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Environment and Conservation
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"Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret", Horace. You can expel nature with a pitchfork, but she will keep returning.
God will not seek thy race, nor will he ask thy birth. Alone he will demand of thee "What hast thou done with the land that I gave thee", Persian Proverb
In fighting Nature, Man can win every battle, except the last, Thor Heyerdahl
Extinctions – see Appendix 1
Whaling – see Appendix 2
Environmental and Conservation Organisations – see Appendix a
Global warming sea level rise Extinctions Other ecological disasters Key environmental publications Conservation efforts Environmental organisations Zoologocal Gardans, Zoos.
1/1/2020, Palau became the first nation to ban the import or sale of sunscreens containing chemicals toxic to coral. Half of sunscreen brands on sale in 2018 contained chemicals poisonous to coral even in trace amounts, and the area is a favoured destination for diving. Hawaii announced a similar ban in 5/2018, to come into effect in 2021.
1/11/2019, Fracking was banned in England after a series of earthquakes of up to magnitude 2.5 in the Blackpool area were attributed to it. Fracking was already banned in the rest of the UK.
24/8/2019, Concern grew worldwide after widespread large fires burnt large areas of the Amazon rainforest. There were also blazes in Siberia and Alaska, as unusually warm air reached there, and in the African and east Asian rainforests. President Bolsonaro of Brazil was accused by President Macron of France, hosting the G7 meeting at this time, of encouraging farmers to burn large areas for agriculture. There were protests outside several Brazilian embassies.
5/2019, Maine became the first US State to ban single-use Styrofoam containers for food and drink. The law was to come into effect in 2021, giving businesses time to adapt.
2017, The BBC broadcast Blue Planet II, galvanising the world to the dangers of plastic pollution in the world's oceans.
22/4/2016, Leaders of 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement, setting an accord for tackling climate change.
3/1/2016, The United Kingdom designated Ascension Island and its surrounding waters in the Atlantic Ocean as a Marine protected area. The reserve was almost as big as the UK with just over half of the protected area completely closed to fishing.
2015, 400 million tons of plastic was produced this year, compared to 2 million tons in 1950. Of this, only 9% was recycled; 12% was incinerated, and 79% ended up in landfill or polluting the environment, 8 million tons of plastic was estimated to enter the oceans annually.
26/6/2007, The UN declared the Galapagos Islands an endangered heritage site.
19/6/2006, On Spitzbergen, construction work began on a vault to preserve seeds for future generations in the event of a catastrophe such as nuclear war.
16/2/2005, The Kyoto Protocol came into force. The US had not signed up, for economic reasons.
26/7/2004, The Frozen Ark Project was launched, to preserve the DNA of endangered species.
2001, The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC warned that over the 21st century global sea levels could rise by between 9cm and 88cm, as global temperature rose by between 1.4C and 5.8C.
9/9/2000, For the first time, an entire city was exposed by the growing 'ozone hole'; Puntas Arenas, in Chile.
6/1/2000, The Pyrenean Ibex became the first extinction of the new millennium when a tree fell on the last individual, killing it. A cloned kid was born in 2009 but only survived seven minutes.
29/1/1998, Shell announced that Brent Spar would be disposed of on shore, and used as the foundations for a new ferry terminal.
18/10/1995, DNV presented the results of their audit on Brent Spar; it did not contain anything like 5,500 tons of crude oil.
5/9/1995, Greenpeace admitted their claim that Brent Spar contained 5,500 tonnes of crude oil was inaccurate and apologised to Shell.
12/7/1995, Shell commissioned an independent Norwegian consultancy, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), to conduct an audit of the materials contained in the Brent Spar, to check Greanpeace's allegations.
7/7/1995, Norway granted permission to moor the Brent Spar in Erfjord whilt options for its disposal were considered.
30/6/1995, Eleven states called for a moratorium on sea disposal of decommissioned offshore installations; the motion was opposed by Britain and Norway.
20/6/1995, Shell Oil Company caved in to international pressure and agreed not to dump the Brent Spar oil platform in the Atlantic.
15/6/1995, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl protested to the British Prime Minister John Major at the G7 Summit about the planned sinking of the Brent Spar.
14/6/1995, A week of protests across Germany began against Shell petrol stations; protestors threatened to firebomb 200 Shell filling stations. 50 were actually damaged, two fire-bombed, and one raked with bullets.
11/6/1995, Shell began to tow the Brent Spar out to the disposal site.
9/5/1995, The German Ministry of the Environment protested about the plans to sink the Brent Spar.
5/5/1995, The UK Government granted a disposal licence ti Shell to sink the Brent Spar.
30/4/1995, Greenpeace asserted that Brent Spar still contained 5,500 tonnes of crude oil.
4/1995, Greenpeace occupied the Brent Spar oil platform to prevent it's being sunk in the North Sea.
12/1994, The UK Government approved Shell's plans to sink the Brent Spar.
22/10/1994, In the USA, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Act came into force. It was intended to assist the preservation of these animals in countries where their habitat is.
1993, Shell decided to sink the Brent Spar oil platform in the North Sea, at the North Feni Ridge.
23/3/1993. The UN stated that record low levels of ozone had been registered over large areas of the Western Hemisphere.
1992, The United Nations Earth Summit was held. This led to the UN Framework Convention oin Climate Change, which came into force in 1994. This Framework called for developed countries to reduce CO2 emissions to 1990, and provided for technological assistance to developing countries. These measures were strengthened by the Kyoto Protocol, 1997.
14/2/1992, Michael Heseltine promised that the UK would phase out CFCs, which were destroying the ozone layer. Earlier on 11/2/1992 President Bush had made a similar commitment.
15/12/1991. Wildlife investigators uncovered an illegal plot to sell 15,000 elephant tusks for £6 million, in defiance of the international ban on the ivory trade. The 83 tons of ivory had been bought from the Government of Burundi by 2 South African businessmen, to sell in the Far East. 80% of Africa's elephants had been slaughtered for their tusks in the previous 10 years.
9/1991. The Brent Spar oil platform ceased operations.
1990, The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) was formed at the second World Climate Change Conference.
16/10/1989, At a committee of the Convention in International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES), at Lausanne, Switzerland, a ban on the international ivory trade was passed by 76 votes to 11. This caused the price of ivory to plummet from US$100 per lb to under 2$. Previously, poachers had reduced the African elephant population from 1.3 million in 1979 to 610,000 in 1989.
22/3/1989, The University of Wuppertal, Germany, inaugurated a research programme to monitor the Earth's ozone layer. The system comprised a satellite spectroradiometer to be launched into orbit in 1993.
5/3/1989, As environmental awareness grew worldwide, the Ozone Layer Conference opened in London.
17/2/1989. Scientists warned of a threat to the ozone layer over the Arctic.
18/11/1988, Two years after a serious pollution incident damaged the Rhine River, the first warning station in a chain of sensors was installed at Huningue, France, to monitor the river for pollutants.
1987, The Brundtland Report was published.
16/9/1987, 70 countries signed an agreement in Montreal to save the ozone layer, to freeze CFC production (used as a refrigeration gas) at current levels and halve it within 12 years. The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica had been discovered in 1984. Annual production of chlorofluorocarbons, whose release was damaging the ozone layer, now stood at 1.1 million tonnes.
29/12/1985, Dian Fossey, US zoologist and conservationist, died.
8/3/1985, Every Chinese child was ordered to donate one Feng (then equivalent to 2p) to save the Giant Panda from extinction.
4/3/1985, In the USA, the Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of leaded fuel for motor vehicles.
1984, The pesticide DDT was banned in Britain.
31/8/1983, Russell Doig of Surrey won a special prize for catching a salmon in the Thames, the first salmon caught there for 150 years. The fish weighed 6 lb.
1982, Dutch Elm Disease killed 20 million elm trees in Britain, 66% of the total population.
