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What is the Meaning of Paperless Exams?
One of the most noticeable results of digitising your exam and assessment process is that the process becomes paperless, which essentially means that all information processes such as letters and printouts are replaced with a digital alternative. Nearly all businesses and government institutions are currently becoming paperless – and with good reason.
The first reason might be somewhat obvious: paperless processes save money. Unsurprisingly, sending information by email is quite a bit cheaper than printing and posting it through postal services.
But, using paper has both a significant environmental impact and some rather notable security flaws for the purpose of high-stakes events, such as exams.
Paper as an Environmental Factor
Disposable paper has become a very cheap commodity for most of the world, which has led to a massive consumption of paper products of all kinds – not least printing paper.
A large portion of the paper industry is trying to make their production more environmentally friendly through initiatives such as recycling paper pulp, limiting greenhouse gas emissions and using sustainably sourced wood fibre. Nevertheless, the process of making, transporting and consuming paper is inherently unfavourable towards the environment.
Paperless Exams are Safer
Paper has been used as a method to archive and transfer information for millennia; from the scrolls written by the scholars of the ancient world to the filing cabinets of the 20th century with their thousands upon thousands of folders of paper. But, being the first does not mean being the best.
While paper has is merits, it certainly has its flaws too. The very things that make paper so usable – cheap materials and small size – become its pitfalls. Paper sheets are easily destroyed by everything from fire to a spilled cup of coffee; and they are even easier to lose or misplace.
With storage solutions like cloud-hosting, your files are kept much more secure than in physical form. Even though you might think that something physical and palpable is the safer approach, cloud-hosting important data is the way to go today.
With a triple redundant server setup you are protected from loss of data and through scalable server usage, you get lower maintenance costs without compromising on your large-scale needs.
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One major disadvantage of paper is the simple fact that it tends to pile up quickly. By keeping your important information online, you save an incredible amount of physical space at your institution. Most institutions operate with rules on storage of information, governing how long specific information is to be kept. A Danish example is the 'Bookkeeping law', requiring all companies to store all accountancy information for 5 years, which can entail a surreal amount of paper for companies using physical document storage.
For universities and other institutions of higher education, many other documents are to be kept for years, such as exams. Storing them online can for some institutions free entire storage rooms, which can then be used for other purposes. By storing information in the cloud, institutions also operate with a storage facility with virtually limitless storage capabilities.
Easier Transfer of Information
Paper seems an easy way to transfer information. Simply pick up a piece of paper, take a stroll down the hall and pass it on to your colleague. But what if it is thousands of papers? The process becomes cumbersome and some papers are almost guaranteed to get lost at some point. Especially, if processing the paper involves several steps, such as in a typical assessment process.
Documents stored online are transferred even easier. Simply find them in your file management system and download them. If the papers are for your colleague mentioned above, you do not even have to download the file. Simply send a link. And no matter how many thousands of files you operate with, none will be lost, since all copies or links trace back to the same static file position in the system.
And lastly, keeping your important information in the cloud does not mean that paper is no longer a possibility. If you want to read something on paper, just hit print, and you have your trusty old A4 sheet back in your hand again. A switch to a paperless exam and assessment system simply means that you no longer need to use paper.

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Using Collection Initializers with Immutable Lists
The Incomparable Mr Skeet mentions how irksome it is that collection initializers assume that the collection is mutable.
Suppose we defined an "immutable-yet-initializable collection" as any type that supports this interface
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C++ has long had some functional-styled things in its standard library, in particular a header file called <functional>. But actually using it in a functional way has been painful, largely due to the lack of lambdas.
But C++0x (very good Wikipedia page, by the way) solves this, amongst many other long-standing problems.
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Hi there babes! This is one of the questions I get the most: "How do I get abs?" Since I've been asked this SO many times by all of you, I decided to touch on the basics of how to get abs so all of you have somewhere to start.
Getting abs isn't the easiest thing to do and that's why so many people get frustrated with not knowing how to get them. It takes time to build a strong ab system and it takes even more time getting those abs to really pop out. If you're looking for a way to get abs, this is where you should start.
Eat Clean
Haven't you ever heard the saying that abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym? While that's not 100% true, your diet does have an awful lot to do with getting you abs. If you're eating junk food and stuff that is full of fats, it's going to be stored on your body and the one place that holds fat easier than anywhere else on your body is right over your abs.
Eating a clean diet that doesn't contain a ton of harmful fats is the first step to getting abs. You have to eat lean protein, lots of vegetables, and enough carbs to get you through the day. If you need help with this check out my Customized Meal Plan which has recipes for healthy alternatives. Remember, the excess junk you have been snacking on won't help you get those popping abs.
Do Ab Workouts Regularly
Just like any other muscle on your body, if you want to get abs, you have to build them. While we all have abs that can show if we get rid of the fat around our bellies, having MORE muscle on your abs will help them stand out immensely.
Find some ab workouts that target each section of your abs and work them out regularly. Don't just do them for a week and expect to see some abs. Stick with working out your abs just like you do your legs, butt, biceps, or anywhere else. And don't forget to change up your ab routine every once in a while so your body doesn't get too used to the workouts!
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The reasons so many people have a hard time being able to actually see their abs – no matter how hard they've been working on building them – is because they're covered in a layer of fat. You could have the hottest abs out there that are just hidden!
In addition to eating a lean diet to shed fat, step up your cardio and fat burning game if you want to get abs. The fat around your belly is the trickiest for most people to get rid of so make sure you're working extra hard to burn fat during your workouts if you want to get abs.
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Did you know that the less sleep you get, the more likely it is that you'll hold onto excess fat? Those that get more sleep have an easier time not only losing the fat, but keeping it off in general.
Just as I've mentioned above, getting rid of fat is crucial if you want to see those abs popping out. No matter what kind of amazing abs you have, if there's fat covering them up then no one will ever be able to actually see them. Getting 7-9 hours of sleep a night will help you in your quest to gain incredible abs.
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The Cowfish: Sushi + Burger Fusion Comes To Atlanta
The Cowfish: Sushi + Burger Fusion
Can't decide if you want burgers or sushi? You can have both! The Cowfish has landed in Dunwoody (Perimeter Mall – 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd. NE in Dunwoody). Boldly blending burgers and sushi under one roof. The recently opened, Charlotte-based restaurant, features half-pound burgers and traditional sushi rolls, sashimi, nigiri and entree-sized fusion rolls from Executive Chef Dave Lucarelli.
When you step into the space, your eyes are immediately drawn to the huge saltwater aquarium that serves as the backsplash for the full service bar. I would later learn that a cowfish is a real fish and they're in the aquarium—who knew!
