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The WGC 2018 team is delighted to announce the first line-up of keynote speakers for the 27th World Gas Conference (WGC 2018), which will be held in Washington D.C., on 25-29 June 2018.
Among the growing list of keynote speakers are CEOs of international energy companies, global gas experts, distinguished energy officials, policy makers and government representatives from across the globe.
The theme for WGC 2018 is "Fueling the Future" and it communicates the important future role for natural gas as a critical source of energy that is clean, abundant, economical and sustainable.
"We are excited and pleased that so many CEOs and influential leaders from the global gas industry have already committed to speak at WGC 2018. Their experience and leadership in the international gas market will allow for critical and insightful discussions at the 27th World Gas Conference." commented Jay Copan, Executive Director, WGC 2018. "WGC 2018 will be the culmination of our three-year USA Presidency of the International Gas Union (IGU) and will reflect the focus we have had during this triennium to raise the global voice of gas. Having WGC 2018 in Washington D.C., provides a unique opportunity for industry leaders and global policy makers to meet together and discuss and debate the future role for natural gas."
With 16 months of exciting developments still to come, the event promises to be an unmissable opportunity.
Owned by the IGU and conducted for more than 85 years, the event is the largest gathering of individuals associated with the gas industry across the globe. It is the first time ever that the World Gas Conference will be held in a country that is both the largest producer and consumer of natural gas. With the American Gas Association (AGA) serving as the host industry association, the event is, expected to draw more than 12,000 representatives of the gas industry, policy makers, customers, NGOs, media, members of the financial community, and others will be in attendance. The conference will include some 500 speakers addressing the most topical strategic, commercial and technical issues facing the international gas industry. Over 350 energy and energy-related companies will host stands in the 40,000 square metre exhibition – the largest gas industry exhibition ever held.
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About WGC 2018
The 27th World Gas Conference is the leading global gas industry event and is the definitive gathering of influential leaders, buyers and sellers, policy-makers and experts from around the world.
You will hear critical business insights and lively debates on the most topical issues facing the global gas industry today and in the future.
From 25-29 June 2018, Washington DC is expected to host 12,000 attendees, 500 speakers and 350 exhibitors, representing more than 600 companies from 100 countries.
Presented by the International Gas Union (IGU), this is the largest and most high-profile gas event that is conducted by the industry for the industry.
For more information: www.wgc2018.com
About the Owners and Hosts of WGC 2018
International Gas Union (IGU)
The International Gas Union (IGU) was founded in 1931 and is a worldwide non-profit organisation. The members of the IGU are associations and corporations which represent over 97% of the global gas market. For more information: www.igu.org
American Gas Association (AGA)
The American Gas Association (AGA) was selected to hold the Presidency of the International Gas Union (IGU) from 2015-2018, culminating in hosting the 27th World Gas Conference (WGC2018) in Washington, D.C. in June 2018.
The American Gas Association, founded in 1918, represents more than 200 local energy companies that deliver clean natural gas throughout the United States. There are more than 73 million residential, commercial and industrial natural gas customers in the U.S., of which 95 percent — more than 69 million customers — receive their gas from AGA members. Today, natural gas meets more than one-fourth of the United States' energy needs.
WGC 2018 will be held in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the founding of AGA.
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|Tea Service, circa 1817
Maker: Flight, Barr and Barr
Worcester, England
Purchased by John Neilson,
proprietor of the Quebec Gazette
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Cat. no. 983.64.2
Photo S97-17917, CD2004-877
PORCELAINNot everyone could afford porcelain, but for those who could — "the higher classes," as government officials and rich merchants were sometimes referred to — there was a wide choice. In the early nineteenth century the best English porcelain was available in Canada. Prior to about the 1830s, however, it was usual for all classes to dine off earthenware. Those who used porcelain tableware were more apt to have it in the form of tea and coffee sets, breakfast sets and dessert services.
In the first half of the century English potters supplied most of it. Porcelain from Staffordshire, Liverpool, Worcester, Derby, Shropshire and Yorkshire was advertised by importers in the larger centres.
