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US regulators were yesterday to approve a rule to rein in risky trading by banks, a crucial part of their efforts to reform Wall Street and prevent another taxpayer bailout.
The Volcker rule, named after former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, who championed the reform, prohibits banks from betting on financial markets with their own money, a practice known as proprietary trading.
The rule, which has now mushroomed into 800 pages, also bars them from owning more than 3 percent of hedge funds or private equity funds.
The final version of the crackdown is expected to be tougher than when it was proposed two years ago, after JPMorgan Chase & Co's US$6 billion loss last year — nicknamed the London Whale after the bank's huge positions — highlighted the perils of speculative trading.
Banks worry the rule will erode profits, and make it harder to engage in businesses that are exempt under the law such as hedging against market risks, facilitating client trading — or market-making — and security underwriting.
"The challenge is to prevent the impermissible activities, while promoting the underwriting, the market making, everything that everyone regards as important to financial markets," Deloitte & Touche partner Robert Maxant said.
The rule is one of the most hotly debated parts of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform act, aimed at preventing the taxpayer bailouts of large investment banks that happened during the 2007 to 2009 credit collapse.
The three US bank regulators, as well as the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, were to unveil details of the final rule at 9:30am.
They are then expected to adopt the rule later in the day, although some officials are expected to dissent to the way the rule is crafted.
The rule could cost the largest investment banks billions in revenues, and banks will particularly focus on how strict the requirements are for them to prove that any risky positions they take on are on behalf of clients.
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Separately, Europe is seeking to agree by year-end on how to close failing banks, part of an ambitious plan to create a single banking framework and fix broken lenders whose problems have festered since the financial crisis.
The main issues are: Who decides and who pays?
Under pressure to strike a deal before an EU summit next week, eurozone finance ministers tried to resolve differences on the first of two days of talks on Monday.
Despite ministers' optimism for a deal yesterday, when EU counterparts from outside the eurozone were to join the talks, Germany remained opposed to any scheme that would allow the use of the bloc's rescue fund.
Creating an agency to close eurozone banks, as well as a fund to pay for the clean-up, would mark a deepening of integration of the 17 nations sharing the euro.
However, it raises complex questions of sovereignty and who will foot the bill.
A banking union, involving a single bank supervisor for the bloc and an "executioner" to close banks, is the most ambitious project launched since the region's debt crisis and is designed to provide a stronger underpinning to the single currency.
"There's a chance [of a deal]. It will be a lot of work," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said.
However, a German official rejected a eurozone proposal that would allow the eurozone's bailout fund, the European Stability Fund, to lend and help finance the cost of any future bank clean-ups.
Irish Minister of Finance Michael Noonan, arriving in Brussels, said there were still "wide differences," while Dutch Minister of Finance Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who chairs the gatherings of eurozone ministers, said he was ready to call further meetings next week to reach a deal.
In search of a compromise, ministers from the biggest eurozone economies — Germany, France, Italy and Spain — met in Berlin last week, although details of progress were unclear.


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The file contains two copies of a single student paper submitted to Gregory Kealey on April 2, 1979, by a student by the name of J. Lynn McInnes. The paper is a historical essay written about Nova Scotia Textiles Limited.
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The BrightlandsBy Creighton Broadhurst, Paul Looby, Stuart Kerrigan
The Palace of Shattados, Last Sorcerer King of Sulm
The exact location of this once opulent, white-walled palace is now lost. Thought to stand on the flanks of the Uplands of Unath somewhere north of Sulm's sand-drowned capital, Utaa, in ancient times it served as the summer residence of Sulm's rulers.
Little of the extensive and luxurious palace remains above the sifting sands of the Bright. Shattered stumps of once graceful towers jut forlornly above the dunes, marking the site of Sulm's greatest folly. Once clad in pure white marble chosen for its reflective properties, time and the relentless action of the sand have taken their toll. At the zenith of its glory, the palace was famed for its ostentatious ornamentation – tributes offered by Sulm's vanquished foes. Walls were inlaid with gold, silver and even platinum and adorned with extensive and intricate bas relief carvings depicting dead rulers and glorious episodes from the nation's history. On the orders of the sorcerer kings, special chambers within the palace complex were set aside for now unknown rites. The walls, floors and ceilings of these strange chambers were clad in vividly coloured semi-precious stones quarried from mines long since lost. The significance of these colours is now unknown however, it is a matter of considerable conjecture amongst the few learned scribes aware of their existence.
The surviving upper level is set about a broad processional arcade, off which many large, vaulted chambers lie. Below ground, the palace's ancient storage chambers, passages, cells and cisterns form a bewildering sunless labyrinth said to connect with Under-Oerth itself. Ironically, this is one of the few places in the Bright Desert where water still flows. A spring, said to date back to the time of the palace's construction, still seeps through the bedrock, offering some small succour to those exploring the subterranean levels. The whole complex teems with scorpions of all sizes and manscorpions are also encountered here in great numbers. All manner of undead have also been reported to lurk in the lower levels – faded remnants of those unfortunates incarcerated here when Sulm met her doom.
Several bands of adventurers have sought the fabled wealth said to lie buried within the palace vaults. Few have returned and, with the recent rise of The Traitor, access to the site has been all but severed. Others have sought the ruins for more altruistic purposes. The paladin, Anderann Parquann, a devotee of Pelor, led a band of powerful individuals here in 573 CY, to cleanse the evil rumoured to lurk within the ruins. Of his company only he survived, his mind shattered by what he saw. Before he died, his ravings were recorded by the nomads who found him wandering in a delirium close to Kolum Oasis. He spoke of a giant scorpion possessing human intelligence and bearing a fearsome mien, a great scorpion-shaped crown wrought from a single piece of black iron, an altar on which his screaming comrades were sacrificed and evil so pervasive that it seemed to emanate from the very stones themselves.
Geshtai's Spring
Hidden deep in the interior of the Bright Desert, this verdant oasis is famed for the lush vegetation that grows thickly about its single spring-fed pool of pure water. The pool and its spring are said to have never failed, even in the severest droughts. Tales preserved in the oral traditions of the Flan nomads of the Bright have it that the goddess Geshtai herself created this sanctuary to save a small band of Baklunish slaves brought here after the Twin Cataclysms by their Suel masters. During the fighting between native Flan tribes and the Suel invaders, the slaves won free and beseeched Geshtai to aid them. The legends relate how a creature of pure, simmering water led the Bakluni to a hidden valley wherein the goddess appeared to them and created the bountiful paradise seen today. The Bakluni settled there but have long-since died out. Only the fruits of Geshtai's mercy have endured.
