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We have a 1 year old son, and my wife is now pregnant with our second child. Our doctor says she should stop breastfeeding our son because she is pregnant, because it may harm the fetus. This makes me sad, as I would like her to continue breastfeeding our son until he is 2. Is what the doctor said true?
If she indeed needs to stop we are planning on giving our son soymilk as replacement for the breastmilk. Are there any other good suggestions regarding this?
Edited : Hi guys, until now, my wife is still doing tandem nursing. But we are planning to stop breastfeeding my first son. It makes me very sad actually. But it must be done, because tandem nursing make my wife's healthy condition is becoming worse. When she often breastfeeding my first son, my wife is getting flu. And the flu is getting worse if she increase the frequency of breastfeeding.

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Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced today that Virginia again boasts the nation's third-highest percentage of public high school seniors qualifying for college credit on Advanced Placement (AP) examinations, according to the College Board's 2014 AP Report to the Nation. Virginia students ranked fifth in last year's report — despite an increase in AP achievement — after holding the number-three spot for five consecutive years.
According to the College Board, 28.3 percent of Virginia's 2013 graduating seniors earned a grade of three or higher on at least one AP examination, compared with 27.2 percent in 2012 and 16.5 percent in 2003. Only two states — Maryland at 29.6 percent and Connecticut at 28.8 percent — had higher percentages of seniors earning qualifying scores.
Speaking about the report, Governor McAuliffe stated, "Growing and diversifying Virginia's economy is my top priority, and that begins with a world-class education system. This report shows that Virginia is a national leader in preparing our students for college or to join the workforce in a high demand field. I am proud of the progress Virginia schools, students and teachers have made expanding advanced placement and improving scores, but we've still got work to do to ensure that every child has access to a world class education in a Virginia public school."
Secretary of Education Anne Holton continued, "Every year, more of our high school students accept the challenge of these college-level courses and assessments and gain critical knowledge that will prepare them for higher education and the workforce. What this study says is that Virginia students have built a strong foundation for advanced learning and that they have teachers and principals who encourage them to reach higher."
The 2014 AP Report to the Nation also cited Virginia's progress in narrowing "equity gaps" for African-American and Latino students. An equity gap describes the difference between a subgroup's participation or achievement in AP testing and the percentage of overall enrollment represented by the subgroup.
The number of African-American seniors graduating from high school having taken at least one AP examination has more than doubled in ten years. In 2013, 4,753 African-American students participated in AP testing, compared with 1,682 in 2003. During the same period, the percentage of African-American graduates earning at least one qualifying AP score rose 2.5 points, to 7.7 percent in 2013, compared with 5.2 percent in 2003.
The number of Latino Virginia graduates who took at least one AP examination has more than tripled since 2003. In 2013, 2,867 of Virginia's Latino graduates took at least one AP test, compared with 920 of Latino graduates in 2003. During the same period, the percentage of Latino graduates earning at least one score of three or higher rose 2.6 points, to 7.8 percent, in 2013, compared with 5.2 percent in 2003.
Overall, 34,901 of Virginia's 2013 graduates took at least one AP examination during their high school careers. Of these students, 22,426 earned at least one score of three or higher.
Virginia students may substitute AP examinations for end-of-course SOL tests in corresponding subject areas. Enrollment in AP courses is among the criteria for recognition under the Virginia Index of Performance awards program created by the Board of Education to encourage advanced learning and achievement. Virginia also promotes AP participation through the Early College Scholars initiative and the Virtual Virginia online-learning program, and uses federal grant money to subsidize test fees for low-income students.
Six Virginia school divisions were recognized by the College Board as honor roll districts for raising achievement on AP examinations while increasing access to the courses. The divisions making the College Board's 2014 AP Honor Roll are as follows:
- · Falls Church
- · Henrico County
- · King George County
- · Manassas Park
- · Montgomery County
- · Virginia Beach
The College Board also recognized the Catholic Diocese of Richmond as an honor roll district.
The most popular AP course among Virginia's 2013 graduating seniors was US History, followed by English Language and Composition, US Government and Politics, English Literature and Composition, Psychology, World History, Calculus AB, Biology, Statistics and Environmental Science.


