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It's Autumn, and most parts of Europe are now facing hostile weather. But we're in deep in south and so what we call a cold night might be perceived by most of norther folks as a cool Spring evening. That's why you seem so many people drinking in the streets of Lisbon. Sure, the bars are often very small, but we tend to gather in large groups, letting the conversation cross the narow streets.
Bica is one of those places where the street becomes the common living room. It has a few bars - Bicaense is perhaps the best known - that serve from regular pints of beer to the exquisite new recipes of gin tonic.This is one of the largest bars of the area and it even has a room where often you can view live concerts and performances.
Outside you can see parked in the street the old tram that brings residents and tourists up and down the hill by daylight.
In the evening, Bica is the perfect transition between the busy Bairro Alto and the trendy Cais do Sodré. Come and have a pint outside.
Address: R. da Bica de Duarte Belo 42, 1200-056 Lisboa
Phone: +351 21 325 7942
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Magento 2 RMA Extension by Aheadworks
We have already gathered all the best RMA Magento 2 extensions here: The Best RMA Magento 2 Extensions; and appropriate Magento 1 modules can be found in this post: The Best RMA Magento Extensions. Today it is time to explore Magento 2 RMA extension by Aheadworks – the extension that is mentioned in both digests. Below, we will recollect its core features and describe extension's backend and frontend functionality. If you want to master all RMA aspects within your store with the help of a single solution, you have come to the right place.
Table of contents
Magento 2 RMA Extension: Features
- User-friendly RMA requests;
- Intuitive submission form;
- Support for guest orders;
- Two-way notifications;
- Step by step RMA processing in the backend;
- Custom fields in request form;
- RMA requests creation in the backend;
- Returns section added to the Order View page;
- Canned responses;
- Extensive configuration settings;
- Responsive design;
- Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration tool;
- RMA auto-approval.
The Aheadworks Magento 2 RMA module provides both customers and online store admins will straightforward and user-friendly process for managing RMA requests. The extension offers an intuitive submission form for convenient RMA request creation. Even guest requests are possible with this RMA tool. The module has a separate store page for providing this opportunity. Due to the two-way notification system, both your admins and customers will always know about any changes: each RMA step is marked by a status change that can be supported by optional notifications.
It is also necessary to mention that Magento 2 RMA extension adds custom fields to a request creation form, so you can easily get business- or product-specific information. Note that there is even a direct customer-to-administrator communication area in each RMA request tab!
The RMA extension enables Magento admins to create and manage new return requests in the backend. All the details related to a request can be viewed on the order view page. Furthermore, you can create canned responses for sending quick messages to customers during the RMA process.
As for general settings, they provide the ability to specify the return period as well as set up other various parameters. You can even insert CMS blocks at different stages of request submission.
Another great feature of the Aheadworks RMA module is its responsive design making RMA request forms look great on any device and screen. Besides, you can use the extension's migration tool to quickly transfer data from the Magento 1 RMA tool to Magento 2.
As you can see, the Aheadworks RMA extension brings ecommerce merchants full control over return merchandise authorization, making each step of return requests processing straightforward and easier to manage. Moreover, you can significantly save your time using the RMA auto-approval option.
Magento 2 RMA Extension: Backend
Aheadworks RMA is available under Sales -> RMA by Aheadworks.
The Manage RMA grid supports advanced filtering (13 filters are available under the appropriate tab) and sorting (click on each column name, and you will rearrange the order of requests) options. It consists of 15 columns that can be rearranged (you can drag each column) or hidden (use Columns menu). The list of available columns includes:
- Request #;
- Order #;
- Payment Method;
- Customer;
- Product(s);
- Last Reply by;
- Status;
- Store;
- Updated At;
- Created At;
- Resolution;
- Package Condition;
- Test Customfield;
- New;
- Breaking.
Click on a request number to manage the request. The Manage Request screen contains 4 tabs: General Information, Products, Customer Information, and Rma history (conversation between your customer and administrator).
In the General Information tab, you can view the following information: status, last update, order number, resolution, package condition, test customfield, new, and breaking (bad or good).
In the Products tab provided by the Magento 2 RMA extension, you can see the name of a product, its SKU, price, quantity to be returned, quantity in stock, total paid, reason of RMA, closed or broken, and MMA, as well as modify the number of products you will return.
The tab with customer data illustrates customer name, email, shipping address, and group, shows the date when he or she became a customer of your Magento website, and displays total purchase amount of previous orders and their number.
In the Rma History tab, you can use a text field to write messages to your customers (Reply) or admins (Internal Note) and attach files to your message.
On the Statuses and Email Templates screen of the Magento 2 RMA extension, you also have a grid that consists of 5 columns: ID, Name, Email to Customer, Email to Admin, and Message to Request Thread. Available statuses are: Pending Approval, Approved, Package Sent, Package Received, Issue Refund, Closed, and Canceled.
Each status page is divided into 3 sections: General Information, Frontend Labels, and Templates. The first section contains the status name; the second one is used for specifying the name that will be displayed for various store views.
The Templates section lets you activate/deactivate email notifications for customers and admins and choose email templates for each group of recipients. Besides, you enable/disable and specify a message to a request thread here.
As for custom fields, in case of the Magento 2 RMA extension, they are listed in a compact grid of 5 columns: ID, Name, Field Type, Refers To, and Websites.
Each new custom field contains the following options: Name (the name of the custom field), Field Type (Text Field, Text Area, Dropdown, Multiselect), Refers To (Request or Product), Admin Can Edit On (a few available statuses).
Next, you should select available status conditions for the 'Customer Can View On' and 'Customer Can Edit On' settings.
Other General Information settings are: Required Field (specify whether it should be required or not), Display on Shipping Label (Yes/No), Display at Websites (choose store view).
Next, it is necessary to specify Frontend Labels:
The Aheadworks RMA extension also allows creating canned responses that can be managed in the relevant grid. The grid consists of 6 columns: ID, Title, Status, Created, Modified, and Action (Edit or Delete).
When adding a new canned response, you will need to enable it and create its title and content.
As for general settings, they are divided into 5 sections: General, RMA text blocks and Policy, Contacts, Email Notifications, and File Attachments.
In the General tab of the Magento 2 RMA extension, you set return period, enable/disable guest RMA requests, specify "Confirm Shipping" alert text, and enable/disable automatic approval of new requests.
As for RMA text blocks and Policy, you choose various blocks here: Guest RMA page block, Product selection page block, Reasons and details page block, and Policy Block.
In Contacts, you specify RMA Department name, email, and address.
In the Email Notifications tab, you set email templates for replies by admins and customers.
In Allow Attachments, it is possible to enable attaching files by customers to their request submissions, specify the maximum size of uploaded files in Mb and allowed file extensions.
