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This is a big deal: James Lawrence Powell was Acting President of Oberlin College, President of Franklin and Marshall College, President of Reed College, President of the Franklin Institute, and President of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
So, you can understand why we're excited and honored to share his essay below: it's a ringing endorsement of divestment and a great tool for students to argue with recalcitrant administrators.
Divest Over Global Warming?
by: James Lawrence Powell
A generation ago, students urged colleges to sell their stock in companies doing business in Apartheid South Africa. At least 155 colleges and universities, as well as 26 state governments, 22 countries, and 90 cities, partially or fully divested. One of the first private institutions to divest was Columbia University, whose trustees said in 1978 that they had done so "to maintain educational leadership," which demanded "ethical and humane positions that give effective expression to our highest national ideals" (Columbia Spectator, June 8, 1978). In 1986, the University of California sold $3 billion in South Africa-related stocks, the largest public institution to do so.
In 1990, South African President de Klerk began negotiations to end Apartheid. By 1993 it had been largely dismantled and the next year universal suffrage in South Africa led to the election of Nelson Mandela. Desmond Tutu recently said that "We could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime." Two of the largest American investors in South Africa at the time of the divestment movement were U.S. oil companies Mobil and Caltex (a joint venture of Chevron and Texaco.)
Apartheid was not the only cause over which academic institutions and others have divested. Some, including Harvard and Haverford, CCNY and the University of California, as well as foundations, health organizations, insurance companies, and pension funds, sold their stock in tobacco companies. As Harvard president Derek Bok explained in 1990, the university did so because it did not want "to be associated with companies [whose] products create a substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm to other human beings."
Today, scientists and many others recognize global warming as a far greater threat than Apartheid or smoking. According to award-winning Ohio State climatologist Lonnie Thompson, "virtually all of us are now convinced that global warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization."
Students and others, frustrated by science denial and inaction in Washington, have begun to urge colleges to sell their stock in fossil fuel companies. Here are ten objections global warming activists are apt to hear from trustees and college administrators, with my responses.
1. "Scientists disagree as to whether global warming is even real." Among 33,700 authors of peer-reviewed scientific articles on global warming published between 1991 and November 2012, many of them scientists at American universities, only about one author in a thousand rejects human-caused global warming.
2. "Global warming is not a moral issue like Apartheid." Apartheid was immoral because a class of better-off whites oppressed poor blacks. Global warming is immoral because the third world countries and foundering island nations who are the least responsible will suffer the most. Colleges who showed enough concern for Africans to divest over Apartheid should recognize that global warming is likely already worsening drought and famine in East Africa. Climate models project a future of increasing drought over most of Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East, most of the Americas, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
3. "Global warming is not a health issue like smoking." A recent study in Health Affairs analyzed the health costs of six "climate change–related events" in the U.S. between 2001 and 2009. The events included ozone pollution, heat waves, hurricanes, infectious disease outbreaks, river flooding, and wildfires. The six accounted for $14 billion in lost lives and health costs (Knowlton et. al, Health Affairs, November 2011 vol. 30, 2167-2176). According to a study published in the medical journal Lancet: "Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." The lead author of the study said, "The impacts will be felt all around the world – and not just in some distant future but in our lifetimes and those of our children."
4. "Colleges have no direct interest in preventing global warming." Unlike Apartheid, global warming is already affecting colleges and students directly. The AAUP says that Hurricane Katrina caused "undoubtedly the most serious disruption of American higher education in the nation's history." Hurricane Sandy closed dozens of colleges and according to CNN, affected an estimated 1.2 million students. Even if scientists are unsure exactly how much global warming contributed to Katrina and Sandy—not whether they contributed—those two storms and other recent extreme weather events offer an ominous portent of what lies ahead. Colleges will not be immune from the coming heat, wildfire, drought, megastorms, and sea level rise. Today's college graduates and their children and grandchildren will have to live in the greenhouse world that we are knowingly creating.
5. "We do not invest or divest for social causes." But colleges did divest over Apartheid, selling their stock in oil companies doing business in South Africa. Harvard, for example , sold Mobil, Shell, and Texaco. Thus the question is not whether a college will divest from fossil fuel companies, but when divestment is justified. By threatening human health and even the future of civilization, global warming is a worse evil than Apartheid and a far greater danger than smoking.
6. "Our sole endowment objective is to maximize investment return." The overriding obligation of those responsible for a college endowment is to ensure that future student generations benefit to the same relative extent as the current generation. Trustees achieve this balance by adjusting how much of endowment earnings they spend each year and how much they reinvest. But global warming puts a new slant on the matter. By investing in fossil fuel companies, colleges are using their current financial resources in a way that jeopardizes the quality of life of their future alumni. By any reasoned and humane interpretation, this violates colleges' professed commitment to intergenerational equity.
7. "Selling stock in fossil fuel companies will lower investment return and cause the college to have to make significant budget cuts." This is the same argument that some colleges made when faced with the issue of divesting over Apartheid, yet many went ahead and found little financial effect. One academic study from 1986 found that "Historical returns since 1959 indicate that the South Africa-free portfolio, diluted with Treasury bills to bring its risk in line with the NYSE, would have outperformed the NYSE by 0.187 per cent annually. " (Financial Implications of South African Divestment, Blake R. Grossman and William F. Sharpe, Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Jul. – Aug., 1986), pp. 15-29.) When a college sells stock it has the exact same amount of cash as the market value of the stock at the time of sale, minus transaction costs (estimated at 0.4% in the study of South African divestment), and can reinvest that money. The immediate financial consequences are small and phasing in divestment over several years would ameliorate the long term consequences.
8. "Divestment is controversial and would hurt future fundraising." Colleges did not let the fear of controversy stop them from divesting over Apartheid. Yes, donations from fossil fuel companies will decline, but gifts from donors who agree that global warming is a moral and a financial issue will rise, and there will be more of those donors. Colleges ought to do what is right, not what is expedient.
9. "Our most effective impact on climate change comes through our teaching, our research, and the careers of our alumni." While colleges and universities have gone about their business during the second half of the twentieth century, CO2 emissions have risen by 40% over natural levels, enough to make a temperature rise of at least 2°C (3.6°F) during the rest of this century inevitable. In 2011, CO2 emissions rose by 3.2% to the highest level ever recorded. Business-as-usual by colleges has failed to curtail global warming and there is no reason to believe that more business-as- usual will produce a different result.