More reminiscent of a tropical jungle than a desert oasis, towering vine-shrouded trees provide cool shade and welcome relief from the heat of the day. Beneath the canopy, abundant vegetation yields up uniformly succulent fruits that are occasionally harvested by the brajals (druids) of the Flan tribes. The Flan tribes consider the oasis holy ground and, although they do not venerate the Daughter of the Oasis, they do not suffer the trespass of outsiders here. The Flan hold this place sacred with good reason, for magic undeniably flows within the waters of the spring. Those drinking from the spring report that the waters bestow magical effects upon the drinker. However, any outlander caught drinking from the spring is mercilessly hunted down and staked out to die of thirst in the desert. Rary is no doubt aware of the legends pertaining to the spring's magical properties. So far, however, he has not sought to publicly violate the sanctity of the oasis, perhaps fearing that to do so would jeopardise the loyal service of the desert tribes.
Footnote: This web article details additional information regarding two famed locales of the Bright Desert beyond those explored in articles appearing in the Living Greyhawk Journal issues 21 and 22. Both locales originally saw print in Rary the Traitor. Additional information regarding the Bright Desert can be found in the following publications and articles:
Greyhawk Adventures by James M. Ward [The Pits of Azak-Zil, pages 91-92].
WGR 3 Rary the Traitor by Anthony Pryor.
Scouring the Lands of the Traitor: Into the Bright Desert by Creighton Broadhurst [Living Greyhawk Journal 21 included in Dungeon 98].
Denizens of the Bright Desert by Creighton Broadhurst [Living Greyhawk Journal 22, included in Dungeon 103].


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Leave it to the "The Daily Show" to capture the absurdity of this injustice that's shaken America.
Many people do not see the injustice here. Maybe if you share this, "The Daily Show" can help change that?


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Effectiveness of a comprehensive hand hygiene program for reduction of infection rates in a long-term care facility
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Results: Infection rates for LRTIs were reduced from 0.97 to 0.53 infections per 1,000 resident-days (P = .01) following the intervention, a statistically significant decline. Infection rates for SSTIs were reduced from 0.30 to 0.25 infections per 1,000 resident-days (P = .65). A 54% compliance rate was observed among HCP.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that the use of alcohol-based hand rubs, as part of a comprehensive hand hygiene program for HCP and residents, can decrease infection rates in LTCFs.
Reference: AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control. January 2013. Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 39-44. Steven J. Schweon, RN, MPH, MSN, CIC, HEM; Sarah L. Edmonds, MS, Jane Kirk, MSN, RN, CIC, Douglas Y. Rowland, PhD, Carmen Acosta, RN, BSN
The impact of alcohol hand sanitizer use on infection rates in an extended care facility.
Results: The primary infection types found were urinary tract with Foley catheter, respiratory tract, and wound infections. Comparison of the infection types and rates for the units where hand sanitizer was used with those for the control units where the hand sanitizer was not used showed a 30.4% decrease in infection rates for the 34-month period in the units where hand sanitizer was used.
Conclusion: This study indicates that use of an alcohol gel hand sanitizer can decrease infection rates and provide an additional tool for an effective infection control program.
Reference: AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control. 30(4):226-233, June 2002. Fendler, E. J. PhD a; Ali, Y. PhD a; Hammond, B. S. a; Lyons, M. K. BSN, RN b; Kelley, M. B. CRRN b; Vowell, N. A. RN b
Efficacy of Novel Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Products at Typical In-Use Volumes
Abstract: In vivo efficacies of 2 alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) products (gel and foam) were evaluated at a volume of 1.1 mL. Both met US Food and Drug Administration log10 reduction requirements after a single application and 10 consecutive applications. This is the first study to identify ABHR formulations capable of meeting efficacy requirements with a single-dispenser actuation.
Reference: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 34, No. 3 (March 2013), pp. 299-301.
David R. Macinga, PhD, Sarah L. Edmonds, MS, Esther Campbell, BS, David J. Shumaker, BS, James W. Arbogast, PhD
Comparative efficacy of commercially available alcohol-based hand rubs and World Health Organization-recommended hand rubs: Formulation matters
Results: The novel ABHR formulations met efficacy requirements for both HCPHW and EN 1500 when tested at application volumes typically used in these methods. Moreover, these formulations met HCPHW requirements when tested at a more realistic 2-mL product application. In contrast, the commercial ABHRs and World Health Organization formulations failed to meet HCPHW requirements using a 2-mL application. Importantly, product performance did not correlate with alcohol concentration.
Conclusion: Product formulation can greatly influence the overall antimicrobial efficacy of ABHRs and is a more important factor than alcohol concentration alone. Two novel ABHRs based on 70% ethanol have been formulated to meet global efficacy standards when tested at volumes more representative of normal product use in health care environments.
Reference: AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control. August 2012. Volume 40, Issue 6, Pages 521-525. Sarah L. Edmonds, MS, David R. Macinga, PhD, Patricia Mays-Suko, BS, Collette Duley, BS, Joseph Rutter, BS, William R. Jarvis, MD, James W. Arbogast, PhD. Published Online: January 24, 2012
The relative influences of product volume, delivery format and alcohol concentration on dry-time and efficacy of alcohol-based hand rubs
Results: Volumes of six ABHR determined to rub dry in 30 s ranged from 1.7 mL to 2.1 mL, and the rate of drying varied significantly between products. ABHR dry-times increased linearly with application volume and decreased
linearly with increasing alcohol concentration, but were not significantly influenced by product format. An ABHR foam
(70% EtOH), rinse (80% EtOH), and gel (90% EtOH) each met EN 1500 efficacy requirements when tested at a volume of 3 mL, but failed when tested at volumes that dried in 30 s.HCP.
Conclusion: Application volume is the primary driver of ABHR dry-time and efficacy, whereas delivery format does not significantly influence either. Although products with greater alcohol concentration dry more quickly, volumes required to meet EN 1500 can take longer than 30 s to dry, even when alcohol concentration is as high as 90%. Future studies are needed to better understand application volumes actually used by healthcare workers in practice, and to understand the clinical efficacy of ABHR at such volumes.
Reference: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14:511
David R Macinga, David J Shumaker, Heinz-Peter Werner, Sarah L Edmonds, Rachel A Leslie, Albert E Parker and James W Arbogast
Use of alcohol hand sanitizer as an infection control strategy in an acute care facility.
Results: The primary infection types (more than 80%) found were urinary tract (UTI) and surgical site (SSI) infections. Infection types and rates for the unit during the period the alcohol hand sanitizer (intervention) was used were compared with the infection types and rates for the same unit when the alcohol hand sanitizer was not used (baseline); the results demonstrated a 36.1% decrease in infection rates for the 10-month period that the alcohol hand sanitizer was used.
Conclusion: This study indicates that use of an alcohol gel hand sanitizer can decrease infection rates and provide an additional tool for an effective infection control program in acute care facilities. (Am J Infect Control 2003;31:109-16.)
Reference: AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control. 31(2):109-116, April 2003. Hilburn, Jessica MT (ASCP), CIC a; Hammond, Brian S. b; Fendler, Eleanor J. PhD b; Groziak, Patricia A. MS b
Effect of hand sanitizer use on elementary school absenteeism.
