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I'm sure we all can remember taking a stressful exam in our lives. While the most exams we take are when we're school-age, they do not stop at this time in our lives. There may be exams for work qualifications, night classes and of course, not forgetting the driving test – with its written and practical exams.
It is only natural that most of us feel at least a little stress when sitting any sort of examination. After all, it's this adrenaline rush that keeps us alert as we are outside our comfortable zone, and can spur us into having the will-power to pass the exam. While good, too much stress can obviously have the opposite effect, ultimately causing extreme stress, unclear thoughts which enable it to result in us failing the exam and making ourselves ill in the operation.
With any exam, this stress is not merely confined to the time we spend inside the exam room, waiting to make over the exam paper and obtain started. Extreme stress may be with us before the exam, being present days or even weeks before the actual exam. It goes without saying that another time for this stress is during the exam itself, but additionally after the exam has finished – especially if we continuously evaluate and bother about how we have performed afterwards.
Considering this, I will on this page provide some processes to help reduce this stress in the time before, during and after the exam.
Make sure you REVISE PROPERLY AND Try this WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE EXAM – There is nothing more stressful than entering an exam room and knowing that we have we have not revised properly. From past experience I know only too well the load this can cause, especially with the last minute. By revising properly, developing a plan/timetable for our revision and making sure to start this days, even weeks, beforehand can mean that we head into the exam room feeling we have done everything we possibly can and having increased confidence.
Obtain a good NIGHT SLEEP THE NIGHT Prior to the EXAM – This links to the quantity of revision that we have put-in in the previous days. Cramming information at before -due to a not enough revision or last second panic- will most likely cause us to be tired during the actual exam, liming our potential, and also leading to increased stress. Saying 'enough is enough' and achieving a good night sleep is amongst the best things we can easily do to reach our full potential throughout the exam.
START OUT Of your home EARLY AND ARRIVE EARLY On the EXAM VENUE – Rushing at the last minute can (a) signify we arrive late and hang around that could be used for answering questions (b) arrive hot bothered and stressed thus limiting our performance or (c) stop permitted to take the exam in any way. All of these -especially the latter- can result in disaster. My best advice is to get up early, leave time to travel to the exam venue, leaving time for you to travel slowly and calmly, and to wait quietly to look at exam. A word of caution here though is always to not arrive to soon as waiting around in the exam venue may be just as stressful as arriving too far gone and rushing.
Throughout the EXAM
TAKE A DEEP BREATH And then try to RELAX BEFORE STARTING Quality – This can be useful no-matter exactly what the type of exam. Even if this sounds simplistic advice, having a few seconds or half a minute to relax ourselves could make all the difference, especially if we've got entered the exam venue calmly but believe that our stress levels are suddenly increasing – as frequently happens.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK, OR TWO, In the QUESTIONS OR TASK NEEDED BEFORE STARTING – As the old saying 'a stitch in time saves nine' goes, rushing ahead and doing a bad thing, only realising we've made a mistake at a later stage, could mean the difference between passing and failing the exam – or not getting the result that we want and deserve. Additionally, but making a mistake including answering the wrong question, especially at the outset of an exam, or making the wrong move in a driving test, can throw us off-course for the remainder of the exam. We will also likely waste time re-writing/doing the activity again whenever we can – which is a very annoying and stressful position to be. In a driving test however, organic beef not have this second chance in the exam.
PUT 100% EFFORT INTO THE EXAM SO THAT There won't be any GUILTY 'I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER' FEELINGS AFTERWARDS – Stress, especially as discussed in the last paragraph when we make a mistake, can lead us being annoyed and give up. While at that time we may feel that and we don't care or there's no point carrying on with the exam, this can lead to stress and anger afterwards. Needless to say, by giving up there is the high probability that we will not get the results we hoped for. Also, natural meats leave the exam feeling guilty for your fact that we have not put full effort in and we could have done better. No less than by trying our hardest, even when we feel that we have not performed as well as we wanted, we can hold our head up afterwards and say that we have not missed the ability to do this. After all, there aren't many things worse compared to a good opportunity missed.
TRY NOT TO ANALYSE Quality AFTER FINISHING – Surprisingly, from personal experience and talking to lots of people over the years, this can really be the most stressful period of the exam – a similar situation to a employment interview. While we may have some short-term relief that this exam has ended, the tendency is always to start analysing how well we have done. This really is even more tempting when conversing to other people who have finished the same exam. As I have said within a previous article about selection interviews – at this time there is not we can do to affect the result of the exam, it is currently history and out of our hands. By analysing your situation, our natural tendency would be to understate ourselves and feel that we have not done quite as well as we may have and thus stress ourselves. One course of action here is no-matter what, simply make an attempt to forget about the exam until the results are published. Limited to this time will we know for several how well we have performed and what we can do next. Worrying is not going to solve anything and could impact upon our chances in other exams or tasks we have to complete. Also, until look for out the results, there's nothing we can do no-matter how worried were. Once we know the results, we can then take further steps, but only when we know these.
To conclude then, I hope that these basic techniques happen to be helpful. While for just about any exam there is no replacement for good preparation by means of revision or practice – there are times when no-matter how good this preparation may be, a severe case of stress can ruin everything. I really hope these techniques help and need everyone very good luck.


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Nancy photobombs a pic of Brandon Jeffries and Fett. Fett, T. Lin Chase, and Nancy having a laugh at the bookstore table. Hmmm…do you know who can pull off wearing these shoes?! Greg Watmore, Fett and Jim Coots No idea who this is. But we all felt just like him plenty.. read more →
(Click on any image above to see full size photos.) This beautiful, high-end Godin instrument is in MINT condition, having only been played a handful of times in the studio. It comes with its own soft-shell, heavily-padded gig bag. It features a top-of-the-line AAA flamed maple top, Seymour Duncan pickups, and tremolo. But where this guitar.. read more →
Update (9/10/16): The Peavey JF-1 EX has been SOLD! This versatile hollowbody electric guitar from Peavey is in the tradition of the Gibson ES-335 and similar guitars (but costs a LOT less than the "real thing"!). For me, the two biggest strengths of this guitar are its playability and its sonic versatility. Its excellent playability is.. read more →
UPDATE 8-19-16 – WOW! That was fast! We had multiple inquiries on this one. And it went to the very first person! So, it's already SOLD! Ever wanted a high-quality acoustic resonator guitar but didn't want to spend an arm and a leg? This Dobro brand "Hound Dog Deluxe" roundneck model from Gibson is just.. read more →
(Click on any image above to view full size photos.) Update (7/16/16): The Tacoma has been SOLD! This is the extremely rare, 5-string version of the sought-after Tacoma Thunderhawk acoustic bass. It also has built-in LR Baggs electronics for plugged-in use (see below). This guitar was manufactured in the U.S.A. by Tacoma before they were bought out.. read more →
Update (8/15/16): The Ibanez bass has been SOLD! "Ol' Blue" That's the nickname for this Ibanez Saber SB900LE 4-string active electric bass guitar. And it's a beauty. Major pluses of this instrument are: Active electronics (powered by a 9-volt battery, easily-changeable through a compartment in the back — no screwdriver required!) that produce good, hot levels and crisp, clear tone… read more →
Another busy day at the Road Rally! Fett taught the second round of his "Anatomy Of a Mix: From Demo To Broadcast Quality." Despite the 9 AM class time (on Sunday, no less!), Fett's classroom was filled with enthusiastic students who asked excellent questions (see photo). Another theme that has come up again and again at.. read more →

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Windigo History
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So what is a Windigo?