10. "Divestment won't do any good." It is true that divestment will have little financial impact on the fossil fuel companies. Instead, the impact will come from example and moral suasion. Divestment would have the benefit of asking colleges and their trustees, who include some of the most influential members of society, to address global warming and take a stand on an issue that directly affects colleges and their alumni. The publicity from a widespread divestment campaign would call attention to global warming and pressure fossil fuel companies to become part of the solution. In addition, divestment would provide colleges with the funds for a different type of investment. The top 500 colleges have over $400 billion in their endowments. Redirecting just 1% of that amount would free $4 billion for investment in companies that produce clean energy.
Humans have already emitted enough CO2 to ensure that global warming will not end in the lifetime of any person reading this essay. As the years and decades go by and its effects become ever more dire, global warming will grow into a perennial campus issue. It is not going away. Some colleges will take the lead and divest now; others will follow eventually. The question for each college is whether, on the most important issue of this century, it will be a leader or a follower.
To end as Elizabeth Kolbert ended her Field Notes from a Catastrophe, "It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing."
James Lawrence Powell was Acting President of Oberlin College, President of Franklin and Marshall College, President of Reed College, President of the Franklin Institute, and President of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush appointed him to the National Science Board, where he served for twelve years. He has a PhD from MIT and DSc degrees from Berea College and Oberlin College. He is the author of nine books. His most recent print book is The Inquisition of Climate Science (Columbia University Press). Powell currently serves as Executive Director of the National Physical Science Consortium.


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Notice a lot of ads and marketing activity in your virtual 'hood? Other forms of media are moving online, so the Internet is inherently where you go to get attention for whatever it is you're selling – widgets, written content, audio and video, political or economic movements. Our former research and development platform, which became a platform for digital content, then a social platform, is now also defined as the marketing platform of choice. Ads are everywhere, many of them hostile to the user (e.g. those lightbox ads that overlay the content you were hoping to read). The real stars of the Internet today are not bloggers or other content providers, but marketing mavens like Guy Kawasaki, Robert Scoble, and Pete Cashmore.
As someone who consults about the Internet and as a web developer, I watch these developments with a large salt shaker within reach, taking everything with a grain of salt. I realize that there are many with online marketing expertise who understand how to run the numbers and have a sense what works and what doesn't. I'm sure they're seeing results for what they do, or they'd be canned. But much of what I'm seeing doesn't make sense. Those lightboxes I mentioned are a great example: they're clearly hostile to the user. You can't avoid 'em, they're completely in your face, but users I've seen are quickly entrained to find the "close" button and shut the ad down without giving it any mind, and to the extent they notice the thing advertised, it's with some level of irritation and a mental note not to buy from the advertiser who set out to ruin their browsing experience.
One big question for me has been the relationship of marketing to social media. Social media marketing is conceptually so close to spam, and as with spam, I'm constantly surprised that it seems to be working. My substantial experience working with social media has proved to me over and over that subtle is best, that social media works to facilitate customer engagement, but overt marketing pitches feel wrong in that context. I was talking to Josiah Sternfeld of the Austin-based company Integrous Marketing about this. Josiah, who focuses on search marketing, noted that marketing professionals are rewarded for acquisition, which social media doesn't do that well – and not for retention, which social media does do well. Broadcast approaches have traditionally driven customer acquisition, and many marketing pros who use social media are broadcasty about it. This seems to work, but I wonder if other approaches could work better – approaches that are more long term, harder to measure, and not productive of rewards and continued employment for marketing pros.
One of the more promising conversations I've been in lately is via Project VRM, Doc Searls' fellowship project at Harvard, and an extenion of his Cluetrain Manifesto thinking. Project VRM is about empowering the customer in relationship with the seller, and it's similar enough thinking to the participatory medicine concept I've been working with that Doc and I (et al.) have been thinking how to bring the concepts together. As a result of the Internet's democratization of knowledge and access, it's possible have a more symmetrical relationship between customer and seller, and between the patient and the healthcare system. In this context, marketing becomes more of a conversation (which is hard, but important, to scale). An example of VRM is the beta site Buyosphere, "a tool to help you take control of your shopping history: organize it, share it and track how you influence others." Bazaarvoice also strikes me as a (possibly slightly off-balance) VRM company as it helps businesses "capture, display, share, and analyze customer conversations online." I say off-balance because it still leans more in the direction of the business than the consumer… but if you dig through Bazaarvoice you'll find a lot of interesting information about "social commerce."
My own thought is that much of the online marketing activity we see now is transitional; that we'll have customer-centric tools and strategies that haven't quite been defined yet, but as they emerge and mature will change the way marketing works online, and will yield better metrics than we can get today for social media.
When I started this piece, it was going to be a response to CRM.com piece on "The Digital Age of Marketing," an article discussing Gartner's forecasts for online marketing. Gartner's Adam Sarner is quoted as saying "Successful campaign management strategies have shifted from
interruptive push toward two-way conversations and addressing mutually
beneficial approaches to customers' wants and needs, which a digital
marketing approach can provide." I'm not sure this is completely correct (nor is the author of the article, who quote a skeptical Esteban Kolsky of ThinkJar: "You're basically saying that four out of five people will be basing
their decision on social media. We don't have that today, and
we won't have four out of five people actually connected to social
media in 2015.") Kolsky, as many others I've run across, favors an integrated approach with some social media along with traditional marketing approaches. My point, though, is that the relationship of the customer to the business will likely be redefined, not by social media but by a broader set of tools and new contexts for relationship. And we don't quite know what that is yet, though Project VRM is a pointer.

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The wonderful thing about the youthfulness of craft brewing is that most of the breweries are Mom and Pop outfits. Even breweries like Widmer and Deschutes are run by the people who founded them. We relate to the breweries in part through the familiar personalities of the founders. It's a labor of love, and that's part of the allure. But what happens when Pop sells out?
Fritz Maytag was so far ahead of the craft brewing curve that he doesn't usually get credit as the founder of the movement. It was over a decade after he bought San Francisco's dying Anchor Brewery until the first started-from-scratch micro opened (Jack McAuliffe's New Albion). Yet he gets the credit. Not only did he brew craft beer (natural ingredients, no cereal grains, robust styles), but he helped guide the first wave of craft brewers--who not coincidentally started in California.
