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There's a lot of noise being made up to the Climate Conference in Copenhagen. Too much? Perhaps. But a series of six reports were published in The Lancet medical journal today that are worth tuning in to. They are all about the health dividend of combatting climate change. One of them is about transport and is rather kind to cycling and pedestrianism.Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization [WHO] issued a press release today saying, in no uncertain terms, that pedestrians and cyclists should be made 'kings of the urban jungle' in the quest for benefits of mass active travel and urban mobility.The report suggests that funds be redirected away from roads in order to make walking and cycling "the most direct, convenient and pleasant options for most urban trips". Pedestrians and cyclists should also benefit from having a "priority" over cars and trucks at intersections.Public health researchers and leaders issued the reports in a bid to get the message across to world leaders and negotiators heading for Copenhagen.
"Sadly, policy-makers have been slow to recognize that the real bottom line of climate change is its risk to human health and quality of life," Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, says in a commentary with the studies.
"The issue now is not whether climate change is occurring, but how we can respond most effectively," says Chan.
The up-side, say Chan and the researchers, is that some carbon-reduction strategies could result in major health improvements.The urban transportation study says encouraging more walking and cycling would have big benefits for both health and the climate. It compared different transportation scenarios for London and Delhi. Walking and cycling came out on top even when compared to increased use of low-emission vehicles that are widely sold as "green" solutions."Important health gains and reductions in CO2 emissions can be achieved through replacement of urban trips in private motor vehicles with active travel in high-income and middle-income countries," the researchers conclude.
They suggest policy-makers divert investment away from roads and toward provision of infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. They suggest motor vehicles be slowed down and more strictly controlled, while pedestrians and cyclists should have direct routes with priority at intersections, to "increase in the safety, convenience, and comfort of walking and cycling."
This is our kind of rhetoric. This is talk of looking at the bull and building necessary infrastructure for cyclists, increasing the mobility of cyclists and pedestrians alike and creating more liveable cities.We know the health benefits well here in Copenhagen. For every kilometre cycled the state puts 25 cents in society's pocket. For every kilometre driven by car and we pay out 16 cents. Net loss for society.It's quite brilliant to see urban cycling and separated infrastructure get such high profile backing from the WHO.Here's the link to The Lancet.
Here's an article about it on the BBC.
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By Jeff St. John
Ken Munson, CEO of Stockton, California-based startup Sunverge Energy, doesn't want you to think of his company's product as a "battery in a box," backing up a roof full of solar panels — even if that's one very accurate way to describe what it packages up into a closet-sized, UL-certified form.
Instead, he'd like you to consider the Solar Integration System as an energy manager for the modern, solar-PV-equipped home — and, importantly, one that utilities see as an asset, not a threat.
"We're very utility-centric," Munson said in a March interview. "We believe that, inherently, a utility focus, utility ownership, even utility rate-basing [of] our devices as an asset, is where the industry is moving." That's a view that doesn't align with the 'customer-owned solar+storage=utility existential threat' views we've seen expressed lately. It's also a departure from the way that competitors like SolarCity or Stem have targeted building owners as their storage customers.
But with 2 megawatts of its systems deployed from Sacramento, California to Auckland, New Zealand, Sunverge is on its way to getting a pretty broad set of test utilities for its behind-the-meter storage platform. In fact, Sunverge ranks third behind SolarCity and Stem in terms of total megawatts of advanced battery projects planned in California, according to the state's Self-Generation Incentive Program records. With California regulators moving to break a year-long impasse between utilities and customers over how to connect battery-backed solar systems to the grid, those projects could accelerate in the months to come.
Now Sunverge is turning to the next phase of its plans: networking those distributed solar-storage systems into a virtual power plant that is able to store, shift and balance electricity at grid scale. "Stuffing lithium-ion or flow or any kind of battery in a box and putting it in as a simple backup device is not that exciting," Munson said. "But putting a cloud layer with real-time energy services on top, and being able to aggregate and control a fleet of devices on the grid in near-real time — that's something special."
Building a solar battery for multiple uses
Munson and Sunverge co-founder Dean Sanders worked in the grid business together, at Sacramento-based grid switchgear manufacturer Inertia Engineering, before founding their startup in 2009. "We think we understand the distribution grid pretty well" as a result, Munson said, and that informed the way they approached the solar-storage concept.
"The more we got into it, the more we realized there was a potential for a confluence to occur in the market, with the level of penetration that solar was taking on, and the operation issues we were hearing about regarding distributed PV on the grid," he said. (Greentech Media has been covering the challenges of distributed PV on grid operations.)
Backed by their own funds and an undisclosed amount of venture capital investment, Sunverge assembles batteries from undisclosed partners (though Munson described them as top-tier suppliers), as well as inverters from Schneider Electric, into what is otherwise its own system. That includes its own local IT hardware and power electronics controls, as well as its cloud-based software platform, which keep real-time tabs on its solar generation and battery capacity at each networked Solar Integration System, and allows each unit to balance that combination to meet different needs, he said.
That doesn't exclude helping the customer, he noted. "On some grids, UPS [uninterruptible power supply] is of paramount importance. In California, demand charge mitigation, peak shaving, and time-of-use shifting in certain applications is important." These are the kinds of applications being targeted by companies like Stem, Green Charge Networks and Coda Energy in the United States, Sonnenbatterie in Germany, and Panasonic in Japan. Likewise, "We can get into the whole-home automation component, where our system, via our Open API architecture, can aggregate plug-load devices or discrete devices," he said.
At the same time, "we can aggregate resources on a circuit or a feeder, and start solving operational issues for the utility," he added. That's the kind of work underway at utility pilot projects around the world, but it has yet to be rolled out at mass scale — though companies like Intelligent Generation and Solar Grid Storage are exploring it in the context of larger, commercial-scale solar-battery deployments.
How solar-plus-batteries blurs the lines between utilities and customers
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is tapping Sunverge's systems for a 34-home "net-zero-energy" development, which means each home is expected to generate more energy than it takes from the grid over the course of a year. That's not exactly a welcome prospect for utilities that make money by selling electricity to homeowners, unless the units can simultaneously serve a purpose for the utility.
Patrick McCoy, SMUD's solar program planner, told us in an October interview that the utility is looking at several potential uses for Sunverge's systems, including the potential to shift solar energy from midday to late afternoon, when it's in highest demand on the grid. SMUD is also involved in state- and federal-funded pilot projects that are modeling the ebb and flow of solar power on distribution circuits, as well as linking up advanced inverters to utility communications networks.
In New Zealand, Sunverge is partnering with Vector, an Auckland-based provider of both energy and telecommunications services — a hybrid type of utility that's rare in the United States. This structure allows it to offer no-money-down solar-battery deals to its customers.
Vector CEO Simon Mackenzie said in a November interview that the company sees its role as a solar-storage provider in several ways. From the traditional utility perspective, "it allows us to manage the utilization and peaks on our network, to focus on how we better manage demand, and mitigate the risk longer-term," he said.
From the perspective of making its customers happy, Sunverge's platform supports iPhone and Android applications that allow customers to track how much solar's being generated, how much battery storage is available, and how much the combination has saved the customer, he added.
Jon Fortune, director of regulatory and energy services for Sunverge, said at a February storage conference in Santa Clara, California that the company has about 150 units, representing 600 kilowatts of aggregated capacity, installed with Vector so far. "All the communication happens in the cloud," he said. "You can access all the units, full command and control — we have a set of APIs that can integrate with any utility."