According to its website, The Cowfish is the first and only 'Sushi Burger Bar.' Bringing the world's first restaurant focusing on offering both the best sushi and the best burgers. Offering fresh, innovative and delicious—the sushi segment of the menu is a unique balance of traditional and unconventional. All natural, creative and hearty—the burgers entice with fresh ingredients and bold flavors. Spiked hand-spun milkshakes, premium sakes, craft beers, wine and 10oz exotic martinis round out a huge bar menu that is sure to please. The Cowfish aims to offer something for the entire family. Appetizers for sharing, entree-sized salads, homemade desserts and a kid's menu are joined its signature creations like 'Burgushi!'
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Help! Help! SOS SOS! The digital world has been crying out for help since Friday. Even though it was a weekend, when most of the devices stayed unplugged, the impact is unprecedented. And here's all that you must know about this ransomware - Wannacry.
Firstly, what's a ransomware? It is basically a malware that will completely bring you down on your digital knees and make you beg for mercy from the perpetrators. Okay now let me begin the show!!
Wannacry is a malware, a sort of cryptolocker infecting computers globally. Although no data is present but experts say, close to 200,000 computers have been infected across 100 countries since Friday when this locky virus first hit the world. This number can double when world goes to business on Monday. This ransom virus is spreading like a deadly digital epidemic.
2. Why are we calling it a Ransomware? Once infected, the computer locks the screen and asks for Ransom of 300-600 bitcoins. Which means a minimum hit of 510,00 to a 1 Million USD are needed for this ransomeware removal. Are you kidding me??
3. Microsoft: Well, it has a big Microsoft twist to the tale. This ransomware uses a Microsoft vulnerability called Eternal Blue (exposed by hacking group known as the Shadow Brokers). The patch for the same was released in March by Microsoft but only for the Operating systems that the company support. The point to be noted is that the old systems like XP are not on the support list.
4. How it spreads: this Cryptolocker mostly spreads through spam emails that appear to contain security warnings, job offers, invoices and other legitimate files.
5. How does it impact: The cryptolocker virus locks the files and locks the data on the computer. They ask for ransom for cryptolocker removal from the computer. Hence, it's also called #ransomware
6. Countries worst hit: Russia is worst hit with more than 50% of the infected computers. Also, UK is badly affected as the NHS (National Health System) – the govt. health care provider is unable to book appointments, putting public healthcare in jeopardy.
7. US connection: Hackers reportedly used hacking tools known NSA (National Security Agency of the USA) for the attack. As per reports, NSA knew about the tools and vulnerability but never informed public till it came in public domain and was exploited by hackers.
8. Stopping: Update your computer and don't click any suspicious email links. And most importantly, take a backup of your computer on regular basis. Also, make sure you have a good anti-virus and anti-ransomware software protecting your system.
9. Impact map of WannaCry Ransomware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyErffRX0HM
10. It's important to know that right now this ransomware is only affecting machines running on outdated Windows OS. However, experts believe, as the world goes to business on Monday, this malicious locky virus might get an upgrade an start affecting systems running on other OS as well.
11. IOT Vulnerability: World is heading for smart city where IOT will automate people lives with smart homes to smart water to smart healthcare. This ransomware epidemic opens up whole new debate on security and data protection.


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You have probably heard people talk about using encryption to protect themselves and their information. In this article, we will explain what encryption is, how it protects you and how to implement it properly.
Why Use Encryption?
You might have sensitive information on your devices, such as documents, pictures and emails. If one of your devices were to be stolen, all of your sensitive information would be in someone else's hands. Encryption protects you in these situations by helping ensure unauthorized people cannot access or modify your information.
How It Works
Encryption converts information into a non-readable format called ciphertext. Today's encryption works by using complex math operations and a unique secret key, converting information into ciphertext. The key locks or unlocks the encrypted information. Your key could be a file stored on your computer, a password or a combination of the two.
What Can You Encrypt?
There are two types of data to encrypt:
Encrypting data at rest is vital to protect information in case your computer or mobile device is lost or stolen. Full disk encryption (FDE) is a widely used encryption technique that encrypts the entire drive in your system. This means that everything on the system is automatically encrypted for you. Today, most computers come with FDE but you might have to manually turn it on or enable it. FileVault is used on Mac computers while Windows computers can use Bitlocker or device encryption. Mobile phone encryption for the iPhone and iPads automatically enable FDE once a passcode has been set. Starting with Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), Google is requiring FDE be enabled by default provided the hardware meets certain minimum standards. Please check with your device manufacturer to determine if it supports FDE.
Information in motion is also vulnerable. If data is not encrypted it can be monitored, modified, and captured online. This is why you want to make sure that all sensitive online transactions and communications are encrypted. A common type of encryption for data in motion is HTTPS. This means that traffic between your browser and a website is encrypted. Look for https:// in the URL, a lock icon on your browser or your URL bar turning green.
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4. The Rise of European Industrialisation: Britain and Russia, 1700-1913.
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As the Committee Stage of the Social Welfare Bill 2012 is discussed in Dáil Éireann today (Wednesday, 12 th December, 2012) , Minister Joan Burton, T.D. said that the measures of the Social Welfare element of the Budget are needed to bring the country back to fiscal and economic sustainability.
The Minister said: "Our twin objectives in this Budget have been to ensure that those in most need of the support of the Department of Social Protection are protected the most and that the Department does everything it can to get people back to work. That is why we are transforming the Department from being a mere provider of income support to an effective and engaged public employment service that assists people on the live register or otherwise far from the labour market to start their progression back to work, training or a job placement. That is why we will be providing 10,000 new places on employment schemes next year and opening many new Intreo offices." Four Intreo offices have been established this year with a further six offices to be rolled out by end of the year – Buncrana, Ballymun, Coolock, Finglas, Killarney and Dundalk. The full Intreo service will be rolled out to all the Department's offices nationwide by the end of 2014.
Minister Burton criticised the main party of the previous Government for what she described as its "utter failure to introduce any meaningful reforms to the social welfare system to encourage work were highlighted today in the ESRI research on jobless households." Minister Burton referred to the findings of an ESRI report 'Work and Poverty in Ireland, 2004 – 2012' which was published yesterday. The report found that between 2004 and 2007 – at the height of the boom - the share of households defined as jobless recorded a double-digit increase to reach 15 per cent of the total. The average across the euro zone in 2007 was just below 10 per cent.
Minister Burton was critical of the approach taken by the main party in the previous Government during its term of office. She said: "There was no problem to which the solution was not to spend more money. So instead of introducing the kind of reforms that were brought into other European countries to change from passive to active welfare states, including job search assistance, education, training and skill development and work support services like childcare, its only solution was to write them a cheque."
The Minister spoke of the current Government's ambition for the country's citizens who have lost their jobs or who have not been fortunate enough to ever find work. This Government, she said views each and every individual on the live register or otherwise distant from the labour market as an untapped resource and a future employee who will participate in the rebuilding of this country and its economic recovery. "That ambition is why we are moving from a passive to an active welfare state", she added.
The age reductions in the One-Parent Family Payment which were due to apply from the beginning of 2013 and 2014 are being deferred to the beginning of July in each of those years. In addition, the period over which the transitional arrangements applying to existing recipients are to apply, will be extended from the end of 2014 to the beginning of July 2015. This change, which is introduced by way of a Committee Stage amendment to the Bill, will provide more time for the creation of additional childcare places, as promised by Minister Burton last year.
