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So which narrative is closer to the truth?
Human rights organizations including Amnesty International and environmental groups share the first argument while oil companies promote the second.
But the main difference between them is the evidence that underpins them. Amnesty International and other NGOs have put significant evidence into the public domain that demonstrates that Shell has underestimated oil spilled due to operational failures.
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Courtesy of James Oliver, Jr.
Ahhhhh, parenting-arguably the most challenging and rewarding thing you will ever do in life.
Then there’s entrepreneurship. Since eighty percent of new businesses fail, you gotta be at least a little crazy to be an entrepreneur.
If you combine being a parent and an entrepreneur, well, now you’re just asking for trouble! I kid, but if parenting is one thing, and entrepreneurship is another thing, being a Parentpreneur is a third thing that is even more challenging and more rewarding.
So if you’re a super-hustling Parentpreneur, I see you. I feel you. And I got you!
Here are a few lessons and tips I’ve learned on my journey launching a business, while raising my beautiful four year-old twins, Zoe and Thaddeus.
Cover of "The More You Hustle, The Luckier You Get: You CAN Be a Successful Parentpreneur" by James Oliver, Jr.Courtesy of James Oliver, Jr.
At one point, I was a work-at-home dad who took care of my twins when they weren’t in daycare. In between taking them to school, library time, and gymnastics, I was working hard to get much-needed PR for my business, create and execute business strategies, answer customer phone calls and e-mails, and respond to live ch...
My business at the time wasn’t exactly killing it, and was not reducing enough financial pressure to let me be the provider for my family I expected to be. My brain was always churning, thinking of ways I could get more website traffic, convert more users to happy, paid customers, and pay myself more. As a result, I wa...
Thanks to a friend, I realized I had to cherish every day and celebrate the precious moments I saw with my kids. So I started posting daily videos and photos of my kids on my personal Facebook page using the hashtag #Cherish365.
Every day you will see your kids do things you will cherish years from now when you look back. So remember, these are the good old days, and choose to appreciate them now.
The more you hustle, the luckier you get.
Yep. That’s the title of my book. As Auntie Oprah says, this is the one thing I know for sure. And I also know that hustle > luck.
Most people who purport to be influential aren’t — and people with tons of social media followers probably can’t help your sales.
My experience raising cash for my business is how I mostly learned this lesson. Many people purport to be connected in circles with people who invest in startups. Try to raise money for your startup and reach out to people like that and you’ll see what I’m getting at here.
Also, I used to think if I got someone with 100,000 Twitter followers to share my content, somehow something great would happen for awareness of my business, or there’d be a spike in traffic. It just doesn’t work that way. I read a great article in The Atlantic about how even tweets with tons of engagement barely drive...
James Oliver, Jr. and his family.Courtesy of James Oliver, Jr.
Sales makes everything better! Every entrepreneur knows there will be occasional customer problems. Sometimes it will be your fault, sometimes not. But it doesn’t matter. Problems present a wonderful opportunity to turn customers into advocates of your product or brand.
How do you do this? Simple. Just respond to customers quickly and do whatever you can to fix the problem – even if it costs you money.
Yep. That’s right. Offer customers with problems credits on future purchases. Offer a partial refund if they’re angry. And a full refund, if they’re really angry. This approach will turn upset customers into loyal, repeat customers and advocates who will tell their friends about your business. And more money in the ban...
Mental health is everything. If you’re an entrepreneur, feeling anxiety and fear is probably something you experience regularly.
Managing fear is the most important thing you have to learn to maintain your mental health, which matters because a positive frame of mind leads to better results for your business and your family life. Conversely, a negative mindset, brought on by fear, can keep you from making the connections you need for your busine...
1. Recognize that you may be afraid or anxious when you’re feeling that way. Don’t beat up on yourself or get upset about it. Wave hello to those old friends, fear and anxiety.
I AM a great dad to my twins and a great husband to my wife.
I AM a successful entrepreneur.