12/8/1980, The first Giant Panda born in captivity was successfully delivered at a zoo in Mexico.
3/1/1980, British naturalist Joy Adamson, author of the book Born Free, was murdered in a Kenyan game park.
1979, An international convention limiting seal huntiing in Antarctica was agreed.
12/1978,The USA banned the non-essential use of CFCs in aerosols, followed by a similar ban by Canada and Sweden in 1979.
1978, US Congress banned the manufacture of PCBs (Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls) after they had been shown to persist in the environment and build up in higher food chain animals. PCBs, once used as coolant and insulators for industrial equipment, could cause liver damage and impede reproduction.
23/1/1978, Sweden became the first country to ban aerosol sprays, because of the damage they cause to the ozone layer.
11/5/1977. The USA said CFCs would be banned as propellants in aerosol cans within two years, after worries about ozone depletion.
1976, The Brent Spar oil platform entered service in the North Sea.
10/7/1976. After an explosion at a chemical plant at Seveso, Italy, a 7 km radius was contaminated with dioxin, a weed killer. Crops and 40,000 animals died, and the number of abnormal births rose dramatically.
1974, US scientists M Molina and FS Rowland first warned the world about the damage being caused to the ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons. Production of these chemicals had been negligible before 1940 but by 1974 over 700,000 tons of them were reaching the atmosphere annually.
12/11/1974. A salmon was caught in the Thames, the first since around 1840. It was retrieved from the filters of West Thurrock power station.
30/8/1973, Kenya banned hunting elephants and trading in ivory.
28/12/1973, US President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act, providing further environmental protection.
29/6/1973, President Nixon warned US Congress that the US, with just 6% of the world population, consumed one third of the world's energy supply, and that energy supplies were not infinite.
1972, Blueprint for Survival was published by the editors of The Ecologist magazine.
1972, The USA restricted the use of the weedkiller DDT after it was found to cause thinning of bird's egg shells, reducing their reproductive success.
1972, The Club of Rome published 'The Limits to Growth', highlighting the dangers of natural resource depletion.
1972, The USA passed the Clean water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments. This followed spectacular incidents in 1969 when the Cuyahoga River, Ohio, caught fire, and in the same year a record fish die off of 26 million fish was recorded in Florida's Lake Thomnotosassa, blamed on pollution from food processing plants.
28/10/1972, The USA signed the Federal Noise Control Act, limiting noise emissions by trucks, buses, trains and construction equipment.
23/7/1972, The US launched Landsat I, a satellite that could monitor Earth's natural resources and their depletion from space.
1971, It was announced that 250,000 tons of lead were being discharged from vehicle exhaust pipes every year in the US alone (see road transport technology). Lead pollution, first discovered in the animals at Staten Island Zoo, was also found inside humans living in New York.
1969, Muskoxen, which became extinct from Alaska in the 19c, were reintroduced there.
1968, Cousin Island, Seychelles, was set up as an international wild bird reserve.
15/10/1966, In the USA, the Endangered Species Preservation Act came into force. Initially, 78 species in danger were listed. By April 1999, some species, such as the bald eagle and the black footed ferret, have come off the critical list but a further 925 species remained listed.
27/9/1962, Rachel Carson published 'Silent Spring'. She was very concerned about the issue of pesticides in the environment. By December, half a million copies had been printed, and even US President John F Kennedy was influenced.
1958, US scientist Charles Keeling measured atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii. He found it to be 317 parts per million (ppm), noticeably higher than the pre-industrial level of 280 ppm (known from ancient air trapped in polar ice). There was seasonal cyclicity with levels declining during the Northern hemisphere Summer then rising in Autumn, but with s distinct upwards trend over the decades, the Keeling Curve. In Spring 2020 levels had reached 414 ppm, but the covid19 oiutbreak had reduced levels very slightly, as most travel and much industry shut down..
1958, A plague of locusts in Somalia was so large it covered 1,000 square kilometres.
1956, In the UK, the Clean Air Act gave industry seven years to stop emitting 'dark smoke'. This was in the aftermath of the infamous London Smog, which kicked 4,000 people.
1951, Britain's first smokeless zone was set up, in Coventry. In 1955 London was declared a smokeless zone. In 1956 Britain passed the Clean Air Act.
22/12/1938. The coelacanth, a fish though to have been extinct for 65 million years, was caught off the coast of South Africa.
1935, Manchester first proposed the idea of smokeless zones in urban areas.
1935, In the US, President Roosevelt signed the Soil Conservation Act, nominating Hugh Hammond, 54, to head the new Soil Conservation Service. Hammond had estimated that in terms of diminished agricultural productivity alone, soil erosion was costing around US$ 400 million a year; dust storms were turning day into night and halting traffic.
3/4/1934, Jane Goodall, British zoologist who studied gorillas in Tanzania in the 1960s, was born.
18/1/1933, The botanist and conservationist David Bellamy was born.
16/12/1932, Dian Fossey, US zoologist and conservationist was born.
16/5/1931, Paul Brodeur, science writer, was born in the USA. He wrote about environmental hazards including asbestos, household chemicals and the danger to the ozone layer.
1930, CFCs (chloro-fluoro-carbons) were invented by Thomas Midgley.
1929, In Britain, the National Smoke Abatement Society was set up.
1922, Australia began conservation measures to save the koala bear, after trappers had killed 8 million in 4 years and nearly driven the species to extinction.
1909, The USA set up a National Bison Refuge near Moise, Montana.
27/5/1907, Rachel Louise Carson, marine biologist and US author, author of Silent Spring, was born.
20/4/1906, An Australian wombat, the oldest known marsupial, died in London Zoo aged 26.
1903, President Theodore Roosevelt established the USA's first national wildlife refuge, at Pelican Island, off the east coast of Florida, 87 square miles.
1896, Denver Zoo was established in City Park, for the purpose of displaying only indigenous Colorado wildlife. In 1898 it acquired a herd of buffalo, a few months before the last wild herd in the State was killed.
1895, Arrhenius gave a paper to the Stockholm Physical Society propounding his theory of man-made global warming due to carbon dioxide.
1895, The rescue from extinction of the African Southern White Rhinocerous began. Until now they had been hunted almost to extinction until, this year, the South African Government set up a game reserve, now known as the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, to maintain the species, of which just 40 were left. By the 1960s private landowners were also setting up reserves where the species could be preserved, for paying game shooters. The fee for the hunters was, 2009, US$ 40,000, making the species commercially-valuable.
1895, The buffalo, which had once numbered millions across America, was now down to just 400 in the entire USA.
7/9/1880, In Britain, the Wild Birds' Protection Act was passed.
1874, The first zoo in the USA was established, at Philadelphia.
1866, Hackel coined the term ecology (oecologie in German)
1/1/1864, In the US, the Alkali Act was passed. It was the first legislation of modern times concerning the environment. The Leblanc process of producing sodium carbonate released large amounts of hydrochloric acid into the atmosphere.
1859, Arrhenius, Swedish scientist who first proposed that man's industrial emissions could cause global warming, was born.
1858, A few dozen English rabbits were released on the Australian estate of landowner Thomas Austin, to provide shooting sport. Over the next six years, Austin shot 200,000 rabbits, but this was barely half the total population. Five of the fast-breeding animals could eat more grass than one sheep, so causing major problems for sheep farmers.
1856, In Britain, between 1853 and 1856, a series of Smoke Abatement Acts were passed in order to improve the quality of air in urban areas.
1841, Berlin zoo opened.
1840, Kew Botanical Gardens, London, opened.
11/7/1836, Bristol Zoo opened.
8/5/1820. The United States Botanic Garden was established in Washington, DC.
31/7/1752. The oldest zoo in Europe opened, in Vienna.
4/9/1733, The first lioness to be kept in Britain died of old age.
1593, The first botanical gardens in France were established by the University of Montpellier.
26/6/1545. A botanical garden was established in Padua. This, or the garden in Pisa, is the oldest such garden in Europe.