You may find many Windigo stories; however, not all are as poetic as the one we like to tell…
Windigo was an ancient Native American god who, when prayed to before battle, would ensure the wind was at a warrior's back, thus carrying his arrows farther than those of his enemies. Flying against the wind, the enemies' arrows would fall short of their mark. In the spirit of the legend and of competition, the name Windigo was adopted for a 73-foot Sparkman-Stevens yawl commissioned by our company founder's father, Walter S. Gubelmann. His racing yacht earned many titles in the 1950s and 60s in the waters off the U.S. and Europe and made the cover of Sports Illustrated in June 1955. Windigo became a legend in the sailing community.
The Gubelmann name is also a legend unto itself. Our founder's grandfather, William, was a prolific inventor in the early 20th century. Some of his most notable inventions are the backspace key for the typewriter and the coaster brake for bicycles. Altogether, he had more than 5,000 claims granted on his patents and, in 1951, was called the father of all calculating machines by the magazine Popular Mechanics. Locals may know of The Abbey in Morristown, which once served as William's estate and laboratory.
Inspired by his grandfather the inventor and also by his maternal grandfather, architect James Greene, James "Jimmy" Gubelmann launched Windigo Design Works in 1976. With an assembled team of architects, engineers, artists, industrial designers, and graphic designers, Windigo became a company that could design and create almost anything. Windigo retains a strong connection to its yachting roots, embodied in a passion for the sport and a design philosophy that is influenced by the physics of sailing. A sailboat's movement arises from the interplay between the manmade built form and nature, at a moment when they balance and work together. We believe that the vitality of a building exists at this same intersection of form and natural forces.


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More Memory Than Power
November 22nd, 2009 14:41 pm | by Ed |
I've been making a lot more videos lately and sometime soon I'm hoping to actually create something that is just a bit more adventurous than the short little one to ten minutes or so videos that I've been putting up on YouTube ... as in something that has an actual story, has a script and all the rest of that fancy film making stuff involved.
So, one of the first things I needed to do was make sure that my camcorder was up to the job. In terms of memory I think it is with it's 4 gigabyte memory card (though you never know for certain). However when it comes to power that's another story. Y'see, when I first got it, the battery was good for about fifty minutes or so before it needed to be recharged. These days it's generally good for maybe thirty minutes or so, less if I use the flash at all.
Thing is, I have found that even doing a short video that's only a few minutes long, due in large part to the need for multiple takes for each shot it can easily take twice that long to get enough footage so that you can edit it down to what you're actually going to use. This meant that it was time to see how hard it was to find a new NP60 Lithium Ion Battery for my Aiptek v5v HD camcorder. Of course, that wasn't as easy as it might sound because most manufacturers these days seem to go out of their way to use unique battery designs that won't work with generic substitutes.
Thankfully it didn't take me as long as I had thought it would to find one on sale for a good price. Now that I've got a spare, all I need to do is have both of them fully charged and with me when I start shooting. Of course, I'll have to finish the script first.
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Here are my completed quilt projects for 2011…
*Click on any photo to enjoy a larger view
1. Queen Sized Anna Griffin Quilt – COMPLETED February 6, 2011
Way back in the summer of 2009 I bought the fabric for this quilt – some beautiful Anna Griffin fabric that inspired me to make a huge quilt for our bed. I had never made a quilt before! So here we are in February 2011 and I am finally finished with this project. I the quilt professionally quilted by June Broughton of Redding, California. As with all my quilts, I did a pieced back so that when the top is folded down, the back is revealed. I used a wool batting which makes this light weight, but very warm. I hand stitched the binding myself (which was quite a chore).
Size of Quilt: 92″ X 92″
Fabrics Used: The main fabric making up the blocks is Anna Griffin.
What I learned Making this Quilt:
- Don't let anyone tell you that you cannot do something. I had people discourage me from taking on this project as "the first quilt I had ever attempted." But, as you can see – I finished it, and I love it!
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2. Holly's Quilt – COMPLETED February 22, 2011
I have a new great-niece. Holly was born in December and I was so excited to design and stitch a quilt just for her. Holly's mom, Sarah, indicated that she liked the colors green, pink and brown…so I searched until I found just the right color combination. The result, I think, is a very feminine baby quilt for a beautiful little girl!
Size of Quilt: 47″ X 40.5″
Fabrics Used: The block fabric is a combination of Aviary by 3 Sisters for Moda and Back Porch Bouquet by Bate and Taylor for Maywood Studios. I used a Kona Cotton solid in Deep Rose to frame each block and give it a little "pop" off the cream sashing. Also, for the first time, I made cornerstones in my sashing which I think gives the quilt a little whimsy. I pieced the border using left over scraps of the main fabric and bound it with a dainty pink stripe fabric by Anna Griffin for Windham Fabrics. The backing on this quilt is probably my most favorite to date. I used a Minky dot in off white which is absolutely fabulous. It is silky and so very, very soft – perfect for a baby. You can see all the Minky fabrics here. I used a silk batting – warm but light.
The Quilting: I quilted this with straight vertical lines in the sashing, then quilted around the inside of each block.
What I Learned Making this Quilt:
- Although Minky fabric has a lot of stretch, it quilts up beautifully.
- Cornerstones and a scrappy border add a lot of whimsy to a baby quilt.
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3. Shadow Box: A Monochromatic Challenge – COMPLETED March 26, 2011
I made this quilt for The Modern Quilt Guild Project Modern: Challenge 2 contest. The challenge was to:
"Design and make a quilt that is monochromatic. Create interest, life and energy in a quilt by using tints, shades and tones of a single color."
The quilt had to be a minimum size of 45″ X 45″ and be a completely original design. It was much harder than I thought to design a monochromatic quilt. I found a Google image which became my inspiration – a building casting its shadow over a parking lot. This inspiration motivated me to choose various shades of plum to recreate the idea of dusky shadows. I decided to have common elements running horizontally and vertically through the blocks, and used various widths of sashing to give the quilt some variety and interest. Because shadows often play tricks on our eyes, I decided to put little surprises (using a lighter fabric) in the sashing which include various sizes of rectangles and squares, and even a pinwheel.
Fabrics Used: Kona Cotton Solids in Magenta, Pansy, Mulberry, Crocus, Petunia, and Violet. For the binding I used Oval Elements by Patricia Bravo in Amethyst.
The Quilting: The quilting was simple, straight lines following the vertical and horizontal lines of the quilt. I didn't worry about making my lines completely straight, but allowed a bit of free form to them to replicate the movement of shadows. The back is pieced with a large pinwheel in the center and various width strips across the quilt.
What I learned Making this Quilt:
- It takes some creativity and stretching one's comfort levels to design a quilt from scratch.
- Using one color is WAY harder than it looks.
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4. Kaffe Fassett Bohemian Style Quilt – COMPLETED June 12, 2011
I love Kaffe Fassett – I love his quilt designs, I adore his bright and bold fabrics, and I love the silky feel and quality of the fabrics produced by Westminster Fabrics. I decided to call this quilt "Bohemian-style" because of its bright, unconventional fabrics and silky feel…for some reason it reminds me of Romanian gypsy fabric. This quilt is very, very simple -but the bold fabrics are what make it pop. Each "block" is a 10″ square of fabric stitched together in a random order.
The back is mostly one piece of fabric, but I had some leftover 10.5″ blocks that I pieced in a strip across the middle.
Size of Quilt: 53″ X 53″
Fabrics Used: A variety of Kaffe Fassett fabrics in the blue, plum and pink ranges. The batting is silk – which I love for its soft drape and warmth. The binding is a Kaffe stripe in purple and magenta colors.
The Quilting: A meandering stipple design.
What I learned Making this Quilt:
- Simple is often best.