Results: The overall reduction in absenteeism due to infection in the schools included in this study was 19.8% for schools that used an alcohol gel hand sanitizer compared with the control schools.Conclusion: Elementary school absenteeism due to infection is significantly reduced when an alcohol gel hand sanitizer is used in the classroom as part of a hand hygiene program.Reference: AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control. 28(5):340-346, October 2000. Hammond, Brian a; Ali, Yusuf PhD a; Fendler, Eleanor PhD a; Dolan, Michael a; Donovan, Sandra RN, MSN b
Bacterial shedding and desquamation from the hands of healthcare workers correlates with skin condition.
Results: Bacterial dispersal and quantitative skin measurements were obtained from 86 healthcare workers over a 3 day period. The levels of bacteria shed from the hands of the healthcare workers was found to be negatively correlated to corneometer measurements (p < 0.01); and positively correlated to desquamation index (p < 0.02). No correlation was found between levels of shed bacteria and transepidermal water loss. As expected, corneometer measurements were found to be negatively correlated to desquamation index (p < 0.0001).
Conclusion: The results of this hospital study demonstrate that the levels of bacteria shed from the hands of healthcare workers are influenced by the health of the individual's skin; i.e. dry skin sheds more bacteria. This increased bacterial dispersal from dry skin may increase the infection transfer risk for healthcare workers with poor skin condition in the acute care setting.
Reference: American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 34, Issue 5, June 2006, Pages E85-E86. C.A. Kolly, J.W. Arbogast, D.R. Macinga
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They say that the kitchen is the heartbeat of the home. It is the room in which memories are made, meals are enjoyed, heartfelt talks are held, and where drinks are shared with friends. The kitchen is also the room that allows us to easily put a bit more kindness into the world by the food choices we make each day.
I am a passionate vegetarian home cook who loves to provide filling, practical meals as well as the occasional decadent treat for my family and friends. I will explore some modified classics as well as create some all-new food traditions. I'll also provide helpful tips and techniques to make kindness in the kitchen an easy transition for any home cook. Because everything I post are the foods we actually eat in our household, you can be sure that these recipes are tried, tested, and true.
Eating with kindness doesn't mean giving up family traditions and old favourites! Here at Kindness Kitchen you will find those comforting dishes you've always loved, along with some new additions, just without the use of animal products, making them kind for your health, kind for the earth, and kind for the animals. I hope these recipes will help you on your way to creating your own kind kitchen.
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Clarification: TV-New Millennial Network story
NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story Dec. 17, The Associated Press reported that the upcoming cable channel being launched by Participant Media had acquired the distribution assets of the Inspiration Networks. The story should have specified that the new channel has acquired the subscription base of Inspiration Networks' Halogen TV channel. Flagship network INSP is unaffected. The as-yet-unnamed new channel has also purchased The Documentary Channel, which will give it a total reach at launch of about 40 million subscribers. It is expected to sign on next summer.


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It is a shame that Christians are divided on the issue of origins. Let me suggest a reason why they are.
When I discuss the creation/evolution controversy, there are all sorts of interesting responses to the evidence. People are basically unable to answer the logical and scientific case for creation.
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It's not often that one of the world's richest companies doesn't get what it wants. But today in a Dutch court, Shell not only failed to win the sweeping injunction it applied for, but was told in quite forceful terms that it must accept the consequences of its reckless plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. Here's what the judge said:
"A company like Shell, that is taking actions... that are controversial in society and which many people will object to, can and should expect that actions will be taken to try to change its mind."
Two weeks ago, Shell took Greenpeace Netherlands and Greenpeace International to court, asking for an incredibly broad injunction against Greenpeace. What Shell initially asked for would have meant that any Greenpeace "action" - illegal or legal - within 500m of Shell property could have led to a million euro fine for the organization. Yep - a friendly activist handing out leaflets about Arctic drilling on a street corner could have broken the terms of the injunction.
The judge told them to change this request, and they came back with a new injunction that sought to block any kind of protest on Shell's actual property - even it was entirely legal.
Today, we received the court's ruling. The judge confirmed that direct actions were both proportionate and justified, given our earlier efforts to change Shell's mind in other ways. He also ruled that actions can continue in future, within certain limits. All that Shell got out of this is a narrow ruling, which left two offices – Greenpeace Netherlands and Greenpeace International – facing penalties if they interrupt the normal running of petrol stations, offices or other Shell properties in the Netherlands for longer than two hours.
Shell said that it doesn't appreciate the activists' methods, and regrets in particular that they don't use "legitimate" ways to protest Arctic drilling.
Think for a minute about what could be legitimate ways of protest – at least according to Shell. Maybe citizens around the world could get together and petition governments to protect the Arctic and develop alternative solutions to fossil fuels for our transportations systems? How many signatures would such a petition need to be good enough for Shell? Could 2 million do the trick? Well, we did that.
A legitimate way to protest could be to question the validity of the drilling permits. Or to look closer at their inadequate oil spill plans and to contest their approval in court. Surely, Shell would encourage such "legitimate" ways of disagreeing with them, right?
Actually, Shell is currently suing Greenpeace US and 12 other US environmental and Indigenous groups to preempt challenges to those spill plans. This means that they're asking for a court order in the US to prevent legal ways of contesting Arctic drilling.
Shell likes to play the victim, but the truth is, they are not willing to listen when Greenpeace, our supporters or a whole range of other environmental groups speak up about Arctic drilling. As you might have guessed, this narrow injunction will do nothing to prevent us from opposing Shell's reckless plans with creativity and passion.


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MacCallum More, Scottish for Home of the Clan, was begun in 1929 by Lucy M. Hudgins, wife of Edward W. Hudgins, former Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Listed on the Virginia Landmark Registry and the National Historic Register.
The gardens feature an arboretum, herb, wildflower, rose and theme gardens, as well as, fountains and eclectic imported works of art.
The museum houses permanent exhibits: The Arthur Robertson Exhibit contains Indian artifacts dated 9500BC-1600AD; The Thyne Institute Exhibit tells the story of an African-American boarding school est. in 1876; & Chase City interests such as The Mecklenburg Hotel Exhibit containing memorabilia from the hotel built in 1903 famous for its curative waters. The newest exhibit details the founding of Estes Express Lines in Chase City in the 1930's and follows its growth to the present day. Portraits of George and Narcissa Endly, co-founders of Chase City, hang in the Foyer. The museum showcases revolving art displays of varied mediums.
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Every year I find myself trying to hold on to every last scrap of summer while at the same time easing into fall, and this month's kit at Scrapbook Update, Autumn Sunlight, was inspired by the bright, fun, happy times that are experienced when trying to cram every conceivable warm-weather excursion into a single month before chilly temperatures prevail.
I chose sunny yellow and deep turquoise as base colors, then built on those with pops of coral using some of the latest papers from My Mind's Eye, Echo Park, Crate Paper, and Cosmo Cricket for a kit that's part summer and part fall, making it useful for so many different layout themes.
Here's a complete list of the kit's contents, and it can also purchased at Scrapbook.com in a convenient package!
