that next renovation project, correct? Now is as good a time as any to make these changes. You may have some questions remaining, but this article should prove to be a valuable tool. Read on for some helpful hints to help get you on your way towards tackling your next project with confidence.

If you want an improvement idea that can add value to your home and can also increase your living area, think about finishing your basement. When your basement is finish, you?ve give your family a whole new room to enjoy. You can also get the material from a discount outlet. Actually finishing your basement can up the value of your home by 30 percent or more.

Replace the cupboard doors you have! Not everyone can go out and buy new cabinets. If we just change out the doors, however, we get a new look for a very reasonable price. Measure everything out and get what you need beforehand. Installation can be very simple. You just need to put in a couple of screws!

Add a coat of glaze to bathrooms to give them a vibrant look. A fresh glaze could make a worn out bathroom look new and shiny. A glaze treatment can be done at a much cheaper price than bathroom floor replacement. New glaze in the bathroom is a great way to add value without breaking the bank.

Do you know about ?age-in-place? techniques? This method factors in the age of the homeowner to determine which improvements will provide the most for your home improvement dollar. This ensures you can live in the home well into your golden years.

Add weather stripping to doors and windows to give your home?s energy efficiency a big boost. This is a cheap fix but can save you lots of money on heating and cooling costs for your home. You can also reduce the drafts you feel inside your home on windy, cold nights.

Pick a color format for the room in question. A complementary scheme of colors works great in an area that?s for formal activities, like your dining room. Using colors that complement the home well, such as green and red, purple and orange, or blue and yellow, oppose each other on the spokes of a color wheel. This is a clear representation of colors and is very effective and visually challenging.

If a contractor you?ve hired tells you something, you ought to believe him or her. You have already done the research you need and you?ve found a good contractor. It is in your best interest to believe what he is telling you. If he states that your changes will not work, listen. Or, if he says something will go over-budget, it will. Take the advice given to you by your contractor.

Are you in search of a project that is budget friendly, but still has maximum curb appeal? Rock walls will enhance your landscape. The big rocks are easy to gather for no money at all. Many websites have information about making paths and flower beds with rocks.

Are you someone who loves being outside but hates all the bugs? Add a screened-in patio or other enclosure. It offers an area where you can sit and relax with family friends, while not having to worry about these pests bothering you. If you would like, you can add a large ceiling fan.

Now you are much more prepared when it comes to home improvement. You may have thought yourself to be ready, look at yourself now! These tips should help you get motivated to make changes to your home.

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Installed HID headlight, kills motor when turned on - Can-Am ATV ...

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How many watts does the HID light system take? I am not sure about your bike, but I think my renegade only puts out about 85W max ?? I think thats at 4000 RPM. The service manual says @4000rpm, 14.4-15.2V, 3-7A. thats 43-106 watts depending on how yours does. You have to leave some power for ignition/ECM. I would expect the battery to be able to supply the extra depending on how the lights are wired in, but eventually kill the battery. I assume your kit has a ballast? I wonder if its drawing too much power?

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NHL cancels Winter Classic at Big House

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ? The NHL has put one of its signature events on ice.

The Winter Classic, scheduled between Detroit and Toronto for Jan. 1 at Michigan Stadium, became the latest casualty of the league's lockout.

"The logistical demands for staging events of this magnitude made today's decision unavoidable," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Friday. "We simply are out of time. We are extremely disappointed, for our fans and for all those affected, to have to cancel the Winter Classic and Hockeytown Winter Festival events."

Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall was bummed out, too. He was looking forward to facing the Maple Leafs in a matchup of two Original Six teams in the home of college football's winningest team.

"It's obviously very sad," Kronwall told The Associated Press. "The Winter Classic is one of the highlights of the year, and this is something everyone has been looking to because playing at the Big House would've been something very special."

Don Fehr, the players' union executive director, called the decision "unnecessary and unfortunate, as was the owners' implementation of the lockout itself."