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5. Star Friendship Quilt – COMPLETED June 10, 2011
I made this quilt for my friend, Laura (read my blog post here). I had been thinking of making a quilt for Laura for some time…and then it came to me to make a pair of quilts – one for her and one for me, similar but different, a shared quilt of sorts that when used would make us think of each other, even though the miles separate us. This is Laura's quilt – mine is not quite done yet. I made each star block approximately 6.75″ square (finished), sashed them with Kona white, and placed cornerstones of the main fabric in the horizontal sashing. I decided to give the quilt a scrappy feel by doing a pieced border.
For the back, I used some extra star blocks (one in each colorway) and pieced them together into a large stripe. I then used big pieces of one of the main fabrics and attached them to the top and bottom of the stripe. I crafted a label and fixed it to the bottom corner of the back.
**This quilt was featured on Modern Day Quilts on July 5, 2011
Size of Quilt: 50″ X 51″
Fabrics Used: Hope Valley by Denise Schmidt and Kona Cotton White.
The Quilting: Using white thread, a free-motion meandering stipple design
What I learned Making This Quilt:
- Stippling is not all that hard after all!
- How to make quarter square triangles
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6. P2 Modern Quilt-Along Quilt (COMPLETED August 8, 2011)
I made this quilt as part of the P2 Modern Quilt-Along group. The quilt-along was hosted by Charlie and Ryan at Patchwork Squared (their joint blog) and participants shared their progress on the Flickr Group. The center block was a unique block which I designed myself using a vintage quilt as inspiration. You can read more about my process for this on this post.
I pieced a unique back, as I do with all my quilts, using left over scraps of fabric from the front blocks and Kona Ash as the main gray fabric.
Size: 42.5″ X 43″
Fabric Used: This quilt is made up entirely of Kona Cotton solids – in my case I chose one of the pre-packaged color combinations of ash, white, mango, coal and turquoise (courtesy of the Fat Quarter Shop which sells a vast array of Kona Cotton Solids). Each block measures approximately 12″ (finished) and the quilt is sashed and bordered with the Kona Cotton Ash.
Quilting: I quilted this by machine using a free motion, meandering stipple pattern.
What I Learned Making This Quilt:
- Almost every block in this quilt had new piecing skills for me – once again, I learned the value of the perfect 1/4 inch seam!
- Modern style can be found in vintage quilts by changing up color and placement just a bit.
- Solid quilts are so very beautiful.
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7. Bright Holiday Coin Quilt (COMPLETED November 11, 2011)
This quilt was actually completely pieced way back in 2009 when I joined a quilt-a-long through a Flickr group. But, it took me nearly two years to actually sandwich and quilt the darn thing! I was still a very new quilter when I pieced this – and there are a lot of "mistakes" and inaccuracies…but I still love this quilt for its bright, happy, unconventional holiday fabrics.
Size: 53″ X 55″
Fabric Used: The main fabric for this quilt is by Clothworks – but because it has been so long, and I did not write down the collection name, I cannot remember the designer. I sashed this quilt with Kona Cotton white and used one of the lighter prints for the binding.
The Back: As with all my quilts, I did a pieced back using some of the "extra" coins in a strip and then using one of the dark and light fabrics to set off that strip.
Quilting: I decided to do a combination of straight line quilting and free motion (meandering stipple) quilting on this one. I stitched straight lines in the sashing and around the edges, and then did an all over meandering stitch in the coins
The Label: I used perl cotton to embroider my label, attaching it to the quilt with a blanket stitch.
What I Learned Making This Quilt:
- It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make – beauty is in the fabrics used.
- Always finish what you start!
- Embroidering the label is a more beautiful way to document a quilt than simply using fabric markers.
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8. Woven Ribbons – AKA: Chocolate & Raspberry (COMPLETED November 28, 2011)
Despite its smallish size this lap quilt was a bear to piece. I call it Chocolate & Raspberries, but it is actually named Woven Ribbons by Halli Keller and Nancy Reba who designed it. My local quilt shop offered a class last February 2011 for this quilt, and I jumped in to try doing something a little different. This pattern requires very careful cutting and exact 1/4″ seam allowances. Strips of 2.5″ wide fabric are pieced together into ten "stratas." These are then cut into 1.5″ strips. THESE strips are then pieced, in a specific order, to create the woven ribbons appearance of the quilt. In the end, what you see are 1″ X 2″ rectangles which make up the pattern. If it sounds tedious, it is! I had to take frequent breaks from this quilt just to rest my eyes and my patience a little. But, that said, I am delighted with the finished result!
Size: 41.5″ X 58″
Fabric Used: I used fabrics in three tones of two colors (light, medium and dark in chocolate and raspberry) with a neutral ivory fabric for the little crosses. The fabrics were small repeating patterns which read like solids. I decided to use a deep chocolate brown to border the quilt as it allows the design to pop. And then I chose a dark raspberry fabric and some left over fabric from the front and stitched a pieced binding.
The Back: I used left over strata to do a pieced center for the back.
Quilting: The quilt is quilted in a free motion, meandering pattern, and I quilted four hearts in each corner.
The Label: Because this was a special quilt for my mom for Christmas … I designed a hand-embroidered label.
What I Learned Making This Quilt:
- Patience is a necessity when making a bargello-type quilt – but the results are stunning!
- Careful cutting and perfect seam allowances are important with intricate designs.
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ZURICH, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Novartis eye care unit Alcon is voluntarily withdrawing its CyPass Micro-Stent after follow-up clinical data showed patients using the product experienced statistically significant endothelial cell loss compared with those who underwent cataract surgery alone.
Alcon, which the Swiss drugmaker plans to spin off to shareholders early next year, advised surgeons treating glaucoma patients to stop implanting the stents immediately, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved the CyPass Micro-Stent in July 2016 for use in conjunction with cataract surgery in adult patients with mild-to-moderate primary open-angle glaucoma. (Reporting by Michael Shields)


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The tail end of 2016 saw the release of Tam Beauty's latest brand launch 'Makeup Obsession'. The whole basis around this new label was the idea of custom built palettes, with everything being interchangeable, and it included lots of eyeshadow, blush, highlight and contouring options, and even lipsticks in a pan, strobe creams and setting powders. I saw loads of good things about them over the coming months, and eventually I decided to go ahead and build my own custom palette a few months before we headed out to Amsterdam - the idea of taking one palette with the bulk of my make-up in appealed to me very much! Though I will say I don't think the lipstick pans were out when I built mine, but that's OK as I've never been much of a fan of lip colours being in a palette formula anyway.
I opted for a few highlight options and a contour, before carefully planning what eyeshadow shades I wanted to use, basing most of my choices on the swatches I found online and on the Makeup Obsession Instagram. Today I thought I'd show you what options I decided to include in my rose gold palette (I'm such a cliché!). I chose the 12 pan palette so that I could give myself plenty of options - something that I always crave, especially when faced with the idea of having to go on holiday without being able to take masses of makeup.
The first vertical column of my palette contains all of my highlighting shades - I chose two strobe balms, as I generally adore cream highlights, especially those I've tried from Tam Beauty in the past -, and I chose one powder highlight. In recent years I've become seriously attached to my highlighting products, and pre-makeup declutter I was sitting at owning almost 20 highlight products, and I tend to like to have a bit of choice depending on my mood.
The two strobe balms I chose are called Precious, a white pearly highlight with a blue shift, and Radiance, a pinky shade that has a touch of metallic to it. I can't complain about either of these creams as they are both easy to use, buildable and blendable, melding perfectly with my liquid foundations. I always like creamier formulas as they wear, as they blend so well in with the skin. I find these products are best applied with fingers, as the heat helps to blend, rather than brushes or sponges. Precious does sit a little thin but it's easily built up, and the blue shift makes it more interesting than your standard white or ivory highlighters in the drugstore. I wore this in one of my vlogs back in April - skip to around 23:11 to hear me start talking about my FOTD.
