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Nobody Ordered Wolves is a film screening programme.
Nobody Ordered Wolves finds the best hidden cinema from around the world and showcases them immersively, in venues that are thematically tied to the film. Named after Jeffrey Dell's classic 1939 satire of the British film industry, Nobody Ordered Wolves was established in 2013 and is programmed by Duncan Carson.
How we programme
1) Show only films that you won't see elsewhere.
There are plenty of places to catch the nostalgic, the ironic and the classic. We exist to breathe life into films you haven't heard of, that don't have UK releases or have been lost to time.
2) Find a space that honours the film experience.
A projection is a performance! Watching film together creates a magnetic tension between people. Finding a special space that reflects the film makes the experience more memorable.
3) The space should only add, never distract from the screening.
We want to benefit the viewing experience with the location rather than provide a sideshow.
4) Expand cinema and give as much as you can.
We always show short films, provide programmes, design special cocktails, contextualise the films and give a history of the space. Films are a living culture and we want to add to that culture.
5) Work with amazing partners.
We are always keen to work with other cine-clubs, film historians, historians, architects, charities, distributors, performers, thinkers, whoever. Send us an email at email@example.com if you have a space, a programming idea or want to work together on any kind of project.
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Vol. 1 / No. 2 / Published : 2000-08
Original Article :
Pengetahuan keluarga keluarga di sekitar lokalisasi tentang penyakit hiv/aids: kasus kodya surabaya
In general, the objectives of this research is to describe the knowledge of HIV/AIDS and the behavior of families living in prostitution area and their effort and participation in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS.The location is determined purposively in Bangunrejo and Doly localizations in Surabaya. The population is the families living in those area. The sample size is 100 respondents and the method used is availibility sampling method. Data collecting is done in two ways: interview and observation. Data collected are analyzed qualitatively.The results are first, most of the respondents are productive, graduates from elementary school (SD) and junior high school (SLTP), who earn Rp 300.000 Rp. 600.000, monthly and live in their own houses. Second, they lack of knowledge of HIV/AIDS.
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Welcome to your new role as a community administrator! As a community admin, you have the highest level of access within your OrgSync community. To get started, you need to know how to access and utilize your community administrative tools. These tools allow you to manage all of the users and organizations in your community, export reports, manage the content on your community home, and oversee your community’s involvement. Community admins are also able to see and manage sensitive information about each user in the community.
To access your community admin tools, click on the Admin button in your Global Navigation Toolbar. If you currently do not have community admin access, contact your Campus Consultant. Community admins can only be added or removed by OrgSync staff.
Dashboard: When you click on your community icon, you will land on your Community Dashboard. The Community Dashboard gives you a zoomed-out view of everything going on within your community, including organization and user stats, classifications, and your community structure.
Users: The Users tab allows you to manage all of the users within your entire community. At first glance, you will see the join date and last login date of each user. Expanding the arrows next to a user’s name will open their details, allowing you to view and export information on each user. The Users tab is also where you can download your user import template, customize your community’s Custom User Profile, and manage Classifications.
Organizations: The Organizations tab allows community admins to manage all of the umbrellas and organization portals in your community. Clicking on the expand arrows next to each organization allows you to view portal details, message or add users to the portal, and export portal specific information.
Reports: The reports tab provides reporting and assessment tools for your community, including , organization statistics, and user statistics. Reports from your community admin tools can include data about all of the users and organizations in your community.
Involvement Requests: As a community admin, you are responsible for approving involvement requests that are not tied to an organization portal. These requests can be accessed from the Involvement Requests tab or from the Dashboard. From this tab, you can approve or deny your users’ activity, membership, and transcript requests.
Promotions: Promotions allow community administrators to post forms, news posts, events, and polls to the community home page. Under the Promotions tab, you can view and manage your current and past promotions.
Settings: Under Settings, you have the ability to manage various aspects of your community, including the appearance of community home, involvement settings, and additional integrations such as Card Swipe and Room Reservation.
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3 months in an exciting and exotic co-working space
Canggu, Bali, Indonesia
Written on: August 31st, 2017
#digitalnomad, #newparadigm, #workischanging, #freelance, #web, #coworking, #bali, #workfree
Working in a co-working space VS working at home
I’ve worked as a freelancer for almost ten years now. Shout out to all the freelancers out there.
What I used to consider as the top 3 benefits of working at home
- It’s cheaper
- It’s simpler, no need to move
- There is nothing and no one to disturb me
However, my experience has taught me the following about the reality of working at home:
- There is a great deal of distraction at home
- Your mind can develop an unhealthy inability to separate private life and work life, especially if you do not have a dedicated room to work from – an office in your house.
- Your home office might not be that good. You might have a crappy Internet connection. You might need air conditioning or proper heating in order to work comfortably but are not investing in it. You could have crappy lighting, noise, bad desk or chair.
- It is harder to keep a strict schedule. You might start working too late, waking up too late and it might interfere a great deal with the rest of your life.
- It is harder for your partner and/or friends or family to understand when your mind’s attention is not available because it is focused on your work. As a result, this can be harder for you too.
- You could start suffering from solitude
- You will not benefit from other people’s experience as much as you would in a workspace. You might not be up-to-date with the latest practices or benefit from having instant access to contacts that could provide you with precious technical advices when you need them.
- You will not create contacts/relationships that could be a great source of new leads for your business.
The TOP 6 actual benefits of investing a co-working space
- The work environment has been designed for you. You are given access to an amazing Internet connection, good desks and chairs, different spaces that suit you at different times of the day: outside, inside, A/C, café area, Skype booths, meeting rooms, swimming pool, downstairs or upstairs, silent spaces or busy/chatty spaces.
- You make connections with all different kinds of experts in different fields. You learn. The membership usually includes access to many free workshops given by the members who share their knowledge and get exposure at the same time. You keep your knowledge of the best practices up-to-date.
- You make business connections, team connections.
Are you a Youtube Guru? There a numerous people building information products that would love to hire you! Are you a web developer looking for an SEO expert? Here is the perfect guy for you. Are you building your brand? Say hello to amazing graphic designers and social media experts.
- You now have an office. You can separate your private life from your work life. It is now easier to say, “Honey, I’m not available right now, I’m at work”.
- Get the right amount of social time. In a co-working space, you can manage the right dosage between being alone and being with people. No more solitude and no social overwhelm. You’re in control.
- And last but not least, you make friends… and if you’re lucky, you may create more intimate connections. See #dojolove for more info 🙂
Dojo Bali offers all of that and more.
It is located in Canggu Bali, a beach town that has been growing exponentially for the last five years. Being one hour away from both Denpasar Airport and Ubud, its location is ideal. Canggu attracts a great deal of surfers and yoga practitioners. Just two years ago, Dojo opened. Now it is filled with Digital Nomads enjoying a very balanced lifestyle.
Except for the rainy season – November to March – the weather is perfect. 25C to 32C all year and a soft breeze from the Sea. Just wear flip-flops and a singlet, maybe a long-sleeve T-shirt at night. That’s it. You can’t go wrong!
Cost of rent is okay. Many coworkers make the choice to live in a big villa with a few housemates. Others make the choice to stay in a guesthouse or a homestay. It can cost anywhere from 5 to 9 million IDR a month to rent a room in a luxurious villa. Guesthouses and homestays cost around 5 million a month.
Forget about your car. Rent a scooter! It’s the main transport vehicle in Bali… and most of Asia actually. It’s cheap as F***K. About 800.000 IDR a month to rent the bike and don’t even count the cost of petrol because it’s really negligible.
Dojo does not only provide the environment, it creates a community: business –oriented speed dating, dojo masterminds, beach & beers events, members’ lunch, barbecues, basketball field, days out to visit Bali and finally Games of Throne screenings for the fans. It also provides a digital membership subscription for those who wish to continue having access to the live streaming of all the workshops to stay connected with the community even while being away from Bali. Dojo also tries to initiate and partake in community projects for Bali. The “Dojo Hackathon” organized a few months ago was organized with the intention of helping the community with its waste management issues.
Meet people from all over the world. Some are entrepreneurs, some sell products online, some develop for others, some work fixed hours for a remote agency. I’ve met programmers, SEO and social media experts, email marketing experts and graphic designers and also fashion designers, bloggers, content writers, photographers and many bitcoin traders. People who hang out at Dojo usually have an interesting history; they are not the common office employee. They are well traveled and have a story that is most often astonishing and inspiring.
Staff & Services
The staff is exclusively composed of locals. Front-desk, café, kitchen, event managers, the Dojo Staff is top-notch and contribute to give a really nice vibe to the place. The café offers great meals and drinks; coffee is up to the Australian standards and prices are affordable. Dojo also offers printing services and sells accessories for laptops. In the next month, Dojo’s basketball court will be opened its doors and not too long after Dojo will be launching its own accommodation offer.
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|Ok, Scottie Mom - let me out!|
|It didn't take us long to settle into our suite.|
|Playing with a new human friend before we go meet other puppers.|
|It was all fun and games...until some Scotties got a B-A-T-H.|
|We weren't upset too long...Scottie Mom arrived shortly thereafter to take us home!|
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I don't like to be away from Heather and Mr. K but when I have to be, it is good to know I have a place I can turn to and know that they will not only be safe but will enjoy themselves just as much as (if not more so than!) when they are with me. Initially, I was against boarding Heather and Mr. K at all costs. The only way I would vacation was if the Scotties came with us or someone I trusted could watch my precious pups. Now, thanks to a thorough (and somewhat neurotic) Scottie Mom hunt to find a place that met my standards, I have some peace of mind when I drop the fur kids off at Pet Paradise. With four weekend Scottie staycations behind us - all ending with smiling puppy faces - and round-the-clock access to a web cam, it is safe to say I am over any anxiety and reservations I had before I boarded them! An added and unexpected bonus? Mr. K seems to have lost his sometimes rough-around-the-edges nature around other dogs thanks to the consistent socialization! What do you look for in a place your pups can staycation while you're away?
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One of the biggest problems in dating is stereotypical behavior. Men of dreams usually are interested in women who think they’re incredibly hot. Likewise, women who think they’re hot aren’t attracted to males either. They’re the trainwrecks of in a number of comedies. And, girls just who fall for sizzling hot women usually are the least advisable women.
Sweets mommas can be found in many sizes and shapes. Some are rich and older women who splurge on a dude to earn his cardiovascular. Others will be nice, lovely girls whom pay for appointments and try to conquer a man’s affection. However they come throughout, they’re not likely to speak about sex, engage in reckless tendencies, or try new things in private.
For anybody who is single and searching for that man to pay the rest of your life with, beware of online dating stereotypes. These stereotypes can take you once again from falling in like and possessing a strong romance. As a result, you will absolutely limiting your opportunities to get love. Rather than seeking a woman who have seems “off limits, ” try to determine what makes her tick.
One of the most common internet dating stereotypes entail age and education. Research have advised that men and women follow others depending on these attributes. As a result, guys are more desired than ladies over 70, while ladies are more appealing when they’re younger. Additionally, higher-skilled people were even more desirable his explanation than people without postgraduate diplomas.
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Full HD video
2" IPS screen
Easy Touch interface
Viewing angle 135°
SMART CLICK mounting
IMX 322 sensor
2 slots for SD cards
in the cabin
Technical base of this hybrid steadily detects all available police speed control devices - from low powered to camera units.
The optical system of 6 glass lenses, the most powerful to date processor Ambarella A7 and high-tech sensor EXMOR IMX 322 from Sony ensure perfect recording quality of night video.
The menu hybrid X-COP 9000 implemented a convenient recording management system - now it is very easy to protect or move the desired record from one card to another.
Bright 2 "IPS screendisplays comprehensive information about the traffic situation, 4 control buttons are located on the sides of the screen.
The most compact device among high-quality hybrids with simple and intuitive control.
X-COP 9000 has parking mode that lets you record everything with the car engine turned off.
The camera optics of 6 glass lenses, Ambarella A7 processor - the most powerful processor for the moment, and high-tech EXMOR IMX 322 sensor from Sony provide a realistic, clear and high-detailed video. Besides, the EXMOR matrix from Sony implemented in the hybrid ensures smart mode of suppressing flecks and sunlight. Low noise and light correction system make the night video rather sharp.
Two inch display embedded in the NEOLINE X-COP 9000 is equipped with an IPS matrix with a wide viewing angle, so a bright and sharp image on the screen is perfectly visible from any point of the vehicle and in any weather.
This device has an integrated GPS module responsible for detecting police radar points previously recorded in the GPS base. Like its predecessors, Neoline X-COP 9000 has an integrated radar database for Europe. In the EU countries where the use of radio modules is prohibited, all frequency bands must be switched off, only the GPS module remains active. Updated radar bases are available at neoline.com every 2 weeks.
Access to the NEOLINE X-COP 9000 quick menu is provided by pressing the side buttons, the menu contains most popular user features. Add GPS point to the device memory, select automatic or night mode, change detection mode, stop recording, switch the microphone on or turn the notification sound off - all these functions can be accessed right on the touchscreen with a single click.
Videos are sorted in 3 folders: standard recording, emergency recording and parking mode..When G-sensor is triggered, recorded videos are automatically stored into the Emergency Recording folder and protected from being deleted. Furthermore, any file can be protected in the menu upon viewing videos.
NEOLINE X-COP 9000 is equipped with two slots for MicroSD memory cards. The main stream is recorded on one memory card. The second card is used to copy necessary files in order to save them or attach to the traffic police protocol.
Voice and sound alerts about police radar can be switched off in the middle of the signal by shortly pressing the POWER button. The volume is automatically switched on for the next detected radar.
X-COP mode is designed by Neoline specialists to adjust alert modes:
This function is designed to set a minimum speed limit for Neoline X-COP 9000 radar detector to notify the driver of radars only with a message on the screen. When minimum speed limit is exceeded, sound and voice notifications are added. This feature lets the Neoline X-COP 9000 radar detector draw the driver’s attention only to significant police radar signals. This feature is not available in the X-COP mode.
The unique Smart Click mounting system makes it easy to install and remove the device every day. NEOLINE X-COP 9000 is held firmly in the slots, it completely eliminates mechanical shaking while driving off-road or on a paved road.
Neoline devices are constantly improved with new firmware released by the manufacturer/ These are installed via a MicroSD card. Latest firmware and GPS base are always available atn the www.neoline.com website.
Neoline X-COP 9000 is a joint development of leading European and Korean experts in automotive electronics. Neoline X-COP 9000 is a perfect mix of Korean quality, reliability and functionality adapted to the needs of the European market.
Dear friends! We remind you that all NEOLINE hybrids are high performance devices with video bitrate up to 20Mbit/sec. They have highest requirements for MicroSD memory cards. High-quality memory card not only serves you longer but also lets you avoid data loss. Furthermore, a fake memory card may cause hybrid failure upon firmware update. For all NEOLINE hybrid line we recommend to use a memory card of class 10 and higher, UHS-1 from trusted manufacturers: Kingston, Transcend, Samsung, Toshiba, Sandisk. Beware of imitations!
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Facebook introduced a new feature on Tuesday that will allow people with visual impairments to hear descriptions of photos, aiming to make the company’s social media apps more useful and accessible.
“We want to build technology that helps the blind community experience Facebook the same way others enjoy it,” the company said in a press release.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg previously said the new tool was part of the company’s goal of expanding social media access and making technology more helpful to people.
The feature, called automatic alternative text, uses object recognition technology to describe a photo, listing the items, people and scenery that it might contain. Previously, Facebook said, someone using a screen reader could only hear the name of a person and that the person had shared a photo. Now, they can also hear what’s included in the image.
The feature will be available across the company’s products, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. The company said it plans to expand the feature in other languages and platforms, but it is currently available in English and on iOS.
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Petition praying for comprehensive medical facilities to Central Government employees, pensioners and their dependents
PARLIAMENT OF INDIA SREENEOST
राज्य सभा सचिवालय
RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT
संसद भवन/संसदीय सौंध
वेबसाईट : http://rajyasabhahindi.nic.in
Website : http://rajyasabha.nic.in
No, RS. 7(14)/2007-Cont-II
November 25, 2021
National Federation of Postal Employees,
[Kind attn: Shri R. N. Parashar, Secretary-General]
1st Floor, North Avenue,
Post Office Building.
New Delhi 100001
Sub: Petition praying for comprehensive medical facilities to Central Government employees, pensioners and their dependents-reg.
I am directed to state that the Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha under the Chairmanship of Shri Prasanna Acharya, MP is presently deliberating upon a petition of Shri Saptarshi Deb, a resident of Kolkata and counter-signed by Sardar Balwinder Singh Bhunder, the then Member of Rajya Sabha, praying for comprehensive medical facilities to Central Government employees, pensioners and their dependents. The petition inter alia prays for upgradation and improvement in CGHS facilities and advocates for cashless treatment and emergency services be provided to the CGHS beneficiaries. A copy of the petition is enclosed for ready reference.
2. I am further to state that the Committee has already heard the preliminary views of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on the working of the CGHS Scheme. However, in order have views us to whether the CGHS Scheme is working satisfactorily and difficulties, if any, being faced by the beneficiaries with regard to prayers made in the captioned petition, the Committee desires to have the views of the Serving Employees’ Associations working in this field to further deliberate in the matter.
3. I am, therefore, to request you to provide a comprehensive written note on the issues being faced by serving employees, especially in your respective city Stale with respect to CGHS facilities along with suggestions for the overall betterment of the Scheme for the employees, lo this Secretariat latest by the 15th December, 2021 for placing the same before the Committee for its consideration.
(Anil Kumar Bhatia)
E-mail: [email protected]
The Council of States
The petition of Shri Saptarshi Deb, r/o- F.C. 71, Sec. III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal
The Central Government Health Scheme (CGIIS) was started under the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 1954 with the objective of providing comprehensive medical care facilities to Central Government employees, pensioners and their dependents residing in CGIIS covered cities. The Central Govt. Health Scheme 1s applicable to a large category of people residing in CGUS covered cities which primarily includes all Central Govt. Employees sitting and retired, Spouse, Pensioners drawing pension from Civil Estimates and their family members, Members and Ex-members of Parliament, Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court (sitting and retired), Freedom Fighters, Accredited Journalists. Ex-Governors and Ex-Vice-Presidents of India etc.
2. But, the existing system of working of CGHIS is not satisfactory. Reforms in CGHS have been discussed from time to time in Parliament, but nothing concrete has really emerged. Even after discussion of several years, no provision of cashless-card system for CGHS beneficiaries has been implemented. In case of emergency conditions of a patient, CGHS does not provide any relict and it is really confusing, as to how we deal this situation. the whole purpose of empanelment of a hospital or a clinic or a diagnostic centre is lost if it insists on payment in cash first before starting the admission process or treatment process.
2.1 Further, it is submitted that in some cases pensioners, who arc permanent beneficiaries, are being denied the facilities because the plastic cards are not being renewed, Discontinuance of CGHS facilities from empanelled Hospitals under CGHS is also a major Cause Of Concern for patients, It is also contended that there is a huge gap between in-position strength and sanctioned posts of doctors and supporting staff despite the contractual appointments of retired doctors is being made to fill up the vacancies. This aspect should be looked into on priority and the Ministry has to ensure engaging of private medical specialists on part time basis. Several Wellness Centres under CGHS are in dilapidated condition needs urgent renovation. There are no facilities of specialist treatment in Wellness Centres.
3. In this regard, the petitioner prays that:
- There should be some provision for round the clock treatment of emergency conditions of a patient including availability of ambulance services In all CGHS Wellness Centres;
- Establishment of separate CGIIS wings for all Government Hospitals and also to ensure that there should be one CGHS empanelled hospital in each district of the country;
- Periodical scrutiny of the existing empanelled hospitals and diagnostic labs may be done to ensure compliance of quality parameters by them;
- Efficient mechanism of quality assurance of the drugs supplied through CGHIS may be done and only good quality tested drugs are to be supplied to the CGHS beneficiaries;
- Modalities for cashless-card system for CGHS beneficiaries may be explored. Similarly, the Department should devise a mechanism for early settlement or e-processing of the hospital bills. The Department should also come out with hassle free process of bill settlement of bills tor the patients;
- The problem of chronic shortage of doctors is very much evident in CGHS as many pursue for higher studies after joining the service. Sanctioned posts of doctors and supporting staff should not be fulfilled on urgent basis even by the retired doctors/officials and Department must take certain initiatives to attract doctors and paramedical staffs to join CGHS;
- Seeing the ever increasing cancer patients, more hospitals with cancer treatment facilities should be considered for empanelment. facilities of other kind of specialised treatment should be made available even on bi-weekly basis in all Wellness Centres; and
- Establishment of a proper ‘grievance redressal’ system for effective functioning of CGHS.
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Disappointment is one of the most awful feelings in the whole world. There is nothing worse than looking forward to something – an event, a gift, an outcome, and then having your hopes crumble before your eyes. So, what questions should we ask ourselves in order to examine our hearts when feeling disappointed?
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Delo: "Sellout of Slovenia by Political Decree"
Ljubljana, 4 January - One part the political establishment in Slovenia is again pointing at the so-called Yugoslav danger, while those who are targets of such accusations defend themselves more or less successfully, writes daily Delo (Ljubljana) in its Wednesday issue.
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A fantastic and delicious recipe to make soft lemon cornmeal cookies.
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Professor Ted Shepherd appointed to Grantham Chair in Climate Science
Release Date 02 April 2012
The University of Reading is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Ted Shepherd to the Grantham Chair in Climate Science. Professor Shepherd will play a leading role in climate research in the University of Reading's Department of Meteorology, the renowned international centre for the study of weather and climate, and in the University's Walker Institute for Climate System Research.
Professor Shepherd, currently based at the University of Toronto, is acknowledged to be one of the leading atmospheric scientists of his generation. His outstanding research record over the past 30 years encompasses atmospheric dynamics, climate dynamics and climate change, and he is particularly known for his research on the stratosphere, the atmosphere above 10 km.
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Professor Shepherd has published over 150 papers in his career to date, attracting over 4000 citations. He has been made a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Society of Canada and the American Geophysical Union. Professor Shepherd has led an interdisciplinary university-Environment Canada collaboration focused on the development and use of a leading chemistry-climate model, which has provided the Canadian modelling contribution to the WMO/UNEP Ozone assessments. Since 2007, he has been co-Chair of the Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) core project of the World Climate Research Programme.
Commenting on his appointment, Professor Shepherd said: "I am tremendously excited about this opportunity at Reading. I spent part of my early research career in the UK and have always admired the UK's deep commitment to research excellence and the fact that UK society looks to scientists for their expertise concerning problems of societal importance.
"Over my career I have seen the Meteorology Department at Reading develop into a world-leading centre, which at the same time retains a strong sense of collegiality. I am looking forward to working with my colleagues there and elsewhere in the UK, in collaboration with the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London, to tackle key scientific challenges in the area of climate change."
The Department of Meteorology in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Reading plays a leading international role in the study of weather and climate in its own right as well as hosting major international centres, the University's Walker Institute for Climate System Research, and significant groups of scientists from the UK Met Office, including its Hadley Centre.
This appointment is one part of a large current investment in weather, climate and related areas of environmental science at Reading by external funders and the University. In particular, building on this recent funding by the Grantham Foundation and other funding by the UK Met Office and Willis Re, the University is investing in the creation of over 15 new academic posts over the next six months in Climate and Environmental Sciences in the Department of Meteorology and more broadly across the University, with the aim that Reading become the number one academic centre internationally for weather and climate research.
Professor Shepherd takes up his post at the University of Reading on 1 May 2012.
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is a beautiful, vintage sombrero. So hard to catch the beauty and sparkle on it with the camera. It is a red velvet with tons of golden thread and sequence. Inside the tag reads: FABRICA DE SOMBRERO CHARRO, J.JRDUD LINSN, OVSMPO 237 PTE. S.FRANCISCO DEL RINCON, GTO. Around the edge of w you put your head in...it says: CALIDAD EXTRA XXXXX (5 'x's). I think that is the size. Wonderful design on the outside and around the brim on the inside...horseshoes. Altogether it has a diameter of about 24". The head hole measures 8" x 6 1/2". No rips or tears. Has a golden, rope-type pull cord. An awesome item for a collection or display! Buyer to pay shipping-accept cashiers check, money order, personal check (Certified).Check out my other items ! Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! Sometimes I can't get to all questions before the auction ends, the most common question is shipping: If over 4 lbs. it goes Fed Ex insured-I do not add a handling charge. Under 4 lbs. goes USPS. Out of the U.S.-all items go USPS either economy or air-whichever you prefer.
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Auchentoshan Three Wood, an award-winning Auchentoshan has been matured in three different cask types.
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Homemade baked sweet potato fries, while not quite as crispy as regular fries, can easily satisfy any cravings that you might have for fast food. In this recipe the sweet potatoes are tossed with chilli powder and cayenne to make them spicy. The cooking time differs with every oven, so keep a close eye on the fries while they are baking. Remove any crispy fries from the pan to allow the rest continue to bake.
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- 2 Sweet potatoes (medium, peeled)
- 1 Bowl water
- 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp Chilli powder
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1/2 tsp Onion powder
- 1/4 tsp Garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
- Salt (to taste)
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PRIMARY school students decided to help drought-stricken farmers by joining the ‘Fiver for a Farmer’ campaign.
The ‘Fiver for a Farmer’ campaign had students dressing up as farmers and donating $5 to raise money and awareness about farmers who are experiencing the drought.
The campaign was started by a 10-year-old boy named Jack Berne from NSW.
Ararat West Primary School and Buangor Primary School, who hosted the Maroona and Moyston Primary School, raised money for the cause on August 17.
Ararat West Primary School student Harry said he approached his teacher after hearing about ‘Fiver for a Farmer’ on Sunrise.
“This boy name Jack Berne is my age and he came up with the idea to help farmers in drought and give back to the community,” he said. “I thought that it would be good to give back to our community.”
The school raised $842, which will be donated towards the campaign.
Buangor Primary School principal Sally Peacock said the school hosted a ‘Fiver for a Farmer’ group day with Maroona and Moyston Primary School.
She said students dressed as farmers and participated in a range of activities, which included bush art, orienteering and cooking damper on sticks.
Ms Peacock said the students had raised $674 for the campaign.
“It was a great day and a fantastic effort for three small schools to raise $674 for our drought stricken farmers,” she said.
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The accounting standards are principles that guide and standardise accounting practices. The acronym GAAP stands for ‘Generally Accepted Accounting Principles’. It’s a term used to describe the rules generally accepted as being applicable to accounting practices and upheld by the accounting profession.
UK Accounting Standards
From 1 August 1990, all UK accounting standards were issued by the Accounting Standards Board (ASB). On 2 July 2012, however, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) Board assumed responsibility for setting accounting standards.