If anyone has earned sainthood for their work reviving good beer in America, it's Fritz. The story of how he took Anchor and turned it around is now told in the manner of a hero myth, and yet here we have the actual man still walking among us--and brewing beer. So unloading the brewery to a couple of vodka guys is more than a little jarring. I have no doubt more than a few sets of teeth gnashed and breasts beaten.
But once again, Fritz is just ahead of the curve. It marks the end of the first generation of craft brewing, when the owners and founders are the same people. Although a number of breweries have already been sold, failed, or absorbed, this is the moment when the future presents itself in sharp clarity. Beer is a product, breweries a business. In the next thirty years, almost all of the extant craft breweries will be under new ownership (a lot of them, to be sure, still in the family). Our kids and grandkids aren't going to relate to beer the way we do. Their relationship to breweries will be like the one our parents had to Henry's. Cool local breweries, maybe, but not more than that.
Things change. We best get used to it.
Update. Stan Hieronymus has an excellent post up with his own thoughts. Jay Brooks has done some reporting and will have his own update soon.


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Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel
1The word of the Lord came to me:
2"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
3You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.
4The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.
5So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered;
6they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.
7"Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
8As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep,
9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
10Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
The Lord God Will Seek Them Out
11"For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.
12As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.
13And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.
15I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.
16I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy.34:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over I will feed them in justice.
17"As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats.
18Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet?
19And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
20"Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
21Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,
22I will rescue34:22 Or save my flock; they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep.
23And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
24And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord; I have spoken.
The Lord's Covenant of Peace
25"I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
26And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.
27And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
28They shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them. They shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.
29And I will provide for them renowned plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations.
30And they shall know that I am the Lord their God with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Lord God.
31And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord God."
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(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Gov. Brian Sandoval said today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Arizona immigration law case points out the need for Congress and the president to come together and reform the country's immigration laws.
"While I have always supported Arizona's Tenth Amendment right to enact laws to address its unique concerns with public safety and have said all along the law is not needed in Nevada, I understand and respect the Supreme Court's application of the Supremacy Clause," he said.
In today's ruling, the court struck down much of the law passed by the Arizona Legislature and signed into law by GOP Gov. Jan Brewer.
One provision, requiring police to perform immigration checks on those they arrest or stop for questioning, was upheld by the court.
But other provisions, including one authorizing police to arrest immigrants without warrants where probable cause exists that they committed a public offense making them removable from the country, were struck down by the court.
Also rejected were sections making it a state crime for "unauthorized immigrants" to fail to carry registration papers and other government identification; and a ban on those not authorized for employment in the United States to apply, solicit or perform work.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., expressed concern at the section of the law that was upheld by the court.
"I am greatly concerned that the provision putting American citizens in danger of being detained by police unless they carry their immigration papers at all times will lead to a system of racial profiling," he said in a statement.
"Immigration reform should continue securing our borders; punish unscrupulous employers who exploit immigrants and undercut American wages; pass the DREAM Act; and require the 11 million who are undocumented to register with the government, learn English, pay fines, pay taxes and go to the end of the line to legalize their status," he said.
The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada praised the ruling.
"This ruling is a victory for everyone who respects basic human rights and equal treatment and protection under the law," PLAN organizer Mario De La Rosa said in a statement. "While we had hoped for the entire law to be struck down, we agree with the court's decision to rule against SB1070′s most egregious violations of the United States Constitution."
De La Rosa said the group will continue to advocate for and work towards a more humane and fair immigration process, and will work to block any efforts by Nevada policy makers to enact similar laws.
Several Nevada lawmakers introduced immigration-related bills in the 2011 session, but they failed to win support.


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Playing video games can boost brain power
23 August 2013
Certain types of video games can help to train the brain to become more agile and improve strategic thinking, according to scientists from UCL and Queen Mary University of London.
The researchers recruited 72 volunteers and measured their 'cognitive flexibility', described as a person's ability to adapt and switch between tasks, and think about multiple ideas at a given time to solve problems.
Two groups of volunteers were trained to play different versions of a real-time strategy game called StarCraft, a fast-paced game where players have to construct and organise armies to battle an enemy. A third of the group played a life simulation video game called The Sims, which does not require much memory or many tactics.
All the volunteers played the video games for 40 hours over six to eight weeks, and were subjected to a variety of psychological tests before and after. All the participants happened to be female as the study was unable to recruit a sufficient number of male volunteers who played video games for less than two hours a week.
Creative problem solving and 'thinking outside the box' require cognitive flexibility. Perhaps in contrast to the repetitive nature of work in past centuries, the modern knowledge economy places a premium on cognitive flexibility.
Professor Brad Love, UCL Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences
The researchers discovered that those who played StarCraft were quicker and more accurate in performing cognitive flexibility tasks, than those who played The Sims.
Senior author Professor Brad Love (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual & Brain Sciences) said: "Cognitive flexibility varies across people and at different ages. For example, a fictional character like Sherlock Holmes has the ability to simultaneously engage in multiple aspects of thought and mentally shift in response to changing goals and environmental conditions.
"Creative problem solving and 'thinking outside the box' require cognitive flexibility. Perhaps in contrast to the repetitive nature of work in past centuries, the modern knowledge economy places a premium on cognitive flexibility."
Coauthor Dr Brian Glass (Queen Mary University of London) said: "Previous research has demonstrated that action video games, such as Halo, can speed up decision making but the current work finds that real-time strategy games can promote our ability to think on the fly and learn from past mistakes.
"Our paper shows that cognitive flexibility, a cornerstone of human intelligence, is not a static trait but can be trained and improved using fun learning tools like gaming."
Dr Glass added: "The volunteers who played the most complex version of the video game performed the best in the post-game psychological tests. We need to understand now what exactly about these games is leading to these changes, and whether these cognitive boosts are permanent or if they dwindle over time. Once we have that understanding, it could become possible to develop clinical interventions for symptoms related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or traumatic brain injuries, for example."
This research was supported by the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research, US Army Research Laboratory, and National Institutes of Health. It was published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Media contact: David Weston
Image caption: Console controller by EricHolsinger on Flickr


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A multi-year University of Cincinnati excavation of two city blocks in the shadow of the busy Porta Stabia gate has revealed an unexpected variety of foods from cheap local forage like nuts to expensive imported meats like giraffe leg. The team studied artifacts discovered at Insula VIII.7.1-15 and Insula I.1 during the 19th and early 20th century excavations, tracking them all down in various museums and adding them to a database, and excavated waste collected in drains, latrines and cesspits. The kitchen discards and mineralized excrement provide a direct window into the diets of the middle and lower classes who frequented and lived in the neighborhood.
