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What does thermodynamic solar panels do?
Thermodynamic solar systems use a technology based on the principle of the French physicist Nicolas Carnot, who discovered thermodynamics. Thanks to him, thermodynamic solar panels are capable of capturing the heat from the sun, or even from the rain and wind, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
One of the innovative aspects is that an ecological fluid at freezing temperatures circulates through the solar panel, allowing a greater uptake of the solar energy and a higher absorption of the environmental energy that is then released to the water through a heat exchanger. Thus, thermodynamic solar panels surpass the limitations of the traditional solar panels and make possible a more efficient increase of the water temperature.
Does this type of solar panel produce electricity?
No – thermodynamic solar panels do not produce electricity. Thermodynamic solar panels can be used for: heating sanitary water, heating large volume water, acclimatisation of swimming pools heating and central heating.
Does this equipment work as a heat pump?
The equipment associated with thermodynamics is not classed as a heat pump. The heat pump is a device that requires mechanical ventilation which causes large energy consumption and excessive noise. In addition, at low temperatures, you need to use an electric heater to eliminate frost which seriously undermines its performance.
Do I need to keep my water heater or buy a special module?
A thermodynamic solar system is sufficient to ensure you receive hot water all year round, with high energy efficiency. You don't need to have any special module or maintain any support system, such as a geyser or water heater.
Can I have hot water in days without sun?
Because the fluid passes inside the panel at very low temperatures, it can receive more solar energy than a normal liquid and even on days without sun or at night. Because of this thermal difference, the solar panel can capture the heat existing in the environment and transmit it to the water. Thus, the system always ensures hot water up to 55ºC.
What's the payback period for the investment?
The average investment return for sanitary hot water equipment is about 4 years. Your energy bill will be significantly reduced by hundreds of pounds every year. A thermodynamic solar system will diminish the impact that energy costs have on your home.
Is the equipment approved and certified?
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Does the system require extensive maintenance care?
Maintenance is almost non-existent. You are just advised to check the magnesium anode, a protection element of the tank, once a year.
Do these systems consume energy? What is the energy consumption?
Thermodynamic solar systems are devices of low consumption and high efficiency. The existing electricity consumption serves only to make the ecological fluid circulate and not to produce heat, unlike the traditional systems. For example, the ECO 250 ESM system can provide hot water for a family of 4/5 people with energy consumption 4/5 times lower than the consumption of a traditional geyser or of an electric water heater.
Does this system have any anti-bacterial device?
Yes it does. According to the standard in force, the equipment for sanitary hot water has a function that allows the tank's temperature to be raised to over 70ºC, whose activation is manual with automatic deactivation.
Is the installation quick and easy?
Yes it is. A thermodynamic solar system for the heating sanitary water can be installed in less than 1 day.
Does it come with a warranty?
The warranty period of the solar panel is 5 years against manufacturing defects and corrosion, though the average lifetime of a thermodynamic solar panel is around 20 years. The tank has a 3 year warranty, if it's in stainless steel and a 2 year warranty if it's enamelled or galvanised.
At what distance must the panel be from the tank?
The distance should not exceed 15m in height and/or 30m in terms of distance.
Do the panels have to be installed on the roof?
No. Thermodynamic solar systems are very versatile and can be installed either on the roof or on a flat roof, terrace, balcony, on the soil, etc.
Is it necessary to reinforce the roof and to request a planning permission to carry out the installation?
It is not necessary to reinforce the roof or to request a planning permission to carry out the installation. A thermodynamic solar panel weighs only 8 kg and measures 2m in length by 0.8m in width and has a gross coverage of 1.6m2. The thickness of a panel is 20mm.
Can the panels be placed in any direction?
Yes, but they should preferably be south facing to ensure the equipment's maximum efficiency.
Can the solar panels be painted?
Yes the solar panels can be painted, preferably in dark colours, so that the panel can be easily integrated into the architecture of each customer's house, without compromising its efficiency.
What temperature can be reached in a bath?
Approximately 55ºC (temperature allowed by law).
What are the defining features of the fluid? Can it be dangerous in the event of leakage?
The used fluid is completely safe, non-toxic and environmentally friendly, so if there's a leakage there will be no problem for the user's health and safety.
Is it necessary to make temporary fluid charges?
Because the primary circuit is completely sealed, you don't need to make any temporary charge, thus ensuring lower maintenance and greater longevity of the equipment.
Will I have hot water when there is no sun for several days, with snow or on a very windy and with freezing outside temperatures?
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Is there more heating with 2 panels?
Heating takes up little more than half of the time. For example: For 300 litres, the average heating time with one panel is 6 hours, and with two panels it is four hours, with the water always at 55°C.
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How many panels are needed to heat sanitary hot water in a five-person household?
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You've probably seen the phrase "Good source of omega 3" on the labels of all types of food products in your grocery store. That's because a growing number of studies have demonstrated the amazing health benefits of omega 3 essential fatty acids.
Omega 3 fatty acids are probably the most important fats for your health because they help reduce inflammation. Inflammation is a primary cause of many of the degenerative diseases so common today — heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimers, arthritis, and more.
Omega 3 fats are important for the health of your skin, joints and hair, as well as your immune system. These fats are also critical for normal growth and development in children. Omega 3 fats also offer relief from menstrual cramps and menopausal symptoms, infertility and breast cancer.
Omega 3 deficiency is the sixth most common factor in the causes of death among Americans, according to a study done by Harvard University.The study determined that there are as many as 96,000 preventable deaths each year due to omega 3 deficiencies. Recent statistics indicate that nearly everyone in the United States does not get enough omega 3 fatty acids.
What are deficiency symptoms of omega 3 fats? Symptoms tend to be very vague, and can often be attributed to some other health condition or nutrient deficiency. The most common symptoms include fatigue, dry or itchy skin, brittle hair and nails, constipation, frequent colds, depression, poor concentration, lack of physical endurance and joint pain.
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There are many types of essential fatty acids; the ones most well-known are alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA); these are all categorized as polyunsaturated fatty acids.
EPA and DHA are found exclusively in animal-based sources, while ALA is the type of omega 3 fat found in plant sources. Research indicates that many more benefits are available from animal sources of omega 3 fats.
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The richest source for getting these fats in today's diet are fish high in omega 3. Unfortunately, it's become difficult to find seafood that's truly safe to eat.
Due to environmental pollution, most fish today are contaminated with dangerous toxins like mercury, dioxins and PCBs. Even the FDA has warned consumers not to eat fish too often due to the levels of mercury present.
Since toxicity is a serious issue with fish, it makes getting sufficient omega 3 through your diet a challenge. Fortunately, there are several options to get around this problem.
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I now have read 655 pages in the Memoirs of Cordell Hull, carrying the story up to mid-1939.
This period has been interesting as it has dealt with U.S. relations with Japan during Japan's expanding invasion of China. During this period Japan repeatedly harassed U.S. civilians and military forces stationed in China. Most notable was the sinking of the gunboat Panay by Japanese aircraft in 1937.
Hull also has deals with the Roosevelt administration's reaction to Hitler's annexation of Austria and then the demise of Czechoslovakia following the Munich conference.