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No Stopping it Now: Seas to Rise 4 Inches or More this Century
Even if all industrial pollution and auto emissions suddenly ceased today, Earth's climate will warm at least 1 degree by the year 2100 and seas will rise 4 inches (11 centimeters), according to a new study.
The warming is likely to continue through 2400, another study forecasts.
The worst-case scenario projects the global average temperature rising 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit within this century and the sea level climbing a foot or more.
The outlook is based on greenhouse gases that were in the atmosphere in 2000, with no additional input of the chemicals, which serve as a global blanket to trap solar energy.
"Many people don't realize we are committed right now to a significant amount of global warming and sea level rise because of the greenhouse gases we have already put into the atmosphere," said Gerald Meehl, who led the study out of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
"Even if we stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations, the climate will continue to warm, and there will be proportionately even more sea level rise," Meehl said today. "The longer we wait, the more climate change we are committed to in the future."
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Results of the computer modeling are reported in the March 18 issue of the journal Science.
Computer models like these are based on what's known about past climate change. Projecting the future involves many variables that are not completely understood, scientists caution. Critics charge that the models do not necessarily represent actual outcomes.
Few scientists doubt that the planet's climate is indeed growing warmer. A report last month confirmed that last year was among the four warmest on record and projected 2005 will be the warmest.
More controversial is whether and how much humans have contributed.
The model through 2100 has the temperature rising at least 1 degree Fahrenheit, or about a half-degree Celsius. That's similar to the warming scientists say occurred during the 20th Century.
Only part of the picture
The sea-level prediction is based solely on thermal expansion -- the oceans physically swell as they get warmer. The projection does not take into account fresh water that other scientists expect to melt from glaciers and ice sheets, a process that appears already underway and which could snowball, some experts say.
Greenland's largest glacier, for example, doubled its forward progress toward the sea between 1997 and 2003. It is also thinning rapidly, adding water to the sea more quickly than realized, a study last year found.
Add the probable melting in, and seas could rise 8 inches through 2100 in the best-case scenario, Meehl and his colleagues say.
The rise could swamp some coastal villages, shrink islands, and make hurricanes and other extreme weather events more catastrophic.
The inevitable change, as Meehl's model has it, is due to two factors.
- The ocean lags far behind the land and the air in temperature changes. This "thermal inertia," as scientists call it, means big changes in the oceans occur over decades and centuries, not years. A warming change seen in the atmosphere in recent decades cannot have fully played out yet in the water.
- Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases do not break down into other chemicals rapidly, so what's up there will be there for a long time.
'Impossible to avoid'
A separate paper in the journal, also from NCAR, suggests temperatures and sea levels are bound to rise for the next three centuries even if no more greenhouse gases are added to the air.
"Avoiding these changes requires, eventually, a reduction in emissions to substantially below present levels," said Tom Wigley, author of the second study. "For sea level rise, a substantial
long-term commitment may be impossible to avoid."
Unlike the models' assumptions, greenhouse gas emissions continue.
"When and how we stabilize concentrations will dictate, on the time scale of a century or so, how much more warming we will experience," Meehl and his colleagues write in the journal. "But we are already committed to ongoing large sea level rise, even if concentrations of [greenhouse gases] could be stabilized."
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Richard Jolley was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952 and then moved in his youth to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In 1970, the artist began his studies at Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee, studying glass under Michael Taylor. Taylor was then invited to create his next program at George Peabody College in Nashville (now a part of Vanderbilt University) where Jolley later completed his B.F.A. In the fall of that year, Jolley further polished his technique at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina under the instruction of Richard Ritter. Jolley continues this teaching tradition by frequently returning to Penland and through unique programs designed to involve at-risk students in the Knoxville community with professional working artists.
Building and maintaining a glass studio in Knoxville since 1975, Richard Jolley has participated in over 65 solo museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the country as well as Europe and Japan. Early in his career, Jolley had been included in some of the most important glass exhibitions at the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporro, Japan, and the International Exhibition Glass in Kanazawa, Japan, as well as Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey and Laumier Sculpture Park in Missouri. Over the next decade the artist continued to be included in important museum exhibitions surveying contemporary glass and sculpture such as the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Carnegie Museum of Art and most recently in the Wornick Collection exhibited at the Museum of Fine Art, Boston. After numerous solo exhibitions Mark R. Leach of the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, organized the first cohesive exhibition of Jolley's mature glass sculpture works in 1997. Then in 2002 Richard Guber, then Director of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Stephen Wicks, Curator of the Knoxville Museum of Art, organized the artist's first major retrospective exhibition that traveled to 14 museums in the US over five years. Richard Jolley's extensive body of work along with the glass work of Tommie Rush, his wife, will be re-examined by the Mobile Museum of Art in April of 2011.
Since 1973, the artists' work has been extensively collected both privately and by public institutions. Found in over 33 public collections, notable establishments including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Corning Museum of Glass, Knoxville Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, and the Frederick Weisman Art Foundation in Los Angeles.
Richard Jolley has additionally been honored for his art through a variety of awards, commissions, and invitational workshops in Tennessee and abroad. In 2007 Jolley was the youngest visual artist to ever receive the Tennessee "Governor's Distinguished Artist Award" and acknowledged with the 2010 "Individual for Outstanding Accomplishment in the Field" by the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass. In 1998, the Tennessee Arts Commission selected the artist to participate in a Tennessee/ Israeli Cultural Artist Exchange, and in 2009 started exhibiting his work at the Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Then in 2011 the artist was invited to complete a new series of art at the Berengo Studio, Murano, Italy, and will exhibit the work at Venice Project, Venice, Italy, in May of 2011.
Richard Jolley has received several private and public commissions including "Absolut Statehood: Tennessee" 1993 national ad campaign for Absolut Vodka followed by the creation of a custom martini glass for Bombay Sapphire Gin international ad campaign. Current prominent sculpture commissions include "Everything and the Cosmos" (2007) installed in the Seven World Trade Center, New York City and the forthcoming largest glass installation at the Knoxville Museum of Art to be completed in 2013.
Statehood: Tennessee 1993 national ad campaign for Absolut Vodka followed by the creation of a custom martini glass for Bombay Sapphire Gin international ad campaign.
Current prominent sculpture commissions include "Everything and the Cosmos" (2007) installed in the Seven World Trade Center, New York City and the forthcoming largest glass installation at the Knoxville Museum of Art to be completed in 2013.