Adjacent to the Large Theater, the Triangular forum, the Covered Theater and the Quadroporticus (probably an open air gymnasium), by the time of the 79 A.D. eruption of Vesuvius that sealed the city's doom, the two insulae included 10 building plots and 20 shop fronts. They were in the heart of the city's entertainment district, a bustling area for the hospitality and food trades with a lot of foot traffic from the Porta Stabia, Pompeii's oldest gate. Indeed, excavations discovered evidence of very old buildings in the center of Insula VIII.7 dating back as far as the 4th century B.C. when they appear to have been dedicated to industrial use. This was small scale stuff, cottage industries, basically. Most of them appear to have been salted fish operations, although one tannery was unearthed, a significant find since it's only the second tannery ever discovered at Pompeii.
A gap in the record after the 4th century B.C. suggests the area (other parts of Pompeii have the same gap) was abandoned only to resume bustling in the mid-2nd century B.C. with the untrammeled rise of Roman control after the Third Punic War. The Porta Stabia neighborhood saw a major revival in the early 1st century A.D. The factories were demolished and floors and walls built over them. The small-scale industry was replaced by retail operations, storefronts and restaurants, to cater to the crowds in the neighborhood to see a show or traveling through the gate. Not all storefronts and restaurants are created equal, however, and there were big differences in quality and expense of products from one shop to then next.
"The material from the drains revealed a range and quantity of materials to suggest a rather clear socio-economic distinction between the activities and consumption habits of each property, which were otherwise indistinguishable hospitality businesses," says [University of Cincinnati associate professor of classics Steven] Ellis. Findings revealed foods that would have been inexpensive and widely available, such as grains, fruits, nuts, olives, lentils, local fish and chicken eggs, as well as minimal cuts of more expensive meat and salted fish from Spain. Waste from neighboring drains would also turn up less of a variety of foods, revealing a socioeconomic distinction between neighbors.
A drain from a central property revealed a richer variety of foods as well as imports from outside Italy, such as shellfish, sea urchin and even delicacies including the butchered leg joint of a giraffe.
"That the bone represents the height of exotic food is underscored by the fact that this is thought to be the only giraffe bone ever recorded from an archaeological excavation in Roman Italy," says Ellis. "How part of the animal, butchered, came to be a kitchen scrap in a seemingly standard Pompeian restaurant not only speaks to long-distance trade in exotic and wild animals, but also something of the richness, variety and range of a non-elite diet."
Deposits also included exotic and imported spices, some from as far away as Indonesia.
I love these kinds of studies because a) ancient poop is awesome, and b) because they underscore how wide-reaching the improved standard of living was for people in the Roman Empire. There were haves and have-nots to a huge degree, of course, what with the vast heaving mass of slaves underpinning the economy, but you didn't have to be rich to have access to expensive delicacies like giraffe leg and imported Spanish fish. Trade networks and mass production allowed regular people to live with day-to-day comforts like a constant supply of staples (olive oil, bread, bacteria-fermented fish intestine sauce aka garum), lamps, roof tiles and weird takeout.


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I have a diverse group of "friends" on Facebook. Some are family, some close friends, and some I have met through work or even through online groups and courses. They don't see the world from the same perspective or through the same lens – at all. It can be very interesting to watch the differing opinions come out when something serious is going on in the world.
I think that stepping out of my own biases is important. I work hard to understand why people feel the way they do about a topic – and it's not always easy to do when it appears that their values sit opposite to mine. I might not agree, but I do try to dig in and appreciate where they are coming from. As a global citizen and as a communications professional, I believe it is my obligation to put my personal lens aside so that I can better understand what their motivating factors are, especially for some of the more extreme opinions. It's not comfortable or easy. (And I admit, there are quite a few ideologies that have recently become emboldened that I will never understand – and that I publicly push back against. But that is a blog post for another time.)
Often, a situation will arise or an incident will happen that has people commenting online – including on my Facebook page, which I take as a little microcosm of the world. And it is surprising how people can interpret what happened differently – usually in a way that supports their own belief system or narrative.
Even something as innocent as a little Facebook meme reminds me of how important it is to take the time to understand how your target market or audience sees the world and will view the information you want to share with them.
The other day, the image we have shared in this post was making the rounds on Facebook. It seemed like a pretty harmless little meme. Within a few days, two individuals on my Facebook page had shared it. Their description of it and the comments that were added by their Facebook friends were very different.
One person's opinion was that when something happens on Facebook and people send "positive energy" and "love," it is a useless, empty act that means nothing. Each of the comments on this person's post agreed with him. It took on quite a mocking tone about how sending "positive energy" helps no one who has just experienced a terrorist attack, the loss of a loved one, or is having a difficult time.
Another Facebook friend shared the same meme – and said that this is exactly what is in her mind when she sees someone sending "positive energy" – that they are letting you know they are thinking about you and that they care. And the comments on her post supported that opinion.
As a communications professional, it is up to me to make sure that when a client is planning some type of announcement, campaign or initiative, we are all fully aware of what the response might be. And – even what might, to some, seem like a positive event or project could receive a critical response from others. You can't make assumptions that everyone is on the same page or that they will see this (or anything) from the same perspective.
We have to be hyper-aware of any potentially negative or critical response and help our client to: a) understand why there might be this type of response; and b) to get ahead of it and be prepared. It doesn't mean that we can make it go away, but perhaps there is a way to acknowledge and address the criticism(s) during the planning stage.
We all have biases and we see the world through our own experiences and belief systems. As communicators, we need to step into this and take the time to understand what that really means for our clients.


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Death Becomes Her
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Ugggh... I'm sick.
I don't know how any of you manage to diet while sick, but all I want is comfort food. Thusfar, I haven't completely cleaned out the cabinets, but, with no exercise going on, my weight is hovering around where it's been for these past few weeks. Blast! I was really hoping for a starvation-like shedding of a few pounds, but no, not really... I'm really hungry, but now I just don't have other distractions and I can't even be productive in the house... I think I'll just stick to yummy tea and homemade chicken soup (with just a touch of basmati rice). I have a hard time enjoying food or even tasting it, so what's the point?
This wretched flu-like illness is particularly disturbing because, when I don't exercise, I don't poo, and now I'm miserable, and blocked up...