While Hull was an early advocate of U.S. rearmament in the face of the threat from Germany, Italy and Japan, he and FDR were limited in their actions by the power of isolationists. These isolationists wanted the United States to withdraw further from any involvement with the growing aggression overseas.
The isolationists were represented most famously by Charles Lindbergh and in Congress by senators Hiram Johnson of California, Gerald Nye of North Dakota and William Borah of Idaho.
Especially painful for Hull was the isolationists' blocking the removal of an arms embargo from neutrality legislation in 1939. Hull had ample evidence from U.S. diplomats that the House's action encouraged Hitler to continue with his plans for war. Because of the isolationists' vote, Hitler was convinced that the U.S. would not supply Britain and France with armaments. Thus he felt safe in planning to invade Poland, figuring that Britain and France would not have the strength to oppose him.
I finished reading just as Germany and the Soviet Union had signed their nonaggression pact in August 1939.
On my other favorite topic, errors in grammar or usage, I started noting errors that I hear spoken on news programs. So far I have noted two errors, both involving a failure to conjugate properly the verb to be:
"There is just five providers," heard on the CBS Evening News by a reporter.
"Was there any co-conspirators?" heard on an MSNBC interview.
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- 1 cup firmly packed baby spinach
- 1 English cucumber, roughly chopped (do not peel)
- 2 cups diced ripe fresh pineapple
- 1 ½ tsp. finely grated lime zest, plus more to taste
- 2 Tbs. fresh lime juice, plus more to taste
- 1/8 tsp. ground turmeric
- Pinch of natural salt
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- Throw all ingredients except the chia seeds, but including the boosters, into your blender and blast on high for 30 to 60 seconds, until ingredients are completely pulverized. Strain with a filtration bag, nut milk bag, or fine-mesh sieve, and then whisk in the chia seeds. Transfer to a jar, seal tightly, and chill in the fridge for 30 to 50 minutes. Enjoy cold.
- Note: If you prefer, substitute baby bok choy for spinach; and lemon juice and zest for the lime.
Nutrition Information
- Calories: 134
- Carbohydrate Content: 30.8 g
- Fat Content: 1.9 g
- Fiber Content: 5.3 g
- Protein Content: 3.4 g
- Saturated Fat Content: 0.2 g
- Sodium Content: 174 mg
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Ever since I discovered that different breeds of chickens lay coloured eggs, I have wanted them. Oh so desperately I have wanted them. Last year when we got our seven new hens (or so we thought they were all hens) we were really rooting for at least one or two of them giving us coloured eggs. But no such luck, always just boring old brown eggs.
We hatched our own chicks this June and they are finally getting to the age where they are starting to lay. Much to our delight, when we collected the eggs on Saturday there was a green egg! I admit, there may have been some happy dancing and excited phone calls and texts to those who would share my delight.
We have since collected two more green eggs which means the new little laying hen is in full swing! That or we have more than one green egg layer. Ohh wouldn't that be fun?
We really have no idea which hen is laying these green eggs though. We have tried to look closely at each chicken to see if there are any hints (darker legs, etc) but haven't had any luck guessing since most of them have dark legs.
I went out today and photographed each one so I thought I would share them all with you and see if I have any super smart readers who would be able to point us in the right direction!
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|Matilda The Third (we are super creative like that)
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|White & brown #2 (needs a name)
|White with neck colouring (needs a name)
|Copper guy (pretty sure he's a rooster)
|White fuzzy one with blue ears (needs a very delicate name)
As you can see from the above photos and captions, we have been slacking in the naming department. I was still waiting until we knew who were boys since almost all our named ones turned out to be roosters, hence the reason why all the new hens are unnamed. I will take suggestions though, if anyone would like to help. :)
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We are living a world of change like never before. The forces of change are coming at us in wave after wave with increasing fury and in totally unpredictable ways. Some leaders are simply overwhelmed by what they face. Others are stunned by fear and others still are unsure what to do. In each and every case, leaders are facing the need to transform rather than tweak – and yet very few are equipped for the task at hand.
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Brain machine interfaces are important not just for "bionics" but also for interfaces that would allow quadriplegics and those with neurodegenerative diseases to interface with the outside world. One of the key questions in developing a brain machine interface is: What is the nature of the information that is to be interfaced? With sensory information such as been discussed in the two previous blogs, we need to know two things: (1) how much information do we want to input to the brain, and (2) what pattern does the brain expect to see? With the visual and auditory prosthetic discussed in Monday's blog, researchers and doctors utilize residual neural function in the eye and ear, respectively, and simply provide a pattern of electrical stimulation that is "mapped" in a manner similar to the normal input to retina or cochlea. Tactile and proprioceptive sensation, as required for an effective bionic limb, is a little bit more complex, since the inputs will likely need to be transmitted directly to the appropriate area of the brain that normally receives input from limbs. Likewise advanced improvements in visual and auditory prosthetics – the degree of sophistication required to truly replace sight and sound – will also need to provide inputs directly to the visual and auditory processing regions of the brain.
This problem is already being faced by the researchers working on the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program by DARPA, and that direct brain control of motor movements also necessitates interfacing with the part of the brain that normally controls muscles. Both of these problems require a means of either transmitting any electrical stimulus directly to the brain or reading the brains electrical activity and translating it to an external device. in many ways this is a separate field of neuroscience, termed Brain Machine Interfacing.
Brain Machine Interfacing, or BMI, is a field with two major goals: (1) understanding the normal brain "code" that corresponds to sensation, movement, memory, or any other cognitive function; (2) providing an appropriate "interface" between neurons and electronics. In many ways part one of BMI is no different from any of the studies of neuroscience, in which we try to better understand the functions of the brain. However, the particular goal of BMI with understanding the brain is to be able to point to specific patterns of neural activity and say "this represents an input" or "this represents a memory."
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The field of neural prosthetics requires a number of developments before we can reach the goal of true "bionic" prosthetic organs and limbs. In addition, creation of "cyborgs", or cybernetic organisms, is even further in the future, requiring great advances in interfacing between the brain and external devices. In the next blog, I will finish this series on advanced prosthetics, bionics, and brain machine interfaces with the discussion of techniques for interfacing brains and computers by means of "reading" brain activity without electrodes implanted in the brain.
Until next time, take care of your brain. It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp… electrode!


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Episode 48 - Christine Van Loo, 7 time National Champion acrobatic gymnast and circus performer
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On this week's episode Josh and Lyndsay recount their trip across the U.S. while working on a new show with Keone and Mari Madrid, update you on exciting news with Miss Behave Game Show, review Cirque Du Soleil's KA and discuss the closing of the CDS New York theatrical division. Josh and Lyndsay also call up Olympic athlete of the year, 7 time National Champion acrobatic gymnast, circus performer, entrepreneur and motivational speaker Christine Van Loo. They discuss her career, the transition between athletics and circus, working in special events, and running a circus school abroad. If you enjoy today's episode please share it with your friends and rate us on iTunes. Have a great week! [14:51] How Christine got into acrobatic gymnastics (sports acro)[23:11] The transition between athletics and performing[27:54] Training circus for the first time and making a promo video[33:59] Creating circus for television (NBC) and musical concerts (Paul McCartney, Britney Spears)[39:15] Starting Airborne Arts in Costa Rica and getting into motivational speaking


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In a surprising yet very welcome move, Amazon Japan has announced the opening of a pop-up bar in Ginza from October 20 to 29.