One of the measures of the Bill relates to the amount that the Department of Social Protection can deduct from overpayments. The Minister said that she was determined to tackle fraud and abuse of the Social Welfare system: "Today, I am introducing measures to enable the Department to recover overpayments quicker from those who have incurred them. At present payments are frequently made at a level of €2 per week, which means in reality that some overpayments take years to repay, if indeed, they are ever repaid. The Bill provides that up to 15% of the personal rate can be withheld to repay an overpayment. As well as providing savings, this measure will send a strong message that there is an obligation to return money owing to the Exchequer".
The Minister acknowledged that while all overpayments must be repaid, including those that arise because of the Departmental error, it is not her intention that people will face hardship as a result of these new arrangements. Minister Burton confirmed that the particular circumstances of each case will be considered before the repayment amount is determined. However, in the case of those found guilty in court of having deliberately defrauded the taxpayer by abusing the social welfare system, the Minister said that she regards "the 15% limit on deduction to be very reasonable in those circumstances".
In addition to these provisions, measures to tackle fraud and control will be intensified with effect from next January that will yield savings of €60 million in 2013.
The Social Welfare Bill also gives effect to a number of the social welfare measures announced in the Budget last week, including -
In conclusion, Minister Burton said that balancing the needs of those dependent on social welfare against the money available is extremely difficult and she assured the House that the Government is doing its utmost to protect the most vulnerable people in Irish society. She added: "I am relieved that the level of the adjustment to the social welfare Budget is less than that originally envisaged; that it is less than the level implemented in last year's Budget and those of previous years. Cuts have been concentrated on items outside of the core weekly payments that recipients depend on.
"We have balanced the cuts by putting money into services for those who are trying to get a step on the ladder back to paid employment, and also into services for children who need that extra support to help them benefit from their education", Minister Burton said.


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In honor of today being the International Day of Happiness, these volunteers took to the streets of New York City armed with a truckload of 10,000 roses.
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"Previous research has revealed a link between flowers and a person's happiness," says Proflowers. "Studies show that fresh flowers have a powerful impact on overall happiness for the recipient, and for the giver, too. We set out to demonstrate this."
The campaign, appropriately named #GiveHappy, was created to embrace the spirit of the holiday and remind people to just be happy.
After being given the flowers, grateful New Yorkers made such comments as "I feel so happy", I feel special", and "They make me feel beautiful".
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Female Participation grant
Funding is provided to community organisations for one-off project implementation and development that benefits and engages the Moreland community through community led initiatives that increase female participation within Moreland.
Applicants must demonstrate a strong commitment to provide or enhance opportunities to engage women and girls in sports, physical activity and leadership programs as well as increased learning and skill development.
Community Grants Program guidelines (DOC 1Mb) provides further information about this grant category.
Application dates
Applications are open during the financial year for this grant category until funds are expended.
Amounts available
Amounts up to $3000 are available.
Once grant during a 12 month period. Recipients are only entitled to one funding opportunity under the grants program per financial year.
General eligibility criteria
To apply for funds through any one of the categories of the Moreland Community Grants Program, organisations must:
- be not-for-profit and managed by a volunteer board or committee of management
- be incorporated
- have adequate public liability insurance
- have no outstanding grant acquittals or outstanding debts owing to Council
- propose an initiative which will benefit the Moreland community and be located in Moreland
- be able to supply financial statements and information as requested
- be able to meet conditions associated with receiving the grant, and
- demonstrate the proposed activity is consistent with Local, State and Federal laws including Victorian Equal Opportunity Act 1995.
What can be funded?
- Coaching accreditation
- Governance training (board/committees)
- Administration directly related to the project
- Officiating
- Fees for temporary staff to implement a project/activity i.e. project work, tutor, instructor or speaker
- Female players, administrators, coaches and officials with opportunities to undertake intermediate or advanced training within an existing pathway in the sports industry to reach their leadership potential
- Events that are focused on female only participation - clubs will need to describe what their event will look like. The event must have physical activity as the key theme and have a direct link to existing pathway in the sport/s focused on as part of the event
- Communications, media and marketing
- Increased safety of female participants within sporting clubs
What won't be funded?
- Purchase of equipment, uniforms or capital expenditure
- Payment of wages or salaries associated with project management or administration unless an external person is appointed or an internal staff member is appointed to the project management role as a separate position.
- Projects that are part of the organisation's annual or regular program/activities or a duplication of an existing service or an on-going activity.
- Activities where there is little or no community input demonstrated towards development of the project.
Further information on the grants program, what will and won't be funded view the Community Grants Program Guidelines (DOC 1Mb).
How to apply
All proposals must be discussed with Council's Women's Participation Officer on 9384 9271 or email Council Grants Applications must be submitted at least 4-6 weeks before your planned event or project. To apply online go to our grants website to complete and submit the application form.
How to apply for a community grant provides further details about the application process.
Once you have received a grant page provides information about reporting and other requirements for grant recipients.


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Everyone desires to decor their homes in a luxurious manner. For this purpose we spend our money in buying things that can enhance the beauty of our home and can also comfort us. Our choices for these stuffs are different. Some people will go for comfortable and expensive couch while others will prefer to buy gears for their bathrooms. Bathtub is one of that bath equipment that comfy us. Bathing is a relaxing experience for us and we can release our stress by lying down in a bathtub for some time. Bathtubs were used by wealthy Greeks in ancient times and now a day's expensive bathtubs are affordable only by elite class of the society. Below are some of the most expensive bathtubs ever created?
10. Le Cob Glass Bathtub:
The very first bathtub I am going to discuss here is Le Cob Glass Bathtub. It is ranked as tenth most luxurious bathtub in the world. The price of this tub is $34000. It is a plain tub with infinity – pool like feature. When the water flows from the tub to the tub's rear and onto the bed of pebbles underneath, it gives a Zen effect. This bathtub does not hold that much water and this fact makes bathing more comfortable. Le Cob Glass Bathtub is composed of acrylic, glass and metal and it is believed as one of very atypical tub. And an amazing fact about it is that it is not big enough and that's why does not hold enough water which makes bathing just a purpose to relax rather than cleaning of body.
9. The Diamond Bathtub:
The Diamond Bathtub is the next, expensive bathtub that is going to be discussed here and it is ranked as ninth most expensive tub worldwide. Lori Garner created this bathtub in 3 years. The price of this tub is $39000. It is an expensive and astute creation. Nearly about 45000 Swarovski crystals are traditionally set in this tub. This astute creation is having cast-iron claw feet. Each was attached carefully by artisan's hands in hours and hours of dreary work.