Patterned Paper:
Lost and Found 2 Breeze – Everywhere Mirrors (My Mind's Eye)
Lost and Found 2 Breeze – Fun Day Today (My Mind's Eye)
Lost and Found 2 Breeze – Precious Motif (My Mind's Eye)
Dance in Sunshine – Damask (Glitz Designs)
Clementine – Genevieve (Cosmo Cricket)
Clementine – Sabrina (Cosmo Cricket)
Farmhouse – Sunday Dinner (Crate Paper)
Random – Textile (Crate Paper)
Victoria Garden – Garden Gate (Echo Park)
Victoria Garden – Botanical Ballad (Echo Park)
Cream Puff (Bazzill Basics Paper)
Witch Hazel (Bazill Basics Paper)
Lizard (Bazzill Basics Paper)
Tim Holtz Adirondack Collection – Pebble (Core'dinations)
Tim Holtz Distress Collection – Pine Needles (Core'dinations)
Amy Tangerine Fabric Thickers – Kale (American Crafts)
Paper Crush Khaki Type Mini Alphabet (Sassafras)
Farmhouse Cardstock Stickers – Borders (Crate Paper)
Farmhouse Eclectic Buttons (Crate Paper)
Clementine Stickers – Lovely Bits (Cosmo Cricket)
Lost and Found 2 Brads – Breeze Everywhere (My Mind's Eye)
I've been scrapping with this kit for the last few weeks and have come up with page themes ranging from birthdays to the state fair. I'll be sharing those pages on my own blog in the next week or two, but I have a really fun layout to share today, as well.
Recently my husband and I went on a small out-of-town adventure, and by the end of the day we found ourselves unexpectedly making a Craigslist purchase just around the corner from our favorite Mexican restaurant. When choosing colors to match photos of the day, I came up with this fiesta-themed color palette – something I hadn't even had in mind when designing the kit!
Note that the Teal Woodgrain Teeny Alpha stickers from Glitz Designs that I used aren't in the kit, but in retrospect they really should be! They would be well-worth considering purchasing as an add-on, as they provide the perfect touch of contrast to the Amy Tangerine Kale Fabric Thickers from American Crafts.
I had layering on the brain when designing this kit, so I selected papers that had strong prints on both the front and back sides, giving an even wider variety of coordinating choices. In fact, many of the sheets were picked on the strength of their "B" side prints, and those papers are reflected in my photo of the kit (and also explains why it's different from the composite image on Scrapbook.com).
I also kept layering in mind when choosing embellishments. I especially love the way the Cosmo Cricket stickers mix with both the My Mind's Eye brads and the Crate Paper buttons – there are so many wonderful combinations there just waiting to be explored!
If you'd like to purchase your very own Autumn Sunlight kit, Scrapbook Update has teamed up with Scrapbook.com to provide everything in one easy package. Just click here to go to Scrapbook.com and add the kit to your cart! The September kit sold out, so make sure you get yours fast!
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RichOstrich needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 433 designs submitted by 83 freelance designers.
We are creating an interactive educational tool that helps..
- Interactive learning (shifting from a broadcast style to an interactive one)
- Creativity (ability to use multi media for better expression of student's views)
- Collaboration (student and teacher, student and student)
- Freedom of choice (students want and need to customize things; make them their own)
- Multi-tasked learning and critical thinking (to learn the fact in the context of other related problems, based, if possible, on the familiar environment of the students)
All kinds of schools (all grades)
Anyone who can teach anybody
We have no creativity restrictions but we generally like the brand to be entertaining and cool :-)
Why RichOstrich:
1) An animal is always better to remember as a brand (plus the "rich" rhyme helps)
2) Ostrich is a cute, outstanding animal, fun to look at and as a logo to work with
3) In "Ostrich" we want to celebrate its other assets than just the typical attribute of education - brain, as we feel there are enhanceable qualities in everybody and the primary task for teachers should be to find it and encourage the "owner" to develop it and further use it in real life. Ostrich may not have the highest IQ and yet stands out in many other qualities - the fastest bird, largest eggs, valued feathers, in other words, everybody can be rich in something unique when properly taught.
Prefer a clever image of an ostrich in/ around the "O", not too childish, very simple, yet fun to look at. The ostrich should be changeable similar to the Google "oo" - reflecting thus various life topics, seasons (i.e. sitting on decorated eggs at Easter) and so. Prefer colorful design that cheers up already. Plain fonts for text, users must be able to read it immediately without thinking about the "sophistication" behind it. The ostrich must the ostrich, not any bird!!!
The world of data exchange has significantly progressed in the past few decades with new information technologies flooding all sectors of our lives. Unfortunately, changes in the field of education have always been somehow lagging behind.
But it is schools and other educational facilities that should be the first in coming forth with reflections of the current world and even anticipate future development.
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We want the same for teachers and educators. We want teachers to meet their students at such a technological environment that makes both side happy about their work.
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5 Teens Who Are Helping Others Online
Sure, they're watching videos, playing games and hanging out online. But today's wired teens are also using social networks and the Internet to make a world of difference. Meet five kids who are logging in and giving back.
Cameron Cohen, 14
Los Angeles, California
Cameron knows that distraction can be a good thing. Three years ago, right after turning 11, he was diagnosed with a bone tumor in his left leg. Although benign, the growth was painful, and extensive surgery would be required to remove it. "I remember sitting in the hospital room waiting for my operation," he says. "I knew there was no guarantee everything would turn out well, but at least I had my computer and iPod Touch so I could play games and watch movies, which helped keep my mind off how scared I was."
The procedure was successful, but Cameron had to finish the school year in a wheelchair and spend months in a cast and brace. "I couldn't do sports or hang out with friends, and I didn't want to waste all that time," he says. During the 10 days he spent at Mattel Children's Hospital-UCLA, he had searched high and low for inexpensive drawing apps, but came up empty-handed. So Cameron set out to create his own. He started out by Googling "how to make an iPhone app" and watching online tutorials. College lectures on iTunes U helped, as did virtual communities such as iphonedevsdk.com, where he got advice and tips from adult app developers, though he's pretty sure they had no idea how young he was. "I didn't disclose my age!" he says.
Cameron submitted his iSketch to Apple in November; a month later, it was on sale at iTunes. The software lets people paint with their fingers or brushes, upload to Twitter and Facebook, and save or e-mail their work. Cameron, who receives 70% of the profits, decided to donate a substantial part of his earnings to the hospital so it could purchase electronics, games and gadgets for young patients. "If they have to be there for whatever reason, I wanted to make things better for them," he says. Sales have been brisk, and last year Cameron wrote a check for $20,000 to Mattel. "I can't believe how popular it is," he says. Cameron's already created AnimalGrams, a new word game app, and plans to donate part of the proceeds to Mattel as well. In the meantime, he remains involved with the hospital by helping to set up new equipment and showing staffers, patients and parents how to use it. "Now when kids are waiting to go into the OR or recovering, they're playing on iPads," Cameron says. "Instead of worrying, they're flinging birds at pigs or whatever—and they're happy!"