There won't be any menu at the bar, but they will be offering wines, beers, cocktails, umeshu, shochu, whisky, and of course sake, from 500 to 1500 yen. Instead you'll use one of eight terminals to order based upon how you're feeling at the time. Apart from that, you can use the hashtag #AmazonBar on an SNS to get a free beer or highball as well. Your first appetizer, vegetables from Amazon Fresh, is also free with your first drink.
It looks like the main purpose of the bar is to allow people to experience Amazon Japan's lineup of drinks, and they'll be doing daily events to showcase new/unreleased products. The schedule of events is yet to be announced, but judging by the web page, I'd say we'll see both Nikka Black Aromatic and Johnnie Walker Blender's Batch Triple Grain American Oak before the official release.
Whiskey Richard is the founder of nomunication.jp, and has been saying he has lived in Japan for ten years for the past four years. He enjoys drinking basically anything except straight-up Campari.


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Solar: The Next "Granite Countertop"
September 12, 2013
Solar panels are the next granite countertops: an amenity for new homes that's becoming a standard option for buyers in U.S. markets.
At least six of 10 largest U.S. homebuilders led by KB Home include the photovoltaic devices in new construction, according to supplier SunPower Corp. (SPWR) Two California towns are mandating installations, and demand for the systems that generate electricity at home will jump 56 percent nationwide this year, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
"In the next six months, homebuilders in California and the expensive-energy states will be going solar as a standard, and just incorporating it into the cost of the house like any other feature," Jim Petersen, chief executive officer of the PetersenDean Inc., the largest closely held U.S. roofing and solar contractor, said in an interview.
Lashing panels to roofs during construction is about 20 percent cheaper than after a house is built. Homeowners who can afford the extra $10,000 to $20,000 cost in return for free power threaten the business of traditional utilities such as Edison International of California or Kansas' Westar Energy Inc.
Power companies are losing business because they can't cut their rates in line with the tumbling prices of residential solar systems. Those cost about $4.93 a watt in the first quarter, down 16 percent from a year earlier, according to the Washington-based solar association. That was sparked by the 18 percent slump in prices for solar panels and related hardware in the same period.
Mortgage Embed
A 3-kilowatt system, enough to power a typical mid-size home, costs less than $15,000 and can be rolled into a mortgage, said Tom Werner, CEO of San Jose, California-based SunPower.
"You embed it into your home mortgage, you're cashflow positive month one," he said.
That's similar to how some buyers decided to pay $5,000 or $10,000 for a kitchen countertop that would be from natural materials and would outlast a Formica-style top.
"You're going to see a transition from novelty, to granite countertops, to mainstream option," Werner said in an interview. "We're rapidly passing the equivalent of a 'countertops decision' to a 'no-brainer.' You just do it."


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Outre are a band which hail from Canada, playing a brand of pretty simplistic raw speed/thrash. I wouldn't call their style numerously repeated, or gimmicked, but considering there much more arduously constructed songs out there, they fall short of original, nonetheless, they still deliver a bristly covered slab of solid old school speed/thrash, hinted with some hardcore punk madness.
Yes, Outre's demo ''Tomb'' is vociferous, raw and inept in technical skill. Fortunately, though, such an endowment is not the intention of the demo, therefore, you're left alone with thirteen minutes of punkishly raw speed/thrash, nothing else. Warsenal, another Canadian band which left us with a catchy demo, offered a better demo than Outre if truth be told, although they played a similar branch of speed/thrash. Outre draws heavy influences from the early thrash/punk, but the thick, sparse guitar tone enables the riffs just a pinch heavier.
The riffs are savage and they're not meagre, rather prolific actually. They're simple, though, usually crusty chugs and meandering chord progressions, but they're webbed together with strong links and joints that establish a robust structure, which is more than I could ask for. But although it's savage revulsions will gravitate people towards it, but riffs suffer from occasional inaudibility, caused most likely by the unnecessary amount distortion that the tone is doused with. The vocals are punk driven as well, savage and rough barks, but like the riffs they tend to suffer casualties from their lack of spike and enlightenment.
''Tomb'' is not at all a bad demo, only a very raw one. It bares the materials needed construct a far more intense and pummelling force of punk oriented speed/thrash that could augment into a thorn far deadlier, and far more substantial. Outre will need to endeavour in order to achieve that sound, and they will need time to make their raw material more credible. We shall wait and see.
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Eric Jaffe
Eric Jaffe is the former New York bureau chief for CityLab. He is the author of A Curious Madness and The King's Best Highway.
"Do you actually think it is the role of city government to decrease inequality?"
That question was posed to Republican New York mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota, and again in slightly different words to his opponent, Democrat Bill de Blasio, at The Atlantic's CityLab summit Tuesday. Though framed in the context of a local election, the question has universal application to the way city governments interact with city residents. Is it, in fact, the job of a mayor to take an active role in reducing the gap between rich and poor?
In the past, Lhota and de Blasio have answered the question from different sides. Lhota recently told The New York Times he feels that government should generally be hands-off. Straying only slightly from that position in his CityLab interview, Lhota said local government can indeed address income inequality but suggested doing so through indirect means — namely, by expanding the city economy.
"When you expand your economy there are benefits that come all the way across the board: more revenues for your city, more opportunities for your city, more jobs," he said. "I believe you deal with income inequality — the only way to deal with income inequality — is expanding the economy, allowing the unemployed to be employed, and allowing the underemployed to get into a career path."
Lhota did offer some more direct ideas for reducing the inequality gap. He discussed improving education by promoting charter schools as well as by offering online continuing education programs to adults. More tangibly, he suggested creating more affordable housing by buying unused land beside the Long Island Railroad in Queens and Brooklyn and the 30 post offices that are slated for sale in the city.
De Blasio, meanwhile, has built his campaign on a "tale of two cities" dichotomy that stresses the need to actively reduce income inequality. He said a focus on economic growth alone doesn't go far enough. He would prefer a more "aggressive" intervention that targets inequality at the source — namely, the youth — and makes city government an "agent of social progress."
His short-term plans for facilitating that progress include increasing service-sector wages and expanding affordable housing. But the key to removing the income gap in the long-term, he said, is early education. Citing research on the importance of pre-Kindergarten programs, de Blasio said down the line they would make a "significant dent" on the lack of economic mobility that has reached a "crisis point."
"Greater achievement in school, higher likelihood to attend college, increased chances to escape poverty — this is what local government must be in the business of doing," he said. "This kind of idea is what great cities have always been about. They are not defined just by their soaring skyscrapers and majestic bridges and robust infrastructure. Rather, cities are defined most fundamentally by their extraordinary human capital. And great cities not only have the ability to attract human capital, they have the ability to create it by lifting people up, and ensuring that everyone has a real opportunity to live our their dreams."