8. Red Diamond:
Red Diamond comes next in most expensive bathtub's list. It is ranked as eighth expensive one throughout the world. This deluxe tub was designed by Aldo Puglielli for Water games technologies. The price of this tub is $47,200. The list of features of this tub is very surprising. 18 karat silver gold nuggets having a mass of 42 grams are used in its creation. Among the other tub's features are two waterproofs HDTVs of 42 inches that remain hidden when not in use, massage function, a handheld shower element, multicolor lightening and Swarovski coated champagne holders.
7. Kallista Archeo Copper Bathtub:
Kallista Archeo Copper Bathtub comes next that is of worth importance and comes in the list of most expensive bathtubs. It is ranked as seventh expensive bathtub. The price of this tub is $67,557. It is handcrafted by the same people who were involved in reinstating the State of Liberty's torch. This tub is over 5 feet long and 2.5 feet wide, made of solid copper, spacious enough to accommodate anyone. It is accentuated with a fluted faucet and a hand held shower, featuring with a star fish engraved on the seashell knob.
6.Serenity Bathtub:
Serenity Bathtub is next in my list of top ten most expensive, classy and amazingly featured bathtubs. It is ranked as sixth expensive tub among all other in the world. The price of this tub is $76,658.40. When we talk about its shape then it is about 2 feet tall and has depth of approximately 8 inches. It is crafted from solid bronze with gold and silver accents. They were made not in a very great number but only a dozen of serenity bathtubs were made.
5. Baldi Amethyst Bathtub:
Top 5 Luxury Bathtubs in the World:
Baldi Amethyst Bathtub is the next one that I would like to discuss and it is ranked as fifth most expensive bathtub in the world. The price of this tub is $121,200. No doubt it is world's one of very expensive bathroom equipment because this amethyst beauty has 24 karat of gold legs which shows its uniqueness. The matching accessories i.e. lotion dispenser, tumbler and a soap dish comes with this tub. Amethyst was considered a rare gemstone.
4.Baldi Malachite Bathtub:
The next expensive one which is worth discussable over here is Baldi Malachite Bathtub. It is ranked as forth most classy as well as expensive tub which has gained worldwide popularity and fame. The price of this tub is $222,000. This tub is made from turquoise malachite by an Italian designer named Luca Bojola. It is also very amazingly featured tub as it is also set on 24 karat gold plated claw feet.
3. Golden Bathtub:
Golden Bathtub is also one of those bathtubs which are considered to be most expensive and are liked and appreciated by large number of people throughout the world. It is ranked as second most classy tub in the world. The price of this tub is $987,000. It is made of gold. This tub was main attraction for visitors in Japan's Kominato Hotel. This tub was opened for guest's use only few hours each day for security purpose. Its weight is about 176 pounds. This sparkling beauty was stolen back in 2007.
2. Baldi Rock Crystal Bathtub:
The next one which is going to be discussed here is Baldi Rock Crystal Bathtub. It is ranked as third most expensive bathtub in the world. The price of this tub is $790,310. Only 3 pieces of this kind of ultra- high end bathtubs were designed by Luca Bojoli. He designed these creations for an Italian interior firm, badli. Ten ton Amazonian crystal is used to crave these pieces. Tubs are fashioned with diamond cuts. The rough exteriors of these tubs enhance the natural beauty of rock which is used in their production. A Russian tycoon purchased one of the pieces for about $858,763 in 2008. The second tub was created for Harrods. The remaining piece was sold recently to a British socialite named Tamara Ecclestone for about $1,000,000 in 2011.
1. Le Grand Queen:
Which is the Most Expensive Bathtub?
Among all the expensive bathtubs which one is the most expensive tub? Le Grand Queen is top ranked expensive and luxurious tub. It was designed by Simon Krapf. The price of this classy tub is $1,700,000. Ten Ton of a rare gemstone "Caijou" is used to craft the tub in the shape of a "Bangka" or Indonesian canoe. The designer with his team of master stonemasons spent endless hours to complete this luxurious product. This top ranked bathtub was purchased by an anonymous buyer at Dubai International Jewelry Festival.
|Sr. No.
|Most Expensive Bathtub Names
|Le Grand Queen
|Baldi Rock Crystal
|Baldi Malachite
|Baldi Amethyst
|Kallista Archeo Copper
|Red Diamond
|The Diamond
|Le Cob Glass
This was all about top ten classy and best bathtubs in the world and they all are discussed here in a brief and concise manner. Although there is a huge number of this kind of luxurious tubs and it is very difficult to find top ten out of them still I believe that you will agree with this list. This article will really help out those who have no idea about this kind of equipment that can increase the beauty of their palace.


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The GOD Participle…
another view of the Higgs-boson, formerly known as the GOD Particle.
The GOD Participle? What the heck is that? I'll get to that in a moment, but I want to keep you guessing for now. Meanwhile, I'd like to take a look at the infamous 'GOD Particle'… Higgs-boson as it is known. I'm asking you to join me in an exploration of another perspective of possibility that is perhaps way outside the box.
First of all, let's look at what the Higgs-boson is reported to represent. Let's look at a few definitions from across the web. From the Free Dictionary:
A hypothetical, massive subatomic particle with zero electric charge. The Higgs boson is postulated to interact with other particles in such a way as to impart mass to them. It is predicted by the standard model, but has yet to be isolated experimentally. The Higgs boson is named after its discoverer, British theoretical physicist Peter Ware Higgs (born 1929).
Here's another interesting take from the Science – How It Works site:
Can't matter just inherently have mass without the Higgs-boson confusing things? Not according to the standard model. But physicists have found a solution. What if all particles have no inherent mass, but instead gain mass by passing through a field? This field, known as a Higgs field, could affect different particles in different ways. Photons could slide through unaffected, while W and Z bosons would get bogged down with mass. In fact, assuming the Higgs-boson exists, everything that has mass gets it by interacting with the all-powerful Higgs field, which occupies the entire universe. Like the other fields covered by the standard model, the Higgs one would need a carrier particle to affect other particles, and that particle is known as the Higgs boson.
Now, that might give you at least a partial working knowledge of what the excitement is all about for the 'discovery' of the particle. Here's the really interesting twist, though… There was no particle, but the 'decay' of which was determined to reveal the existence of the particle even though it was never 'seen.' I personally find the whole quantum physics perspective a little far-fetched. Science is supposed to be about hard facts and repeatable results. I'm fairly intelligent and it's hard for me to wrap my head around a field yielding a particle that transmits mass.
It reminds me of the discoveries at Los Alamos that revealed the scientists observing experiments actually had an effect on them. So thought seems to affect the process, but doesn't necessarily carry mass with it, unless it's just baggage from a belief system. 🙂 At any rate, it just seems counter-intuitive that matter or mass is transferred via some theoretical particle. Furthermore, it would seem even more preposterous that an explosion would produce any such particle.
That explosion was the result of ramming two protons together at near-light speed. These 'hadrons' theoretically fuse together when collided and form another even smaller particle, a remnant. It's like slamming two oranges together at breakneck speeds and having a fused seed as a result. That really makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? Perhaps it does. With all the technical jargon and mathematical equations, the analogy gets lost in the intellectual vocabulary that only scientists supposedly understand.