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NEW YORK - December 7, 2009 - Bravo is giving "Top Chef" fans an inside view and chance to watch the season six finale among their favorite chef'testants with the award-winning ultimate virtual viewing party for the finale of "Top Chef: Las Vegas," this Wednesday, December 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
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Fans of the show can voice their opinions on the series through Twitter, Facebook Connect, and live mobile chat. Bravo viewers will also get the chance to interact directly with their favorite "Top Chef" judges and chefs live, when they join the party by Twittering their comments during the finale or by following Twitter.com/BravoTV, and answering live viewer questions via mobile and online chats.
Bravo has partnered with Salon.com as the exclusive sponsor of the ultimate virtual viewing party with elements that include branding on pre-event promotion across all NBCU sites as well as branding across all event platforms - BravoTV.com, Facebook, Twitter, live mobile chat and m.BravoTV.com. Salon.com will also create custom tweets to fans on BravoTV.com and on m.BravoTV.com.
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This social media event, which combines interactive elements on every platform to bring fans the ultimate viewing experience was first seen on Bravo and continues to add an extra element to fans by bringing the series off the TV screen and directly into the viewers' homes. The first virtual viewing party held for "The Real Housewives of New York City" won the prestigious MMA Global Mobile Marketing Award.
"'Top Chef' fans are passionate and opinionated and we celebrate that by giving viewers more ways to engage and interact with our chefs and judges," said Lisa Hsia, Senior Vice President, Bravo Digital Media. "We kicked off this initiative with 'The Real Housewives' and are proud to maintain a live event on every platform available to its audience."
During the finale, fans will have the chance to Twitter with "Top Chef" judge Toby Young, the three season six finalists Bryan Voltaggio, Michael Voltaggio, Kevin Gillespie, and chef'testants Eli Kirshtein, Ash Fulk, Jennifer Carroll and Robin Leventhal.
Fans will receive exclusive behind-the-scenes content from the "Top Chef" mobile fan club, and some fans may get answers to their sizzling questions directly from the chefs on BravoTV.com/TCparty and on their mobile phones by texting PARTY to 27286.
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Fans can interact with their friends on Facebook Connect, where they can share their thoughts, post comments on all the drama and action seen in the final and have the chance to win signed "Top Chef" cookbooks, "Top Chef" board games and other great prizes.
It has all come down to three chefs in the dramatic season finale of "Top Chef: Las Vegas," airing Wednesday, December 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
The final three chefs - Kevin Gillespie, Bryan Voltaggio and Michael Voltaggio compete - along with some twists and surprises - to determine who will take home the title of "Top Chef." Will it be one of the Brothers Voltaggio? Or will Kevin show the judges some winning Southern cooking? There can only be one "Top Chef."
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For years now, council members of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota have watched as the state's Department of Social Services removed children from the reservation and placed many of them in white foster homes, far from tribal lands. Many of the children were later adopted, losing their connection to their families and heritage.
"I've seen it firsthand," says Brandon Sazue, chairman of the Crow Creek tribe.
Sazue says the state has long overstepped its authority.
"That would be like United States going into a foreign country and saying, 'Hey, I'm taking your kid because of this or that,' " he said. "I mean, this is within the boundaries of the Crow Creek Sioux Indian reservation, and as far as I'm concerned, we are the government."
This week, officials from the Crow Creek Sioux Nation and seven other tribes in the state sent an extensive report to Congress accusing South Dakota of systematically violating the 35-year-old federal Indian Child Welfare Act. The federal law says that, with some exceptions, if the state removes a Native American child, the state must place that child with relatives, tribal members or other Native Americans.
The report, which the officials wrote with the help of the nonprofit Lakota People's Law Project, concludes that in many instances the state does not have the authority to remove native children from tribal land. When the state does have that authority, through a tribal court order or tribal council agreement, the report says the state is failing to place the majority of those children according to the law.
An NPR series last year found that 87 percent of the Native American children in foster care in South Dakota are placed in white foster homes or group homes.
The 22-page report from the tribes also charges that the state has a financial incentive to remove Native American children from their tribes. It says the state gains federal dollars for every native child it places into its foster care system.
Officials with the state's Department of Social Services did not respond to requests for comment. But they have told NPR in the past that they strongly reject the notion that the state has a financial incentive to place children in foster care. They say the federal money the state receives does not influence their decision-making. They have also said that finding Native American foster families who meet their guidelines has been extremely difficult.
The report landed on the desk of Rep. Ben Lujan, D-N.M., on Monday.
"It makes you angry," Lujan says. "I hope it makes people's blood boil. This is emotional, and it's real, and it's not right."
Lujan is a member of a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers looking into state compliance with the law. The group is hoping to hold hearings on Capitol Hill this spring. Lujan says he was most disturbed by what appears to him to be a lack of information coming from South Dakota's Department of Social Services.
"I think we really need to shed light on what's happening in South Dakota, and the community there needs to come forward," Lujan says. "If they won't do it in a public way, then someone needs to go in with subpoena authority to be able to get to the truth of the matter."
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State officials have taken issue with NPR's series last year examining the issue. NPR found the state receives almost $100 million a year from the federal government for all of the state's foster care children, more than half of whom are Native American. According to the state's budget, the state receives at least $45 million in federal funding, including administrative costs and federal grants under a program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. The state also receives tens of millions more in Medicaid reimbursements.
More specifically, Native American children are provided health care by a federal program directly through the Indian Health Service. Officials with that agency say that when native children are placed in foster care, South Dakota and other states generally move the children onto Medicaid, which is heavily subsidized by millions in federal dollars.
The tribes, in their report to Congress, found a similar accounting of federal dollars.
South Dakota state officials, however, have said the amount of federal money the state receives is insignificant, and by their estimation, is between $18 million if only native children are taken into account, or at the highest, $39 million for all children. They have declined requests to provide additional detail about that summation.
Last year, Lujan and other lawmakers called upon the Bureau of Indian Affairs to hold a "summit meeting" in South Dakota with state officials and the tribes to address the state's compliance with the law. That summit has not happened.
"We cannot stand idly by as Indian children are ripped from their homes and placed in foster care unnecessarily," Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said this week in a statement expressing frustration with the delay.
Responding to the lawmakers' renewed concerns, just this week the Bureau of Indian Affairs agreed to hold the promised summit this spring. In a letter to lawmakers, Kevin Washburn, the assistant secretary of Indian affairs at the Department of the Interior, said he has implemented a working group for BIA employees to better understand the Indian Child Welfare Act, and said he would attend the South Dakota summit.
Several lawmakers, including Lujan and Markey, said they would also like to participate.
'We Can't Give Up'
That can't come soon enough for some of South Dakota's tribes.
Raymond Cournoyer oversees foster care for the Yankton Sioux Tribe as the tribe's Indian Child Welfare Act director. He also co-chairs the coalition that wrote the report.
"We can't give up," Cournoyer says. "We got to keep on moving forward, even if we make a lot of people mad at us. We're always not in the driver's seat. It's time to take control."
Last March, the Yankton Sioux sent the governor of South Dakota a letter warning the state that it had no authority to take the tribe's children. Yankton, like the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, does not have an agreement with the state to have the Department of Social Services remove children and find placement for them.
Recently, state officials have told NPR that they are within legal bounds to remove native children because they always obtain a tribal court order.
But even when that happens, tribal officials and legal experts say, the state is still failing to place the children with relatives, tribal members or Native American families.
"You don't have any tribal court judges passing orders saying put the kid in a white home," says B.J. Jones, a national expert on the Indian Child Welfare Act and tribal court judge in South Dakota. "You know when these kids are being removed from their nuclear family, they are being taken from their extended family, and there's always a relative who is ready, willing and able to provide for a child. But DSS, they're just not doing a good job of doing that."
On Yankton, Cournoyer says the tribe's letter to the governor seems to have had an impact. He says without the state's interference, the tribe has been able to place more children with relatives, keeping them close to their traditions and heritage.
Cournoyer and other tribal leaders say the future of all their tribes depends on that.
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That seems to be the thesis of her interview and accompanying photo shoot with V Magazine. Nicole Kidman, now 45, is repeatedly offered to us by descriptors like these:
"Her body being too sick for words"
You're right. The only insight that comes from these sorts of articles is from what they don't say. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are strictly off-limits. While we can discuss openly how hot she is, and how open to flaunting said hotness, we will also not speak of all the effort that goes into achieving it...
Because of course what you see here - all that sexiness, all that abandon - is an organic representation of how Nicole wants you to interpret her: Nicole as the free spirit, in spite of the three lips and all those fillers:
"I don't really make decisions. I go with the flow. If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career. But I would be more outlandish if I could. A lot of times you just don't get the chance."
I always go back to the story of Nicole in that chartreuse dress at the 97 Oscars - her obsessive pursuit of the gown, and the well documented 2 hour limousine ride during which she had the self control not to move, not even a little, so as not to crease it. That is how Nicole Kidman has approached every step of her career. There is nothing wrong with a woman who embraces choreography and calculation and who is obsessively determined. It only feels wrong when these attributes are camouflaged in favour of a different narrative, an artificial one. This one stars Nicole Kidman, the natural, low-maintenance superstar who obligingly arranges her body in the "dead girl pose" for Mario Testino wearing lingerie and a fur coat even though, apparently, "most any other actress of her calibre" would put a hand up and refuse or have her publicist step in and kill the request. As if to say that Nicole, in the image attached, suggestively approaching her vagina with her fingers, was all kinds of shruggy about the photograph, as opposed to eager about being portrayed this way -- still desirable after all these years.
Come on.
How can we stop lying to ourselves when we're being asked to believe when women are lying to themselves... and us???
I loved Nicole Kidman. Even more than Gwyneth Paltrow, and not even ironically. When she and Tom Cruise first separated, I was all for Nicole - the performances, the style, the grace, everything - and I still believe she is an extraordinary actor. I loved her Oscar speech, that sombre year, when she went up and declared that "art is important". So much that I ignored the alarming way her eyebrows seemed to be pinching her nose with a new severity that I hadn't remembered being so obvious.
But at some point the acting wasn't enough. Being smart wasn't enough. Being articulate wasn't enough. At some point she went too far in the face. And then pretended it was all genetic. How interesting it is that she can be so vulnerable and real in her work, behind a mask, playing someone else, and yet find it so difficult to be the same as herself. They say that at work Nicole Kidman has very few equals. I believe this. She is immeasurably talented. Oh but the fragile psyche of an actor. That not even one as great as Nicole Kidman can be unaffected by the vanities and preoccupations of those who can't even dream of doing what she can do, playing the parts that she can play.
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The latest additions mean that the Svalbard Global Seed Vault — a master backup to the world's other seed banks — has now secured more than 740,000 samples since it opened in a remote Norwegian archipelago in 2008.
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Course Type | lecture |
Semester Weekly Hours | 2 SWS |
Organisational Unit | Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics |
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Stefan Recksiegel |
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Tue, 14:00–16:00, PH HS3 |
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PH2090: Rechnergestützte Physik 2 (Simulation Klassischer und Quantenmechanischer Systeme) / Computational Physics 2 (Simulation of Classical and Quantum Mechanical Systems)
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additional remarks | This is the second part of the Computational Physics course. After discussing various fundamental methods of computational physics in the first term, we will discuss some more methods (random numbers: Monte Carlo methods, Ising model; numerical Fourier transform, etc.). The emphasis of the second part, however, lies more in the application of these methods to actual physical systems. |
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Ready for the next chapter of our sandbox project? If you're not, I can tell you one person who definitely was. Her name rhymes with Blara.
Here's where we left off. Box built (more on that here) and awaiting sand. But in need of a cover first.
Having looked at a bunch of other DIY sandbox covers (like the awesome ones from Dana Made It, Small & Friendly, Modern Parents Messy Kids, and Dover Projects) and based on our own experiences, we compiled a mental list of what we wanted (and didn't want) out of our cover. Our checklist was something like this:
- Should primarily keep out natural debris (leaves, acorns, etc) and animal "debris" (from neighborhood cats, birds flying by, etc).
- Should help keep water out, but we weren't going to be crazy about making it completely airtight.
- Should be sturdy – so no tarps that could fly off or other plastic that might warp. Wood felt like our best bet.
- Shouldn't be too heavy. If lifting it were a burden, we might be less inclined to use it.
So this is what we came up with. It doesn't make much sense in it's pre-constructed phase, but I promise it'll all come together a bit later.
The concept for it was born from the fact that plywood was the cheapest way to cover such a big area (a 5 x 5 ft square, essentially) but my experience with plywood outdoors is that it can warp. So we decided to buy two 2 x 4″ plywood sheets with a frame of 1 x 8″ boards around it – both to add stability and to make it large enough to do the job. Plus since it's right off of our patio we wanted it to look clean and finished and not like a plank of wood tossed haphazardly over a box.
Oh, and since one big 25 square foot cover threatened to be quite heavy – we decided to build it in two interlocking pieces. So here's the frame for one side (I attached the frame boards using my Kreg jig). Hey look – it's a C for Clara.
After building both frames and screwing the plywood to it from the underside, I stained both pieces with the same Behr waterproof Deck Stain in a "Natural" color that I used for the sandbox itself. It came out a bit streakier than I would've liked, but in my continued efforts to not stress about a sandbox I let it be (will Clara care about a less-than-perfect stain job? I certain hope not). Oh, and you'll notice that one side has the board kinda dangling off the side. That's a middle piece that I added to cover up some of the seam between the two sides. It'll make more sense when you see it all in place in a few pics.
We could've just let the cover sit freely on the top of the box, but I opted to attach it with some hinges so that we wouldn't have to carry the whole thing every time Clara wanted to play.
Plus, this meant the cover could rest against the fence rather than having to be stored somewhere else on the patio while the sandbox is in use. So I attached the other half of the hinge right to the top of the box itself.
While we're on the subject of hardware, we also attached a matching handle on each side of the cover for easy grabbing. They actually polished things off a lot. Note to self: add hardware to stuff, it makes it look legit.
Here it is with the cover finished and attached, but I realize it's a bit hard to see given the tree shadows…
…so let's momentarily skip ahead to some pictures I took later in the day when the sun was starting to set. It's not as pretty looking, but there aren't those blotchy shadows going on. As for rain collecting on those panels, we're going to see how it goes, but there are a couple of seams and cracks that should let it drain out well. So far (with very small rains) it has been fine. But if we have a gully washer and it's an issue we'll alter it with some drainage holes and report back!
And now you can see how each side can swing open to reveal the sandbox beneath.
Ta-dah! Oh and you'll notice that the rain barrel has a fully fused plastic top on it (so there's no danger of Clara somehow climbing on top of it and falling into water). Sometimes from pics of the side, folks assume that a rain barrel is topless, but it's closed and has very small mesh circles where the water filters through (to keep mosquitoes out).
And on the subject of child safety, you may be thinking the same thing we thought – "Ack! What if Clara pulls the cover down on herself?!" So we installed a little safety latch to keep that from happening. It's a bit of a contraption (again, me over-complicating things) but it's basically an eye-hook screwed into the underside of the cover with a piece of chain attached via carabiner. When the cover is closed it sits hidden under the box, but when resting against the fence we can hang the chain over a hook we screwed into the fence post.
These may look dainty, but they're actually nice and heavy duty. We tugged on them more than a few times just to be sure they're really in there. So when the sandbox cover is open and locked in this position, it's not going anywhere. It's especially nice that the hinges rotate more than 90 degrees since the cover can lean back on the fence for more security (if it were frozen in the air at a 90 degree angle we'd worry it might be more apt to fall closed, but when leaning back against the fence and hooked into place, it's nice and secure). So now that we've covered how the cover works, I'm going to rewind to a time when there wasn't sand yet in the box. A much sunnier, distractingly shadow-y time.
Even though I showed you a few extra bags of play sand that we had sitting around from last year, I still bought about 15 more because I knew it would take a lot to fill it up and give a decent amount depth for Clara to really get her dig on.
I call this picture "the inaugural sand" – my sand box equivalent to a ceremonial cornerstone or symbolic spike that connected the railroads. But it's really just the first bag I dumped in there.
As I dumped bag after bag of sand, Clara stood patiently waiting for her cue to play. Patience isn't always her strongest virtue, but I have to give her props for being a very calm lady in waiting this day. Look at her all poised and ready with her bucket and her shovel.
20 bags of sand later – we gave Clara the go ahead.
And the rest is history.
Think she likes it?
We're just as happy about it. The location is perfect for letting her play in a contained area (the patio is fully fenced in) while allowing us to sit outside and try to get some work done in a nearby chair. Plus, it's pretty shaded most of the day too.
I must admit, in addition to be a bit more complex than I had set out to make it – it also was a bit more expensive than I had prepared myself for. Both wood and sand really add up quickly, but after looking up other wood sandboxes (many which didn't even come with a cover and were $180 or more, like this one from Target) I felt a lot better. Plus sandboxes don't come with sand, so that's always an added expense. Here's our budget breakdown:
- Wood for 5 x 5′ box: $17
- Wood for 5 x 5′ cover: $38
- Stain: $22
- Weed block: $0 (leftover from last year)
- Hinges, handles & safety hardware: $21
- Sand: $48 (thanks to some leftover bags from last year)
Clara happily digging around for hours on end: priceless. And so ends the two-part saga that was…
OR DOES IT? Just when we thought our sandbox adventures had come to a close, something else happened. And it resulted in a little sandbox remix. More details tomorrow (we just have to edit the pics and write the post up). Then it's really over. Whew. Who knew a simple sandbox would turn into a trilogy? In the meantime, have you added hardware to anything that suddenly felt more legit? I'm telling you, it's a thing.
Pssst- To read The Sandbox Chronicles in their entirety, here's Part 1 (about building the base of the box) and Part 3 (about swapping what we found out was unsafe sand for pea gravel).