Even those who could not afford porcelain in the ordinary way had a chance to acquire it by methods that were common business practices of the day. At the end of the eighteenth century, Worcester teaware was being offered in exchange for furs in New Brunswick. For many years lotteries were a popular selling technique. In the 1830s a Montreal merchant was offering "13 Superbly Decorated China Tea and Coffee Services" and one "Richly Decorated" dessert service in a lottery where every prize was of tableware. Prizes were not always limited to tablewares. Porcelain ornaments and items to be used on the writing table were sometimes featured.
The Davenport factory in Staffordshire was referred to by at least one nineteenth-century Canadian writer as "a household name" in Canada. Just when porcelain was first made at this pottery has never been firmly established, but it was very early in the nineteenth century. This dessert plate comes from a service that at one time was in the possession of the Papineau family of Montreal and Montebello. Other items from this service are known, including tureens and shaped dishes. Each piece is painted with a bird (identified on the back) taken from illustrations in the Comte de Buffon's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, first published in the eighteenth century.
One of the rarities in the Museum's collection of early nineteenth-century porcelain used in Canada is a tea and coffee service of Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester. What makes this service of special interest, apart from the fact it is complete for 12 and in almost mint condition, is the documentation that came with it. The Museum acquired it from a direct descendant of the original purchaser, John Neilson (1776-1848), proprietor of the Quebec Gazette. Through the years the Neilson family preserved not only the porcelain but the shipping order, dated at Worcester on March 17, 1817. It listed all the items and directed them to Neilson at Quebec. Such documentation for the Flight, Barr and Barr period of Worcester is rare, not only in Canada but in England itself.
Neilson's service was purchased from the factory. Others in Canada bought their Worcester from importers who made buying trips to England or who employed agents based there to make selections for them.
With the Worcester, the Museum also acquired a part coffee service of Coalport porcelain that had belonged to Neilson. The sugar basin bears the printed mark that the Shropshire potter John Rose began using in 1820, when the Society of Arts awarded him a medal for a lead-free glaze.

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And Then the Cold Came
Last week all the temperatures were in the upper 70s and we even had a couple of days in the mid 80s! The plants really took off. I noticed the first tomato forming. It was about the size of a marble and has grown to about the size of a ping-pong ball. You can also see small buds on the pepper plants where the first peppers will grow.
Yesterday, one week later it was in the mid 50s , got down to 37 degrees last night, and is supposed to stay in the low 60s for the next 4 days. Can't imagine worse timing. I should have least brought the small pots inside but the only herb that seems to be damaged is the basil. Its top leaves are hanging like a wet dish cloth. The ones lower down seem to be fine but I'll probably have to prune it back.
The pepper plants don't look as bad as the basil. They are droopy but still have some firmness. Not quite to wet dish cloth levels. We'll see. The tomato plants don't seem to have any adverse effects but the proof will be in the fruits themselves. Not sure if any of the 8 or so flowers on it had already been fertilized and starting to form fruits.
I'm totally bummed. Things were going so well.
Containers Out Back
In the back yard I've planted some vegetables, and herbs in containers and pots. In addition we had raspberry and blackberry growing in pots already. I think they were planted 2 or 3 years ago.
We had a metal cooler that we used at our wedding 3 years ago. I drilled a dozen holes in the bottom and filled it with topsoil, sand, and moisture control garden soil. It seems to drain quite well so my silly mistake of forgetting to put a layer of gravel on the bottom hasn't had any negative effects. I also mixed some Osmocote 14-14-14 fertilizer into the top half.
On the left, in the back, we have a Heinz "beef" tomato . In the back middle there is a jalapeno pepper plant and on the right a hot banana pepper. In the front are two broccoli plants. All are from Bonnie Plants bought in peat pots. This is probably too much for this container but we aren't looking for huge harvests so I hope they at least produce. It should be about 5 gallons of soil for each plant.
The tomato plant is already fruiting. One tomato at least and several (8 or 9) flowers.
In another container, which I forget the name brand of, I have planted cucumber seeds. It is a bush variety cucumber plant by Burpee called "Picklebush". Growing cucumbers and making pickles was the main driving force behind trying to garden this summer. My daughter and I both love a good dill pickle. They are actually up now but I only have this picture of the empty container right now.
There are several things I don't have a picture of yet. One is a San Marzano tomato planted in an 8 gallon pot. We hadn't purchased this pot when I took the first pictures so I don't have anything of this plant yet. What surprised me the most about this one was the planting directions. I guess tomatoes are the exception to the rule and when you plant them you are supposed to bury the lower branches. In fact the directions said to bury 2/3rd of the plant! I guess the lower branches will grow roots and make for a strong root system.