Top image: New York City mayoral candidates Joseph Lhota and Bill de Blasio speaking at The Atlantic's CityLab summit.
The pioneering festival marketplace was among the most trendsetting urban attractions of the last 40 years. Now it's looking for a new place in a changed city.
Why do mid-rise tenements dominate Berlin? The Mietskaserne, or "rental barracks," have shaped the city's culture and its counterculture.
The nation's famed mastery of rail travel has been aided by some subtle behavioral tricks.
In an era of austere federal funding for urban public transportation, light rail seemed to make sense. Did the little trains of the 1980s pull their own weight?
Livability indexes can obscure the experiences of non-white people. CityLab analyzed the outcomes just for black women, for a different kind of ranking.


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We've got more commodity-based ETFs coming down the pike this week.
Sponsors ETF Securities and Swiss bank ZKB are getting ready to roll out exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) based on several of the precious metals.
Forbes reports:
ETF Securities is scheduled to launch five new physically backed exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) based on platinum, palladium, gold and silver on the London Stock Exchange tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Swiss bank ZKB is planning to launch an EFT in platinum, palladium and silver on May 10.
ETCs, like ETFs, trade commodity futures, backing up every ounce of stock bought on paper with actual physical stock. As a result, the launch of an ETF often squeezes the market as it eats up the amount of physical stock available.
More coverage on the forthcoming ETCs can be found at Resource Investor. You may also want to check out their note on tightness in the silver market and Roland Watson's "empty ETF" theory.
A few practical notes on how some of the commodity-based ETFs have fared so far, and what investors should know about their actual performance and volatility:
1. Roger Nusbaum on including commodities and commodity-based ETFs in portfolios.
2. Bear Mountain Bull crew discusses problems with some of the commodity-based ETFs and MarketWatch adds their take, tying poor performance at the US Oil Fund (USO) to a contango in the futures market and the resulting hit from rolling over futures contracts.
3. Seeking Alpha contributor Richard Shaw claims ETNs sponsored by Barclays did a better job of capturing commodity related returns than some ETFs, particularly in the case of crude oil based ETF products.
However, a commentor notes that both instruments have significantly lagged their benchmark, the West Texas Intermediate crude oil price.
4. Dave Fry discusses commodity ETFs with Kevin Rich of DB Commodity Services in this recent podcast at ETF Digest.
Lots of news on the commodity ETF front, as you can see.
As mentioned in the Marketwatch piece on USO, we've also seen a recently launched natural gas ETF, and the sponsor behind these products is also planning ETFs that will track the price of heating oil and gasoline contracts.
Metals and energy are hot topics with investors, and this interest is not confined to the area of exchange traded funds. Check out the newly announced plans for a uranium futures contract at the NYMEX for further proof.
Monday, April 23, 2007
More commodity ETFs
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Lyon and gastronomy
Lyon is THE gastronomic capital of Lyon. The reason? A good and simple cuisine at the crossroad of Northern (butter, cream …) and Provençale cuisine ( Mediterranean vegetables, olive oil ) availability of fresh products, good climate, etc. ..
The markets of Lyon are supplied with the wonderful fruits and vegetables from the Rhône valley, poultry from the Bresse region, guinea fowls of la Drôme and fish from the Dombes lakes. Lyon & Savoie are known for the sausages and their cheese.
Since roman times, Lyon was a meeting point where people could discover other civilizations food and continued through centuries when at the beginning of the 16 C silks merchants brought exotic spices and technics from their long journey.
Finding local products will not be difficult at the markets arranged every day in each districts of the city. Vegetables, fruits, cheese, meat, fish, flowers, everything you need is within a hand´s reach… When you visit the city, make sure that you walk by some of the many food markets in town (I have counted as many as 40).
Here is a link in English:
PS: French love markets and in addition to food markets, check for night markets (in summer), books and other second hand sales …
Source for picture: insidethegate.com
The most famous market Les Halles de Paul Bocuse built in 1971, went through extensive renovation in 2004 and now offers 13 000 m2 on three levels. In 2006 the Market took the name of the famous Lyon based Chef Paul Bocuse. One advise .. don´t go there with an empty stomach !
For a first approach to traditional food from Lyon, pay a visit to the most famous displays of the market:
– Colette Sibila. In the display of this Maison founded in 1925, all types of sausages, typical products from Lyon.
– La boucherie centrale – specialist of beef meat and poultry from la Bresse – amongst other things.
– La Mère Richard. To make a Lyon cheese plate, take some Saint Marcellin, une Cervelle de canuts and a Chabichou.
Lyon is also known for its Mères Lyonnaises. They were women who after the French Revolution set up their own business in the 19 C. They had worked previously as cook in the rich family of Lyon. Their restaurants served simple and popular dishes to the Canuts (workers from the silk industry.)
What about Wine?
As in almost every region of France, the climate is favorable to the culture of the wine. The wine region around Lyon is called Beaujolais. The region is producing both red and white, however the red prevails at 98 %. While the red wine generally made of the Gamay grape which has a thin skin and is low in tannins The white wine is made from Chardonnay.
Next Episode: 4 – Bistrots Lyonnais


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Friday, May 1, 2009
Faces of the City XIX
Labels: art, art for sale, artist, artists, artwork, canvas, city, colorful, contemporary, etsy, expressionism, oil, original art, painting, palette knife
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Come check out Charlotte's newest live music venue – and your new favorite place to eat, drink and jam. See the list of upcoming shows below. These events are rain or shine.
Scroll down for dates and to get your tickets! These events are rain or shine.
SouthBound's Taco Stand will be open and full bar available for purchase. Take out from Mac's Speed Shop is also welcome in the yard.
The Music Yard is located in between SouthBound and Mac's Speed Shop on South Blvd.
Charlotte's The New Familiars have grown into an Americana Rock fixture in the southeast playing their own style of "American Rock & Roll" for years now. Drawing from the vast influences, they've shaped a sound that combines the nitty-gritty roots music of the Appalachia with the guitar-drenched-drum-driven anthems of Rock & Roll. Through collective songwriting, howling harmonies, & multi-instrumental talent, their show can take you from a back porch hoe-down to a full on rock show at the change of an instrument.
Making the road their home, their high energy shows have gained them notoriety not only in the press, but also among their peers. The band has been paired with legendary artists like Levon Helm, Del McCoury, and Gregg Allman; as well as new school greats like The Infamous Stringdusters, Langhorne Slim, and Scythian. Known to be a group of fun loving guys, their musicianship has wooed the likes of Ronnie McCoury (Travelin' McCourys), Johnny Neel (Allman Brothers Band), Bob Margolin (Muddy Waters) and John Cowan (New Grass Revival/Doobie Brothers) to join them on stage for some epic nights of picking and grinning. In 2012, they were asked to perform at the Democratic National Convention and then later asked to open for Vice President Biden on his trip to Charlotte.
Ever the freedom seekers, the band has remained independent of labels and management as they've navigated their way through the festival, theatre, and club scene nationwide. They've played some of the best music festivals in the country.