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PARIS — Syria has accepted a Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for dismantling, the Syrian foreign minister said Tuesday, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at averting Western military action.
Speaking in Moscow, Walid al-Moallem said his government quickly agreed to the plan to "derail U.S. aggression" — an allusion to possible U.S.-led strikes over a deadly Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus that Western powers blame on the Syrian regime. Syrian President Bashar Assad has denied the claim.
Russia, Syria's most powerful ally, is now working with Damascus to prepare a detailed plan of action that will be presented soon, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Russia will then be ready to finalize the plan with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Al-Moallem brief statement sounded more definitive than his remarks a day earlier, when he said Damascus welcomed Russia's initiative. He did not provide any details about how Syria might comply.
Western officials have expressed caution about possible stalling tactics or efforts to wriggle out of international pressure by Assad's regime in Syria, where more than 100,000 people have died in more than two years of civil war.
The response came after France announced Tuesday it would put forward a resolution in the U.N. Security Council aimed at forcing Syria to ultimately dismantle its chemical weapons program, seizing on the diplomatic opening from Russia a day earlier.
France, like Russia, a permanent member of the 15-nation council, will start the resolution process Tuesday under a part of the U.N. charter that is militarily enforceable, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said at a quickly arranged news conference in Paris. The proposal would also condemn the chemical weapons attack.
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Assad could resolve the crisis by ceding control of his chemical arsenal to the international community. Lavrov responded by promising to push Syria to place the weapons under international control and then dismantle them quickly, to avert U.S. strikes. China too expressed support for the plan.
President Barack Obama said Monday that the Russian proposal could be "potentially a significant breakthrough," but he remained skeptical that Syria would follow through.
Fabius said the French resolution would demand that Syria bring fully to light its chemical weapons program, place it under international control and scrap it — and a violation of that commitment would carry "very serious consequences." The resolution would also seek to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Aug. 21 attack that killed hundreds, he said.
France expected a "nearly immediate" commitment from Syria, Fabius said. Russia had information about the chemical weapons stockpile, and expressed hope that this time a tough resolution on Syria would not be blocked: Russia and China have repeatedly impeded Western efforts to pressure Assad through the U.N. body.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said of the Russian proposal: "As long as it eases the tension and helps maintain Syrian and regional peace and stability, and helps politically settle the issue, the global community should consider it positively."
The chief of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby, also expressed support for the proposal, telling reporters that it has been always in favor of a "political resolution." The league has blamed the government for the attack, but says it doesn't support military action without U.N. consent.
France is eager to seize on Russia's "overture," Fabius said, while expressing caution that French authorities "don't want to fall into a trap" that could allow Assad's regime to skirt accountability.
"We do not want this to be used as a diversion," Fabius said. "It is by accepting these precise conditions that we will judge the credibility of the intentions expressed yesterday."
Earlier, on Europe-1 radio, Fabius trumpeted Western pressure for leading to a "turnaround" in Russia's position: "At first the Russians denied there was a chemical weapons stockpile in Syria. Then, they denied a chemical attack. So, they have changed — very good!" he said.
"Why did the Russians change? I think there are two main reasons," Fabius added. "One is that our firmness is paying off, and secondly, they've realized the proof of chemical weapons is increasingly overwhelming."
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Fabius said that finding and destroying "more than 1,000 tons of chemical weapons" would be difficult and would require international verification amid the tough backdrop of Syria's civil war. He reiterated France's stance that Assad must leave power: "We can't imagine that someone who was responsible for 110,000 dead, it is said, can stay in power forever."