Okay, so now that we've made some progress regarding the 'understanding' of the Higgs-boson perhaps there is another explanation or even discovery that has gone unnoticed by the scientific community. It would seem that the lenses from which they are looking might be a little skewed or undervalued by 'what' they are look for instead of acknowledging what is really being 'seen' from simple observation. The discovery is just as magnificent, but may come as quite a surprise if they are willing to look.
Of course I could be totally wrong, but I think the logic will hold up at least for the purpose of sharing another possibility. Let's start with just the observation of the explosion. It is at a sub-atomic level. In the electromagnetic spectrum and according to M-Theory, there are multiple dimensions or layers of 'reality' as one might perceive. The notion seems to be consistent with all the layers of bandwidth and understanding of the various frequencies that have been associated with different types of 'rays' whether from a scientific point of view or from an 'ascended master' POV. The latter involved varies 'rays' of consciousness instead of electromagnetic notations. Both probably describe the same thing.
So, this explosion then may produce a rip in the fabric between said 'dimensions' or 'rays' that is observable as the 'decay' of the particle in question rather than indicating an actual particle. The 'decay' is perhaps the reverse or 'repair' of the rip instead. Rather than proving the 'particle' theory it may indeed prove that M-Theory is indeed true and yet unseen in this example because the eyes that were looking had a different spectacle in mind. Like I said, it may not be true. However, I think it at least is worthy of some further consideration.
Alright, I mentioned the GOD Participle earlier in reference to the discovery. (I just have to share that there has been an appearance of a hummingbird several times outside my window as I've been writing this, peering in on me as it were. I have not noticed such an appearance to date.) What is the GOD Participle? If you are an educator, especially an English teacher, then you'll remember the definition of a participle:
a word formed from a verb (e.g., going, gone, being, been ) and used as an adjective (e.g., working woman, burned toast ) or a noun (e.g., good breeding ). In English, participles are also used to make compound verb forms (e.g., is going, has been ).
The definition gives away the answer. It's quite simply the most elegant word in the English language, too. In order to observe the process of how I came up with the perspective that allowed me to present an alternative view of the Higgs-boson notion I had to be in a particular place. In the presentation of this place across a plethora of fields it is simply known as…. BEING. That is the GOD Participle. Perhaps you can explore it further on your own. I'll be writing about it more in an upcoming book by the same title.
Like the separation of people that religion promotes, scientific perspectives are no different. It would be amazing to witness great minds step back and consider the possibilities their discoveries may indeed provide for mankind's evolution toward harmony among people and planet. Thanks allowing me to rent space in your head for bit. I hope you found value in the duration of our shared space.


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Women Up To No Good
The Women Up To No Good series are anthologies of dark fiction by marginalized voices—primarily women and authors of marginalized sex and gender identities, and we additionally strive for diversity in race, national origin, sexual orientation, and ability.
Our contributors include a wide range of up-and-coming and established horror and speculative fiction writers, including L. Timmel Duchamp, Chikodili Emelumadu, Nisi Shawl, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Catherynne M. Valente, and Alyssa Wong.
Our writers also span the globe, based in or hailing from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, the Philippines, Singapore, and all over the United States. We also include two stories in translation, one by Argentine author Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría and the other by Galician writer and poet Estíbaliz Espinosa.
Between them, they have won the Aeronautilus, Andre Norton, Encouragement, Eugie Foster Memorial, Fresh Voices, Hugo, Lambda, Locus, Mythopoeic, Nebula, Prix Imaginales, Rhysling, Tiptree, and World Fantasy Awards, and been shortlisted for the Bram Stoker, Ignotus, and Shirley Jackson Awards as well as numerous others!
Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up To No Good and Sharp & Sugar Tooth: Women Up To No Good are edited by Joanne Merriam and Octavia Cade respectively. Broad Knowledge examines the difference between information and wisdom, and Sharp & Sugar Tooth explores consumption and being consumed. Both anthologies seek to find ways out of horror, abuse, and self-doubt, and to learn to fight and to make friends in the dark.
The first in this series, Choose Wisely: 35 Women Up To No Good, was praised as "a welcome antidote to the conventional world of women's fiction" by Best New Fiction and "a stellar collection of high caliber writing" by InDigest, and was nominated for a This Is Horror Award.
We're raising money to be able to pay the authors in Broad Knowledge and Sharp & Sugar Tooth professional rates, and to properly promote the anthologies so they get the attention they deserve! Our hope is to get the series on a solid enough footing that sales of the books will support future anthologies.
About the Books
We'll be posting daily features on our writers and stories, but here are a few details:
Broad Knowledge Table of Contents
- "She Falls" (original) is by Toronto's Charlotte Ashley (@CharlotteAshley), who is a writer, editor, bookseller, and nominee for the Aurora and Sunburst Awards. Her short stories have been in F&SF, Clockwork Canada, Luna Station Quarterly, Kaleidotrope, PodCastle, and elsewhere.
- "Clara Vox" (original) is by R. S. Benedict, whose work has appeared in Unicorn Booty and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
- "First mouse model of Innsmouth Fish-man Syndrome draft 2 USE THIS VERSION – edits by MK.doc" (original) is by Megan Chaudhuri, a toxicologist by training and a writer by inclination, whose fiction has appeared in Analog, Crossed Genres, GigaNotoSaurus, and other venues.
- "Flowers for Dogman" (original) is by Autumn Christian (@teachrobotslove), who lives in the dark woods with poisonous blue flowers in her backyard and a black deer skull on her wall. She wrote Ecstatic Inferno and The Crooked God Machine.
- "Blushing Blue" (original) is by Filipina Vida Cruz (@laviecestmoi). Previously a journalist, she writes children's storybooks that teach the English language as well as fiction which has appeared in Expanded Horizons, Lontar: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction, Philippine Speculative Fiction, and the anthology Phantazein.
- "The Visitations of Seraphim by Biblical Scholar Father Anthony Maguire" (original) is by Sarina Dorie, who has sold about 100 short stories to places like Cosmos, Daily Science Fiction, and Sword and Laser. She's also written the steampunk romance series The Memory Thief and the collections Fairies, Robots and Unicorns—Oh My! and Ghosts, Werewolves and Zombies—Oh My!
- L. Timmel Duchamp's recent writing includes The Waterdancer's World and Never at Home. Her five-novel Marq'ssan Cycle series was awarded a Special Honor by the 2009 James Tiptree, Jr. Award jury, and she won the 2017 World Fantasy Special Award—Professional for her work with Aqueduct Press. Her "The Forbidden Words of Margaret A." was first published in Pulphouse 8 and also appeared in The Women Who Walk Through Fire. (You can read it at her website.)
- Estíbaliz Espinosa has published seven poetry books, short stories about scientific women, and some books of poetry translation. ":: 23 commuter line chromosomes ::," first published in Galician in her collection Curiosidade, appears here in its first appearance in English, translated by the author.