Mimi Ausland, 15
Bend, Oregon
One day in early 2008 Mimi, then 11, was playing on Freerice.com, where kids can fight world hunger by taking multiple-choice quizzes. Each time a correct answer is chosen, the site's sponsors donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. "I thought it would be cool if there was something like this that could help animals too," she recalls. As a volunteer at the Humane Society of Central Oregon, Mimi had seen up close how the shelter was struggling with fewer donations and more animals. "I figured I could help by starting a fun website for kids that would get stores to donate pet food," she says.
Accompanied by her parents, Mimi went door to door asking businesses to contribute. She raised enough money to cover the cost of setting up a website, which a local design firm did at a 20% discount, and found a local store, Pet Express, to donate dog food. Mimi wanted to focus on canines first, since they were more difficult for the shelter to care for and place. So she pored through books to come up with kid-friendly trivia questions. "The first one—'What's the fastest dog?'—was pretty simple," she says. "Now that I also use magazines, newspapers and the Internet, the questions have gotten more interesting, plus I like to mix it up with funny questions, educational ones and some inspirational stories as well."
Freekibble.com was launched in April 2008. For every answer, right or wrong, the site donates 10 pieces of dry food to the Humane Society. There wasn't much traffic at first, but word soon spread via e-mail, blogs, Facebook and Twitter. In May Mimi delivered her first load—240 pounds' worth. Mimi launched Freekibblekat.com a couple months later. After the sites were covered on the national news, Ellen DeGeneres invited Mimi to appear on her TV show and offered to make Halo, the pet food company she co-owns, the sole sponsor.
Freekibble now has some 100,000 followers worldwide and has donated nearly 7 million meals to more than 150 shelters and pet food banks across America. Mimi's even managed to ship food overseas, like the special one-time donation for rescued puppies in Afghanistan. The ninth-grader still helps research and write trivia questions every week. "They're getting harder to think of," she says. Fortunately, users send suggestions, and Mimi recently expanded their role on the site by adding a section where kids share stories and pictures of their own pet rescues; each month, the site picks a winner, who receives $250 from the Freekibble Foundation to give to their shelter of choice. "The most important thing I've learned is that if you put your mind to something, you can really make anything happen," says Mimi. "I want every kid to know that."
Tom Wagner, 18
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
In May 2009 Tom's 10th-grade American history class at Simley High had taken their end-of-year exams but still had several weeks before school was out. So when their teacher mentioned that the historic Rock Island Swing Bridge was scheduled for demolition in June, the students unanimously voted to spend their last month figuring out a way to save it. Built in 1894, the double-decker span had once been used as an escape route by John Dillinger as he fled the FBI. After the bridge was closed off to cars in 1999 for safety reasons, it had also become a favorite local hangout. "Kids went there to skateboard, throw rocks across the water or just enjoy the view of the Mississippi River," says Tom. "It was a real part of our community."
With the deadline looming, Tom's class had to act fast. They organized a Sunday morning breakfast at a restaurant near the bridge, and Tom created a Facebook page to rally support. The students invited everyone they knew via e-mail and church announcements, directed them to the page and urged them to start spreading the news. Their efforts paid off—the event was packed and raised over $1,000. "The response was great, even though we set it up so quickly," says Tom. He and his classmates then went to the city council, where they gave a presentation on the bridge's history and suggested that it be turned into a recreational pier and park. The proposal made it to the state legislature, and that June Governor Tim Pawlenty signed a moratorium on the demolition. By this point various historic and preservation groups had joined the cause. In October, the city of Inver Grove Heights took ownership of the bridge and hired engineers to refurbish it by building an observation deck and fishing pier—mission accomplished.
The new Rock Island Swing Bridge had its grand opening last June. There's a marker stone at one end that gives special thanks to those who helped save the landmark, including the students of Simley High. "If it hadn't been for us—just a bunch of high school kids—it would have been gone forever," says Tom. "It's the best thing we ever did."
Simone Bernstein, 20
St. Louis, Missouri
It was back in 2004 when Simone, then 12, wanted to step up and volunteer. "I asked everyone I knew for leads and searched online, but there were no listings of local groups with opportunities for people my age," she says. Through a family friend, Simone finally learned of the St. Louis Crisis Nursery, a nonprofit agency that provides a safe haven for abused children. "I assisted with art projects, played games with the kids and worked at fundraising events," she says. Five years later Simone was eager to move on to a new job, "but there was still no information," she says. "It was so frustrating."
After finishing her junior year at high school, Simone spent the summer creating StLouisVolunteen.com, a comprehensive one-stop website for tweens and teens wanting to pitch in. She enlisted her Web-savvy brother, Jake, then 14, to design the site, while she hit the phones in pursuit of organizations that needed help. "Food banks and homeless shelters are great, but I wanted other options," she explains. "I called everywhere and was amazed at what I found—a music school where volunteers can give guitar lessons to kids, a tech service where teens can learn to repair and rebuild old computers, even a junior firefighter program."
Simone also discovered that many groups simply didn't have youth programs, either because they'd never thought of it or they had no one to supervise them. Soon she was figuring out solutions. She worked with the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis to create jobs for teens on Family Day by having them help children on craft projects. She also urged organizations to set up junior boards, giving young volunteers a chance to get more deeply involved with fundraising and overall planning. "Kids tell us they're surprised by how many possibilities there are and how much they can contribute," she says.
Now a sophomore at St. Bonaventure University in New York, Simone still oversees the site. Users can search by job category or age; if nothing fits their interests, they can fill out a match form and Simone or Jake will contact them when the right gig comes up. When they hear about a new position or about fundraising events like a race or bingo night, Simone and Jake send out the news on Twitter. "I update it sometimes after school," says Jake, 18. "But my sister is really great at the feed and does it several times a day between classes. Our followers are growing exponentially." Last year the site got 1,500 kids to pitch in, and Simone is planning to soon launch a national site, VolunteenNation.org. "Kids have the time, energy and motivation to volunteer," she says. "Groups that figure that out can really reap the benefits."
Shannon McNamara, 18
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
As Shannon sees it, no distance is too far when it comes to helping people in need. While growing up she and her family went on "volunteer vacations" to places like Peru and Costa Rica, where they taught English and worked at local orphanages. In 2008, while trying to earn her Girl Scout Gold Award (the group's highest honor given for community service), Shannon began researching schools in Africa, specifically Tanzania. She discovered that those in impoverished rural areas had no reading books and only a handful of textbooks for students—and that girls had far fewer educational options and opportunities than boys. "Two of my biggest passions are women's rights and reading," says Shannon. "I wanted to find a way to address both issues."