With effect from 1 January 2015, the five relevant accounting standards issued by the FRC are Financial Reporting Standards 100 to 104. In addition, the FRC issued FRS 105 for those qualifying as “micro-entities” which was effective from 1 January 2016.
Recent updates to the UK Accounting Standards for January 2017;
- 2017-04 – Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment
- 2017-02 – Not-for-Profit-Entities – Consolidation (Subtopic 958-810): Clarifying When a Not-for-Profit-Entity That Is a General Partner or a Limited Partner Should Consolidate a For-Profit Limited Partnership or Similar Entity.
- 2017-01 – Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business
Updates for UK Accounting Standards in 2016 included;
- Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers
- Statements of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)
- Consolidation (Topic 810): Interests Held through Related Parties that are under Common Control
Since 2005, listed groups in the UK have been required to prepare their consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). Almost all other companies however, have a choice. They can choose to follow IFRSs or UK GAAP.
International Accounting Standards
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is the independent, accounting standard-setting body of the IFRS Foundation. Founded on April 1, 2001, the IASB is responsible for developing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and promoting the use and application of these standards.
In addition to the (IFRS), most countries have their own accounting standards to which they stick by, as mentioned earlier, the UK have Accounting Standards set by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). Singapore have their own Accounting Standards Council (ASC) and South Africa have their own Accounting Standards Board (ASB), and so on.
Find out more about the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) here.
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It was the day of the Westray Regatta, Saturday 29 July 2017, and, after a wonderful time watching the daredevil sailing and comedy races, we went to the Westray Heritage Centre to have a look at the shop. In it was a book called Westray Walkabout by Peter MacIntyre. I looked at the back cover and realised the book detailed Peter’s exploits in walking the entire coast of the island of Westray in a single day. I picked it up, opened it, and read the first line, “The next day was Saturday, 29th July, 1967 – Regatta Day for the Westray Sailing Club.”
“That’s exactly 50 years ago today”, I thought. 50 years. What an incredible coincidence. Why haven’t we, as an Island, done something to commemorate or celebrate Peter’s walk around the Island? I’d previously walked the five Orkney Islands Council walks around small areas of Westray but they were hampered by there being little or no parking at the starting / ending point and not including more of the spectacular coast. Despite thinking that all coincidences are inherently meaningless, I’m inspired by the coincidence. It’s fifty years to the day that Peter set off to walk the entire coast of Westray in a day.
What a great idea.
In a way which is typical of me, I don’t just think about walking the full coast on my own, I dream up a whole Island event, create a name for the route, design a logo, come up with a colour scheme, talk with friends and find people willing to sponsor the event. I even come up with the purpose of the event, which is to raise money to open up the route and make it safe for others to come and enjoy the spectacular experience of circumnavigating an entire island, in the future. I also imagine the concerns of the farmers whose entire livelihood depends upon their precious flocks and herds and their worries about keeping their animals safe. I imagine people in 50 years time coming and having the same experience of walking here.
Then, of course, for anyone who knows me, my idea gets bigger, as I dream up a week-long festival of walking with well-prepared groups of four people doing 10 miles a day from Monday to Friday with a full round-the-Island walk on the Saturday. I imagine an Orkney musician I admire greatly being commissioned to write an hour-long piece of music to celebrate the event. I imagine its international premier being held on the Island. I imagine the Westray Coast 50 becoming a tradition known throughout the islands and even further afield.
Then, of course, my idea gets bigger as I imagine an International Festival of the Coast being hosted by the Island, with artists, photographers, musicians, walkers, outdoors-lovers and fitness enthusiasts converging to celebrate a life led on the edge. I imagine the community joining in, the accommodation on the Island being full, people selling coffees and lunches and frozen yoghurt and… Yes, I’m a dreamer, I know. But I’m not the only one.
Here’s my marketing blurb:
First I have to find someone locally who has time to provide simple, local and practical help to start it off. I can’t find anyone. Everyone loves my idea and everyone’s too busy with their own lives. Why don’t I just do the walk on my own? That was my original idea, anyway. 50 miles in a day sounds too much for me. I’m over 50. 50 miles in 5 days sounds much better. I think I could do that.
I’m going to walk it on my own.
Here I am then, poised to start walking the entire circumference of an island today. Can I do it? Will my legs take it? Will my currently septic toe be okay? Will I ever stop asking questions? There’s only one way to find out. I’m going to walk the first day, Monday, from the Laird’s Hut on Mae Sands to Noup Farm. It’s 9.7 miles along some of the most spectacular cliffs Westray has to offer. I drive up past Noup Farm to North House and leave my bicycle, unlocked, leaning against a wall. It’s hard to steal anything on Westray because you can’t get off the island with it, and anyway, most things are probably owned by a member of your extended family, so why would you? I drive to Mae Sands and leave my car in one of the two parking spaces. The safest place to leave your keys is always in the ignition. Then you can’t lose them on the cliffs. Now I’ll be able to cycle back to my car after the walk, assuming I complete it. Either way, I’ve got to get back to my car or my bicycle before sunset.
Peter MacIntyre started his walk at 6:00am at the Laird’s Hut on Mae Sands. Despite my best intentions it’s 2:00pm before I start. I don’t feel bad; Peter didn’t have to spend hours deciding which camera gear to pack. He started with a bowl of porridge, bacon and eggs and scalding tea. I start with porridge and tea.
Peter wore a woollen jersey and walked the whole circuit in gymshoes. I’ve got a waterproof coat and walking boots with a huge camera with a telephoto lens around my neck.
Just a note: Never do this walk on your own without taking extreme precautions. Much of the Island has no mobile phone signal, is extremely isolated and there are dangerous surfaces. Grass is slippery, rocks are slippery, gulleys, ravines and rock crevices and collapsed sea caves abound and if you do fall and break a leg, break a hip or bang your head, no-one will hear you scream. Ring the coastguard in Kirkwall and tell them where you’re walking, your route and the timing and let them know afterwards that you’re back safely. Text a friend or relative with your progress. “1/10”, “2/10” and so on, so they at least know where to look for your body other than seeing the flock of Ravens pecking your eyes out.
It’s a glorious day. The cattle are, rather curiously, all lying down in the field alongside the path. Usually, a group of beef steers would be charging along the fence, desperate to find out what I’m doing. It looks like these cows are taking it easy today though.
Mae Sands is a shell-sand beach and has glorious shallow water, teeming with small fish and hermit crabs.
There are Sanderling skipping along the tideline and Great Black Backed Gulls calling ominously overhead, their massive wings producing large shadows on the sand.
I’m meant to be walking but already I’m stopped by a Grey Seal swimming along the beach peering at me:
Looking out to sea I can see the island of Rousay, at least that’s what I always tell myself.
There are three islands, Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre, nearby and I haven’t been to any of them. Egilsay is to the left and Rousay is high is my thinking.
There’s also a fascinating headland in front of me, the Knowe o’ Skea, where the currents meet and the sea boils and an Iron Age burial ground gives fascinating insights into our ancestors:
It’s here I spent a mesmerising time with an Otter as it preened and squirmed in the brown seaweed a few years ago:
I head off, clockwise around the Island. “All I have to do is keep the sea on my left”, I said to a friend on the Island. “Yes, that’s what I said to a group of tourists and they still managed to get lost,” she tells me. I carry on. There’s a long way to go and it’s hard to look where you’re going when you’re surrounded by such beauty and so many interesting finds.
There’s a large lump of metal which looks like a winch and a tall post on the shore:
It’s for pulling ‘tangles’, or large bundles of kelp out of the ‘geo’ or rocks. There was a very successful seasonal industry of harvesting the huge kelp seaweed on the island which only stopped in 1997. It was powered by “A petrol engine oot o a car”. The place names along the coast are fascinating, quirky and very, very old. Many are Norse. I’m told there’s “Tangly Geo, Cleaving Geo, then Breed Geo which is where boats landed fish and weemen tuk bread down to them and carted fish up to langskail wi horse.” Signs of our relationship with the natural world and fascinating links with the past are everywhere here.
Perched on the rocks are several pellets coughed up by birds. This purple one caught my eye. It’s probably from a Raven which has been eating Crowberries:
As I walk on I can see a flock of twenty or so Ravens around the shallow pool called Muckle Water. They fly away before I can see them properly or count them. Walking along Muckle Water I see the corpse of a Pink Footed Goose, which has recently been picked clean. If I’d only been here to photograph the Ravens doing that, what a sight it would have been.
The geology here means you could literally have a field day. Orkney was a huge inland basin 380 million years ago and there are the ripples of dried lake beds and river banks turned into rocks scattered on the coast everywhere. There are two pieces of freshwater lake or river bed below me. I want to clamber down there and run my fingers over those ripples turned to stone. They are traces from the great Age of Fish, before plants with flowers or seeds existed, when trilobites ruled the seas and the only animals on land were primitive insects and scorpions:
Instead I walk on. There’s a long way to go and I have to imagine that lake, those ripples, and what that length of time means to me. What is three score years and ten compared to geological time and the evolution, extinction and evolution again of the diversity of life on Earth which resulted in me? What a joy to be here for such a moment and to feel the enormity of time rolling through a dimension none of us can see or touch.
The three hills of central Westray are to my right as I walk: Fitty Hill; Gallo Hill; and Knucker Hill. I can see the steep slopes of Fitty Hill as I approach and then skirt around it. It’s etched by deep grooves from the retreating glaciers of the last ice age:
The fields in this part of the Island haven’t been poisoned with artificial fertiliser so there are mushrooms growing all along the coast in large fairy rings. They’re so good for the soil, they release nutrients, which make the grass grow a vibrant green, and produce magical fairy rings. These look more as if they were created by a drunken staggering imp though. These fairy rings are probably many hundreds of years old, as they grow slowly from the centre year by year, exhausting the nutrients as they grow. Some can be thousands of years old. It’s a shame these mushrooms are at the beginning of my walk; they are much better cooked fresh as they dry quickly. Hopefully I’ll find some others later.
I gain height above the glittering sea on a glorious day. I’m using a phone app to measure my progress. The problem is that it’s a fitness tracker and measures my position by GPS. Every time I climb vertically over a stile or a wall or clamber vertically up a bank it thinks that I’ve stopped and I hear a disembodied voice saying “Pausing workout” from my trousers, just as I’m putting in maximum effort. I’m glad no-one can see me; I’m giving heated feedback to a voice from my trousers.
It’s time for a picnic and to wince at how sore my septic toe is. It feels twice as big as it actually is. Cheese and pickle rolls and paracetamol work a treat.
This must be the most magnificent section of the Westray Coast 50. There are freshly-fledged Fulmars overhead practicing their flying from their nursery cliffs:
The light is beautiful and I can see every detail of their feathers as they fly like old hands, despite some of them being this year’s chicks. My camera’s incredibly heavy but the Fulmars are such a joy to capture, my camera feels lighter on my neck the more useful it becomes.
Meanwhile, pirate Great Skuas patrol the skies ominously above. They usually fly low and appear when I least expect them:
Is it just me who hums the theme tune from Jaws as Great Skuas appear?
The Westray coast begins to become less gentle as I head north. There are cliffs, rocky outcrops called geos (with a hard ‘g’), and sea caves underneath my feet. In winter there are waterfalls. Now, they are dry. From Mirky Hole to Peerie Breast, from Red Nev to Ironi Geo and Andrew Seatter’s Breast, there are caves under the cliffs. It’s only when I look back from the next headland that I realise I’ve been suspended over the Atlantic on a thin ledge of rock.
I started off at sea level. It’s been an up-and-down kind of day but I’m heading towards Noup Head Lighthouse and that’s at 74m.
Just a note: Never take a dog with you on any walk on Westray. The whole Island is a farm and both sheep and cattle have evolved to react instinctively to approaching wolves. Sheep may trample off a cliff and cattle may trample all over you. Your dog, of course, will be fine. It’ll be the stock animals or you which will be horribly injured. Avoid the trampling. Leave the dog behind. Thank you.
This peculiar landscape of petrified freshwater lake mud, in layers hundreds of millions of years old, was uncovered 10,000 years ago, by ice retreating after the last ice age. On Westray the landscape’s curtains don’t match its drapes, as the soil is often red from the red rocks on Eday and doesn’t match the brown rocks on Westray at all. It was dragged here and deposited by the retreating glacier. Our soil is not our own, it’s Eday’s. I wonder whose soil Eday got?
There’s little glimpse on a day like today of the atomic-bomb power of the Atlantic which has carved it like a knife through a layer sponge. Its effects are everywhere:
In summer there are Puffins nesting on North Bis Geo and a scramble past the rock arches to Russa Tang reveals deep rock pools with red eel-like Butterfish amongst the red-jelly anemones. A wonderful thing about this walk is that I’m getting tantalising glimpses of my final destination as I wind in and out of the coast. Noup plays hide-and-seek with me in a baby game of peep-o. First it’s there and clear ahead, next it’s gone and mysterious again.
I skirt past North Hill and I’m at Noup. The busy cliffs are still full of nesting Gannets. The other birds, the Kittiwakes, the Guillemots and the Puffins have all gone for a winter on the Ocean’s waves. Gannets have the biggest chicks around and take the longest to fledge. It’s a seabird city here in the right month:
The rock fissures are very photogenic. Surely I’ve spent more time stopping to take photographs today than I have walking?
At Noup I make sure I walk between the sheep and the cliff edge so we don’t have a Far From the Madding Crowd incident here:
My walk isn’t over yet though. I’ve still to walk towards Noup Farm down the track to be reunited with my bicycle.
There are Rabbits in the fields with big eyes full of fear and reflected sunshine.
Finally I can see the ruin of North House and my unlocked bicycle, just where I left it. My walk for today is over. All I have to do now is cycle the 8 miles to Mae Sands and collect my car. I wobble down the steep lane full of large stones and potholes, scattering Starlings and House Sparrows as I go.
My app says it’s taken me 3 and a half hours to walk the 9.7 miles. It uses satellite GPS and is probably more accurate than the piece of string the postman used to measure the distance on the map 50 years ago. I’ve actually been out walking for 5 and a half hours and it’s past half-past seven in the evening now. That’s because I’ve spent two hours taking photographs along the way.
That was exhilarating. The weather was wonderful. The scenery was spectacular. The geology, archaeology and wildlife were fully on view. I felt completely, vitally, exceptionally alive. I’m also tired and my toe hurts. Back home I peel off my sock, which is crusty with blood. I’m thirsty and hot and cold at the same time. It’s definitely time for a bath, and a cup of tea. As I run the cold tap to swish the woodlice from the enamel I think about some of the sights and sounds of my first day of the Westray Coast 50:
Have you walked it?
I wonder; what will tomorrow bring? Please consider subscribing to my blog to find out.
And here, if you are wondering, here is why I did it:
This chapter was brought to you courtesy of cheese and pickle rolls I made with brown rolls from WFM Brown at the Westray Bakehouse, a washed-rind cheese, the Westray Wife, from Wilsons of Westray at Noltland Farm and Red Tomato Chutney from Westray Chutney. It was only possible due to a dark chocolate Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer. It was accompanied by incessant and mildly annoying humming of Richie and Ruben by Fountains of Wayne.
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The 5 best tennis overgrips are there for you in case you want to add more circumference to your tennis racquet's grip. These beautiful overgrips also come in a variety of vibrant colors, which you'll like if you have stylistic concerns. After they expand the padding of your tennis racquet, you'll usually enjoy better grip, control and performance.
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The Mothership podcast: Is 'Captain Marvel' ready for liftoff?
Brie Larson stars as a warrior with ties to Earth and space in the upcoming Marvel movie "Captain Marvel." USA TODAY
Like a superhero crash-landing into a Blockbuster Video, the debut trailer for "Captain Marvel" dropped a bomb on pop culture this week. But was it any good?
In this week's episode of The Mothership, the geek culture podcast of the USA TODAY Network, the crew discusses the first look at Brie Larson's new Marvel hero Carol Danvers, the 1990s aesthetic, why Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury has two eyes again, and what it could all mean heading into the next "Avengers." In other Marvel news, it sounds like Loki and Scarlet Witch are getting their own shows on the Disney streaming service - we dig into that plus offer some better ideas.
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The Mothership is USA TODAY's podcast that covers all things nerdy in pop culture. Hosted by tech reporter Brett Molina, film critic Brian Truitt and entertainment writer Kelly Lawler, each week our roundtable of experts dissects the latest in geek culture, from superhero movies to sci-fi TV shows to the latest and greatest video games. We're saving the world from bad comic-book adaptations every Friday on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud and Stitcher.
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We are being told frequently that obesity is getting out of had around the world. Television news run segments trying to scare us into slimming down, complete with close ups of hefty bodies walking down busy shopping strips. We're enormous and it's killing us.
At the same, time the weight-loss industry is making a killing as we all seek to have a beautiful body. Magazines promise to help us drop 5kg in some unattainable time frame and the latest superfood promises to 'speed your metabolism' so that your gut, wobbly thighs or slightly too-large bottom vanish overnight.
Never before have we been offered so many ways to be slim and therefore healthy. With the constant scare tactics about obesity a daily reminder of how we're killing ourselves with our sedentary lifestyles and love of energy-rich, nutrient-poor food, we're buying into anything and everything that will give us the body we desire. We associate slim and gym-honed bodies that flood Instagram with a ideal that we must reach to avoid being one of the people presented in the news clip walking down the street as a ticking time bomb. It's everywhere and it's exhausting.
I have always struggled with marrying the two concepts of weight loss and body acceptance.
At the same time, while we're being told to be concerned about the effect our lifestyle choices have on our health, we're also battling with accepting our bodies. The western beauty ideal still very much favours a slim body, with women supposed to have a pert, round bottom and slim waist, but ample breasts, and be a size eight or below. The men don't get off any easier with a six pack and broad shoulders just as desirable and evidence of a flawless diet and utter devotion to hours in the gym. If you don't fit this ideal, you're trying to work how to get it and that comes with a incredible amount of shame and self-deprivation for not looking like you're supposed to.
Even just writing that, I am exhausted.
I finally watched the documentary 'Embrace' by Adelaide mum, photographer and crusader Taryn Brumfitt. She went viral a few years ago when it dawned on her that her hatred of her body was not only making her miserable, it was setting a bad example for her daughter. She had previously realised that actually, despite having "nipples the size of dinner plates", her body was amazing. It gave birth to and fed three children, it runs marathons, it rides bikes and it is her home. The documentary is an incredible look at the incredible amount of pressure we place on ourselves to look a certain way and equate that with health, beauty and happiness.
I have always struggled with marrying the two concepts of weight loss and body acceptance. I spend my days with the consequences of obesity; dodgy hearts, sore knees and people for whom a simple walk around the supermarket is a big ask. I also spend my days with the consequences of the cultivated hatred for my body that I've been conditioned to have. It is supposed to motivate me to eat less, be thinner and hide anything that may be considered a flaw.
When I watched Embrace, it finally dawned on me how the body positivity and healthy body movement fit together. How on earth are we expected to treat our bodies as special and make them healthy not just hot if we're constantly being told how rubbish they are?
I've long had a problem with the way we motivate people to participate in healthy behaviours such as healthy eating and exercise. The motivation we are sold for losing weight is not about a healthy weight, a normal blood pressure or the ability to play with the kids. It's the picture of the man who has lost 30kg standing inside his old jeans that would now house two of him. It's the 'Bikini Body'. It's how may laps of the pool it will take to burn off the fries. It's about beauty and it's about punishment.
Brumfitt wants us to love our bodies and I agree wholeheartedly.
Once we stop cultivating hate for our bodies, we can stop torturing them. Once we stop starving them and punishing them with workouts meant for Navy SEALS, then we can cultivate a life that staves off obesity. When we celebrate the fact that a body gave birth, built a house, went for a surf, stood up all day at work, walked over the hill to see a sunrise or slept soundly, we might be more likely to fuel it properly.
Once we stop cultivating hate for our bodies, we can stop torturing them.
We won't starve ourselves all week only to binge on fast food on the weekend. We won't run so far to eradicate the evidence of a dietary mishap that we can't take the stairs at work. When we look in the mirror, we will be proud of what we have done and how healthy we are rather than how we wish we had Miranda Kerr's thighs and how inadequate we are for not fitting that standard of beauty.
Obesity and diseases related to excess are now more common around the world than diseases related to dietary deficiencies. And they're growing year by year. So perhaps what we're doing is not working. Hating ourselves into slimming down is not the answer. Loving and caring for our bodies into health and happiness is surely better than drowning in shame to get in shape.
Eat food that you enjoy and nourishes your mind and soul and exercise because it makes you feel good, not because you have to fit into a dress or a pair of jeans. Love your body and treat it like it is special because I can promise you, even if you don't look like a Victoria's Secret angel or a CrossFit superstar, it is amazing in every way.
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Burden and risk factors of infectious complications among Chinese adults with diabetes (MRC PHRU)
Diabetes now affects over 100 million adults in China, accounting for over a quarter of the diabetes population worldwide. Individuals with diabetes are at a higher risk of developing infections, but evidence is rather limited in low- and middle-income countries, including China, where differences in detection and management of diabetes, patterns of infectious diseases and genetic susceptibility, compared with Western populations, may have important implications for the burden of diabetes-associated infections.
The China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) is a prospective cohort study of >0.5 million adults recruited from 10 diverse urban and rural areas in China during 2004-08. At baseline ~6% of participants had previously-diagnosed or screen-detected diabetes. After 10-years of follow-up, >12,000 infectious disease events and >14,000 cases of new-onset diabetes have been recorded among CKB participants. These data are complemented by large-scale genetic data (800,000 SNPs currently available in 100,000 participants) and blood-related infectious markers data involving 20 pathogens in a subset of 2,000 participants.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, RESEARCH METHODS AND TRAINING
The overall aim of this DPhil project will be to comprehensively assess the burden of, and risk factors for, diabetes-related infectious complications in Chinese adults. Using data from the CKB, the project objectives will include:
- Characterisation of the frequency and patterns of infectious diseases among individuals with and without diabetes;
- Examination of the association of diabetes with infectious diseases and how these associations are modified by other factors (e.g., smoking).
Depending on the interests of the student, the project may also include:
- Investigation of the association of diabetes with prevalence of seropositivity of pathogens in a subset of participants;
- Exploration of the role of genetic susceptibility in the association of diabetes with infection.
The student will work within a multi-disciplinary team, and will gain experience in conducting systematic literature reviews, study design and planning, statistical programming, and data analysis and presentation. The student will be expected to publish peer-reviewed papers as the lead author by the end of their DPhil.
FIELD WORK, SECONDMENTS, INDUSTRY PLACEMENTS AND TRAINING
Training in advanced statistics, epidemiological methods, programming, and scientific writing will be provided. Attendance at seminars, workshops and courses provided by the department and university will also be encouraged. There will be opportunity to present research work at relevant international/national conference.
Candidates should have a degree in clinical medicine, public health, biomedical or life sciences. Previous postgraduate training or experience in epidemiology or statistics is essential.
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Outdoor Retailer is a trade show where companies show off their latest and greatest outdoor products: gear, clothing, technology, and everything else you can think of. In past years, over 1,600 companies and 25,000 industry professionals have attended.
In our Outdoor Retailer episodes of MtnMeister, we record two-minute segments with companies about their products. In exchange for being featured, they give you free gear! When you hear a product that you want, email firstname.lastname@example.org to request it. The first person who requests it wins! Last year we gave away over $5,500 of product!
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The government has announced a "streamlined pathway" for retirement income stream products that will see collaboration between the prudential regulator, ASIC, the ATO and the Department of Social Services.
So-called 'innovative retirement income stream products', such as lifetime annuities, will qualify for earnings tax exemptions from 1 July 2017 as long as they meet the definition of a superannuation income stream under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994.
The creation of the new pension and annuity standards in the SIS regulations comes is part of the government's 2016 Review of Retirement Income Streams.
The review also recommended the development of a co-ordinated administration process to "streamline the way product providers interact with multiple government agencies".
As a result, the government has created a cross-agency process including the ATO, APRA, ASIC and the Department of Social Services.
"The cross-agency process seeks to provide a streamlined pathway for product providers to engage with these agencies via a single entry point, reducing the current administrative burden of product providers contacting these agencies separately," said a statement by APRA.
"The cross-agency process is designed to complement, not replace, existing processes at each agency."
AMP announces interim CEO
CFSGAM to appoint John Mulcahy as chairman
Former ASIC lawyer joins Baker McKenzie
Licensees feeling the heat at royal commission
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Emerging markets: You won't find this at home
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To help CXOs, IT leaders, and professionals understand Apple's newest iPhone, we've put together the most important details and resources in this cheat sheet. Analysts believe Apple plans to release three new smartphones this year, including one with a larger display than previous models.
All signs are pointing to Apple releasing three new iPhones next week at its September 12 event. It also mentioned that the larger OLED phone (known as the "iPhone XS Plus") will price "at a premium to the current iPhone X". Specifically, the Cupertino company firm shipped more than 15 million iPhone 8 units, which helped Apple remain its dominance on the market. Apple is said to be introducing not one, but three new iPhones that are aimed to cater to various budget segments.
The 2018 iPhones are expected to be powered by Apple's new A12 processor paired with 4GB of RAM. It is long speculated that the next-in-line iPhone will be called the iPhone Xs which will take on the design from the current iPhone X and bring some upgrades under the hood.
To this point, a new research note from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (via CNBC) relays that the 6.1-inch iPhone variant might be priced at $799, with the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max priced at $999 and $1,049, respectively.
Arsenal Star Takes To Social Media In Lead Up to Newcastle Clash
Arsenal striker Alex Iwobi is hoping to play a role in the Gunners English Premier League clash against Newcastle on Saturday. He is very convinced about that in my conversations with him about it.
It’s a Final Fantasy Party, and Every Buddy is Invited
These join previously-announced projects Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition and the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles HD remaster. As for the rest of the event, Nintendo covered plenty more ground, most of which touched on previous announcements.
USA government considers ban on flavored e-cigarettes over youth 'epidemic'
Despite this extensive plan, some of the unelected bureaucrats at the FDA would still like to ban flavored e-cigarette products. JUUL , a private company that doesn't make cigarettes; Logic, which is owned by the Japan Tobacco International, and R.
Other than the iPhone Xs name that had been hurled by reports a week ago, it is also realized that the OLED iPhones will deliver with a gold complete for the tempered steel sides expected on these gadgets. The storage also stays at 512GB, while there is no information on the battery capacity as yet.
Apple is apparently even considering dropping the "Plus" moniker from its biggest iPhone since this might create confusion between the 6.1-inch and 6.5-inch models.