Join us for a mini rock-n-roll festival and hear from Beatlemania, Woodstock 69, Arena Rock, The Big Four, Lollapalooza 94 and hear tasty tunes from the Adult Band too! Tickets are $5 at the door and all ages are welcome!
Come out to The Music Yard Thursday, September 27 for a free show from Heywire! Heywire reinvents the sounds of Southeastern American music with their original brand of Roots Rock. Their original songs pull from their love of rock, funk, blues, soul, jazz, country, and bluegrass. Heywire has toured all over the Southeast, honing their live show along the way.
Full bar will be open for purchase.
Limited parking is available at SouthBound, but we encourage walking, biking, ubering, carpooling or taking public transit. All ages are welcome!
The Music Yard welcomes Indecision to the stage Saturday, October 13! Combining the styles of Steely Dan, Little Feat and the Grateful Dead into a unique and original sound, Indecision has delighted jam band audiences for over 30 years. Having begun their journey together while still in high school, the band possesses a musical relationship rarely seen in the world of music. Playing both original and cover songs, each is very much rooted in the exclusive Indecision sound.
Tickets are $10 in advance and will be $15 at the door. All ages are welcome, kids 17 and under get in free with adults who purchase a ticket.
Full bar will be open for purchase.
Limited parking is available at SouthBound, but we encourage walking, biking, ubering, carpooling or taking public transit.
For fans of: Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Eric Church
Honesty always attracts a crowd," and it's proven to be a potent tool for Nashville based North Carolinian Casey Clark. A firm believer in the power of a well crafted tune, Clark's work as a songwriter and road dog have won him respect from industry icons and classic country fans alike. Clark is on a relentless journey to capture the people and scenery of rural America one last time before they cease to exist.
Showcasing these stories is a 5 song EP with Grammy award winning engineer Matt Ross
Spang (Jason Isbell, Drive By Truckers, Margo Price). From steel stomping robbery song
"Train," inspired by the Outlaw Jesse James; to hard working beer cave anthem "Get my ChairOut," Clark continues to sing his unfiltered southern truth. Trust me, your ears are better for it!
-Rural American Post
March 28:
Opener- Leisure McCorkle
Headliner: Ancient Cities
April 7:
Opener- Temperance League
Headliner- Supatight
April 14:
Opener- The Houston Brothers
Headliner- Zack Mexico
April 21:
Opener- Matone
Headliner- Noah Proudfoot and Botanicals
April 28:
Opener- Jouwala Collective
Headliner- Black Masala
May 5:
Opener- Bencoolen
Headliner- Swift Technique
May 12:
Opener- Hustle Souls
Headliner- Dark Water Rising
May 19:
Opener- Tony Eltora band
Headliner- Jeff Sipe and Friends
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JAREKUS SINGLETON w/The Holdouts
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Music Booking
Interested in playing at The Music Yard?
Tell us about your band by sending us an email with the information below.
Your Name, Your Email, Your Phone Number, Band Name, Website, Genre, Number of Members, Dates Available, Audio/Video Link (if available), Description of Your Band, and attach Your Band's EPK (if available).
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Family estrangement can lead to sadness and a feeling that things are incomplete around the holidays, especially when many of the advertisements revolve around family. Mother's Day, Father's Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas can be especially painful for people who are estranged from their parents. You can use the holidays to restore the relationship with your parents or create family traditions of your own.
Step 1
Make peace with who your parents are and don't try to change them. Accept that they aren't perfect and can hurt you without meaning to do so, counsels Joshua Coleman, a family estrangement psychologist and author of "When Parents Hurt" and "Helping Parents Heal." Assess the reason why you are estranged, such as divorce, remarriage, past abuse or influence from your extended family or a spouse. Determine if you want a relationship with your parents and if the relationship can be something positive in your life. Initiate healing if the relationship can be healthy for everyone involved, such as getting together at Christmas, making contact on Mother's Day and Father's Day or having them over for Thanksgiving.
Step 2
Make contact with your estranged parents and ask for a time when you can get together to talk without interruption. Perhaps you can get together a few days before everyone arrives for Christmas or visit alone after everyone else goes home. Coleman suggests that you set some goals and guidelines for the meeting that everyone can agree to follow, such as saying, "I want you to hear me without trying to answer" or "I know this isn't easy for you, but I'd like to hear your side."
Step 3
Avoid placing blame or accusing your parents of creating the situation, even if you feel they did. Express how the situation makes you feel and what it will take to make things better, such as writing letters more often but limiting face-to-face encounters to a small number each year, such as at Christmas or Thanksgiving. If you feel that a stepparent is trying to keep you and your parent apart, suggest that you meet your parent for lunch in a neutral place without the stepparent.
Step 4
Take responsibility for what you did to create the rift, such as being too quick to judge your parents or listening to one parent after a divorce and deciding the other parent was at fault. Listen to your parent and decide if there were factors you didn't know about or if someone skewed your perspective. You might have reacted to things as a child that you now understand and see more clearly as an adult. Extend forgiveness and open the door to reconciliation if you see that you can reconcile and create a stable relationship. Suggest opportunities to slowly work things out, such as sending cards on Mother's Day or Father's Day or attending church together at Christmas.
Step 5
Decide to create your own family traditions for the holidays despite the rift. The relationship may be too toxic or even impossible to repair if, for example, the parent is abusive, trapped in substance abuse, refuses to reconcile or has died. So instead, celebrate the healthy parental figures, on Mother's Day and Father's Day, who helped to shape your life for the better. You can also write a letter to a dead parent to excise the hurt and move on. Do things for yourself that you wish your parents had done, such as taking in a sports event or being there for your own kids.
- You don't have to rebuild a toxic relationship. Sometimes the best that you can do is to accept that the relationship is unhealthy and move on.
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Blue Ridge Lake Map & Burton Lake Map
Lake Blue Ridge is located on the Toccoa River in extreme north central Georgia near the towns of Morganton, Mineral Bluff, and Blue Ridge, Georgia. Full pool elevation 1690' MSL
Lake Burton is located in north east Georgia about 15 miles northeast of Helen, Georgia and 6 miles west of Tiger, GA. Burton is part of the Georgia Power Company chain of lakes on the Tallulah River. Burton consists of 2775 acres of lake with 62 miles of shoreline. Points of interest include Moccasin Creek State Park and Laprades Camp and Marina. Full pool elevation is 1866' MSL.


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Candied Meyer Lemon Cookies
I'm excited to announce that as of this month, I'll be a contributor to Food Fanatic. If you haven't checked out Food Fanatic yet, it's a food and recipe website featuring some of the best food bloggers around. Each blogger is a "fanatic" about something, and the recipes they contribute each month focus on that item or type of cooking. Who's surprised that I'm now the resident lemon fanatic?
This means that once a month, I'll be sharing a lemony lovely on Food Fanatic, and also sharing it here, too. I figured I would dive right in with an EPIC lemon recipe.
These Candied Meyer Lemon Cookies highlight my favorite type of citrus. Meyer lemons are thought to be a cross between a regular lemon and an orange. They are slightly smaller than standard lemons, and have a sweeter, less tart taste. While some grocery stores now carry them all year 'round, I prefer to use them when they're most in season (January through April).