"The fact that the season has not started is a result of a unilateral decision by the owners; the players have always been ready to play while continuing to negotiate in good faith," he said. "We look forward to the league's return to the bargaining table, so that the parties can find a way to end the lockout at the earliest possible date, and get the game back on the ice for the fans."

The league said it would schedule the next Winter Classic at the stadium, which holds more than 100,000 people and had been expected to set a record for attendance at a hockey game. Among other things, the event called for a winter festival about 45 miles away in Detroit and the construction of two outdoor rinks for multiple college and youth teams.

Some 400,000 people were expected in the area over the New Year's weekend, filling hotel rooms, restaurants and bars.

"We have been holding reservations for a lot of fans that were expecting to come," said Michael Harman, general manager of the Campus Inn in Ann Arbor. "So far, we have not received very many cancellations, but we do anticipate them."

The labor dispute, which began Sept. 16, has already forced 326 games to be wiped out from Oct. 11 through Nov. 30, but losing the sixth annual outdoor extravaganza is the biggest blow yet for the league and its players. There haven't been any labor talks since Oct. 18, when the players' union countered a league offer with three proposals that were quickly rejected by the NHL.

Daly indicated that cancelling the Winter Classic doesn't necessarily mean more games in the regular season ? or the All-Star game ? will be wiped out soon.

"I don't foresee any further cancellation announcements in the near term," Daly wrote in an email to The AP.

He said it is "impossible" for him to say whether the Red Wings and Maple Leafs would play on Jan. 1 at Joe Louis Arena in the Motor City ? if a labor deal is reached.

The cancellation is a strong reality check that the labor fight has no end in sight. The sides have remained in contact in recent days, but none of those discussions has led to any new negotiations. Daly and players' association special counsel Steve Fehr have spoken several times over the course of this week and seem to be moving closer to setting up a time to get together.

Daly said that Superstorm Sandy didn't prevent the sides from returning to negotiations this week.

"No meetings have been scheduled yet, but we have had an ongoing dialogue," Daly said.

The NHL has already said that it will be impossible to play a full season because of the lockout, and even if the league is able to reschedule some games that were previously called off, it seems unlikely that the Winter Classic can be moved to a new date or location this season. It was the first scheduled for a college stadium ? after the previous five were played in NFL or baseball stadiums ? and the first to plan other events in a different venue as part of the celebration.

Comerica Park, home to the American League champion Detroit Tigers, was supposed to host the Hockeytown Winter Festival and the NHL Alumni Showdown. Those events are also casualties of the lockout, along with the attempt to break the hockey attendance record of 104,173 set by Michigan and Michigan State's hockey teams in 2010.

The NHL was to pay a total of $3 million ? over multiple installments ? to rent the stadium. Calling the game off by Friday cost the league only a $100,000 deposit paid to the University of Michigan.

"Clearly, as long as the lockout was in place, we couldn't go very far with any of the planning or execution of the event," Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon told The AP. "We held several meetings to talk about what we wanted to do and to coordinate activities, but we never got to a point where any out-of-pocket money was spent. We're still going to host the event, it's just not going to be on the date originally planned, and we're excited about that."

When that might happen is anyone's guess.

In its most recent proposal, the NHL offered the union a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenue, which exceeded $3 billion last season, but that offer was rejected. The players responded with their three offers that went nowhere.

The NHL proposal was contingent on the league playing a full season, which now won't happen. The league has called that its best offer and has since pulled it back.

"Last week we had a proposal to save a full season on the table. That has since been withdrawn," Daly told the AP. "That creates a different environment for talks."

Players earned 57 percent of revenue in the recently expired contract, in which a salary cap was included for the first time. Owners sought to bring that number below 50 percent this time before their most recent offer. The union tried to get talks restarted last week without preconditions, but was turned away after refusing to agree to bargain off the framework of the league's offer or issue another proposal with the league's offer serving as a starting point.

There is a major divide between the sides over how to deal with existing player contracts. The union wants to ensure that those are all paid in full without affecting future player contracts. League Commissioner Gary Bettman expressed a willingness to discuss the "make whole" provisions on existing contracts, but only if the economic portions of the league's offer are accepted first by the union.