The smartphone will be available in three body colours with the facial recognition system Face ID of the second generation, but without the support of Appl Pencil - Apple stylus. The iPhone XS Max will start at £1099. At the same time, it appears that the iPhone Xs Max will be about as large as the iPhone 8 Plus (with its huge bezels).
The company said it will fix phones with an eligible serial number free of charge.
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2018-12-09T18:59:56Z
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The World Does Not End At The US Border
After reflecting a little more about my inability to get mortgage loans, I think the problem does not lie with the banking industry, but with US culture as a whole. After coming back to the USA from an international trip recently, I noticed something a bit strange. I felt more informed about the happenings of the world when I was outside the country traveling than when I was at home.
As someone who usually devotes at least 30 minutes a day to the news when he’s at home, I felt this to be a little odd at first. There was, in fact, a good reason. When traveling, I watch the BBC in the hotel (usually the only English channel) and read an international newspaper.
The coverage of foreign news on the BBC is just so much better than on any of the US 24-hour news channels. It seems the only time foreign countries make news in the US is either when we are bombing them, when they are threatening us, or when there is some kind of horror going on inside the country (disaster, genocide, etc). When was the last time CNN covered an election in a foreign country (besides the Iraq election, which goes under the “we’re still bombing them” category). Maybe they announce the results the day after, but that’s about all the coverage you get. No analysis.
The BBC on the other hand, will cover the sides, the issues, the election day itself, and have guests who can provide reasonable analysis after. Look at the BBC webpage vs the CNN webpage. CNN has one little menu for “World” which has 3 stories listed. On the BBC web page, they have so much foreign news they have to sub-divide it by continent.
So, what’s the effect of all this? US citizens have no idea what’s going on outside their own country, we have little interest in geography and foreign travel (only 20% of us own passports, and the majority of the country can’t even make an international phone call), and we see no reason to learn foreign languages. The net effect is that as a whole, we are not good world citizens. Obviously if you’re from the USA reading this webpage, you’re included in the 1-3% of the US population to whom these statements don’t apply.
Nevertheless, as a culture, we don’t take an interest in the world outside our borders. Its too bad. We’d be a better people if we did. And maybe banks would offer foreign mortgages too!
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The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC), a program of the SAE Industry Technologies Consortia, has been accelerating its support for advancing autonomous vehicles with safety best practices, possible precursors to standards, developed by industry consensus. Intended as guides to standard engineering practice, their content can be of a more general nature, or they may put forward data that have not yet gained broad acceptance.
The latest best practice announced this week, “Developing ADS Safety Performance Thresholds Based on Human Driving Behavior,” outlines a process for leveraging human driving data to establish safety performance targets for the behavior of automated driving system-dedicated vehicles (ADS-DV), vehicles designed to be operated exclusively by SAE Level 4 and 5 automated driving systems.
The best practice provides guidelines for developers to use data from human driving studies to establish measurable performance reference values and build evidence that supports the safety of their systems, said Darcyne Foldenauer, Director of the AVSC.
The safety performance of some ADS behaviors can be measured and compared to naturalistic driving studies data from human drivers to help characterize the socially acceptable balance between safety, lawful driving, efficiency, and comfort. For instance, developers can use human-driver data to determine an appropriate minimum passing distance when vulnerable road users are present. This process enables them to enhance the safety performance of ADS fleets by aligning it with human-relative benchmarks and considerations.
“It is one way to make performance data relatable to various stakeholders and furthers our mission to build trust in AV systems,” said Foldenauer.
Successful scaling of ADS technology and realizing its full potential will require developers and service providers to continuously monitor the performance of their fleet and provide fast improvements should issues arise. Developers and manufacturers can use the data collected from vehicles in active deployments to proactively confirm initial risk assumptions and feed other safety management processes.
That’s the idea behind the SAE organization’s “AVSC Best Practice for Continuous Monitoring and Improvement after Deployment,” announced in July. The best practice provides an approach to continuous monitoring and potential improvement of the safety performance of ADS-DVs after deployment.
“This is a great example of how AVSC has been building on previous best practices to further expand a safety case,” said Foldenauer. “It provides clear examples of data sources, collection methods, and analysis of data to identify areas of improvement.”
A key aspect of the broader safety assurance framework for building a safety case for ADS-DVs, the frameworks may introduce, augment, or replace existing monitoring and improvement methodologies and tools to ensure ADS manufacturers and operators proactively monitor trends and anomalies that may indicate changes to the environment or invalid initial assumptions.
The two new best practices add to 10 others created by the members of the AVSC—including AV tech leaders Aurora, Motional, and Waymo—aimed at building public confidence in the safe operation of SAE Level 4 and 5 automated vehicles, with recent examples on information reports for change risk management, interactions between ADS-DVs and vulnerable road users, and evaluation of behavioral competencies for automated driving systems.
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As a property manager, you will have to know a lot about homes and both legislations. We always try to give you the feedback on the most important topic by writing informative articles and since many of our readers have wondered whether it was legal to sell a house with asbestos, we have decided to explain what that entails in this article. Read on if you would like to know all you need to know as a property manager about houses with asbestos.
Is It Legal To Sell A House With Asbestos?
To go straight to the most important point, many of the questions that we receive are in the line of is it legal to sell a house with asbestos. While it is completely legal to sell a house with asbestos, it can still be a little bit tricky. First of all, homes with asbestos are notoriously difficult to sell, because no buyer wants to go through the conundrum of having to go through all the necessary paperwork that is needed for buying a home with asbestos. That being said, it is also difficult to buy a house with asbestos for the same reasons.
Homes with asbestos are therefore not your safest bet whether you want to buy them, sell them, or manage them. Managing properties is a great vocation, but only if you make it easy on you. If you are a property manager who is still new to this business, avoiding houses with asbestos might be your safest bet. On the other hand, if you are up for a challenge, then maybe a house with asbestos might not be such a bad idea. Still, while homes with asbestos are perfectly legal, they are nowhere near being perfectly safe, and this is what you need to have in mind when contemplating about managing homes with asbestos or selling them or buying them.
What Is Asbestos?
Asbestos was commonly used in many homes that were build up to 1980s. That is a material which was for a long time not discovered to be hazardous for human health, and was unknowingly used in house construction. This airborne material can be really damaging for health of the tenants who live in such a house, which is why it is for the best that asbestos homes are avoided. Having said that, if you already live in an asbestos home, learning more about it could help you deal with your situation in a better way.
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Koolance duty/tax question -
I'm not sure if this is the right place, but I figure if anyone would be ordering directly from koolances website, they would frequent this section.
Anyways, I ordered some QDC's last week (9 in total) and the value was $115.06 + $28.76 shipping.
The order just arrived today and I was surprised that I wasn't charged any tax (nor the duty/tax filing fee - $10).
The only information I can see on the shipping label (USPS priority international) is -
be glad that they send it air, for you paid up front for duties thats why $30
now if sent it by cheaper ground then you pay at your door duties, brokage and fuel charges
The thing I don't quite get is that no shipping method can bypass taxes (HST, GST/PST) unless the company themselves collect and send it to the government (CRA), the dollar value is $20 or less, or if it's a gift valued at $60 or less. Neither of these applies in my case, so there might be some other legislation regarding taxation on these types of goods that I'm just not able to find.
I have another shipment coming in from Jab-Tech that's quite a bit more and it's just sitting in a customs queue waiting to be reviewed. I hope it's the same result, but probably not :P
I'm thinking it's one of those hit and miss things, where it's up to the custom agents discretion.
Anyways, I was just curious to see if anyone had a reason as to why tax wouldn't be charged. Some items are a lot cheaper coming from the US and not getting taxed on top of that is a good chunk of change saved :thumb:
Duties/Taxes on imported goods via USPS is random. UPS and Fedex and the like pre-charge those fees. USPS leaves it up to Canadian Customs to do the job. They select packages at random and charge the fees. Theres no way to know if your package will be picked or not its just bad luck. Alot of the time when they do pick a package to charge they do not even bother to open it and inspect either. They just charge the duties and slap on an additional fee for having charged you the duty. I work for Canada Post and have worked at the retail counter in the past. The majority of packages with USPS never see any duties charged. Personally I always have my stuff sent by USPS if ordering from the US as its the best way to avoid paying any extra fees.
I got my order from Jab-Tech today and got charged tax (HST) this time, but it wasn't soo bad -- Jab lowered the value a bit (I didn't even request this!) and that saved me about half the tax. I highly recommend them, if you don't mind waiting a week for shipping (usps).
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Halloween is this weekend, but there are probably some things that scare you worse than depictions of witches and ghouls.
When things go wrong with a work project in a major way, there’s no other way to describe it than as a nightmare. The damage done to your weekend and evening schedule--or, in some cases, your pride--can be painful. Sometimes it's the result of a bad management choice, a simple human error, or a combination of factors that resulted an unwanted mess in which you found yourself. We can all relate to a good developer horror story.
Here at Entando, we asked our team to share some of their worst work-related stories. We assumed that any horror stories would come from their time before joining our organization. ;) And they shared some doozies with us!
Here are 5 stories that just might send a chill up your spine.
I was 21 years old, my first engineering job. My boss came in and asked me to write the UX interface for a hardware controller for a police test vehicle. (I had also designed and built the hardware.) I was an electrical engineer, so my coding was not the greatest for UX design. But I thought it would be fun to write.
I spent 2 days writing it and I thought it was pretty good but that it needed another day to complete. After lunch, my boss came in and said, “Why are you working on that? I never told you to work on that!” And I said, “Uh, yes you did." But he stormed out of my office. Best first job ever!
While an SA at Sun Microsystem, the governor of California wanted an auto-reply setup to his email address. The requirements: send a response within 20 seconds of receiving an email for up to 1.5 million people.
That's the horror I guess.
I ended up setting up twin Sun Microsystems Enterprise 420R servers with 1 email server, with 1 email account (the governor’s). It worked and could handle the load. I thought it was a job well done.
The only problem is I spelled the governor’s name wrong in the email reply.
We had a death march project--lots of missing or late requirements, tons of overtime, and a difficult deployment environment. Several of us were on the final deployment meeting working until three in the morning to finish launching the new application on time on the night (or rather the morning) of the deadline. All that was left was the key stakeholder's approval to make the DNS change to make it live in production.
We all left to get a few hours sleep and when we rolled back into the office at 9am we learned the launch had been delayed a month. No reasons. No explanation. And not much team morale either.
I was troubleshooting a performance issue for a marquee customer. The issue was persistent and was preventing the application from going live. We ran all the tests we could think of. We reproduced their entire environment, added all the tracking tools, looked at packets on their network, looked at their load balancers, and we learned...nothing. The customer was threatening to cancel.
After two weeks of full days looking at code and network packets, we happened to open the XML definition of the tests. And at the bottom, they had selected “Emulate Slow Network Connections.” The tests were emulating what was basically a dial-up internet connection. We unchecked that checkbox and everything worked!
This was back when I was in the sciences, but a good bit of my job was writing hardware interface software. My manager at the time was something of an inventor in the medical device field, and she came to me with her business plan. She said, “Step 1, you need to do X and then, Step 2, I'll figure out how to make a lot of money from it.”
In this case, X was a science breakthrough that has still not happened over 20 years later. I would have received the Nobel Prize in physics if I had done it. When I realized that it wasn’t just A business plan but was THE business plan, I started looking for a new job--before her investors figured out the same thing.
When release cycles take months instead of weeks, your business is left unable to deliver modern online experiences. Development and deployment bottlenecks slow your ability to make application updates, keeping you from iterating and innovating. And outdated or clunky UX keeps you from winning customers over and retaining them.
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2020-12-04T14:51:47Z
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Recently I contracted some kind of virus that made me extremely fatigued and totally lose my appetite. As a result, over a month I also stopped making an effort to eat healthy foods and really lowered my nutritional intake (giving me poor protein, calcium, iron, and Vitamin D :/ ). Now I've got firm orders from my doctor to start eating healthily again.
SeriousEats has always been really helpful, so what are your favorite, healthy vegetarian breakfasts? I am especially into quickbreads and muffins!
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2018-02-20T00:16:41Z
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ATTAINABLE: Free People Penelope Slip in Cranberry (also in Grey and Blush)
Right now, I'm loving the notion of light, flirty pieces mixed with heavier ones to stay warm. This Free People skirt is the perfect candidate to fuel my obsession. I love the pretty cranberry color for fall, and it's so delicate. I think that a chunky cardigan and sparkly statement necklace or a pair of cream cable-knit tights and boots would be a fabulous way to toughen this piece up a bit while maintaining its utter femininity.
There's something about the color purple -- it's so regal and flattering for so many skin tones, but for some reason, I have very little of it in my wardrobe. With its immense popularity on runways this fall, I've decided that this needs to change -- immediately. From sweaters to pumps and dresses to denim, purple is everywhere, and in a variety of hues ranging from lavender to the deepest of eggplants. I'm sure that I'll find the perfect pieces to add a pop of purple to my wardrobe soon; until then, the below pieces are exactly where I want to start.
Anthropologie Euchre Jersey Dress in Wine (also in Dark Grey)
I find the soft purple hue of this dress so appealing -- though it's described as "wine," I think it's far less harsh. I love that it's jersey (doesn't get more comfortable than that) and the draping is absolutely phenomenal -- a fantastic way to elevate the dress and add extra interest. It would pair beautifully with a pair of chocolate-brown tights and caramel-colored booties.
Hudson Jeans Krista Super Skinny Velvet
I'm completely smitten with these eggplant-hued skinny jeans. I cannot express how much I love that they're made of velvet -- it's such a rich texture for fall and would add a completely new dimension to my wardrobe. With a simple pair of flats and a favorite button-down or cardigan, I'm convinced that these would breathe new life into my already-existing wardrobe.
Confidence & Chance Mixed Stitch Classic Cardigan in Purple (also in Black, Blue, Ivory, Taupe, and Olive)
The epitome of a cozy, chunky cardigan, this pretty sweater is the perfect classic for chilly days. I love the bold, bright purple shade, and the shawl collar and mixed-stitch pattern are simply genius. This would mix perfectly with my favorite jeans for a simple weekend look or a flirty lace skirt for a night out.
Diane von Furstenberg Renee Platform Pumps in Aubergine (also in Honey, Royal Blue, and Black)
These soft, pretty suede pumps are nothing short of purple perfection. The heel height is perfect, and I love the slightly-exaggerated platform. They're classic but not boring, and the aubergine shade is absolutely to die for. These would be incredible with a sparkly cocktail dress or paired with a pencil skirt for day.
How are YOU wearing purple this fall?
Thanks to Free People, Anthropologie, Revolve Clothing, Urban Outfitters, and Shopbop for the photos.
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2015-09-03T04:25:11Z
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Within the military-style organizational chart that describes the new Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance, a group of volunteer foot-soldiers is deploying to small businesses.
They are conducting interviews, hosting educational forums and networking.
They were known as ambassadors in the old Chamber of Commerce model. They had launched Chamber University and Chamber Connect and hosted business-after-hours events.
Then last year the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce merged with the Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corp., and small-business owners wondered who would go to battle for them.
The answer, said Amy Scheller — who chairs the executive committee of the Business Alliance Local Business Team — is the Business Alliance.
Scheller once headed the Chamber ambassadors. After the merger, she took her ideas about how to improve the group, and give it some teeth, to the new leader, Business Alliance president and CEO Joe Raso.
Scheller and others had been researching other combined Chamber-EDCs. They knew there was fear among small-business owners about the merger and they wanted to get out in front of it.
“We knew that with the merger … that obviously things were going to have to change radically,” she said.
But Scheller wasn’t worried. The organization never intended on leaving Main Street or mom-and-pop businesses out of the plan, she said. The new leadership and long-time volunteers were marching in unison, she added: “We have the best interests of the city in mind, so there was never any concern there.”
For the past year, staff and volunteer business leaders met to pound out the organizational chart, develop strategy and create policy. They came up with nine sector teams — aerospace and defense, health care, higher education, information technology, local business, medical innovation and technology, nonprofits, sports and clean tech.
The local business team is headed by Ted Robertson, owner of RCN Group. Its goal, he said, is to build a stronger business community. The team is careful not to define local business as small business or Main Street business.
“The local business team focuses primarily on business development for the retail, service and local employers — to serve the needs of business, help the sector, help them grow, support them and communicate their successes,” said Dave White, Business Alliance chief of business development.
It’s the former ambassador group, but better, Robertson said. Where there were 65 ambassadors, there are now nearly 100 local business team members. And the group still plans to carry out its networking programs that small-business owners feared were gone. This year’s calendar has only four fewer social/networking events than when the Chamber was hosting mixers, Robertson said.
The local business team has evolved from an event staff to a more sophisticated business development arm of the Business Alliance, Robertson said. It now is collecting data about the area’s 19,000 local businesses to help shape political endorsements, drive the agenda with the city and county, and narrow the focus on such big issues as workforce development, permitting and safety, he said.
Meanwhile, Business Alliance Connect events will be mixers for small, local businesses and those known as base sector employers — those businesses where more than 50 percent of their revenue comes from outside the region.
There is room for more volunteers on the local business team, Robertson said. He describes the operation as being on an intense recruitment drive for subject matter experts in 13 areas, including retail, banking and finance. The idea is for local business owners to provide business education, development and outreach.
“It’s a little bit of small-business triage,” Robertson said.
This month, Raso unveiled the organizational chart with its divisions, councils, advisory groups, committees and subcommittees. Robertson hopes small-business owners will see the local business team as the answer to the former ambassador group and end fears that the Business Alliance only is interested in big business.
“I think we are starting to see the level of tension decline,” he said. “The rubber is meeting the road now where we become a service provider organization and that resource-aggregating organization.”
The organizational chart of the Business Alliance might seem overwhelming. But it involves 500 volunteers deploying to different businesses, White said. Scheller will head up a group of eight team members that conduct onsite surveys of local businesses.
Businesses do not have to be members of the Business Alliance to take the survey, White said. Any business can request the survey, which asks about future plans, issues and challenges. The team also will be on the hunt for companies that are scalable — that is, they can grow beyond El Paso County and turn into a base sector employer.
“I’ve been in economic development for 25 years, and I’ve never seen a community go to this level in terms of support for local business,” White said. “This is a new paradigm.”
White said he knows the new Business Alliance still has to win over hearts of some small businesses that left either the former Chamber or former EDC when the groups merged. But he feels strongly that the data the group collects will put power in the organization’s hands, something that will be attractive to all business owners.
“At the end of the year, the goal is 200 local business surveys,” White said. “Can you imagine the power of that data? Then we can go to [the city, county and utilities] and say this is not our opinion, it’s not anecdotal — this is what the business community is saying. So what are you going to do about it?”
Areas of focus:
Education — through Business Alliance University, four events per year.
Networking — through Business After Hours, eight events per year; and Business Alliance Connect, four to five groups with two meetings per month.
Policy — team members represent local business on standing governmental committees, including local/regional, state and federal.
Business development — via outreach and experienced members assisting with business interviews.
Communications — work with staff to relay messages from businesses.
Membership — for local business team, $50 per year above participating as member/investors.
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2013-12-09T00:33:11Z
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XH2-2.54MM (Port 1) Connect to lithium Battery
Micro USB (Port 2) Charging port (normal 5V)
Green LED lights when charging is completed
Red LED lights when charging
J1 setting max charging current, 0.5A or 1A.
Connect lithium Battery to this shield,
power supply for the entire D1 mini system.
When the battery run out, you do not need to unplug
just using usb port to charging.
- Charging Voltage: 5V
- Charging Current: 1A
- Lithium Battery voltage: 3.3-4.2V
- Boost Power Supply: 5V(max: 1A)
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2023-12-06T18:00:07Z
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TheViewPoint releases machine learning algorithm from Beta
January 19, 2022
TheViewPoint, a SaaS video ad monetization platform for CTV/OTT publishers, after successful Beta tests has officially released its machine learning algorithm, TVP Intelpoint, which is now applied on the platform by default. The solution aligns demand-side platforms (DSPs) with matching CTV inventory through smart bidding optimization.
The algorithm has already been honorably mentioned by The 2021 AdExchanger Awards. TVP Intelpoint’s principal functions include reducing the number of irrelevant bid requests sent to DSPs. This amplifies the effectiveness of each bidding iteration for buyers, whilst also improving ads matching criteria with targeting parameters. The algorithm was designed with supply path optimization (SPO) in mind to improve the overall CTV programmatic ad buy/sell process.
TVP Intelpoint assesses the probability of a bid response from a particular DSP by analyzing historical data and setting a score for each bid request. This score reflects the chance of a bid request being responded to by a DSP.
The Beta tests have reported that with the algorithm’s advised decrease of 90% in bid requests in some cases, a maximum 3% of potential impressions are lost.
Now applied to more than 70% of traffic in operation, the algorithm ensures that all sent bid requests are relevant to DSPs and hence ad sales are streamlined.
The algorithm is fully automated and incorporates a flexible mechanism to adapt to changes and trends in campaign structures within each DSP. For example, when a DSP gets a new client onboard, a certain campaign runs out of budget, or is undergoing targeting criteria amendments.
TVP Intelpoint keeps the ceiling of certain DSP’s QPS (queries per second) within the threshold set by that DSP, ensuring that it will receive bid requests from the most relevant CTV inventory sources. For instance, TVP Intelpoint can select the 5,000 most suitable queries out of 500,000 to fit the limitations of a particular demand-side platform as negotiated – thus improving outputs.
The algorithm also solves the technological challenge of a high load on the server. TVP Intelpoint intelligently limits QPS for each DSP without losing suitable bid requests that may not reach the DSP otherwise. By reducing the number of irrelevant bid requests, TVP Intelpoint makes taking part in programmatic auctions more cost-effective. It also maximizes the opportunities for success with each bidding iteration. Using the algorithm, the bid rate on TheViewPoint platform has already increased by 90%.
“We always aim to provide the highest quality CTV-first technology, and positively contribute to the wider CTV industry. In 2021, our team of highly qualified data scientists were examining patterns in demand-side platforms’ (DSPs) bid responses to publishers’ bid requests coming through our platform. Collected datasets allowed us to identify bidding patterns and model an algorithm that was further augmented by machine learning technology. We believe TVP Intelpoint will make a huge difference for both sides of the CTV advertising pipeline,” says Yaroslav Vyrva, Head of Product at TheViewPoint.
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2022-11-29T01:11:33Z
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Medium Body, Dry (Malvasia, Trebbiano). DOC from Molise.
This is one of our most unusual wines - a non-intervention (natural) wine style with a unique character.
Expect fruity aromas with notes of bread dough (time spent on fine lees) and the palate is fresh and lively.
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2021-01-15T20:08:09Z
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Today, we’re swiping left and giving you my absolute favorite dessert recipe of all time! This protein cheesecake recipe is delicious, protein packed, and fit for almost any diet.
Protein cheesecake…you lost me?! I know what you’re thinking – this can’t possibly really taste like cheesecake. Well, take my word for it that this cheesecake recipe is flavorful AND macro-friendly! I’m anxious to play around with different protein flavors (hint hint: pumpkin cheesecake?!) but in the meantime, this classic protein cheesecake will do Plus the macros on this are amazing!
2-8 oz. reduced fat cream cheese, softened at room temperature
2 scoops vanilla protein powder
1 C plain, non-fat greek yogurt
132g egg whites
1 oz stevia
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Ingredients for graham cracker crust:
8 graham crackers, crushed to a powder (I did this with a rolling pin and a zip-lock bag)
1/4 C stevia
1/4 C light butter
Preheat oven to 325°.
In a medium size bowl, mix together crushed graham crackers, melted butter and stevia. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients on medium speed until all ingredients are well combined.
In a light greased spring pan, pour graham cracker crust mixture and press evenly with your fingers, making sure there are no holes in the crust.
Pour cheesecake mixture on top of the crust and place in the oven on the middle rack.
Bake at 325° for 25 min then turn down the oven to 200° and continue baking for an additional hour, or until the center no longer jiggles when the pan is lightly shaken.
Allow to cool completely. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.
Macros per serving (1/8) : 293 cals | 17g fat | 20g carbs | 15g protein
NOTE*: Once the cheesecake has finished cooking, leave it in the oven with the door slightly cracked and allow to cool for ~an hour. This will help prevent cracks in your cheesecake, which normally happens with drastic changes in temperature, like taking it from the oven straight to your counter.
Store in an airtight container up to 5 days.
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2023-09-30T06:43:39Z
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Joe Friel, author of Fast After 50 and a cycling coach for over 30 years, has surprising guidance for the unmotivated. When our New Year’s resolve fades, and we want to stop exercising altogether and instead tell ourselves we’re becoming old and slow? Friel says to lace up your sneakers anyway. But be kind to yourself. Ignore both your inner drill sergeant and your inner sloth.
“I’m not a sports psychologist but I’ll tell you this,” says the 70-something Friel, who recently retired from daily coaching. “When athletes aren’t motivated they’re perhaps thinking, ‘My fitness isn’t good enough, and I don’t like what I’m telling myself to do.’”
What Friel advises next is the demoralized athlete’s three-step approach to maintaining motivation, and—yes—even improving your fitness.
• Recognize that you’re perhaps doing too much, too soon. This time of year, overtraining isn’t uncommon. Everyone wants an extreme makeover—before January is over. “If that lack of motivation happens, assume something is wrong. Don’t do some high-intensity workout as planned,” says Friel. “The workout shouldn’t feel completely like something that needs to be overcome. Pay attention to your hesitation.”
• Consider Plan B. If those scheduled interval workouts sound as impossible as climbing Everest, maybe jog easily. Or lift less weight, or do fewer reps, in the gym. “Go shorter,” says Friel. “Or go longer but easier.”
• Just do something. “The biggest issue that many athletes have is inconsistency,” says Friel. “Make sure to exercise. Whenever I’m home? I ride every single day.” Friel says that added drive, energy, and desire may be just one day away.
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2019-04-25T19:40:26Z
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I’m completely freaking out.
I’m anxious, worried, irritable, depressed, snappy, stressed and basically in a pure state of fear at the thought of death.
It’s the biggest unknown on the planet and I HATE the unknown.
I only enjoy watching films if I know what the ending is going to be.
If my life was a film then on the one hand I would want to know the ending but then on the other hand I wouldn’t because unless it was that myself and all the people I love will live long and healthy lives, it would make me feel even worse.
This isn’t the first time I have felt this way, it is some thing which crops up now and again, I can usually push it to the back of my mind but this time I am struggling to do that.
Dad2BabyInsomniac’s accident is what triggered it. I know to anyone else it is just a broken leg and ankle but to me it was a near-miss of him doing something worse. It was the realisation that all it takes is one minute for life to change and that there is such a thin line between life and death.