For this recipe, I started with my family's favorite Christmas recipe for Sour Cream-Nutmeg Sugar Cookies, but got rid of the holiday-ish nutmeg in the dough and added ground ginger instead. I also whipped up a simple cream cheese frosting, but the true star of the show is the candied Meyer lemon. Candying citrus is actually a very simple process. The trickiest part is getting the seeds out of each slice of lemon, but even that isn't too bad. It's kind of fun.
After your lemon slices are de-seeded and ready to go, you give them a very quick cook in boiling water to soften them up a touch. Then you dump a bunch of sugar and water in a skillet, throw in your lemon slices, and let them simmer for an hour. It's tempting to go binge-watch something on Netflix like I did, but you DO need to check on the lemons every 10 minutes or so, to make sure they're not simmering too rapidly and that the sugar syrup isn't getting brown. Because then you'll end up with caramelized lemons, which are delicious, but not really what we're going for here.
While each component here (cookies, frosting and candied lemons) can be made in advance, these cookies are best eaten the day they are frosted and decorated. I think this Candied Meyer Lemon Cookies recipe would be perfect for a spring bridal or baby shower, or just to give yourself a little treat to beat the mid-winter blues. Enjoy!


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Top Ten Articles of 2011: A Mid-Year Review
1. Barcode and POS Industry Luminaries Shine Light on 2011
Reflecting on the highlights of 2010 and wondering what was in store for 2011, we asked leaders in the fields of barcoding, RFID and retail technology what they predicted for the new year. Were they on target? Take a look and judge for yourself.
The barcode has been around for almost 80 years now. Read the story of its beginnings and its evolution over the years--from the old Bull's Eye barcode, to the modern bar code and UPC, and finally its newest form--2D barcodes.
3. Penthouse Mag Barcodes the Babes, Sex Advice via QR code
Approaching 2011, QR Codes, or 2D barcodes had already been causing a stir, and we knew the year would be full of surprises in this field. Penthouse Magazine's use of them might be one of the most creative—or seductive—QR code campaigns we've seen yet.
4. The Disintermediation of the Point of Sale Industry
This year has brought significant change to the Point of Sale Industry—bigger than we've seen in decades. See what our president, Craig Aberle, has to say about the huge benefits these changes offer to businesses, as well as the looming questions about the industry's future.
5. Best Practices for Using 2D Barcodes in Advertising
If you want to be cool this year, you've got to have QR codes. If you want to be successful in your QR code campaigns, you need to read this article. Follow these best practices for marketing with 2D barcodes and achieve success.
6. Near Field Communications: Leave your leather wallet at home.
Look Mom, no hands! No wallet, purse, credit card, or cash either! If you haven't heard about how NFC technology is enabling customers to pay with a bump of their phone or mobile device, then read this article.
7. Will RFID Join QR Code in Coolsville?
If you think QR codes have stolen all of the thunder this year, think again. RFID is catching some attention, turning it's boring old "Mayor of Tech-Town" reputation into a modern "Player in Coolsville" by proving useful in a myriad of venues. Here is one example.
8. Will RFID help stabilize gas prices?
Just to again prove the point of RFID's versatility and coolness, what could be cooler than helping to stabilize gas prices, one of the more painful reminders of the times?
9. Armed with Only an iPad and Bluetooth Barcode Scanner
The iPad, introduced to us in 2010, is proving to us this year that it is one of the most valuable business tools out there, with its low cost, ease-of-use, and endless applications. When combined with a small Bluetooth® barcode scanner, it makes a powerful POS package.
10. Mobile POS and Bar Code Reading from VeriFone
An exciting new development in the Barcode and Point-of-Sale (POS) industries is the advent of mobile POS. Read this description of a cell-phone-sized POS device that reads credit cards and barcodes, emails receipts, and even works with the afore-mentioned NFC technology. Will the dreaded waiting-in-line be a thing of the past by 2012?
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Life's a funny thing. It's never how you plan it. Despite growing up knowing that the "real world" would be tough, I never expected to be unemployed for this long at this point in my life. And to make this kick in the pants even worse, it's not really because of anything I've done. It's the economy... The pending actor's strike... Basically the mess that is the world. And while I know I'm not alone in my search for work, it still sucks.
Meanwhile, I have friends who seem to be flourishing. Booking back to back strike-proof features. Working non-stop. Shooting out in Bora Bora and staying at the St. Regis all on the company's dime. I'm sorta jealous of each and every one of them (especially the one in Bora Bora) but at the same time, I'm happy for them. And you know what? They deserve it. I know they work hard at what they do and most of them have been in the game too long to not be landing jobs like that.
I'm not gonna lie though. It does kinda suck to watch these guys go out and work on these amazing shoots while I'm sitting at home hoping for an offer, any offer, to pop up. But I guess I can find some comfort in knowing that I'm at least associating myself with some really good people. That's gotta mean something, right?
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Boqueria Brunch
by Becca
It had been a long week. In fact, it had been a long few weeks. I am nearing the close on my condo and my love just left for a war zone. And Brooke found herself actually in D.C. between two of the million business trips she's taken recently.
So, we needed pampering. After I had the most miraculous spa manicure and pedicure from Red Door and Brooke indulged in a facial and a pedicure, we waddled from the spa to Boqueria on 19th and M. Little did we know that the pampering would continue through brunch.
Boqueria is trendy. Really trendy. Yet somehow it's still welcoming. It's a bit retro, with light wood paneling and cream leather booths. The tables are all high-tops, with chairs that are upholstered in brown leather with orange trim, like a 1960s gym outfit. However, it's still contemporary and warm, with sleek bars and tables, but chalk boards and stands of fruit. Oddly, it's right above the Chipotle, but it does have a gorgeous outdoor patio on 19th Street.
As soon as you walk in the front door, you're greeted by a bouquet of gourmet meats and cheese behind glass, where you can see one of the chefs preparing desserts and tapas. They're just tempting you, giving you a taste. You are also greeted by some sort of suckling pig, plopped right there on the counter. Just staring at you. Brooke was slightly disturbed, but then quickly distracted by the hunks of Spanish cheese on display.
We went on Saturday, which was day one of their first weekend serving brunch. We were greeted by a chalk sign outside that announced "Brunch is here!" The restaurant itself has been open for two months, serving dinner, and has already made itself into a bit of an evening hotspot for downtown worker bees like me. Not yet for brunch, through. The place was empty, as it was the first weekend. But a few other tables trickled in.
We sat down at a high top that was bathed in light from the big windows. Immediately, we ordered coffee from our very tall but very lovely waiter, who told us that they just printed the brunch menu the night before, and whipped out his cheat sheet, which he had clearly studied. We could tell by the scribbles and drawings all over it. He even let us take a glance at it, and we saw he had carefully drawn sketches of what certain dishes looked like. He was clearly prepared but nervous for the new menu.