Munson noted that Sunverge is working with standards groups like the SunSpec Alliance for advanced inverter communication and controls in order to future-proof its product for integration with a number of utility or grid market interfaces. It's also a partner in the Energy Innovation Hub at Philadelphia's Navy Yard redevelopment project, where it and a number of smart grid companies are working on distributed energy and net-zero energy concepts.
Whichever angle Sunverge's customers end up pursuing, there's little doubt that the combination of rooftop PV and ever-cheaper lithium-ion batteries is going to cause significant disruption in utility business models and customer relationships. "You've got a utility industry that has a fairly significant investment in sunken costs," Munson said. "You've got a growing industry heavily invested in rooftop solar. And you've got to meet both of those parties' needs."


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There is nothing more important to the manufacturers of hearing aids and hearing healthcare professionals than your satisfaction with their product and services. The industry is people-oriented in that it allows significant interaction and communication between the person with the hearing loss and the hearing healthcare professional to assure that they have done all things possible to meet your needs. It is important to emphasize that you have a roll to play in acquiring the best hearing aid for you. Here are some suggestions for optimizing the chances that you will be one of these delighted hearing aid wearers.
Simmply stated, satisfaction is having your needs, desires or expectations met. You have very specific needs and the purpose of the hearing healthcare provider is to find the best hearing aid for you. Thus, during the process of rediscovering your hearing it is important to determine what your needs are, what outcomes you are looking for, and most importantly, how you'll know when you've fulfilled your needs. Many people go into their hearing healthcare practitioner with a vague concept of the best hearing aid for them: "I can't hear," or "It seems as if people are mumbling more," or worse yet, "My wife says I don't listen to her."
Many hearing healthcare professionals have assessment scales designed to help you understand problems caused by your hearing loss. Once you know your problems, you can better identify the best hearing aid. This list also becomes a contract between you and your hearing care professional.
Identification of communication situations that cause you the most difficulty is a critical first step in solving your hearing loss problems. If you can describe difficult listening conditions, your hearing care provider can address the problems and develop strategies to help you manage them. If you need more information, ask for it. Some people want highly technical information about hearing aid systems and hearing loss, while others just want a brief overview of hearing aids and their function. Most providers will be happy you asked, and will give you information such as consumer literature, data sheets, brochures, videotapes and other types of instructional materials. Ask for clarification if you need it. Many complex concepts can be explained in an uncomplicated way.
Advanced hearing aid technology can now compensate for most hearing losses, but there are still millions of hearing aid candidates who are not ready to accept this fact. Is there a missing link? People with hearing loss are in different stages of readiness. At one extreme the individual is in denial about the hearing loss. If either a family member or a professional insists on hearing aids at this point, behavior is unlikely to change and most likely such a person would be dissatisfied if pursuing hearing aids.
Individuals highly motivated to improve their hearing have an infinitely better chance of success with hearing aids. Such motivated people recognize their hearing loss and are open to finding the best hearing aid for their needs. They tend to seek out relevant information related to their hearing loss and the technology needed to alleviate the hearing problem. The most highly motivated hearing aid candidates have a willingness to discuss their feelings about their hearing problem and explore some hearing options that might be available to them. When they are fitted with hearing aids, they eagerly explore their new technology, discuss problems during follow-up visits with their hearing healthcare professional, and patiently learn to adapt to their technology.
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– NATO preparing vast disinformation campaign (Voltaire.net, June 11, 2012):
Member States of NATO and the GCC are preparing a coup d'état and a sectarian genocide in Syria. If you want to prevent these crimes, you should act now: circulate this article on the Internet and alert your elected officials.
In a few days, perhaps as early as Friday, June 15, at noon, the Syrians wanting to watch their national TV stations will see them replaced on their screens by TV programs created by the CIA. Studio-shot images will show massacres that are blamed on the Syrian Government, people demonstrating, ministers and generals resigning from their posts, President Al-Assad fleeing, the rebels gathering in the big city centers, and a new government installing itself in the presidential palace.
This operation of disinformation, directly managed from Washington by Ben Rhodes, the US deputy national security adviser for strategic communication, aims at demoralizing the Syrians in order to pave the way for a coup d'etat. NATO, discontent about the double veto of Russia and China, will thus succeed in conquering Syria without attacking the country illegally. Whichever judgment you might have formed on the actual events in Syria, a coup d'etat will end all hopes of democratization.
The Arab League has officially asked the satellite operators Arabsat and Nilesat to stop broadcasting Syrian media, either public or private (Syria TV, Al-Ekbariya, Ad-Dounia, Cham TV, etc.) A precedent already exists because the Arab League had managed to censure Libyan TV in order to keep the leaders of the Jamahiriya from communicating with their people. There is no Hertz network in Syria, where TV works exclusively with satellites. The cut, however, will not leave the screens black.
Actually, this public decision is only the tip of the iceberg. According to our information several international meetings were organized during the past week to coordinate the disinformation campaign. The first two were technical meetings, held in Doha (Qatar); the third was a political meeting and took place in Riyad (Saudi Arabia).
The first meeting assembled PSYOP officers, embedded in the satellite TV channels of Al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera, BBC, CNN, Fox, France 24, Future TV and MTV. It is known that since 1998, the officers of the US Army Psychological Operations Unit (PSYOP) have been incorporated in CNN. Since then this practice has been extended by NATO to other strategic media as well.
They fabricated false information in advance, on the basis of a "story-telling" script devised by Ben Rhodes's team at the White House. A procedure of reciprocal validation was installed, with each media quoting the lies of the other media to render them plausible for TV spectators. The participants also decided not only to requisition the TV channels of the CIA for Syria and Lebanon (Barada, Future TV, MTV, Orient News, Syria Chaab, Syria Alghad) but also about 40 religious Wahhabi TV channels to call for confessional massacres to the cry of "Christians to Beyrouth, Alawites into the grave!."
The second meeting was held for engineers and technicians to fabricate fictitious images, mixing one part in an outdoor studio, the other part with computer generated images. During the past weeks, studios in Saudi Arabia have been set up to build replicas of the two presidential palaces in Syria and the main squares of Damascus, Aleppo and Homs. Studios of this type already exist in Doha (Qatar), but they are not sufficient.
The third meeting was held by General James B. Smith, the US ambassador, a representative of the UK, prince Bandar Bin Sultan (whom former U.S. president George Bush named his adopted son so that the U.S. press called him "Bandar Bush"). In this meeting the media actions were coordinated with those of the Free "Syrian" Army, in which prince Bandar's mercenaries play a decisive role.
The operation had been in the making for several months, but the U.S. National Security Council decided to accelerate the action after the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, notified the White House that he would oppose by all means, even by force, any illegal NATO military intervention in Syria.
The operation has a double intent: the first is to spread false information, the second aims at censuring all possible responses.
The hampering of TV satellites for military purposes is not new. Under pressure from Israel, the USA and the EU blocked Lebanese, Palestinian, Iraqi, Libyan and Iranian TV channels, one after the other. However, no satellite channels from other parts of the world were censured.
The broadcast of false news is also not new, but four significant steps have been taken in the art of propaganda during the last decade.
• In 1994, a pop music station named "Free Radio of the Thousand Hills" (RTML) gave the signal for genocide in Rwanda with the cry, "Kill the cockroaches!"
• In 2001, NATO used the media to impose an interpretation of the 9/11 attacks and to justify its own aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq. At that time already, it was Ben Rhodes who had been commissioned by the Bush administration to concoct the Kean/Hamilton Commission report on the attacks.
• In 2002, the CIA used five TV channels (Televen, Globovision, ValeTV and CMT) to make the public in Venezuela believe that phantom demonstrators had captured the elected president, Hugo Chávez, forcing him to resign. In reality he was the victim of a military coup d'etat.