Ok -- going to make the best of it and finish that video seminar I've been putting off for my writing-teacher certification. The minions can pick up the slack.
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I wish each and every one of you the brightest, best possible year in 2009. 2008 has been somewhat of a challenging year for so many of us and I must say, I am ready to put it to bed. Here's hoping that 2009 is a wonderful year!
I'm never very good about resolutions. I always make them, but I hardly keep them. Last year it dawned on me that perhaps, I should take a different approach. I have mentioned on a few occasions that I am obsessive about making to-do lists. I make at least one every day and get so much satisfaction out of checking things off my list as I have accomplished them. So, for 2008, instead of writing resolutions, I created a to-do list for the year. I must say, I was much more successful and accomplished about 90% of it! So, without further ado, I present to you my to do list for 2009.
1. Find a fulfilling, PAYING job (the crux of 2008)
2. Surround myself with positive people and try not to sweat the small stuff
3. Go back to Spain with my husband
4. Visit New York in the fall
5. Get my side projects up and running and work hard to make them successful (more on this soon!)
6. Work out regularly. Better yet, sign up and complete a boot camp.
7. Try to be a better wife, daughter, sister, friend and show the people I love how much they mean to me.


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On Friday, August 4, 2017, from 7 until 9 PM, Pottersfield Press will be launching the latest book by Joan Baxter, "Seven Grains of Paradise: A Culinary Journey in Africa" at "Mabel Murple's Book Shoppe & Dreamery", which was opened in early July by the renowned Canadian author and children's poet, Sheree Fitch, and her husband, Gilles Plante.
This is the first book launch to be hosted at Fitch's immensely popular new bookshop at 286 Allen Road in the village of River John in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Fitch says she is pleased to host this event because Baxter is a "local writer and a friend" and she believes this book has "global significance."
Baxter says she is "thrilled" to be launching this book, her sixth, in rural Nova Scotia, at a location she describes as "beyond magical," thanks to "the incredible imagination, energy, enthusiasm and efforts that Fitch and Plante invested to create what is sure to become a major literary and tourism destination for the entire province, if not the entire country and beyond."
She describes her book as a "celebration of African foods, farms, farmers, crops, cooks and cuisines." And while it may fly in the face of many global media headlines, she says, "Africa has much to teach the world about healthy eating. Of the ten countries with the healthiest diets on earth, nine are African, some of them among the monetarily poorest nations on earth."
"Seven Grains of Paradise" draws on stories collected over the more than three decades that Baxter worked, lived and learned in Africa. It explores the riddle of a continent that is known more for hunger than for its rich and diverse foods and cuisines, and for having discovered and bred many of the staple foods and drinks consumed daily around the world.
The culinary journey of learning, eating and drinking takes readers from the fabled city of Timbuktu on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, to the diamond fields of Sierra Leone, from the savannah of northern Ghana to the rainforests of Central Africa.
It pays homage to the farmers, cooks and friends who schooled, guided and mentored her along the way.
"This is an eye-opening book that everyone should sturdy carefully to learn how so called advanced cutleries exploited and still exploit this natural rich continent. Highly recommended." Professor Hrayr Berberoglum, Winesworld Magazine
Baxter says the book doesn't shy away from the very real problems of food insecurity, hunger or malnutrition brought on by conflict, poverty, unfair trade and climate change, which today plague not just Africa but many other parts of the world.
"While the book focuses on the immense potential of family farming and locally produced food in Africa, it also documents the growing risks they face," she says.
About the author: Joan Baxter is a Nova Scotian journalist, science writer, anthropologist and an award-winning author. She has written six books and many research reports on international development and agriculture in Africa. She has reported for the BBC World Service and contributed to many other media, including the CBC, Le Monde Diplomatique, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The Chronicle Herald.
Seven Grains of Paradise: A Culinary Journey in Africa is available at bookstores in Canada, or online at:
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Pending sales were down for a second straight month, falling 1.8% in July, according to the National Association of REALTORS®, as stiff competition for homes and high sales prices have discouraged some would-be buyers. Home prices have been soaring during the pandemic, with the S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller national home price index reporting that prices rose 18.6% nationally in June, the largest annual increase in the history of the index since 1987.
In the Twin Cities region, for the week ending August 28:
- New Listings decreased 10.6% to 1,621
- Pending Sales decreased 8.6% to 1,463
- Inventory decreased 17.8% to 8,014
For the month of July:
- Median Sales Price increased 11.9% to $350,000
- Days on Market decreased 53.7% to 19
- Percent of Original List Price Received increased 3.5% to 103.6%
- Months Supply of Homes For Sale decreased 30.0% to 1.4
All comparisons are to 2020
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DISCOVER MUSIC AND FASHION: Bronte & Cooper Mance are a hit at Paris Fashion Week and trending Fashion Parties with their luxury footwear brand 'Naked Wolfe' that gets Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Ariana Grande and Hailey Bieber doing the walking.
Born out of the frustration because of the lack of high quality, luxury & niche designs in the footwear market, the family owned and tightly ran business work in sync across the globe combining their defined roles to sculpt the ultimate spirit, body and mind of Naked Wolfe as a leading luxury footwear designer.
Designed with the intention to transcend the creative norms and fill the gap with the most eye-catching, attractive, affordable footwear with a luxury finish.
The youthful team that makes up Naked Wolfe challenges outdated thinking within the industry as creative directors Bronte (26) & Cooper Mance (22) aspire to powerfully influence the next generation of the fashion world.
London based & Globally renowned Luxury Footwear label Naked Wolfe championed an undisputed takeover on the streets of Paris throughout one of the biggest dates in the fashion calendar.
Kicking off the new year with an undefined movement, the menswear and womenswear fast fashion designer brand embarked on a journey to make a statement and have the illustrious Paris Fashion Week play as the ultimate stage for them. Reigning over Paris for the full duration of Paris Fashion Week, Naked Wolfe did not fail to make their presence known.
They impressively began to make waves on the footwear scene only just over 2 years ago and Naked Wolfe is solely owned and run by four siblings that are surpassing design norms and are all under the age of 28. Launching in November 2017, the on-trend brand is widely adored & has featured on some of the most famous and influential people's feet, such as: Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Ariana Grande, Hailey Bieber and many more.
Naked Wolfe hosted a stunning showroom installation as a part of the spearheading MC2 Showroom on 41 Rue De Saintonge, appropriately amongst the Le Marais fashion district.