I also planted five different herbs in small pots. Bonnie Plants peat pots were on sale so we went this route instead of growing from seed. We have basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, and cilantro.
The Front Beds
One major constraint on my gardening efforts is price. I mean, after all, we aren't very good at this so why spend a bunch of money. So, instead of buying trays of flowers we are growing from seed.
We have a few existing plants in the porch bed.
I don't remember what the ornamental grass is. The other plants are Hostas. Those things are more or less indestructible. I've dug up that bed twice. Turned the soil over and chopped it up with a shovel and still they live! In the spaces between them, in the empty bed, and around the tree go the seeds. We are planting two flowers from the morning glory family and some violas.
Convolvulus Blue Enchantment
First are the Convolvulus Blue Enchantment with seeds from Burpee.
They are a bush variety with morning glory shaped flowers. They only get about a foot tall. I tried to grow these once before and literally none of them came up. This time though they came up great. I tried to get a shot of them around the tree but the seedlings are a bit too small still. Squint! (and click to enlarge)
Stupid thing I did: These need to be covered with soil about an inch deep, so I used a pencil to make hole and then wiggled it around to widen it. Knowing that not every seed comes up I then dropped about 3 seeds in each hole. Obviously I should have made different holes grouped close together. Kind of silly. Since they germinated so well I had two and three seedlings coming up through the same exact hole. You are supposed to thin these out anyway but normally you'd want to wait until they grew some true leaves first and see which is doing the best. I had to go ahead "pick a winner" early and snip off the extra seedlings.
Johnny Jump-Ups
These flowers are related to pansies. They go by the name Johnny Jump-up Violas or Helen Mount Violas. Our seeds are from the Livingston Seed Company. They're beautiful flowers with an interesting shape. I've read that they also follow the sun during the day.
I'm not sure, but I think a few of these have broken through the soil. They are incredibly small seedlings and I'm not 100% sure that's what I'm looking at or if a few weeds have sprouted up.
Weird story: We first bought these seeds from Burpee, at Home Depot. None of the packs had any seeds in them! I thought I must be stupid or something. Turns out the entire batch at the store was empty. We got our money back and luckily found them at another store.
Blue Picotee Morning Glory
Steph went to get more Viola seeds and saw these and had to have them. If they look like this when finished they will be quite impressive!
They are a true, vining, Morning Glory. To get these to germinate I scuffed up the seeds slightly with an Emory board and then soaked them in a dish of water overnight. Wow! The taproot was coming out of the seed by the next morning for some of them. They came up quick in the peat pots I germinated them in and they are looking great!
Steph wanted to plant them around the mailbox. I didn't really care for how that looks when it works. Instead we decided to use a plant stand we have out back that we don't use. The plan is to bury the legs of it in the bed beside the porch and let the morning glories climb it.
Before I go one final picture, of our tree bed.
Attempted Gardening
Neither my wife nor myself would be considered plant savvy. Despite this we try to grow things. Just for kicks I thought I might document the effort this year, as pathetic as they might be.
The Landscape
We have three main areas where we are planting. In the front of the house we have a flower bed around our front yard tree. Now this tree loves water so already we might be on shaky ground, but we are planting flowers around it. There are also flower beds outside the front door, around the walkway. There are a few potted plants on the front stoop as well. Finally on the back patio we have set up various containers to grow fruits and vegetables. Steph has also been growing herbs, in pots, out back for a few years but we haven't done anything with that yet this year.
We live in a pretty average suburban housing project. This means the soil sucks. In both the flower beds and even the yard you don't have to dig down very far (3″-6″) before you are hitting a soil/gravel mix. This year and two years ago I've added soil.
Given what we have now, even adding regular topsoil is an improvement. About half to two-thirds of what I added was just regular old Earthgro Topsoil that they sell at Home Depot and Walmart. It has a lot of negative reviews but I think that might be because what is in the bag varies by region. What I bought was great. Not very much clay, and only the occasional small rock or tree branch.