I AM a creative, spiritual being.
3. And finally, there is meditation, which is the only thing that consistently keeps the anxiety monsters from churning my stomach to a pulp. Just five to fifteen minutes a day of meditation can make a huge difference for you to have a calmer, more positive mindset, which will help you be a better entrepreneur and pare...
Sometimes when you think you lose, you win.
And finally, when things seem to not be going your way, they can take an unexpected turn that works out completely in your favor. So don’t fret.
BUNKER HILL - One of September's biggest events just wouldn't have been the same had organizers kept its original name.
"It used to be called the Oktoberfest before we moved it to September," Chamber of Commerce President Robert Johnessee said. "We have a lot of German heritage here."
The Bunker Hill Fall Festival is today a mainstay of autumn, and revelers are looking forward to it this Saturday, when there is a full day of activities.
Johnessee has been a part of the festivities from the beginning, dating from his days as the community's mayor.
The timing of the event - Sept. 11 - commands a patriotic theme, he said.
Tribute will be paid to the firefighters, police and emergency personnel who took over and restored order after the terrorist attacks in 2001, Johnessee said.
An opening ceremony will pause to remember the tragedy, concluding with the planned release by participant Don Breitweiser of a bevy of white doves as a call for peace.
"We will be giving away to the first 100 cars registered a very nice dash plaque and 11 show-picked trophies to the lucky ones," said Johnessee, who also gets his own trophy pick.
He said some participants will be allowed to do tire "burnouts" on a controlled surface.
At 11 a.m., skilled washer tossers and horseshoe players are invited to sign up at the library for competition.
A pie-eating contest will begin at 11 a.m., followed by the Little Miss and Mister competition at noon and the talent show immediately following.
"The talent show is really good; we've got some really good talent in this area," he said.
Johnessee said the winner of the Citizen of the Year award - a choice of the public - will be announced at 3 p.m.
From 5 to 7 p.m., "Ardy the Clown" will entertain youngsters with balloon tying.
Winners of the 50/50 and other drawings will be announced beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The finale will be entertainment for the evening by the Harman Family band from the Bunker Hill area, which starts at 6 and plays until 9 p.m.
A number of food vendor stands will be offered.
"We have almost all of the community organizations and classes at the schools with stands," he said. "The whole thing is a fund-raiser for various community groups."
Another highlight will be a farm tractor show, with some 75 restored tractors being brought in by the Staunton Area Future Farmers of America. There will also be a dunking booth and a basketball shooting event.
The Stormers long wait for a win in New Zealand will continue after mistakes at crucial junctures cost the visitors dearly at Eden Park on Saturday morning.
The Blues, reduced to 14-men for the final 10 minutes after Tanielu Tele'a was red-carded for challenging Dillyn Leyds in the air, maintained their composure to close out a thrilling 24-9 bonus point victory.
Tele'a had earlier opened the scoring for the home team with a scintillating run down the right touchline to hit back after the Stormers had opened up a 6-0 lead.
Flyhalf Otere Black added the conversion and a further penalty to stretch the Blues lead to 10-5 at halftime.
Despite the Stormers enjoying the majority of possession and territory in the second half, the visitors failed to capitalise allowing the Blues to remain in the game. Robbie Fleck’s team only had a third Jean-Luc du Plessis penalty to show for all their efforts.
After absorbing all the pressure, the Blues showed how just how dangerous they can actually be when they did eventually get their hands on the ball with the superstar All Blacks Sonny Bill Williams and Rieko Ioane showing their class.
Williams put away Black with his customary off-load to stretch the Blues lead before Ioane delivered a telling blow with his seventh try in three Super Rugby matches.
If you believe the pitch, how you get from A to B is about to be disrupted once again. Ridesharing with social media friends could be a key part of our transport future, according to researchers at the University of Melbourne.
They aim to create a start-up app to take business from services like Uber.
But for it to be efficient, people would have to be flexible in where they shop or go to the gym.