The showroom was a custom-built installation which enabled a branded experience from the get-go The showroom acts as their Paris cultural HQ, Naked Wolfe let loose onto the streets with a true force of elite creatives, models, content curators and producers.
Teaming up with some of Paris' real trendsetters and respected voices in the streetwear scene, Naked Wolfe kicked off a serious array of engaging and attractive street-inspired editorials that reflect Naked Wolfe's true colours and brand vision…Remaining respectable on these streets and aspirational for those unique individuals that are yet to know what they're missing out on.
Faces of the exclusive Paris editorials included none other than the cities fashionable prince Neptunes 2000, True supporter, Shamel Kendrick, the US Collaborating artist Yung Fume, PAUSE Magazine favourites & Boys Of The Summer – Silvan. Unlocked & Lucas Comin.
Naked Wolfe does not finish there, going the whole nine yards and playing no games… They teamed up with a local london creative agency Beam (www.b-e-a-m.com) to throw arguably one of
the best parties of the whole fashion week.
Beam curated the line up with some of the finest musical talent from the UK scene. The remarkable line up consisted of Octavian, Jrick, L3 and Michael Phantom (Essie Gang), Nafe Smallz, Ms Banks and Young Fume.
Dj's on the night where; Tiffany Calver, Snoochie Shy, Kenny Allstar, CVSS and Jamo Beatz.
Naked Wolfe Paris fashion week mens party was at Les Bains hotel the event achieved a truly monumental experience with guest as such as Daniel Kaluuya, Afro B, Suspect, Emerald Lewis and many more.
There were cues of people throughout the night and the venue hit capacity 3 times. It was completely epic, streets heaving with talks of anticipation for the next Naked Wolfe x Beam event.


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The PHPClasses.org blog has a new post highlighting a vulnerability in the OAuth 2.0 specification that's been talked about quite a bit lately, the Covert Redirect Vulnerability. This issue allows potential attackers to trick users into redirecting to malicious sites and possibly gain access to personal information.
This vulnerability affects applications that implement protocols like OAuth 2.0 and OpenID. Lets see how this affects an OAuth 2.0 application. [...] The way it works is that your application redirects to a specific page of the Facebook site. There the user is asked if he wants to give your application permission to access Facebook API on his behalf. After the user agrees, his browser is redirected back to your site to a URL that your application specified called redirect_uri. From then on your site completes the process to get a special access token string that will be used by your site to access Facebook API on behalf of the user.
This token represents the user and can then be used to access the user's account. If that token fell into the wrong hands, they could access data they shouldn't. He includes a diagram of the flow and a link to a video explaining the problem in a bit more depth. He recommends three ways to help prevent this issue and what to look for in your implementation that could leave you vulnerable.


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The developers of Fennec, a.k.a. Firefox Mobile, have stated that support for add-ons will differentiate it from other mobile browsers. Much like Firefox's desktop version, a preview build of reader favorite AdBlock Plus might ensure Fennec gets its proper due.
Web ads, the annoying and flashy kinds, are something a lot of browsers are eager to knock down with software like AdBlock Plus. Mobile ads, on the other hand, can notably slow down or delay browsing over hit-and-miss data connections.
AdBlock Plus' build for Fennec is available for download now, but you'd have to be running a nightly build on one of the very few platforms it's out for. It's also very minimal, at the moment, letting you simply turn it on or off and select a single ad-blocking list.
We are, of course, an ad-supported site, and we try not to allow ostentatious, offensive, or oppressive advertising part of our mix, so we ask you to keep Lifehacker on your whitelist, mobile or not. Still, it's heartening to see that some of Firefox's most beloved extensions will make it onto Fennec, and that they'll make the mobile web a swifter place for mobile browsing—someday soon.
Fennec support and signed builds [Adblock Plus and (a little) more]
AdBlock Plus Adds Support for Fennec [Mark Finkle's Weblog]


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This is a security tweaking utility you can use to tweak Windows-based computers. You can choose to tweak access to lots of Control Panel applet functions, including Display, Network, Passwords, Printers, System, Add/Remove Programs, etc. Additionally, by tweaking, you can: disable selected Start Menu items, lock and protect disk drives in My Computer, disable the DOS and command prompt, interruption boot keys, real DOS mode, Registry editing, taskbar, task manager, and network access, hide desktop icons, and much more. You can password-protect Windows and restrict users to running specific applications only. Security tweaks can be applied universally or just to specific users. This software also lets you tweak Internet Explorer to secure web browsing.
If you have a successful web-based business, you have a lot of customers you need to communicate with. Best Mass Mailer is the best mass mailer you can use for sending emails utilizing your mailing lists. It provides everything you need for managing mailing lists, creating email messages and sending them over the Internet. You can maintain a number of separate mailing lists for different audiences and needs. Message templates can be used to personalize your email messages. Program's database lets you store and use email addresses, names of your customers and up to 7 custom fields that may contain a various information about your customers. The search, sort and remove duplicates functions are also available in the program.
This is a SMTP/POP3 mail server program you can use as a personal local SMTP server or as a stand-alone fully featured mail server. You can use the product along with any mail clients that are complaint with the standard SMTP/POP3 protocols. Configuration process is absolutely transparent; no complicated settings and options; no special skills are required. The program offers a range of security features and options that allow you to protect the server from DDoS attacks, stop SPAM and spammers. This software is designed as NT service and keeps working in the logoff mode. The program also supports parameterized mailing list management for your mass mail needs.
This is a SMTP server program that lets you send email messages without help of your ISP, directly from your local PC to recipient mailboxes. You can use your favorite email client along with this software the way you used to do it before. It is one of the best solutions for mobile PC users who travel a lot and have to switch between different ISPs on the run. Increase your privacy by using this server instead of your ISP's SMTP account. This way you will bypass your ISP's mail server. This server has a built-in firewall that lets you protect it from the outside of the Internet.
Lock My Computer is a powerful desktop security solution for personal or publicly accessible computers running the Windows Operating Systems. It disallows unauthorized changes to various settings of the Windows system, such as Control Panel, Desktop, Local Security Policies, Outlook Express account settings, and many more others. It can disable access to local hard disks, Floppy, CDROM, and removable drives or make them read-only. By locking and hiding or making read-only of programs, files, and folders, Lock My Computer can prevent them from being launched, modified or deleted. Lock My Computer supports creating unlimited number of user accounts with each one has his own password and protection list. Additional features include password protected launching and uninstallation of itself, preventing malicious changes on the Internet Explorer, step by step easy-to-use security configuration wizard, export/load security profile, and supports for all formats of FAT/FAT32/NTFS.