No coffee machine yet, he apologized. But he got us cappuccinos and Americanos (Brooke crisis averted). We eyed big pitchers of what looked like fruit cocktails being made at the bar. "What are those?" we asked. Sangria, of course. He brought us a taste of the blood orange beer sangria. It was delicious, so we ordered it—but with cava. It was made with blood orange puree, lime-infused tequila, and house-made lime cordial.
Yes, Brooke and I split a pitcher. A pitcher holds about five drinks. And they were pretty potent—yet you couldn't taste it. But we could feel it.
One thing I loved about their drinks menu—besides the selection of sangrias and other cocktails, including a Bloody Mary that looked absolutely divine—is that two out of their three beers on tap are local: Port City and DC Brau. This New York transplant could have easily just kept at it New York-style, but instead they're embracing their local sources. Kudos. (The third beer, fittingly, is Estrella Damm, from Barcelona.)
We ordered two starters. Well, actually a side dish and a brunch entrée to share. First, the Churros Rellenos, which are nutella stuffed churros coated in cinnamon sugar. They were warm and spongy inside, but crispy and had a kick on the outside. It was a heavenly way to kick off brunch, and gave us good feelings for the food to come.
And this point, I whipped out my camera – amazingly suspicious in a nearly empty restaurant. The waiter wandered over and asked shyly – are you reviewing the restaurant? Should I know about this? I told him it was for the 'food porn,' which made him a little comfortable. Then defensively blurted out "It's a hobby!" Yeah, those drinks had a kick to them. Why don't more restaurants add tequila to their sangria?
We also split the pan con tomate, which is grilled bread rubbed with tomato, garlic and olive oil. The bread was long triangle pieces of fresh bread, and the tomato was spread on the top. It had a bit of a garlic kick, and was soaked in oil, but the bread was crunchy on the bottom.
It came with a little bowl of Spanish olives. Our waiter, who we had now become buddies with, encouraged use to try the pickled garlic that it came with. So we did, and he stayed to watch our reactions to the decidedly bizarre taste and texture. He smiled and wandered off.
For our entrees, I ordered the cochinillo al horno, on the waiter's recommendation. He had tried it the night before, and described it as a fried egg set atop a bed of house-made potato chips. Just split the yoke, he said, and it will cover the potato chips. Eat it with the roast suckling pig, and it's so delicious, he promised. I caved.
When I got it, I was a little confused. I hadn't had roast suckling pig before, and wasn't ready for what I got. To me, it was a steak of pig fat, with a crispy top, and I felt like I was chewing pure greasy fat. It grossed me out. I think our waiter saw my faces and rushed over. Let me get you something else, he insisted, it's no problem. It's the first time I've ever not felt guilty about sending something back to the kitchen. It wasn't bad; it just wasn't my cup of tea.
When adventure failed, I went to my standard—the Benedict. This time, the huevos benedictios was atop an English muffin, with Serrano ham, piquillo peppers and hollandaise. The ham was paper thin and simply delicious. The egg poached absolutely to perfection. The Hollandaise was amazing, and the pepper gave it a nice kick. The perfect Benedict? Close to it.
The fries on the side were OK. They tasted much like fries I've had at restaurants that aren't as nice as Boqueria. I expected more—more crispiness, more kick—just something more.
Brooke wanted to get the Huevos con Bistec, Boqueria's steak and eggs, which is hanger steak a la plancha with one fried egg, fingerling potatoes, shishito peppers, mojo verde. After the waiter's descriptions of the other dishes, she changed her mind—that doesn't happen often with brunch dishes, as she always researches the menu the night before.
She went with the Tortilla de setas, a rolled omelet filled with the things she loves the most: mushrooms, caramelized onions and goat cheese. It may not sound particularly unique, but she said is was absolutely delicious. An aspiring food snob, she said that it was amazing what a difference it makes when restaurants prepare the most simple foods very, very well. And that was done at Boqueria. The dish was served with French fries on the side, and also Catalan tomato toast, which we wished we would have known before ordering the pan con tomate—as it was the same thing.
Besides the 10 Spanish brunch dishes, you can also order their classic tapas, salads and sides. Also, they presented us with a dessert menu, but we were completely stuffed. We tottered out, slightly drunk, but very happy.
The Bitches say: A- But it was day one, and I could see this being an A+ brunch with a coffee machine and a few tweaks. The quality is nearly there, and the ambiance is so perfect.
1837 M Street N.W.
Washington, D.C.
(202) 558-9545
Boqueria serves brunch on Saturdays and Sundays.


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Course Title: Develop graphic design practice to meet industry needs
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: GRAP9455C
Course Title: Develop graphic design practice to meet industry needs
School: 320T Architecture & Design
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C5316 - Diploma of Graphic Design
Course Contact : Ruth Wellington
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Nominal Hours: 60
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
There are no prerequisites for this course, however on your timetable, this competency, in conjunction with CUVPRP504A Establish and Maintain Environmentally Sustainable Creative Practice will be referred to as Business 1.
Course Description
In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge required to develop an understanding of relevant graphic design practices whilst addressing both current and emerging industry trends and technologies.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title:
CUVGRD506A Develop graphic design practice to meet industry needs
1. Develop an industry focus for design practice
Performance Criteria:
1.1 Establish the current and potential range of professional opportunities for graphic design practice
2. Address key legal and safety requirements for graphic design practice
Performance Criteria:
2.1 Evaluate key legal considerations for graphic design practice
3. Research and evaluate graphic design trends
Performance Criteria:
3.1 Source information on local and global graphic design trends using formal and informal research strategies
4. Develop skills to meet trends
Performance Criteria:
4.1 Analyse the impact of current and emerging trends on the skills needed by graphic designers
5.Develop own response to changing trends and technologies
Performance Criteria:
5.1 Assess the implications and consequences of graphic design trends on own work
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate your competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities will take place in a studio or classroom using industry standard tools and resources. You will complete exercises and projects. You will also be required to undertake independent study.
In class activities will include:
• teacher directed activities/projects
• peer review and class presentations
• group discussion
• online research
• 'workshopping' of student projects
Out of class activities will include:
• independent project work
• independent web research
• independent retail product research
Teaching Schedule
This course is in a clustered delivery with - Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice VART 6288C, see corresponding timeline in that course guide.
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|Orientation activities
|Introduction + Project 1GDP
|1, 2, 3, 4, 5
|Introduction to Sustainability
|1, 2, 3, 4
|Project 1S: Major Case study
Task 1S: Eco graphic design
|1, 2, 3, 4
|Project 1GDP - individual research
|1, 2, 3, 4, 5
|Project 1GDP - shared research
|1, 2, 3, 4, 5
|Project 1S - Research
|1, 2, 3, 4
|Task 2S: Eco packaging design
|1, 2, 3, 4
|Project 1GDP due in
|1, 2, 3, 4, 5
|Project 2GDP introduced. Project 1GDP - due in
|1, 2, 3, 4, 5
|Project 1S - Feedback/formatting
|1, 2, 3, 4
|Task 1GDP - Copyright & IP protection
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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|Project 2GDP - research/draft
|1, 2, 3, 4, 5
|Task 2GDP - Print & packaging regulations
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|Project 2GDP - final feedback
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|Submission, Feedback & Folio Week
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- Design Project 1 (50% of final grade)
- Design Project 2 (50% of final grade)
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Formative Assessment Tasks -
2 x In-class tasks
Summative Assessment Tasks -
Research/analysis report 1 - Due Week 8 (50% of final grade)
Research/analysis report 2 - Due Week 15 (50% of final grade)
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Part 3 of Far Flung is up now.