Don’t worry—your copy of Minecraft won’t become obsolete anytime soon, as developer Mojang hasn’t even talked about making a sequel yet.
In lieu of creating an entirely new Minecraft game, Martensson said, Mojang would rather build out the game that already exists through continual updates. For instance, Mojang has recently focused on supporting more platforms—such as Windows 10, which will soon support cross-platform multiplayer with Minecraft’s iOS, A...
“We also want to make sure the creativity of the community is still there, so we can allow and empower all our users to create plugins or mods, then I think then the community will take the game where it’s going to be in five years,” Martensson said.
The mindset dovetails nicely with that of Microsoft, which acquired Mojang for $2.5 billion nearly a year ago. With Windows 10, Microsoft has moved from major releases every few years to a “ Windows as a service ” model, where users receive several years of continuous updates at no extra charge. At the same time, Micro...
The story behind the story: Minecraft is more than just a game at this point. It’s an entire culture of mods, multi-player and Let’s Play videos. A proper sequel risks fracturing the community and taking away from the phenomenon. As for the business side, Minecraft has sold more than 16 million copies across all platfo...
Singer Tony Bennett, along with celebrities such as Chris Rock, held a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to raise awareness of gun violence and push for gun control. In his remarks, Bennett likened the opposition to more gun control laws to Nazi Germany. Bennett said opponents had to be "told off" like th...
TONY BENNETT: It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had to be told off. And if we continue this kind of violence and accept it in our country, the rest of the world's going to really take care of us, in a very bad way.
We should learn that we're the greatest country, because we're all different nationalities and all different religions. And we should show the rest of the world how to behave.
In 1978 about 100 Orange-region orchardists banded together to get a fair price for their apples.
Now, 40 years later, the number of shareholder members has fallen to 37, but the determination to make their co-operative continue to bear fruit has them looking forward.
The Appledale Processors Co-operative provides juice from Orange apples to processors in NSW, Victoria and Queensland and provides the base for several cider makers.
All the shareholders are apple growers.
Chairman Joe Caltabiano said they started by providing concentrated apple juice but were eventually beaten by Chinese producers who could sell their product cheaper.
Now they concentrate on making and selling quality.
“We’ve had a quality juice for some time, quality is what counts,” he said.
He said the cider market would be an avenue for future growth from Appledale.
“Cider is a direction we will be probably looking at in the next five years,” he said.
General manager Jess Crombie said cider was becoming more mainstream.
“Cider has had growth on growth for the last five years,” she said.
Cider is a direction we will be probably looking at in the next five years.
When the co-operative started the growers had an excess of juice but now with less growers in the area there was a shortage.
The co-operative has bought an orchard at Springside with 15,000 trees which they were now using to supplement produce from the shareholder orchardists.
Director Michael Cunial said the orchard was harvested mechanically.
“It’s an Australian-first to do mechanical harvesting,” he said.
Fellow director David Gartrell said the money saved on hand picking was being used to help employ full-time staff at the orchard.
He said the co-operative had its ups and downs over the past 40 years.
“We’ve had a gradual increase in our juice price which has been fantastic,” he said.
Shareholder Guy Gaeta said the co-operative had been a saviour for growers.
“If this place wasn't here we'd be giving them away,” Mr Gaeta said.
The Mountain Tea House at Mount Canobolas has closed.
Owners Rob and Carol Thornton are now looking for buyers to take over and re-open the business on the route to the summit.
She said the previous leaseholder had to end the lease early in April.
The Thorntons are still continuing to run the adjacent cabins for accommodation but she said they did not have the time to operate both operations.
She said they could not subdivide them.
“We’re selling the business itself and the goodwill,” she said.
“It’s a brilliant location. It has a very high probability of being an excellent business.
She said she had received many phone calls from prospective customers.
Customer demand has led the Village Bakehouse Orange to undertake its first renovation since opening two years ago to create more seats.

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