- "Five Meters Ahead, Two Centuries Away" (original) is by A.T. Greenblatt (@AtGreenblatt), a mechanical engineer by day and a writer by night. Her work is forthcoming or has appeared in Strange Horizons, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Mothership Zeta, and elsewhere.
- "The Cold Waters of Europa" (original) is by Claudine Griggs, the Writing Center Director at Rhode Island College. She is the author of Journal of a Sex Change: Passage through Trinidad, S/he: Changing Sex and Changing Clothes (Dress, Body, Culture), and numerous short stories which have appeared in Escape Pod, Lightspeed, Baen Books' Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction, and elsewhere.
- "Your Life Will Look Perfect From Afar" (original) is by Audrey R. Hollis (@audreyrhollis), a writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has been in several publications, including Leading Edge, Lunch Ticket, and Autostraddle.
- "Taking It Back" (original) is by Joanna Michal Hoyt, whose fiction has appeared in publications including Crossed Genres, Daily Science Fiction, and Mysterion.
- "Election Season" (original) is by Canadian Rebecca Jones-Howe, the author of the short story collection Vile Men. Her work has been published in [PANK], Punchnel's, and Pulp Modern, among others.
- "Like I Need a Hole in the Head" (original) is by Maggie Maxwell (@wanderingquille). She has neither pets nor superpowers, so she writes about both to make up for it.
- "Make Pretty" (original) is by Rati Mehrotra. Born and raised in India, she makes her home in Toronto. Her first book, Markswoman, was published in January. Her stories have been in Apex Magazine, AE - The Canadian Science Fiction Review, Urban Fantasy Magazine, Podcastle, and many more.
- "Liquid Glass" (original) is by Argentine author Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría (@TeresaPME). Her novelette, Memory, is also available from Upper Rubber Boot Books (in a translation into English by Lawrence Schimel, who also translated "Liquid Glass"), and was a finalist for the Spanish national science fiction award, the Ignotus.
- "Below the Kirk, Below the Hill" (original) is by Premee Mohamed (@premeesaurus), an Indo-Caribbean scientist based in Canada. Her speculative fiction has been published by Nightmare, Martian Migraine Press, Innsmouth Free Press, and many others.
- "Maidens of the Sea" (original) is by Wendy Nikel, whose fiction has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Nature: Futures, and elsewhere.
- "Frankenstein Sonata" (original) is by author and translator Julie Nováková (@Julianne_SF). She has published short fiction in Clarkesworld, Asimov's, and Analog, and has received the Encouragement Award of the European science fiction and fantasy society, and the Aeronautilus Award for the best Czech short story of 2014 and 2015, and for the best novel of 2015.
- "Matched Set" (original) is by Aimee Ogden (@Aimee_Ogden), who has been a science teacher and a software tester. Now she writes stories about sad astronauts and angry princesses. Her work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, The Sockdolager, and Shimmer.
- "Viva La Muñeca" (original) is by Perla Palacios, a Latinx writer of speculative short fiction.
- "Three Days, Two Nights" (original) is by Therese Pieczynski. She has published in Asimov's, Daily Science Fiction, River City, the anthology Imagination Fully Dilated, and with Nancy Kress in New Under The Sun.
- "Mary in the Looking Glass" (original) is by Laura E. Price. Her work has appeared in On Spec, Strange Horizons, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, GigaNotoSaurus, Penumbra eMag, and Betwixt.
- "The Red" (original) is by Clarice Radrick, whose work can be found in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Spellbound, Haiku of the Dead, Under the Juniper Tree, Inchoate Echoes, and elsewhere.
- Nisi Shawl wrote the Belgian Congo steampunk novel Everfair, co-authored Writing the Other: A Practical Approach, and co-edited Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler and Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany. Her story collection Filter House co-won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 2009 and was nominated for that year's World Fantasy Award. Her "Street Worm" was first published in Streets of Shadows, and also appeared in Street Magicks. (You can read its sequel, "Queen of Dirt," at Apex Magazine.)
- "The Donor" (original) is by Tabitha Sin, whose writing has been in Dear Robot: An Anthology of Epistolary Science Fiction, Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction, and elsewhere.
- Angela Slatter wrote the urban fantasy novels Vigil and Corpselight, as well as eight short story collections. She has won a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, a Ditmar, and six Aurealis Awards. Her "The Song of Sighs" was first published in Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth and also appeared in New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird.
- "Sunbasker" (original) is by D.A. Xiaolin Spires (@spireswriter). She takes trips to East and Southeast Asia to influence her writing and leave her craving durian, fermented foods and copious amounts of wonder that fuel her body, spirit and imagination.
- "Tidal Bloom" (original) is by Priya Sridhar, the author of Carousel, whose work has also appeared in Aurora Wolf, Drabbler Harvest, and Indian SF.
- "Blood Sausage" (original) is by freelance writer and editor Jae Steinbacher (@JaeSteinbacher). She is a graduate of North Carolina State University's MFA in Fiction program, and of the 2014 Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her stories have been published in Terraform, Escape Pod, and PodCastle.
- Sonya Taaffe's short fiction and poetry can be found, amongst other places, in her Ghost Signs (Aqueduct Press) and in the anthologies The Museum of All Things Awesome and That Go Boom, Genius Loci, and An Alphabet of Embers: An Anthology of Unclassifiables. Her "Like Milkweed" first appeared in Not One of Us #52.
- "Profanity" (original) is by Liz Ulin, who won the 2014 Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition, and was a finalist in The Canadian Authors Association Short Story Competition.
- "Infinite Boyfriends" (original) is by Marie Vibbert, whose work regularly appears in Analog and other top markets. Her short story "Keep Talking" won Apex Magazine's Story of the Year.
- "Think, Baby Turtle" (original) is by Mingzhao Xu, who immigrated to the United States from China as a child, and now lives in California.
- "The Ladies in the Moon" (original) is by Xin Niu Zhang, who was born in Shanghai, grew up in Toronto, and is currently studying at the University of Waterloo.
- Editor Joanne Merriam is an immigrant to Nashville from Nova Scotia, whose writing has appeared in The Glaze from Breaking (Stride, 2005), and in dozens of magazines and journals, including Asimov's Science Fiction, The Fiddlehead, The Journal of Unlikely Entomology, Pank, and Strange Horizons. She runs Upper Rubber Boot Books, administers Small Press Week, volunteers for Postcards to Voters and More Than Medicine, and runs a surgical fellowship and the lives of four oncologists for a local hospital.
Sharp & Sugar Tooth
- "The Doll's Eye" (original) is by Kathleen Alcalá (@katkat_alcala), the author of six books of fiction and nonfiction, from a collection of magical realism called Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist, to The Deepest Roots: Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island.
- "And When We Die They Will Consume Us" (original) is by Betsy Aoki. This is her first speculative fiction publication, though her poems have appeared in Uncanny, Southern Humanities Review, Hunger Mountain, and Calyx, among others.