1281, King Edward I commissioned Peter Corbet, 'The Mighty Hunter', to clear all wolves from England's forests.
1220, The first giraffes were exhibited in Europe.
1975 BCE, The world's first zoo was established; the Park of Intelligence, in China.
Appendix 1 – Extinctions
17/6/1987, The Dusky Seaside Sparrow became extinct as the last individual died.
1944, The last ivory-billed woodpecker died when its last habitat, a wood in Louisiana,USA, was felled by the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company.
1934, The last thylacine (Tasmanian marsupial tiger) died
1933, The last known Tasmanian Wolf died in a zoo; however there were later unverified reports of this animal in the wild.
1918, Death of the last California Parakeet, in captivity, The last confirmed sighting in the wild was in 1914, though there were alleged sightings for some decades afterwards.
1/9/1914, The last passenger pigeon, a bird which once dominated the skies of America, became extinct as the last individual died in Cincinnati Zoo.
12/8/1883, The last quagga (a sub-species of the zebra) died, at Amsterdam Zoo.
1875, Last sighting of the Falkland Islands wolf.
3/7/1844, The Great Auk became extinct when fishermen killed the last breeding pair of the flightless birds in Iceland.
1786, The last wolf was killed in Ireland, by John Watson of Ballydarton, Leighlinbridge, a master of foxhounds.
1768, Steller's Sea Cow was hunted to extinction, just 27 years after the species after the species was discovered on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
1743, The last wolf was killed in Scotland.
1683, Wild boars became extinct in Britain.
1630, The last dodo was killed. Native to Mauritius, it was a flightless bird about the size of a turkey, prized by saillors for food. Meanwhile, rats, pigs and monkeys introduced to Mauritius ate the dodo's eggs.
1627, The last auroch (ancestor of domestic cattle) died in Poland.
1290, The last wolf in England was killed, by Peter Corbet, exterminator to King Edward I. This made it much safer to graze sheep. In turn this reinforced England's leading position in the lucrative wool trade.
Appendix 2 – Whaling
1/7/2019, Japan recommenced commercial whaling, having withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
2017, For the first time not one Right Whale calf was born in the northern Atlantic. Hunting them was banned in 1935; their numbers, then down to about 100, slowly recovered to 500 by 2000. Pollution, injuries from shipping, man-made marine noise, and entanglement in fishing paraphernalia have caused their humbers to drop again to 430 by 2017, including just 100 breeding-age females.
1994, A whale sanctuary was established in the Antarctic.
1/1/1986, The International Whaling Commission (IWC) placed a moratorium on commercial whaling. However some nations, including Norway, Iceland and Japan, continued to hunt whales under the guise of 'scintific research' which was permitted by the IWC. However the ban had had a beneficial effect. In 1900, before commercial whaling took off, there were 200,000 blue whales worldwide. They were hunted for their ,massive oil content; 30,000 were killed in 1931 alone. Their population plummeted to just 1,500 in the 1960s. Since the IWC ban, they have recovered to a population of around 4,500 in 2005.
1985, Norway agreed to suspend commercial whaling. However it later allowed fishing for Minke Whale, and the export of whale products.
23/7/1982, The International Whaling Commission decided to end whaling by 1986.
1966, Hunting for humpback whales was banned globally. Their slow speed made them easy to catch and it was estimated that 95%-99% of southern-hemisphere humpback whales had been killed for blubber and meat. The killing of humpbacks finally ceased in 1973 when the USSR suspended its illegal slaughtering. They are now no longer a threatened species, and attract tourists in the oceans off Australia.
1946, The International Whaling Commission was established by the Washington Convention. Its aim was to ration out allowed whale catches amongst whaling nations, to try and preserve the industry.
6/9/1902, Whale hunt in the Shetlands. 166 were caught.
Appendix a - Environmental and Conservation Organisations
1977, Sustrans was founded, in Bristol, to campaign for environmentally-sustainable transport and combat the problems of traffic congestion and pollution.
1976, Greenpeace was founded in Britain (see15/9/1971)
1973, In Britain the Ecological Party was founded – known since 1985 as the Green Party
15/9/1971, Greenpeace was founded, as a result of protests against a US nuclear test on Amchitka Island, Alaska. On this day Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote and Irving Stowe set sail in the boat Phyllis Cormack for the test site in the Quaker tradition of 'proetsting by observing the misdeed'. The three protestors named their initiative 'Greenpeace'. In the event ferocious storms both forced the boat to shelter in the Aleutian Islands and caused the nuclear test to be postponed. The test eventually took place on 6/11/1971; Greenpeace did succeed in mobilising public protests so that President Nixon cancelled the nuclear tests scheduled for 1971. In 1983 it had 1,500,000 members. By 1991 it had 6,750,000 members.
9/5/1971, In Britain, Friends of the Earth was founded. On this day its first action was to dump thousands of non-returnable Schweppes bottles on the doorstep of the company's headquarters as part of a campaign for recyclable bottles.
29/4/1961, The World Wildlife Fund was founded in Switzerland. In 1983 it had 100,000 members. By 1991 it had 1,000,000 members.
1926, In Britain, the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) was set up by Patrick Abercrombie.
1922, In London, UK,the International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP) was founded.
1919, The Save The Redwoods League was formed in the USA. It helped create national parks in California where the huge tress wouldnot be felled by loggers.
5/1909, The Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia (WPSA) was founded in Sydney, Australia to encourage the protection of, and to cultivate interest in, the Australian flora and fauna.
11/12/1903, The first wildlife preservation society was formed in Britain. It was called The Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire.
1899, In Britain, the Coal Smoke Abatement Society was formed.
1895, In Britain, the National Trust was founded.
1889, The Society for the Protection of Birds was set up. It gained a Royal Charter in 1904,
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Post #191 – Women's Memoirs, Writing Prompts and Life Prompts – Matilda Butler
Recognizing the Gift of Writing
Today I want to share with you an insight I had while attending the Chintimini Chamber Music Festival in Corvallis. It was a fascinating program — a little Mozart (Serenata Notturna), a little Bach (Concerto in D minor), a little Copland (Hoedown, from Rodeo), and then a second half of the evening devoted to Scottish and Appalachian fiddle music performed by two talented young artists who had our hearts singing and our feet tapping.
Before the concert began, I did what all writers do. I carefully poured over the program notes. A couple of sentences struck me as vitally important for a writer to consider.
"Attending a chamber music performance is experiencing a musical dialogue amongst musicians and with the audience. There is an energy and real time reaction from the audience… This relationship between musicians and audience is often referred to as a gift of music."
Although the relationship mentioned in this quote takes place in real time, I think as writers we need to consider the delayed time relationship with our readers. As we write, we should consider the reaction of our readers. One of the easiest ways to do this is to imagine we are telling a scene to someone. Does the person seem engaged? Does the person nod her or his head? Does the person look puzzled? Does the person look happy, joyful, disgusted, worried at the appropriate time?
To make this practical, consider this set of steps:
Memoir Writing Prompts
1. Choose a scene you have just written. A scene is usually two to three pages and contains its own story, or substory, within it. While you were writing, you were thinking primarily about you and your story. Now you will change your focus.
2. If you have a friend, family member, or writing group, ask if she/he/they will listen to your story. Then as you read watch the behavior of the person. Consider the relationship between the writer and the reader — between the words and the reaction. Do you stop once or twice to offer an aside or to clarify? Maybe more needs to be written. Does the person's eyes seem to glaze over? Maybe you have said too much and not made your words interesting enough.
3. Don't rely on just what the person says to you at the end. Many friends will say "That's great." "I really like what you have written." "Keep up the good work." But what did their facial expression or body language tell you when you read? Did the person engage emotionally? Do you think the person would want to read the next scene or chapter?
Consider all of these points. When writing the emphasis must be on the story and the words. But before your work is finished, you need to think about the relationship with the reader. You don't want that clever metaphor to leave the reader wondering what you meant.