The remainder of what I added was Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Garden Soil. I added it as the entire top layer around the tree, mixed it with the topsoil in the flowerbeds, potted plants and vegetable containers. This seems to be pretty nice stuff to me. It is moist but crumbly black soil that obviously has lots of finely composted organic matter. It also contains a 10-10-10 fertilizer. Technically it isn't for use in containers, I think because it holds moisture so well, but I also added some playground sand with it, and the topsoil, in the containers and they seem to be draining just fine.
Italian Chicken Stew
We've been making this recipe for a while now and it's one of my favorites. It's a little spicy with a nice mix of flavors. We call it Italian Chicken Stew but on most sites it is called Sister Ria's Lazy Chicken. I've sometimes seen it claimed it is a Rachael Ray recipe but I'm not sure if that is true.
George R. R. Martin in Rolling Stone
I enjoyed this interview with George Martin in Rolling Stone magazine. We get to learn a little about his background and hear his insights into the characters and nature of the books.Source: George R.R. Martin: The Rolling Stone Interview
Both Jaime and Cersei are clearly despicable in those moments. Later, though, we see a more humane side of Jaime when he rescues a woman, who had been an enemy, from rape. All of a sudden we don't know what to feel about Jaime.
One of the things I wanted to explore with Jaime, and with so many of the characters, is the whole issue of redemption. When can we be redeemed? Is redemption even possible? I don't have an answer. But when do we forgive people? You see it all around in our society, in constant debates. Should we forgive Michael Vick? I have friends who are dog-lovers who will never forgive Michael Vick. Michael Vick has served years in prison; he's apologized. Has he apologized sufficiently? Woody Allen: Is Woody Allen someone that we should laud, or someone that we should despise? Or Roman Polanski, Paula Deen. Our society is full of people who have fallen in one way or another, and what do we do with these people? How many good acts make up for a bad act? If you're a Nazi war criminal and then spend the next 40 years doing good deeds and feeding the hungry, does that make up for being a concentration-camp guard? I don't know the answer, but these are questions worth thinking about. I want there to be a possibility of redemption for us, because we all do terrible things. We should be able to be forgiven. Because if there is no possibility of redemption, what's the answer then? [Martin pauses for a moment.] You've read the books?
A major concern in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones is power. Almost everybody – except maybe Daenerys, across the waters with her dragons – wields power badly.
Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it's not that simple. Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren't gone – they're in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles?
In real life, real-life kings had real-life problems to deal with. Just being a good guy was not the answer. You had to make hard, hard decisions. Sometimes what seemed to be a good decision turned around and bit you in the ass; it was the law of unintended consequences. I've tried to get at some of these in my books. My people who are trying to rule don't have an easy time of it. Just having good intentions doesn't make you a wise king.
Game of Thrones Chapter Summaries Ebook
The folks over at A Wiki of Ice and Fire have a great collection of chapter summaries for George R.R. Martin's book series. Since they are made available under a Creative Commons license, I took the liberty of making an ebook out of them. It wasn't easy but thankfully I know how to program.
There is a table of contents, which will lead you to individual indexes for each book that list all the chapters. After each index is a short summary of the entire book, followed by summaries of each chapter. There are something like 350 chapters! It even includes summaries of the pre-release chapters for the next book The Winds of Winter, and the short stories about Dunk and Egg.
The links in the table of contents, indexes, and at the very top of each chapter summary, are to other locations within the ebook. Be aware though, the links in the body of the summaries are to the wiki itself, so clicking on them will open the browser on whatever device you are using.
So, here's the ebook in both epub and mobi (Kindle) format:
A Song of Ice and Fire – Chapter Summaries (epub)
Nate Silver Not So Foxy
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."
The quote is one Nate Silver is fond of. It can be found in his 2012 book The Signal and the Noise as well as in an article at his new site FiveThirtyEight. Silver says he wants to be a fox but some are, rightly, questioning whether he needs to know his subject matter a little more in depth.
Silver made a name for himself during the last few election cycles by predicting the outcomes through the use of statistics rather than the gut feelings, and wishful thinking most media pundits use. Before that he created a system of using baseball statistics for projecting player performance. In The Signal and the Noise he branched out a bit and covered several topics like the financial meltdown, weather forecasting, global warming, and even terrorism.