This is the third lockout in Bettman's tenure. The first forced a shortened 1994-95 season, and the second led to the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 season ? the only time a major North American professional sports league lost a full season to a labor dispute.

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AP Sports Writer Ira Podell in New York contributed to this report.

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Uganda says to pull out troops from Somalia over Congo charges

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda will tell the United Nations it is withdrawing its forces from military operations in Somalia and other regional hotspots after the world body accused it of supporting Congolese rebels, the security minister said on Friday.

Minister Wilson Mukasa said the decision was irreversible and another cabinet minister was travelling to New York to explain its position to the United Nations.

Ugandan troops account for more than a third of the 17,600 U.N.-mandated African peacekeepers battling al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels in Somalia and their withdrawal could hand an advantage to al Shabaab.

Its soldiers, backed by U.S. special forces, are also leading the hunt for fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony in Central African Republic, with some stationed in South Sudan.

In a leaked report, a U.N. panel of experts last month accused Uganda and Rwanda of supporting the so-called M23 rebel group commanded by Bosco Ntaganda, a warlord indicted by the International Criminal Court nicknamed "the Terminator".

Mukasa said Uganda would withdraw from Somalia, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo to concentrate on domestic security.

"We are tired of being maligned even after sacrifices have been made to ensure that our friends, our neighbors are okay. The 'thank you' we get is that you are now aiding this, you are this and that, so we are tired," he told reporters in Kampala.

A Ugandan army spokesman, Felix Kulayigye, said the military had received no orders yet but was ready to act when it did.

"We'll not stay an extra day in Somalia when we get that order," he said.

The African force has been vital to propping up a string of interim governments in Somalia and driving al Shabaab militants from all their urban strongholds over the last 15 months, including the capital, Mogadishu, and southern port of Kismayu.

A sudden reduction in its numbers, especially in Mogadishu, would risk unraveling the security gains that allowed the first presidential elections in more than four decades to be held in the capital in September.

Somalia's poorly equipped and ill-disciplined army is more a loose affiliation of rival militias than a cohesive fighting force loyal to a single president.

Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, the spokesman for al Shabaab's military operation, said it was unaware of Uganda's intention to withdraw it would keep fighting the African peacekeepers.

"After Ugandans leave, what else, it will be easier to fight the remaining invaders. We shall finish them," he told Reuters.

PLAYING TO GALLERY

Uganda has earned significant Western support for deploying its soldiers to a warzone few foreign powers outside the region have the stomach for.

It also benefits financially for its AMISOM contribution while at the same time a troop presence in Somalia, Central African Republic and South Sudan gives the Ugandan military a big footprint across the region.

"It's just politics and playing to the gallery. They won't pull out. Things will be quietly settled behind closed doors with perhaps future reports not being so critical," said London-based Somali-analyst Hamza Mohamed.

The confidential 44-page report by the U.N. Security Council's Group of Experts, a body that monitors compliance with the U.N. sanctions and arms embargo in place for Congo, said M23 has expanded territory under its control, stepped up recruitment of child soldiers and summarily executed recruits and prisoners.

The report said Rwandan officials coordinated the setting up of the rebel movement as well as its military operations. Uganda's more subtle support to M23 allowed its political branch to operate from within Kampala.

Uganda and Rwanda have repeatedly denied the accusations.

(Additional reporting by Drazen Jorgic and Yara Bayoumy in Nairobi, Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh in Mogadishu; Justin Dralaze in Kampala; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing by James Macharia and Angus MacSwan)

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It's Time for Four O'Clock Tea! Chocolate Spice, Gingerbread ...

Puddles splashed under my feet, the air was damp and cold enough to chill me to the bone, and my umbrella was one gust away from auditioning for Mary Poppins.? And yet there I was, adrenaline pumping, frolicking around town with the most excited, giddy feeling bubbling out of me.? Nope, it wasn?t because of cupcakes.? Or sushi.? And no, I didn?t find a chunk of change on the ground although that would have been pretty nice too.? No, I was bursting with delightful joy because I had just bought two boxes of tea.? TEA!!? I could shout it from the rooftops: I LOVE MY TEAAAA!