- "Dear Son" (original) is by Singaporean Joyce Chng. Her fiction has appeared in The Apex Book of World SF II, We See A Different Frontier, Cranky Ladies of History, and Accessing The Future. Joyce also co-edited THE SEA IS OURS: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia with Jaymee Goh. Her alter-ego is J. Damask.
- "Gimme Sugar" (original) by Katharine E. K. Duckett, whose stories have appeared in Apex and Interzone, and been reprinted in Wilde Stories 2015 and The Best of Apex: Volume I. She works in publishing and lives in Brooklyn with her wife.
- "The Fool's Feast" (original) is by Iranian-Canadian Anahita Eftekhari (@AnahitaEfte). She has a background in genetics and half a decade of experience teaching ESL in Asia and Europe.
- Chikodili Emelumadu is a Nigerian writer currently residing in Cambridge, MA. Her work has been published in Eclectica, One Throne, Omenana and various other magazines and anthologies. Her "Candy Girl" first appeared in Apex Magazine and was nominated for the Shirley Jackson prize.
- "She Makes the Deep Boil" (original) is by Minnesotan Amelia Gorman (@gorman_ghast). Her other monstrous-themed writing appears in the Lovecraftian anthology She Walks in Shadows, and her poetry in Liminality Magazine, Star*Line, and Eternal Haunted Summer.
- "What the Bees Know About Discarded Girlish Organs" (original) is by Jasmyne J. Harris, who lives in Washington, DC. Her work is forthcoming in Bayou Magazine.
- "Strong Meat" (original) is by archivist, historian, and librarian A. R. Henle.
- Crystal Lynn Hilbert lives in the forgotten backwaters of Western Pennsylvania. Her latest stories appear in Betwixt Magazine. Her "Soul of Soup Bones" was first published in Apex Magazine in June 2014.
- "A Year Without the Taste of Meat" (original) is by Erin Horáková, a southern American writer who lives in London. She's working towards her literature PhD, which focuses on how charm evolves over time.
- "The Honey Witch" (original) is by Kathryn McMahon (@katoscope), an American writer living abroad with her British wife and dog. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Baltimore Review, Crack the Spine, and Necessary Fiction, among others.
- "I Eat" (original) is by H. Pueyo (@argiopidae), a South American writer living in Brazil who writes short stories and comics in both English and Portuguese.
- "Bristling Skim" (original) is by D.A. Xiaolin Spires (@spireswriter) who stares at skies and wonders what there is to eat out there in the cosmos.
- "Alice Underground" (original) is by Rachael Sterling, who lives in sunny Santa Monica, California, teaching music to preschoolers most mornings and writing most afternoons. You can find her talking about books on YouTube under the name Rae Sterling.
- "Red, From the Heartwood" (original) is by Penny Stirling (@numbathyal), who edits and embroiders in Western Australia. Their speculative fiction and poetry can be found in Lackington's, Interfictions, Strange Horizons, and other venues.
- Catherynne M. Valente is the New York Times bestselling author of over two dozen works of fiction and poetry, including Space Opera, the Orphan's Tales series, and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. She is the winner of the Andre Norton, Eugie Foster Memorial, Hugo, Lambda, Locus, Mythopoeic, Prix Imaginales, Rhysling, Romantic Times' Critics Choice, and Tiptree awards. Her "The Lily and the Horn" was first published in Fantasy Magazine's 2015 Queers Destroy Fantasy! issue.
- "A Fish Tale" (original) is by Sabrina Vourvoulias, the author of Ink, which was named to Latinidad's Best Books of 2012. Her fiction can be found in Uncanny, Tor.com, Strange Horizons, and Crossed Genres.
- Damien Angelica Walters (@DamienAWalters) wrote Sing Me Your Scars, Paper Tigers, and Cry Your Way Home. Her short fiction has been nominated twice for a Bram Stoker Award and reprinted in The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror and The Year's Best Weird Fiction. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two rescued pit bulls. Her "A Lie You Give, And Thus I Take" was first published in Lightspeed in December 2014.
- "Who Watches" (original) is by Wellington-based Rem Wigmore (@faewriter), who also published under Summer Wigmore. Their first novel The Wind City was published in 2013 by Steam Press and they had a short story in the 2016 At the Edge anthology.
- Alyssa Wong (@crashwong) was a finalist for the 2016 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Locus Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. Her "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" was first published in the 2015 Queers Destroy Horror! issue of Nightmare, and won the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction.
- Caroline M. Yoachim has written dozens of short stories, appearing in Asimov's, Clarkesworld, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, and her short story collection, Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories. Her "The Carnival Was Eaten, All Except the Clown" was first published in Electric Velocipede in 2013 and was featured in The Drabblecast.
Editor Octavia Cade (@OJCade) is a New Zealand writer with a PhD in science communication and a particular interest in science history and marine studies. She has most recently been researching the reproductive strategies of Zostera muelleri seagrass. She has had around 30 short stories published, in places like Clarkesworld, Asimov's, and Apex Magazine, amongst others. Her poetry collection on the periodic table, Chemical Letters, was published by Popcorn Press and her novellas have been published by Masque Books, Paper Road Press, and The Book Smugglers. She has been nominated for BSFA and Elgin awards, and has won three Sir Julius Vogels – twice for best novella (The Ghost of Matter and The Convergence of Fairy Tales) and once for best fan writing, for a series of columns on food and horror, which became Food and Horror: Essays on Ravenous Souls, Toothsome Monsters, and Vicious Cravings (Book Smugglers, 2017). .
How We'll Spend the Money
These are our expenses (much more than we're asking for, since we plan to eat some of these costs):
- $7,885: payments to the 35 Broad Knowledge authors
- $5,375: payments to the 22 Sharp & Sugar Tooth authors
- $400: three-month title listing for both books at NetGalley (review website)
- $900 (approx): Kickstarter keeps 5% of the total raised, and Stripe keeps another 3-5% for credit card fulfillment
Any extra funds, if we should be so fortunate as to get them, will be used for: the additional costs of sending out additional rewards, additional promotion, and especially for future books in the series.
How Kickstarter Works
Kickstarter allows you to fund the creation of things that don't exist yet. In return for your pledge, you get to choose a reward. When you pledge, Kickstarter sends you to Stripe to record your donation, but they don't bill you until the project reaches its end date. You can modify or cancel your pledge until the end date.
At the end of the campaign, I'll send you a survey (to the email address you give Kickstarter) for the information to get your pledge rewards to you. If you get a book as a gift, that's where you can give me contact info for the giftee—so, when you check out, give Stripe your own address so they aren't confused about who they're billing.
Risks and challenges
These will be Upper Rubber Boot Books' 7th and 8th anthologies (and 21st and 22nd titles). This kickstarter will allow us to defray upfront costs, which frees up funds to pay for promotion and to do print runs for each title with a local printer (which saves us money and directs more funds to local economies and away from behemoths like Amazon).