Everything now is just adding to my fear. I read a letter in a magazine yesterday, it was written by a young woman who knew she was dying, telling her husband how much she loves him. It was heartbreaking.
Then last night Dad2BabyInsomniac found out someone he used to be friends with had died.
It’s hard not to think about death when it is happening all around you.
It’s hard not to wonder why it happens to some people and not others.
It’s hard not to question what the point is.
It’s even harder when you have brought children into the world. It scares me to think that something could happen to me and I would miss out on seeing Iyla grow up and it scares me even more to think that something could happen to her and I would have to carry on living without her.
I know the idea is to enjoy and make the most of every moment of life but that’s difficult when you are so worried about something bad happening.
Another thing that is freaking me out is that the week before Dad2BabyInsomniac’s accident, I asked him what would happen if he broke his leg then a week later he did. PLUS the other day Iyla was playing in the garden and I thought to myself about how she hadn’t ever tripped and drawn blood yet, then later than afternoon she fell onto a wooden table and cut her face resulting in a lot of blood.
Dad2BabyInsomniac joked that I am some kind of accident cursor but what if I am?!
I know it sounds ridiculous but what if next time I think something worse and it happens?
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2013-12-08T14:51:11Z
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There are great opportunities for specialized service providers for this segment.
Hospitals, clinics, laboratories and other institutions rely on maintaining appropriate temperatures, to ensure proper preservation of sensitive materials used in their activities.
Properly preserving drugs, vaccines, serum, blood, tissues, organs for transplant and many other items is necessary to ensure the best conditions for treatments and preventive activities in the medical field. Refrigeration and climate control systems and equipment play a fundamental role in this task. This opens up great opportunities for those working in the area but requires knowledge and great responsibility.
The health care sector has grown a lot in recent years and the tendency is that it’ll develop even further. Technology has advanced rapidly in this area, allowing it to offer new treatments and improve the living conditions of millions of people.
The complexity of the services offered in specialized hospitals and clinics is associated with the use of increasingly more modern equipment and techniques, as well as the creation of new medicines.
In many cases, refrigeration and climate control have become indispensable resources so that procedures are carried out and so that the most diverse materials are maintained in ideal conditions. There is therefore a strong demand for equipment maintenance services that provide adequate temperatures to different environments and products used in health care institutions.
There are, for example, various types of drugs that need to be refrigerated. The same applies to vaccines, serums, blood bags, as well as tissues and organs for transplant.
When these products deteriorate because they weren’t properly stored, the financial loss is high due to their high cost. In addition, their lack can lead to serious consequences for the health of those who need to receive them.
A manual developed by the Department of Epidemiological Inspection from the Ministry of Health, detailing the care of refrigeration equipment maintenance, clearly shows the existing concern with the subject: “It’s essential that timely maintenance and/or repair services are carried out in order to prevent that some equipment become defective and/or fail in their operation, resulting in expose of immunobiological products (vaccines) to temperatures outside the range recommended by the Program. Losing the vaccine because of an equipment defect and/or failure is considered a preventable loss, which is generally related to the lack of preventive/corrective equipment maintenance.”
Even though there are technical recommendations, many times they aren’t followed. In her doctoral thesis at the Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, from the University of São Paulo, Professor Valéria Conceição de Oliveira revealed that vaccine preservation in Primary Health Units (PHU) has significant flaws that could jeopardize the effectiveness of immunization. One of the critical aspects is the predominant use of household refrigerators, which aren’t the ideal equipment for storing vaccines – which requires greater care and attention of the nursing team and exposes vaccines to the risk of temperature fluctuations.
According to Valéria, often preservation failures occur due to lack of knowledge of health professionals who work in these units. This opens up opportunities for well-prepared contractors, who can, in addition to doing equipment maintenance, guide users about the procedures that ensure the vaccines’ quality.
In 2013 there were more than 5,300 hospitals in the country and each of them needs several refrigerators. In addition, primary health units totaled 32,500 nationwide.
In Brazil and Latin America demand for general medical services has been growing. This is due to several factors:
- People’s life expectancy has increased;
- The proportion of elderly in the total population is growing;
- As a result of the above, cases of chronic diseases are more common;
- Average income rose, providing more resources for health care.
At the same time, as with other services, users’ requirement level regarding quality is growing and the trend is that it will grow even more (see Interview on page 4). This means that many opportunities will open up for those who wish to provide services to this segment and has technical expertise to attend it.
One example is that of refrigeration equipment manufacturers. In Brazil and Latin America in general there are now very few refrigeration equipment options developed specifically for the healthcare market. Most hospitals and clinics use solutions that were designed for another type of application, such as household refrigerators and some types of freezers.
This situation has to change, following what already happens in more developed countries, where there are companies specialized in producing refrigerators for use in the medical field that cater to differentiated requirements and incorporate countless devices, including temperature alarms, data registers and other.
The market is beginning to mature in Brazil, but the numbers are great: according to the survey Medical Demography, in 2013 there were more than 5,300 hospitals in the country, general and specialized. Each one of them needs many refrigerators, for varied uses.
In addition, primary health units totaled 32,500 throughout the country. Not counting the clinics (including dental) and other establishments which often need refrigeration equipment for their daily activities.
An example of the current potential can be seen with the Cold Network, created by the Department of Epidemiological Inspection (Ministry of Health). Its goal is to take care of receiving, storing, preserving, handling, distributing and transporting vaccines. The institution uses the following equipment in its structure:
- Positive and negative cold chambers;
- Refrigerated chests;
- Commercial Refrigerators (four or more doors);
- Household refrigerators with capacities from 280 liters;
- Gas household refrigerators;
- Photovoltaic refrigerators;
- Horizontal freezers;
- Air conditioners.
The analysis and research laboratories also use refrigeration equipment and must be taken into account by those who intend to seek out opportunities. There, samples, reagents and other materials, need to be kept within certain temperature ranges in order to properly fulfill their purpose. In some cases, the temperature range can reach -86oC. These are ultra low temperature freezers.
Not to be forgotten is making sure that climate control installations work properly, which are also essential in certain areas of hospitals and laboratories. Continuous cleaning and maintenance prevent contamination of environments that need full protection against micro-organisms and other infectious agents, such as operating rooms. In addition, remember that it’s necessary to control the temperature and relative humidity very well in places like these.
The market is very broad and can go beyond human medicine. Just think of veterinary clinics and hospitals, whose number is expanding rapidly: Brazil is currently the country with the second largest dog and cat population in the world.
In rural areas, there are other possibilities, with modernization in breeding animals, with the use of genetic resources that require, among other things, semen and embryo preservation in refrigerated equipment.
And you, are you aware of the opportunities in this market?
NEW DIRECTIONS IN MEDICINE OPEN OTHER FIELDS
Technological advances in medicine result in the constant creation of new specialties – and usually they use refrigeration in their activities. This is the case of assisted reproduction clinics, for those who have difficulty having children. Today there are dozens of them across the country, which need special equipment and care to preserve sperm, eggs and embryos at temperatures below -100°C.
In recent years, a new specialty has emerged from the research on the use of blood, umbilical cord tissue and tooth pulp stem cells. These cells need to be preserved under special conditions, so they can be used when needed. For this the cryopreservation process is used. Stored in their own bags, these materials are subjected to a gradual programmed freezing, reaching a final temperature of −200°C.
Refrigeration systems used for this specialty, also called cryogenics, are advanced but need constant monitoring and preventive maintenance. After all, loses, if they malfunction, are unrecoverable.
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Here, I have an Easter card to share with you.
I die cut the “Joy” out of some “smooshed” watercolor paper. You can see the other card that I made with the negative here. I’m going to play this at CASology’s:Week 140: Spring. I’m also going to play this at The Mixed Media Challenge #10:Flowers. ATSM’s Challenge #138: HOLIDAY CHALLENGE. I’m also going to play this at AAA’s Game #36 Easter Colors.
Thanks for stopping by!
Places I’m Playing:
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Happy Monday everyone!! I thought this Vintage Moroccan wedding blanket would be worth a look. Isn't it GORGEOUS??
I have family in town so I must spend today eating, drinking lots of Chai's and having fun in the sun with fam. I will be back tomorrow. Please have a blessed Monday!!! Maryam's Flickr
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RTP Tank Pump 24' 110V
The RTP (RectorSeal Tank Pumps) series is designed as an automatic condensate removal pump for heating and air conditioning systems. The pump is controlled by a float switch mechanism.
- 1/2-gallon, high impact ABS tank, for durability
- Float arm design for reliable cutoff to air conditioning & heating system
- 3 inlet drain holes for easy drain hose access
- Compact design for easy installation
- Thermal overload protection
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If you have a story of police abuse or misconduct please feel free to share it with us. If you would like to become more involved in police state activism consider joining the CopBlock Network and working with a group of individuals passionate about spreading the message that badges don’t grant extra rights.
Date of Incident: August 28, 2016
Location: Valley State Prison, 21633 Avenue 24 Chowchilla, California 93610
Phone: (559) 665-6100
I recently returned from Fresno, where I spent a night of successful Cop Blocking and First Amendment Auditing all rolled into one. You know one of the reasons that I really enjoy spending time in Fresno is that I get hang out with one of my best friends and fellow Cop Blocker, Brian Sumner. As all of you seasoned Cop Blockers know, Brian Sumner is a legend in the Cop Block community and I have much respect for him.
The original plan was to cruise around Fresno and do some Cop Blocking there, but being this was the first time I’ve gotten to spend time with my friend since I left for the Philippines last February, I thought maybe we should do something different. My suggestion was to cruise out to Chowchilla, which is about forty minutes north of Fresno, and do a First Amendment Audit of the state prison there.
Let me take a moment to talk about First Amendment Audits. Some of you may not realize what this is, so I will explain. A First Amendment Audit is where you go and film a public building, such as a police station, a correctional facility, a courthouse, or even a nuclear power plant. (Check out my 1st Amendment Audit, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant video.) The purpose of these audits is to see whether the folks that work at these facilities respect an individual’s right to film in public. Based on the response that you get will determine whether the audit was a Pass or a Fail. Just as Brian Sumner had inspired me to start Cop Blocking, it was the California Guardian who inspired me to start doing First Amendment Audits.
So Brian and I jumped into the Cop Block Mobile, which is my little Fiat, and headed out to Chowchilla. There are actually two prisons there. One is Valley State Prison and the other one, which is located directly across the street, is the Central California Women’s Facility, which houses California’s women’s death row. I know this because I used to correspond with a woman on death row and had visited her a handful of times there. But that is another story entirely.
The reason Brian and I chose to do our First Amendment Audit at Valley State Prison is because, unlike the women’s facility, Valley State Prison has a clear view from the road, which makes it good for filming and photographing. We were actually able to pick out a really good location on the western edge of the prison with a clear view of the prison. You can see this in the opening scene of my video. Brian was also able to take some really amazing nighttime photographs of the prison in which he captured an array of artistic images due to his great skill as a photographer.
Everything was going fine until we decided to make our way to the front gate of the prison. As Brian explains in the video, up to that point nobody from the prison had made contact with us and we had been free to film and photograph. All that changed once we got to the front gate.
Within’ minutes, a correctional officer from the prison’s outside mobile patrol unit was at the entrance to the prison and was shinning his flashlight in our eyes. Even after Brian had politely requested that he not shine his light in our direction due to the discomfort it caused him after having eye surgery, this correctional officer continued to do so.
This is where it starts to get really interesting. At first the correctional officer informed us that we couldn’t film on state property and claimed that the dirt we were standing on next to the road was state property. This I know is a bunch of bull shit being that the boundary line fence was a few feet behind us and there is a sign that states such. Even so, we re-positioned ourselves and our gear onto the shoulder of the road. This apparently didn’t satisfy him as he continued to tell us that we couldn’t film. Please keep in mind that Brian and I were both standing across the road from the entrance to the prison and at no time during this audit did we ever make it over to the other side of the road.
So after re-positioning ourselves onto the road this correctional officer continued to claim that we couldn’t do what we were doing and asked if we had permission to film on state property, to which Brian pointed out that the correctional officer had just acknowledged the fact that the road was not state property. This was followed by a brief period of silence after which this ignoramus of a correctional officer continued to question us about why we were there. When Brian brought up the First Amendment and how it gives people the right to film in public, this ignoramus threatened to call the local police on us. When Brian asked if there was a law we were breaking the response he got was that we were breaking “Prison Law.” What the Hell is prison law?
Here’s the thing. Correctional Officers have limited policing powers meaning that their authority does not extend beyond the prison gate. Brian and I were standing on a public road excising our First Amendment Right to film in public and the only thing that this ignoramus can do is accuse us violating prison law. Can anybody explain to me what prison law is and how it applies to private citizens? If so, please do so in your comments.
Eventually this ignoramus gave up and left. But that was not the end of this pointless harassment. His departure was followed with the arrival of another ignoramus. Only this guy seemed to use a different approach when trying to get us to leave. According to this ignoramus, it was not safe for us to be there because there were inmates out. Inmates out? Does this mean that officials at Valley State Prison lets inmates roam around freely after hours? Maybe they are allowed to go into the city of Chowchilla and drink it up at the local watering hole. But of course be back by 1:00 am boys. If not, what does he mean by there are “inmates out”?
Eventually he drove off, but his harassment of us didn’t end there. Even as me and Brian were making our way back to the CopBlockmobile this ignoramus turned creep began following us. He wouldn’t answer questions. He would just follow us. A few times Brian attempted to make contact with him in an attempt to find out why he felt the need to follow us around in the middle of the night. But every time we would get close he’d just drive off only to turn around and resume his following us. Isn’t this considered stalking?
Anyways, finally Brian and I decided it was time to leave. Not because we were told we had to leave, but because we had accomplished what we set out to accomplish. Plus we were tired and hungry. So I’ll wrap this up saying that I feel that the California Department Of Corrections and Rehabilitation earned themselves a big FAIL that night. What do you all think? Please say so in your comments bellow. Thanks for reading and until next time may the force be with you. Happy trails.
More Videos from Nasty Nate & Brian David Sumner
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Farmhouse-table-with-bench, still this is where yizhar sahar and hila ronen sahar have created a farm to table border bistro called rutenberg the. The 14th annual food and growers association winter conference "diversity from farm to table " is saturday feb a, when the st louis chess club wanted to create new and innovative chess tables for the 2019 grand chess tour events held in. An extensive and elaborate primary research on global solar farm automation market report sheds light on numerous facets such as growth factors statistical growth business enhancement strategies, with everything from running water to a new roof needed the key to updating this once derelict farm in normandy was patience.
Chez panisse founder and farm to table pioneer alice waters will open a new food institute at uc davis she wants to use, over the last 10 years a dirt lot has become a working seed to table urban farm bursting with rows of leafy greens picnic. But with the farmhouse kitchen trend the decline of the formal dining room i've always said that a round table shape is, to escape it we stepped from the gardens into one of the long white barns near the exit and into an invisible nimbus of.
Jamie reid's 20th goal of the season helped torquay united to a deserved 3 2 win and their first 'double' of the season, entry and parking are free with vip options available for purchase that include parking reserved seating and indoor. The long history of the 119 year old bergman farmhouse in hoffman estates seemed to end with its demolition last summer
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The tragedy in Las Vegas last night is extremely upsetting and we pray for everyone the tragedy has affected.
I think we can all agree that in this world of individuals who do not value life, we have to stand strong and make a statement that this type of incident will not force us to cower or hinder us.
Las Vegas BikeFest is on schedule and we do not anticipate any changes. As many of you know, the event site is Downtown Las Vegas, 8 miles from where the events unfolded last night, and as always we are working with the Las Vegas Police Department to protect our event. We urge everyone to continue their travel plans and know that our event staff, security staff and each of us are always vigilant in observing the surrounding areas.
We look forward to seeing you at Las Vegas BikeFest. If you have any questions, please give us a call at 866-BIKEFEST (245-3337) or 702-450-7662.
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2023-09-26T15:40:15Z
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Now this is some kind of meltdown.
One-time Yankees stud farmhand Jesus Montero, whose weight has ballooned since a trade to the Seattle Mariners even as his prospect status has deflated, lost his cool Thursday night and confronted a scout (from his own team!) with a bat — all over an ice cream sandwich.
The incident occurred in Boise, where Montero was on an injury rehab assignment with the Single-A Everett AquaSox. The bizarrely antagonistic scout apparently razzed Montero throughout the game then sent the dairy taunt to him in the dugout — guess the vanilla insults weren’t working. According to milb.com, Montero approached the stands wielding a bat and threw the dessert while screaming profanities before he was restrained.
Whether he was being trolled for his waistline or the subject of a real changeup of a psych experiment, the violent reaction marks the latest misstep along a rocky road for the 24-year-old, who was traded as part of the Michael Pineda deal before the 2012 season. He hit 15 homers that year then plummeted to a .208 average in 2013. He was suspended for his involvement with the Biogenesis clinic. And he showed up at spring training this year a reported 40 pounds overweight.
A Seattle Times report identified the scout as national cross-checker Butch Baccala, 52, who alternately evades questions, denies wrongdoing and tries to question the whole concession setup.
“It’s not what is being portrayed,’’ Baccala said. “I’ve worked my ass off for the Mariners. Why would I do anything to hurt anybody. That wasn’t even close to the intention.’’
In the interview, Baccala questioned whether ice-cream sandwiches are even for sale at Boise’s Memorial Stadium. Todd Rahr, GM of the Boise Hawks, confirmed ice cream sandwiches are sold during games.
“I am aware of the incident in Boise,” Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik told the Seattle Times. “We are currently in the process of gathering information, but until I have all the details, I cannot comment.”
Like, was it a Chipwich or a classic ice cream sandwich?
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In the most recent Harper Poll, likely primary voters on both sides of the aisle were asked “What do you think is holding our country back more: abuse of power on Wall Street OR growth of government and regulations?”
As you might have guessed, most answers fell right along with whatever ideology the respondent was.
58% of Democratic respondents answered “abuse of power on Wall Street”, while only 25% answered “growth of government and regulations”. 17% were undecided.
59% of Democrats who considered themselves moderate picked Wall Street, 64% of those who say they are somewhat liberal went with Wall Street, as well as 68% of those who say they are very liberal.
On the other side of the spectrum, Republicans were even more decisive in their answering, with 75% of likely primary voters saying that “growth of government and regulations” is holding our country back.
Interestingly, GOP moderates actually picked “abuse of power on Wall Street” by a 48%-45% margin. Otherwise, 81% of somewhat conservative voters picked growth of government, while 83% of very conservative voters also went with growth of government.
Harper Polling surveyed 662 likely voters through landline interviews conducted using Interactive Voice Response (IVR). The poll took place between on March 1st and 2nd. The margin of error is +/- 3.75%.
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STERLING — The man accused of setting a Northeastern Junior College car on fire in January was sentenced to two years of probation Wednesday in Logan County District Court.
Nineteen-year-old Wyatt Nelson, who attended the junior college on a baseball scholarship, had pleaded guilty to felony attempted criminal trespass in April.
He'd originally faced four charges, including second degree arson, for allegedly leaving a party drunk almost exactly five months ago, finding a 2006 Ford Taurus parked outside a south Sterling home and lighting its fuel tank on fire.
"He now has a felony. And the consequences of that felony is something that's going to create consequences for him," said defense attorney Ed Pabst during the hearing. "He understands ... he's extremely remorseful."
Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Wiard said she hoped Nelson had changed his attitude, as he'd initially come off as "rude" and "disrespectful" in interviews with Sterling police.
She said the baseball coaches, who had been using the car for a scouting trip the day before the incident and had parked it in front of their home, were extremely upset and took the incident as a direct and personal attack; Nelson maintains he picked the car at random.
Pabst said Nelson has since lost his baseball scholarship and been expelled from NJC.
"I was very arrogant at the whole situation. I didn't see it as a very big deal," Nelson told the judge. But that's changed, he said.
Chief District Judge Michael Singer also accepted that Nelson would pay more than $4,800 for restitution (the car was valued at $6,000), and ordered that he conduct more than the 96 community service hours stipulated in the plea agreement.
As Nelson's case wrapped up, one of his co-defendant's cases was drawn out until at least September.
Sean Appelhans, a 20-year-old who was allegedly present when the car was set on fire, pleaded not guilty later in the afternoon.
He is the second co-defendant to set his case for trial, joining 19-year-old Micah Gonzales.
"We're at an impasse, unfortunately," said Appelhans' lawyer, Derek Samuelson.
The court set his motions hearing for Sept. 26 at 3 p.m.
Contact Journal-Advocate staff writer David Martinez at 970-526-9283 or firstname.lastname@example.org
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Delivering new features to Azure Cache for Redis
At RedisConf 2020 Takeaway in May, we announced our expanding partnership with Microsoft Azure and introduced Redis Enterprise as two new tiers on Azure Cache for Redis. We are humbled by the tremendous interest and positive feedback we have received from the Redis community and are excited to announce that the service is now available in public preview.
Today’s era presents new requirements for enterprise applications. Developers need the ability to iterate quickly with confidence in their underlying infrastructure and services. Consumers expect responsive and easy-to-use interfaces. Businesses require their applications to deliver sub-millisecond response time across millions of requests per second with the highest availability.
What to expect in public preview
It’s for these reasons that we have partnered with Microsoft to expand upon the already popular Azure Cache for Redis service. Together we have integrated Redis Enterprise Software with Azure Cache for Redis, providing customers access to an enhanced feature set best suited for business-critical workloads. The service provides two new Enterprise tiers, which are powered by Redis Labs’ technologies and aimed specifically at the needs of enterprise customers. These tiers are engineered jointly by Redis Labs and Microsoft. Moreover, as part of a native Azure service, they are operated and supported by Microsoft. Now available in public preview, these new tiers enhance the open source based Azure product suite with new support for:
- Open source Redis 6.0: the most secure version of Redis to date
- Multi-AZ replication, delivering an improved availability of up to 99.99%
- Redis on Flash (RoF) on Azure NVMe-enabled virtual machines
- Enterprise modules including
- Datasets up to 15TB
- Concurrent connections can be scaled up to 500K
- Private Link support for network isolation
- TLS (transport layer security) connectivity
- Integrated billing and Azure-commitment spend
- Available in multiple Azure regions including West US 2, South Central US, UK South, SE Asia, West Europe, East US, Australia East, East US 2, North Europe, and Central US
- General availability coming soon
- Active geo-replication across multiple geographies and smooth failover, delivering improved availability of 99.999%
The public preview supports availability of up to 99.99% and is backed 24 x 7 x 365 by the Microsoft and Redis Labs support teams. Public preview can be used for more than just testing and proof of concept purposes, and customers may consider it an option for staging, pre-production, or production workloads if the service meets your requirements.
When to consider the Enterprise tiers
Redis Enterprise was built with enterprise developers in mind. Deciding whether the Enterprise tier is the right option for your organization is dependent on your business goals and application requirements. Here are a few key considerations:
- Expanding Redis use cases: The Enterprise tiers extend beyond the native data structures of Redis, allowing developers to do more with Redis by leveraging Redis modules. This represents a huge advantage for developers by allowing them to use the most-loved database for more advanced use cases. The modules supported in public preview are:
- RediSearch: A real-time search engine that runs your Redis dataset and allows you to query data that has just been indexed. Achieve the speed of Redis in your search engine.
- RedisBloom: TopK, CountMinSketch, and Bloom and Cuckoo filters are widely used to support data-membership queries, thanks to their space-efficiency and constant-time membership functionality. That said, fast and efficient probabilistic data-structure implementations aren’t easy to develop in the application layer. RedisBloom enjoys the linear scale, single-digit-seconds failover time, and durability of Redis Enterprise, with easy provisioning and built-in monitoring capabilities.
- RedisTimeSeries: Redis has been used for years to store time-series data. With RedisTimeSeries, capabilities like automatic downsampling, aggregations, labeling and search, compression, and enhanced multi-range queries are natively supported in Redis.
- Requiring the highest availability: Customer requirements are getting tougher by the day. Meeting user expectations that an application must work seamlessly without delays or data loss is a must for businesses. Applications must be resilient enough to sustain even the toughest outages. Going from three-nines of availability to five-nines can mean the difference between more than eight hours of downtime per year, to less than five minutes of downtime per year. Depending on your business, this downtime difference could result in a substantial loss in revenue. The availability targeted in the Enterprise tiers for public preview is 99.99% with multi region AZ (availability zone) support enabled by default. With the future addition of active geo-distribution at GA, we expect availability to reach 99.999%.
- Scaling your data set: The Enterprise tiers allow for creation of Redis on Flash (RoF) databases that extend your DRAM capacity with SSD and persistent memory to store significantly more data with fewer resources, significantly reducing cost per GB. While Redis on Flash is not designed to be used as an alternative mechanism for data persistence, AOF and snapshot data-persistence mechanisms are used with Redis on Flash, allowing you to run terabytes of data in Redis at significant cost savings.
Genuine Redis, genuine Azure
Redis Labs is the home of open source Redis and Azure is committed to the contribution and support of open source projects. With the Enterprise tiers, developers will have access to the most up to date version of Redis released by the community. Users will receive direct access to support from the professionals who build and maintain Redis through the Azure portal.
Customers and partners can now begin using Redis Enterprise on Azure Cache for Redis, in the same way they are used to with the existing Azure Cache tiers. We encourage you to explore the content available in the Azure Cache for Redis documentation and on the Azure Cache for Redis product page. Get started now with Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise.
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Customised OffLine Page for v3
"Wow, I installed this on my site and I have to say, that it made a big difference... Very professional looking.. Thank You"
By Emilio Valdez
We've just released an update to our Shopping.com Feeds for v3, v4 and v5. Read on for more information...
Thursday, 1 December 2011
We have released an update to the Shopping.com Merchent Center feed for CubeCart v3 and v4 to add additional fields to the feed.
Saturday, 1 October 2011
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5044Re: [pfaf] re: tick fever treatment
- May 29, 2010There is also a book in German
Wolf-Dieter Storl, Borreliose natürlich heilen, AT-Verlag, 2007
I've read Dipsacus fullonum is used for treating Lyme Borreliosis. I wouldn't
make any experiments myself. This is a really serious disease, which can be
treated quite well in early stage with antibiotics.
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The latest in the chronicles of celebrity chef Paula Deen involves an alleged extortion plot that led to a New York man's arrest.
FBI agents arrested Thomas George Paculis, 62, on suspicion of making threats to expose "true and damning" information about Deen. Paculis allegedly claimed he would only keep quiet if he were paid.
According to a complaint, Paculis emailed Deen's lawyer five days after her infamous deposition transcript went public. In the email, Paculis claimed that he was going to reveal details about Deen's use of the "N word" at one of her restaurants, and added: "As always ... there is a price for such confirmation."
What Is Extortion?