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Yore's next step was to carry the experiment a step further by making use of a friend's utility trailer equipped with a portable grill — to provide an endless supply of hotdogs and hamburgers. When that experiment went well, EMS bought its own trailer and put it on the road late last year. Armed with promotional dollars from manufacturers, product samples, catalogs and literature, that road trip went well, too. "Our manufacturers quickly saw how effectively we were delivering their message and they couldn't have been any more enthusiastic," he says. "During some of our stops when one manufacturer had to leave the mobile showroom, the others stepped in to ensure that everyone's message was delivered to customers."
Adds Scott Davis, "The excitement surrounding the trailer during the tour was undeniable. Distributors, manufacturers, contractors and end users alike were impressed by it and by the professionalism of our salespeople — not to mention the free lunch that was provided."
Frank Holley, one of EMS' outside salespeople, says the mobile showroom helped the sales force show customers more of the company's product offering. "In the past, our mission was to successfully gain access to the buying decision makers and do our best to cover at least three of the lines we represent," he says. "Even if we got to those decision makers, having enough time to get the job done was always a challenge. With the advent of the mobile showroom, the excitement was unmistakable on the part of contractors, distributors and customers when they saw — some for the first time — all the lines we represented and were able to get their hands on products. The mobile showroom also provided us with the opportunity to have a generous supply of literature. They all had plenty of time to explore on their own and see much more than just a few of our lines."
Yore says his company's first experiences with the mobile showroom concept have been so successful that he plans to eventually operate several trailers in his Florida marketplace. "I can see the time when we'll have a trailer in each of the territories in which we work," he says. "It's shown us that this is just a much better way to tell our story."