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File and Folder Privacy is a system security utility you can use to password-protect or hide your files and folders with a click of mouse. The program will always prompt to enter your access password when protection is enabled and a user is trying to access a protected file or folder. The protected file or folder will become accessible only is a valid password is entered. The program supports Windows Explorer integration and upon installation creates easily accessible menu items in the context menu of Windows Explorer. User interface of the program is very easy-to-use and a very nice documentation is available.
Outlook Express Privacy lets you control access to Outlook Express and its email message database. When you enable protection, the program disables access to the message database and address book files. As a result, when you open Outlook Express or Windows Address Book, a password will be asked for authentication. Outlook Express and Windows Address Book will become accessible only if a correct password is entered. This software can be used to prevent your email data from being stolen or damaged by unauthorized users.
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187 Lizzie Armanto Six Pack Pad Set
187 Pad Packs are the industry leader for safety and protection. Design and craftsmanship proven in our Pro Series is used to optimize the fit, comfort, and durability of this pad set. 187 Killer Pads® is the brand trusted by the top skaters in the world.
187 is stoked to team up with Lizzie to introduce the first women's pro model pads in skateboard history!
Lizzie directed every design decision--from the rip-stop fabric and unique canvas labels to the blood-orange base material and the cream colored caps with matching rivets. The unique result is one of the coolest products we've ever produced.
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Crafter Blue
20mm STRAIGHT END FKM RUBBER STRAP (UX03)
o Material: Pure vulcanized rubber anti-UV, anti-dust and anti-allergic
o Buckle Type: Brushed 316L stainless steel tang buckle (can be upgraded to PVD Black, Rose Gold or Yellow Gold)
o Strap Color: Black, Royal Blue, Orange, Green, Grey
o Design to fit: All kinds of 20mm lug-width watches
o 9 resistant pin holes offering flexibility in length
The UX03 is made of a high-quality rubber that feels soft yet sturdy when you put it on your wrist. Not only is the strap soft, durable, and flexible, but it's also super stylish and goes with different dressing styles to suit your personality for every occasion.
The curved ends of the strap fit flawlessly on any wrist to instill a sense of comfort that a normal strap can just not provide. Apart from adding to the aesthetic look of your vintage watch, the curved ends make it easier to fit on your wrist and allow you some flexibility so that you can put it on or take it off without having to unfasten the clasp every time.
The buckle type for this type is as good as they come with the material type being stainless steel with a choice to upgrade it to PVD Black or Yellow Gold depending on your choice. The exhilarating smooth surface of the strap is complimented by two equally spaced straight lines on both sides and the precisely punched 9 resistant pin holes exhibit the excellence of craftsmanship that put together these beautiful straps for watch lovers around the world.
Lug width: 20mm
Buckle size: 18mm
Buckle type: Brushed stainless steel tang buckle
Wrist size 5.2 inches to 8.2 inches / 133 mm to 210 mm
Overall Length: 125mm + 70mm
Thickness: Approx. 5mm - 3.5mm
Color / Finish: Black, Royal Blue, Orange, Green, Grey
Lug end style: Curved End
Pin holes: 9 resistant pin holes
What is Crafter Blue strap made of?
Each Crafter Blue strap is made of vulcanized rubber. Vulcanized rubber is a material that undergoes a chemical process known as vulcanization. This process involves mixing natural rubber with additives such as sulfur and other curatives. Vulcanization makes rubber much stronger, more flexible, and more resistant to heat and other environmental conditions. Vulcanized rubber makes both soft and hard objects, ranging from rubber bands to bowling balls. In fact, almost any rubber object consists of vulcanized rubber. Vulcanized rubber is stronger than non-vulcanized rubber because its bonds are made of cross-links at an atomic level. This allows vulcanized rubber to stand up to more stress and damage. Vulcanized rubber is also more rigid than non-vulcanized rubber, so it is more stretch-resistant in the first place. However, vulcanized rubber has the same elasticity level as non-vulcanized rubber.
How quickly are orders processed?
Excepts the pre order items, all orders are guaranteed to ship within 48 business hours. However, if you placed your order over the weekend, it will be shipped next business day. Once your order ships, you will receive an automated tracking email from us within next 48hours (2 more business days will be expected). If it's been more than 48 hours and you haven't received tracking, please feel free to contact us here .
Shipping Destination
We ship worldwide. If you find that your location is not on our shipping list at checkout, please contact us HERE for further assistance.
When can I expect to receive my order?
Shipping time depends on your destination:
5 – 7 business days
EU countries:
10 – 12 business days
Asian countries:
5 – 7 business days
10 – 12 business days
Australia & New Zealand:
10 – 12 business days
Middle east countries:
10 – 12 business days
Latin American countries & Russian:
at least 14 days
Hong Kong:
within 3 business days
Other Charges and Custom Matters
Customers are liable to all the customs, taxes and tariffs that may incurred. Furthermore, customers shall be fully responsible for assuring that the product can be lawfully imported to the destination(s). When purchasing from Crafter Blue, the recipient is the importer of record and must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be borne by the recipient; we have no control over these charges and cannot predict what they may be. Customs policies vary from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for further information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it may cause delays beyond the estimated delivery. Crafter Blue shall not be responsible any failure in passing the customs inspections nor do we take responsibility for items taking extended time processed by the customs.
Return Policy
Correct details and a valid shipping address are required when you are making purchase. Customers are responsible for the cost of the lost mail. No refund or reshipment will be given, if they have input incorrect information.
If you are not satisfied with our products, we do accept returns for any product in unused condition (Note 1) within 7 days of customer's receipt of goods. All refunds are subject to a deduction of $20.00 and the original shipping charges incurred (Note 2). For returns, the customers are responsible for the following issues:
Product returns are the responsibility of the customer. Please ensure that returned goods are packed in original package and handled carefully.
Customers are responsible for shipping charges of product returns. Traceable shipping method is highly recommended.
Once we receive the return products, refunds will be processed using the same method as the original payment method.
Note 1: The product has NOT been mounted, worn, bent, altered, stained or damaged.
Note 2: Full refund (including original fee and waving return fee) will be processed for items proved to be defective ONLY.
How to return an item?
How to return an item?
Please email your request from HERE. In your email, please let us know your service code printed at the back of the international warranty card. You must return the item within 7 days of customer's receipt of goods.