• In 2011, France 24 served as information ministry for the Libyan CNT, according to a signed contract. During the battle of Tripoli, NATO produced fake studio films, then transmitted them via Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, showing phantom images of Libyan rebels on the central square of the capital city, while in reality they were still far away. As a consequence, the inhabitants of Tripoli were persuaded that the war was lost and gave up all resistance.Nowadays the media do not only support a war, they produce it themselves.
This procedure violates the principles of International Law, first of all Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights relating to the fact of receiving and imparting information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Above all, the procedure violates the United Nations General Assembly resolution, adopted after the end of World War II, to prevent further wars. Resolutions 110, 381 and 819 forbid "to set obstacles to free exchange of information and ideas" (like cutting off Syrian TV channels) and "all propaganda provoking or encouraging threats to peace, breaking peace, and all acts of aggression". By law, war propaganda is a crime against peace, the worst of crimes, because it facilitates war crimes and genocide.


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Slivers of Glass
Janet Elizabeth Lynn
Will Zeilinger
Summer 1955: The body of a woman thought to be killed three years earlier is found behind a theater in Hollywood. Movie stuntman Skylar Drake, a former LAPD detective, is dragged into the investigation. He can make no sense of the crime until he discovers a dirty underworld and unearths deep-seated… greed.
The hunt takes Drake to places he'd never expect. He's anxious to close this case and get back to his business in L.A., but he's constantly haunted by the memory of his wife and young daughter, killed in a mysterious house fire.
With more than enough dirty cops, politicians and crime bosses to go around, Drake can trust no one including Martin Card, the cop assigned to work with him.
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There were a dozen other things I could've been doing besides standing in line at the drug store listening to Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" piped in overhead. Though, it was a treat to watch the cashier move behind the counter in her form-fitting white smock. I shook my head and plopped a tube of Pepsodent and a couple of toothbrushes on the pharmacy counter.
She looked up and said, "That will be seventy-five cents, Mr. Drake."
I dug in my pocket and dropped three quarters in her hand, "Thank you, Miss Abernathy." She placed my items in a small white paper bag and folded over the top. "Here you are, and quit calling me that. My name is Emily. Anyway, this should keep you smiling brightly. I only wish I could see yours sometime."
In all the times I've walked to this drug store, I couldn't remember a day she didn't smile at me. Too bad there was a 'y' at the end of Emily's name. Women with names like Sandy, Cathy or Abby were bad luck. Those 'y' women were always trouble and it would be dangerous to get mixed up with another one now.
"Thanks," I tipped my hat, "When I have something to smile about, I might just show you." I knew Emily pretty well since this place was only a couple of blocks from my apartment, an apartment I lived in because a fire took my home along with my beautiful wife Claire and Ellen my little girl.
As I turned to leave, I winked at the two little old ladies behind me. They stepped back and stared as if I'd just sneezed in their faces. I turned and waved goodbye to Emily only to see her pointing behind me in horror. I followed her gaze and saw a dark green car hurtling toward us – right through the huge windows at the front of the store! The gigantic crash at my back sent shelves, boxes and cans hurtling in our direction. I turned around as glass, smoke and debris seemed to explode in a cloud around us. At that moment my training from the Marine Corps took over. I instinctively swept up the two ladies and Emily and pushed them to the back of the store. The other customers ran screaming out the huge opening where the storefront windows used to be. I shielded the women against the back wall with my body all the while knowing that my weight could suffocate them, but what else could I do? The ceiling could come down on us at any moment. I held them against the wall while listening to my heart pound. Slowly the tinkle of glass subsided and I released them. Tiny slivers of glass and wood had embedded themselves in my sweater and trousers. "You'd better be careful," One of the little old women chirped, "Your backside looks like a pin cushion. Best not to sit down for a while."
JANET ELIZABETH LYNN was born in Queens, New York and raised in Long Island, until she was 12 years old. Her family escaped the freezing winters and hurricanes for the warmth and casual lifestyle of Southern California.
Janet has always wanted to write and made it a quest to write a novel. Ten years later, with much blood and sweat, her first murder mystery novel, South of the Pier, was published in 2011. She has since written seven more mysteries. Miss Lynn has traveled to the far reaches of the planet for work and for pleasure, collecting wonderful memories, new found friends and a large basket of shampoo and conditioner samples from hotels.
At one time Janet was an Entertainment Editor for a newspaper in Southern California.
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WILL ZEILINGER has been writing for over twelve years. During that time, he took novel writing classes and joined writer's groups, but what has helped the most are published authors who mentor, encourage, critique and listen to him while he continued to learn the craft. At the time of this writing, Will has published three novels (Ebooks.) The Naked Groom, Something's Cooking at Dove Acres, and The Final Checkpoint (also in print).
As a youth he lived overseas with his family. As an adult he traveled the world. Will lives in Southern California with his wife Janet Elizabeth Lynn, who is also an author. Will says that finding time to write while life happens is a challenge.
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Ambrosia Recipe
A very popular dessert in the 1950's, served at the famous Coconut Grove Night Club in Los Angeles. The "Grove" was known for its great cuisine. The Coconut Grove is featured in one of the scenes in Slivers of Glass, a Noir murder Mystery.
2 oranges or tangerines
2 bananas
Shredded coconut, unsweetened
Peel the oranges or tangerines, pull the pieces apart; cut the pieces across the middle. Peel the bananas and cut them into thin slices.
Cover the bottom of the bowl with orange pieces. Sprinkle 1-2 teaspoons of sugar over the oranges (depending on the sweetness of the oranges/tangerines). Put some banana slices on oranges, and then sprinkle a little coconut over bananas.
Do the same thing for the next layer, first the oranges, sugar, bananas and coconut. Make more layers, using all the fruit.
Sprinkle coconut on top. Cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate for 1 hour. Serves 3-4
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Every year on March 8th, International Women's Day is celebrated all over the world. Today, it has become what is essentially a day to raise awareness about the oppression of women. This year, it has particular significance because it is also the anniversary of the beginning of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Most people are not aware of the fact that on March 8th 1917 it was actually women who started the events that created the revolution. This began a revolutionary process that brought the working class to power, allowing for spectacular advancements for women.
Women workers, the vanguard of the Russian Revolution!
On February 23rd 1917 – March 8th in the Gregorian calendar – it was women workers who were the first the take to the streets of Petrograd, triggering a movement that would lead to the fall of the Tsar a week later.
Women textile workers, following attempts of the Tsarist government to ban demonstrations on Women's day, refused to work and went on strike. Taking to the streets and sending delegates to the other factories, they sparked the revolution. Against all odds, and without any prior plan, a mass strike broke out. Around 90,000 workers were on strike for the first day. Women were demanding bread, an end to the war and an end to Tsarism. In the following days, the strike became general and a soviet was founded in Petrograd. The fall of Tsarism became an inevitability when the army came over to the side of the revolution.
Women workers played an essential role, fraternizing with the soldiers and inciting them to turn their bayonets on their common enemy. This key role of women in the Russian Revolution is in fact nothing new. Women are quite often the first to enter the struggle and the last to leave. As an oppressed group, they have everything to win from the abolition of the capitalist system and the struggle for the establishment of socialism. Conversely, they are the first to suffer from the defeat of the revolution and the liquidation of its gains. The Russian Revolution is no exception here.