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>Hair Features: Pre Plucked With Natural Hairline, True To Length. No Tangle, No Shedding, Healthy, Soft, No Impurities, No Strange Smell, Can Be Straightened, Curled, Bleached, Dyed, Permed, Durable, Reusable And Styled As Your Own Natural Hair; |
>Lace Material: Swiss Lace - Middle part and side part are all available, comfortable & breathable. |
>Lace Size: 6x4 HD Lace, Pre-cut Lace Closure with Pre Bleached Knots. Transparent Lace - Fit your scalp color perfectly |
>Cap Size: 22"-22.5" Average Size, Glueless Wig Cap, Ready To Wear And Go |
>Cap Construction: Elastic Wig Cap With Combs*2, Adjustable Straps, Elastic Band |
>Package includes: wig x 1, true-scalp tape x 2, paper gift tote bag x 1, Box x 1 |
>Tips: Glueless 6x4 Pre Cut Pre Bleached Lace Wig is perfect for those wanting a new style without the commitment. This remy human hair wig is 6x4 inches and comes pre-bleached with a peekaboo balayage coloring and long body wave style. Glueless design makes for easy application and secure fit. |
How To Care For It
How To Wash Your Wig
Washing your wig regularly helps keep it looking as fresh and natural as possible.
To achieve this:
•Fill a sink with water( warm water would be better).
•Add a small amount of shampoo with hair care ingredients, and submerge your wig.
•Squeeze out any excess water, being careful not to wring it out.
•Rinse thoroughly in water, then gently squeeze out any excess liquid again and dry with a towel.
Alternatively when you don't have time for a full wash, spray your human hair wig with water mixed with conditioner. Just like in real hair, a little bit
of moisture will help curls bounce back and appear fresh. This will make your curls mimic what naturally healthy curls look like after they've been
dampened with some water.
How to Do A Deep Conditioning Treatment
Static, wearing wig in a wrong method, store wig in a wrong place. It's not strange that wigs will get tangled.
To keep tangles from being a huge problem:
•Try doing a deep conditioning treatment on your wig before and after wearing it. You can do so by using products like coconut oil or olive oil and conditioner.
•Don't put too much product(hair spray)in your hair because that can lead to more tangling than usual.
•At least once per week, soak your wig in warm water. Take it out and apply conditioner product liberally through all of your hair, starting at your ends and working up toward roots.
•Sit back and let your wig absorb the nutrition for about 20 minutes.
•After the time is up, rinse with warm water and follow up with a cool water rinse to close cuticles.
•Use a soft towel to gently blot excess water away from the skin, leaving only what washes off naturally during the toweling off process.


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The graceful silhouette of the Cornetto Single is the inspiration for this beautiful new decanter from Riedel. The glass artists at Riedel echo the arching lines of the swan's elegant neck as they hand sculpt each piece in brilliant 24% lead crystal. The Swan Decanter is as easy to hold and pour from as it is captivating.
Dimensions of the Riedel Cornetto Wine Decanter:
Height: 12-5/8" Capacity: 41-1/4 oz


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Last month, the Mac application launcher Alfred updated with a ton of improvements, but the most interesting feature is the new Workflows system that makes it easy for anyone to create their own speed-boosting shortcuts. We want to see yours, but if you haven't played around with Workflows yet we've got you covered there too.
The addition of Workflows into Alfred seems minor at a glance, but they allow you to do all sorts of productive things (note: while Alfred is free, workflows require the powerpack for about $21) easily with hardly any coding skills at all. The best part is they're not stuck on your computer, you can share them with people, and download other people's workflows to use for yourself. One of my favorites is a set of Spotify controls that allows you to quickly search for and play tracks without ever actually opening the Spotify window.
So, let's take a look at how to get started with your own workflows before we do a little show and tell.
How to Make Your Own Alfred Workflows
Workflows are a little confusing at a glance, but they're actually very simple when you start messing around with them. A workflow is broken down into four parts:
Triggers: Usually a system-wide hotkey, but this can also include when you access a file or folder.
Inputs: These are the keywords you type into Alfred. They can also include file filters.
Actions: Actions are the scripts that run after you type in the input. This can include loading an AppleScript, launching an application, opening a web site, and more.
Outputs: Outputs are exactly what you'd expect. These include something getting copied to the clipboard, a notification posting, or a script running.
Alfred includes a bunch of sample workflows that are worth looking at to get an idea of how they work, but lets go ahead and make a very simple workflow to temporarily pause iTunes:
Open Alfred's preferences and click on "Workflows."
Create a new workflow by clicking the "+" sign, and select "Blank workflow."
Name the workflow iTunes Pause (or whatever you want) and click Ok.
Click the "+" in the workflows upper right corner, and select "Triggers," and then "Hotkey."
Enter whatever hotkey you want (I did Shift+Command+P) and click Ok.
Click the plus arrow and again, select "Actions" and select "Run NSAppleScript."
Paste this code into the AppleScript box:
on alfred_script(q) tell application "iTunes" pause delay 180 play end tell end alfred_script
and click "Ok."
Now, mouse over the hotkey, and click on the tab on the right. Drag the arrow over to the AppleScript box.
Congratulations, you just made your first (admittedly rudimentary) workflow! You can now click the "Share" button in the bottom left corner to export the file, and send it over to anyone you want.
Share Your Workflows
The process can be as simple as above for a quick hotkey to trigger an AppleScript, or you can make it much more complicated by creating your own search structures with PHP. Of course, the best part is that you can benefit from other people's hard work easily, and you can browse through a lot of what's been created so far over on the Alfred forums. If you're ever curious how a workflow works, you can ask in the forums, or just install it in Alfred and double click any of the nodes to see the code.
With that in mind, we're going to turn it over to you: show us some of the workflows you've made, or the ones you're using.