Crafter Blue warrants products that are defective in material within 12 months upon purchase. Crafter Blue shall not be liable to any incidental or consequential damages resulting from daily use. If manufacturer defects are found within 7 days of customer's receipt of goods, full refund will be arranged.
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I have worked in education for much of my life. I have met with thousands of teachers in great schools and struggling schools, in big cities and small towns, and I have a deep and genuine appreciation for the work you do. I know that most teachers did not enter the profession for the money. You became teachers to make a difference in the lives of children, and for the hard work you do each day, you deserve to be respected, valued, and supported.
I consider teaching an honorable and important profession, and it is my goal to see that you are treated with the dignity we award to other professionals in society. In too many communities, the profession has been devalued. Many of the teachers I have met object to the imposition of curriculum that reduces teaching to little more than a paint-by-numbers exercise. I agree.
Inside your classroom, you exercise a high degree of autonomy. You decide when to slow down to make sure all of your students fully understand a concept, or when a different instructional strategy is needed to meet the needs of a few who are struggling to keep up. You build relationships with students from a variety of backgrounds and with a diverse array of needs, and you find ways to motivate and engage them. I appreciate the challenge and skill involved in the work you do and applaud those of you who have dedicated your lives to teaching.
Many of you have told me you are willing to be held accountable for outcomes over which you have some control, but you also want school leaders held accountable for creating a positive and supportive learning environment. You want real feedback in a professional setting rather than drive-by visits from principals or a single score on a bubble test. And you want the time and opportunity to work with your colleagues and strengthen your craft.
You have told me you believe that the No Child Left Behind Act has prompted some schools—especially low-performing ones—to teach to the test, rather than focus on the educational needs of students. Because of the pressure to boost test scores, NCLB has narrowed the curriculum, and important subjects like history, science, the arts, foreign languages, and physical education have been de-emphasized. And you are frustrated when teachers alone are blamed for educational failures that have roots in broken families, unsafe communities, misguided reforms, and underfunded schools systems. You rightfully believe that responsibility for educational quality should be shared by administrators, community, parents, and even students themselves.
The teachers I have met are not afraid of hard work, and few jobs today are harder. Moreover, it's gotten harder in recent years; the challenges kids bring into the classroom are greater and the expectations are higher. Not too long ago, it was acceptable for schools to have high dropout rates, and not all kids were expected to be proficient in every subject. In today's economy, there is no acceptable dropout rate, and we rightly expect all children—English-language learners, students with disabilities, and children of poverty—to learn and succeed.
You and I are here to help America's children. We understand that the surest way to do that is to make sure that the 3.2 million teachers in America's classrooms are the very best they can be. The quality of our education system can only be as good as the quality of our teaching force.
So I want to work with you to change and improve federal law, to invest in teachers and strengthen the teaching profession. Together with you, I want to develop a system of evaluation that draws on meaningful observations and input from your peers, as well as a sophisticated assessment that measures individual student growth, creativity, and critical thinking. States, with the help of teachers, are now developing better assessments so you will have useful information to guide instruction and show the positive impact you are having on our children.
Working together, we can transform teaching from the factory model designed over a century ago to one built for the information age. We can build an accountability system based on data we trust and a standard that is honest—one that recognizes and rewards great teaching, gives new or struggling teachers the support they need to succeed, and deals fairly, efficiently, and compassionately with teachers who are simply not up to the job. With your input and leadership, we can restore the status of the teaching profession so more of America's top college students choose to teach because no other job is more important or more fulfilling.
In the next decade, half of America's teachers are likely to retire. What we do to recruit, train, and retain our new teachers will shape public education in this country for a generation. At the same time, how we recognize, honor, and show respect for our experienced educators will reaffirm teaching as a profession of nation builders and social leaders dedicated to our highest ideals. As that work proceeds, I want you to know that I hear you, I value you, and I respect you.


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This paper aimed to contribute to the discussion about the role of net zero-energy buildings (ZEBs) or nearly ZEBs in future energy systems, from the perspective of the resulting import/export interaction with the surrounding energy grid (commonly named grid interaction (GI)). This investigation analyses three buildings with measured data at sub-hourly time resolution. The goal of this paper was to quantify the effect of using high-resolution data (one or a few minutes) versus hourly resolution in the GI analysis of buildings with an on-site generation system. A limited set of quantitative GI indicators have been selected: the generation multiple, the dimensioning rate and the connection capacity credit. Additionally, this paper presents graphical representations describing in an intuitive way the yearly or daily variation of the indicators. Some general trends have been identified and the usefulness of the selected indicators is demonstrated. Findings show conclusively that sub-hourly analysis will give more accurate information. Differences between peak values measured with hourly and sub-hourly time resolution can be significant. If detailed GI analysis at the individual building level is required, one should consider going for detailed sub-hourly analysis.
The main objective of this paper is to contribute to the discussion on the role of Net Zero Energy Buildings (Net ZEBs) on future energy systems by the interplay between on-site generation and the building loads, often called load matching, and the resulting import/export interaction with the surrounding electricity grid, commonly named grid interaction. This investigation analyzes five case studies with high resolution data, three of which are based on real monitored buildings. The research aims at selecting and suggesting a limited set of quantitative indicators that: (a) can provide practical information for building as well as grid designers and operators, and (b) are understandable for a wider audience and do not require complex simulation tools or additional resources. This paper also presents novel graphical representations describing the yearly or daily variation of the indexes in an understandable manner.
It has been found that the hourly values of the cover factors (namely, the load cover factor and the supply cover factor) provide quite a good picture of the correlation between on-site demand and supply of energy. These factors illustrate both the daily and seasonal effect, the production pattern of different renewable energy technologies, and applied operation/control strategies. The loss-of load probability factor shows how often the on-site supply does not cover the on-site demand but it provides limited information. Several grid interaction indicators are presented in a normalized form based on the connection capacity between the building and the grid. The generation multiple is an index that compares peak values of exported/imported energy; it may also be used with generation/load values. The dimensioning rate and the connection capacity credit relate the building with the electrical grid. These indexes can be used to analyze individual buildings and extend their use in the case of cluster of buildings. Although some general trends have been identified in the results and the usefulness of these indicators is demonstrated, it should be noted that further studies are needed in order to define reference values for particular building topologies, clusters of buildings and climates, which could be used as a rule-of-thumb for grid/building designers.


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