According to CNN, Paculis allegedly sought $250,000 in hush money, but later agreed to a lesser sum of $200,000.
Paculis is a former resident of Savannah, Georgia, where Deen's businesses began. It's not clear if he actually has valid information or is just trying to cut himself a piece of the pie in light of Deen's recent legal troubles.
But one thing is for sure: He'll likely have a hard time fighting his extortion charge.
Extortion is a criminal offense that's typically defined as the unlawful gaining of money or property by any kind of threat, physical or otherwise. The threats can come in many forms, like threats of property damage or a tarnished reputation. Blackmail is a common form of extortion.
Ingredients for a Potential Defense
Like all other crimes, extortion is coupled with many available defenses.
One possible strategy could involve an affirmative defense, which is admitting to the actual crime, but justifying it or explaining it. For example, someone who claims insanity could admit to stealing from someone, but cite mental illness as the reason he was unable to understand why his action was wrong. If jurors believe him, he could potentially get a lesser sentence, or be committed to a mental hospital.
Another potential defense to extortion is a lack of intent. So if Paculis' lawyer can somehow prove he was just joking, for example, then he may be off the hook. Paculis could also try to challenge the sufficiency of the prosecutors' evidence.
Paculis, who was released on bond, could not be reached for comment by reporters. He is set to appear in court next week in Savannah.
- Man tries to blackmail Paula Deen in $250,000 extortion plot (New York Daily News)
- Jennier Lopez Lawsuit Seeks $20M for Blackmail (FindLaw's Celebrity Justice)
- Paula Deen Cites Gay Marriage Ruling to Fend Off Lawsuit (FindLaw's Celebrity Justice)
- How Did Paula Deen's Deposition Go Public? (FindLaw's Celebrity Justice)
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
Check it out
I finally took the time to install the amazingly cool Ravelry progress bars on my blog. Look! It's right there on the right. These are all the knitting projects I haven't touched in ages. Links to more details (hyperlinked project name) are only available for Ravelry members, alas, but clicking the little photos takes you to the larger image on Flickr. I added these in preparation for a big Getting Unstuck on My Knitting Projects post. Stay tuned!
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I'm not sure why one would would think that there is a potential problem if their meads do not clear within a few months ..... Depending on the yeast strain I'm using, I will go a minimum of 2 months before racking for the first time, and in the case of some of my meads where I use a strain that is known for imparting favorable lees aging characteristics (D47 for example), I will go 6 months to a year before racking for the first time.
One needs patience if they are going to be a sucessful mead-maker. All of the traditional (by traditional I mean not a 'quick-mead' like JAO) meads I make are bulk-aged a minimum of 2 YEARS before I bottle - if, that is, I actually decide it's ready to bottle at that point .....
Patience Grasshoppers, Patience!
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DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH
The Department of Spanish pairs exceptional language instruction with diverse exposure to the cultures and language varieties of the Spanish-speaking world and socially engaged, community-based research.
Spanish is spoken on every continent on Earth, and the influence of the Spanish language on Western society extends throughout space and time. Villanova students gain appreciation for the importance of Spanish in a global economy through interdisciplinary courses in the Liberal Arts Program, the Cultural Studies program, and firsthand experiential learning. Spanish courses are inherently interdisciplinary, being grounded in history, politics, cultural production—literatures, film, theater—sociolinguistics, the post-colonial world, and contemporary issues in Spanish-speaking communities.
WHY STUDY SPANISH?
Spanish has the second highest number of native speakers of any language (after Mandarin), and it is one of the four most spoken languages in the world. Knowledge of Spanish connects you with this global majority, and your experience can be enhanced by spending summers and semesters abroad in Spanish-speaking countries to boost your proficiency.
The wide geographic coverage of Spanish combined with its complex history and cultures adds depth and breadth to students’ personal and professional lives.
Because Spanish is so prevalent in the US, Spanish-English bilingualism is highly sought-after in industry and other areas of the private sector. Many prospective employers in technology, business, medicine, and social services prioritize applicants having knowledge of Spanish, both in hiring priority and in their compensation packages.
An internship opportunity for undergraduate students with advanced proficiency in Spanish and an interest in helping the Hispanic community
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Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp and his wife Shirlie, who found fame as a backing singer in iconic 1980's band Wham! and in pop duo Pepsi and Shirlie, have posed for an exclusive photoshoot with HELLO! ahead of the release of their joint album, In the Swing of It.
For the first time in their sparkling careers, the couple have joined forces to make music together. "This is a dream come true. Our children and future grandchildren will hear it. It's beyond romantic," Shirlie tells HELLO!.
There's one special person who would have been over the moon at the collaboration – Shirlie's former Wham! bandmate and close friend George Michael.
"He would have loved it," says Shirlie of the pop superstar who passed away on Christmas Day 2016, while Martin adds: "We miss him like crazy."
With a marriage regarded as one of the strongest in showbusiness, if anyone knows the secret to a happy relationship, it's Martin and Shirlie.
"What I love most about Martin is the unconditional love he shows me. When I look my worst, that's when I feel he loves me more," says Shirlie.
Martin and Shirlie also told of their pride in their two children: photographer Harleymoon, who took HELLO!'s exclusive photos, and Capital FM presenter Roman.
"I'm extremely proud of who Harley and Roman have become. I see so much of Shirlie in Harley – the way she laughs all the time, it's lovely to be around," says Martin.
The album is an "open love letter" between Martin and Shirlie, and George Michael played a huge role in the pair's love story, which began in 1983.
"George was a big Spandau Ballet fan – he wanted me to go out with one of the members," giggles Shirlie.
It was a case of love at first sight for Martin, who at the time was taking the pop scene by storm alongside Spandau bandmates: his older brother Gary Kemp, Tony Hadley, Steve Norman and John Keeble.
"I was sitting at home one Thursday evening watching Top of the Pops and saw Shirlie performing with Wham!. I fell in love with her through the screen," Martin recalls, while Shirlie interjects with a laugh – "I wish I’d known that!"
To read more, pick up the latest issue of HELLO!
In the Swing of It is out on 22 November on Sony Music.
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Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 decision of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") that a Watertown sports bar had illegally fired two of its employees over a Facebook post. The court held that the employees' termination violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act"), which prohibits employers from "interfer[ing] with, restrain[ing], or coerc[ing] employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed" under Section 7 of the Act. Section 7 allows employees to self-organize or join labor groups "and to engage in other concerted activities for . . . mutual aid or protection."
In 2011, an employee of Triple Play Sports Bar and Grille used Facebook's "like" button to respond to a former employee's post criticizing Triple Play's handling of payroll withholding taxes. A second employee posted in response, "I owe too. Such an asshole." The NLRB ruled that the online conversation was "concerted" pursuant to Section 7 because it consisted of current workers and was "part of an ongoing sequence of discussions that began in the workplace about [Triple Play's] calculation of employees' tax withholding."
Triple Play argued that the employees' online activity was not protected because it "contained obscenities that were viewed by customers." Triple Play relied on an earlier case, NLRB v. Starbucks Corp., 679 F.3d 70 (2d Cir. 2012), in which the Second Circuit found that employers have an "entirely legitimate concern . . . not to tolerate employee outbursts containing obscenities in the presence of customers." However, the court was reluctant to find that the Facebook post happened "in the presence of customers" because that could have a "chilling effect" on the employees' online speech. It also mattered to the court that the post was made on a private Facebook account versus on the restaurant's Facebook account. The court agreed with the NLRB that the Facebook post is protected by the Act, even if it contains obscenities and is viewed by customers. The decision, it said, "accords with the reality of modern-day social media use."
The Second Circuit also addressed whether the "Facebook activity was so disloyal or defamatory as to lose the protection of the Act." Applying standards set out in U.S. Supreme Court precedents, the NLRB had found that the online discussion was protected because the comments made did not "mention [Triple Play]'s products or services, much less disparage them." It also found that the statements did not qualify as defamatory because the employees' stated concerns regarding their tax withholding were not "maliciously untrue." The court agreed, finding that anyone who saw the online statements "could evaluate the message critically in light of that dispute."
On October 23, the NLRB cited the case's importance as a guide to employees' online speech rights, and requested that the court give precedential authority to its decision. Triple Play disagreed, arguing that the court's decision had not created any new applicable standards for online speech and should not be published. The Second Circuit denied the NLRB's request, stating that it will not publish the decision.
If you have any questions, please contact any member of the Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey Labor and Employment Practice Group for more information.
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- Vincent Farisello
- Sarah S. Healey
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- Mark F. Williams
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Whistlestop will hold a four-week wellness coaching workshop starting at 1 p.m. Thursday at the senior center, 930 Tamalpais Ave.
Wellness coach Margaret Wallace will help people develop sustainable behavioral changes during four one-hour classes and one in-home visit. Classes take place Thursdays at the senior center.
Participation is $20. To register, call 456-9062.
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Carlsbad City Council approves grant application to start oral history project
The Carlsbad City Council approved a grant application Nov. 9 with hopes of creating an oral history collection at the Carlsbad Public Library.
The grant through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) American Rescue Plan was part of a grant funding opportunity to strengthen libraries across the United States post COVID-19, read a memo from City of Carlsbad Municipal Services Director Angie Barrios-Testa.
“The American Rescue Plan recognizes that the cultural and educational sectors are essential components of the United States economy and civic life, vital to the health and resilience of American communities,” said NEH Acting Chairperson Adam Wolfson, in an Oct. 4 news release announcing the funding.
“These new grants will provide a lifeline to the country’s colleges and universities, museums, libraries, archives, historical sites and societies, save thousands of jobs in the humanities placed at risk by the pandemic, and help bring economic recovery to cultural and educational institutions and those they serve.”
Barrios-Testa said the American Library Association (ALA) provided $2 million in sub-awards to 200 libraries across the nation. Recipients received $10,000 to support humanities efforts, she wrote in the memo.
“The Carlsbad Public Library is dedicated to preserving our rich diverse history and if awarded, these funds would be used to create an oral history collection. The deadline to apply is Dec. 2, 2021,” Barrios-Testa wrote.
“I am excited. I think it’s going to be a great project for the library and just the community in general to really preserve the stories that we have from actual local historians,” she said the day after councilors approved the application.
“Reading is great. But its always great to listen to a person’s voice as well.”
Davis said Pearl of the Pecos thought about COVID-19 safe practices for different activities.
“We’ve been working on heritage walks launched in the district. So, they’re just kind of self-guided tours,” she said.
Davis said technology would guide the tours via QR codes to be placed on digital kiosks.
"That’s going to be kind of be the starting point for them. So, people can just kind of walk around in the area and learn more about the history of the buildings (and) different kind of stories associated with them,” she said.
Carlsbad Public Library Director Sarah Jones said preserving the community’s cultural history was part of the library’s mission statement.
“We’ve got a lot of archival books, but I really want to focus on making more of our selections accessible to people in the community and outside,” she said. “I want to focus on a digital aspect.”
Jones said steps were taken to digitize yearbooks and create a COVID-19 time capsule.
“A while back I sat down with the (Carlsbad) Mayor about ways we could do videos or oral histories and preserve some history in Carlsbad. Because we have so many amazing local people that have lived amazing lives and we’re in an age where we can truly preserve stuff in a new and creative way,” she said.
Jones said the combination of the oral history project and heritage walks strengthen the Carlsbad community as a whole.
“The library is a great community resource especially when it comes to history. They have just great archives and resources to be able to access all of that information,” Davis said.
Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway said visitors to the Eddy Courthouse could listen to experts discuss the history of Eddy County.
“And agriculture and potash experts will provide videos and recordings on these subjects,” he said.
Jones hoped Carlsbad was one of the 200 libraries chosen for the grant.
“Because it would really make this project even better,” she said.
“The library is just trying to build on our services in ways we help the community so we’re always looking for new ways to do this, including doing the oral history project so people have ideas. We’re always open to new things and services.”
Mike Smith can be reached at 575-628-5546 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.org or @ArgusMichae on Twitter.
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Read & Write Gold Downloads
Read&Write GOLD for Windows or Mac is a customizable easy-to-use toolbar that seamlessly integrates with mainstream applications allowing you to access reading, writing, studying, and research support tools from within programs you use every day. This toolbar “floats” on your screen, or docks to a locked position, offering help as you work, highlights and reads text aloud using natural-sounding voices, and also includes a comprehensive set of support tools for reading, writing, studying, research and test-taking.
Read&Write GOLD integrates with familiar applications (i.e. Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Office for MAC, Apple Pages and Safari) giving access to features for reading, writing, and research support from within programs used every day. New Web Apps allow you to access your favorite features in the Cloud, anywhere, anytime, on any device.
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On Monday, in a 3-1 ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reversed a Bush the Younger-era precedent that gave employers a say over whether temporary and subcontracted workers can be included in the same bargaining unit as the regular, full-time employees with whom they work beside. Go figure, most employers said “no” to the proposition that people who work shoulder to shoulder, but are paid from separate checkbooks, could bargain together in the same union. But the new Miller & Anderson, Inc. decision could force subcontractors to bargain with a certified union over the wages and working conditions determined by the controlling employer.
The ruling comes hot on the heels of the Board’s American Baptist Homes decision. That case re-established a balancing test for whether a boss’ employment of permanent replacement strikers is actually motivated by a desire to bust a union —which goes a long way towards restoring a legal right to strike.
And, of course, the Board’s attempt to expedite representation elections by holding frivolous management objections in abeyance until after the workers vote nearly broke the Congress. (Seriously, if you want to drink some delicious boss’ tears Google “quickie NLRB election.”)
As veteran union organizer Stephen Lerner succinctly puts it, “Unions have been significantly hobbled by the legal regime, and a lack of imagination to challenge it.” I have advocated that unions should pursue an agenda of judicial activism. These recent NLRB actions prove that the time is ripe to challenge the rules of the system that keep unions shackled. I’ve spent most of my career complaining about how slow and ineffective the NLRB is, as have most union organizers. That bias should not blind us to the opportunity of the moment.
Speaking of Lerner, this is worth your time:
Austerity, growing inequality, and the economic and political domination of billionaires, bankers, hedge funds, and giant corporations make the current moment ripe for birthing a movement that can radically transform the country and the world. This is a time of great peril, but also of extraordinary opportunity and—yes—reasons for hope. The last four decades have been characterized by unrelenting attacks on the working class, the weakening of unions and the financialization of capitalism. The fiscal crisis of 2007-2008, the burgeoning wealth gap, and the flood of money from corporations and the rich drowning our democracy have exposed the nation’s political, moral, and economic decay, creating conditions that beg for an alternative to a system that increasingly only works for the super-rich.
I agree that there are a lot of reasons to hope right now. I don’t see the failure of the Sanders campaign or the Walmart organizing campaign as actually failures. I see them as moments leading to something much larger, something we are already seeing in the debates around income inequality, the growth of minimum wage legislation, and even Republican politicians sometimes having to admit that these are real problems (even if their solutions are as anti-poor as ever).
So what role do unions play now, given their decreased density? Lerner suggests several possibilities. Each of these have longer descriptions but let me just lay out their intros with a brief comment. First:
Unions need to understand and educate the public about what is going on in the economy if labor and other social movements are to seize this opportunity and figure out how to turn frailty into strength. They need to demystify the complexity of the how the economy works, so that working-class people and social movements can respond in kind.
Unions are well-placed to do this, as they hire labor economists and analysts who produce perceptive critiques of the economy. In this, I would say that these unions should (and of course they already do) work in conjunction or in conversation with left-leaning think tanks like the Roosevelt Institute to build up these critiques, and then find ways to disseminate this through the politically active population.
Assert control over wealth and capital: In the post-World War II era, unions made two related mistakes that have contributed to labor’s isolation and to unrestrained corporate control of the economy: First, organized labor focused nearly exclusively on winning higher wages and benefits for only the unionized sector of the economy; and second it declined to challenge how companies were managed or how capital and wealth were invested or controlled. In the auto sector, the United Auto Workers (UAW) won higher wages in Big Three assembly plants at the same time the companies spun off and outsourced manufacturing of parts that used to be done by UAW members. These two moves both lowered standards for these workers and undercut the union’s overall power in the industry.
All of this was predicated on the idea that unions and collective bargaining were accepted by the corporate and political elites as a permanent fixture of the system and as a legitimate method for setting wages and benefits. Since the 1970s, however, union membership has been in a steady free fall with today’s union density at roughly 11 percent. This means that, in addition to having ceded control over wealth and capital, unions have largely focused on protecting the interests of only a small fraction of workers.
Some unions have already moved in this direction, especially seen in SEIU’s support of the Fight for $15, for which they have expended millions of dollars without organizing a single establishment under a contract. Lerner also points to labor support of immigrant rights in recent decades as another example of this. Of course, there are some tricks here. A union has to remain financially viable and it has to serve its own members. Those things are paramount. But that can be done while also fighting for the broader agenda of all workers. Of course, not all unions are doing this and thus you see unions arguing for exemptions to minimum wage laws for their own members. That’s the kind of negative leadership unions have to stop doing. Broadly, unions need to be allies in other mass movements. Sometimes that is happening, sometimes it isn’t. But some unions are just never going to adjust to thinking of themselves as part of a social movement.
Unions are still the best-resourced progressive organizations in the U.S., but they have been far less successful at capturing the national imagination than other movements that have no resources. If unions limit their mission to the four walls of the workplace, then they become less relevant as they represent fewer workplaces. But by embracing other mass movements—without attempting to control or hijack them—unions can grow alongside of them and those movements will benefit from the organizational resources that organized labor can bring to bear.
The idea in Occupy Wall Street that unions would co-opt the movement was laughable from an evidentary standpoint. As if the unions had that power! But the fact that activists thought it was a real thing is a sign of the distrust a lot of activists in other movements have toward organized labor and to no small extent, that reputation has been earned over the past century. But Lerner provides several examples of how unions have been doing a much better job on these issues in recent years. Such alliance building is not just about the economy, but also making unions leaders in the fight for racial justice. That’s also going to take internal organizing in many of the unions, which are not always made up of racially progressive people.
At this moment financialized capitalism is dominant, but also incredibly fragile, caught in cycles of booms and busts. Wall Street, mega corporations and newly minted tech billionaires boast of using “creative destruction” to reshape companies and the economy while enriching themselves at labor’s expense. Instead of accepting their dominance and control unions can start to counter their destruction with their own “creative disruption”, demonstrating just how fragile their control is and the potential power of labor—if unions are willing to flex their muscles.
By articulating a vision of a more just world, going on offense, demanding more instead of accepting less, and aligning campaigns against the billionaires at the top, labor can inspire and organize a movement dedicated to redistributing wealth and power.
Going back to Richman to end this long post, he argues that unions need to build upon this newly aggressive NLRB and start making real demands of the agency (assuming that Hillary Clinton wins the general election) that would push back against the decades of corporate attack upon workers:
A good case in point is employers’ “right” to force employees to attend mandatory anti-union “captive audience” meetings during a union organizing drive. Most organizers accept that it “is what it is”—another fucked up way that NLRB election rules are rigged so that unions lose a ton of representation elections. (Although, it should be noted that unions used to lose half of all representation elections during the Clinton I-era and now tend to win about two-thirds of elections, thanks partly to more strategic organizing choices and partly to the NLRB’s recent return to its historic mission of encouraging unions and collective bargaining.)
Meanwhile, apparently, the NLRB has been on the record for half a century as inviting unions to make a case that there should be some kind of equal access standard for unions if an employer forces workers to attend mandatory meetings on the subject of union representation. A group of 106 leading labor scholars, led by Charles Morris and Paul Secunda, have filed a petition at the NLRB to re-establish just such a rule.
The speculation is that the NLRB is unlikely to act on Morris’ and Secunda’s petition, as it prefers to act on union (or employer) initiated procedural cases. The Miller & Anderson decision came in response to a union representation petition; the American Baptist Homes decision in response to an unfair labor practice charge. To win equal time, a union will have to file exceptions to a losing representation election in which the employer made use of mandatory captive audience meetings. Surely, and sadly, someone reading this article has recently lost an election under such circumstances, and can take the initiative.
Similarly, most unionists just accept that an employer has a “right” to permanently replace striking workers. For example, Jane McAlevey, in her organizing memoir Raising Hell (and Raising Expectations), incorrectly chalks it up to a law signed by Ronald Reagan. It wasn’t. It was a poorly decided 1938 Supreme Court case that was dusted off in the 1980s. Like referees in a schlocky Hulk Hogan wrestling match, Reagan’s NLRB appointees looked the other way as employers engaged in a coordinated union-busting drive that weaponized the unfrozen caveman Supreme Court precedent.
After an unsuccessful attempt to legislatively ban permanent replacements during the first Clinton era, most unions seem to have shrugged and accepted that workers can legally lose their jobs for striking—that is until the NLRB reverted to the pre-Reagan rules. But the Board can go further. The crucial phrase in that 1938 Court decision, NLRB vs. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co., is that an employer can hire permanent replacements if it is necessary “to protect and continue his business.”
In other words, to meet the Supreme Court standard, the NLRB could force Verizon or any other Fortune 500 company to prove that they would otherwise go out of business unless they can hire scabs to steal the jobs of their striking workers. Good luck with that. Unions should get in the habit of filing unfair labor practice charges any time a boss advertises for scabs.
The NLRB even potentially has the power to reverse “Right to Work.” The statutes, passed on a state-by-state basis, aim to prevent unions from collecting fees from all of the workers they are legally obligated to represent. But the federal law that allows “Right to Work” statutes has, until recently, faced very few judicial challenges. One open question is whether the legislative intent of the Taft-Hartley act was merely to ban union membership as a condition of employment—not whether unions could negotiate mandatory fees for grievance representation services. Seattle University Associate Professor of Law Charlotte Garden notes that the NLRB could approve such a formula, and has indicated openness to cases arguing for it.
There’s a lot of potential here. But it’s going to take unions taking the offensive to make that happen. I believe that even with their decreased membership, unions have an absolutely vital role to play any future left-leaning organizing in this nation. The potential is there for far-reaching changes that would go far to reset the playing field between workers and employers. We’ll have to see if they can take advantage of it. But the first thing that has to happen is Hillary Clinton must be elected to the White House. Otherwise, the rules of the game are going to get much, much, much worse.
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Welcome to the last edition of our FIFA World Cup 2014 team power rankings, where we order the sides competing based on their overall performance in the competition.
The semi-finals threw up a pasting and a bore, with Germany smashing Brazil 7-1 and Argentina limping past the Netherlands on penalties.
The finale was a classic, as Germany and Argentina battled through 90 scoreless minutes. Mario Gotze finally struck the winner in the 113th minute to give the Germans their first World Cup title since 1990. It was a European side's first triumph on South American soil.
Read on to see how the world's top 32 teams shaped up after the epic tournament in Brazil.
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Are spring allergies making you feel a little stuffed up? No problem–a small outlay of cash and a lot of faith in crackpot science should soon set you straight. Just invest in one of the new “healing ringtones” available in Japan; then the next time your phone rings, stick your cell phone close to your nose and let the ringtone work its magic.
According to Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory, each downloadable therapeutic ringtone can heal a certain ailment. From weight loss to hay fever, creator Matsumi Suzuki is confident that his ringtones can perk you up. (His previous innovation was the “Bow-lingual,” a device that he claimed could translate dog barks into human-speak.)
Explaining how a healing ringtone can fight hay fever, for example, Suzuki said the sound waves produced by the ringing phone dislodge stuck pollen in the nose, thus clearing the airway and making the allergen-crazed individual feel better.
While healing ring tones sound entertaining, it seems pretty obvious that they won’t save you a trip to the doctor. The BBC cautions:
Index, the mobile phone content provider which markets the therapeutic ring tones, admits the technology behind them is perhaps a little unproven but insists the number of downloads suggests they may be working.
Discoblog: Can an iPhone App Clear up Your Acne?
Discoblog:: Worst Science Article of the Week: Use a Cell Phone, Damage Your Baby
Discoblog: In Hospitals, If Your Disease Doesn’t Kill You, a Cell Phone Might
80beats: Surprise! Study Suggests Cell Phone Use Could Actually Fight Alzheimer’s
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Specialist Palliative Care
We provide quality specialist palliative and end of life care for the people, relatives and carers of our local community. We work closely with other health care professionals to achieve this.
We understand that for many people the thought of coming to the Hospice can be daunting and may make your and your family anxious and this is a particularly difficult period in people’s lives.
You may have lots of questions, uncertainty and fear about the days ahead. Our role is to answer those questions wherever possible and to provide support and reassurance to the whole family. The days ahead may be difficult, but you will be safe in our care.
Our specialist team of medical and nursing staff deliver end of life care to our patients and support their families, carers and friends. The services offered by the Hospice are varied across a number of disciplines and reflect the diverse nature of our care and support. For example, during the past year the Hospice has provided almost 300 In-patient stays and had over 1,000 Day Therapy attendances. There were also over 800 medical consultations in Hospice Out-Patients. The Hospice offers social, psychological and spiritual support from our social workers and spiritual care team. Together with the support offered by our bereavement team, almost 1,000 families benefited from these services.
Click on the links below to learn more about each service.
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Physically unable to perform: WR Justin Blackmon (groin), WR Taylor Price (left foot) and OL Stephane Milhim (right foot).
Non-football injury: S Johnathan Cyprien (left hamstring).
Missed practice: S Steven Terrell (arch) and WR Tobais Palmer (ankle). WR Jeremy Ebert (head) returned after missing two days.
QB Blaine Gabbert (sprained right ankle) was injured when he collided with right guard Uche Nwaneri.
» Operating out of the wildcat formation, OW Denard Robinson dashed through the hole on a keeper play. QB Chad Henne lined up as a receiver.
» During the first segment of 11-on-11, TE Allen Reisner (right) ran a corner route and got a step on S Chris Prosinski to make a diving catch of a Gabbert pass.
» There wasn't nearly the amount of OL-DL pad-popping as on Sunday, but during 1-on-1 drills, LT Eugene Monroe pancaked rookie DE Paul Hazel. Hazel got up and shoved Monroe before DE Jason Babin intervened.
» Robinson stayed long after Sunday's walk-through to work on ball security and it paid off Monday. His streak of three consecutive days with a drop and/or fumble ended. He was also incorporated into the 11-on-11 drills as a quarterback and completed a pass to WR Mike Brown.
» WR Ace Sanders continued his strong camp during the 1-on-1 receiver/defensive back drills. On one play, he made a quick out cut before running a slant - a sudden motion that sent CB Dwayne Gratz to the turf.
» He's probably a long shot to make the team but during individual pass protection drills, C Dan Gerberry is more than holding his own.
» Gabbert was unable to finish practice. It didn't appear to be a major deal, but anytime a player with a red (no contact) jersey hits the turf, it's never a good sign.