Rewriting the Quote for Memoir Writers
Sharing a life story is enriched when the teller anticipates the experience of the relationship between the writer and the reader — between the producer and the consumer. Try to incorporate the energy that comes from the reader in reaction to the story. It can help to propel your story forward. It will enhance what is written and ensure the engagement of the reader. Considering this relationship becomes a gift of writing.
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A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry found that a unique breathing-based meditation practice called Sudarshan Kriya significantly reduced clinical depression and anxiety in patients who had not achieved remission on antidepressants. Since over half of the 41 million Americans who take antidepressants do not fully respond, the medical community seeks to add treatments, but they typically offer limited additional benefits and come with troubling side effects.
In this randomized controlled study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, study participants, some of whom had unsuccessfully been treated with up to four and more antidepressants, were randomized to either continue pharmaceutical treatment as usual (TAU) or to add Sudarshan Kriya yogic breathing (SKY) to their treatment regimen. In eight weeks, the SKY group achieved significant reductions in major depression and anxiety while the TAU group showed no improvement.
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Release Day Review! Dancer's Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters #6) R.E. Butler!
An invitation to spend Christmas with her cousin and her family is too good for Gabriella Fitzpatrick to pass up. When she awakens in the early morning hours and can't go back to sleep, she walks into the front room and faces a polar bear, who miraculously changes into her cousin's husband.
Declan, the second position on the sleigh team, has been waiting forever to find his fated mate. Five of his friends have already found theirs, and he knows it's just a matter of time before he finds the one female on the planet for him. Just before dawn on Christmas Eve morning, he answers a call in the security office. One of the shifters who lives in the human world shifted in front of a human and doesn't know what to do. Mrs. Claus tells Declan to use magic to wipe the human's memories.
When Ellie wakes up, she vividly remembers watching a bear become a human. Declan promises she wasn't hallucinating, and that he can also change into animals, including one of Santa's reindeer. He calls her his fated mate and takes her to North Pole City to show her the truth of his world. Will she be willing to stay in NPC with Declan, or will she want to stay in her world forever?
The sixth book in the Artic Shifters series is fancifully magical and warms the heart like a delicious cup of hot cocoa as readers sit by the fire on Christmas morning. Ellie gets an adrenaline rushing shock when she visits her cousin for the holidays. Declan's called in to clean up the mess. Can he convince Ellie to stay in NPC or will she return to her world forever? The suspense keeps readers on the edge of their seat during this fast paced and delightful story and is full of strong, spirited characters that not only easily connected to, but readers can't help but fall for them. The romance is sweet, passionate and kind of edgy as the readers await Ellie final decision right alongside Declan which really makes them feel as if they are right there in NPC with them. SC and Mrs C ensures that every readers holiday as special with their own special brand of magic that warms the heart and brings a smile to reader's faces.
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41726230-dancer-s-fated-mate
BookBub - https://www.bookbub.com/books/dancer-s-fated-mate-arctic-shifters-book-6-by-r-e-butler
Dancer's Fated Mate is the 6th book in the Arctic Shifters series
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/series/194047-arctic-shifters
Author - http://www.rebutlerauthor.com/books/arctic-shifters-series/
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076H9JVPW?ref=series_rw_dp_labf
1 Blitzen's Fated Mate
2 Dasher's Fated Mate
3 Prancer's Fated Mate
4 Vixen's Fated Mate
5 Cupid's Fated Mate
6 Dancer's Fated Mate
7 Donner's Fated Mate (November 26,2018)
8 Comet's Fated Mate (December 3, 2018)
Available in ebook
A-US - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H4189XL/
A-UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dancers-Fated-Mate-Arctic-Shifters-ebook/dp/B07H4189XL/
iBooks - https://itunes.apple.com/no/book/dancers-fated-mate-arctic-shifters-book-six/id1435373006
B&N - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dancers-fated-mate-re-butler/1129479637
Kobo - https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dancer-s-fated-mate-arctic-shifters-book-six
Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/893882
A midwesterner by birth, R.E. lives on the East Coast now, enjoying the seagulls and the ocean. When she's not writing, you'll find her curled up with her Kindle, playing with her kids, or jonesing for chocolate.
Author of five series, R.E. loves to explore the supernatural and dream about what might be if people really did get furry once a month.
Website - http://www.rebutlerauthor.com/
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5332306.R_E_Butler
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For many years, Alcomij has been producing steel crates for the storage and distribution of plastic packaging especially for the food industry. These multifunctional crates can be conveniently taken apart when not in use and when there is less storage and/or transport volume available. However, taking apart the existing crates and putting them back together again is a labour-intensive and therefore expensive process. So it's time for a change!
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Operation Dates for 2019 Spring is in the air and Parks Canada staff are working hard to prepare for the busy season ahead.
Here are key 2019 dates for the Greenwich area. • Ramps and stairs will be in place for the May long weekend.
- Greenwich trails will be open for use as between May 13, 2019 (depending on trail conditions).
- Greenwich Beach will be open for use between June 10 and September 13, 2019.
- Greenwich Beach will have surf guards on duty from 11 am to 6 pm daily between June 30 and August 18, 2019.
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As in 2018, summer visitors will be able to purchase their entrance passes at the Greenwich Visitor Information Centre. Stay tuned for future updates on a new gift shop in the Centre. PEI National Park Season Passes – Early Bird Sale continues until June 15 Parks Canada is offering entry passes for Prince Edward Island National Park at discounted rates prior to the beginning of the 2019 operating season. Season passes offer unlimited access to PEI National Park's stunning supervised beaches, over 50 km of trails, special events, summer programs, and well maintained visitor facilities. Having a season pass is a great way to connect with nature and the national park. Discounted early bird passes will be sold until June 15, 2019 at a price of $49 for a family/group pass. Individual adult ($19.60) and senior ($17.10) early bird seasonal passes are also available. As in 2018, there is free admission to all Parks Canada's places for youth 17 and under. Passes can be purchased at Ardgowan National Historic Site, 2 Palmers Lane in Charlottetown, from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Seasonal passes are also available for sale online. Entrance fees collected are invested directly back into Parks Canada's activities and facility improvements at PEI National Park.
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Makeup Bag: Fashion Designer Charlotte Ronson
"My beauty philosophy is all about less is more. Enhancing your beauty while still feeling like yourself. I prefer a sun-kissed, healthy glow all year round so I created products like A Summer's Kiss Face & Body Glow, A Perfect Mess Beach Hair, 2 X A Charm Blush/Bronzer as part of my exclusive beauty line for Sephora.
I used to buy makeup solely for the packaging and now I am actually intrigued by the enhancing and beautifying effects. I am lucky to have so many creative and inspiring girl friends and family members in my life, as well as being given the opportunity to work with Sephora, who are the world's top beauty brand. I try my best to fully take advantage of their knowledge on a daily basis.
Every season I put on a runway show and obviously the clothes are what I'm selling but the hair and make-up are just as crucial in creating the finished look.
I partnered with Sephora for my beauty line and it happened somewhat organically. I had always wanted to expand into beauty, but I knew I wanted to be able to translate my design aesthetic in an authentic way.
I like an understated beauty and my line represents that. The products seamlessly transition from day to night, and are uncomplicated, portable, and easy to use for an effortlessly chic look. You still feel like you, but just enhanced. Women like Kate Moss, Lauren Hutton, Jane Birkin, and Bianca Jagger are my beauty inspirations.
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My makeup bag is one that I designed for my Holiday collection, I used the same lace that I used in my ready to wear collection for holiday. This bag is exclusive to Sephora and in my makeup bag is:
Charlotte Ronson A Perfect Mess Beach Hair: A Perfect Mess is the perfect beach spray that was inspired by my mother. She always has that perfectly beach-chic, tousled hair. It's light scent reminds me of a perfect beach day. It's great because it moisturizes and also protects your hair from the sun.