The revolution and the condition of women
After eight months of struggle between the soviets - representing the workers, peasants and soldiers - and the provisional government - representing the bourgeoisie - the Bolshevik Party organized the seizure of power by the soviets in October 1917 (November in the Gregorian calendar). The soviet regime made it a goal to put in place the conditions for the genuine liberation of women. After the revolution, there were several laws adopted making it so that women had the same rights as men. There was a law that stipulated that a woman must be paid the same wage as a man. For the first time in history, a woman was part of the government:
Alexandra Kollontai, the first People's Commissar of Social Welfare. In December 1917, a public insurance fund was created, with no deductions from workers wages. Six weeks after the revolution, civil marriage was legalized. Spouses now had the same rights as one another and divorce was legal and accessible to all.
In 1918, a Ministry for the Protection of Maternity and Childhood was established. This led to reforms such as 16 weeks of maternity leave, exemption from overly burdensome work, banning of transfers, layoffs and night work for pregnant and postpartum women as well as access to clinics specializing in maternity, counseling services and daycares. Measures to socialize domestic work were introduced so that this burden would no longer only fall on women, isolated in their homes. In addition to the aforementioned daycares, restaurants, laundromats, medical dispensaries and hospitals were developed.
The distinction between a legitimate and an illegitimate child was abolished by the soviet regime. Starting in 1920, women had the right to abortion. Russia became the first country to grant this right, almost 53 years before the United States and 71 years before Canada! Women were beginning to take control of their bodies and over society. They took part in it through workers' democracy.
All of these reforms would never have been possible, so early in history, under the capitalist system. Soviet power, in an economically backwards country where the oppression of women and minorities was possibly among the most fierce in the entire world, achieved in a few years what the capitalists in other countries took decades to concede under massive pressure from the struggle of the working class and of women. At a time when Donald Trump's clique in 2017 is trying to restrict access to abortion and we are faced with repeated attacks on women and minorities all over the country, the Russian Revolution is an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
The return of capitalism in Russia: a catastrophe for women
The Stalinist reaction, through a series of counter reforms, represented a big step back at the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s. The soviet bureaucracy that had formed needed stability, and this went hand in hand with reinforcing the nuclear family unit inherited from the past – that is to say reducing women to the role of a slave for men. In 1934, prostitution became illegal and punishable by at least eight months in prison. Divorce became less accessible and more expensive. The Stalinist regime went as far as criminalizing abortion in 1936, saying that it was supposedly not necessary in a society where women were liberated and where "socialism had been achieved."
In spite of all of the detrimental effects of Stalinism, women in the Soviet Union made huge leaps towards equality. The revival of the soviet economy after the Second World War allowed for significant gains. Women constituted 49% of students in higher education in 1970; only Finland, France and the United States had also surpassed the 40% mark. Pregnant women could benefit from a reduction in their workload and paid maternity leave. As well, there was an increase in daycare spaces, an increase in life expectancy and a drop in infant mortality. All of this progress was the fruit of the planned economy, an economy freed from the need to satisfy the investors' thirst for profit.
The return of capitalism in Russia in the 1990s undermined, one after another, all of the advances made by women following the revolution. Capitalism has brought back all of the evils usually associated with it: family oppression, unemployment, prostitution and homelessness. Women were the first to be laid off, the first to suffer wage cuts and were the ones who returned to the home as a result of the draconian cuts in social services. The rise in unemployment meant that women accounted for almost 70% of the unemployed and up to 90% in some regions. The decrease in women's wages, which fell from 70% to 40% of that of men after 1989, increased their material dependence on men. There was also a huge increase in violence against women.
In the 1990s, the bourgeoisie jubilantly proclaimed the "end of history" and the victory of liberal democracy. What has been accomplished in Russia since then? Russia is now dominated by gangsters, inequality has never been so high, and the condition of women and other oppressed groups has been getting worse and worse. A direct attack against women has recently occurred: the Russian Duma (parliament) has decriminalized domestic violence at the first offense and there are no serious consequences. Previously, such acts could be punished by two years in prison. The responsibility is now on the victim who must personally provide a record of evidence, and this may have the effect of increasing the difficulty for the victims to bring to justice their aggressor. According to Duma spokesman Vyacheslav Volodin, the law "would help build strong families"! Twenty-five years after the end of the Soviet Union, this new law is a tragic testimony to the position of women made possible by the victory of "democracy".
Take inspiration from 1917
Today, under capitalism, social services such as those mentioned above exist and mitigate the burden on women, but these programs are at risk of being abolished or cut severely as austerity is on the order of the day in all countries. Women still do not have the same wages as men for equal work. They are still forced to perform the majority of domestic tasks and are underrepresented in the political and cultural spheres.
The October 1917 revolution not only wanted formal equality between men and women, but it wanted to create the material conditions to give women real access to all political, economic and cultural fields of society. We are facing the same task today. As long as a system based on exploitation persists, as long as the family in its present form exists, women will not be able to free themselves completely from their chains.
Today, the same as one hundred years ago, women play a leading role in the struggle against oppression and exploitation. The Women's March against Donald Trump on January 21 was a clear demonstration of this. And today, as was the case a hundred years ago, we must link the struggle of against women's oppression with the wider struggle for the overthrow of the established order, for the overthrow of capitalism. There must be a new foundation for society, through which the daily struggle for survival, competition between workers and the slave mentality will be destroyed, a society where truly harmonious relations between human beings will become the standard. Women in the struggle for emancipation will find in the Russian Revolution of 1917 an inspiring example from which we must draw lessons in order to accomplish the socialist transformation of society.


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On Wednesday I opened the 33rd London Drinker festival, in a grand old hall just opposite St Pancras Station. For the first time, the festival was stocking exclusively beers brewed in London. This wouldn't have been possible until recently – ten years ago London had two or three breweries. Today it has around ninety.
This was also the first time the festival had a keg beer stand. It was tucked quietly into a corner by the cider stall, but it was there. Festival organiser Christine Cryne told me she'd had some hate mail about the inclusion of beers that some feel are 'the enemy of cask', the 'thin end of the wedge' of some vast, corporate conspiracy, carefully woven over the last forty years, to exterminate cask ale, for reasons that have never been really made clear.
But Christine did say she'd had about the same number of messages congratulating the organisers for having a more progressive stance. CAMRA is not some single monolith, but a sprawling mass of people with differing views. Parts of it at least are moving with the times.
But on my way to the festival, I read something in one of CAMRA's branch magazines that reiterated the old arguments against 'craft keg' – a phrase which, in its very existence, to me shows the absurdity of those making the argument, defining and judging beer by the container it's served in rather than its style, ingredients, or the intent of the person brewing it. The whole argument feels like it should have gone away after 2010, and for most beer drinkers, it has.
So I don't want to reignite a debate that's pointless in that neither side is likely to change their minds, but I do want to share one observation, given that this was on my mind when I was looking around the festival and trying to think what I was going to say onstage to declare it open.
I was struck not just by the number of London brewers around, but also by the nature of the beers they were offering.
I didn't even get chance to visit the keg bar: the central cask offering was utterly absorbing.
Most of the brewers didn't exist ten years ago. Those that I know personally consider themselves craft brewers, and sell their beers in cask, keg, bottles and cans. I can't speak for them, but I suspect many of them were inspired to give up their old jobs and start brewing because of the energy and momentum surrounding craft beer over the last decade.
The beers they were offering would certainly seem to bear this out. Alphabeta's Best Bitter was quenching and refreshing at 3.8% ABV and wouldn't have been out of place at any time in the festival's 33 year history. But I doubt the same brewery would have been offering a brown ale aged in old bourbon casks if it were not for the pioneering work of American and British craft brewers in barrel ageing.