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- Dark Spots: Mold isn't always black. You may notice dark white, green, and yellow spots. If left unchecked, this growth can spread to different areas in your house, becoming a bigger concern.
- Allergic Reactions: If you or someone in your family has started experiencing allergies, it could be due to mold.
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Well, I did it. I quit my job and moved back home to Florida! I just couldn't stand being stuck in Alabama another day. I need sunshine and sand between my toes!
I had a huge yard sale and downsized big time. Then I packed up my stuff and moved to Cocoa Beach Florida! I'm renting a little one bedroom apartment that is just 4 blocks away from the ocean! I love it here!
My recent projects have been to paint my entire apartment and some of my old furniture. I found this daybed on Craigslist and painted it white. The comforter was $2 at "my" new favorite thrift store here.
I have had this table for years. I painted it a pretty coral and now it has a new life too. This photos shows how I installed the doors upside down. I fixed that and now it looks much better. I'm also painting some other furniture, inspired by Jane Coslick's Happy Colors.
I have some sad news to tell too. My sweet Dylan went over the Rainbow Bridge on June 6th. He was 14 years old and my little buddy. His cancer had spread and he was having difficulty walking. He seemed confused at times too. I know it was the right thing do but I miss him so much...
Nugget misses Dylan too. Because the weather is so nice here, I'm taking Nugget for long walks twice a day. That has been good for both of us and we are having fun exploring our new little beach town neighborhood. Dogs are not allowed on the beach here but sometimes we walk up there early in the morning to watch the sunrise. Just looking out over the ocean makes my heart sing!
We also see dolphins playing in the river that is just at the end of my street. There is a great gray heron who seems to enjoy spending time in a neighbor's yard. Of course there are palm trees and tropical plants everywhere! You know how I love palm trees! :D
It's been fun being "retired" but I really need to find a part time job! I've been looking everywhere but so far I've had no success. Please pray that I find something soon.
I'll be back with more photos and hopefully get back to work on my miniatures. Hope you have a beautiful day!


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Nigeria's capital is under a limited curfew following a series of bombings in the city of Maiduguri. Nigeria's military is asking civilians to come forward with information that might help lead to the capture of those responsible for the attacks.
Beer halls, night clubs and movie theaters in Abuja must now close by 10:00 p.m. local time, everyday of the week. Parks and gardens that admit children must be closed by 6:00 p.m.
In a written statement, the city's spokesman Muhammad Hazat Sule says the measures are needed to ensure lives and property in the federal capital territory in light of what he called "the prevailing security concerns."
Bombings Sunday and Monday in the city of Maiduguri killed at least 28 people. Those attacks are being blamed on Muslim fundamentalists from a group known as Boko Haram, which claimed responsibility for the bombing of national police headquarters in Abuja earlier this month.
A joint military task force has now taken control of Maiduguri. Nigerian Army Chief of Staff Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika says authorities are asking the public to help apprehend those responsible.
"Internal security problems are not purely military," he said. "Even the military aspect requires a lot of cooperation from all well-meaning Nigerians. Hence, I call on religious leaders and the populous to expose the perpetrators."
The army chief of staff warned Nigerians to beware of gifts they might receive at special events because those packages could be used to conceal bombs.
Boko Haram recognizes neither the Nigerian constitution nor the federal government in Abuja and says it is fighting to establish a separate nation in northern Nigeria ruled by Islamic law.
University of Abuja sociology professor Abubakar Umar Kari says the group is the biggest security challenge for President Goodluck Jonathan's new government.
"By embarking on unprecedented attacks against the state and a section of the community, Boko Haram is easily the most organized and concerted threat to society as a whole," he said.
Boko Haram launched a coordinated uprising across much of the north in 2009. That revolt was put down by Nigeria's military in a campaign that killed more than 800 people, including Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf.
Since then, the group has focused more on ambushing military convoys and political and religious leaders as well as bombing police and military posts.


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Hundreds of City institutions registered interest in Royal Mail shares in the run up to one of the most controversial privatisations this century.
They were joined by hundreds of thousands of ordinary members of the public.
But most investors, whether big or small, went away empty-handed because the float was oversubscribed 23 times.
Some 17 institutions were given "priority investor status" by Goldman Sachs and UBS the Royal Mail's global co-ordinators (GloCos). These 17 institutions, in Vince Cable's words were "the high quality institutions of the type that would form the core of a long-term supportive investor base."...
Global Research
Privatization of UK's Royal Mail – Goldman Sachs Gave "Priority Investor Status" to 17 Institutions
Julie Lévesque
Well, the UK government has already been privatized and sold to the highest bidders, so why not the Royal Mail.


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The year 2020 could well be described as the Year of Ransomware.
Security researchers around the globe who monitor such things have noted a sharp uptick in the use of ransomware this year, with well known threats like REvil, Ryuk, and Maze being the most common variants deployed by hackers.
That's bad enough by itself, but it gets worse. In recent months, much of the ransomware attack activity has been aimed squarely at the healthcare sector, which is grim news indeed, given that we are relying on that very sector to help put the still-raging global pandemic behind us.
Based on data collected by Check Point, Ryuk ransomware alone was responsible for more than twenty attacks on corporate networks a week, on average, which is a huge spike. In fact, in the US, ransomware activity has nearly doubled, increasing by 98.1 percent this quarter, compared with the same period from last year.
While that's far and away the largest increase, globally, ransomware attacks are up nearly 50 percent, with several countries reporting incredible surges in ransomware activity, including:
- India, with a 39.2 percent increase
- Russia, with a 57.9 percent increase
- Turkey, with a 32.5 percent increase
None of these, however, can hold a candle to the buffeting that poor Sri Lanka is currently enduring, with a staggering 436 percent increase in ransomware activity reported.
From the perspective of the hackers, it's easy to see the attraction. Most companies are terrified of such attacks because they can bring corporate operations to a screeching halt in the blink of an eye, and can be notoriously difficult to recover from.
Given that, hackers have had a great deal of success in extorting large sums of money from companies of all shapes and sizes, and now we know they're also in the habit of making copies of sensitive data for themselves before they encrypt all your files. Keep your guard up, it's probably going to get worse as the year rolls on.