Despite our best planning, problems may crop up: printing delays, tornadoes, ghouls, alien invasion. Short of a major catastrophe, though, we should be alright.
No matter what, we'll keep you updated on our progress and challenges.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Between September and December 2009 the IASB conducted a first round of targeted field work which was summarised in the Targeted Field work Results. The Board considered the results from the field work when it developed the Exposure Draft (ED) Insurance Contracts.
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A document summarises the results and observations arising from the field work Round III.
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Spring is in full bloom in Napa Valley and many people are planning their vacation and looking for things to do other than just visiting wineries. With so many family and friends visiting us at Croze we have complied a list of the top 5 excursions and surprises that will become great memories of your visit to the valley.
1. Enjoy the outdoors! Not only is Napa a great place to grow grapes it is wonderful place to hike, bike or kayak. Hike the Robert Louis Stevenson state park to the highest peak in California Wine Country.The hike is a ten-mile round trip and spans the summit of Mt. St. Helena. Bike the Nichelini Loop a 30 mile intermediate ride that includes a nice mix of short climbs, rolling hills and beautiful scenery. Rent a bike at Napa Valley Bike Tours & Rentals and pick up a map. Kayaking is a great way to get away from the hustle and bustle that occurs during peak season in Napa Valley. There are several guided tours to choose from when kayaking in Napa. Take a trip to get some exercise, bird watch or catch some sunshine but make sure to check on times as they vary with the tide.
2. Eat at the many great restaurants! There are so many great restaurants to choose from how does one know where to start? We have picked out a couple hidden gems that might be a little of the beaten path. The first spot is Chiccio's in Yountville. This small Italian flavored restaurant is owned by Frank Altamura and family of Altamura Winery. The menu is tightly crafted around pizzas from their wood-fire oven and using the freshest local ingredients. Don't forget to order a Frank's Negroni! For Sunday brunch you must drop in to Soscol Café and don't let the looks fool you. The food is great as the Sunday morning lines can attest so get there early. No trip to Napa is complete without the huevos rancheros and a breakfast burrito.
3. Relax! You came on vacation and with all the fun and exciting things to do sometimes visitors forget to relax and Napa Valley is the perfect place to do just that. The first place to begin a relaxing day would be Calistoga, which is known as one of the best spa destinations in the world with its rich tradition of mud baths. What is a mud bath? About 8 million years ago, give or take a few, Mt. Konocti erupted spraying volcanic ash in the area, the ground cracked as well allowing geysers and hot springs to form. The local spas bring in the ash everyday and add it to boiling local spring water and add in peat moss to make the mixture soft to the skin and many other choice ingredients such as lavender for the smell. Generally the process goes-12-15 mins in the 100 degree mud bath while drinking ice-cold spring water. The muddy mixture is more warm than hot and unbelievably relaxing. Next you will clean off, take a mineral whirlpool bath, enjoy a steam room session and finally finish with a blanket wrap to let your body cool off slowly. Each spa has their own wrinkle to the process but it generally lasts about 1.5 hours. The second best way to relax in the valley is to have a picnic in one of the many parks. The abundance of great cheese and charcuterie at the many local shops makes it easy to throw a wonderful picnic. Local city and state parks abound all throughout the valley so much so that there are too many to list but some of the best parks are in Yountville, just take a stroll through the town and grab a picnic table you like.
4. Shop & Stroll. No trip to Napa would not be complete with a walk through the quaint town of St. Helena. The majority of shops are in the historic two square blocks of downtown main street. Yes just two square blocks are filled with authentic, one of a kind shops and items that are made by the local shop keepers and local artists. Jewelry, clothing and the perfect gift to take home will be found hidden in these neat little shops. Don't forget to visit Sunshine Foods as it is one of the Valley's best grocery stores and places to stock up for your picnic. Try the feta orzo pasta salad, you'll thank us later. Downtown Napa is on the come back from last August's earthquake and there are an abundance of great shops and restaurants. Some great spots to stop in include the Napa General Store as they have everything including a great river view, Alice's Napa Vintage Market and Napa Cigars with a great selection of cigars and a smoking lounge. No trip to Napa would not be complete without a stop at Oxbow Market. Great artisanal and local foods abound in this local gathering spot. Some of the best oysters, cheeses and oils are all under one roof.
5. Beer, yes beer. With over 500 breweries in the state some of the best breweries in the country are just a short drive from Napa. Lagunitas is one of our favorite microbreweries and it just about a 30 minute drive to Petaluma. Lagunitas boasts a list of 9 year round brews as well as 9 seasonal options as well. There is an outdoor café serving food, daily tours (check schedule) and live music. Plan for a two to three hour visit at Lagunitas to enjoy flights of beer, have lunch and take a tour. Lastly, and we saved the best for last, Russian River Brewing in Santa Rosa. First, they brew Pliny The Elder, generally the highest rated beers brewed in the US and often the hardest to obtain. Second, the brew pub serves great food, the pizza is always a standout. Lastly, they brew Pliny the Elder! Get there early as it often takes over an hour to get in and all of the Pliny is gone for the day.
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… ever do for Catalonia?
Earlier in my posts about Barcelona I mentioned that the development of the city really began with the arrival of the Romans who developed a great port here and laid the foundations for the prosperous metropolis that was to spread inland. So is this a city with Roman sites to rival those of Italy? Well no. It doesn't come close as far as I could see on my visit.
In most conurbations the medieval city might be a good place to find evidence of Roman structures that had been developed and built upon, or perhaps incorporated into the city walls, yet in Barcelona this didn't seem to be the case. Now I'm no Mary Beard, so might well have overlooked some vital evidence, but in the Gothic Quarter there is medieval design aplenty but very little that pre-dates this. I suspect Medieval Catalonians may well have been recycling enthusiasts.
In Plaça Nova, not far from the Cathedral lay a stretch of Roman masonry which was my first discovery. Perhaps "stretch" is stretching a point. There's a single arch, though view it from the other side and you can see two. Any Monty Python aficionado should recognise its purpose; the famous exchange from Life of Brian that answers the question "What have Romans given us?" results in a long list of achievements. A list that begins with "an aqueduct". For those of us who take clean drinking water and sanitation for granted this might not seem much, but it's transformative power made being part of the empire a more attractive option than simple subjugation.
Behind the cathedral I found my second structure. Along the narrow alleyway of Calle Paradis and down a few well-worn steps I found the Temple of Augustus; the very heart of the Roman City. This structure wasn't only dedicated to Rome's first true emperor who had been elevated to the status of god, it was also the site of the Forum in the city so would have been impressive and imposing, and in a limited sort of way it still is. Only a podium and four tall columns in the Corinthian style remain, but finding them "indoors" was quite a surprise. The rest of the temple has gone and its surrounding gardens incorporated into the cathedral complex.
Reg: All right… all right… but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order… what have the Romans done for us?
Xerxes: Brought peace!
The Romans may have done a lot, but over the centuries it seems that their beneficiaries were less than grateful.


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