For powder highlight, I opted to go with Moon, a shimmery lilac shade. At the time I didn't own any purple or lavender highlights, so this was a really unique one to my collection. It's a very pale, silvery lilac and definitely has more shimmer than glow, but I really love it on the cheekbones, especially for something so affordable. It's pigmented and looks beautiful, so if you want to try purple highlight without splashing out, this might be the one to ease you in.
I feel like the camera doesn't capture Moon and Precious as well as I'd like it to!
At the top of the next vertical column is my only contour. I only picked up one contour colour as I very rarely use bronzer these days, and most of the time I end up being too lazy to even use contour! I chose the shade Light/Medium - it was actually kind of hard to tell which one would suit me best, so I just kinda gambled (I ordered all these online) and hoped for the best. It worked out well though as I think this is a nice contouring shade. It's a little warm but that prevents it from looking too muddy on my fair skin. It's blendable and buildable, and very nicely pigmented. There are a whole host of contour shades and several pressed banana powders, so you're sure to find something to suit your needs.
From the second pan down in the second column is the beginning of my eyeshadows. I've organised my palette in a way that makes sense to me, with the first column being highlights, and the second being not just my contour colour but also my two 'basic' eyeshadows.
The Lucky Charm eyeshadow is a pale, shimmery champagne shade. It's pretty standard and nothing out of the ordinary, but I am a sucker for these tones - especially applied under the arches of my brows, and to the inner corners of my eyes. While Lucky Charm boasts nothing different, it's definitely beautiful and is a staple for me in my collection for highlighting the eye area.
Next up is the shade Alba, a creamy mid-brown that can be built up. It's the perfect, complimentary transition shade for my eye looks, being very buildable so it can be layered up in the crease to create my desired look.
The third column shows of my three 'everyday' eyeshadows, Cosmo, Bullet and Rare. Bullet is used to create depth and dimension into the crease and outer corners, or to define my lower lashline, whilst Cosmo and Rare are used separately for lid shades. Cosmo is more of a rusty copper orange, whilst Rare is much more red and gives more depth to my eye look. All three shades perform well - they're beautifully pigmented and apply well, and staying put with a good primer underneath. I tend to favour Maybelline Color Tattoos and Urban Decay's Original Primer Potion for base options. Do expect fall out from these shadows upon application, and a little bit afterwards too, but it's nothing that can't be tidied up with a fan brush and a dab of concealer.
The last column hosts my 'night time' shades. I wanted options for day and night, and with this last column I feel like I can work a very smoky purple-plum eye look. I'm an absolute sucker for New York, it's easily my favourite eyeshadow of the whole palette, and even though I feel like the colour isn't super unique, it's actually something I don't have in my collection. It's a beautiful pinky purple shade, coming off more pink on the lids. It seriously packs a punch and looks amazing smoked out - I wore these last 3 shadows for my birthday drinks night in Amsterdam, paired with Jeffree Star's Pussy Whipped metallic liquid lipstick, and it looked absolutely stunning. Chocolate Cream and Rapture are quite similar, the only real differences being that Chocolate Cream is softer and more matte, while Rapture has a bit of a shimmer/metallic edge, and to me looks a little more plum than brown. They work together to make one hell of a smoky eye, and it looks divine.
Overall, I have no bad words to say about my MUO custom palette - obviously I'd love for more shades to be released, particularly in terms of eyeshadows. If we had a whole rainbow, as opposed to a lot of similar-looking neutrals, it would make me very happy and make bright colours so much more accessible. Although it does add up in costs, I think this palette is well worth the money as you are choosing a mix of shades and formulas that YOU enjoy, rather than using just a few and negating the others, which I find can happen in pre-made palettes. The colour payoff and lasting power is fantastic, and there are endless ways to customise your palette and hundreds of combinations for you to choose - plus you can chop and change your mind at any time by just popping out the pan you don't want and clicking into place one that you will use. Don't forget that there are 3 different size options available too. If you don't know where to start, it would be worth looking at MUO's pre-made palettes on the Tam Beauty website, and if you don't want a whole palette, the pigmentation and product range available is worth looking into.
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Case Study: Credit card company masters storage
Improving time to market. Lowering costs. Enhancing reliability. Finally being able to share 320TB of data across applications: Priceless. At least that's the way President of MasterCard Global Technology and Operations Jerry McElhatton sees the result of his enterprise storage strategy.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Improving time to market. Lowering costs. Enhancing reliability. Finally being able to share 320 terabytes (TB) of data across applications. Priceless. At least, that's the way it seems to Jerry McElhatton, president of global technology and operations for MasterCard Inc., when he considers the results of his enterprise storage strategy.
One of the biggest credit card companies in the world, MasterCard operates in 210 countries, handles an average of $6 billion transfers a day, and did $1.25 trillion worth of transactions in 2002. So how does a company that has 320 TB of data build its storage infrastructure? MasterCard's McElhatton shared the company's approach at the Storage Networking World Fall 2003 conference.
He said MasterCard strives to implement robust, reliable and cost-effective solutions that are state of the art and strategic. MasterCard reached this mammoth goal after completing three major phases over four years, without experiencing any downtime.
Phase one: Implement tactical solutions
MasterCard's challenge is akin to IT problems facing many other companies. The firm had experienced significant server expansion and, using direct-attached storage (DAS), it wasn't making good use of its storage capacity. MasterCard had a server for each of its 45 applications, and the firm added memory and processors to some servers while leaving plenty of free space on others. It needed to improve time to market, lower costs, enhance reliability and share data across applications. And, with only seven dedicated people on its storage team, it had limited manpower.
The first phase of the project -- to implement tactical solutions -- started four years ago with an initial evaluation. It progressed to a consolidation of the company's applications -- the firm went from 45 servers to eight larger servers. The company worked to meet the demands for growth in the near term and identified requirements for the future. For expansion purposes, the firm evaluated new technologies, but they didn't have the reliability MasterCard needed.
Instead, the firm chose to use vendor-neutral, disk-only products, because, as McElhatton pointed out, "we never employ technology for technology's sake."
Phase two: Refresh technology, build islands
During phase two, MasterCard took steps to employ new technology and update old technology. It implemented storage area network (SAN) software and deployed SAN islands. According to McElhatton, SAN technology let the company "make smarter and more efficient use of storage technology." Also essential to phase two was the process of updating standards and procedures, and the company also deployed software to replace server-based solutions.
Phase three: Bridge islands, realize vision
In phase three, MasterCard saw its storage vision come to life. McElhatton's team bridged its SAN islands and realized cross-platform data sharing while eliminating the need to add disks to individual servers. They were now able to access software from anywhere, at any time. It was at this point that MasterCard was finally able to evaluate and implement a disaster recovery plan. MasterCard set up a remote co-processing center and relocated its data center without a second of downtime.
Lessons learned
The overhaul of MasterCard's storage infrastructure took four years, but the improvements and lessons learned along the way really paid off. McElhatton said MasterCard decreased the backup window on one of its most critical databases from 15 hours to 25 minutes and, while the complexity of the network increased, the company cut load times, slashed time to market and eliminated application outages. To be sure the company won't have any downtime, MasterCard pulls the plug on its systems twice a year.
On the new network, MasterCard's data warehouse allows it to store four years of transactional data and make it available to customers so they can use the information. Now they can perform data mining, even on a global scale, with the ability to analyze worldwide trends.
What was key to its success? MasterCard partnered with business managers throughout the company to understand the needs of each department. It set storage policies and took a tiered approach -- deciding what to store, for how long, and where, based on the criticality of the data.
Perhaps most important, instead of choosing vendors to buy products from, MasterCard chooses long-term partners. The company made commitments to product lines, choosing EMC Corp. for SAN and network-attached storage (NAS) products and IBM for virtual tape technology. And MasterCard expects the selected vendors to be with the company every step of the way, from implementation to long-term troubleshooting.