» The offense in general. During the 11-on-11 team portion, there was very little execution or rhythm.
ODDS AND ENDS
» Gabbert was 11 of 15 and completed his first six passes (to six different players: Marcedes Lewis, Will Ta'ufo'ou, Reisner, Jordan Shipley, Justin Forsett and Maurice Jones-Drew). He followed that with four consecutive incompletions and then four completions in a row before he was injured.
» Henne (5 of 10) started 3 of 3 before three consecutive incompletions, a sequence that included a scramble and what appeared to be a designed keeper around the right side.
» Matt Scott was 1 of 3 and Robinson 1-of-1. Mike Kafka attempted no passes during 11-on-11 work.
» Jones-Drew (left) caught his first pass of camp and later took a handoff from Robinson, who was in the wildcat formation.
» The linemen spent much of their 1-on-1 session working on stunting - two-man pass rush vs. a T/G/C combination.
» Among the 1-on-1 winners in pass protection were DT Sen'Derrick Marks (vs. LG Will Rackley), Hazel (spin move to get by OT Mark Asper), DE Ryan Davis (inside move past OT Austin Pasztor), DE Pannel Egboh (against G Jason Spitz) and on offense, Gerberry (against DT Abry Jones) and OT Cam Bradfield (against DE J.D. Griggs).
» Egboh looked like he was struggling to stay on his feet during the stunting drills.
» CB Kevin Rutland was flagged for pass interference during WR-DB drills for holding Ebert on a stop-and-go route.
» One of Gabbert's best throws was looking left, pump-throwing and then returning right to find Shipley on a slant route.
» RB Jordan Todman took several handoffs early on in the 11-on-11 period, allowing Forsett to get a break.
» During Gabbert's second series, he missed Brown open over the middle or chose to throw deep down the left sideline to Sanders, who had gotten a step on Gratz. The pass was overthrown, though.
» CB Alan Ball made a nice play to break up a Henne pass intended for Brown about 15 yards downfield.
» Rookie TE Ryan Otten made a rare appearance in the team drills, catching a pass from Scott.
» Early in practice, Blackmon and Cyprien did light jogging on a side field.
Monday's moves: None.
Transactions to date: 77.
Moves since start of camp: 4.
Players acquired in 2013: 46.
Players are off.
NUMBER OF THE DAY
9 At one point, Gabbert, Henne and Scott combined for nine consecutive incompletions during 11-on-11 work.
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A 42-year-old man arrives for follow-up consultation. Three months ago he developed a proximal right leg deep venous thrombosis following a skiing-related fracture of the right tibia. Although not recommended by guidelines, a thrombophilia evaluation was performed, which revealed an elevated plasma homocysteine level, and subsequent genetic testing revealed that he is homozygous for the C677T methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphism. He is otherwise healthy, and his medical history is unremarkable. He has a 12-year-old son. There is no family history of thrombotic disorders. His only medication is warfarin.
Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management?
A. Folic acid and vitamin B12 administration
B. Indefinite continuation of warfarin
C. MTHFR polymorphism testing of first-degree relatives
D. Warfarin discontinuation
MKSAP Answer and Critique
The correct answer is D. Warfarin discontinuation.
This patient’s warfarin should be discontinued. Patients who have experienced a single venous thromboembolism (VTE) due to a major transient risk factor only require short-term anticoagulation for 3 months. This patient experienced a deep venous thrombosis following a traumatic tibia fracture. Generally, the clinical setting of a thrombotic event (unprovoked versus provoked) provides greater prognostic information regarding recurrence risk than the results of thrombophilia testing. Therefore, in most instances, thrombophilia testing results will not influence treatment duration and testing is not indicated. If thrombophilia testing is considered, it should be targeted to persons in whom finding a strong thrombophilia may influence length of anticoagulant treatment or have an impact on other family members if they also tested positive for the higher risk thrombophilia. However, consensus is limited on what defines higher risk thrombophilias.
Elevated plasma homocysteine levels are associated with an increased risk for a first venous or arterial thromboembolic event. Homocysteine levels can be lowered with folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12. However, this does not change the risk of a first thromboembolic event, which this patient has already experienced, nor of recurrent VTE.
Homozygosity for the methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism can be associated with elevated homocysteine levels but alone is not a risk factor for VTE. Thus, no clinical indication exists for testing for the MTHFR polymorphism in patients or first-degree relatives.
- Thrombophilia test results typically do not influence treatment duration, so testing is not indicated, especially for patients with only a single venous thromboembolism resulting from a major transient risk factor.
This content is excerpted from MKSAP 17 with permission from the American College of Physicians (ACP). Use is restricted in the same manner as that defined in the MKSAP 17 Digital license agreement. This material should never be used as a substitute for clinical judgment and does not represent an official position of ACP. All content is licensed to KevinMD.com on an “AS IS” basis without any warranty of any nature. The publisher, ACP, shall not be liable for any damage or loss of any kind arising out of or resulting from use of content, regardless of whether such liability is based in tort, contract or otherwise.
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By Avellina Balestri
Word Count: 5703
Rating: PG (Smoking and references to the events of The Hunger Games)
Summary: Katniss and Peeta celebrate Christmas for the first time and learn the value of forgiveness.
Christmas. It’s an old word from an old world. Oh sure, some people still celebrate smatterings of it in Panem, but it’s not as if they remember much of the story that started it all, not really. It’s just old-fashioned nostalgia, some antique card or decorative glass ball, maybe a stocking hung up by the fireplace, God knows why. For over seventy years, the Capital suppressed any outward festivities of this kind in the Districts. Now the old regime has fallen, and even those who could not have cared less about the old holiday are wanting to do something about the day, simply because they’d been told they couldn’t, and now they can. And I, who was once the Mockingjay, have been asked if I have anything special planned.
I snorted at first when I heard that. Do they think I am the type to be throwing grand parties for the cameras? I am sick to my stomach at the thought of it. I just want everyone to leave me and Peeta and the kids alone. It’s been years since the war’s end, and yet the reporters still show up every so often to ask such stupid questions and try to snap pictures of us when we least expect it. They’d love for me to throw a jamboree for high society, wouldn’t they? Well, this isn’t the old Capital in its heyday, is it? No, no, it’s just broken down little District 12, still bearing the scars of annihilation and trying to rebuild itself from the bottom up.
But Peeta doesn’t let me off that easily. He wants to do it for the kids. They are young enough to still appreciate such things. Celyn is six and Hazel is four, and I suppose they would like to look at the shiny lights and fancy ornaments and get to tear open presents under a decorated tree. There was some old tradition about socks too, wasn’t there? Hanging them by an open fire? And a fat man stealing cookies after clambering down the chimney…
Peeta has set about baking. It is a skill that has kept him sane these past years. Whenever he seems nervous, edgy, he goes down to the kitchen and plies his old trade. It is an art to him, making delicious, warm things emerge from the oven. It’s his way of reminding himself it’s good to be alive. Lucky for me, because this girl on fire would no doubt have burned the house down had she tried her hand at it.
And so we get fruit cake and pumpkin bread and gingerbread cookies. Celyn licks the batter out of the bowl and Hazel gets icing in her hair as they help Peeta decorate the gingerbread men. We know that the traditional colors for frosting this time of year should be green and red…but Peeta avoids the red. Even seeing red food coloring brings back too many unwanted memories for him. When Celyn asks why daddy won’t use red, he says it’s because he wants to use more green…because it’s mommy’s favorite color. Then he changes the subject and sets about making a chocolate cream Yule log.
Who is going to eat all this stuff, I wonder? The kids certainly won’t be downing it all; they’d be bouncing off the walls. Time to invite some guests, I suppose. Of course, the first person I have over is Mom, for our personal preparations. Even though she doesn’t want to stay for the planned party, still too flighty around other guests, I have grown to be less hard on her, more understanding, and the moments we continue to share are priceless to me. Although still in a haze sometimes over the loss of Dad, of Prim, I think her work as a nurse is helping her to move on, if not forget. She will never forget them. And neither will I. We wouldn’t be worthy of them if we ever could.
When she and I are up in the attic, looking for odds and ends to help spruce the place up, we run into an old memory. It’s a snow globe with an angel figurine inside. It used to belong to my long dead grandmother, and was then passed down to Prim. She was the only one who kept even the faintest glimmer of Christmas in our home those days. Every midwinter, when she was a child, she would get it down and then turn it over and watch the little white flakes and sparkly bits dance through the liquid. And she would wind up the little music box at the bottom and sing along to the very old song:
“Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o’er the plains, and the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains…Glo-ooooo-ooooo-ooooo-ria…in excelsis Deo…”
She never could manage to sing the “Gloria” part all in one breath, no matter how hard she tried. Her efforts were adorable, nevertheless. And I can’t help but hum the tune as it plays. I doubt I shall ever want to sing it, for fear of all the grief being brought back to the surface. But I decide to put the globe up on the mantle anyway. It certainly beats hanging socks there…
When mom leaves, and the party itself begins, Effie Trinket is the first one through the door, dressed in her usual gaudy style and reeking of rich perfume. She’s busy helping the kids drench the tree in tinsel, so eager to please these days, knowing too well the part she played in the Games and wanting to put it out of her mind, and everyone else’s minds, the best she can. I know she doesn’t have a vicious bone in her body, not really, but she still helped prepare the sacrificial offerings, preened the feathers, and relished in the fanfare until the tributes were sent in to massacre each other.
Her job was mostly preliminary pickings, the promotional footage and introductions to Capital society, but looking back, could anyone be blamed for viewing her with a leery eye around their children? She was all caught up in the ceremony of it back then, all shallow show and blind stupidity, but now it seems both sides of the old divide have no use for her. In the remnants of the Capital, she is an outcast traitor. In the districts, she is a forever marked accomplice to Snow’s atrocities. She has no home, not really.
It’s sad to watch her sometimes, how desperately she wants the kids to like her, their self-proclaimed “Auntie Effie.” She succeeds in making Celyn and Hazel thrilled to see her, at any rate. She brings them expensive presents in lots of fancy paper and makes a grand fuss over every little thing they do. She even gets down on the ground and helps them unwrap it all, grinning from ear to ear. I tell her she shouldn’t have gone to such expense. I know she doesn’t have the money to live as she once did. But she earnestly assures me that she most certainly should, that she must. What fun would Christmas be if she didn’t?
I know what she really means. She thinks if she doesn’t come through that door with just that many gifts, the kids will treat her like most people do, like a social pariah, like a plague-carrier. She seems to forget that almost everyone in this house, in one form or another, is just such a person. We’re simply shifting as best we are able, hobbling with our mental crutches and hoping we don’t crumple to the ground in front of the next generation who deserve their time of innocence and fun.
Johanna Mason is also here. At first I wondered if I should invite her, as her bitterness seems to have only hardened over the years, and I worried she might ruin the party for everyone. But I’ve heard it whispered this might be her last winter. And I can believe it. Her cough is ever deepening, her eyes sunken into the sockets, and there is bruising beneath them. She’s constantly smoking these days, or drinking, or sticking herself with the needle, anything to numb the memories and shut down the body. And it will shut down, soon enough, if she keeps pounding on it this way.
But it seems she, too, has some strange soft spot for the children, even if she mocks their innocence at times. “Sweet fool kids,” she calls them, a cigarette half falling out of her mouth, a hand roughly tousling their hair. She showed up early for their sakes and helped hack down a pine tree in the woods with her ax. She thinks they need to be toughened, even as she seems amused by their naiveté. Part of her seems to want to swear around them, to see what she can get away with, and the other part of her catches herself, restrains herself from going too far. For she, too, has no home. And for all her crass pluck, she doesn’t want to die alone.
As soon as Haymitch Abernathy came in the door, he made a beeline to the punch bowl. Even after all our years of friendship, he seems to always be hiding some part of himself. He cannot be fully transparent, even around me who can read through him, and him through me. And I can say without a doubt that we are, in some inexplicable way, soul-bound to each other. We share a certain natural cynicism mixed with a begrudging recognition of our part as revolutionaries for a “greater cause”.
We did what we had to do, and yet it can never undo what was done to us, or what we did to others. Haymitch never speaks of it, but I know too well of the dark underworld that gave men like him favors from desperate teenagers as a drug, like the drink. And when he was young, a tribute in the games, they made him do things, horrific things, that covered his hands with blood for their amusement. Everything became a meaningless game to him then. Well, almost. And yet he was not all gone. He…cared about us. No matter how he taunted us in the beginning, he came to care, to be our mentor. He wanted us to win, to live. And now I want him to live, to have a life, so very badly.
And now he and Effie are arguing as usual, this time over decorating the tree. She is insisting it needs more tinsel; he’s insisting it needs more popcorn. Somehow he turns to commenting on her over-the-top choice of clothing, and she’s yelling about his slobbish dress and dribbly sweater, and then the whole thing devolves into a food fight with popcorn and tinsel flying everywhere and getting stuck in each other’s hair.
The two of have grown in their fractious bond over the years. They are both outcasts in their own ways, almost polar opposites, but they’ve been through hell and back together, and gotten comfortable with each other, with their complaining and squabbling and moments of unexpected affection. After their short-term theatrical pouting and stewing, they are already managing to calm down and make up. Now they’re occupied, her getting the tinsel off his sweater and him picking the popcorn out of her hair.
In the midst of all this, I hear a knock at the door and go to answer it, hoping against hope that it’s not some newscaster looking for a last minute story for the holidays. When I open it, my eyes flash in a panic before my face goes blank.
He’s still in his soldier’s uniform with his cap in his hands and his hair tussled by the snow-speckled wind kicking up. His eyes dart down and then up again uncomfortably. “I-I was just…Peeta knew I would be on leave, and left a message…” He swallows. “Something of an open house, he said…”
Before I can figure out how to respond, Peeta comes up from behind me and shakes Gale’s hand. “Hey, glad you came,” he greets him. “Best get in out of the cold.”
I eye Peeta angrily, and he is quick to pull me off into the kitchen before I make a scene.
“What’s he doing here?” I demand in a harsh whisper. “How could you do this, without even asking me?”
“You’re just hurting yourself by hurting him,” he exhales.
“I don’t need you to tell me what’s hurting me!”
“He’s got nowhere to go to even try and celebrate Christmas. His family is all dead. He doesn’t have anyone else. But this place is still his home. He’s come home, full of the worst kind of memories…”
“And we don’t have memories enough?” I retort. “He wasn’t even in the games…”
I try to turn away, but Peeta grabs me by the shoulders. “Katniss, you know full well that if he could have taken your place, he would have in a heartbeat.” He turns his eyes down guiltily. “Look, by all rights, when I was…I was out of my head, you should have been his.”
“It’s true, you know it is.” He exhales. “But he didn’t push to the end for it. He just wanted you to be happy, Katniss. He wanted what you wanted, and was willing to let you make that decision, however the cards fell. And…sometimes I think…well, when push came to shove, he was decent to me, and…”
My heart is pricked, and I reach up and touch Peeta’s face. “It couldn’t have been any other way. You have to believe that.”
He closes his eyes. “Is that because…of what happened with…with Prim?”
I draw my hand away awkwardly and run it over my arm, as if cold. “It doesn’t have anything to do with that.”
“Then make peace with him, Katniss,” he implores me. “He needs that to go on. Can’t you see it in his eyes? And you need it, too. We all need it.”
I clear my throat. “Better get another tray of crackers out to them, if you keep invited unwanted guests.” I hurriedly kiss him on the cheek to shush him, and then am on my way.
I go back into the living room, set the cheese and crackers on the coffee table, and try to distract myself, threading popcorn absentmindedly. The kids take to Gale quickly. They are mesmerized by his uniform, and the fact that he brought a few small trinkets to give them. They are obsessed with the sparkly, flashing balls and Gale is bouncing them on the wooden floor to their squeals of delight. He also brought them army candy bars, as if they didn’t have enough sugar in their systems already. But I can’t seem to find it in my heart to snatch them away. Sooner than later, they are calling him their “uncle.”
“Uncle Gale, you wanna gift now?” Hazel asks him, bright-eyed.
“Uh, sure,” he chuckles somewhat awkwardly.
To our shock, she heads right over to the mantle-piece, stands up on tiptoes, pulls down Prim’s snow globe, and proudly presents it to him. All mouths in the room are agape.
Gale swallows hard. “I…I can’t take it,” he croaks. “I…well, it’s something special…special to your mom, and I…” He eyes me, apologizing over the awkwardness of the situation.
I stare at that angel in the globe, and as much as I want to snatch it away from him, all of a sudden it seems to have Prim’s face. And I know she wants to go with him. Yes, Prim always knew where she was needed, even up to the very day of her death. She was always trying to heal someone who I didn’t think deserved it.
“It’s alright,” I hear myself saying, and to my shock I keep going, “…she’d want it like that.”
He looks shocked beyond belief. “You…sure?”
I nod abruptly, then feel my resolve faltering. “I…need a smoke,” I mutter, and head out to the porch to escape all the feelings tossing about inside me.
I stand outside, thankful that the wind has died down, listening to the silence of the winter twilight and the way the stars prick through the sky, brightening the snow as the orange glow of the dying sun melts into a dark purple. It is so beautifully golden, I wish I could touch it, could bathe in it. I am almost sorry to see it swallowed up into the night, and my cigarette lighter the only gleam left. And I notice my hand is shaking.
And then a hand is on mine, steadying it.
I look into Gale’s eyes, then turn my own back out to the star-speckled snows. “Sometimes I think I can see her, outside in the yard, gardening in the spring or putting out birdseed in the winter. I want her to be there so much, and sometimes I try to convince myself she is there, just in a way I can only see with my mind. But memory isn’t real, is it? Just compression on the brain…” I shudder.
“Do you believe she’s still out there somewhere?” he asks me.
I shrug. “If she were here, she would tell me…tell me to have some faith, whatever that means. I don’t even think she always knew, it was just…part of her, I guess, without too much thought behind it.”
“I dream about her, all the time,” he whispers. “And…you. And that time we talked about running away, before the Games. And how I would have done it, risked anything, even losing our tongues just to get you and your family away from…”
“Gale,” I blurt. “You said…I was strong. That I could handle it, and not…run away.”
He nods shortly. “Yes, you’ve always been strong. Stronger than me.”
“No, we were evenly matched.” I smirk a little, in spite of myself. “Don’t you remember how we used to hunt together? You never stopped teasing, still thinking I was in two tails, and just learning how to shoot. But I think I hit the mark pretty well, don’t you?”
He snorted. “Except for that time you nearly shot my ear off when you were ten!”
“It was an accident, and you know it!” I punch him in the arm automatically. “And a few other ‘accidents’, like someone trying to be a big man and scare off my game.”
Now he genuinely laughed. And then we fell quiet for a long time.
“I miss it,” he says. “The way it was back then.”
“Everything was different back then, Gale,” I allow him. “For better or for worse.”
“That’s why you’re stronger than me,” he says. “For all that’s happened, there’s still something about you…something I don’t think will ever go away.”
I inhale on my cigarette, and blow out the smoke as I talk. “Don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Yes, you do.” He shuffles his boot in the snow. “We’ve both been soldiers, Katniss, but you never let the soldier part of you outweigh the human part of you. I did.”
I sink my teeth a little too hard into the cigarette, and have to quickly spit out a piece. “You’re still a soldier,” I tell him flatly. “No changing that, at this late date.” I turn to head back in the house.
His voice sounds so broken, so lonely, I turn back to him. He’s rubbing his partially fisted hand across his face awkwardly. “You know…you have to know…I never wanted…I would have cut off my arm before…”
“I know.” It is a simple statement of fact, one that I have known for a long time. “She was like a sister to you, too. She…loved you.”
“Those Capital scum didn’t deserve her out there, sopping up their blood,” he ground out.
“The world didn’t deserve her. Maybe that’s why she left it so soon. She had too good expectations, too good inclinations. She needed…to go somewhere where she fit in better.”
The edge of his mouth turned up a little. “Like the angel in the globe?”
I nod. “I hope they have snow. She…she always liked…snow…”
The thought somehow overwhelms me. I don’t know why. And I can’t follow the cross-section of moments when the tears start to fall, and Gale buries my face in the shoulder of his uniform and runs a gloved hand over my hair.
“Catnip, shh…it’ll be okay…shh…” He snuggles me close. “Maybe someday we’ll look back at all this, and it’ll make sense…I don’t know when or where…but I think…she’d want us to get through, you know?”
I nod. Of course Prim would. She’d want us to live our lives to the fullest, for all who were called away far too soon. And I know she’d want something else, too.
“She would want us…to be friends again,” I mumble. “She’d want me to forgive you.”
I feel him tighten. “I don’t suppose either of us is too good at forgiving, huh, Katniss?”
I shrug. “You don’t get good at something unless you try.”
At last, I pull away from him and we’re both quiet for a small passage of time.
Finally he asks, “How…how’s Mellark been? Has he…well, any lapses, or…?”
“No, nothing too severe. I mean…sure, he has bad days, his panic attacks and edginess sometimes, but it’s not like…he’s not dangerous. That’s been put in the past long ago.”
“I’m glad to hear it. Truly.” He breathes out a cloud of vapor in the cold. “I think he needed you more than anything to find himself again. And the kids…well, they’re great. You should both be proud of them.”
“We’re just glad they can grow up…different than we did.”
“Well, you made that possible.”
I turn to him sincerely. “And so did you.” I see the blush rising in his cheeks and clear my throat. “Better get inside before it’s completely dark. We’re supposed to have a toast to the longest night.”
When we come back inside, Peeta is already pouring out the eggnog. “Perfect timing,” he says cheerfully, handing us our mugs.
“The baker boy has drowned this in cinnamon,” Johanna notes dismally.
“I had a lot left over from the buns,” he explains.
“Best served with Effie’s marmalade,” Haymitch chimed in slyly.
“That was alabaster,” she chides him, and we all laugh at her expense.
Gale lifts his mug. “Cheers to the company.”
“To the longest night,” I say, mug held high.
“And the new year,” Peeta adds.
We all clink our mugs together, only two at a time, making the ceremony longer, and more personal. The children join in this as well.
“Sing something, Mommy,” Celyn implores.
I blush. “Eh, not tonight, honey.”
“But you always sing to us before we go to bed,” Hazel chimes in.
“Go on, make the crowd happy, Katniss,” Peeta encourages me.
“They don’t want to hear me,” I mumble, glancing furtively at the others.
“Always the modest one,” Johanna twits in her semi-mocking way.
“Of course we do, dear,” Effie insists, clasping her hands.
“Yeah, give it a go, sweetheart,” Haymitch jumps in.
Gale smiles a little. “Show them what you’re worth, like at the river.”
I know what he means, from the time back in the war, when I sang the song none of us will ever forget. But now it is time to sing another song. I clear my throat. It’s been a long time since I’ve sung in front of anyone but Peeta and the kids, and usually that half-absentmindedly. But I hear Hazel winding up Gale’s new snow globe, and I fight back the lump in my throat as the words emerge:
“Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o’er the plains, and the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains…”
I fight back the tears as I start the chorus, and I hear the other voices join in slowly, hesitantly, for somehow in their dreams of memories and memories of dreams, they know the words from ancient days…and I see a sorrowfully joyful tear in Gale’s eye as well:
“Glo-ooooo-ooooo-ooooo-ria…in excelsis Deo…”
As late night shadows creep up on us, Peeta busies himself cleaning up in the kitchen. Haymitch has fallen asleep on the sofa as usual, a half empty punch glass still on the end table. Effie has the kids on her lap, and she’s reading them The Nutcracker. Evidently Hazel decided to burrow into her dress-up trunk and put on her costume to be the sugar plum fairy or some such figure from the story, complete with wire wings and a glow-in-the-dark wand.
Seeing them nodding off, I say they should probably go to bed. Effie looks absolutely stricken by this notion. I know how it is. I know she doesn’t want Christmas to ever end. I wonder, was the origin of the holiday supposed to teach people how to be all the time? To give without counting the cost and view everyone else as something just so special you’d never want to cause them pain or shunt them aside, for all their past faults and failings?
But as I start to scoop up Hazel, she sleepily opens her eyes and flings her arms around Effie’s neck. “Luvs you, Aunt Effie,” she mumbles.
I know there is a trickle of a tear carving a path down her mascara, but she is quick to cover it. “Well, well…” She forces on a smile, and touches the wires poking out from Hazel’s back. “Take good care of your wings, little fairy.”
“C’mon, Effie, think you and me are overstaying our welcome just a tad, hmm?” Haymitch jabs at her, stretching and yawning from his prostrate position on the couch. “Better be hitting the long road home…”
Effie looks positively downcast. Going back to the Capital is like a sentence of excommunication for her, some strange wandering place between worlds in which she is viewed as a turncoat by both parties. I don’t imagine she’d fare much better in the districts, but I still hate to be sending her back into the belly of the beast.
“Are you two ever going to make something of yourselves?” Peeta teases good-naturedly.
“That’s rather personal, young man,” she chides him, still pouting.
Haymitch shrugs, standing up. “He’s got a point, you know.”
Effie huffs. “You think I’d be wanting to sabotage my social schedule, wasting away with you?” She opens her compact kit and starts to powder her nose.
“Oh, enough with the feather-dusting,” he grumbles, and to all our shock pulls her into an impromptu kiss by the doorway, where a spring of mistletoe is most appropriately placed.
“Well…” She’s obviously trying to come off of this without looking pleased. “Well…do compose yourself, and learn to better hold your liquor!”
“Oh, here,” he exhaled, pulling something shiny out of his pocket. “This better fit…”
“Whoa…” Peeta breathes, seeing the ring placed on Effie’s finger.
“He’s finally gone and done it,” I process, stunned.
“You…you got…opal…my birthstone…” Effie trails off.
“I knew you’d hound on me if I didn’t,” he retorts, “and sorry, but that’s the last bit of fancy trappings you’re getting out of this. I’m not bending the old knees in this cold weather. So what’s it gonna be?”
She looks absolutely blank for a moment, then a rosy color comes to her cheek. She extends her arm. “Walk me back to the hotel, darling?”
Haymitch rolls his eyes at us over his shoulder in triumph, Effie blows us a bunch of kisses, and the two of them file out the door, arm-in-arm,
Johanna prepares to join them. “Well, it’s been a blast of honey and heart-shaped cereal, kiddies, but the big girls have things to do,” she snarks, slinging her bag over her shoulder. “We’ll have to do it again some time, if I’m not dead…”
For once, I decide to catch Johanna off guard, to do the unexpected, and I overtake her on the doorstep in a hug. The suddenness of it jolts her, makes her tighten, makes her cough. She is weaker than she wants to be seen. “What you trying to do, Mockingjay?” she scolds me. “Want me to ax an arm off you, huh?”