Anspach and Hobday's pale ale, like many British pale and golden ales now, was brewed with American hops popularised by US craft brewers. Barnet's Pryor Reid IPA was brewed to a Victorian recipe. Before US craft keg and bottle brewers rediscovered such old recipes, IPA had become a low strength session beer indistinguishable from any other bitter. Craft beer hasn't just inspired brewers to try something new and different, but also to dig back deeper into our own past.
And so it goes on, all the way through the beer list: Brick's American pale ale brewed with Cascade, Simcoe and Mosaic, Canopy's session IPA, Clarkshaw's Darker Hell – a dark lager, East London's Oatmeal Stout brewed with vanilla, Howling Hops' double chocolate coffee toffee vanilla milk porter, One Mile End's blood orange wheat double IPA, Uprising's wheat beer with American hops, Southwark's Russian Imperial Stout…
The dependable milds and best bitters, the golden ales and ESBs are still there. But before craft beer came along, every brewer in the room would have been brewing in the same narrow template. The number of breweries is soaring. The range of cask beers those brewers are creating is unprecedented. And attendance creeps steadily upwards.
The first generation of American craft brewers were inspired by British cask ales from the likes of Fuller's and Young's. In turn, those American craft brewers are inspiring British brewers to brew not just 'craft keg' beers, but also breathe new life and creativity into cask.
If craft keg really is the enemy of cask ale, it's doing a terrible job of trying to kill off cask, which has never looked more vibrant.


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text: News Guest Writer: Undeniable Facts About Working in a Nigerian Office Published 7 years ago on April 10, 2017 By The Octopus News Admin Nkem Ndem: If you work in a Nigerian office, there are certain things you know to be true about the way things work in the system. It is an open secret that most outsiders fail to see. So, when you come across a young person aspiring to complete tertiary education, move on to the NYSC programme and eventually gain a position in the same Nigerian office you have been coping with, you just shake your head and pray that they survive as you have. Basically, what other option is there, really? The country is hard and gaining employment in the first place is a blessing…so, half bread is better than puff-puff. The thing, though, is that with typical Nigerian offices, it is actually a different ball game. You come in with the impression that you would be given sensible responsibilities, which you can to carry out with assistance from colleagues who have fully matured and outgrown their puerile proclivities. You also assume that there's a monthly salary attached for maintaining a decent lifestyle and standard of living…you may be in for a huge surprise. In fact, you better change your mindset. No doubt, some offices in the country operate differently, especially the ones with a high percentage of expats. Things are normal and even sweet over there; but, it would be of benefit to you to acquaint yourself with some of the many annoying things you will certainly face in a typical Nigerian office environment. This way you are not surprised. Office hierarchy is reflected in everything There is no denying it. The concept of "seniority" is a big deal in Nigeria. From as early as primary school to secondary schools and even some universities (no names shall be mentioned), seniors – either someone who is older in age or higher in rank /level of experience – are better regarded. Thus, they get away with anything, including maltreating the juniors. You basically have to do their bidding just because. Is it any wonder this attitude is taken to Nigerian offices? Agreed, every office operates on a system of hierarchies, however, in Nigerian offices, it is taken to another level. You must ensure you greet all your senior colleagues before you settle in, otherwise you may get a query or even suspension; if you have booked a room for a meeting and somehow your senior colleague decides to have an impromptu meeting at the time in the same room, you will have to cancel your own meeting oh, because respect if reciprocal…whatever that means. If there has been an office party, you must make sure your senior colleagues are fed before you help yourself to the bounty; and if your direct "oga" is not in the office when the food is being shared, you must hustle for him and keep his share. The most ridiculous is when the office cleaner expects you to great her and call her "aunty" or "Ma" and even run some errands for her, just because she is old enough to be your mother and she has been working with the company since it started. The worst is during a brainstorming session when an older colleague shares a rubbish idea and you counter it. The others look at you as though "how dare you, who do you think you are?" You find yourself wondering why you were employed in the first place. You will never be able to eat your food in peace One would think that in a corporate environment, every staff would plan and make a budget for their meals per day, and in the case where they are not equipped for lunch time, they are able to remain professional about their appetite… but no… not in a Nigerian office. It is amazing how humble colleagues in a Nigerian office can become when they accost you for "just a spoon of rice" or a sip of coke. They will so praise you! "Njideka , the hottest babe. What are you eating? Share the love na." You literally cannot eat your food in peace, unless you leave the office for a restaurant. Even at that, you may find some of your co-workers at the restaurant who will beg you to pay for their food. It is worse in offices with microwaves because the minute you start warming your food and the aroma fills the air, you will have people trooping in to ask you what kind of food it is and how you made it. It could also be on the negative where you bring something with a unique or awful smell like Ofada sauce made with locust beans. The news will spread around the office and a lot of people will complain. Side comments like "Biko, who is warming dead body in that microwave?" or "Why put us through this now, must you eat this? Hep us to hep you na" may even shame you into discarding your food. Donating money and signing cards becomes part of your job In Nigerian offices, especially in Local government and federal offices, the welfare department (where there is one) is just for show. The staff is still expected to chip in to support colleagues who have either lost a parent or spouse, just put to bed, are getting married, recovering from an illness or leaving the company (send-forth). There is always something to donate money to and even sign a card for; so much that you find you have to make a monthly budget for it. Refusing to donate money to any of the cause will most likely have you pegged as a wicked and stingy person. Also, the gossip will be epic. God forbid that something now happens to you, they will gang up and make a mockery of donating to your situation. It is just best to give what you can really per time. You will "fap" and be "fapped" Fapping is the order of the day. It is never intentional. You will fap, your colleagues fap from you…everybody is happy. You cannot make noise about it really. From as simple as losing your food or drink (carefully labeled and placed in the office refrigerator) to the "real owners", to having personal belongings such as your pen, your stapler, your air freshener, or even loose change lying on your table nicked by ghost colleagues, fapping is basically a norm. Occasionally, there are serious cases of theft which are investigated, but nobody complains about these little ones. You cannot possibly kick up a fuss about a missing stapler. The sharp comments from colleagues who take offense, are enough to make you endure your loss in peace. Again, you do not want to be marked as the one who always cries wolf – so that when you actually do lose something really important, you can be taken seriously. There are a few Nigerian offices where discipline is a strong core value and even the security cameras installed in most offices are enough to deter such irresponsible behavior. These kinds of offices, which are the exception are very few in number. When working in a Nigerian office it is important you stay sharp, observant and cautious rather than complain. Complaining is better when you have evidence. You work extra hours for free It is the norm to spend extra hours working in a Nigerian office without extra/overtime pay, no matter what your contract states. Basically, having a strict 9-5 work schedule is a myth. Your line manager, most times, will assign tasks a few minutes to the end of the day with a deadline that ensures you put in extra hours after the stipulated work hours. You cannot even argue with your boss over this, otherwise, he will lecture you on the number of people who are lining up to take over your job if you keep being difficult. Some people resort to such tactics as calling in sick or losing a family member… to skip work. In fact, even leave may not be granted as it should. But how many times do you want to call really? In the end, you probably may just have to resign yourself to suffering and smiling, until you find another job. Office flirtation and romance is the norm Thanks to bureaucracy, the basic Nigerian office is a boring place… and as expected, most of the workers look for ways to entertain themselves. Since they get to spend a lot of time with each other, colleagues start to find their colleagues – even the ones they normally would not give the time of the day – attractive. They flirt around and this flirtation sometimes develops into full blown romance and drama. Even some married workers forget their marriage vows while at the office and chase after office interns – with hope to spice up their office life despite the