Magento 2 RMA Extension: Frontend
This is how Request RMA forms for guests and registered customers look on the frontend:
My Returns tab in a customer account has the following appearance:
It is possible to see each request or create a new one with the Magento 2 RMA extension by Aheadworks. When viewing a request, a customer can update the information, add a message and attach files to it to send to an admin. In the Manage RMA Request page, there is a block with Status, Resolution, Test Customfield, New, Order Date, Order number, and customer address details.
Next, there is information about ordered products: name of an item, its price, quantity, and the reason for RMA request.
Two other elements on this page are a text field for replies and history of all messages.
To create a new return with the Magento 2 RMA extension, your customer should select orders and included products he or she wants to return.
Then, a customer chooses the resolution (refund or replacement), the package condition, and the reason for the return.
Next step is to leave a message, if necessary, before submitting the request.
Magento 2 RMA Extension: Final Words
Aheadworks offers a reliable tool for controlling the return or exchange of items sold to customers. As you can see, the Magento 2 RMA extension provides all the necessary features that essentially simplify RMA routine for both admins and customers.
You can purchase RMA Magento 1 extension for $159. Note that there are such additional services as Installation (+$55), Priority Support (+$99), and extended support (+$48 for 180 days and +$64 for 360 days).
Aheadworks RMA Magento 2 extension costs $349, and Installation, 90 days of support, and Personal Account Manager are already included in this price. You can extend the support up to 180 days for additional $105 or 360 days for $140. Note that Aheadworks offers 50% off for Magento 1 clients.

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Questions & answers
1. What is a short sale?
A short sale is designed to avoid foreclosure. When you owe more than your home is worth and sell it then the difference between the loan value and the sale price is the amount you are short. New guidelines from the Federal government have allowed homeowners to sell their homes at a lower value and be forgiven the remainder by the mortgage lender. While it may affect your credit negatively dependent on the details of your situation, a short sale is nowhere near the kilotons of destructive power that a foreclosure brings to your credit. Typically the customers of Upside Down CA who go through a successful short sale are able to qualify for a loan again in three years. Give us a call at 916.442.6400 so we can assess your needs.
2. What is the process for a short sale like?
Firstly, we need to determine if this is the appropriate solution for your needs. There can be many factors in determining what the best course of action is. Call Upside Down CA to speak with us regarding your needs at 916.442.6400 or fill out our Contact Us form above.
Secondly, if we have determined a short sale to be the best option, we need to submit some documentation on your behalf. Typically a hardship letter, bank statements, tax returns, and other financial documents will be needed but the specifics vary by lender. Once we have all of the information required compiled for you we will send them to the lender for you.
Thirdly, we will market your property. As mentioned in the previous question What is a short sale? we will try to sell your home at a fair market value as agreed on with the lender. We post your home online to various sites as well as actively market to buyers and other agents. You are allowed to stay in your home while it is on offer.
Fourthly, once we have an offer we submit it to your lender for negotiation. We spend hours talking with your lender to move the process along. Due to some lenders' lack of cooperation we will still keep your home on the market whilst negotiating with them. A higher offer as a backup is something we will actively seek and will try to get the offer as close to the actual value of your home.
Finally, we complete the transaction with your lender. If the offer is close to the appraised value of your home the mortgage company will typically give us the go ahead. Then your home will go into escrow and the transaction will close.
3. What requirements will I have to meet to get a short sale?
The requirements are dependent on the lender. Some no longer require proof of hardship to start a short sale but most will ask for information on why you cannot pay your mortgage in its current state. Financial hardship is a pretty broad term and most lenders have rather loose qualifications. Some of the common hardships our customers deal with are:
- Death in the family
- Divorce
- Unemployment
- Medical bills
- Fewer hours
- Loss on investments
- An increased interest rate
- Updated terms for your loan
If you don't have a hardship new Federal Housing Finance Agency guidelines may allow you to short sell your home. Extraneous assets or increased income may not disqualify you from a short sale. Call Upside Down CA at 916.442.6400 to see what we can do for you. We have other options available as well, just call!
4. How much will I have to pay?
We do not require any payment upfront. All listing costs, commissions, secondary lien payoffs, and closing costs will be paid in the closing proceeds. We don't make any money unless your short sale is successful. You may even qualify for $3,000 to move out of your home through the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) program. Call 916.442.6400 to begin your escape from negative equity.
5. What about my second mortgage? Is that forgiven as well?
California Senate Bill 458 was put into effect July 15th, 2011 to amend Civil Code 580(e) so that homeowners with a second mortgage would not need to fear deficiency judgments. Other states may or may not have similar laws but California is generally quite litigious and consumer rights protection is very important to the state's constituents. This does make our job a bit harder as we have to negotiate with the lender and get the buyer to pay for the junior liens on the property. If you call 916.442.6400 or fill out our Contact Us form we will be happy to help.
6. Why can't I just do my short sale myself?
California law requires you to use an attorney to facilitate your short sale. Some real estate agents are out there advertising their short sale services erroneously. Our experienced and knowledgeable broker and attorney oversees your sale and our success rate is almost 100% because if your home isn't sold, we don't get paid. 916.442.6400 gets us on your side.
7. How long will the short sale process last?
It can take as long as 60 days to receive a short sale approval letter from your lender but some cases are as little as 2 weeks. Once we have their approval it can take months to sell your home; however, with today's market, there is very little inventory so homes are moving quickly. You can stay in your home until it is sold so don't worry about having to move out right away. We can be reached at 916.442.6400 to move your short sale through its paces.
8. What will a short sale do to my credit?
Unlike a foreclosure, a short sale will not ruin your credit. A drop of 100 points from a short sale is not the drastic 250 points from a foreclosure. Unlike the 5-7 year wait to buy another home after a foreclosure; a typical buyer with a short sale in his history usually only needs 2-3 years with good credit. Another important factor to consider is the status of your unsecured debts such as credit cards and medical bills. Sometimes the overall financial picture is a bigger consideration and we can help you in other areas as well. Give us a ring at 916.442.6400 as soon as possible to preserve your credit score.
9. What is HAFA and do you offer it?
Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives program allows those who did not qualify for or failed Home Affordable Modification Program trial or those who want to short sell their homes. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae stopped participating at the end of 2012 but for other non-GSE lenders the program ends December 31, 2013. We can help you get HAFA benefits if you qualify and other programs may be available. Upside Down CA is waiting for your call so we can help you today! Call us at 916.442.6400 or fill out our Contact Us form for us to contact you.
10. I heard a short sale could effect my taxes, is this true?
Yes, the short sale process can effect your income taxes. As to how it will effect your taxes, that depends on your unique situation. Make sure you have an expert accountant for the year's taxes you sell your home. We can definitely assist you with some of the complexities in this process so call 916.442.6400 to get accurate information and start the process correctly.