The book was pretty good I thought, if looked at as a primer on how statistics are used in various fields, and how they often fail. As investigative reporting however it wasn't quite as good. The notion that there might have been malfeasance at work in the financial meltdown got merely a short mention before moving on to discuss faulty financial models with no relevant historical data to draw on. He drew the ire of global warming researchers by too easily falling for the critiques of deniers. He was clearly out of his element in either of these fields.
At the new site it appears that he is unaware of his shortcomings. The new site intends to delve into many topics outside his expertise. The thing is though, election prediction isn't all that difficult a task, comparatively. You have lots of polls that are conducted by mostly competent firms. You can track the history of each firm as to their reliability. Throw in a few social factors (state of the economy, etc.) and you have a pretty robust model. Not everything is so clean cut.
The word model is fairly important there. If you don't have a model how can you know what data is relevant in the first place? Paul Krugman:
Source: Tarnished Silver
It's not the reliance on data; numbers can be good, and can even be revelatory. But data never tell a story on their own. They need to be viewed through the lens of some kind of model, and it's very important to do your best to get a good model. And that usually means turning to experts in whatever field you're addressing.
Unfortunately, Silver seems to have taken the wrong lesson from his election-forecasting success. In that case, he pitted his statistical approach against campaign-narrative pundits, who turned out to know approximately nothing. What he seems to have concluded is that there are no experts anywhere, that a smart data analyst can and should ignore all that.
Similarly, climate science has been developed by many careful researchers who are every bit as good at data analysis as Silver, and know the physics too, so ignoring them and hiring a known irresponsible skeptic to cover the field is a very good way to discredit your enterprise. Economists work hard on the data; on the whole you're going to do better by tracking their research than by trying to roll your own, and you should be very wary if your analysis runs counter to what a lot of professionals say.
The link embedded in the Krugman quote offers a good example of just blindly looking at the data. Roger Pielke Jr. is the man in question and he wrote an article questioning the notion that more extreme weather is causing more damage to society. His data was that the increase in damage costs tracks the increase in Gross Domestic Product. Therefore, there hasn't been an increase in damage, just an increase in wealth. Sounds pretty straight forward right? Well maybe not.
It turns out over the same time some of that increase in wealth has gone into building things that can better resist disasters. Because of that should we be seeing a decrease in disaster costs relative to the increase of wealth? Probably so. Researchers in the field seem to think so. At any rate it should show you why the model you use is so important. It tells you want data you need to pay attention to. It seems to me factoring in how well your buildings can withstand storm damage is something that belongs in the model.
Krugman is not the only critic. Long time Silver fan and libertarian(ish) economic commentator Tyler Cowen, along with several others, has been critical as well. Krugman points us to an article by a staffer about corporate cash hordes.
Source: The Piles of Cash That Never Existed
One of the early narratives of the economic recovery was that companies were "hoarding" cash. The story line made sense: Companies, burned by the credit crisis and cautious amid economic and political uncertainty, were stockpiling money. The data backed up the story: The Federal Reserve in 2011 reported that American companies had more than $2 trillion stashed away in overflowing vaults (or, in most cases, bulging bank accounts). As a share of all assets, cash holdings were at their highest level in nearly half a century.
Then the Fed revised its data. New figures released in early 2012, based on more complete tax filings, showed that American companies actually had close to half a trillion dollars less cash than previously thought. Companies did hoard cash in the early months after the financial crisis, but only up to the point that they had rebuilt savings they'd had to spend during the credit crunch. After that, cash holdings as a share of assets leveled off and have remained pretty much flat since. The revision didn't just change the numbers—it undermined the whole narrative.
As Krugman points out, it is silly to say that it destroys any narrative. Why should a revision from $2 trillion to $1.5 trillion refute that narrative? What did the corporations spend the money on? Was it on their own businesses? Did they invest in Treasury bills? The article doesn't say.
We're told that the "whole narrative" is gone; which narrative? Is the notion that profits are high, but investment remains low, no longer borne out by the data? (I'm pretty sure it's still true.) What is the model that has been refuted?
It seems to me that Silver has overestimated his ability to just jump into any field and look at a few numbers and give us all the "straight scoop." There is a reason people go to school for years and years to master fields like climate science and economics. He isn't dealing with a bunch of hacks that are paid to say stupid and controversial things on a TV news program.
He's in way over his head and should stick to political forecasting which he's good at and where things aren't looking so great for Senate Democrats in November.