All of MasterCard's planning, testing and commitment to the technology and products it uses paid off in the form of a scalable, cost-effective and reliable storage infrastructure. So reliable, in fact, that McElhatton claims that "there are three things in life that are guaranteed -- death, taxes, and the reliability of MasterCard's data processing."
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We were looking over the complete list of Emmy nominees this morning and were pleased--nay,delighted
--to find an old Friend of Unfair Park's among those in contention. He's not competing against the likes of Larry David or Steve Carrell or Jon Stewart, but sayshere
that come August, our old buddy Clark Vogeler will have his own shot at one of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' shiny statues for his work onProject Runway
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Clark Vogeler, the former guitarist for Funland and then the Toadies. One of my favorite people gets nominated for working one of my favorite TV shows--nice how it works out that way. Clark's among a team of six editors up for the nod, and they're competing against folks who worked on the likes ofAmerican Idol
andThe Amazing Race
in a category formally called Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming. This marks the second time Vogeler--who left Dallas for Los Angeles in 2001 to attend the Los Angeles Film School--has worked on an Unfair Park fave with the word "Project" in the title: Three years ago he was an assistant editor on HBO'sProject Greenlight
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Pictured at Birmingham Falls Elementary School are, from left, Chris Lagerbloom, city manager of the City of Milton, Tresa Cheatham, assistant principal of Birmingham Falls, Jack Lindon, chairman of Milton Grows Green, Windy Bottoms, principal of Birmingham Falls, and Beth Brock, a fifth grade teacher at Birmingham Falls.
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As part of the Milton's Evergreen School program, the city recently awarded Birmingham Falls Elementary School and Cambridge High School each $500 grants to further their work in environmental education.
Birmingham Falls is using their grant funds to purchase supplies for a new Adopt a Stream initiative for fifth grade. Teachers and parent volunteers will be trained in biological and chemical water testing by a water department representative from Fulton County.
Educators will be able to assist the students in monitoring the water quality of a stream on the school's campus on an ongoing basis. This project ties in with the Fulton County STEM curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and gives students an experiential learning environment to learn scientific methodology for testing water quality and recording data on a State of GA EPA website.
Additionally, some of the funds will be used for the installation of rain barrels in the school's courtyard area.
Cambridge High School was the other Milton school that received the environmental education grant.
To encourage the school to try and reduce the tremendous amount of paper, plastic and cardboard used, a grant was given to Cambridge to expand their classroom recycling program and to fund an organic garden.
For more information on Evergreen Schools, a no-cost program available to all public and private K-12 schools, please contact Cindy Eade, sustainability coordinator for the City of Milton at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Among the many confounding aspects of recent health policy debates was how much attention focused on the wrong issues. The conversation devolved into a proxy war over the Affordable Care Act instead of dealing with the deep-rooted flaws in our health system. Behavioral psychologists would label this an example of the substitution heuristic: addressing a simpler question in lieu of the actual, more difficult one. As the Senate embarks on its own deliberations, potentially starting with a clean slate, will we have a chance to take on the more fundamental problems around health in the United States?
The painful irony is that Americans across the political spectrum are clear about their priorities. In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll, 67% of the US public overall said that lowering the amount that individuals pay for health care was a top priority, including 64% of Republicans and 70% of Democrats. About 55% of Republicans and 67% of Democrats agreed that lowering the cost of prescription drugs was an urgent concern.
At the same time, life expectancy in the United States declined in 2015 for the first time in almost 20 years, with enduring health disparities by race and socioeconomic status. The decline in life expectancy is attributable to increased mortality from heart disease, chronic lower respiratory diseases, unintentional injuries, stroke, Alzheimer disease, diabetes, kidney disease, and suicide.
Although clear individual and public health priorities do not necessarily translate into simple solutions, there is considerable consensus on the broad parameters of the way forward. In a recent example, the National Academy of Medicine convened a bipartisan group of experts under the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care initiative. The group's synthesis report points to 4 policy recommendations: pay for value (eg, support stronger integration of health and social services); empower people (eg, focus on health literacy and shared decision making); activate communities (eg, invest in local public health infrastructure); and connect care (eg, implement real interoperability of health data systems).
What will it take to render this sound, scholarly assessment into actual policy? Much depends on how the ideas are couched in values that resonate with the general public—like a fuel injector for the combustion engine of our political system. The values that become associated with health reform start with how we talk about those ideas.
Language Matters
"Thought is mostly unconscious. Abstract concepts are largely metaphorical," according to cognitive linguist George Lakoff, PhD, and philosopher Mark Johnson, PhD. What metaphors do people call to mind when they think of improving our health system? We in the health policy community have done no favors with the esoteric language we use to describe key concepts, such as "delivery system reform," "accountable care organizations," "social determinants of health," "medical homes," and "value-based payment."
In my own experience with patients and family members, the terms are generally met with bemusement at best—and sometimes even a negative interpretation of what is intended as a positive description. This is borne out in focus groups with patients. In 1 study, the term "value" connoted value in the sense of 99 cent hamburgers. "Medical home," meanwhile, conjured up images of nursing homes and "places where you go to die."
The field of finance demonstrates the pernicious effects of jargon at the population level. For instance, John Lanchester, a British journalist who often writes about economics, explains the vote for Brexit in the United Kingdom and opposition to free trade in the United States as consequences of distrust sowed in part by obfuscatory language used by financial professionals. "How much this language divide matters depends on how much we think the gap between insiders and outsiders matters; how much it matters if elites seem cut off from the rest of society; whether the great mass of society has a calm confidence in the judgment of its rulers or feels furious, alienated, ignored and traduced," writes Lanchester.
Reorienting the Debate
Returning to health care, perhaps there is a chance to reboot the policy debate in the wake of the House's unexpected passage of the American Health Care Act. Lakoff suggests that the core value around which to reorient the debate is freedom—particularly freeing people from the barriers and costs of poor health. Similarly, affordable coverage that is not necessarily tied to employers unfetters people from ill-suited jobs kept primarily for health insurance benefits—so-called job lock.
The notion of freedom also offers a bipartisan starting point for specific policies. States should be able to pursue bold approaches to lowering health care costs, such as an all-payer global budget approach in Maryland. Both conservatives and liberals would likely cheer a concerted national effort to liberate clinicians from unnecessary administrative tasks, as the American College of Physicians recently called for in a position paper highlighting how paperwork insidiously erodes relationships with patients. And a major investment in the country's digital health infrastructure could support entrepreneurship while promoting patients' ownership of their own data.
This is not to minimize threats to health reflected in some of the current administration's policies, such as draconian proposed cuts to the budgets of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency. These also should be viewed through the lens of freedom, because biology and the physical environment can limit a person's opportunities, and society has an interest in enabling individuals' freedom to live healthy, productive lives.
As we move beyond a particularly charged moment in health policy, rethinking our discourse may help us find broader coalitions to take on the most challenging shortcomings in our health system.
About the author: Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc, is the Chief Population Health Officer of OneCity Health and Senior Assistant Vice President at New York City Health + Hospitals—the largest municipal health system in the United States. He is a primary care internist at Bellevue Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor of Population Health and Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. Follow him on Twitter at @davechokshi. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the position of NYC Health + Hospitals nor NYU.
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What I Love About Las Vegas5.13.2014
Visiting and Traveling to Vegas
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4. Contemporary Art
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6. Buffets and Cultural Food
Since I grew up in Vegas I decided it should be my first travel post. Hope you liked it! Now you know what's up and going on in Vegas. If you'd like more details of business recommendations or places to stay let me know. Next month I'll be sharing my trip to the Seattle area. Have a super duper day ladies!!!