She created an afterschool reading program for girls and named it SHARE (Shannon's After-School Reading Exchange). With the help of friends and neighbors, she collected hundreds of books in addition to school supplies and old computers. Several months later Shannon and her family flew to Tanzania, bringing the donations along. With the help of a tour guide, Shannon learned of the Kiteyagwa Primary School in Bukoba, a town on the western shore of Lake Victoria, and decided to make it SHARE's first recipient. Teachers there were eager to participate, and even agreed to stay late and give extra instruction to female students. "The girls picked up on everything so quickly," Shannon says. "They worked so hard and just craved the chance to learn."
Shannon had originally thought of SHARE as a one-time effort. But once she returned home, the project quickly expanded. She held fundraisers, networked with other nonprofits, applied for grants. Shannon also created a website, ShareInAfrica.org, a Facebook page, and a YouTube channel, where viewers can find links to videos and photographs. "We are changing lives in Tanzania by lifting people out of poverty and ignorance," she says. "And social media is the best way for us to reach a wide and passionate audience."
Shannon has since set up programs at three additional schools and has transported some 35,000 books to classroom libraries. The SHARE program has won international accolades from the United Nations, and Shannon was recently invited to speak at the White House for International Women's Day. "I'm fortunate because my parents gave me the opportunity to travel and become a global citizen," she says. "But SHARE proves that when other teens learn about what's happening in developing countries, they'll want to pitch in too."
Originally published in the April 2012 issue of Family Circle magazine.


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I am entirely amazed by how my babies entered this world.
The last two months of our pregnancy - our second, and this time with twins - was hectic to say the least, as my husband and I found and bought a house big enough for our new family, moved and cleaned up our apartment with my family's help, bought a big enough car, found a real estate agent and managed to sell our apartment.
In between, I was managing gestational diabetes, doing yoga, expressing colostrum in case it was needed in hospital, and looking after my 2 year old with my mother. I also saw my osteopath regularly who helped immensely when the weight of my disproportionate belly threw out my hips and back.
Each week people would ask, "So when are you due?" and I would reply evasively "Soon. Probably in the next month." as I didn't want to enter into too many conversations about twins coming early.
I also didn't want to discuss medical ideas about what is considered term for twins (usually 37-38 weeks'), as I was quite determined not to be induced if the babies were - by these standards - "late".
I had felt Braxton-Hicks contractions since I had been 23 weeks' pregnant, and they had become progressively stronger, up until the point where, at 34 weeks I rang my midwife Robyn because I felt they were too strong and too many (a few at a time) at night. She suggested taking extra calcium and magnesium which I did and seemed to settle things down a little.
All the while part of me had been expecting the babies might still arrive at any time, since I had read somewhere that with twins you should have the hospital bag packed at 28 weeks.
At 35 1/2 weeks I had the baby capsules installed in the car and breathed a sigh of relief that if they were born now, at least I could take them home from the hospital. Also, at least by then we had moved.
At 36 weeks I said to my Osteopath (who had also had twins) "Do you think I could have them now?"
"No" she replied. "37 weeks." She knew babies born earlier could have sucking difficulties.
37 weeks' came and my husband and I cheered, and I stopped taking the calcium and magnesium. To my surprise, 38 weeks' came around and I started to do just about everything that was safe to induce labour naturally; imagery and affirmations, homeopathy, aromatherapy, sex (at this stage with difficulty!), evening primrose capsules, breastfeeding my two-year-old, osteopathy, preparing "labour-inducing" foods and curries, a glass of red wine, and finally... acupuncture and acupressure.
It came up to just before 39 weeks. We sold our apartment on the Friday night (another story in itself) and celebrated with a glass of champagne. I had a second round of acupuncture with a specialist obstetric acupuncturist on Sunday morning and the practitioner was satisfied with the outcome - I now had a tight uterus most of the time. I rang Robyn at about 10.30 on Sunday evening to say I thought I was in early labour, and to expect another phone call later that night. I was timing contractions but they were still irregular and mostly not all that strong.
Monday afternoon I began to worry that the babies - particularly the presenting baby wasn't moving enough and that the contractions were having a bad effect on the babies. I rang Robyn again and our whole family paid her a visit so we could listen with the Doppler. They were absolutely fine, and I left satisfied that the babies could be born when they chose.
Tuesday I was 39 weeks'. I had an extra ultrasound and had CTG monitoring at the hospital - two concessions to my obstetrician since I had declined being induced (now done routinely at 37 weeks' for twins). I again asked not to see the sexes of the babies and I also asked not to be told their weights, as long as they were within the normal ranges for gestational age, which, according to the ultrasound, they were. The placentas were both working well. Previously the first baby had been head down and the second baby breech. A big surprise was that both the babies were now head down! Even though I had prepared myself for a breech birth, I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and now I could birth these babies more easily.
I texted Robyn to let her know. "No wonder they are staying in, they are still organizing themselves!" Robyn texted. " Also- have you seen the moon, it's coming up to full.... Good time for birthing!"
We had steak and asparagus for dinner - for some reason I felt like I needed a large serving of protein and iron - and my husband Jonathan put our daughter Naomi to bed.
I was in a good mood but didn't feel overly tired. At some point I decided that the contractions felt more like I could be going into proper labour and I started timing them. Robyn had said to call if my waters broke, if contractions were less than 5 minutes apart, or if contractions were so strong I couldn't deal with them. None of these things had happened so I told Jon we should both get some sleep and if my contractions woke me up, then we would know it was real labour.
I went to bed with the contraction timer in my hand. I woke up for a couple of contractions and timed them but went back to sleep in between. They were only about half an hour apart. Then an almighty contraction hit and woke me up but it was so strong I felt like I couldn't move. I was lying on my side and I felt like a bus had hit me.
I woke up Jon. My first thought was that even if it wasn't time to go to hospital, I wanted him to be awake with me now. I called my sister Laura to come over as she would be Naomi's support person during the birth - I felt like I wanted her to be around now too. Laura arrived as I called Robyn to say I was in labour. "So the contractions are different now?" asked Robyn. "Yes" I replied, trying to work it all out. I had another contraction and had to hand the phone to Laura. "We know you have a high pain tolerance" said Robyn. "You decide if we should go into the hospital". I wasn't sure but decided that we should, especially since it was a fair journey from our new house. "Ok I'll call Jane and we'll meet you at maternity" she said. "But take your time" I said to Robyn.
I set about making sure Jon had put everything we needed into the car, including the expressed colostrum from the freezer. I had a couple more strong contractions in the middle of this and then I changed tact - "We just have to go now". The contractions were too strong. We left Laura behind to wake Naomi gently. "I haven't timed this contraction" I said to Jon whilst almost in the car. "It doesn't matter now; we're definitely going to the hospital" he replied. "Besides, the last 2 have been 3 minutes apart." "Really?" I replied, surprised and pleased.
The trip to the hospital was smooth in the middle of the night and every now and then I had a very strong contraction which took all of my concentration. I estimated there were about 4 of these during the half hour trip.
We had so much equipment for the birth in the back of the car that Jon and I quickly decided what was most important as he could only take so many things with him in one trip. The antenatal folder, medicare and health cards, and the original bag I had packed for hospital got priority.