11. My home needs repairs, can I still take advantage of a short sale?
Yes, you can take advantage of a short sale; repairs will be factored into the list price of your home. While it can make your home harder to sell, we should still be able to sell it if not as quickly. We still want to hear from you even if your home is in dire need, call 916.442.6400 now!
12. My rental is underwater, can I short sell it?
A rental property short sale is possible but it has different legal and tax ramifications. Some programs are not available unless the property is owner occupied. There are some tougher requirements for rental properties as well. Call the experts here at Upside Down CA at 916.442.6400 and we will jump through the hoops to get your property sold.
13. I keep hearing about short sale scams, how can I avoid them?
California law is very clear in that you will need someone to assist you every step of the way. Make sure your short sale advocate is a licensed broker and has an attorney on hand to advise them. If you have a second or third mortgage the junior lien holders may ask for a phantom payment so they will agree to the short sale. Do not do this as you would be committing loan fraud. Here at Upside Down CA our broker is an attorney and we have experienced and motivated support staff to assist with your case. We never ask for upfront fees to work on your short sale and no one else should either. Call us at 916.442.6400 to protect yourself and get some peace of mind.
14. My foreclosure notice came in the mail, what can I do?
Contact Upside Down CA as soon as possible. Complete our Contact Us form or call 916.442.6400. If the foreclosure process has already started we can help you avoid its completion. Lenders usually lose more money from a foreclosure than other options available, it is in their best interest that you not foreclose. A short sale is just one of the options to help you avoid foreclosure, we can help you with more if needed.
15. What if I want to keep my home?
We are more than just short sale experts here at Upside Down CA, we can help you with other options as well. We may advise you to leave the home but we understand that you have created memories and built a nest. We will do whatever we can to assist you. Call us at 916.442.6400 or complete our Contact Us form.


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These salad bar ideas are easy to prep and require very little time to make. A DIY salad bar is perfect for weeknight dinners or feeding a crowd.
Not everyone loves vegetables, but most people can get behind a good salad bar. We love the concept of salad bar for a quick dinner idea—something about calling it "salad bar" makes it more glamorous! And there are certain toppings that scream salad bar and make it even more special, like peas, hard-boiled eggs, or cottage cheese (or bacon bits, really!). Below, we're sharing our favorite salad bar ideas so that you can recreate this simple weeknight dinner yourself.
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Our favorite salad bar ideas
The key to making a salad bar at home? Allow some prep time for all the vegetables; it does take a bit of time for cleaning and chopping. But once you've completed the prep, you're done! We like preparing extra veggies to use for lunches or dinners for days later. If you're a hard-boiled egg fan like we are, make sure to leave enough time for easy prep (about 30 minutes total).
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Another key to salad bar dinner is a good dressing! We have a whole collection of delicious homemade salad dressings that are perfect for salad bar ideas. Here are some of our favorite homemade salad dressing recipes to use on salad bar night:
- Homemade Ranch Dressing (or our Vegan Ranch)
- Best Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Caesar Dressing Recipe
- Blue Cheese Dressing
- Italian Dressing
- Thousand Island Dressing
- Greek Salad Dressing
- And more! Here are all our Homemade Salad Dressing recipes.
Finally, if you're making a vegetarian salad bar, make sure to use lots of vegetarian proteins to make sure that your salad bar ideas are filling. Here are some vegetarian and vegan protein ideas that can help fill up your salad!
- Eggs: With 6 grams of protein a pop, eggs are also one of the most nutrient-filled vegetarian protein sources around.
- Dairy: Cheese & plain yogurt are filling vegetarian proteins. (Avoid low-fat, fat-free and flavored yogurts.)
- Legumes: Try lentils (red, green, brown, French), split peas, black-eyed peas, and beans (black, garbanzo / chickpeas, lima, navy, pinto, white, and kidney)
- Whole grains: Try quinoa, barley, bulgur wheat, millet, and brown and wild rice
- Nuts and seeds: Try almonds, cashews, peanuts, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds
Related: How to get protein as a vegetarian
Looking for more easy dinner recipes?
Outside of these salad bar ideas for salad bar dinner, here are a few of our favorite easy dinner recipes:
- Roasted Tomato & Shaved Asparagus Frittata
- Chickpea Fattoush Nourish Bowls
- BBQ Bean Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
- Quick Garlicky Shrimp Couscous
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This salad bar dinner idea is vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, and plant-based, depending on which ideas you use for your salad!Print
Salad Bar Ideas
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: Varies
These salad bar ideas are easy to prep and require very little time to make. A DIY salad bar is perfect for weeknight dinners or feeding a crowd.
- Salad greens: lettuce, spinach, mixed greens
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Legumes: Cooked chickpeas, black beans, white beans, or pinto beans, cooked and seasoned
- Vegetables: carrots, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, red onion, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers
- Nuts: Almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans, pistachios, hazelnuts
- Seeds: Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds
- Grains: Cooked and seasoned quinoa
- Cheese: cheddar or Colby jack cubes, shaved Parmesan
- Proteins: Tuna, Cooked chicken, Prosciutto
- Homemade garlic croutons
- Cottage cheese
- Salad dressing:
- Make the hard boiled eggs, according to the Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs or Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs methods.
- Wash and chop the vegetables; place them in serving bowls.
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas or beans, if using.
- Make the salad dressing. Serve!
These salad bar ideas are a meal concept, not a recipe: get creative and customize your toppings based on your preferences and what you have on hand! Add cooked meat for a non-vegetarian option. For a vegetarian option, be sure to include enough protein-filled items to satisfy, like eggs, chickpeas, cheese, and nuts.
- Category: Salad
- Method: Raw
- Cuisine: American
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Sonja Overhiser is author of Pretty Simple Cooking, named one of the best healthy cookbooks of 2018. She's host of the food podcast Small Bites and founder of the food blog A Couple Cooks. Featured from the TODAY Show to Bon Appetit, Sonja seeks to inspire adventurous eating to make the world a better place one bite at a time.
Alex Overhiser is an acclaimed food photographer and author based in Indianapolis. He's host of the food podcast Small Bites and founder of the recipe website A Couple Cooks. Featured from the TODAY Show to Bon Appetit, Alex is author of Pretty Simple Cooking, named one of the best vegetarian cookbooks by Epicurious.


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While there's no definitive cure for arthritis — yet — exercise may be one of the most beneficial treatments for slowing its progression and improving your symptoms. Here's why an exercise regimen should be a key part of your arthritis plan.
Talk to anyone who has joint or injury pain associated with arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis or chronic back problems and most likely they will tell you that their doctor has given them cortisone shots.