Charlotte Ronson A Perfect Kiss Lip Gloss:I love all of my lip glosses which are held in their own heart-shaped tubes. They are named after my friends and sisters. They are lightweight, sheer and not sticky. I use two, in particular, quite frequently. Samantha is a light pink, which is perfect for all day, everyday. Annabelle is a sheer red; This pop of colour is fun and unique without being too loud.
Charlotte Ronson 2 X A Charm Blush/Bronzer in Abby and Mindy: Abby Elliott is an amazing actress-comedienne on Saturday Night Live. She always looks fresh-faced and glowing. Mindy Kaling is also an amazingly talented actress, writer and comedian. Their cheeky personalities inspired these vibrant color combinations. 2x A Charm is one of my favorites and it's one of the new products from my Spring collection. They are double ended cream sticks, each with a blush on one side and a bronzer on the other to impart a sheer, natural wash of color onto my cheeks. They feature a rich, creamy texture that glides and blends easily to create a natural, blushing glow. The blush/bronzer is great for your cheeks, face, and even your lips.
Charlotte Ronson All Eye Need Eyeshadow Quad in Henrietta: This is our best seller at Sephora. It's named after my sister Henrietta who is a lawyer, YAY. This is an eyeshadow quad with a unique light filter technology. The colors are really easy and wearable and compliment all complexions. You can apply a little or layer them up for nighttime. They are easy to blend and build and also provide anti aging properties — can't beat that!!
Clé de Peau Beauté Concealer in Honey: This is my go-to. No matter what, I always have it with me. It's magical. I apply it under my eyes and it helps to hide my dark circles. It blends effortlessly.
Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Mascara: It has a big wand that goes on smoothly. You literally only have to apply it once or twice. It truely gives the appearance of long, luscious lashes.
Charlotte Ronson Double XO Lipstick/Lipstain in Katherine: This is a lipstick/lip stain; It's a perfect red for the day as it's bold but wearable. It's just an easy color and you can wear it as a lipstick, a stain, lipstick over stain, stain over lipstick.
Skyn Iceland Hydro Cool Firming Eye Gels: These, Sarah Howard told me about. They're the perfect remedy for tired eyes. She told me to apply them while you do your eye makeup and by the time your finished, your eyes will look as good as new.
Maybelline Baby Lips in Cherry Me: It's a lip balm that has a little hint of sheer red and it moisturizes. My makeup artist Beau Nelson told me about it.
Stila Liquid Eyeliner Pen: I'm just learning how to do my own eyeliner. This pen gives you a nice straight line and it's almost foolproof. I use it for my nighttime look with the Eyes to Kill Mascara, my Abby Bronzer/Blush, and maybe a soft, understated red Annabelle lipgloss.
Rodin Olio Lusso Luxury Face Oil: My friend Hedi [Gores] told me about this. I put the oil under my eyes when I wake up and before I go to bed . It helps re-hydrate, and i apply this then my under-eye concealer as it helps it go on smoothly. I blot a little because you don't want your face to look oily.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Caption Results!
It was a difficult choice... one we narrowed down to three before making a final decision. They were:
spyscribbler with "Where'd that brownie go?" [Girl, you know no one better hide my brownie.]
Joanne with "Shh. Mommy's on the phone with her agent!" [This.is.awesome.]
Jen with "Oh noes! She's wearing the same dress! Quick, under the table!" [Makes me giggle wildly.]
[I was going to post the photo for one last look, but my husband already turned his computer off. I can't retrieve the photo from the network - without traipsing down two long flights of stairs into the dark and cold basement to turn his machine back on. So please refer to Saturday's post for the picture... Really, all you need do is scroll down a hair...]
And the winner is... JEN! Love the scene it creates in my mind, and how well it matches Emma's "surroundings." Well done, Jen.
For you, a limerick.
Jen's a nice gal from the Midwest,
She writes and cracks jokes with zest.
Her days filled with noise,
She's outnumbered by boys,
Now if someone'd just give her a rest!
Meh. Not my best of limericks, but you get the idea. And at least I didn't have you escaping sharks... with lasers. ;)
Thanks again, everybody! 'Twas fun.
20 comments:
- Terri Tiffany said...
Loved it and yeah Jen!!! Hope your day is a great one!!
- January 12, 2009 at 7:18 AM
- Angie Ledbetter said...
Congrats to the winner and the limerick-maker who "owns" the cute kidlet in the pic.
- January 12, 2009 at 7:21 AM
- Joanne said...
Congratulations to Jen, great caption there. Fun contest, cute limerick too Janna!
- January 12, 2009 at 7:30 AM
- Jen said...
Thanks, Janna! I'm glad you liked the caption, and the limerick you wrote for me made ME giggle like mad. :D
Even the hubby laughed when he saw it, so well done, and thank you. *hugs*
Thanks, ladies, for the congrats. It was such a cute picture, wasn't it?
- January 12, 2009 at 8:58 AM
- Jen said...
P.S. Sharks with lasers, ROFL. That would have been interesting. :D
- January 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Terri - I'm so glad to see you semi-regularly again. I've missed you!
Angie - Thanks, lady. :)
Joanne - I really, really liked yours a lot!
Jen - You are so welcome!
- January 12, 2009 at 9:13 AM
- Janet said...
Outnumbered by boys? Maybe I had better pass on to Jen the Testosterone Tolerance Award bestowed on me by a (male) online friend. Display it with pride, Jen. (Which can be really tricky with virtual awards.)
- January 12, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Kathryn Magendie said...
Happy Birthday to your daughter -how'd I miss that?
(by the way- your book will be on its way- being mailed today!)
Congrats to the winner!
- January 12, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Kelly said...
I, however, am still looking forward to hearing about sharks...
- January 12, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Melanie Hooyenga said...
Ha! I love the caption AND the limerick. Well done! I'm glad you had a great day with your little one.
- January 12, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Janet - That sounds like a well-deserved award!
Kathryn - That's okay. ;) Everyone has their own stuff going on over the weekend. And thanks! I'll watch for it with excitement!
Kelly - Okay, I'll let him know and we'll see what we can do. ;) No promises!
Melanie - Thanks! I can't believe how time has flown.
- January 12, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- colbymarshall said...
Haha, too funny!
- January 12, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- Jewel Allen said...
Wow, I've never had anyone write a limerick featuring me before.
Lucky Jen!
Boy Spy, if she doesn't get bribed with brownies, I don't know what would...
- January 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- ChristaCarol Jones said...
Aw, sorry I missed this one Janna! The past few days have swamped me with baby related stuff! Congrats to Jen tho, very cute! And I laugh when I hear about sharks with lasers. Does it have anything to do with Austin Powers? :P
- January 12, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Colby - It was fun!
Jewel - Maybe someday you'll have a turn! And re: brownies - I know, right? ;)
ChristaCarol - I understand! When's you're due date? Soon, I know. Hurray for baby!
- January 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM
- Stonefox said...
Loved all three of those captions! Congrats, Jen!
- January 12, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Congrats Jen! That was such a cute picture of your daughter - Loved it.
I thought it was a great limerick.
- January 12, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Woohoo! Congrats Jen! Nice limerick Janna!
- January 12, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Aww, she's a cutie-patootie like her mum! Sorry I missed this one. Congrats, Jen.
- January 12, 2009 at 7:55 PM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Hi, Heidi! We had some good ones. :)
FringeGirl - Thank you times two!
Turkey - Thank ya.
Kimmi - Aw, thank you!