risk of a scandal. The worst is when a boss starts to make life miserable for a lower staff because they would not sleep with them. Some would even go as far as stripping the staff of their job. Some Nigerian offices actually have a functional system that allows for maltreated workers to report sexual harassment, but due to the stigma, most now take it into their own hands. Some have given in, only to record the sexual escapade and use it against these heartless bosses. There has even been a case where the victim set up a meeting with the boss in a hotel, only to arrive with two hefty men who beat the man to a pulp. Your co-workers are your worst enemies Office politics is a key aspect of your relationship with your colleagues in Nigerian offices and no matter what you do, you know, without a doubt, that you cannot really trust anyone. It appears everyone is power hungry and so there is too much ass-licking to get to the top. Due to this, your co-workers -who you probably spend more time with than your family and friends- sometimes, become your worst enemies. The worst kinds are the ones who seems nice and friendly, but secretly believe they are in competition with you and as so they start to plot your downfall without you doing anything to offend them. They closely observe you in order to gain the ammunition they can use against you should the need arise. Fortunately, there are also a few co-workers who turn out to be god-sent; despite the general idea that they are your worst enemies, they help you grow in the system. Some even provide you with opportunities that you would not have had access to, otherwise. Men almost always rule the day Thanks to the feminist movement, women are more empowered now than they were in the past. There are actually female bosses, female CEOs and female managers in Nigerian offices now. There are even female ministers and senators in the government as well. Despite this improvement, women with these positions still have to grapple with the traditional idea that men are superior in Nigerian offices. There seems to be this undying notion that it is "a man's world", and as such, subservient roles are still to relegated to women. For instance, in a team of men and women, the women will be expected to organize refreshments, or a female will be expected to serve the tea at the board meeting. Even the lowest staff would feel such roles are beneath him and a senior colleague will have to do it, just because she is female. True, women empowerment is on the rise and things are changing. In some offices, especially female dominated offices, these changes as a result of women empowerment are noticeable; but overall, the effects of these changes are minimal. The salary is never enough Have you ever noticed how almost every Nigerian office worker has a side hustle? They are always on the search for a second source of income? This is because they are never paid enough to meet up with the basic lifestyle of a civil servant. Again, discriminatory pay practices are the norm, and as such people are milked to the barest minimum. They are hardly paid based on a general salary schedule. Even more, bonuses and raises also do not come easily to everyone. The few offices that try to extend benefits to all their staff regulate it and make it a form of competition for the entire staff. 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Real estate ads all tend to look the same. All homes are described as "beautiful" and is seems like most neighborhoods are described as "highly desirable." So many ads lack creativity, which makes them blend in with all the others. Instead of a generic, boring ad, make yourself stand out by being bold and possibly funny. "Man Cave for Sale, (also Has 4 Bedrooms!)" Even if they aren't looking for a "man cave' per se, the ad will stick in their memory, and the use of humor makes you seem human as opposed to the typical, robotic, real estate ads.
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A new trend sellers are having luck with, is enticing buyers by throwing in a big ticket item. Something they may have always wanted, but most likely not going to buy for themselves. Depending on the location throwing in a boat or even a car can be an option! If it doesn't make sense to do something that extravagant, consider a new big screen tv, or a "credit" towards furniture. People like to get something for free, even if you have already factored it into your desired sale price.
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Spending a little extra money upfront can lead to some big returns down the line. Think about hiring a videographer to make a video of your house, but have them make it look like the preview to a Hollywood blockbuster! Or have professional photos taken using a drone. The unique, aerial perspective, will add a whole new dimension! People will also be able to "get a lay of the land." Do forget to include to showcase the neighborhood! Having some great photos of the local area can help potential buyers get a real sense of what living in your home will be like!
Take Your Staging Up A Notch
Most people know you need to stage a home to some extent to really make buyers fall in love. However, by kicking it up a notch, you will make your home absolutely unforgettable. Think about details you would see at a luxury hotel or high-end residence. Hang only the most elegant, fluffy hand towels in the bathroom. Present hors d'oeuvre on an elegant serving tray. Even if these aren't items you would use in your everyday life, bringing them into your home during these moments will make visitors to your home feel a sense of luxury and refinement. This will help your home stand out among others they might be looking at.
Have a Sleepover
Well not exactly. If you are no longer living in the home, and you have a buyer who is on the fence, offer them the option to spend a night in the home! This way they can really get a sense of what living there and waking up in that house will be like!


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Welcome all you FairTax supporters in cong. dist. 04, made up of 8 counties encompassing 349 cities/towns. Please come here often to see what is happening in our district as a whole, in our cities & towns more specficially and see how YOU can make a difference.
Congressional Dist. 04 Representative Dan Newhouse
Yakima Office
402 E. Yakima Avenue, Suite 445
Yakima, WA 98901
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One Independent, 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats...
This open seat is opening a FLOOD GATE of education toward the FairTax! Now is our time! Please make sure you are at the meeting on the 18th of April and be a part of the strategy for upcoming candidate meetings.
6 candidates have already announced and no doubt there will be more...how many KNOW about the FairTax, how many will "make a campaign promise" to cosponsor and actively promote it once back there" that can be trusted??? WHO has the track record for standing and defending this bill for years?
WHEELER for CONGRESS on twitter and facebook.
Please FOLLOW or LIKE, the race is on! GOOOOooooo FairTax!
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Want to hand out Jamie Wheeler Campaign Business cards? zip me your name address and how many you want and we'll get them in the mail!!!
Did you notice I've been deleted from ALL the Washington state groups? If you haven't heard you now have a candidate endorsing and giving a voice and a pledge to the FairTax. The FairTax DOES NOT Endorse me (thanks to the IRS rules it cannont), but I whole heartidly endorse the FairTax. If you haven't yet please check out my Website JamieWheeler.com and if you are on FB "LIKE" Jamie for Congress, twitter too....
If you are in Benton County find out where your precinct is:
FAIRTAX to the Caucuses...
TAKE ACTION: At the FT Meeting on 2/18 the TAKE ACTION is to contact Congressman Hastings via phone, fax, email, facebook with the message: (the following statement is a starter suggestion)
I very strongly encourage you to cosponsor the FAIRTAX bill HR 25.
Woooo hoooo.... the 2nd SUCCESSFUL FairTax Meeting Held in Kennewick Jan 14, 2011!!! 37 in attendance UP from 22 in OCTOBER!!!
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February 28, 2011
Gastro Reflux Disease
The muscle located between the stomach and the esophagus is called the lower esophageal sphincter. If this muscle relaxes and does not close tightly after food passes through to the stomach, this can lead to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastro reflux disease. Typically, the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) only permits foods and beverages to flow downward into the stomach, not the other way around. A relaxed LES that permits food and stomach acid to travel backwards and reflux into the esophagus can cause tremendous pain, discomfort and injury.
Certain foods can promote gastro reflux disease. Your diet is an integral part of causing or preventing GERD. Foods and drinks with a heavy amount of garlic, caffeine and onion have the ability to increase reflux frequency. Each individual has specified foods that can trigger reflux and contribute to gastro esophageal reflux disease. Eating foods right before bed or meals that are high in fat are also dietary factors that can cause GERD.
Over the counter medications can also promote GERD. These include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) used to reduce pain. Common NSAIDs are ibuprofen, aspirin, and naproxen. Vitamins and other supplements may be risky too. Consuming potassium, calcium, and iron tablets can cause GERD.
Women who are pregnant risk contracting GERD. Due to the size and placement of the fetus growing inside of them, other organs usually shift in order to accommodate the baby. Depending on how the stomach position is naturally modified, this may force stomach acid to reflux. If acid reflux becomes excessive this could lead to GERD.