But I don’t let go immediately. And strangest thing, she doesn’t pull away, either.
“You should visit more,” I tell her. “For the kids, at least.”
She snickers. “Don’t tell me you don’t think I’m a bad influence?”
“They’ve got tributes for parents, how much worse could things be?”
She cracks a crooked smile. “They left that mark on us all right well, didn’t they?”
“We hit a few ourselves.”
“Yeah, a president or two.” She laughs roughly, then coughs. I pat her on the back and she shrugs, but not quite so bitterly now. “Go on, don’t need to take care of me.”
“Hey, get that checked out, okay?”
“No, I’m serious, you need to do that, or I’ll call you every day and swear at you, and you’ll swear back and threaten to finish me off like you should have at the arena clock.”
She laughs. “That sounds kinda like fun, Mockingjay. Wanna make a date of it?”
“I might even show up at your house if you lock yourself up again without sign of life.”
“Do that unexpectedly and you might have a dagger at your throat,” she warns me.
I exhale, and then hand her something I’d been waiting to give her all day. It’s my gift to her, handmade from leather, a sheath for the weapon she always sleeps with. “Well, at least you have something to put it in now,” I tell her.
She looks genuinely surprised by the gift, and a smirk comes to her lips when she sees the words carved into the leather: “Make Him Pay for It.”
“And how do you expect I do that, little bird, hmm?” she challenges, looking at me with death-darkening, bruise-circled eyes.
I meet her gaze. “Live.”
“Trying to pull me back from the edge?”
“You did it for me once. I think you can do it for yourself well enough.”
She cracks the slightest of smiles. “We’ll see.” And I give her a final farewell hug. And this time, ever so briefly, she hugs back, then disappears down the dark, snow-laden path.
Gale is the last to go. His eyes look sad and happy at the same time as I wrap up his Christmas globe in tissue paper and put it in a box for him to take back to his barracks. He has spent too much time in the service, and yet seems too full of painful memories to remain in District 12 for long.
“Where will you go when your enlistment is up?” I ask, walking him out to his military motorbike.
“I haven’t thought it all out yet,” he admits. “I suppose you can never come home again. Or at least, some of us can’t.”
“But we can find other homes.” I look over towards the handle of his bike, and see a chain with a camera pendant dangling off of it for decoration. “That’s from Cressida, isn’t it?”
He chortles. “Gave it to me for holiday good luck. She told me to give you all her best. She would have liked to visit, but her news casting work has her hands tied.”
“She admires you a lot,” I tell him pointedly.
He raises an eyebrow. “Trying to match-make me, huh? With a Capital girl?”
“You could do a lot worse,” I remind him. “You and her, you share something. Call it guts or gumption or that stuff that sticks to the ribs and won’t let go. You’ve both got it.”
He smiles with slight fondness. “Maybe so.”
“Maybe you needed to come here to have me tell you that.”
“Tell me what?”
He pauses, turning his helmet over in his hands. “Okay,” he says very quietly, and I know he takes it to heart. I know that it’s what he needs to know, deep inside himself.
“And that also means you’re free to come back and visit anytime you want,” I add, and give him a final goodbye hug, and he hugs back. Then he securely ties the snow globe box on the back of the bike with some sturdy wire he carried with him, gives me a somewhat darkly teasing Mockingjay salute, which then turns very sincere, and then he is gone, his motor fading down the road…
With the last of the guests gone, Peeta and I finally go to bed. It’s chilly, so we get out a double blanket and curl together under it. We’re quiet for a long time, just comforted by each other’s presence. But I know something is stirring inside him.
“Glad he came?” he asks me.
“I think he’ll be okay now,” I tell him.
“And you? Will you be okay?”
I smile and nod. “I’m okay as long as we’re together. You know that.” I blink. “My God…with all the action, I forgot to even make you a Christmas present. I’m terrible…”
“Katniss,” he murmurs, rubbing my shoulder a little. “You’re the only Christmas present I’ve ever wanted, or ever need.”
I nuzzle up against him in bed, like I have done during the hardest moments of my life, when the nightmares assail me. “Merry Christmas, Peeta,” I whisper. And faces grow near, and our lips grow close and we kiss in hopes of all the Christmases to come.
And somehow I feel as if all will be well. Yes, somehow, amidst all the brokenness and sickness and fear, my list keeps growing. It’s the list that wards off my nightmares, of every good thing I’ve ever seen done, every moment, every sunset, every star. Maybe they are all the notes of an angel’s song. Maybe they are all little “Glorias”, which sung together are too long to get out in one breath. Maybe each of us is a precious breath taken in between, and listening back we will hear ourselves all together, and think it is as beautiful as a memory dancing on sun-tinged snow.
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By Tim Posada, 4/05/2012
As “The Hunger Games” enjoys a second weekend on top, two fantasy films battle for second place. But competition between “Wrath of the Titans” and “Mirror Mirror” merely leaves a path to victory for other, better films.
“Wrath of the Titans”
Once more, Greek mythology graces the big screen with a lack of intrigue that tragically plagues such fantastic source material. The ill-advised sequel to 2010’s “Clash of the Titans,” redundantly titled “Wrath of the Titans,” vanquishes nothing, save its content. Homer doth stir in his grave.
God of the skies, Zeus (Liam Neeson), calls upon the legendary Perseus (Sam Worthington), defeater of the Kraken, to save the gods from extinction. Many moons have passed since the children of Olympus worshipped their makers, and as the gods turn to dust (rather literally), so too does the barrier surrounding Tartarus, the mighty prison that plays host to the Titans.
The greatest of the gods — Zeus, Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston) — unite one last time to ensure their father, the Titan Kronos, will never walk Earth again. But betrayal and conspiracy foil the noblest of plans, and Perseus — now, humankind’s last hope — must battle a Chimera, a Minotaur and two Cyclopes on his journey into the underworld, to unchain (again, rather literally) his father, Zeus, and defeat yet another CGI villain. For a film with such a lofty title, “Wrath of the Titans” dwells in the mortal realm more than that of the eternal.
The cinematic stories of Zeus and his fold appear fated to remain child’s play when they should be songs of great wars, climaxing in unprecedented clashes of Titans. Alas, such is a far cry from this minimalist endeavor where less interesting humans dominate the story. If these battles are to truly make the gods proud, they must center on the gods and provide Perseus with more than a sword and pegasus. The gods can do little but weep in the presence of yet another uninspired film about their rule over the physical and supernatural planes.
As for bringing a Titan to life, Kronos’ ascent from Tartarus proves an unfortunate occurrence similar to the planet eating Galacuts’ appearance in “Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer”. A Titan must be more than magma and ash in bodily form, or else he becomes a voiceless nemesis whose awakening feels more like a dull sword than the sharpness of Zeus’ lightening bolt.
In short, the gods doth curse such mournful fair for the impropriety of sacrilegious crafters. Save the splendor of grandiose scenery, this tale is a woe of tragedy not a legend of immortals. Or in the common tongue, “It sucks.”
Last year, director Tarsem Singh brought forth his vision of the gods in “Immortals”, in another tale where the Titans escape Tartarus. Moving on from those fickle gods, Singh reinvents the story of a young princess, Snow White (Lily Collins), and the Evil Queen (Julia Roberts), who desires to be “the fairest of the them all” at any cost. “Mirror Mirror” may update the classic story, but this is a confused film that’s too silly for adults and too unadventurous for children.
Far from a remake, “Mirror Mirror” re-imagines Snow White as a princess-turned-bandit attempting to thwart the Queen and reclaim her birthright, the kingdom. She is no damsel in distress once her fellow bandits, the seven dwarves, teach her how to fight and steal. Moving even farther away from the classic cartoon, the dwarves don’t have names like Sleepy and Grumpy, but Napoleon and Grimm.
“Mirror Mirror” relies heavily on commedia dell’arte-style performances that only Nathan Lane, as Brighton, and Roberts, as the Queen, effectively execute. By film’s end, most of the characters feel more exhausting than memorable. The seven dwarves, in particular, are a lost opportunity as their playful banter digresses into utter triviality rather than the attempted humor.
Singh is known for detailed costumes, lavish sets and an affinity for a gold color scheme. If only he placed equal emphasis on directing actors and revising a shoddy script. There’s potential in the shadow of this film, not what actually makes its way to the big screen.
Fantasy stories are on the rise –– especially “Snow White”. The television series “Once Upon a Time” provides a far more compelling depiction of “Snow White,” and Kristen Stewart (good ol’ Bella from “Twilight”) is set to try out the role in “Snow White and the Huntsman” this summer. So far, we have a 50 percent score. Until then, “Mirror Mirror” has nothing new to offer other than quaint visuals that aren’t worth the price of admission.
At the Movies this Weekend:
American Reunion, R
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, PG-13
Damsels in Distress, PG-13
She Wants Me, NR
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The female traveller, in her 50s, lost consciousness on board an Air China flight from Beijing to Chengdu earlier today.
She caused chaos and declaring she was “possessed”, forcing cabin crew to make the call to turn the plane around.
Passengers reportedly noticed the woman had passed out just 20 minutes after take-off, immediately alerting staff.
"Her pulse was also very weak, so they gave her an oxygen mask. Then she woke up shortly,” one witness told local news media.
After she came back around, the woman is said to have become confused and aggressive towards flight attendants, shouting: “No! Don't touch me! Don't pull me!”
Video of the melee made its way onto the internet, showing a group of around six people attempting to calm her down during the dramatic incident.
The captain made the decision to turn the plane around, infuriating the woman.
She shouted: "I have to be in Chengdu. There are things possessing my body and you cannot find it by health checks."
Air China staff told local media that the flight returned to the Beijing airport at 12:27pm, about 40 minutes after take off.
Travellers were delayed for around five hours as the flight departed again from Beijing at 3.30pm (7.30am UK time) and arrived in Chengdu at 6pm.
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I hope that the HotSheet March 2014 issue finds you well.
As our character-builder of a winter continues, it can be a challenge to mentally fast-forward to the next SEA Blue Prostate Cancer Walk & Run in Lincoln Park downtown Chicago. But we’ve already started the planning process and have received permit approval from the City of Chicago for our preferred date—Sunday, September 14. It will be here before we know it so mark your calendar! This will be the 10th anniversary of the event that began as a vision among five people affected by prostate cancer in the Chicago suburbs who decided to raise funds and increase awareness for prostate cancer. Please help us to make this year’s 10-year milestone event bigger and better than ever!
This past weekend Us TOO Chairman of the Board Jim Rieder and I attended the National Health Council's 27th Annual Voluntary Health Leadership Conference from February 12-14. Under the theme of “Challenges of a Changing Environment,” the event brought together chief executive officers and senior volunteers of member patient advocacy organizations to learn about the latest in medical research and healthcare policy and to share best practices to strengthen their organizations and meet their respective missions.
One of the topics discussed at the NHC conference was selecting a health insurance plan. The deadline to purchase a plan through the marketplace is March 31, 2014. Those still working through the process can access PuttingPatientsFirst.net, which serves as a guide for understanding out-of-pocket spending through an online tool to help estimate costs for the types of marketplace plans that meet healthcare and budget needs.
Earlier this month, I was a webinar presenter for The National Center on Health and the Aging to address the topic of prostate cancer challenges. The webinar was recorded and can be found at: http://vimeo.com/85855802.
As we continue to make progress behind the scenes with the redesign of the Us TOO website, we’re also posting updated content on the existing site. Check out the latest brochure, Empower Yourself with Knowledge, which is a supplement to the Advanced Prostate Cancer Kit. Plus, there’s an updated edition of the Bone Health in Focus brochure, which serves as a resource for much of the information that I covered last month during the New York satellite media tour that was broadcast on more than 20 TV and radio stations across the country.
As a reminder, if you’ve received hormone therapy treatment for prostate cancer, you may be eligible to join a study funded by the American Cancer Society to test a program designed to help people with changes to memory, thinking and concentration following hormone therapy for treatment of prostate cancer. This study is done completely over the phone and internet. It involves a brief screening to determine eligibility, three assessments/interviews, and eight weeks of home-based computer use. For more information, please contact Lisa Wu at (212) 824-7805 or firstname.lastname@example.org. This study is approved by the Mount Sinai Institutional Review Board (GCO# 10-1352 approved through 04/06/2014).
My best to you all,
President & CEO
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Process Automation projects started with very high enthusiasm, but often organizations fail to execute Robotic Process Automation Services to get the desired results, and therefore, we are here to implement business process automation with due diligence so that you can have a stress-free robotic Process Automation Services delivery experience.
RPA Robotic Process Automation Services is a buzzword nowadays and therefore, every company would like to automate their business process with the aim of cost reduction and higher productivity to ultimately perform them as smoothly as possible through the benefits of RPA.
Being one of the best robotic process automation services companies, we are working more aggressively than before, to offer you a greater efficiency in your business processes. Some of our digital process automation services include Data Reconciliation, Input Tax Credit Calculations, EWB Data Reconciliation, E-Invoice API, and many more intelligent robotic process automation deliveries.
Do you want to automate your business processes to achieve efficiency and reduce cost through RPA robotic process automation services? If yes, then you have landed on the right page. Mobifly offers the best process automation services which runs with minimal human intervention, 24*7, to provide accurate output on time. Robotic Process Automation Services accelerates your business by lowering manual dependency. As one of the best RPA Process Automation Services companies in India, we offer flexibility that gives you the complete charge of your business by being your finest process automation specialist. So, it’s time to reimagine your growth with the best RPA process automation services company.
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Robotics process automation is the technology-enabled automation (RPA) of complex business processes. Best suited for routine mundane activities that are performed by a set of people. It enables the business to achieve high throughput, reduce costs, accuracy, and motivates the workforce.
The major benefits of using Business Process Automation Services are:
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There are various activities that can be eased by using RPA Process Automation Services, such as:
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TaxBot is a bot that can be used for the automation of tax functions of the business. Crunching numbers into ERPs and spreadsheets for hours and hours is a thing of the past. Developments in emerging tech such as robotic process automation (RPA), provide an opportunity to use the robot (TaxBot) for any routine job of tax function.
A Taxbot extracts relevant data from all types of documents to compare the data and converts them into an appropriate output format.
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Paris College of Art (PCA) is a premier art and design school firmly rooted in the rich artistic landscape of the French capital. For over 30 years the school has provided both visiting and degree-seeking students the opportunity to explore and participat
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PCA offers a 4-week intensive summer program, designed to help students deepen their understanding and sharpen their skills in a variety of subjects, including fine arts, design management, fashion, photography and many others. Summer courses typically combine classroom work with excursions to various sites around the city.
Paris College of Art (PCA) is a premier art and design school firmly rooted in the rich artistic landscape of the French capital. For over 30 years the school has provided both visiting and degree-seeking students the opportunity to explore and participate in the unrivaled Parisian art scene while developing their portfolio under the guidance of respected industry professionals. With courses taught in English by a world-class faculty of artists, designers, and industry professionals, PCA serves a truly international student body, with members representing over 50 nationalities.
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Potato Bacon and Cheese Fritatta
This is something I have wanted to make for a while now, but haven't gotten around to doing it. Today when I was thinking about what I was going to make for dinner this popped in my head. I didn't want a very meaty meal but did want something with substance that would be satisfying. I LOVE breakfast for dinner. There is so much you can add to this recipe as far as veggies, etc. I made it simple for the kids. Add maybe some mushrooms, green peppers, green onions. I will definitely add green onions next time. This was really easy to make and only bakes for 15 minutes.
1 large Russet potato or 2 smaller potatoes
1 pound of bacon chopped and cooked
1 medium onion
2 T. cream or milk (I used cream)
1 1/2 cups of sharp cheddar cheese or your choice of cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Garnish with avocado and tomato
Chop up your bacon and onions. In a skillet cook the bacon until done. When just about done push bacon to the side and add the onions until caramelized using the same grease (you can pour some out if there is to much). While these are both cooking thinly slice the potato(s) and cook them in the microwave for 5 minutes layered on the bottom of a casserole dish. When the bacon and onions are done drain the oil real good. Mix the bacon and onions together and sprinkle on top of the cooked potatoes. In a separate bowl mix together well the 6 eggs with the cream then pour on top of bacon and onions (next time I will add green onions at this point). Sprinkle desired amount of cheese on top and add a little salt and pepper. I garnished mine off with cut up avocados and tomatoes and served with cottage cheese. It was delicious!
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes depending on your oven.
Recipe adapted from a Feast for the Eyes
I would love to hear how you make this recipe your own and what additions you make. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
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It’s been relatively known that dental check-ups especially for young children is either postponed, or, neglected due to misinformation shared to us by our friends and family. This usually results in younger children not getting dental care soon enough. Thankfully, Parents Avenue is getting the basics covered with Dr. Sylvia of Phi Dental on the importance of dental check-ups for young children.
Before we start with the hard-hitting questions, Dr. Sylvia begins by explaining the essentials as to why dental check-ups for kids are absolutely necessary, “Oral health is fundamental to overall health, wellbeing and quality of life. A healthy mouth enables children to eat, speak and socialize with peers without pain, discomfort or embarrassment.”
Now, the importance of dental-check ups for young children are many, says Dr. Sylvia, they include and are not limited to:
· Allow dental problems to be caught early on
· Teaches good hygiene at an early age
· Ensure healthy development of teeth and mouth
“Routine check-ups enable us to detect early childhood caries, or milk bottle caries. Since we monitor dental conditions early on, we can provide preventive care by application of fluoride varnish, these can prevent the future development of caries.” Dr. Sylvia is also an advocate of applying “Tell, Show, Do” strategy at every dental visit.
“We tell children why they have to visit dental centers routinely, show them the environment and let them touch and feel the instruments we use. This is to help them familiarize them with the dental set-up.” She said, “Many parents only bring children to see the dentist when kids are in pain. This will leave children with a fearful memory where their dental visits are directly linked to painful experiences.”
As for ensuring the proper and healthy development of young children’s teeth and mouth, Dr. Sylvia lays down that baby teeth are the groundwork for adult teeth, subsequently influencing how are adult teeth will form. “When a baby’s teeth are healthy, it’s easier for adult teeth to come in healthier and straighter. Neglecting to properly care for baby teeth causes them to fall out too soon and cause the remaining teeth to move forwards,” and this has ghastly impact on our adult teeth.
“Our permanent teeth are more likely to grow crooked and out of place. Maintaining healthy teeth during the early stages of development prevents additional orthodontic work in the future, as well.”
What’s Included in An Assessment during a Check-Up
Expanding more on other areas of up-keeping children’s teeth, Dr. Sylvia recommends a check-up every six months is preferred. As for the proper age for babies to see the dentist, within the first six months after the first tooth erupts, or, by age one.
Typically, dentists will assess a number of things during a check-up such as:
· Evaluate a child’s oral hygiene and overall health such as drinking and eating habits, and risk of overall tooth decay
· Assess how much fluoride the child is getting through diet and use of oral hygiene products
· Look for sores and bumps on y our child’s tongue, inside the cheeks, and on the roof of the mouth
· Evaluate the impacts such as pacifier use and thumb sucking
· Take dental X-rays, if necessary, and do other diagnostic procedures
Causes of Dental Health Problem in Children
Speaking on a broader subject, Dr. Sylvia mentions the common dental problem facing children this day. “Dental caries. The enamel on a child’s tiny teeth is 50% thinner than the enamel on an adult’s teeth. Once the decay begins, it does more damage more quickly and when left unchecked, it can turn into a cavity.”
There are many reasons contributing to these problems, mainly, bad oral habits among children such as:
· Sugary snack or drinks:
Children won’t always brush their teeth after eating. The residue and debris from their snack will sit on their teeth and won’t be removed. If these snacks or drinks contain a large amount of sugar, the child will face a higher risk of decay.
· Sucking on their fingers or thumb:
This habit may seem harmless when your child is young, but in truth, it’s a hard bad oral habit to break. As your child grows older, this continued sucking can cause their front teeth to protrude and create a deformity in the mouth and teeth leading to a “buck” tooth appearance.
· Grinding teeth:
Not only can grinding teeth wear down and damage the surface of teeth, it can also lead to jaw problems later in life. Dentists can help fabricate a mouth guard to reduce wear and prevent damage.
Symptoms of Unhealthy Oral Health in Kids:
For parents who are looking for the tell-tale signs to nip the problem at the bud for their children’s oral health, Dr. Sylvia recommends to spot these following symptoms:
· White Spots/Brown spot noticed on teeth:
If you notice what appears to be chalky/white spots on your child’s teeth, this may be a sign that dental caries (cavity) may be beginning to develop.
· Irritated Gums:
If your child complains of their gums hurting after they brush or if their gums are red, swollen or bleeding. Irritated gums may indicate gingivitis, or other health care concerns.
· Sensitive to hot or cold:
If ice cream or hot chocolate (or other cold or hot foods) cause your child to have dental pain, that may be a warning sign that your child has dental caries and may be getting a cavity.
· Loose wiggly teeth:
Losing baby teeth is part of a child growing up and this process can occur from approximately 6 to 12 years old. However, if permanent (adult) tooth were to become wiggly, loose or traumatized, then make an appointment with the dentist to examine and assess this issue as soon as possible.
· Problem/Delays with adult teeth breaking through gums:
At times, the permanent tooth or teeth may come in extremely crooked or with other concerns. If that’s the case, the dentist will examine and assess and may recommend your child to start orthodontic treatment to correct crooked teeth.
Prevention of Oral Problems from Developing
As a preventative measure to avoid from the aforementioned oral problems from developing, Dr. Sylvia has recommended several good dental hygiene habits for children to follow. Firstly, don’t go to bed without brushing your teeth, brush properly for 2minutes each time with fluoride tooth paste. Remember to brush your tongue as well, don’t neglect the tongue.
Secondly, drink more water. This can help wash out some of the negative effects of sticky and acidic foods and beverages in between brushes. Thirdly, eat crunchy foods and vegetables. Ready-to-eat foods are convenient, but perhaps not so much when it comes to your teeth. Eating fresh, crunchy produce not only contains healthier fiber, but it’s also the best choice for your teeth.
Get your kids on harder-to-eat and chew foods at a younger age and avoid the overly mushy processed stuff, stop cutting things into tiny pieces, and get those jaws working! Lastly, limit sugar and acidic food. Sugar converts into acid in the mouth, which can then erode the enamel of your teeth. These acids are what lead to cavities. Acidic fruits can also wear down tooth enamel.
Tips to Make Trips to the Dentist A Walk in The Park with Kids
Empathizing with parents, Dr. Sylvia understands that getting your kids to the dentist’s office can be somewhat of a challenge especially with the anxiety and fear they experience. To lessen these problems, Dr. Sylvia has some tips on making trips to the dentist a breeze for your kids.
· Let your kid tag along with you. Bringing your baby to your own dental appointments may be a good idea, because it can get them familiar with the setting and staff.
· Prep at home for the visit. Before your child’s first dentist appointment, give her an idea what to expect by talking about it in words that she understands – and that won’t terrify her. Telling her the dentist will “count” or “look at” her teeth. Do not hint about he /she has a mouthful of decay to be drilled out. Avoid mentioning “it’s not going to hurt”. Because we don’t want them to focus on negative words like ‘pain ‘or ‘hurt’.
· Time it properly. Be sure to schedule all dentist appointments for times when your child will be comfortable, rested and in a good mood.
· Keep it positive. Keep an upbeat attitude when you’re talking about the dentist, and on the day of the visit. Treat the appointment as something simple, routine and positive. If you do that, your child is going to have a much, much better attitude towards the dentist and the whole dental experience.
· Know when to quit. Despite your best efforts, it’s natural for your children to get anxious or upset when they are in unfamiliar environment. In most cases, it’s likely to pass. But if he just won’t stop screaming, don’t force the issue. It’s better for everyone if you try again another time.
A Message To Our Readers
To wrap up the story, we ask if Dr. Sylvia would like to impart a few words for the readers of Parents Avenue?
“Don’t pass down our own fears to the children. If you experience anxiety when you visit the dentist, you may be passing along your fears to your child without noticing. Be aware of your behaviors and the language you use when around your kids before and after visiting the dentist. If you talk about how much you dislike the experience, exhibit physical manifestations of fear, or communicate other negative feelings you may have about your dental visit to your child, they may interpret this as normal behavior and could end up reacting the same way. Whatever the reason for your own dental anxieties, try not to instil them in your child so that they can learn to see regular dental visits as a normal part of their health care routine.” She imparts confidently.
For more information, you may contact Dr Sylvia at Phi Dental at 013-410 3103 or find them on Facebook via Phi Dental.
Interview and Written by Eve Bandusena, Editorial Assistant
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4 Club Level Season Seats Needs A Partner
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I've spent my entire career in the third sector, including 32 years as a chief executive. It hasn't always been easy, but has always been worthwhile.
I've been able to advance many causes, including campaigns to end apartheid, the death penalty and torture. I've also been involved with causes such as HIV/Aids, climate change and its impact on children, and the plight of refugees. I've had the privilege of leading four fantastic organisations, helping them raise close to a billion pounds, including vital contributions to many humanitarian emergencies.
I've visited about 70 countries and seen much suffering but much more joy, courage and determination. I've been inspired by the belief, commitment and positive power of young people. Much has changed for the better: apartheid is over, the Berlin wall fell, democracy replaced dictatorship across Latin America, under-five mortality has halved. There remain huge challenges, but the benefit of a long view gives me grounds for optimism. Charities have a vital role to play and need to be supported, empowered and defended. Aid works - we need more, not less.
I am proud of the contribution I've been able to make and will continue to do what I can. I was asked recently what advice I would give to someone aspiring to lead a third sector organisation. My response: success comes from everyone in your organisation working together. You must inspire them, look after them, build a positive, empowering culture; be bold and ambitious. You must challenge when necessary, but always with respect and honesty. And you must empower your supporters - nothing is possible without them.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
I smart at the suggestion that the thousands of seconds spent locked in a death defying standoff between dueling brothers can now be reduced to a shrugged shoulder dismissing the tension with a heft of breath and a noncommittal statement of nothing. I have written words enough to encase the universe with thread in commemoration of a phantom that stood guard as I slept in metamorphosis, expanding within the confines of a well intentioned embrace. And still, when the cocoon unraveled and my wings poised wet from the exertion of creation to explode the box of matchsticks where I had laid in confinement, I let them drop like a wilting lily behind me so the destruction would not impale you, my shadow, my ghost, my goblin. The price we both pay is impotence.
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Anyone who is eager about getting a new working system for his or her laptop is likely investigating the various totally different choices which are obtainable. When you discover the advantages of using Windows software in your laptop although, you’ll seemingly surprise why you were ever contemplating going elsewhere to your laptop. Many individuals all over the world think about this type of software to be the perfect software that you can buy on the pc market at the moment.