They will also tell you that while the shots may have worked for a short time, the pain they experienced in between shots was debilitating and that they would do anything to have their life back. While this may seem dramatic to someone who has never experienced this, the emotional struggle that goes along with the pain can make one feel like they don't have a life anymore.
The truth is there are a lot of problems with cortisone injections and while they do ease the pain, they do absolutely nothing to solve the problem of the condition or injury. So, a person getting these shots is going to go through the roller coaster of having pain, getting a shot, have pain ease, have pain come back, get another shot, and so on.
One thing people don't realize is that cortisone decreases its effectiveness with continued use. Patients receiving several cortisone shots may see little benefit at all from receiving additional injections, but receive all of the side effects.
Cortisone is a synthetic version of cortisol, a steroid produced by the body's adrenal glands. In large quantities, cortisol suppresses the immune system's inflammatory and allergic responses. Cortisone medications mimic the action of cortisol but tend to be more powerful.
Cortisone shots may help relieve inflammation and pain in a specific area of your body. They are most commonly injected into joints — such as your ankle, elbow, hip, knee, shoulder, spine and wrist. Even the small joints in your hands and feet might benefit from cortisone shots.
Two examples of injectable cortisone are triamcinolone and betamethasone, both of which are sold under different brand names.
There are lots of reasons why people choose to get a cortisone injection. However, one of the main reasons is that they do not know of any alternative method to treat their injury. A close second is that the doctor tells them they need one!
Typically, people will seek cortisone injections when they have inflammatory arthritis or other conditions like:
The injections are not used as a pain killer. Instead, they are used to reduce inflammation of the joints, and once the joints are not inflamed that is when the pain starts to subside.
Here is how it works. Cortisone is injected directly into the area where inflammation and pain are present. The powerful dosage of cortisone acts quickly to lower the inflammation.
The individual receiving the injection experiences pain for a few days, but then the pain levels start to decrease. The person starts to feel somewhat normal again and can do some of the things they weren't able to do when in pain.
Unfortunately, cortisone shots carry risk factors, particularly that they might cause the cartilage of the joint to deteriorate. So, doctors usually limit injections to no more than 3 times per year.
Given this limitation, you can understand how people may experience pain in between shots.
Following are some of the side effects associated with cortisone injections:
With these side effects in mind, individuals with joint disorders should exercise extreme caution when considering cortisone injections. This is especially true for chronic joint problems.
The risk of side effects greatly outweighs the benefits of the cortisone injections. And, when you factor in that they do nothing to cure the problem, it sets the individual up on a cycle of injections that will have long-term damaging effects.
There are other alternative treatments that have minimal side effects:
If you are currently receiving cortisone shots or have a doctor that is recommending them, you should get a second opinion. Doctors who only offer cortisone injections often do so because they don't perform the alternative pain treatments. A second opinion is always a wise course of action, so why not get one from a doctor who does offer the alternative treatments. Your long-term health and quality of life could depend on it.
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In addition to the tutorials located on the library's homepage, here are video links and information that can help students with the basics.
The beginning….
How to Develop a Good Research Topic:
- http://youtu.be/nXNztCLYgxc (video)
The model in this tutorial helps the student to move beyond mere data synthesis to research as problem solving.
- http://youtu.be/MWBukgttFM8 (video)
Preliminary Investigation: Using Wikipedia, Databases, and Britannica Online for Academic Research
Using Wikipedia for academic research
- Watch this video on how to use Wikipedia before using it
- Wikipedia
- Britannica Online
- Opposing Viewpoints
The Research Process:
Steps in the Research Process
- Formulate your question (or thesis statement)
- Get background information
- Refine your search topic
- Consider your resource options
- Select the appropriate resources
- Use the resource
- Locate your materials
- Analyze your materials
- Organize and write
- Compose your bibliography
Boolean Searching:
- http://youtu.be/7tm-sDKCnO4 (video)
Searching Databases:
Ebsco Basic Search
Ebsco Advanced Search
Ebsco Citing Articles
The Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
- http://youtu.be/ZArGzE1AhSo (video)
Interpreting Academic Studies
Some important questions to ask when reading a scientific study.
- What are the researchers' hypotheses?
- What are the independent and dependent variables?
- What is the unit of analysis?
- How well does the study design address causation?
- What are the study's results?
- How generalizable are the results?
- What limitations do the authors note?
- What conclusions do similar studies draw?
Click here for a more detailed analysis.
Searching the Library's Catalog
- http://youtu.be/hFgpH3YVwiI (video)
Downloading EBSCO e-Books
This tutorial demonstrates the download functionality for EBSCO eBooks. (video)
Access eBooks here
Information Literacy and ACRL's Framework
The Framework offered here is called a framework because it is based on a cluster of interconnected core concepts.
The Framework is organized into six frames, each consisting of a concept central to information literacy, a set of knowledge practices, and a set of dispositions. The six concepts that anchor the frames are presented alphabetically:
• Authority Is Constructed and Contextual • Information Creation as a Process • Information Has Value • Research as Inquiry • Scholarship as Conversation • Searching as Strategic Exploration


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A famous and wealthy lawyer is found murdered in his driveway by his wife Barbara, turning her entire life upside down. Barbara than discovers that her husband had lost their entire fortune. With nothing but her kids in tow, Barbara will have to learn how to survive for her children and move forward for her own sanity. She begins adapting to her new reality and adjusting her lifestyle and economics to match it. With the help of her best friend, Myriam, the support of her grown step-son, Alan, and the comfort from her new boss, Stacy, Barbara finds the inner strengths that had always been there. As she builds new relationships based on solid foundations, Barbara will have to decide what kind of woman she wants to be, while redefining the norms.
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The WesternU Health eye care specialists provide comprehensive patient care and education for you and your entire family. You will benefit from the very latest care provided by experienced Western University faculty doctors of optometry and students. Together, these professionals maintain a close collaboration that promotes the highest level of patient-centered care.
At times, our eye care specialists are also asked to consult with other WesternU physicians in other departments on conditions that might relate to or confirm other medical conditions. The convenience of being located under one roof facilitates collaboration among the departments.
Our WesternU Health doctors have extensive experience in treating all types of vision and eye conditions. Whether you want a routine eye exam or have a more complex or unusual condition, the eye care professionals at WesternU Health are well equipped to provide the care you need.
You may come to WesternU Health on your own or with a referral from your primary care doctor, ophthalmologist, or optometrist. Second opinions are welcome.
Appointments are typically longer than they would be at a private optometry practice. This means that you will get a thorough exam using specialized state-of-the-art equipment and have adequate time to discuss your condition and recommendations.
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Tiffany Girl by Deeanne Gist
Tiffany Girl is the third book by Deeanne Gist that is written around the Chicago World's Fair. Her previous titles include It Happened at the Fair and Fair Play. I was intrigued by her first books, because I've greatly enjoyed Gist's writing in the past, but I never go around to reading them. I picked up Tiffany Girl, because the picture was interesting, the title was straightforward, and I enjoy art.