We parked in a 15 minute drop-off zone right outside the hospital. I went in ahead as I knew I would be slow, clutching my enormous belly. "Maternity please" I said to the front desk without stopping. Someone said something about how I should have come through the the other entrance. Another person looked at me and asked if I needed a wheelchair. "Maternity. I think I could be in the second stage of labour" was all I could say. She very quickly put me into a wheelchair and started speeding through corridors to the birthing unit. Jon only just found us and caught us up.
We arrived at the birthing unit doors and I said my midwife was Jane. At the desk I thanked my chauffeur and noted it was such a smooth ride in the wheelchair I hadn't had a contraction. And then promptly had one. I said to the woman at the desk that my sister would be arriving with my daughter; I had pre-arranged this via Jane by writing a letter to the Unit Manager.
We got into the room and I immediately had another contraction, groaning to stop the pushing sensation and I had to hold onto the end of the bed almost squatting. I was trying not to push yet but at the same time I was thinking "Open, like a flower", a mantra an old friend used when she home birthed her baby in the caul. Jon left me with Jane to get another load from the car. "RUN!" Jane mouthed behind me.
Jane straight away put out a foam mat and a bean bag with a sheet on it and I gladly took an all fours position onto it. "Pants off" said Jane, luckily putting a blue plastic sheet under me, as then I pooed and pee-ed on it. "Sorry, I think I pooed" I muttered. "That's ok" said Jane. We both knew it meant the first baby would be born soon - and I had just arrived!
Jane and another midwife held monitors to my belly to try and get readings of the babies' heartbeats and the contractions. I think they gave up on the next contraction and I asked "Can I ...?" I meant to say "Can I push?" but couldn't get it out. Jane knew and replied something like "Do what your body wants to do" which was the permission I needed.
At this stage my husband Jon had returned with another load of things from the car, and my sister Laura had arrived with our two year old, Naomi. Jon had found Laura by chance in the carpark. Jane got Jon to call my other midwife, Robyn, and Jane said to Jon "Tell her I can see the head!"
Jane also got a hospital midwife to ring the backup obstetrician, Andrew. The other midwife wanted someone to have done an internal examination on me first, but Jane knew from the noises I was making that I was fully dilated. Jane had to ask me if I wanted the internal and of course I didn't; I think I muttered something like "Do I have to?" and Jane said I didn't give my consent. The thought of getting up onto the bed was ridiculous for me at that stage; I was so totally in just-about-to-give-birth land and in a perfect birthing position.
I started feeling something pushing in my vagina. "That's your bag of waters" Jane said - she had a mirror beneath me and could see it. With the next push there was a pop and out gushed the waters.
The next contraction and I could feel the first baby's head. I pushed a bit but not with 100 percent of my effort for the next couple of contractions, and could feel my perineum stretching at the end of the pushes.
It was the same sensation as when I had prepared my body with perineal massage. The head had crowned then retracted then I pushed it out again. "She's birthing nice and slowly" said Jane to another midwife; I knew this was good as I was less likely to tear.
At the same time I knew that to get the baby out I had to do some big pushing, so with the next contraction I pushed hard and the baby's head was born. I pushed again and the baby was born behind me and Jane immediately placed her between my legs. I picked her up - my baby!!!! I had birthed her! It was about 20 minutes after we had arrived.
She still had her cord attached as I wanted delayed cord clamping and she was slippery, warm, coated in blood and amniotic fluid and just wonderful! I held her to my chest and she was opening her lungs with crying, just like she was meant to. Then I looked down and noted "She's a girl!"
She kept crying and I said "I can feel another contraction coming on!" I told Jon to get his shirt off - I had prepared him to have the first baby skin-to-skin while I birthed the second. Jon sat just next to me and picked her up - she weeed on him and kept on crying loudly for a minute. "She weeed on me" Jon said in a daze. It sounded like a complaint but really he was in awe that she was doing everything right - he knew that the babies both had to wee so we knew that their kidneys and urinary tracts were working.
I felt another gush of waters and another hospital midwife asked the position of the second baby. I said "They're both head down!" I pushed and birthed part of the second baby. It felt different to the first and Jane confirmed that it was breech!
By this stage I had birthed the second baby to the abdomen and Jane and Robyn watched the baby's legs cycling to help itself out - a good sign the baby was healthy. The baby didn't come out further with the next contraction and it's feet were on the floor so Jane and then Andrew stepped in to make sure the head was born.
They turned the baby around and Andrew realised the baby was stuck because it had an arm above it's head so he first gently pulled the baby's arms out one by one then tucked the head into its chest so it could be born.
I felt all of this as a popping sensation, which may have been the legs being born, and felt some more pointy bits - probably arms or legs or Andrew helping with the arms. I thought that I could feel shoulders turning.
I made a point of talking up the discomfort when Andrew was helping as I didn't want any obstetrician's help - even to the point of saying "ouch" which is very unlike me. He did not really cause me any pain to complain about though and on reflection I am so very grateful for his skill and what he did, and for not intervening at any other point. He had taken on board all the discussions we had had at appointments about minimal intervention during the births.
Jon, Jane, Robyn and Andrew all told me to push as much as I could with the next contraction which I did with my now half-sized belly, and out came the second baby, only seven minutes after the first!
My second baby was also placed under me so I could pick her up. Both babies had their cords still attached. She was a little slow to take her first breath even though she was pink and even though I rubbed her back with my hands, so Jane put a little oxygen near her face and then she did her first wonderful cry. I looked down at her and smiled - "It's another girl!" Jon grinned too.
I concentrated on her but also looked up to Naomi and Jon and our first baby - Naomi was quiet but interested and Jon was still next to me. It was wonderful to have all our family finally together and to have experienced it together as I had hoped and planned. I got another sudden feeling and said "The placenta's coming". "Why not?" said Jane, bemused at how very quickly every stage of labour had gone.
I knew that I had to birth the placenta from a more upright position - I felt too stooped over holding the second baby to get the placenta out. "You've got to hold this beautiful baby" I told Jon. Robyn stepped in. "Do you mind if we cut the cords? They've finished pulsing." I didn't mind at all.
Naomi held the scissors with me and together we cut the second baby's cord, then Robyn offered Naomi to cut the first baby's but Naomi preferred Robyn to hold the scissors, while she looked on. Jane put a birth stool behind me and I sat on it to birth the placentas with three pushes.
I had birthed the placentas physiologically - that is, completely naturally with no synthetic oxytocin. It was about ten minutes after the second baby had been born.
I almost couldn't believe that it had all finished and was quite in awe of what, and how quickly it had all just happened. It was less than 2 hours since I had called Robyn. I went to the bathroom and did a big wee - much to my surprise I could even feel and contract my pelvic floor muscles straight away. (After Naomi's birth with a catheter and forceps it took me a long time before I could feel anything and wee). Robyn popped me into the shower while her and Jane quietly cleaned up. The babies were weighed - each baby was just over 3.3kg (7 pounds 3)!