- January 12, 2009 at 9:23 PM


text: March 27, 2019 Being pregnant is a real blessing. As soon as you hear the news you become overwhelmed with happiness and joy. However, once the dust settles you start thinking about the upcoming nine months and imagining your life during that time. Naturally, many things will change. Your body will go through a number of changes at different times during pregnancy and you'll have various reactions when it comes to some of them. Most changes are just temporary and many of them can be unpleasant and might make you feel a bit embarrassed or self-conscious. We're here to let you know there's absolutely no reason for you to feel this way and that you should carry yourself proudly all the way. In that respect, a change of wardrobe is in order. By adapting your style to your new figure, you'll be able to see your newfound beauty and get rid of all the negativity. Mum jeans If you think you need to give up wearing jeans during your pregnancy, think again. Mum jeans have become so popular that even women that aren't pregnant are wearing them. With all that comfort and great look, you'll never want to go back. Mum jeans come in different shapes and sizes and their popularity enables you to choose from a variety of fabrics and patterns. The stretchiness may even enable you to wear them during the whole nine months. If not, that for the most part, at least. Underwear Not only the visible part of your clothing needs to change but what's underneath too. Given that the critical areas include your tummy, butt and your breasts, new underwear is a must. Feeling comfortable in your skin should definitely be one of your priorities and the way to do that is by having appropriate underwear. You can find high-quality underwear at Cake Maternity . Not only that it's comfortable, but the design is awesome too, so you can feel comfy and sexy at the same time. Leggings are lifesavers This part is quite self-explanatory. As some parts of your body expand, your leggings will adapt to your shape and they can never be too tight, so you'll be safe. There will be days when you don't want anything pressing your stomach or bladder and these days are perfect for wearing leggings. You can even buy ones that resemble real pants with drawn on pockets and stitches and avoid the headaches and anxiety related to the tightness of clothes. Cardigans Cardigans are so fashionable lately; everyone has several in various colours and styles. Depending on the material, they come in versions for all seasons and they're great for covering up imperfections and critical areas, as well as keeping your kidneys warm. We suggest getting a number of cardigans for every occasion. They can be both informal and formal and you can wear them at all times. Loose dresses Dresses can be your best friends. Wearing a dress is a great way to go out without anything pressing your tummy or keeping you from breathing normally. You just need a dress that is loose from your breasts down and you'll look absolutely stunning. This model can also be worn in various situations, so be free to exploit this fact. Pregnant ladies don't need to wear sweatpants and PJs to stay comfortable. They just need a change of wardrobe and they are free to choose anything that fits. You can still wear tight shirts if you like it, as well as anything you used to wear before pregnancy if you like how it fits you. The important thing is to feel comfortable and happy. Take care of your health, as well as your looks. Get a haircut, do your nails, put makeup on and hit the town. This will cause your confidence to rise and you'll start feeling much better about yourself.


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by Wally Fry
Sunday, March 17
The People Return to the Land of Promise
Ezra 8:31-34
"And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days," Ezra 8:32.
The second wave of Jewish returnees from the captivity had arrived in Jerusalem. After some months of travel from Persia to their homeland, they entered Jerusalem. God's plan to restore His nation has taken another step forward.
Much more happened here than just a bunch of people hitting the road and moving out. I think we can see a good model for us here of how God's work, even today, should be carried out.
Ezra, the man called by God, prayed, prepared and made himself ready to proclaim the truth to the people. He made an assessment of the spiritual condition of the assembly and exhorted them to take a look at themselves (Ezra 9; 10). The people were honestly convicted of their trespasses, repented and committed to turning in another spiritual direction (Ezra 9:15). Only then did the work begin and the trip to Jerusalem was made.
This could not have been an easy trip, being some months long through likely hostile territory, into what was also probably an unfriendly place; yet, it was done. Then, the people rested; they "abode there three days" (Ezra 8:32). On the fourth day, they began working again.
What a great example for us today! God still has a plan and purpose, and He still needs those among His called out assemblies to get it done.
JUST A THOUGHT: God has work to be done. Are we in the proper spiritual condition and willing to do it?


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VS presents twentysixteen
Every year, we let DJ SCSI-b control the wheels of composite metals. Every year she forgets there is a space between the words twenty and the year. Every year we remind her. We buy her t-shirts, we meme at her with a badger on twitter. Kurac evens sends her an email. an EMAIL. You can't get more adult than that.
So, 2016 hey? Pretty fucked, even from our VS paradise. I mean Zsa Zsa Gabor right? FFS, when does it end? Anyway, it is time for the show. Over to SCSI-b
Well, that was a year. Let's get right to the music, shall we? I think we can all agree despite it all there was some very good music this year, so until 2017, enjoy.
Dot to Dot – Melt Yourself Down
Residual Tingles – The Gaslamp Killer
Uncertainty – Temples
Radio Silence – James Blake
Proclamation Day – Palace Winter
Pink + White – Frank Ocean
Light up the Sky – Bibio
Light Upon the Lake – Whitney
The Noisy Days are Over – Field Music
Ecos de Amor – Jesse y Joy
Cunumicita – Mala (Danitse)
Melatonin – A Tribe Called Quest
Words in my Head – Steve Mason
The Numbers – Radiohead


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A man in Fond du Lac,Wisconsin has been arrested after he broke into a number of homes and assaulted women.
26-year-old Lucas Leffel, took off his clothes and entered the houses where he fondled the buttocks of women while they slept.
He was arrested after his mother saw him wearing only boxers in front of the family's home and she reported him.
She said:
"I can't wrap my head around the whole thing," "I just feel so bad for the families. And he needs to be punished."
The suspect told police that he has been addicted to pornography since he was 11 years old.


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I've been reviewing a bunch of MEGA Bloks Skylanders Giants sets and many of them were sent to me for review. This set however, was one that I bought myself and the other one was one that my daughter bought herself. The giveaway set, though, was provided by MEGA bloks. Opinions about all the sets are 100% our own.
One of the cooler villains in the Skylanders series are the Troll Mechs. They are big and bad ass. They fire a ton of missiles at the Skylanders and are hard to destroy. Then, when you do destroy the Mech itself a troll jumps out and continues to attack the player. I think that MEGA Bloks has done some incredible work on this particular set because the Mech looks so perfect.
As you saw in the video there are four figures included in the Swarm's Mech Invasion set: Swarm, Cynder, Trigger Happy and a Troll. Each of these figures have Glow-In-The-Dark features. The Mech also has some nice Glow-In-The-Dark accents including fangs and eyes and the missile nose.
Swarm is a great Giants figure. It is a highly poseable figure, too. This figure bends at the knees, elbows and even has a movable stinger. Of all the MEGA Bloks Skylanders Giants figures I've seen so far Swarm is definitely my favorite. He looks great, moves around in so many ways and he glows in the dark.
Trigger Happy is Eva's absolute favorite characters. She calls him Bouncy Bullets. In this set Trigger Happy has Glow-In-The-Dark coin guns as well as many features on the figure himself plus his hands and feet. I love that the set came with more than just two figures.
Between the Troll Mech Ambush with Tree Rex and Swarm's Mech Invasion I'm more excited about how the Mech looks in the latter set. The grey coloring makes the figure more intimidating and dangerous looking. This set is even better with Glow-In-the-Dark accents. I also like the great glowing accents on the Troll figure. A glowing mohawk looks cool in the dark.
With Swarm's Mech Invasion you get a great building set plus four fun figures and they glow in the dark. What's not to love. I wish I could give one of these sets away to you but I can't. I can, however give away another Mech related set, the Troll Mech Ambush with Tree Rex. Would you like to enter to win one? Follow the Instructions on the Rafflecopter App below.
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When it comes to dealing with your domestic or commercial waste, there are different categories of wastes you will encounter. The different types of waste require a different approach when it comes to disposal. For example, you may have decomposable waste, recyclable waste, toxic waste, etc. All these will need a different approach when it comes todisposing of it. This article will focus on recyclable waste – scrap metals.
When you look around your home or commercial workplace, you will not miss pieces of metal that are scattered anyhow. For example, at home, when you replace your car engine and other parts, the old engine is left in the garage or outside the garage. When your fridge or microwave malfunctions beyond repair, you will throw it outside or take it to your store. On the other hand, in construction and commercial areas, you will always find many pieces of metal waste. All these domestic and commercial metal wastes contribute to environmental pollution,and that is why you should consider scrap metal recycling. But how can you achieve this?