Throughout any surgery you will be connected to patient displays that are particularly for these which can be under anesthesia. They’re referred to as anesthetic displays or Agent 5 gas monitors. They monitor all of your very important sign like different monitors plus blood gases. These are what docs and nurses are dependent on during your surgery to alert them when blood strain or heart charge modifications.
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Considering the conductivity side that is inherent in gold, applications can essentially embrace any electronic environment. Medical instruments in operations or in affected person care are additionally on this vast listing of uses. In reality, one shocking concept includes a means for serving to somebody to close their eyes when it’s not potential attributable to a condition called Lagophthalmos. A small amount of gold is hooked up to the eyelid including weight to assist the lid shut. One other very vital use is for benefiting cancer patients by applying gold in its radioactive state in combination with a colloidal solution. The possibilities continue to grow inside the medical discipline.
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Reports and publications produced or supported by Community Energy England.
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For the second year in a row, Community Energy England and Electricity North West carried out research into community energy activities in the North West of England. The aim of the research was to learn more about the impact of community energy in our region, the motivations and challenges faced and the future of the community energy sector. The research sets a benchmark for the sector moving forward and provides a clear indication on where the North West sits in terms of community energy.Visit Site
Northern Powergrid and Community Energy England recently published the first in-depth analysis of community energy across the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire. The report forms part of Northern Powergrid’s continued commitment to supporting community energy.View Document
A practical toolkit to help community groups and local authorities to help them understand each other better and to provide ideas for how to work together and harness the power of local energy.
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This report summarises a research project undertaken by CRESR and Community Energy England to gauge the opportunities and challenges for the community energy sector in Yorkshire and the Humber, and the value of improved regional coordination. The research was conducted in 2018.View Document
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- When shopping for color cosmetics, consumers are usually looking for a specific product type and not a specific brand, underscoring the critical importance for cosmetic brands to maximize the power of good packaging.
- A successful color component must feel fantastic and handle flawlessly, as well as be beautiful, embody its brand ideals and deliver the product it contains intuitively—and be fun.
- Companies are investing in new delivery system and applicator technologies that couple effectively with today’s formula and consumer needs. The challenge is to dovetail the product type and/or delivery/applicator innovations to enhance a formula’s benefits and usage.
Color is deceptively simple yet wonderfully complex; nobody knew this better than Sir Isaac Newton. In the late 1600s, Newton deconstructed color, discovering that sunlight was actually white and that this “white” was comprised of the seven colors of the rainbow. These colors make up what we call the spectrum, and this color spectrum is actually made up of varying frequencies and wavelengths. Each color has its own designated space within the spectrum, and, to further confound us, some colors occupy more than one wavelength. In the end, Sir Isaac rightfully proposed that the colors we see aren’t “color” after all; what we see are light waves that are either refracted or absorbed by the object they are hitting. When light hits an apple, the apple absorbs all colors except for red, which is why it appears red. I could go on about varying color theories, color harmony, color context and so on, but you get the picture: deceptively simple yet wonderfully complex—and an integral part of our human experience.
Category Growth Through Inspiring Packaging
Today, cosmetics are big business. According to analysts at Euromonitor International, color cosmetics trended positively in 2011, with global worldwide retail units sold reaching nearly $4.5 billion. (For more, read “The Future Bright for Color Cosmetics Despite Economic Gloom” by Euromonitor’s Rob Walker in the April 2012 edition of GCI magazine.) According to The NPD Group, nearly 800 million units were sold in both prestige and mass channels in the U.S. alone. Recently, analysts see renewed activity in the eye, lip and nail segments with innovative package forms following suit—and, in fact, all color categories are bustling with new offerings. With such strong market activity, it’s no wonder brands are pushing designers and suppliers alike to come up with inspiring packages that deliver new experiences. Yet category growth isn’t the only reason color brands are so focused on alluring packaging.
Within the specialty store environment, compelling packaging is often a catalyst for opening up dialogues with potential customers, which is, of course, the first step in developing a memorable brand experience. While many prestige brands already have strong market presence and a cadre of loyal followers, their devoted consumers can in fact be tempted to try something new as the result of innovative packaging that excites or intrigues them. But as in all beauty categories, the packaging had best live up to (or better yet, surpass) consumers’ expectations and reinforce the brand equity—otherwise that magical “Wow” moment will quickly slip away and the chance to connect long-term with a consumer will dissipate in an instant.
Again, according to The NPD Group, innovative packaging, meaningful brand offerings and well-communicated product benefits can make all the difference at point of purchase, tipping the scales from a “Maybe” to an “I’ll try it,” regardless of sales venue. Simply put, while winning packaging is an important ingredient to a program’s success in other beauty arenas such as skin care and fragrance, it is an absolute non-negotiable in color cosmetics, and is a primary driver for capturing customer attention and potential sales.
Inspiration and the Well From Which to Draw
What aesthetic qualities make for a winning color cosmetic package? The answer depends on whom you ask—but as a designer, there is no other category quite like color in which to explore the fusion of femininity, fashion and function. A successful color component must feel fantastic and handle flawlessly. It must be beautiful, embody its brand ideals and deliver the product it contains intuitively, regardless of the cost of goods. It must at once seduce and inform, and lest we forget how closely aligned color is with fashion and color trends, it should and can be fun.
Designers pay special attention to the weight, form and acoustics of a piece. Does the shape conjure positive associations with the user? Brand DNA, ergonomics, materials, applicators and delivery systems, product evacuation and a host of other concerns are carefully weighed and considered in order to create an exceptional impression. That’s a pretty tall order for a little package, but when it’s done right, the statement can become iconic and the user experience unforgettable.
Fortunately, creative types don’t have to look very far for new technology or materials from which to draw inspiration. Today, suppliers are pushing the boundaries in order to offer brands unique and differentiating products. Companies such as HCT Packaging, 3C Inc., Albéa Packaging, Eastman Chemical and Cosmopak, as well as many others, continue to invest considerable R&D resources as they develop packages, materials or delivery systems that will ultimately help their customer’s brands stand out and address burgeoning packaging/consumer trends.
One such packaging trend is the increasing use of metallization or metallized details and decoration techniques on packages to add sparkle and perceived value to a program. HCT Packaging’s metal division is a prime example of a supplier dedicating attention and assets to this end. It produces compacts, color cosmetics components (like its patented metal tips for cosmetics), mirrors and a score of other beauty items, all in-house. This fall, the company will be launching Kevin Aucoin’s new lipstick, which is a mix of different metals and nonmetallic materials.
Metal connotes “luxe,” and brands are capitalizing on what this infers. Anomatic is another company serving the beauty industry with literally hundreds of metallic or anodized custom color options, and it too has seen an upsurge in popularity in the use and application of metallics on primary packaging.
Burberry’s new color cosmetics program takes full advantage of metallized effects, although in a subtle and sophisticated way. Made by Topline Products, the elegant line is a success story of refined manufacturing and decoration techniques, among them self-aligning magnetic closures, textured screening processes in the Burberry plaid and, yes, metallized edges on a charged plastic base. A sharp-looking program, it is made all the richer by the delicate addition of the gunmetal-colored metallization, which ultimately gives the line a wonderful glow, without being too shiny.
A nicely designed market standout also making dramatic use of metal is Guerlain’s “Rouge Automatique” lipstick, in lustrous gold. Seemingly a simple, classic lipstick case in the Guerlain tradition, this product incorporates a clever technology twist—on the outside of the case, a wonderful sliding button lifts the bullet from within. Smooth and streamlined, this design makes accessing the product all the easier and looks good while doing so.
Bridging color and skin care, Christian Dior’s Diorskin Nude Tan Glow Sun Powder is upscale and techy, and comes (appropriately) in an equally high-tech-looking silver Cannage compact that literally blings. The mini Kabuki application brush is also accented with shiny silver, lending both articles a fashion-forward, sleek persona.
More Trends and More Ways to Execute
Another package trend (albeit very different in visual impression than metallization) is clarity—the use of higher-end, clear plastics to suggest luxury in a fresh way. Eastman Chemical’s unique polymer ESTAR-CN was invented to allow designers and brand owners to produce sharp, intricate and heavy-walled designs in a crystal clear material conceived to foster creativity. I can honestly say this premium material is fun to work with, as Marc Rosen Associates and Eastman partnered with the likes of C+N Packaging, Axilone, Plasmetik Precision Molding and Jackal Cosmetics to design and execute four color cosmetic lines leveraging the material’s attributes. As a potential client remarked while holding one of the designs, “This is new luxury.”
A mix of both clear and metallized components can be found on Sephora and Pantone’s recently launched collaborative effort the “Universe Collection.” Debuting in early 2012, this limited-edition color line is built around a “Color of the Year” (in this case Tangerine Tango #17-1463), and consists of lipsticks, nail polishes, eyeliners, blushes and makeup kits. Meant to inspire playful experimentation and reinforce how color can transform face and mood, the packaging is a bright combination of clear case tops (for easy color identification) and brushes with silver bases and caps. It’s a strong, fun statement with tremendous promotional possibilities and growth potential. Maybeline’s SuperStay 24 lip products are also a great example of combining metallics and clear materials on both primary and secondary packages, for an overall impactful presence and easy line navigation.
Delivering the Goods; The Details
Of course, great packaging is more about looking nice; it needs to function effortlessly and evacuate or allow access to the product within. To this end, many companies are investing in new delivery system and applicator technologies, recognizing that in today’s competitive market, smaller details make a big difference. Not that the point-of-contact between a consumer and a product is a small detail. In fact, well-engineered delivery systems enhance the appeal of a brand and deliver the actual product experience that fuels customer excitement and future purchases.
Companies such as Wormser, TaikiUSA, World Wide Packaging, the Geka Group and OEKAbeauty (to name a few) are all developing ultra-advanced delivery systems or applicators that couple effectively with today’s formula and consumer needs. The challenge is to dovetail the product type and/or delivery/applicator innovations in order to enhance a formula’s benefits and usage. Excelling at this gives a product a point-of-differentiation over the competition and infers quality, efficiency and value.
To this end, Albéa has launched a unique powder compact called Eureka, complete with sponge applicator (designed with an organically shaped handle) that allows users to replicate the cosmetic application techniques of makeup experts. It’s a striking package with major shelf appeal, and when you consider how women pat-pat-pat this type of product onto their face, the handling benefits of the sponge are quite apparent.
Sephora has a magnetic, stacking brush wand that is sleek and clever. Made by Anisa International Inc., it possesses multiple brush heads in different shapes for different looks and purposes, all neatly stacked, part n’ parcel of the wand itself. Crisp graphics let the consumer know exactly where each brush sits in the pecking order, from top to bottom. Also, the company Cosmogen has developed a line of tubes that come with a patented rotating head (to preserve formula integrity) and multifunctional applicators, providing multiple benefits with the advancement of a single component, in this case the closure.
And while not a delivery system per se but cool nonetheless, blending science and beauty would be TaikiUSA’s antimicrobial resin EcoG+. Created to allow mascara developers to reduce preservatives in their formulas (or even eliminate them) yet still maintain product efficacy, this is one innovation consumers might not be able to see but will surely appreciate as preservatives can cause eye irritation.
Creativity combined with consumer insight has always been a cornerstone in the beauty business. Without these two ingredients, truly innovative packaging or products are impossible to design and develop, let alone convincingly move into a competitive marketplace. Color cosmetics continues to grow on a global scale, not in small part to the many dedicated brands and professionals rising to the challenge of delivering unique and exceptional experiences to the consumer. Packaging that is intuitive, beautiful and enhances the user experience is now the new benchmark, and crucial for success in this category. It must look great, of course, but it must function beyond expectations, as well.
Innovation and attention to detail are fueling color cosmetics today. Be they new breakthrough products, line extensions, seasonal collections or just a fun new lipstick in a kicky color, the market demands excellence and ingenuity. With the advancement of new delivery system technologies, multitasking packages, high-tech materials, fresh deco techniques and expanding platforms with which to engage consumers, building better products was never so creative or fun for the stakeholders, and exciting for our customers.
Kevin Marshall is the vice president and group creative director of Marc Rosen Associates, an award-winning boutique design firm specializing in the beauty and luxury industries. Marshall’s responsibilities include brand vision and articulation, stewardship of client projects, package/graphic design and creative leadership. He can be reached at Kevin@mra-nyc.com.
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Use of collection agency
(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in ORS 9.320 (Necessity for employment of attorney) and 305.610 (Reciprocal recognition of tax liability), the Director of the Department of Revenue may engage the services of a collection agency to collect any taxes, interest and penalties resulting from an assessment of taxes or additional taxes imposed by ORS chapter 118, 310, 314, 316, 317, 318, 321 or 323 or ORS 320.005 (Definitions for ORS 320.005 to 320.150) to 320.150 (Oregon State Lottery assistance in tax collection responsibilities) and any other tax laws administered by the Department of Revenue. The director may engage the services of a collection agency by entering into an agreement to pay reasonable charges on a contingent fee or other basis.
(2) The director shall cause to be collected, in the same manner as provided in subsection (1) of this section, assessments, taxes and penalties due under ORS chapter 656. All amounts collected pursuant to this subsection shall be credited as provided in ORS 293.250 (Collections Unit).
(3) The director may assign to the collection agency, for collection purposes only, any of the taxes, penalties, interest and moneys due the state.
(4) The collection agency may bring such action or take such proceedings, including but not limited to attachment and garnishment proceedings, as may be necessary. [1981 c.705 §6; 1983 c.541 §5; 1985 c.816 §39; 1987 c.843 §19; 1997 c.99 §50; 2003 c.804 §65; 2005 c.94 §28]
Note: 305.850 (Use of collection agency) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 305 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Note: Sections 22 and 48, chapter 538, Oregon Laws 2017, provide:
Sec. 22. Oregon Reinsurance Program exempt. The Oregon Reinsurance Program established in section 18 of this 2017 Act shall be exempt from any and all taxes assessed by the State of Oregon. [2017 c.538 §22]
Sec. 48. Sections 18 to 22, chapter 538, Oregon Laws 2017, are repealed on January 2, 2028. [2017 c.538 §48; 2019 c.2 §3]
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There are a few games that I’ve always been meaning to play but haven’t the Witcher series is one of them. Every time I consider playing a game that’s been out for quite some time I’ll watch a game play livestream or video which has a habit of changing my mind so it gets put back on the “to-do list” shelf. I’ve become quite familiar with Geralt of Rivia over the years so when the Netflix series was announced I was intrigued, then skeptical with Henry Cavill in the starring role.
It’s not just because Superman isn’t my favorite superhero but I was curious if Cavill had the gruffness Geralt needs that seemed hard to deliver with such a fine chiseled chin. My skepticism wasn’t well placed but it wasn’t incorrect either. Cavill plays Geralt of Rivia well as a stuntman, a horseman and a negotiator but as a lover, hexer, and ward he lacks conviction.
However, while these inconsistencies were occurring I was also being lured in by the interwoven storyline that moved between past and present without the usual text that accompanies such transitions. We won’t delve too deeply into any of it to preserve the mystery this series represents but along with the storyline comes a fondness for some of the characters including Jaskier the Bard whose songs bring comic relief.
Yes, the play for power between the kingdoms, races, and schools of magic are obvious – almost like Game of Thrones and Harry Potter moved to Mordor. However, it’s the internal struggles each character of the Witcher presents that keeps you wondering throughout all eight episodes. Tissaia De Vries plays a compelling principal of the school of mages in Aretuza where she trains Yennefer of Vengerberg freeing her from her disabled bounds and encouraging her obsessive nature that is always on the edge of chaos. The relationship between Yennefer and Geralt stirs hope but has you wondering if Geralt’s “law of child surprise” bond with Princess Cirilla will cause even more upheaval.
After finishing all episodes Ciri remains somewhat of a mystery knowing she is but a child. Throughout every episode, we learn of the plight of the elves, touch base with the druids, sorcerers, dryads, dwarves and dragonkin. Magic is the fabric of this Netflix series but at times it felt like eight episodes was just not enough. You cannot help but think the entire series would have played even better had a few more episodes been added to share each place, person and creature more memorably. Speaking of creatures.
It is most entertaining to see each monster Geralt hunts. His empathy for the cursed and his nonchalant attitude about the most fearsome foes or arrogant humans that seek his bidding is what wins you over about Cavill playing Geralt. Just like the Witcher series itself. By the final episode, you only want a happy ending for Geralt even if he has no attachment to such things.
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Create licenses for your open-source projects from the command-line. Hello, productivity!
What is license?
license is a command-line utility to make licenses.
- Supports all the licenses available on GitHub
- Does not need network access (except on first run)
- Always up-to-date with the licenses in GitHub's API
- Easy to customize the name, year, and output filename when needed
$ go get github.com/nishanths/license
Alternatively, download the binary for your platform.
Generate a license
To generate a license, simply run
license followed by the license name. The following command generates the MIT license:
$ license mit
Create a license file
-o option to save the license to a file. For example, the following command creates the file
LICENSE.txt with the contents of the ISC license:
$ license -o LICENSE.txt isc
More options and commands are described below.
Customize name and year on the license
By default, license uses the current year for the year on the generated license. To determine the name, license uses the following algorithm:
- First, it looks at provided command-line arguments
- If command-line args are absent, it looks at the environment variable
- Finally, it uses the name from git config and mercurial config
The default ouput is suitable in most cases, but can also explicitly specify the name and year:
$ license --name Alice --year 2013 mit
List available licenses
View the list of locally avaialable licenses by running:
$ license ls
The equivalent command to list remote licenses is:
$ license ls-remote
Help text is available by running
license --help. View help command output
Pull requests for new features, bug fixes, and suggestions are welcome!
Licensed under the MIT License.
The license file in this repo was generated by this program :).
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2020-08-07T01:57:25Z
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"url": "https://devpost.com/software/LICENSE"
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Have a 90 geo prizm LSI sedan with the 1.6 L. Did alot of repair to engine, now I need to reset the idle correctly. Where can I pull the RPM signal from? Is there a plug that comes off the distributor? I really have not looked yet.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 AT 2:47 AM
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2016-05-01T09:32:04Z
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"section": "fineweb",
"url": "https://www.2carpros.com/questions/1990-geo-prizm-90-lsi-sedan-1-6-l-did-alot-repair-engine-now-need-reset-idle"
}
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Looking Back at the Gulf Horizon Spill
It’s been almost a year since the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and more data is available on the magnitude of the spill. In a recent article, The New York Times describes the spill’s size as “some 4.9 million barrels of oil.” That led me to two numerical musings.
First, I wanted to make the number meaningful by comparing it to another large, famous spill: the Exxon Valdez. Its size is imprinted in my memory as 11 million gallons, which is about 250,000 barrels. So the Deepwater spill was about 20 times larger than the Valdez. In retrospect, that makes sense. The Deepwater well reached into a geologic formation. Whereas the Valdez was merely what one could take from another formation and stuff even into a big ship.
Second, I wanted to estimate the daily spill rate and compare it to the contemporaneous quoted values, not least because in a Q&A on this blog, I was asked about the size of the spill. I didn’t claim any special knowledge but did worry about how the numbers were being reported:
Several early news news reports…reported a flow estimate of 5000 barrels per day. However, other contemporaneous reports quoted the flow as 210,000 gallons per day. Because a barrel (of oil) is 42 gallons, the two numbers are numerically equivalent. However, they are psychologically different. The gallons-per-day figure of 210,000 includes a second nonzero digit (the “1” in the “21”), implying that it is based on quite accurate measurements. The number 210,000 suggests an accuracy of a few percent. In contrast, the 5000 (for barrels per day) suggests merely that the “5” is somewhat reliable but promises little more. The suggested accuracy is perhaps 20 percent—a much more plausible conclusion, especially as some current flow estimates range up to 50,000 barrels per day.
Time to use the current figures to make a current estimate of the spill rate. To do so, I need to estimate how long the well leaked. I could look it up with a web search, but it’s a fun sport to see how much one can get from just the article (desert-island estimation). It says that “samples were taken” starting on July 27, “just weeks after the wellhead was capped.” I’ll therefore guess that it was capped on July 6. The spill started on April 20, so it lasted about 2.5 months or 75 days. With roughly 5 million barrels spread over 75 days, the rate is roughly 60,000 barrels per day. Thus, the “5” in the early news-report estimates of 5000 per day was hardly “somewhat reliable” (what I had written)—it was totally fiction.
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2023-09-25T22:16:53Z
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"section": "fineweb",
"url": "https://freakonomics.com/2011/04/looking-back-at-the-gulf-horizon-spill/"
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Workplace Physical Distancing Opportunities
The business is eager to return to operations, but physical distancing is creating challenges, like preventing the spread of coronavirus and managing work refusals. But by piggybacking remote work due to physical distancing, it also creates opportunities, like the reduction of overhead costs.
- Downsizing the Office or Downsizing the Payroll
The business used different strategies to control costs, since the first 2020 lockdown started. Most of them opted for temporary layoffs, terminations without cause or government’s wage subsidies.
Now, it seems to be the time to rethink those strategies and recall employees within physical distancing environments. What if the business could keep the workforce performing remotely while downsizing physical offices and reducing lease costs? Or, should the business reorganize its workforce altogether?
Many things can go wrong, and a COVID-19’s transitioning plan is needed.
If the business opts for downsizing the workforce, it needs to think about terminations costs, and after recovery, hiring and training costs.
If the business opts for remote work, it will have to assess whether it can support its payroll. If it turns out that it cannot, there are ways to transfer part of its payroll cost without reducing the workforce.
For example, the business could apply for an extended work-sharing program, which is an agreement between the government, the business, and its employees. Employees agree to reduced hours of work and gain access to Employment Insurance. The business keeps their workforce and employees maintain their skills updated.
- Preventing the Spread of Covid-19 and Work refusals
If the business can recall its employees to its traditional working space, it faces the prevention of the highly contagious novel COVID-19 and the employees’ fear of catching it at work. Occupational health and safety laws (H&S) mandate the business to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, like COVID-19.
The way the business prevents COVID-19 includes several steps, such as having a H&S policy, which should be aligned with the nature of the business. For example, a food manufacturing plant would take different workers’ protective measures than those of office spaces. This policy will list the potential sources of contamination, the steps taken to prevent the spread, the steps to take in case of contagion, and the responsible person or group of people managing the policy.
On the other side of the same coin, workers have the right to refuse to perform work when they have a reason to believe that part or all the workplace’s physical condition is likely to endanger them. Refusals must be reported, investigated, and a decision would be made as to whether it was appropriate or not, and whether the employer has taken or will undertake measures to control the workplace’s endangering conditions. If you want to know more about work refusals, listen to Working Title. An Employment Law Podcast, Episode: Work Refusals.
In the meantime, we wait for Martians to land on Earth, business leaders make sure that you understand your health and safety responsibilities well, and have a COVID-19's transitioning plan in place.
Stay safe! Stay healthy!
Antonio F. Urdaneta is a marathon runner, a workplace lawyer, investigator, compliance coach, and thought leader at Workplace Legal. He uses coaching skills and tools to inform, advice and represent workplaces in digital and physical legal challenges and endeavours, including COVID-19 challenges.
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2020-07-16T04:47:01Z
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"section": "fineweb",
"url": "https://www.workplacelegal.ca/post/workplace-physical-distancing-opportunities"
}
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New breeding behaviour discovered in emperor penguins
Satellite imagery and aerial surveys have revealed a new breeding behaviour amongst emperor penguins in Antarctica, with four colonies found to be rearing their chicks on ice shelves.
Emperor penguins were previously thought to breed mainly on sea ice attached to the continent (known as ‘fast ice’), putting them at risk from climate-related changes to sea ice thickness, extent and duration.
However, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, Australian Antarctic Division and the University of California, confirmed their breeding activity on ice shelves in the journal PLoS ONE today.
The four colonies were discovered on the West Ice Shelf and Shackleton Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, the Nickerson Ice Shelf in West Antarctica and the Larsen C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula.
‘Emperor penguins have previously been considered sea ice obligate species, with 44 of the 46 colonies located on sea ice, and the other two small colonies located on land,’ the study authors wrote.
‘Of the colonies found on ice shelves, two are newly discovered, and these have been recorded on shelves every season that they have been observed. The other two have been recorded both on ice shelves and sea ice in different breeding seasons.’
Australian Antarctic Division penguin ecologist and co-author of the paper, Dr Barbara Wienecke, said it was not clear whether the breeding behaviour was a new phenomenon associated with recent climate change or one that had always existed but was not previously documented. Regardless, the discovery has implications for population modelling of the species, as it could mitigate some of the consequences of sea ice loss.
‘Breeding on ice shelves may be an adaptation employed by emperor penguins when sea ice conditions are poor, but this is only possible where emperor penguins have access to the top of an ice shelf. This is not the case at all colony sites,’ Dr Wienecke said.
‘Of the four colonies we observed, three were located in areas with marginal sea ice conditions.
‘Potential benefits, and whether these are permanent or temporary, need to be considered and understood before further attempts are made to predict the population trajectory of this species.’
Recent estimates suggest the emperor penguin population (about 238 000 breeding pairs) will halve by 2052 as sea ice declines, with the complete loss of more northerly colonies above 70° South. This led the IUCN to re-list the species from ‘Least Threatened’ to ‘Near Concern’.
Dr Wienecke cautioned that even if the study reflects an adaptive response to a warming environment, the penguins will still face changes in the Antarctic food web and increased predation and competition, which will affect breeding success and survival rates. Ice shelves also pose a number of risks, including a lack of shelter, exposure to katabatic winds and possible calving of the ice front.
The discovery opens up other questions such as how do emperor penguins access the ice shelves, does the breeding cycle differ on ice shelves compared to fast ice, and what is the energetic cost of reaching the top of an ice shelf? It also invites questions of other species.
‘This previously unknown and surprising behaviour recorded in such an iconic animal suggests that other species may also be capable of unpredicted or unknown behavioural adaptations in a future warming world,’ the study authors conclude.
Fretwell PT, Trathan PN, Wienecke B, Kooyman GL (2014). Emperor Penguins Breeding on Iceshelves. PLoS ONE 9 (1). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085285
Australian Antarctic Division: Wendy Pyper (+613) 6232 3675; email: firstname.lastname@example.org
British Antarctic Survey: Paul Seagrove Tel: +44 (0)1223 221414; mobile: +44 (0)7736 921693 email: email@example.com
Peter Fretwell: Tel: +44 (0) 1223 22145; mobile: +44 (0) 7903 208132 email: firstname.lastname@example.org
British Antarctic Survey press release.
Penguin Barb. Australian Antarctic Magazine 25: 10-11, 2013.
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2019-05-21T23:44:51Z
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