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WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis softball team suffered a pair of losses at the hands of University Athletic Association foe NYU today. The Violets defeated the Judges 10-2 in six innings in the opener and 6-3 in the nightcap, using four home runs in the two games to take the wins.
In the opener, the Violets struck for three unearned runs against Brandeis rookie Scottie Todd (Tampa, Fla./Strawberry Crest), thanks to two Brandeis errors and a two-run single by NYU 3B Molly Webber.
Brandeis got one back in the second on a PJ Ross (Kingston, N.H./Sanborn Regional) sacrifice fly, but the Judges couldn't do any further damage. The Violets answered with three more runs in the third, with Webber driving in her third run of the game on a sac fly and DP Carina Sturm following with a long home run to center field.
NYU added two runs each in the fourth and sixth, the latter on catcher Jacqueline Finn's two-run home run. Brandeis's other run came on a throwing error in the fourth inning.
NYU's Karissa Zubulake earned the win to improve to 6-3 on the season. She allowed just five hits in six innings, giving up one earned run. Zubulake struck out four and walked two. For Brandeis Todd allowed more than three runs in a game for the first time all season, giving up six in three innings, though only three were earned. Todd gave up just four hits, struck out two and walked two. She also hit a batter. Senior Melissa Soleimani (Somerset, Mass./Somerset-Berkley Regional) came on in relief and gave up four runs (three earned) in three innings.
In the second game, NYU centerfielder Diana King led the Violets' attack, going 3-4 with two home runs. She led off the game with a blast to center field and launched another in the sixth as the Judges tried to mount a comeback. The homer was the only run surrendered by Brandeis's Callie MacDonald (Hanover, Mass./Hanover) and NYU's Cassi Parulis through the first four innings. The visitors tacked on three runs in the fifth, with the key hit being a two-run single by 1B Caroline Saccacio.
Brandeis broke onto the scoreboard in the fifth, when the loaded the bases with two outs thanks to a key error by Parulis. A wild pitch allowed rookie 1B Caroline Sippin (Coram, N.Y./Longwood) to score, but the Judges couldn't coax another run home. King's second blast in the top of the sixth gave the visitors some breathing room, but Brandeis sophomore catcher Keri Lehtonen (Oneco, Conn./Plainville) answered with her first round-tripper of the season and the fourth of her career in the bottom of the frame.
The Judges threatened to climb back into the game in the bottom of the seventh, as Sippin and right fielder Taylor Simala (Wellsburg, W. Va./Brooke) drew one-out walks. A wild pitch moved them into scoring position. Senior Madison Hunter (Parker, Colo./Legend) delivered her third hit of the game to bring home Sippin and cut the deficit to 6-3, but NYU reliever Katie Piorkwoski earned a save by getting a double-play grounder to second base to end the game.
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Ways of connecting
Ways to position yourself:
When you become part of the Patmos Companions – the Order of St Columba, there are some areas which may relate to you:
You are able:
1 Stay in Your Own Home
2 Remain in Your Own Denomination
3 Discern and Shape your own way of service (with help)
4 Choose your Own Level of Commitment
and you do all this in a supportive environment, with spiritual friends and advisors of your own choosing.
As you may see, the Order of St Columba is an association for men, women and couples who desire to pursue their journey as individuals in companionship.
Members live at home and might connect to a mainstream community of their choice. Each person selects the appropriate 'entry-point' for them. It is more likely however that one's desire for disciplined commitment will grow, rather than diminish, and we are all encouraged to deepen our level of service .
Alternatively a person may choose to be a part of the journey for a particular length of time, striving to become a kind of 'hidden' servant of those one meets following the ancient wisdom "After enlightenment, the marketplace".
If you feel something of this may work for, you may wish:
- to consult wise friends, or
- you may wish to contact the Abbey,
- you may wish to begin by taking part in the e-mail group, or
- a companion - or soul friend - with whom you can speak about every aspect of your life
- You will also need an ongoing Director from your own tradition (or from the Abbey network, if you are exploring life in a particularly Celtic way already)
Where to begin:
- Reflect...
- Think it over. Make lists, pro and anti, ask yourself what is attracting you, and what that implies about your own vocation.
- Find someone you trust, and ask them if they're willing to walk the walk with you. Be sure that this is a wise and straightforward person, as well as being someone you like to be with.
- Ask for guidance to send you the right Anam Cara - Soul-Friend for you. Then start looking, and asking and researching right now. "When the pupil is ready the teacher appears."
- It is probably a good idea to have access to a wise counsellor anyway. Especially if this person is sympathetic to the fundamental notion of a consecrated or dedicated way of life...
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The Big Burn is a novel for young adults that tells the
true story of a terrible forest fire of 1910 in northern Idaho and western
Montana, through the fictional character of Jarrett Logan. Jarrett is 16 when he leaves home after an
argument with his unsympathetic father, and he wants to work fighting
wildfires. He soon meets up with his
older brother Samuel, who is a forest ranger and soon learns a great deal about
firefighting. We are introduced to many
other characters and we get a picture of rural life of nearly one hundred years
ago. Although the story is told mostly
from Jarretts point of view, we also see it from other perspectives, with the
characters of Lizbeth, a young woman with some romantic interest in Jarrett, Seth,
a young black army private, and his Seths comrade Abel, who is ready to break
rules when it is convenient for him, as well as a large number of smaller
The story is well told although the mass of detail
forces the reader to pay careful attention, and it is fairly easy to get
confused about what exactly is happening once the fire is in full force. The unabridged
audiobook is read by Boyd Gaines, who does a competent job, although
his performance does little to help the reader sort out different
characters. This is a book that is
heavy on facts and plot, and is light on the psychological insight into Jarretts
feelings as he has to face life on his own, learning who to trust, the awful
danger of the forest fires, and the disfigurement and death of some of his
fellow firefighters. So The Big Burn will probably interest young readers
who enjoy learning about history, but may disappoint those looking for a
psychologically nuanced story about the struggles of growing up under difficult
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The lion has long been a traditional symbol of the United Kingdom. Lions feature prominently in the royal coat of arms. The touring rugby football team representing the UK is nicknamed "the Lions." The UK was often portrayed in political cartoons as the British Lion, similar to the Russian Bear or the American Eagle.
So it is heartening that the British Lion may be taking up the cause of the last wild lions in the world.
Illustration of Royal Arms of England from Wikimedia Commons.
The Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight, Andrew Turner, drew the attention of the House of Commons last week to the matter of hunting the big cats for sport, and called for a British Government ban on the importation of lion trophies.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Richard Benyon, responded for the government. He undertook to look into the matter and report back the findings.
Here is an edited extract of Turner's remarks and the reaction of Minister Benyon. It's worth reading in full.
Excerpted from Hansard (official record of Parliamentary debate on November 17, 2010)
By Andrew Turner (MP for the Isle of Wight):
Many people are amazed that the UK still allows such trophies to be imported.
I became personally interested in the issue during a campaign organised by the charity LionAid to highlight rapidly declining lion populations. With LionAid, I visited the Isle of Wight Zoo, where a majestic white lion named Casper served as an ambassador for their message.
LionAid works to protect and conserve lions and raise awareness of their plight. One of its trustees, Chris Macsween, is present today. I thank her and Dr Pieter Kat for their help in preparing for this debate.
A lion in the Okavango Delta area of Botswana.
NGS stock photo by Jodi Cobb
I would like to outline a few facts about the decline of this magnificent big cat.
Lions used to be widespread across Africa–indeed, they used to be found in southern Europe, across the middle east and well into India–but today, they are found only in sub-Saharan Africa, except for one small remnant population left in western India.
Everywhere else, they have been persecuted and eradicated.
In the 1960s, it was estimated that there were 200,000 lions on the African continent. Sadly, only 20,000 are left today. In central and western Africa, only a few scattered groups remain, numbering not more than a few dozen individuals.