I'm so happy I read this book! It captured me. I felt a very close connection to Flossie. She loved art, she wanted a career, and she wanted independence. At the same time as being this "New Woman," she wanted a close knit family and relationships. I've felt the same way at times. Yes, I want to be independent and do what I wish, but I also want my close friends and family with me. It's a balancing act. Sometimes it tips one way, sometimes the other, sometimes it balances, and other times it completely falls over. Not everyone is happy all the time. Out of all the choices in life, it's important to keep your eyes on the Lord. He will guide your path. The path might not be easy. The path might be different then your original plan, but He'll not lead you astray. God will give you the desires of your heart.
Beyond the story, I appreciated the unique backdrop of the Chicago World's Fair and Tiffany's glass. Gist also shared the "new" horror of the "New Woman." It was very amusing given today's women living independently of their families and holding jobs. I felt she put a lot of research into her story. She shares a an opening note to the reader as well as author's note at the end of the novel. In addition to the notes, personal thoughts, and credits, Gist shares photographs and images to give the reader a glimpse into her character's world. Some of the images are historical while others were created to give readers a feeling of Flossie's art. I think those were a lovely touch to the story.
If you would like to read an excerpt of Tiffany Girl, visit Deeanne Gist's website!
Time Period: Victorian, 1890's
Location: New York City, New York, USA
Reviewed from an Edelweiss copy. Thank you, Howard Books!
Title: Tiffany Girl
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This highly-regarded financial brand are currently going through an exciting period of digital transformation and are looking for someone with solid understanding of UX to join their QA team as they ensure that they provide the ultimate experiences for their users.
This role would be ideal for someone coming from a BA or Business Information Technology background. You'll need to have a strong attention to detail as you work alongside the UX designers to support and advise them whilst documenting the end-to-end user journeys.
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Australian Organic needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 107 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Australian Organic Awareness Month
Australian Organic is the leading representative body for the organic industry in Australia. Our main purpose is to promote and protect certified organic products (versus products that simply claim "organic"), and we do so by producing publications, events and annual awareness campaigns such as Australian Organic Awareness Month (AOAM) each September. AOAM web page https://austorganic.com/events-2/au…ess-month/
I have attached the current logo for the AOAM campaign which we would like refreshed. I would like to explore a brand new look whilst still being able to recognise the campaign behind the logo. It is also important that the "Bud" symbol is incorporated somehow as this symbol forms part of our organisation's logo and is the symbol we urge consumers to look for on products. I have also attached the Bud symbol. I have also attached the POS material we ran for AOAM 2018 so you can see the colourful theme we thrived for.
AOAM is a consumer facing campaign.
Note we do not want the sectors incorporated into the new AOAM logo (the leaves in the current logo).
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Dan is one of those local guys here in Milwaukee that you see him coming from a mile away because of his bright car, extremely low ride height, and impressively large beard. As part of the Function:Error crew, Dan is one of the very few non-Subaru cars in the crowd but one of my personal favorites. He recently converted his car from being one of the lowest rolling static cars to an even lower rolling bagged car with the help of Lower Standards' very own Jason and Chubs doing the install. If you're rolling through Milwaukee, keep an eye out for the bagged taxi. Dan is one of the nicest guys I know and he would love to give you a hug if you see him in person. (more…)
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Play the demo on Expo here! You'll need an ARKit-compatible device to run it. The demo uses three.js for graphics, cannon.js for real-time physics, and Expo's Audio API to play the music. You can summon the ducks toward you by touching the screen. The sound changes when you go underwater. You can find the source code for the demo on GitHub.
We'll walk through the creation of a basic AR app from scratch in this blog post. You can find the resulting app on Snack here, where you can edit the code in the browser and see changes immediately using the Expo app on your phone! We'll keep this app really simple so you can see how easy it is to get AR working, but all of the awesome features of three.js will be available to you to expand your app later. For further control you can use Expo's OpenGL API directly to perform your own custom rendering.
Making a basic three.js app
First let's make a three.js app that doesn't use AR. Create a new Expo project with the "Blank" template (check out the Up and Running guide in the Expo documentation if you haven't done this before — it suggests the "Tab Navigation" template but we'll go with the "Blank" one). Make sure you can open it with Expo on your phone, it should look like this:
Update to the latest version of the expo library:
npm update expo
Make sure its version is at least 21.0.2.
Now let's add the expo-three and three.js libraries to our projects. Run the following command to install them from npm:
npm i -S three expo-three
Import them at the top of App.js as follows:
import * as THREE from 'three'; import ExpoTHREE from 'expo-three';
Now let's add a full-screenExpo.GLView in which we will render with three.js. First, import Expo:
import Expo from 'expo';
Then replace render() in the App component with:
render() { return ( <Expo.GLView style= /> ); }
This should make the app turn into just a white screen. That's what an Expo.GLView shows by default. Let's get some three.js in there! First, let's add anonContextCreate callback for the Expo.GLView, this is where we receive a gl object to do graphics stuff with:
render() { return ( <Expo.GLView style= onContextCreate={this._onGLContextCreate} /> ); }
_onGLContextCreate = async (gl) => { // Do graphics stuff here! }
We'll mirror the introductory three.js tutorial, except using modern JavaScript and using expo-three's utility function to create an Expo-compatible three.js renderer. That tutorial explains the meaning of each three.js concept we'll use pretty well. So you can use the code from here and read the text there! All of the following code will go into the _onGLContextCreate function.
First we'll add a scene, a camera and a renderer:
const scene = new THREE.Scene(); const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 75, gl.drawingBufferWidth / gl.drawingBufferHeight, 0.1, 1000);
const renderer = ExpoTHREE.createRenderer({ gl }); renderer.setSize(gl.drawingBufferWidth, gl.drawingBufferHeight);
This code reflects that in the three.js tutorial, except we don't use window (a web concept) to get the size of the renderer, and we also don't need to attach the renderer to any document (again a web concept) — the Expo.GLView is already attached!
The next step is the same as from the three.js tutorial:
const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(1, 1, 1); const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ color: 0x00ff00 }); const cube = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material); scene.add(cube);
camera.position.z = 5;
Now let's write the main loop. This is again the same as from the three.js tutorial, except Expo.GLView's gl object requires you to signal the end of a frame explicitly:
const animate = () => { requestAnimationFrame(animate); renderer.render(scene, camera); gl.endFrameEXP(); } animate();
Now if you refresh your app you should see a green square, which is just what a green cube would look like from one side:
Oh and also you may have noticed the warnings. We don't need those extensions for this app (and for most apps), but they still pop up, so let's disable the yellow warning boxes for now. Put this after your import statements at the top of the file:
console.disableYellowBox = true;
Let's get that cube dancing! In the animate function we wrote earlier, before the renderer.render(…) line, add the following:
cube.rotation.x += 0.07; cube.rotation.y += 0.04;
This just updates the rotation of the cube every frame, resulting in a rotating cube:
You have a basic three.js app ready now… So let's put it in AR!