I have never been more ecstatic over a food and drink purchase in my life.? And as you all know, I get excited about many things so this is huge!? I know, I gush about cupcakes and macarons and vegetarian food and Italian and brunch and cookbooks and food accessories and all that good stuff.? But I never had to hunt for any of it.? This time I hunted.? I looked and I hunted and I was rewarded with treasure: a total of 3 boxes of amazing tea that I cannot wait to drown my tea mesh ball in!? Before you ask what the heck I?m even talking about, let me start from the beginning.

Over the past several years, I?ve been drinking loose leaf tea on a pretty regular basis.? As a child, I would drink tea at dim sum with my family, sure, but this was different.? This was me going out to buy loose leaf from David?s Tea, going out to grab a cup at a cute tea shop, and keeping up with new flavours and flavours I had already tried.? After starting my job at Kraft, the tea situation has only intensified.? I drink tea every morning at work now.? I don?t miss a beat.? I drink tea the same way java junkies inhale their coffee.? I stock up and actually have a cute purple paper bag from Steeped & Infused that I keep in the cupboard of my co-worker?s kitchen that is full of loose leaf tea baggies in all sorts of flavours so I?ll always have something to choose from in the mornings.? And said co-worker?? Bless her heart, she adores tea as much as I do (if not more) and shares her loot with me.

Basically, my tea obsession has just gotten ridiculous.? But I don?t care.? Because I love it and it makes me happy.

So, my dear co-worker, who goes through Union station every morning to get to work, was given tea samples by some nice folks during the morning rush hour not too long ago.? Knowing how much I loved having a cuppa every day, she asked for a few extras so she could surprise me.? These tea samples were none other than the ones from the fair trade, organic Four O?clock brand and tea collection!? I was completely taken aback.? Four O?clock teas?!? How did this get past my radar?!? The packaging looked completely unfamiliar and the name didn?t ring a bell.? For all I knew, I could have had a tea from them in the past without knowing it was actually from them.? Either way, I brewed a cup of chai from one of the samples and fell utterly head over heels in love.? OH.MY.GOD.? Tea is warm, cozy heaven in a cup.? I had to know what in the world this tea was all about.

So I did what any savvy, modern foodie would do: I Googled them.

And I was floored.? As part of the Trans-herbe company based in Quebec, Four O?Clock teas are sold all over the world and are available in shops and health food stores all across the country and province.? Their website has a section where you can search for shops that sell Four O?Clock tea (CLICK HERE)?and oh my goodness is there EVER a ridiculous number of places that carry it in Toronto and York Region!? This is my holy grail tea guide, folks!? And the flavours!? Banana Cinnamon Spice!? Tiramisu!? Raspberry Cream!? There was no way I was going to let this slip by and fade into oblivion.? I was going to hunt these teas down if it was the last thing I did.

And that, my dear friends, is how and why I ended up splashing in puddles around town looking for Four O?Clock tea in the wet and cold god-awful weather (not during the Whole Foods trip though, that day was sunny!).? And I?m over-the-moon blissfully happy because I snagged 3, count ?em THREE boxes of tea!!? And two of them are from their brand spankin? new winter tea collection!!? I don?t even care that I came home with the toes of my shoes completely soaked!? I picked up a box of Chocolate Spice from Whole Foods Market in Yorkville ($3.99 with a $0.50 off coupon at Whole Foods) and the other two special winter collection boxes ($3.99 each) at Essence of Life Organics health food store in Kensington Market.? Chocolate Spice, Gingerbread, and Almond Biscotti!!? CAN YOU TELL HOW EXCITED I AM?!? Hunting for this teas was and is so much fun.? Not only am I getting to know a new (to me) brand of tea, I?m also getting to know shops I?ve never been to and in the future, possibly even parts of town I?ve never even been around.? Sigh.? I?m so happy.

And I am not afraid to say this: free samples totally work.

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RIM starts carrier testing on BlackBerry 10 devices

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