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The best thing about metal recycling is that you will earn from your scrap metal waste. The scrap metal recycling companies buy scrap from individual to encourage recycling. Therefore, you can as well make recycling your side hassle where you collect scrap from neighbours, garages, businesses, construction sites etc. and later take that to the recycling centre.
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Sa Pa, the Vietnamese eatery in Cleveland Circle, re-opened on Feb. 5 as Jade Monkey. Sa Pa had been closed since Oct. 31, but has now been rebranded under the same ownership. Jade Monkey owner Ky Nguyen brought Vietnamese cuisine to Jade Monkey's 1952 Beacon St. location in May 2014. Nguyen, a Vietnamese native, also owns the Sa Pa Downtown Crossing location.
Customers remember Sa Pa's fast line-bar ordering style, in which customers would order and inform the employee behind the counter what to add. Customers would then sit down in the store. This model was very similar to Chipotle or Subway. According to new manager Frank Schillace, the store was losing around $20,000 to $30,000 per month with this model.
After petitioning the Boston Licensing Board, the location reopened as Jade Monkey, a full-service Asian fusion restaurant. The ordering line has since been replaced with a bar featuring assorted alcoholic beverages, aptly named "Monkey Bar." Customers also are greeted at the door by a hostess and are seated, like many full-service restaurants. The location's new structure has allowed the restaurant to increase its capacity, allowing for more customers to sit down, relax, and enjoy their meal.
According to the restaurant's social media page, Jade Monkey had a "soft opening" on Jan. 29, giving a few lucky customers a chance to experience the revamped atmosphere and sample the new menu. The new wood-covered interior features some cultural items along the walls such as Chinese checkers, jade-colored monkey statues, and paintings of Chinese pagodas.
The new Asian fusion style is a change from the Vietnamese menu at Sa Pa, which is still present at Nguyen's downtown location. Some welcomed additions include the Korea-town short rib dinner with spicy peppers and onions, as well as a green peppercorn sauce. The Hong Kong hoagie contains sliced pepper steak, teriyaki onions, and pepperoncini.
Jade Monkey's menu features various dim sum such as crab rangoon and different veggie rolls. In addition, Asian bowls and "house favorites" like the Monkey Duckling are available. Customers will notice the change, as Sa Pa previously served banh mi sandwiches and burritos, vermicelli bowls, kimchi, as well as pho noodle soups and spring rolls.
The new menu features new types of rolls like the crispy tuna rolls which includes seaweed, hot mustard, spinach, and yuzu aioli—a spicy sauce comprised of wasabi paste and soy sauce. A fish bowl includes Faroe Island salmon, garlic spinach, soba noodles, Greek yogurt, and a soy ginger sesame dressing.
With plenty of college students in the Cleveland Circle area, Jade Monkey brings something unique to the area that includes Chipotle, Starbucks, and Eagle's Deli. The revamped menu gives customers who want something more conventional several options, including baby-back ribs, chicken wings, fresh-cut fries, and a house salad.
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Fans of the princess of pop — and generally anyone who owns a TV — will be familiar with Spears' iconic performance of her single "I'm a Slave 4 U" at the 2001 MTV VMAs. Well, soon you can be reminded of it daily with a Funko figurine that depicts Brit in her sexy costume from the show, complete with a python draped over her shoulders and, of course, her classic headset microphone. The doll will be available at the end of January.
Spears is in good company, joining the likes of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (on their wedding day, no less), the characters of Game of Thrones, and fellow pop stars Ed Sheeran, Mariah Carey, and the legend that is Freddie Mercury.
The singer's performances at the VMAs have always been headline-grabbing, but none more so than the raunchy 2001 performance that saw Spears daringly writhe around the stage with a huge snake wrapped around her. Spears was due to embark on a new Vegas residency in early 2019, but recently canceled all upcoming work commitments due to her father's health problems.
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A right click on a process display many options related to that process. Spoiler I like the "search hash on Virus Total " (Virus Total is a security website that scan online a uploaded process against 40+ antivirus engines to determine if it is malicious or clean), so ERP can check directly for you. I also appreciate the "Terminate Process" in case of infection, you can kill malicious process that may hamper your accessibility to the system. Blacklist Spoiler This tab will show you all the blocked processes then you can manage them. Whitelist Spoiler Here will appear all the whitelisted (trusted) processes, once there the processes will not generate any alert anymore. You have some Sub-Tab: - Command Line/Command Line (Wildcards): here you set the whitelisted processes via Command Line and also via Wildcards. - Parent Proceses: Here will be shown the parent processes allowed to launch applications. - Folders: if you trust a whole folder, you can add it here. - No Hash Check: if you want avoid the hash check for some processes, this is the place where you add them. Vulnerable Processes Here ERP will displays all processes it deems vulnerable to infections, any processes here will be monitored even if you whitelist them (so they will always generate an alert if accessed). Spoiler Tip: if you are an advanced user and you know how to differentiate a legit access from a malicious one, you can remove them from the list, so you will not have alerts from them anymore. Quarantined Processes Here goes the malicious processes quarantined by ERP, you can manage and remove them in case of False Positive. Spoiler Password Protect Passwords Here you will set a Password and will need to use it to execute any processes you add there. For example, you can set a password to deny anyone to launch a sensitive application/software/process. Spoiler Temporary Allow Here will be displayed the processes allowed to to run until the next reboot; you will mostly use this tab for testing some processes. Spoiler Events Here will be displayed all the recents events that ERP acted on. It is mostly an history of what happened on ERP. Spoiler 3- Settings This is the options, it is divided into sub-sections, i will describe some of them below: General Spoiler an interesting options is to allow ERP to allow all process automatically from Windows or Program Files folder; to minimize the number of prompts. Advanced Spoiler this settings is mostly for block processes from external medias/drives, you can also allow all "signed softwares" to reduce the numbers of alerts. Idle here you can set ERP to perform an action in a selected time in case of inactivity. Policies here you can set ERP to be on Lockdown Mode (block any unknown processes not whitelisted) or Trusted Mode (allow any unknown processes not blacklisted) Popups Here you can set ERP to show the popups alerts when a process is blocked, for how long or exlude a process to generate a popup. Password here you will set a password to deny other users to modify your settings. Spoiler Protection Here you will ser ERP to restore Realtime Protection or Lockdown Mode after a defined time if they are disabled. Stealth Mode Here you will set ERP to be invisible to other users via a hotkey and also lock CD-Roms while in Stealth Mode. useful if you don't want ERP to be known by other users (ex: school computers). Quarantine here you will set the path of the quarantined processes Logs Here you can allow the events logging, set the path of the log, and authorize it deletion on shutdown. Sound Here you can select a sound (system or custom) when a popup is made or when a process is blocked Debug Here you can generate a debug file , (mostly requested by ERP developers if you have an issue) 4- Utilities Here are shortcuts to some Windows utilities. Spoiler PROS - Very Light on system responsiveness - High level of protection given by well-thought features. - Very simple to use - Very responsive support team, very open to suggestions CONS - Beginners may find the numbers of alerts dissuasive, but this is the purpose of all Anti-Executable/HIPS. FINAL NOTE ERP is a young but very well designed product, it will give you a high level of protection and control over the processes running on your system. I like its simplicity and lightness. I highly suggest you to try it. i will update this post if new infos are available or if i missed something important. Thanks to Andreas from NoVirusThanks for his complementary infos.