Mitch McConnelling
So Senator Mitch McConnell made this cheesy PR video and The Daily Show discovered that you could play just about any song with it and come up with something funny. They called on their fans to make their own. I picked a dozen of my favorites from Buzzfeed's Top 30 .


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I bought a BDI stand for my TV 10 years ago, and it still looks great. That says a lot about BDI's quality -- I'm constantly swapping out gear, and the stand is good as new. They no longer make the mostly glass unit I own, but their range of new models is huge.
Most of BDI's current designs feature medium-density fiberboard (MDF) construction, with gorgeous, real hardwood veneers. MDF is better than solid wood in these types of cabinets, real wood shelves bow or warp when heavy gear is placed on them for long periods of time. Cable management and routing are integral to the designs.
The cabinets have adjustable shelves, gray-tinted glass doors that let IR remote signals pass through, concealed wheels that allow you to easily move the cabinet, and removable back panels that don't compromise structural stability. That last one sounds like a great feature; you can more easily rewire or make connections with the panels out of the way, then reinstall the panels to hide the wires. Some cabinets allow for easy installation of cooling fans.
It's also worth noting that most BDI cabinets are shipped assembled, though you may have to attach the legs or bits of hardware. It's not like building a piece of Ikea furniture.
BDI's most popular line of TV stands, the Avion Series II, have prices starting at $1,655 for the Model 8925. It can accommodate up to 55-inch displays, the top shelf can support as much as 175 pounds, and inside there's room for four to six components.
The Ola 8137 ($1,775) is curvier, low and sleek, just 19 inches high and 69 inches wide, so it's ideal for really big displays up to 73 inches. The 8137 can support TVs of up to 150 pound, no problem. And it's one of the few BDI stands available in gloss white (as well as chocolate stained walnut).
The Novia collection's look is a little more conservative, but still quite handsome. The Model 8424 ($1,375) handles up to 50-inch TVs and comes in natural stained or cocoa cherry wood.
The Mirage 8222 ($1,275) is a 40.25-inch tall audio cabinet for your hi-fi, and you can put a turntable on top. It's 22 inches wide and deep, large enough to house high-end amplifiers. Each adjustable shelf can support up to 50 pounds, and the bottom shelf up to 75 pounds.
BDI doesn't sell direct from its Web site; it has a number of brick-and-mortar and online retailers, including Amazon.


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The History of lace dates back to the 16th century. It was known as needlelace. "Punto in Aria" which in translation means "stitches in the air."
The lace is traditionally called re-embroidered lace or known as "alecon lace." It has a beautiful depth and is rich in texture.
Celebrate the characteristics of lace, which is love and beauty. The fine materials used on our products are very delicate.


text: POSPONED DUE TO COVID-19! New date: May 6-8, 2021. At the "Dam Removal goes Alps" seminar, we aim to learn from experiences from all over Europe, demonstrate the potential for dismantling in the Alpine region and outline the necessary framework conditions for dam dismantling. Riverwatch CEO Ulrich Eichelmann will present the Altenau in Ostwestfalen as a successful example for dam removal and river restoration.


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Here's a little something for you to try. I made this for my true love's hot chocolate. I'm sure she won't mind if I share!
It works fine printed onto thin card and its even better printed onto paper and run through your home laminator.
Enjoy your drink!
I've got a couple of ideas about extending this into a proper project so if you haven't heard anything about it for a while – remind me.


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Playground 2.7.0
Parent Health Events
For booked-in children, educators will now be able to see health events created by parents, so they can stay up to date on how well the child slept, what meals the child ate before/after care, toileting information, and more.
Editable Health Event Times
When creating toilet/nappy, sleep, sunscreen, and nutrition events, educators can now set a custom time-of-event to assist in recording accurate event times. Both the Display Time and Logged Time will be shown to parents on the new version of Home app.
Service admins can enable or disable this feature via Office, however it is enabled by default. To learn more about the Office setting, the feature itself, and how the events with edited times show to parents, read this new help article.
New Sleep & Toileting Events
Resting, Rest Checks, Soiled Clothes, and Toileting Attempted are new health events we've added to Playground App.
"Offered" Nutrition Events
Educators can now mark whether the nutrition items they are offering to children were refused by the children. This new feature applies to the current nutrition events and also the new photo nutrition events (see below).