I felt very faint getting out of the shower and had to call Robyn back to help me. Jane came in too as I felt like I could collapse, and I had to put my feet up on a chair to help my blood pressure.
Robyn helped too with a technique she had learnt which involved putting her finger under my nose in the shape of a mustache. I recovered enough to make it back to the bed.
I lay on my back and the babies breastfed together and properly now, supported by pillows on either side of me. Naomi wanted to join us on the bed and I let her come up, meet the babies and have a cuddle. It was wonderful to have all my three girls together, and I think Jon was very proud too. I noticed that everyone had left the room except my family, to give us time alone. Throughout the whole birth experience Laura made sure Naomi was having enough attention and also as a photomedia graduate, she took some amazing photos.
Eventually Jane stitched me up - after such a fast birth I had just a second degree tear - and we made preparations to go home. The pediatrician had seen the babies while I was in the shower so there was little else to do. It was morning. The hearing screening person arrived and tested both the babies just before we left, and then it was home, and under Robyn's instruction, I went straight from the car to the toilet then everyone went to bed.
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Sunday, 10 February 2013
Hello All!
I know it has been a while since I last posted, but I am finally pleased to announce that the Ebook Apothecary has moved. Our new website is www.bethhobson.com and all posts and reviews from the Apothecary have been added to the blog.
I appologize for any inconvenience but I felt that this was a necessary change. I'll still be writing book reviews but my main focus from now on will be on my own writing. I'd be thrilled if you would stop by and take a moment to let me know what you think! (The website is still very basic but we'll be working on spicing it up as time permits.)
If you are interested, the new RSS feed for the site is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BethHobson
We will still be doing book giveaways from time to time and I have one planned for in the very near future!
I hope to see you all on the other side. ;)
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The SingleSpeed Cyclocross Eliminator Race Sponsored by MetaFilter and presented by Bike Hugger. The Promoter Terry Buchanan was on the mic before the event calling it the stupidest format ever. 8 riders on single speed cross bikes being held and clipped in. Then it was roughly a 1/4 mile of a cyclocross course involving a VERY high speed barrier and the Flyover bridge. It was more like BMX than cross, and it was #thenewhotness.
Illegal holding and pushing was rampant at the start
The course was essentially a loop around the beer garden with tons of screaming spectators and darkness set in. It was a blast to race in, and was mostly about the holeshot since passing was tough on such a short course.
Photo: Mathowie
Flyover Holeshot
The problem with the high speeds is trying to dismount…which is where our friend Joey came to (now famous) grief.
They yanked the barriers after the wreck and the races continued. I hope they bring back the format and my chain doesn't drop next time. Check the video from Scatman, including another view of Joey's OK!
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fredchav wrote:Bonjour,
Je me suis ausi inscrit sur le site de Charmed Labs....
J'ai expliqué mon besoin qui est la création de revêtement mural immersif pour des pièces de petites tailles (genre WC)
Si je suis retenu pour le test je suis ouvert a toutes vos questions quand au fonctionnement de la bête
AlexandreJ wrote:Les angles sont vraiment précis. Y-a pas de soucis pour shooter avec du 200, 300mm. Beaucoup d'utilisateur Gigapan le font.
Maintenant, fait attention avec les modifs hard de la plaquette pour y mettre ton boitier ... C'est du bricolage maison et pas du tout supporté.
How to mount a D200 to the Gigapan unit.
OK, here is the scoop. The modifications only work with certain lens combinations and sometimes only to a certain degree of tilt. You need to minimize the torque on the elevation gearbox/servo or the servo will not hold.
I have good luck with the following as far as not causing slipping 10.5mm, Sigma 15mm, Sigma 60mm macro, Nikon 105mm macro with the lens not extended out for macro focus, and 500mm Samyang mirror lens. You have to find the sweet spot for balance when mounting all of these combinations. For the wide angle lenses, the camera is NOT moving about its lens nodal point so there WILL be stitching errors on close objects. The camera really needs to sit back a few inches to put the center or rotation in the sweet spot, but the servo will never be able to hold that torque. This has not bothered me so far as I have just been taking photos of distant objects.
I am using a $3 L bracket from True Value is all (really!), plus a remote IR setup for the D200, some nuts and bolts.
I mount the IR transmitter to the camera mount tray and let the button pusher push the transmitter. Sometimes I mount the reciever onto the tray or sometimes just leave it atop the camera. The transmitter just hangs from its power cord and strap (need to mount it somewhere but I like it hanging as it minimizes any vibrations.
When I use the 500mm lens I need to use mirror lock up and the Gigapan Unit can not do the double shutter push, so I just do the shutter releases manually (its an option under expert gigapan options on the units menu). You have to push 'next' on each frame on the gigapan unit.
To mount the L bracket I took out one of the four black screws on the elevator gear (the one next to where the thumb screw for the camera bracket) and using a longer screw mounted the L bracket here, and used the thumb screw next to it for additional support.
As I said, some lens combinations will overwhelm the servos holding power. It will slip. This is not hurting the Gigapan unit or its gears, its the servos electromagnets that are not able to hold so there is no damage being done to the gigapan unit (it will sound scary though, but its just like moving the unit when it is powered up). When the Gigapan powers down be careful that your camera does not crash into the unit as there will be no holding torque when its off.
I have also mounted a Glass Sigma 500mm lens to the unit, mounting the L bracket firmly to the Unit so no elevation rotation is possible and doing the elevation rotation by hand on the lens-Lbracket interface with a thumb screw holding the lens to the L bracket. Really need to minimize vibration with this heavy lens setup so mirror lock up is mandatory, strong tripod, etc. Its a heavy lens. I use the gigapan unit then just for horizontal movement of the lens (1.8 degrees field of view set on gigapan setup) and I have the lens rotated in its bracket so that the photo sequence will work with the gigapan stitcher (which is expecting top left down and accross to bottom right, so I rotate the camera90 degrees to the left and start with the bottom left, each row moving up to finish at top right, then the stitcher has no problems putting it all together like always).
Edge@51 wrote:Je viens de recevoir un e-mail de gigapan me disant que je suis sélectionné pour le béta test. Mais avant d'acheter, j'aimerai savoir quelle est la précision des angles sur cette tête? Je n'ai rien trouvé sur le net
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October 2013
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Wooo-hoo! Today marked the official unveiling of Australia Zoo's brand new tiger cub enclosure, where our two eight-week-old male Sumatran tiger cubs will be on display from 11am-2pm daily until the 14th December (keep your eyes peeled for a glimpse of the cubs roving around the Zoo from 9.45am until 11am!).
Not only that, lucky visitors to Australia Zoo are now able to book our exclusive Adorable Tiger Cubs animal encounter, the proceeds of which support Sumatran tiger conservation in the wild!
Our two little cubs will play a huge role at the Zoo, promoting the importance of conservation and education and are great ambassadors for raising much needed funds for tiger conservation projects and awareness for tigers in the wild.
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