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ZitatBernie Sanders, the runner-up for the Democratic presidential nomination, plans to return to the campaign trail after Labor Day, with an eye toward energizing working-class and young voters to support his former rival, Hillary Clinton, he said Friday."I look forward to it," the senator from Vermont said in an interview. "I feel very strongly that Donald Trump would be a disaster for the country. I want to do everything I can to see that Secretary Clinton wins."Sanders, who endorsed Clinton last month, ticked off a list of states that he is likely to hit in coming weeks, including some where he won primaries and caucuses (New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin) and some where he fell short but ran strongly among key segments of the electorate (Ohio, Pennsylvania and Nevada).Sanders said that during some of those visits he will also campaign on behalf of Democratic Senate candidates, including Katie McGinty in Pennsylvania, Ted Strickland in Ohio and Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire. He is also planning to campaign for other progressive down-ballot candidates, he said.Sanders said he plans to hold large-scale rallies, which were a staple of his campaign, drawing from both his land Clinton's lists of supporters."I think we can create large turnouts," he said.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/s...ocid=spartanntpApril, 2016: Washington (CNN) —
ZitatBernie Sanders is standing by his criticism that Hillary Clinton isn't "qualified" to be president as the Democratic presidential candidates engage in an increasingly heated battle ahead of the New York primary.
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Disaster at second coal mine in north Mexico claims six lives, raising death toll of miners to 13 in region in 10 days.
Six miners are killed in a coal mine collapse in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila , according to emergency rescue team.
One miner was rescued earlier, according to a separate report from the mine operator.
Federico Mendez Pacheco, representative of the Coahuila state civil defence office in the coal-mining region, said the six dead men were apparently crushed on Friday when tonnes of coal fell on them.
An explosion was triggered when a large amount of methane gas ignited, causing the collapse of 100 tonnes of coal, mine owner Altos Hornos de Mexico said in a statement.
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The powers that be is a phrase that refers to those individuals or groups who collectively hold authority over a particular domain
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In idiomatic English, "the powers that be" (sometimes initialized as TPTB) is a phrase used to refer to those individuals or groups who collectively hold authority over a particular domain. It is a plurale tantum where "be" is the archaic alternative form of "are"; the singular equivalent, "the power that is," is less commonly used. "The powers that were" (TPTW) is also another derivation that is used.
The phrase first appeared in the Tyndale Bible, William Tyndale's 1526 translation of the New Testament, as: "Let every soul submit himself unto the authority of the higher powers. There is no power but of God. The powers that be, are ordained of God". This means that God is the most powerful being, above human governments. In the 1611 King James Version it became, "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: The powers that be are ordained of God." (Romans 13:1), whence it eventually passed into popular language.
The phrase comes from a translation of the Greek: αἱ ... οὖσαι [ἐξουσίαι]; ἐξουσίαι is also translated as "authorities" in some other translations.
This is a list of episodes of the television show Jackie Chan Adventures. Jackie Chan Adventures was a successful children's animated television series chronicling the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. This series ran on Kids' WB from September 9, 2000 to July 8, 2005 for a total of 95 episodes, over 5 seasons. During its run, it was also shown on Cartoon Network, and afterwards its reruns landed on Toon Disney's Jetix block. An Arabic translation has been airing on MBC 3 since early 2006. There have been several toys and video games based on the series.
Jackie Chan, an archaeologist in this series, gets caught up in a conflict between government agency Section 13 and a criminal syndicate known as the Dark Hand. Led by Valmont, the Dark Hand is collecting magical talismans to reanimate an ancient dragon-like demon known as Shendu. Jackie also has to keep an eye on his adventurous niece, Jade, who has just flown in from Hong Kong. Jackie Chan, Jade, and his uncle must do all they can to stop evil from obtaining these powerful talismans and must embark on many missions to save the world from evil.
The Powers That Be is a title for the enigmatic and ancient forces that assist the side of good in the WB television series Angel.
The first mention of The Powers That Be (sometimes shortened to the Powers or the PTB) comes in the first episode of Angel, when a half-human, half-demon named Doyle makes contact with Angel and claims that the Powers send him visions of people in trouble who need Angel's help. The visions are extremely powerful, come at seemingly random times, and cause extreme pain in the recipient.
Though Angel never makes contact with the Powers themselves, he does communicate with them in a number of ways.
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They like death or glory, they love a good story
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LONDON/NEW YORK • Despite explosive sales, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is not magical to some fans. The script for a new London play which tells the eighth story in the boy wizard series has sold more than two million hardcover copies in its first two days on the market in the United States, publisher Scholastic said on Wednesday, calling the sales "unprecedented for a script book".
It was published at midnight on Sunday, shortly after the play's gala opening. The play is sold out till May next year inclusive.
Cursed Child, written by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, is set 19 years after Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, the final and seventh book in the original series, released in 2007. Scholastic said it had ordered 4.5 million first-printing copies of Cursed Child and retailers had reported "fast-paced, record- breaking pre-sales" ahead of the release date.
Despite the sales, Cursed Child has caused a minor schism among devoted Potterheads. While many readers were ecstatic about the chance to have more material on Harry and his friends, others have faulted Rowling for licensing her story and characters. Some fans have lashed out online, saying they feel they were duped and misled by the prominence of her name on the cover.
"This is NOT a Harry Potter book. I frankly feel disgusted even adding it to the collection," one fan wrote on Amazon. "It reads like a poorly written fan fiction."
However, the sales of Cursed Child are a testament to the longevity of the franchise, although they fell far short of the sales record set in 2007 by Deathly Hallows, which sold 8.3 million US copies during its first 24 hours on sale.
Before its release, Barnes & Noble said Cursed Child was the most pre-ordered book since Deathly Hallows.
British publisher Little, Brown Book Group said the new book sold 680,000 print copies in Britain in three days. British book industry magazine and website The Bookseller said if the sales rate continued, it would "be the second biggest-selling single week for one title since records began, with Deathly Hallows as the first", which sold 1.8 million copies, as well as 780,000 copies of the adult edition, in Britain in its launch week.


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May 20, 2010 to May 22, 2010 – The Wharf Resort & Marina From the producers of the Birmingham, AL and Chattanooga, TN O'Reilly World of Wheels: Bring your dream ride and cruise the beach with us at the all new Bama Coast Cruise! May 20, 21 & 22, 2010… Organized by MotorSports Productions | Type: poker-run, show-&-shine
May 20, 2010 at 8am to May 22, 2010 at 5pm – Myrtle Beach Speedway Event Date(s): May 20-22, 2010 Event Name: Spring Fling at the Beach Collector Car Show & Swapmeet Event City: Mrytle Beach Event State: SC, 29579 Event Location name and/or address: Myrtle Beach… Organized by Phillip Walker & Randy Myers | Type: collector, car, show, and, swapmeet
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May 22, 2010 from 9am to 4pm – Downtown Apple Blossom Auto show & Swap Meet -Ellijay, GA Organized by | Type: car-show, swap-meet
May 22, 2010 from 9am to 4pm – Dallas Mize 2nd Annual Dallas Mize Memorial Car Show -Carrollton, GA Organized by Larry & Melissa | Type: car-show
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May 22, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – Burky's Grill Cruise In at Burky's Grill Every Saturday - Please call to confirm Burky's Grill, 3901 N. Kings Hwy., Myrtle Beach with Oldies tunes, a combo meal award and a trophy given for the best- (announced t… Organized by Myrtle Beach Car CLub | Type: cruise-in


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In 2017-18 the school received £5460 which is used to provide the children with appropriate support to make at least expected progress in their learning. We have based our decisions of the spending of this money on the report completed by the Sutton Trust about interventions and methods which are proven to have the greatest impact according to educational research.
Funding spent in 2017-18 impacted on raising standards and accelerating progress, so will continue to be spent in a similar way over 2018-19. There will be a focus on Maths and English to ensure all children make progress and achieve the higher expectations of the new curriculum.
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- Providing 1 to 1 support where needed
- Funding class visits and trips
- Nurture support
- We review our Pupil Premium spending strategy throughout the year as part of the school development process.
Pupil Premium Strategy September 2019
Pupil Premium Strategy September 2018