Photo Upload Nutrition Events
There's a new, faster and simpler way to create nutrition events by snapping a photo! Simply select "Upload Photo" at the top of the list of nutrition items when creating a nutrition event.
Bug Fixes
- Some users reported that incident record creation was failing, this is now fixed
Home 1.2.0
Parent Health Events
Parents can now create health events for their child on the Home app which can be viewed by educators on days the child is booked into care. The following event types are currently available:
- Toileting: Parents can create records of their child's toileting and nappy change events in Home App.
- Nutrition: Food and drinks consumed by a child can be recorded by parents in Home App via nutrition event creation.
- Medication: Parents can record and communicate the time medication was last given to their child by creating medication events.
- Sleep: Parents can track the length and quality of their child's sleep by creating sleep events.
To create events, parents can navigate to the Health tab in the Home app, select an event type (sleep, nutrition, etc) and tap "+New" in the top right of the screen to start creating! Need more info? Check out the new section in the Xplor Home help centre.
24-Hour Health Timeline
Parents can now view health events on a 24-hour timeline by rotating their phone into landscape mode on the Health screen.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug causing media downloads to fail on iOS 14.
- Fixed a bug causing media downloads to fail on Android 11.
- Some users reported that they were no longer receiving notifications, this is now fixed.


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"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton's words have been quoted widely since he wrote them in the 1880s.
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton's words have been quoted widely since he wrote them in the 1880s. Niro Sivanathan was part of a research team that tested whether power, indeed, can go to one's head.
Very few individuals read Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland as a study in organizational power and control. Yet, this excerpt resonates with some recent studies that I conducted along with colleagues from Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Kellogg School of Management.
As a background, in a 2008 article in Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, Madan Pillutla (London Business School), Keith Murnighan (Kellogg School of Management) and I were intrigued by how individuals psychologically adjust to shifts in power bases that accompany changes in the workplace, an inexorable element of contemporary organizational life. Our findings consistently revealed that individuals overreacted to gains in power - forcefully exercising greater power than that afforded in their new role.
As a follow-up, Nathanael Fast, Deborah Gruenfeld (Stanford Graduate School of Business), Adam Galinsky (Kellogg School of Management) and I tested more explicitly if individuals can, indeed, become drunk on power. The context for these studies is detailed in a 2009 article in Psychological Science (www.psychologicalscience.org); let me highlight a few of the studies:
Experiments were done in the US involving 190 individuals - 68 undergraduate students and 122 adults. The experiments placed participants in a context of either thinking about a time when he or she had power over others, or having a higher level of power in the context of the experiment. Others found themselves in the opposite position: thinking about times someone had power over them, or actually having less power as a participant in the experiment.
In one experiment, when offered the chance to earn a bonus for correctly predicting the outcome of a die roll, each and every participant in the highpower condition decided to roll the die themselves. In contrast, approximately two-thirds or fewer of the participants in the low-power and baseline conditions chose to roll the die themselves. By rolling the die themselves, the powerful participants believed they could somehow influence the outcome of this random event. In another experiment, individuals from the group that wrote about an event in which they had a sense of power believed at the time of our experiment that their vote could influence the outcome of a national election; 70 per cent felt that way versus only 42 per cent from the baseline group.
Finally, in an experiment involving a simulated negotiation between an employer and a job applicant, participants who were assigned to a high-power position believed that their upcoming negotiations would not only succeed, but would also result in favourable terms for themselves relative to baseline participants. These studies revealed that the experience of power can lead to an illusion of control. When one thinks she has power, it can lead her to think that she can control outcomes that are, in fact, beyond her span of control.
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We met Google Duplex at the I/O conference in 2018 when Google showed off a suspiciously realistic AI that could call and make appointments for you. The service has now rolled out to users of Google Assistant in most US states, but you may not be getting the full AI experience.
The next customer service rep you speak to could be a machine. Welcome to your dystopian nightmare.
There are questions about whether or not Google faked its AI demo earlier this month — and Google isn't answering them.