Adding AR
First, we create an AR session for the lifetime of the app. Expo needs to access your devices camera and other hardware facilities to provide AR tracking information and the live video feed, and it tracks the state of this access using the AR session. An AR session is created with the Expo.GLView.startARSession() function. Let's do this in _onGLContextCreate before all our three.js code. Since we need to call this on our Expo.GLView, we save a ref to it and make the call:
render() { return ( <Expo.GLView ref={(ref) => this._glView = ref} style= onContextCreate={this._onGLContextCreate} /> ); }
_onGLContextCreate = async (gl) => { const arSession = await this._glView.startARSessionAsync();
Now we are ready to show the live background behind the 3d scene! ExpoTHREE.createARBackgroundTexture(arSession, renderer) is an expo-three utility that returns a THREE.Texture that live-updates to display the current AR background frame. We can just set the scene's .background to it and it'll display behind our scene. Since this needs the renderer to be passed in, we added it after the renderer creation line:
scene.background = ExpoTHREE.createARBackgroundTexture(arSession, renderer);
This should give you the live camera feed behind the cube:
You may notice though that this doesn't quite get us to AR yet: we have the live background behind the cube but the cube still isn't being positioned to reflect the device's position in real life. We have one little step left: using an expo-three AR camera instead of three.js's default PerspectiveCamera. We'll use the ExpoTHREE.createARCamera(arSession, width, height, near, far) to create the camera instead of what we already have. Replace the current camera initialization with:
const camera = ExpoTHREE.createARCamera( arSession, gl.drawingBufferWidth, gl.drawingBufferHeight, 0.01, 1000 );
Currently we position the cube at (0, 0, 0) and move the camera back to see it. Instead, we'll keep the camera position unaffected (since it is now updated in real-time to reflect AR tracking) and move the cube forward a bit. Remove the camera.position.z = 5; line and add cube.position.z = -0.4; after the cube creation (but before the main loop). Also, let's scale the cube down to a side of 0.07 to reflect the AR coordinate space's units. In the end, your code from scene creation to cube creation should now look as follows:
const scene = new THREE.Scene(); const camera = ExpoTHREE.createARCamera( arSession, gl.drawingBufferWidth, gl.drawingBufferHeight, 0.01, 1000 ); const renderer = ExpoTHREE.createRenderer({ gl }); renderer.setSize(gl.drawingBufferWidth, gl.drawingBufferHeight);
scene.background = ExpoTHREE.createARBackgroundTexture(arSession, renderer);
const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(0.07, 0.07, 0.07); const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ color: 0x00ff00 }); const cube = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material); cube.position.z = -0.4; scene.add(cube);
This should give you a cube suspended in AR:
And there you go: you now have a basic Expo AR app ready!
To recap, here are some links to useful resources from this tutorial:
- The basic AR app on Snack, where you can edit it in the browser
- The source code for the "Dire Dire Ducks!" demo on Github
- The Expo page for the "Dire Dire Ducks!" demo, lets you play it on Expo immediately
Have fun and hope you make cool things! 🙂
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Malawi: VP Faces Arrest Over Cashgate Corruption Scandal
The days of Malawi's vice president, Saulos Chilima, are finally numbered as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) which has been tailing the vice president over his alleged money laundering dealings with a convicted cashgate criminal, Maxwell Namata concludes its investigations.
Leaked documents which also detail corrupt activities of several well-known cashgate suspects corner the vice president, pinning him to a wall with President Peter Mutharika's nod being the last step before the graft busting body pounces on the veep.
"The role played by Mr. Saulosi Chilima in facilitating laundering of these proceeds of serious crimes should be thoroughly investigated and charges should be brought against him ranging from aiding and abetting theft, aiding and abetting money laundering including the more serious charge of money laundering itself as he accepted money from an individual who he should have duly known that commensurate with his sources of income, could not afford buying the house in area 10 or indeed provide cash-capital for the farm produce business" reads part of the document released by the ruling party's fugitive, Allan Ntata.
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Pulman Volkswagen Durham, Approved Used Vehicle - Because all the staff were very friendly in particular Malcolm who we dealt with regarding the sale of our new VW Polo. They were organised to the finest details. Because Malcolm the salesman took onboard what we were looking for in a particular VW model, and gave us the advice on what vehicle would suit or needs the best. We were very satisfied as we test drove several vehicles prior to deciding exactly what model , engine capacity and style we wanted. Malcolm the salesman kept us informed from start to finish on all the aspects of the sale. There was a lot of paperwork to read and sign and he explained all these forms to our satisfaction prior to us signing them. All the staff at Pulman VW Durham were very friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable about the VW range of vehicles. In particular Malcom our salesman made us feel very comfortable, he could answer all the technical and any other questions we asked him .he always offered us a drink and the Cappuccino from the cafe was delicious !!!
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2019 Nobel Prizes: What you can learn from this year's winners
From literature to physics, the annual Nobel Prizes aim to highlight the most groundbreaking achievements in every field.
- Each year, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards six Nobel Prizes.
- The categories are: literature, physics, chemistry, peace, economics, and physiology & medicine.
- The Nobel prizes will be announced each business-day until October 14.
Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali won the Nobel Peace on Friday for helping to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea.
Eritrea and Ethiopia, two of the world's poorest nations, fought a war against each other from 1998 to 2000. A peace treaty in 2000 stopped the large-scale fighting, but a stalemate ensued, and both sides have in recent years accused the other of sparking smaller border clashes.
But after taking office in 2018, Abiy pursued peace talks with Eritrea.
"In close cooperation with Isaias Afwerki, the President of Eritrea, Abiy Ahmed quickly worked out the principles of a peace agreement to end the long "no peace, no war" stalemate between the two countries," the academy wrote.
"He spent his first 100 days as Prime Minister lifting the country's state of emergency, granting amnesty to thousands of political prisoners, discontinuing media censorship, legalising outlawed opposition groups, dismissing military and civilian leaders who were suspected of corruption, and significantly increasing the influence of women in Ethiopian political and community life. He has also pledged to strengthen democracy by holding free and fair elections."
Still, ethnic conflicts within Ethiopia have displaced more than 3 million people in recent years, and critics of Abiy – who's already survived one assassination attempt – argue that his policies will make matters worse.