In all Africa, it is estimated that that only six significant populations are left–in Tanzania, northern Botswana, and the Kruger National Park in South Africa.
Recent surveys in Ghana have shown that lions have become locally extinct. Kenya and Uganda have both announced that they estimate that their lion populations will become extinct in the next ten years or so. In Nigeria, evidence of lions was discovered in only two of six locations where they were thought to exist until recently.
The causes of the decline are largely attributable to humans protecting their own lives and livestock. Lion habitat is increasingly being given over to agriculture to feed the rapidly growing human population. Where lions come into contact with humans, history has long shown that lions must make way.
Realistically, such decline is not preventable and there will never be 200,000 lions in Africa again. However, with the lion population in such rapid decline, it is surprising that sport hunting is still permitted in the wild. We must not underestimate the impact such hunting has on lion numbers. Again, I shall provide some facts on that.
Click here to read about the National Geographic Big Cats Initiative, a project to restore and conserve the last wild lions in Africa.
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): Does my hon. Friend agree that the most worrying aspect of trophy hunting is that it concentrates almost exclusively on the male lions? Although total populations may be around 20,000 in Africa, only some 3,000 of those are males, which means the species is even more at risk.
Mr Turner: My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will come on to that point later. Between 2000 and 2008, some 4,250 wild lions were exported as trophies. I make that distinction because South Africa specifically breeds lions for captive hunting.
Sport hunting refers to animals killed for the prize of an animal trophy, usually the skin or mounted head of the animal. That can be done legally in a few places, such as game reserves. However, illegal sport hunting across Africa and poachers selling on lion trophies to the rest of the world is a real issue.
Sport hunting mostly targets adult male animals. Hunters regard them as the most impressive to kill. Out of the 20,000 lions that remain in Africa, there are lions of all ages and both sexes, from the youngest cub to the most ancient female.
"Specific removal from any population, particularly one in free-fall, is neither ethical nor sustainable. Taking out male lions that cannot be replaced is aptly called 'mining.'"
However, it is estimated that only 15 percent at most of any lion population is composed of adult males–the primary trophy targets. Therefore, instead of the figure of 20,000, we must think of 3,000 as the trophy hunting reserve. That figure is further reduced by subtracting the male lions who live in protected areas, such as Kruger National Park. That level of specific removal from any population, particularly one in free-fall, is neither ethical nor sustainable. Taking out male lions that cannot be replaced is aptly called "mining."
Top Five Trophy Exporting Countries
Where did all those trophies originate from? Between 2002 and 2007, the number of trophies exported was more than 1,000 from Tanzania, 935 from South Africa, 455 from Zimbabwe, 283 from Zambia, and 97 from Mozambique. Those are the top five exporting countries.
Based on lion population estimates for 2002, the percentage of the wild lion population that was exported in that year was 13 percent in Tanzania, 33 percent in South Africa, 32 percent in Zimbabwe, 14 percent in Zambia and 11 percent in Mozambique. I stress that those percentages are based on the total population, not the adult male population. I hope we can all agree that such a situation cannot continue.
Lioness (Panthera leo) resting in crotch of tree. Zambezi River area.
NGS stock photo by Chris Johns
Lions are social animals. Their family unit is the pride. Pride territories are held long term by the females, while adult males emigrate from their original prides. They become nomadic for some time and then challenge resident males to gain their chance at reproduction.
A feature of lion biology is that victorious incoming males will kill cubs belonging to the previous pride males. That ensures that newly won females will raise the cubs with their genes instead of those belonging to their predecessor.
Females need at least 30 months to successfully raise cubs. That becomes an issue, given the length of time between the previous males, and loss due to hunting of the incoming males. In other words, a rapid turnover in males can result in no reproduction at all in a pride. Such a rapid turnover is entirely predictable; indeed, it is inevitable when male lions are trophy hunted.
A male lion braces himself against a dust storm created by a thunderstorm. Botswana.
NGS stock photo by Chris Johns
Lions have socially complex lives. There are many reasons why they should not be the target of sport hunting, apart from the simple fact that there are dwindling numbers.
Disease is also an important consideration. In 1994, more than 1,000 lions died in the Serengeti in Tanzania alone because of an outbreak of canine distemper. Bovine tuberculosis is a severe threat to the lions in Kruger National Park in South Africa. Both diseases have domestic animal origins. Feline immunodeficiency virus–a cause of feline AIDS–is widespread among eastern and southern African lion populations and affects both reproduction and longevity. Such diseases contribute to the overall decline and instability of the few remaining lion populations.
"Stronger action should clearly have been taken before now to prevent lion trophy hunting."
Stronger action should clearly have been taken before now to prevent lion trophy hunting. Relevant international organisations include the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. They have been entrusted with the conservation and regulation of international trade in species to conserve biodiversity. Both organisations have listed lions as vulnerable for many years. However, rather than taking effective action, sadly, those organisations have overseen their decline.
For example, the last time lions were on the CITES agenda was in 2004, when Kenya requested an upgrade on to appendix I. That is the highest list for endangered animals, and being on it would have imposed severe restrictions on all international trade. Such action was watered down by members of the convention and instead it called for regional meetings, so that individual range states with a recognised lion population could agree on lion conservation needs. Those meetings were, in fact, in part financed by the UK. The meeting for eastern and southern African range states has, to this day, failed to meet any significant deadlines or act on any important recommendations.
A portrait of a female African lion.
NGS stock photo by Chris Johns
Lions have not even appeared on the CITES agenda in 2007 or 2010. It should be noted that CITES votes are often influenced by powerful lobbying and special interest groups. That was apparent at the most recent meeting in Doha. Efforts to protect the threatened bluefin tuna-a staple ingredient in sushi-were defeated in the face of staunch opposition from Japan. Significantly, powerful so-called pro-sport hunting lobbies have boasted about defeating moves to add lions to the agenda, and they have already announced their intention to block any such consideration at the next CITES meeting in 2013. One such lobbying group, Safari Club International, has pledged financial support to assist CITES with current budget troubles.
What Range States are Doing
What are the individual range states doing? It is a mixed picture. Only Kenya has had a long-standing, anti-trophy hunting stance. Uganda has announced that hunting in reserves will cease by 2011. Botswana announced a reversible moratorium on lion trophy hunting in 2008. Tanzania and Mozambique have implemented stricter controls on the minimum age at which male lions can be killed for trophies, but they have not stopped the practice. Other range states, such as Cameroon, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia, have not implemented specific plans to save their dwindling lion populations. They might have good intentions, but they have yet to take effective action.
I accept that the UK is a relatively minor importer of wild lion trophies overall, having imported about 50 between 2002 and 2008, compared with 317 for Spain, 274 for France, 170 for Mexico, 146 for Germany and a staggering 2,792 for the United States. Britain also imported 11 captive-bred lion trophies during the same period. Therefore, it could well be asked why we are being asked to take a stance, since we are such a minor part of the problem. Could not the issue be much more effectively discussed by the United States? I believe that to take such an attitude would be mistaken for two reasons.
"Lion symbols are found practically everywhere we turn: in our statues, our emblems and even our sports teams. We, perhaps more than any other nation, have taken lions to heart to stand for attributes that we admire, such as courage, steadfastness, loyalty, and nobility."
First, the UK is a country, more than any other, where symbolism of lions is important to the public and central to our national identity. Lion symbols are found practically everywhere we turn: in our statues, our emblems and even our sports teams. We, perhaps more than any other nation, have taken lions to heart to stand for attributes that we admire, such as courage, steadfastness, loyalty, and nobility.
Cartoon depicting Britain as a lion from Wikimedia Commons.