I hope you'll go over to Jukepop.com and give this chapter a read!
Part 4 will take a bit longer – I expect it up in the second week of November.
Hope you all enjoy this!
Cover art by Jay Jackson, WorldsAwayArt
I hope you'll go over to Jukepop.com and give this chapter a read!
Part 4 will take a bit longer – I expect it up in the second week of November.
Hope you all enjoy this!
Cover art by Jay Jackson, WorldsAwayArt
What's more is that Part 3 is not too far off! I've only got a few picky changes to make.
I hope you'll go over to Jukepop.com and give this chapter a read!
Have a wonderful Back to the Future Day! Things aren't exactly how Marty saw them, but you know what? Real 2015 ain't that bad, methinks.
Here are my questions and the answers I received – I've tweaked the formatting a bit and added emphasis to points I found most interesting:
How often did you post new chapters when you got started?
I started posting Lyncia chapters twice a week, Monday and Thursday, and got plenty of attention and comments fairly quickly. From what I've seen, posting once or twice weekly seems to draw the largest number of votes, though once a serial gets to the 20 or 30 chapter range readers will occasionally burn through all available material and increase your standing significantly.
What's the most important thing a newbie should know about pitching a serial to new readers and eventually to a publisher?
For JukePop, and any online-content site, I think quality and interaction are your most useful tools. While writing styles are subjective, ensuring that you double-check formatting, spelling, and grammar can make a big difference. I've tried some serials that are blocky walls of text but it's unmanageable to keep reading.
That said, I've seen some well-written serials fade in their public readership as comments and questions go unanswered. That doesn't mean they aren't still being read, but sometimes a lively community can help spread word-of-mouth or catch an eye in someone's feed. […]
Researching agents that are looking for your genre, style, and voice is very important. Ensuring you have a polished, fourth-draft (at least) version of your MS is also important as that quality and dedication will show. The #MSWL (Manuscript Wishlist) hashtag on Twitter and aggregate sites is helpful in finding potential agents.
What's the most important thing you'd like newbies to know about the overall process of writing, revising, and seeing through a serial work?
It's been said a thousand different ways, but finish what you start. That's the most important part of a serial, a novel, or any creative project. Even if it doesn't go anywhere, it will teach you about the craft and your preferences. I've done projects in art, writing, and game design, and there's nothing that haunts you quite as much as giving up on something. The caveat is that you should always drop something that makes you miserable or otherwise negatively impacts life. For revising, minor copy editing is fine as you post a serial, but I prefer to hold off on rewrites until finished with a complete draft.
Now, I was originally planning for Far Flung to update every two weeks, but it looks like that might not be enough. On the other hand, I don't want to sacrifice quality for frequency … decisions, decisions.
I'm happy to say that the parts I have ready for Far Flung are already past the fourth-draft mark!
And what great info on #MSWL! There's a new one for me, and oh yeah, I'll use it.
Time to remedy that!
I'll do a shorter style of review from now on – I'm working hard on Far Flung and a story for the Busan Writing Group! Far Flung will update on Back to the Future Day, and the first draft of my BWG story is due a week later on October 28.
I'll base this review solely off Chapter 1.
The Good:
Characterization and worldbuilding come quickly into the piece, as the narrator describes a sparring session. His emotions come through easily in the prose, allowing the reader to quickly get into the action. While this is going on, background information is woven in naturally, allowing a glimpse at the grand scope of things to come.
The Could-be-better:
I shouldn't say too much after just the beginning. There is a bit much information – I felt like there were a few too many names or facts to take in right at first. However, it is the beginning, so a bit of infodump is necessary.
My takeaway:
A solid start, and a fascinating lead-in to what promises to be an epic fantasy. I tried to give a similar sense of the wonder and scale of Far Flung in its opening – time will tell how well I succeeded.
The author has a wiki devoted to keeping characters and places straight, and he has even generated maps with detailed geographical details. I also noted many, many replies to the feedback given to his story.
I've been in touch with the author, actually, and I will very soon post answers to a few questions I asked about undertaking such a serial story. Until then, take your hoverboard and chill out with some Pepsi Perfect at Cafe 80's!
Posting this story on Jukepop allows readers to review and critique my story piece by piece, and allows me to improve as I drive this work forward.
I've said before that I don't think I'd ever get a book published the traditional way. With readers and feedback before I even finish, however – I know I can do it.
So take a moment to go over to Jukepop and see the first chapter of Far Flung.
I'm planning on monthly installments, but chapters 2 and 3, at least, should be out a little sooner than that.
Still got so much else to do. I've got another domain reserved, and I'm building a website specifically for Far Flung. I'm also working on a completely different story for the Busan Writing Group, so we're about to see how well I handle two stories in the works at once…
Peace out folks, and hey, stop by http://jukepop.com/home/read/9130?chapter=1, would you?
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In a "previous life" I worked in the social work field. Then we started a family, and I decided to stay at home to raise our children. I was eating pizza crust, sandwich crust, chicken nugget crust, and anything else my kids left on their plates. My exercise consisted of pushing a stroller to the park and pushing kids on the swings. Just before my youngest daughter's 1st birthday I joined a gym. I was the heaviest and most out of shape I had ever been. I went diligently for six months, logging HOURS on the treadmill, elliptical and spin bikes. I lifted the same 10 pound dumbbells 2-3x/week. Yet, I wasn't seeing any results. For my birthday I asked for personal training sessions and was surprised at how quickly I began to see results. Wow! I was hooked! I loved how strong I was feeling, and I was so excited every time I reached a new personal best! However, my children felt entitled to things like clothes, food, and dance lessons, so I couldn't support my personal training habit for long. Then along comes small group training. PERFECT! I had my individual attention from a trainer, the fun and support of a group, and I could still feed & clothe my children! I picked up my first kettlebell over four years ago. Holy cow! Talk about "more bang for your buck"! After my first lesson on the kettlebell swing I discovered muscles I didn't even know I had! And yep, I've been a "swinger" ever since (c'mon, you saw that one coming)!
Once my youngest started kindergarten, I found myself feeling bored being a stay at home mom when there were no kids at home. I wanted to find something I could do part time, with mom friendly hours, and that I would enjoy. With my love of fitness & exercise, it was a no brainer to enter this field. In February 2013, I became a NETA certified group exercise instructor. I have been teaching group exercise classes ever since, and I have absolutely loved every minute of it! I believe in the benefits of exercising with kettlebells so much that I decided to become a certified kettlebell instructor. In May 2015, I earned my Strong First level 1 kettlebell instructor certification (SFG I). I am so excited to be teaching at Catalyst Strength! I have combined my passion of helping people reach goals with my passion for exercise. I feel so lucky!