"No doubt some people will think this year's prize is being awarded too early," the academy wrote. "The Norwegian Nobel Committee believes it is now that Abiy Ahmed's efforts deserve recognition and need encouragement."
Last year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Dr. Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman and former captive of ISIS, for helping to combat wartime sexual assault.
Nobel Prize: Literature
The Swedish Academy awarded two writers the Nobel Prize in Literature: The Polish author and poet Olga Tokarczuk received the 2018 award, and the 2019 prize went to Austrian author and playwright Peter Handke.
Last year's Nobel Prize in Literature was postponed due to a sexual assault scandal involving the husband of an academy member. After the scandal, several board members departed and the academy changed the way it chooses winners.
Peter Handke
Handke is a 76-year-old Austrian playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who gained acclaim early in his career for his avant-garde play "Offending the Audience." He's also written many scripts for films, including Die linkshändige Frau (The Left–Handed Woman), which in 1978 was nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
But Handke's win is proving controversial. The writer is a well-known apologist for former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, who was accused by a United Nations tribunal of war crimes related to wars in Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia. In his writings, Handke controversially portrayed Serbia as a victim of the Yugoslav Wars. Although Handke declined Milosevic's request to appear as a witness at his U.N. trial., the writer did eulogize Milosevic after he died in prison awaiting trial.
"I think he was a rather tragic man," Handke said in a 2006 interview. "Not a hero, but a tragic human being. I am a writer and not a judge."
Surprisingly, in 2014 Handke said the Nobel Prize for literature "should be abolished" because it "promotes the false canonization of literature."
A handful of writers and literary organizations have already denounced the academy's decision to award the prize to Handke.
"We are dumbfounded by the selection of a writer who has used his public voice to undercut historical truth and offer public succor to perpetrators of genocide, like former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic," the novelist Jennifer Egan, who is president of PEN America, said in a statement on behalf of the organization. "At a moment of rising nationalism, autocratic leadership, and widespread disinformation around the world, the literary community deserves better than this. We deeply regret the Nobel Committee on Literature's choice."
"Have we become so numb to racism, so emotionally desensitized to violence, so comfortable with appeasement that we can overlook one's subscription and service to the twisted agenda of a genocidal maniac?" tweeted Vlora Citaku, Kosovo's ambassador to the United States.
Olga Tokarczuk
Tokarczuk, who also won last year's Man Booker International Prize for her novel "Flights," is the 15th woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. The judges described her as "a writer preoccupied by local life ... but looking at earth from above ... her work is full of wit and cunning," and said she possesses "a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."
Tokarczuk is a controversial figure in Poland, a nation dominated by right-wing populist politics, which she frequently criticizes. After she criticized Poland's history of colonialism in a 2014 interview, some right-wing nationalists called her a "targowiczanin," an archaic term for traitor.
Some of Tokarczuk's works to check out include: "The Journey of the Book-People," "Primeval and Other Times," and the screenplay for the crime film "Spoor", which was nominated for best foreign language film at the 2018 Oscars.
Nobel Prize: Physics
How did the Big Bang produce the swirling galaxies that populate our universe, and how can scientists detect and study planets that orbit stars light-years away from Earth? The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to three scientists who helped shed light on these complex questions.
James Peebles, the Albert Einstein professor of science at Princeton, received half of the award, which includes half of the $918,000 prize money. Michel Mayor, an astrophysicist and professor emeritus of astronomy at the University of Geneva, and Didier Queloz, a professor of physics at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University and at the University of Geneva, together share the other half of the prize.
"While James Peebles' theoretical discoveries contributed to our understanding of how the universe evolved after the Big Bang, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz explored our cosmic neighborhoods on the hunt for unknown planets. Their discoveries have forever changed our conceptions of the world," the secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Goran Hansson, said.
How Dr. Peebles enriched cosmology
Since the 1960s, Dr. Peebles' work has helped to solidify and enrich cosmology, chiefly by finding ways to learn about the universe from the ancient radiation leftover from the Big Bang.
Some 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled enough for light rays to travel through space. Today, billions of years later, this ancient radiation is still around us, though its temperature is near absolute zero. But Dr. Peebles discovered that the temperature of this background radiation provides clues about how much matter was created by the Big Bang.
The calculations made possible by this discovery also shed light on the matter and processes in the universe that we can't see: dark energy and dark matter.
"The results showed us a universe in which just five per cent of its content is known, the matter which constitutes stars, planets, trees – and us," the academy wrote. "The rest, 95 per cent, is unknown dark matter and dark energy. This is a mystery and a challenge to modern physics."
Mayor and Queloz: Finding exoplanets
Astronomers detect exoplanets by measuring extremely subtle changes in a star's activity. These changes occur as exoplanets orbit their host star, and the predictability of the changes allows scientists to learn quite a lot about the properties of exoplanets. In 1995, Mayor and Queloz used this approach to discover the first planet outside of our solar system. It might sound surprising to us today, but before their discovery astronomers considered that maybe it was extremely rare for stars to have planets orbiting them, meaning life outside of Earth would be even more unlikely, if not impossible."This discovery started a revolution in astronomy and over 4,000 exoplanets have since been found in the Milky Way," the academy wrote. "Strange new worlds are still being discovered, with an incredible wealth of sizes, forms and orbits. They challenge our preconceived ideas about planetary systems and are forcing scientists to revise their theories of the physical processes behind the origins of planets. With numerous projects planned to start searching for exoplanets, we may eventually find an answer to the eternal question of whether other life is out there."
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The 2019 Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to three scientists from the U.S. and U.K. working independently on the same problem: how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability. Gregg Semenza of Johns Hopkins University, Sir Peter Ratcliffe of Oxford University, and William Kaelin, Jr., of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard University received the 5 a.m. call from Stockholm. The three maintained an ongoing and informal conversation, sharing work and consequentially rocketing the entire field of study forward.
Their research unveiled a genuine textbook discovery. "They've unveiled the series of molecular events that allow cells to assess and respond to changing levels of available oxygen, with implications in the treatment of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, anemia, and other diseases," according to previous Big Think reporting. Read the full article dedicated to the findings here.
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Fine Beadwork Embroidery Kits
With the end of term fast approching I thought it might be a good time to think of a unique gift to thank deserving teachers.
This little apple is very simple, perfect for beginners or older children and may be stitched within a couple of hours.
The finished needlework may be framed or attached to a card and given as a gift.
The example shown is stitched in size 11 seed beads on fine linen using 25 count waste canvas to provide a grid when stitching.
Alternatively, the design may be completed in cross stitch on either 12hpi or 14hpi Aida fabric using two strands of coloured embroidery thread.
A single apple measures approximately 6cm x 6cm when finished, but you may like to create a whole row or border of apples.
I haven't specified colours, just go with whatever takes your fancy or you have to hand.