Secondly, our voice is a powerful one among nations. We are a leading member of the Commonwealth, the United Nations and even the Common Market. We are signatories to the convention on biological diversity and other international conventions. A leadership position adopted by the British Government would support range states in resisting the massive pressures they face from the trophy hunting lobbyists and help them to implement their good intentions. Our nation should set a strong precedent, rather than meekly following in the footsteps of others and thus allowing the extinction of lions in the wild.
In 2004, my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Miss McIntosh) asked what action the Government were taking to save the lion. She was told that the then Labour Government would press for "collaborative action" through CITES to ensure that the lion does not become endangered. However, the fate of the lion was not even placed on the CITES agenda in 2007 or 2010. The next meeting is not until 2013. I hope the new Government will take decisive action to save these majestic animals. The first step is banning the import into the UK of lion trophies and taking a lead on the issue now, before it is too late, and before the wild African lion is lost for ever.
Cast bronze lion head on the barrel of a cannon forged in 1537, Portsmouth, England.
NGS stock photo by Victor R. Boswell, Jr.
Response by Richard Benyon, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Mr Turner) on securing the debate and speaking so passionately on a matter that is clearly of great concern to him. I also pay tribute to LionAid and the conservation work done by the Isle of Wight zoo. The work of such organisations does have an effect, but we must ensure that it does not come too late for some species, and I agree about the urgent need for action.
I share his concern and am equally passionate about the subject. I am lucky enough to have seen a considerable number of lions in the wild, and I want my children and grandchildren to have the same experience.
"Greenest Government Ever"
The Government have set out to be the greenest ever, and we carry that ethos into our international dealings. Indeed, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has recently returned from the conference for the parties to the convention on biological diversity in Nagoya, where she played a pivotal role in securing a range of historic agreements that will benefit biodiversity across the globe.
As my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight pointed out, the African lion has been in decline for many decades and has come under increasing pressure as a result of the spread of mankind across Africa. As he acknowledged, most of the animals killed by man have been killed to protect people or livestock, but several countries in sub-Saharan Africa allow people to hunt lions for sport.
A very close portrait of the face of a male African lion.
NGS stock photo by Chris Johns
There is little we can do to control what occurs within another country's borders, but we can and do seek to influence them when we are concerned about how they are acting. For instance, Ministers can write to their opposite numbers in a country to draw attention to our concerns or raise issues during official visits.
We can also use our membership of international conventions to bring influence or provoke reflection. I have already mentioned the recent successes achieved through the CBD, and my hon. Friend mentioned CITES, a convention that is intended specifically to regulate trade in wildlife, both fauna and flora, to ensure that the survival of species in the wild is not threatened.
The UK, along with 174 other countries, is a party to CITES. The convention looks to regulate the import and export of around 33,000 specimens of wild plants and animals through a licensing system. Trade in those specimens most at risk is effectively banned, except in exceptional circumstances, by placing them on its appendix I. The African lion is presently on appendix II, which allows for regulated and sustainable trade.
A male lion feeds on a young elephant. Zakouma National Park, Chad.
NGS stock photo by Michael Nichols
As my hon. Friend has stated, lion numbers are clearly in decline. In 2008, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared in its red list assessment that the wild population of African lions was "vulnerable", and the two most recent assessments of population size declared that the population was somewhere between 16,500 and 47,000. An accurate assessment is, for obvious reasons, notoriously difficult to calculate, but we know that the population is decreasing.
The threats to the species are numerous, but in 2004 the threat of trade was not thought sufficient to uplist the species to CITES appendix I, and no range state felt that it was necessary to make such a proposal at the two subsequent conferences of the parties, where such decisions are taken, in 2007 and 2010. CITES works by range states making such proposals to ensure that there is support from the affected region.
Kenya to Take the Lead
Therefore, we would look to countries such as Kenya to take the lead, as it has the most knowledge of the situation and the tools to implement any measures required. Kenya proposed uplisting the lion to appendix I in 2004, but the parties to CITES felt that the preparation and implementation of management plans would suffice, and as a result Kenya withdrew its proposal.
I am happy to report that we work closely with Kenya's wildlife service and are supporting it actively and financially in certain activities, particularly in support for elephant populations. I will continue to build on my relationship with Ministers there and will work with colleagues across Government to take forward the points that my hon. Friend has raised.
Lion cubs crying after their mother was poisoned at a water hole. Chad.
NGS stock photo by Michael Nichols
I should point out that, as a consequence of the EU single market, CITES has been transposed into European law via regulations that have direct effect in all member states. Those regulations list species in annexes, roughly equivalent to the CITES appendices, and also impose a number of stricter measures, including the requirement for member states to issue import permits in addition to the export permits issued by the exporting country. However, hunting trophies are regarded in international terms as personal and household effects, as the commercial transaction occurred within another country rather than across borders, so no import permit is required for appendix II species, although they are for annex I species.
"If it is managed properly and the income is fed back into conservation schemes and the local community, trophy hunting can have, and has had, a positive effect."
Trophy hunting is often an emotive subject, but many recognise that, if managed properly, it can actually benefit conservation. Hunters can pay large sums of money for the privilege of hunting, particularly for Africa's "big five", which includes the lion. If it is managed properly and the income is fed back into conservation schemes and the local community, trophy hunting can have, and has had, a positive effect.
Also, the value that hunting places on wildlife can often mean that some species are viewed differently by locals than they might previously have been, because they have a value and are more than just killers of livestock and a danger to families. Those who hunted those animals for food or their own protection in the past might now view their conservation as a sound investment. It is essential, of course, that such enterprises are managed effectively, with the conservation of the species being of paramount importance. Recent studies published earlier this year have raised some questions about lion trophy hunting.
A large group of lions feed on a young elephant. Zakouma National Park, Chad.
NGS stock photo by Michael Nichols
Lion populations may be sparse in certain areas, but there may be concentrations of them in other areas. Our support for countries, and international operations, must be on the basis of better information about where the animals are, and the support that we can give to communities as a result.
For example, until recently, Tanzania had authorised the taking of up to 500 animals per year, although our records suggest that takes have usually been in the mid 200s. Many of those animals are taken abroad as hunting trophies after they have been killed. The recent report into the status of lions in Tanzania makes several recommendations, including reduction of the quota, but we have yet to ascertain how Tanzania has reacted or will react to the recommendations.
As I have already made clear, it is for individual countries to manage their own wildlife, and, in the case of animals that can be killed, possibly for hunting trophies, to set their own quotas for each species, dependent on the population size. However, if there are concerns that trophy hunting is unsustainable in some places, we and the EU can raise questions and support tighter controls. Where we have such concerns, we would contact the exporting country concerned and normally also pass on our concerns to the CITES secretariat for broader consideration.
Male African lion and half-eaten zebra carcass under a tree. Kruger National Park, South Africa.
NGS stock photo by James P. Blair
As CITES is a matter of EU competence and with the EU being a significant trading block for wildlife as well as everything else, it means that if the EU has concerns about the sustainability of wildlife it can bring considerable influence to bear through wildlife trade. Until the most recent reports voiced concern about the levels of some hunting trophy activities, the international community was not considering whether trade in lion trophies or the use of lion derivatives in medicines-another important point-posed sufficient threat to merit additional protection under CITES.
However, the UK is presently a member of the CITES animals committee and its standing committee. As a result of recent reports and my hon. Friend's debate today, I have asked my officials to look into the matter to see what opportunities are presented, and I shall report their findings to him. I hope that he is convinced from what I have said that the Government take seriously the conservation of international wildlife, including the lion, and I look forward to working with him on any further concerns that he has.
Royal Standard of England illustration from Wikimedia Commons.
Read more about the plight of lions and other big cats and what concerned people across the world are doing to help them, on the National Geographic Big Cats Initiative website.
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