Some health conditions are directly related to the occurrence of gastro reflux disease. Obesity can lead to GERD because the stomach may not be able to withstand the pressure caused by excess weight. The extra weight can strain the abdominal area, causing reflux.
Unhealthy habits affect gastro reflux disease. Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption serves as triggers for the development of GERD. Lying down during and after meals can cause heartburn, a symptom of gastro reflux disease.
Regurgitation happens when acid backs up into the throat and mouth. This may come with burping that produces a bitter taste and foul smelling breath.
Heartburn is normally felt after eating or lying down. A burning pain in the chest and throat are symptoms of heartburn.
Dysphagia is a sign of gastro reflux and is associated with having difficulty swallowing food, managing food in the mouth and controlling saliva.
Treatment of gastro reflux disease can be done through simple changes to your lifestyle and diet. By taking note of the foods you eat when heartburn or another symptom occurs, you can determine what to eliminate from your diet. By quitting smoking, not eating before bed, and using other pain relieving medications, you can reduce your risk of gastro reflux disease.
If you want more information on gastro reflux disease, visit refluxremedy.com for the latest information on how you can treat GERD naturally.
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The minimum order for fabric is 0.5M. You can then order in 10cm increments thereafter.
For example if you'd like 2.8M this is what you type in the box. All computer screens will show colours slightly differently.
We always recommend ordering a sample to ensure the fabric is the weight and colour you require.
Please note, fabric is classed as a bespoke order, so we cannot accept returns.
A warm grey/black. This layered cotton has a jacquard weave that gives it a quilted look and feel.
We can see this being used for throws, quilts, quilted jackets, oversized cushions, and smaller cosmetic bags.
The reverse is a gauzy cotton, there is no batting in the middle of this cloth, the inside is made up of a series of thicker yarns which gives it the quilted feel. The top is a fine cotton.
If possible we would advise overlocking your raw edges before sewing to prevent fraying.
We have several colours in this range. You can see these by clicking on alternative fabrics. Only available in 0.5M increments.
Our cotton jacquard is soft and cosy and perfect for comfortable clothing like our oversized Sidney sweatshirt or a winter dress. As well as clothing you can keep it very simple and use it for a throw for a bed, either just as it is, bagged out with a backing, or with a backing with wadding in between for maximum squish. It's a wonderfully tactile and textural fabric that we are very happy to have in our collection.
The fabric is 120cm wide, and £24/m. The reverse is a gauzy cotton, there is no batting in the middle of this cloth, the inside is made up of a series of thicker yarns which gives it the quilted feel. The top is a fine cotton.
You can view all of the jacquard here.
Sarah is wearing the Ellis dress in Quink Jacquard which has been slightly lengthened.
Elwen is wearing the Sidney jumper in Rushes Jacquard with Sky Dip ribbing
The Crew neck Fielder top in Shadow Jacquard and our Ice and cream ribbing
We have use Shadow Jacquard to make a simple envelope cushion.
Elwen is wearing the Sidney Jumper in Dauphine Jacquard with Matte Pink ribbing.
Our Orton bag made in Quink Jacquard
Sarah is wearing the Sanda coat in Hardy Falls Jacquard
Sasha is wearing the Sanda jacket in Natural Jacquard
Our Hot water bottle cover in Shadow Jacquard
Claire is wearing the Sidney jumper in Quink Jacquard
Tash is wearing the Sidney jumper in Natural Jacquard with Ecru Rib
Pollen Jacquard throw, we have a simular pattern for this in our Sewing Book - Making the Throw


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Those of you who have followed my blog know that I am frequently recommending Scott Kelby books, so when I recently went to a NAPP sponsored seminar, I decided to take advantage of a sale they had going on and I picked up this somewhat old book by Scott Kelby. It was written for CS2, but all of the concepts still apply for both CS3 and CS4, so I figured it was worth a look.
Chapter by Chapter Comments
Here are my thoughts about each chapter of this book.
Chapter 1 - Channels Basics
This chapter teaches you the basics of channels, explains what an Alpha channel is and how they relate to the Save/Load selection feature.
Chapter 2 - Masking Using Channels
This is where the fun begins because you learn how to make what seem like impossible selections in a way that is so simple you'll just shake your head and smile. For example, before reading this book I could have never made such a complex selection to create the photo you see here (hover over to see what the original looked like):
Can you believe it only took me less than a minute to do 90% of the selection, and just another 5 more to do the rest? No, I'm no selection God - in fact, I'm far from it - instead, I just learned how to do Channel based selection as described in this book and used CS3's quick selection tool to do the rest. When I finished I was wondering where this book had been all my life and why I hadn't found it sooner!
Chapter 3 - Layer Masks & Adjustment Layers
This chapter seemed a bit out of place in this book because it starts by double exposing an image using layer masks, then it goes on to compositing and finally it demonstrates some complex printing press technique.
Layer masks are important, but I must say this is probably the weakest chapter in the book. If you are new to layer masks then this chapter might be helpful - somewhat, but there are better resources on this subject.
Chapter 4 - From Color to Black & White
This is a really outdated chapter that explains how to use channels to create black & white photos. My suggestion is to skip it if you own CS3 or greater as its Black & White converter dialog (described very well in Chapter 7 of The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers) is a much easier way to accomplish what Scott is trying to demonstrate.
Chapter 5 - Channels & Better Color
This chapter starts off with some channel based color enhancements which I didn't find to be of much value as there are better ways to get much better results. Scott finally gets to those better ways in the Creating Vibrant Color section where he starts to discuss LAB color, but like many of the images in this chapter he goes overboard creating some oversaturated looking images. The Blending Channels and Toning Down Highlights sections at the end offer lots of value for real world applications, so they help make this chapter a must read. The last section about Red Eye Repair is also a new twist on this common problem and offers a neat channels based solution I've never seen before.
Chapter 6 - Sharpening with Channels
This section offers a few channel based selection mechanisms for doing sharpening on selective portions of the image and later this chapter even goes into noise reduction (which I didn't find to be especially useful). The sharpening stuff is good, but is easy to go overboard using the techniques described. I'm not sure if Scott will still offer these suggestions as I didn't notice them in some of his more recent books, but still there's some good stuff to know here that might help you out for specific real-world scenarios.
Chapter 7 - Channels & Web Optimization
This is a cool chapter that shows you how to optimize an image so that the alpha channel preserves the detail where you need it and the heavy compression occurs on the non-important potions of the image. I found this to be very useful and very cool. It also includes a short section on color table optimizations which I think are less useful and practical these days.
Chapter 8 - Special Effects Using Channels
I enjoyed some of the tricks discussed in this chapter, but perhaps the one that was the most fun was the texture map example. I decided to use an image of myself to demonstrate this point where I kinda make myself look like Nightcrawler from X-Men 2 using a blueprint image from the book:
This is a very cool technique that has more practical applications like adding tattoos or things like logos to objects. It was pretty easy to do, but the results make it look more tricky than it really is.
The last section shows how to do a transparent shadows trick with channels that truly rocks. This is good stuff, so don't stop reading until you've finished this chapter. The rest of the book after that is just advertising and a short Q&A.
Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Value: Good (because you should be able to get it for much less than the $40 cover price)
Recommendation: Recommended
This is a good book for those who have got a good handle on Photoshop and are looking to take their skills to the next level. While it is true that anyone of any skill level could follow the instructions and memorize the techniques, I think that many would find it a bit overwhelming. It is a short read that is well written (except the intros which are much more lame than usual for Kelby books) and the examples help make the concepts stick. If you are an intermediate to advanced Photoshop user then you'll find this book worth the investment of your money and time.