I would love to see your finished work - especially the red apple as I haven't yet found time to stitch it !!!
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Louisa County shooting "not a random act of violence" 3 men arrested
LOUISA COUNTY, Iowa- Two people were sent to the hospital after several men with weapons were reported to be outside a Muscatine home. Three men have been arrested as a result of police investigations.
February 6, the Louisa County Sheriff arrested Michael Anthony Enriquez, 19, Alvaro Escobar Jr, 26, and Julio Cesar Menjivar III, 20.
All three were arrested in Muscatine and charged with 1st-degree burglary. Two of the men also face willful injury charges.
Around 3 a.m, on February 3, the Louisa County Sheriff received a tip that there were multiple men outside of a house with guns in the area of 172nd Street and 93rd Avenue, rural Muscatine.
After police intervened two people were transported to the Muscatine hospital by Ambulance.
One of these people had a single gunshot wound, they both were released.
"This does not appear to be a random act of violence."
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Auschwitz mug reveals ring and necklace hidden for 70 years
Enamel artefact on display at the infamous death camp found to contain secret treasures.
A mug discovered at Auschwitz and on display at the infamous death camp has been found to contain hidden treasures.
Staff were conducting maintenance on the artefacts at the Auschwitz Museum when they discovered the humble mug contained a false base – inside which a ring and necklace has been concealed, wrapped in canvas.
The piece is one of 12,000 enamel kitchenware objects in the museum's collection.
Hanna Kubik from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum said: "It was very well hidden. However, due to the passage of time, the materials underwent gradual degradation, and the second bottom separated from the mug."
Museum director Piotr Cywinski said: "The hiding of valuable items proves on the one hand to the awareness of the victims as to the robbery nature of the deportation, but on the other hand it shows that the Jewish families constantly had a ray of hope that these items will be required for their existence."


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Knowledge as a social process
Innovation is all about converting knowledge to value – so it's worth looking again at how knowledge operates as a social process and managing with this in mind….
Our growing video library
A reminder that we have a wide range of video material to support lecturers and students in the innovation and entrepreneurship area. In particular check out Joe's channel on YouTube
Creativity and constraint
It's a paradox – but sometimes creativity thrives under constraints……
Learning from the humanitarian innovation laboratory
Innovation is all about survival – how often do we hear versions of that line? But in the field of humanitarian aid this really is the case. Innovation can sometimes be a matter of life and death. It's a world characterised by crisis – but it's also somewhere from which we might learn some new
Playing with innovation
Some thoughts about the importance of experimentation and prototyping
Playing chess with the Red Queen
Dealing with today's innovation challenges has more than a little in common with the experiences of Alice in Wonderland, as this blog post suggests….. http://blog.hypeinnovation.com/playing-chess-with-the-red-queen
Frugal innovation
Say the word 'frugal' – and it conjures images of making do, eking out scarce resources, managing on a shoestring. And in the world of innovation there are plenty of examples where this principle has triggered interesting solutions. For example Alfredo Moser's idea of re-using Coke bottles as domestic lighting in the favelas of
Teaching and Coaching Innovation – in innovative fashion!
Innovation matters – of course! Few people would argue with the need to ensure that our organizations change their offerings (products/services) and the ways we create and deliver them (processes) in order to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. If we don't the message from history is clear – we won't survive or grow!
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The current national and social ills the Philippines is facing is due to the inefficiency and incompetence of previous administrations, as a foreign political analyst opined.
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President Rodrigo Duterte now has to confront and solve these problems built up by years of negligent governance and the only way to do it, as Canadian political analyst Amir Assadollahi explained, is by implementing tough laws.
Assadollahi underline s the need for death penalty against drug dealers and pushers. He cited a case where chocolate and candied Marijuana was being sold to students in San Pedro, Laguna and police had only recently raided and captured the dealer.
While medical Marijuana is used in some countries, the analyst explained that it is not an alternative that would suit the Philippines given that there are too many issues that needs to be addressed first or else they would be a gateway for drug abuse.
The Philippines cannot simply adopt the policies of countries like Netherlands where secular education and free healthcare has been established. Assadollahi asserts that the Philippines needs intensified enforcement of laws to discipline its citizens.
In his full post on Facebook, Assadollahi said,
"Tough laws is a the only way to build the future"
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The Philippines is not the Netherlands, and drugs, criminality and corruption is a big problem that has been caused by the incompetence of previous administration and narco-politicians such as Sen. De Lima (formerly the Secretary of Justice in the Philippines who can be said proliferated the drug trade).
You defiantly need to have death penalty for drug dealers and drug pushers in the Philippines. The drug users become the pushers and dealers to financially support their habits. They will introduce drugs to young people, and Marijuana is dangerous to people under age of 20, because the brain is not fully developed (I had discussion with some people in health sector from the Netherlands, and that is what they said. They do not allow their family members under the age of 20 to touch Marijuana. So, anyone saying Marijuana is safe, I bet they have not done long studies about it. Marijuana under medical prescription is something else, and it is like any other painkiller that a doctor prescribes, so don't confuse doctor's recommendation to blackmarket street seller. In addition to that, I don't see a common agreement in medical field and pharmaceutical research with long term study of effect of Marijuana. Internationally there is no agreement on the usage of it as medication either. If one country approves of it as a medication, that does not mean every country approved of it.) Again, the Philippines is not the Netherlands to have secular education, free healthcare and all the support system that they have established for themselves. The criminality and corruption element in the Philippines is very high thanks to the last 30 years of incompetence and corrupt governing before Duterte Administration, and now he has to clean all the mess the previous administration and their narco-politicians had created.
The Philippines need tough laws and iron fist to deal with the criminal and corrupt elements in the Philippines. It is a know fact that drugs and criminality fuels the finances needed for lawlessness and criminal acts such as terrorism and violence against people, and a significant part of wars is financed by drugs and criminality as well. Just look at the world history and you can see a lot of that in human history.
I hate drugs, corruption and criminality and I also hate wars. Terrorism must stop and law and order needs to pave the road toward peace and security. If the people are still can't get it that drugs, criminality and corruption is not a way to go, then those people need to receive the highest punishment under the law. What I said is a simplification of what needs to be done, and how this needs to be done is something that the government and the law needs to workout together.
If you want to have a great future for the Philippines. You have to stop drugs, criminality and corruption. There is no other way. Until the Philippines fully matures up and become a fully responsible nation as both people and government, you cannot be flexible about any kinds of drugs or any kind of violation of law, corruption or anything that breaks the law even as simple as a jaywalk. The media, all politicians, businesses and all the public must support such tough laws and regulations, because now it is time to clean up he mess the last administration had created.
Amir Assadollahi
A Canadian Political Scientist / Commentator (just in case the name clouded he judgment of some readers!)"
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