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K'NEX Brands has signed a licensing deal with Chapman Entertainment and HIT Entertainment to manufacture and market a line of construction toys based on the Sprout series, Roary the Racing Car.
K'NEX will produce Roary building sets, including builable figures and buildable vehicles. The sets will be available at mass retailers in the U.S. and Canada in fall 2011.
Last month, Bandai America announced that it was named the U.S. master toy licensee for the brand, and will manufacture a full line of Roary toys, available exclusively at Toys "R" Us stores.


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2. Corporations shall accrue fair returns for shareholders, but not at the expense of the legitimate interests of other stakeholders.
3. Corporations shall operate sustainably, meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
4. Corporations shall distribute their wealth equitably among those who contribute to its creation.
5. Corporations shall be governed in a manner that is participatory, transparent, ethical, and accountable.
6. Corporations shall not infringe on the right of natural persons to govern themselves, nor infringe on other universal human rights.
What is the core purpose of the corporation? How should it be designed to seamlessly blend sustainability into its design, ownership, governance, strategy and practices? Corporation 20/20 is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to answer these questions. Its goal is to develop and disseminate a vision, pathway for the 21st century corporation in which social purpose moves from the periphery to the heart of the organization. Such transformation is indispensable to a Great Transition toward a just and livable world.


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Many sober, law abiding people who would never dream of knowingly ingesting a mind- altering drug, actually consume one every day—caffeine!
Caffeine is so pervasive in our culture and in many other cultures that we often forget it is actually a drug that affects our brain. Caffeine is present in coffee, tea, many cola drinks and over the counter medications.
The most common way that most of us ingest caffeine is in the form of coffee. And some of us drink many cups of coffee in a day.
If you are one of those people who drinks a lot of coffee daily, you probably wonder what all that coffee is doing to you. Is coffee really bad for you, or is drinking coffee just a harmless vice? Can it be possible that coffee is actually good for us?
The research on coffee shows mixed results. Some studies show that drinking coffee increases the rate of heart attacks, while other studies have shown that drinking large amounts of coffee decreases the risk of diabetes.
There are nutritional advisers who claim that coffee makes us age faster, wears out our adrenal glands, and causes all sorts of untold damage to our cells.
Other researchers claim that coffee, especially if it's freshly roasted and ground, is full of antioxidants, and therefore good for us. Most doctors say that drinking one or two cups of coffee a day is probably not harmful. And of course there are others who say we ought to avoid caffeine altogether.
The one thing that most researchers and most coffee drinkers agree on is that coffee can keep us awake at night and cause insomnia if we drink it late in the day.
Yet many of us drink coffee precisely because we want to boost up the activity of our brain cells, especially when we first wake up.
Many of us feel that we cannot really get going in the morning until we have had our first cup of coffee. We often continue to drink coffee throughout the day whenever our energy appears to be flagging and our brain seems to need additional help to think more clearly.
Does caffeine really enhance mental performance, or is that just a myth? Yes, caffeine does give a temporary boost to brain cells. But the amount required to improve mental performance is not very high. Even half a cup of coffee will be enough to give your brain a boost that lasts several hours.
Oddly enough, more caffeine is not necessarily better. In one test done when high-level executives were given the equivalent of fourteen cups of coffee in a day, they made their decisions faster, but the decisions were not of very good quality.
Not every person reacts to caffeine in the same way. Some people experience greater mental clarity, alertness and productivity after a cup of coffee. Other people become jittery, anxious, or depressed when they drink coffee. Although caffeine will keep most of us awake if taken at night, it does not have this effect in everyone.
In some older people, coffee or tea can improve memory and alertness enough to partly offset the effects of aging.
It is true that caffeine is mildly addicting for most people. Some people can quit using caffeine with absolutely no withdrawal symptoms, while others will feel headaches, fatigue, and experience cravings for caffeine for weeks.
Caffeine works by blocking one of the neurotransmitters–adenosine—which normally tells brain cells to calm down. Brain cells that have been affected by caffeine will remain excited and on high alert for several hours.
The most noticeable negative effect of caffeine is that it can interfere with sleep. In most people, drinking coffee, tea or cola in the late afternoon or in the evening will cause insomnia.
If you are particularly affected by caffeine, you will find that the quantity and quality of your sleep will be greatly reduced. This can set off a vicious cycle, where you feel so tired all the next day that you drink a lot more coffee just to try to feel awake.
If this is happening to you, cut back on the amount of coffee you consume each day. You may experience fewer withdrawal symptoms if you cut down gradually. You may wish to substitute green tea for some of your cups of coffee. Green tea has some caffeine, but not as much as coffee.
Better yet, consider substituting exercise for some of those cups of coffee. If you can't leave your workplace, at least get up from your chair periodically.
Do a few stretches, walk around a bit, and jump up and down a few times. Take some deep breaths. A little exercise break can revitalize your brain without giving you the caffeine jitters.
Remember that your brain won't really benefit from more than one or two cups of coffee in a day.


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Lucky St. Patrick's Day Shamrocks Mini Polyester Drawstring Bag
You simply must get your hands on these Mato & Hash St. Patrick's Day Mini Polyester Drawstring Bags! Offered in numerous styles and colors like "I'm Here for the Beer," "Leprechaun" and more, these fun designs are great for while out celebrating St. Patrick and everything Irish! Made from 100% ripstop nylon, these bags come in one, three, six and 10 packs.
St. Patrick's Day Mini Polyester Drawstring Bags measure at 12 inches tall by 10 inches wide and are ideal for party favor bags, bar hopping, carrying books and papers to school and work around the holiday or for toting your jacket or accessories to the St. Paddy's Parade.
Don't see the quantity or color you need? Please give us a call and we will see what we can do to make it work! All St. Patrick's Day Polyester Drawstring Bags are professionally designed and printed in the United States. If you have a specific design in mind, head over to our custom collection where you can use our online designer to build the perfect bag!
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