As a side note, the Maximum Photoshop Tour taught by Dave Cross teaches many of the concepts presented in this book, so that's an alternative way to learn what is taught here if you have the time and the tour is in a city near you.


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About Bannister Plumbing and Heating Service
We are a family owned and operated in NYC. We pride ourselves on some of the very same principles that rose to value: Integrity must be built, and offers value that cannot be measured. Kindness is always necessary, whether or not it is recognized. Hard work is a reflection of who we are, and must be pursued with excellence at all times.After over years in the industry, Bannister Plumbing and Heating Service decided it was time to build a company that would offer unmatched service that would reflect the values we have known as a family. Together, we work over years of industry experience and know-how. We employ highly trained people whose goal is to make our company the best service company in New York.
Our company specializes in designing, plumbing and installing complete packages for owners of existing homes and buildings just like yours. We take special pride in the craftsmen we train and employ - a fact you'll notice immediately in the attitude and integrity they bring to your job site. Our entire company works hard to make your experience with us hassle-free and enjoyable. Should we make a mistake, we will do everything in our power to correct it to your satisfaction.
From the professionalism of our comfort consultants, to the dedication of our field personnel, we are dedicated to delivering you the best. We take our responsibility very seriously when you place your trust in us. We pledge to always tell you up front what your cost will be to complete your job correctly.


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Globalization process for world nutrition
The world is facing its greatest challenge, combating world hunger as the world's population grows. But what are the solutions to this and how can globalization help with the problem? In conversation with Stefan Ruckelshaußen, organic farmer and managing director of Food & Energy Campus Groß-Gerau GmbH.
Future of Food – Research and knowledge transfer on the topic of human nutrition is being discussed globally. Funding programs like World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator (WFP) of the United Nations supports and scales solutions to end hunger worldwide. What can we do? Organic farmer and managing director of Food & Energy Campus Groß-Gerau GmbH Stefan Ruckelshaußen comments, "The preservation of ecosystems, as well as the global supply of food, are the challenges for future agriculture."
The company Food & Energy Campus Groß-Gerau GmbH deals with the issues surrounding energy and resource-efficient agricultural production systems. Stefan Ruckelshaußen, who is passionate about agriculture, explains: "Our declared goal is to establish resource-efficient agricultural production at the biogas plant in Groß-Gerau using the MABEWO AG Green Dome system. We want to produce microgreens, vegetables and herbs in a CO2-neutral way for the local market by using biological nutrient cycles, making appropriate use of renewable energies and applying innovative technologies and methods. The sales and marketing strategy includes local marketing of agricultural products and international marketing of technological innovations and know-how."
Globalization or food shortages – limiting the negative consequences of global population development
At the turn of the year 2020 / 2021, the earth will be home to approximately 7.837 billion inhabitants and the population growth rate will be around 1.1 percent per year. For many years, forecasts by a wide range of research institutes, including the United Nations (World Population Prospects), have predicted an overpopulation of the Earth. The population of the earth has almost quadrupled in the last 100 years and by 2050 the population is expected to have grown to about 9.6 billion people. The UN's projections are based on the median as the most likely forecast. Despite the high current population growth rate of 1.1 percent per year, which corresponds to an annual population increase of about 86 million people, the UN also assumes a trend reversal at the turn of the next century. From that point on, the Earth's population is expected to start declining again, according to current statistics. This impending overpopulation can be explained, among other things, by the average number of children per woman. In 1950, each woman gave birth to an average of 4.7 children; this has since declined to about 2.4 children. Stagnation of the growth curve is expected at a rate of about 2.1 children per woman. At a rate lower than 2.1, the Earth's population is expected to slowly decline.
Causes of impending overpopulation
According to the UN Population Fund UNFPA, the lack of emancipation of women plays a major role regarding overpopulation. In some parts of the world, girls lack sufficient access to education, which is why, according to UNFPA estimates, the number of unwanted pregnancies is around 90 million per year. There is a particular lack of sex education, which, like contraception, is still taboo in many parts of the world. Inadequate access to modern contraceptive methods is an obvious problem for nearly 200 million women and contributes directly to the high rate of children per woman.
"[…] Tanzania's president […] urged women to throw away contraceptives. […] Many governments, especially in Africa, don't think much of population policy and the right to reproductive self-determination […]," says Ulrich Post, a member of Welthungerhilfe's editorial advisory board. The average age of the population in Africa in 2019 was about 19.4 years which underlines the impact of low government investment in education and health.
Risks of overpopulation
There is no question that the case of overpopulation will occur, but this situation brings with it some disadvantages. Both the environment and the global society will face an immense challenge. Since about 2-3 children are born every second, who need food and drinking water and consume energy in the course of their lives, it is likely that a shortage of resources will arise in the course of the next decades. According to Stefan Ruckelshaußen, "Ecological consequences of population growth may take the form of air pollution, deforestation and global warming. Social consequences, such as the lack of food and drinking water, represent an as yet unsolved problem. Increasing consumption in all forms will also continually widen the gap between rich and poor."
Basic needs must be guaranteed, and this includes food supplies. To this end, Stefan Ruckelshaußen is convinced that new, modern cultivation techniques based on agricultural tradition must be applied worldwide as the key to sustainability in agriculture. Bringing the challenges of climate, environment and nutrition into harmony is the global issue. "Nowadays, conventional farming practices and extreme weather have rendered much arable land unusable. To make matters worse, there are long transport distances from agricultural production to urban centers. The solution: cultivation techniques must be rethought. In the future, the Food & Energy Campus model will combine state-of-the-art cultivation methods with agricultural tradition: Green Domes are self-contained, digitally controlled production modules. The generation of renewable energy is combined with the production of food," explains Stefan Ruckelshaußen.
Globalization as a solution
Globalization was able to lift many people out of poverty and thus created higher demand for resources due to the resulting increase in wealth. The goal of combating poverty and famine can only be achieved through sufficient food and energy.
Since the demand for food will increase more than the available arable land, it must be possible to assume an openness to new technologies. Concepts such as Vertical Indoor Farming can help to grow vegetables on several floors in urban warehouses in the future without any external influences such as bad weather or too little sunlight. In addition, it is necessary to refrain from closing off markets through disagreements over import duties or export barriers, for example. Almost all countries must participate in globalization in order to be only peripherally affected by the food crisis. As a third and final point, climate protection must no longer be elevated above food and energy shortages. Of course, climate protection must not be neglected, but the fight against hunger or and climate change need not be mutually exclusive, the global experts agree.
The Food & Energy Campus is an agricultural solution that is designed to meet the reality of life and the aspirations of the population in a timely and effective manner as well as the current requirements for climate protection. "As an organic farmer, I, for one, have extensive agricultural knowledge and a lot of practical knowledge, think sustainably from the ground up and out of conviction. That's how I came to the idea of Food & Energy more than 15 years ago, via the first solar plants to the biogas plant. With the Green Dome as a production facility, we are taking a big step towards the circular economy. In doing so, we act exactly where the products are needed: with the people in the region. Independent of fossil fuels, we produce high-quality food in our Green Domes locally and in line with people's needs. In this way, we strengthen regional supply independence and combine the sustainable production of food with resource conservation," Stefan Ruckelshaußen is convinced.
Philipp Jonathan Bossert
Student and Blogger
About the author:
Digitization – one of the most important and prominent topics in the 21st century, but still elusive for many. Philipp Jonathan Bossert, student in Berlin and blogger. He studies industrial engineering and deals with the transformation through digitalization and the related development from an engineering perspective. Further interests besides his studies are music production. Working as a music producer for years, Philipp Jonathan Bossert observes the progression of transformation as a continuous digital and automated development.
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