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As anyone who has seen Antônio Conselheiro's infamous death photo can attest, the apocalyptic firebrand and spiritual leader of the backlands rebellion didn't survive the final siege at Canudos. But what inspired this itinerant ascetic to take on the Brazilian army? And why was he so successful at rallying the poor and the criminal to his cause? Euclides da Cunha's answers are fascinating both for their ambivalence and for what they tell us about the Brazil of his time. Classifying Conselheiro as "a second-century heretic in the modern age" (143), the writer presents the urban/victors' side of the story by diagnosing the zealot as a religiously deranged product of his backlands environment. "Antônio Conselheiro was a type of antihero whose sick mysticism was a compendium of all the superstitions and errors that have debased our nationality," he writes. "He attracted the people of the backlands, not because he dominated them, but because their aberrations dominated him. The environment worked in his favor, and he had a grasp of the practicality of the absurd. He obeyed the irresistible finality of old ancestral impulses and while gripped by these impulses he had the outward appearance of a confident evangelist. It was this confidence that disguised his insanity" (147).
Elsewhere, as in this opening salvo from a section titled Antônio Conselheiro: A Misfit Turns Back the Historical Clock, da Cunha is even stronger in his denunciation of Conselheiro as an atavistic lunatic:
To give you a better idea of what I mean, I'll close for now with a couple of examples of da Cunha at work late in Chapter II ("Man"). This part of the work is the anthropological and cultural set-up for the six chapters on the battle that will follow. Da Cunha begins with a typical Euclidean assertion, bold and to the point: "We must insist on this truth: The war of Canudos was a regression in our history. What we had before us was the unsolicited armed insurgence of an old, dead society, brought back to life by a madman. We did not recognize this society; it was impossible for us to have known it" (168). With one fell swoop, the author has stigmatized the backlanders as primitives in opposition to an army that represents the forces of republicanism and modernity. It's a charge that will be repeated throughout the work, often with racist assumptions attached. And yet just a single page later, da Cunha's ambivalence is revealed when he attacks the "greed" of the victorious army by contrasting it with the humble lifestyle of the vanquished--a people so poor that their defeat resulted in "one of the most unrewarding spoils of war in history" (169). The prize spoils in the sacked settlement? Scraps of paper recording the preaching of Antônio Conselheiro. "These scraps were worth everything because they were worth nothing...and as one read them over, it was evident just how harmless his sermons really were: They simply reflected the poor man's confusion. Every line was imbued with the same vague and incongruous religious doctrine. There was very little of political significance to be found in any of them and nothing that would have supported his messianic cause" (169). To top it all off, da Cunha even offers a totally unexpected apology for Conselheiro's actions: "If the rebel attacked the government, it was because he believed that the promised kingdom was near at hand" (169). Suffice it to say that with perspectives like these, this isn't run of the mill history at all.


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Apple has long made it a point to make the cheapest version of the iPhone come with 16GB of storage, with the next step up being 64GB. But rumors coming from iPhone contractor Foxconn indicate that the iPhone 6S or iPhone 7 (depending on what Apple calls it) will have 32GB of storage in the cheapest model.
David Nield reports for Digital Trends:
As we get closer to September, the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6C rumors have been coming thick and fast. The latest tip-off to come from inside the supply chain suggests that Apple's getting ready to ditch the 16GB storage level, and that this year's models will only be available with 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB of storage.
The prediction comes courtesy of Foxconn sources speaking to MIC Gadget so take the news as very much unofficial for the time being. Still, it might be worth preparing yourself for the disappearance of the 16GB edition of the phone — it's not very practical these days, but it does give buyers a budget iPhone option if they spend most of their lives in the cloud.
If this rumor is true then I think it will be a great thing for anybody looking to get the cheapest model of the next iPhone. 32GB is a much better base option in terms of storage than the anemic 16GB currently offered in the cheapest version of the iPhone.
Why did Apple go with 16GB iPhones in the first place?
Some of you might be wondering why on earth Apple would offer a 16GB iPhone at all? Well, it has to do with up-selling people to the 64GB model iPhone. For example, right now you can buy a 16GB iPhone starting at $199 on Apple's online store. But the 64GB model is only $100 more. In a nutshell, the low storage of the 16GB makes the 64GB model look like a much better deal.
The 64GB storage option doesn't cost Apple much more than the 16GB but it allows them to significantly raise the price of an iPhone. So gently nudging customers over to the 64GB version of the iPhone has helped Apple increase the profitability of the iPhone in a big way.
Apple has been doing this for quite a long time, and it shouldn't come as a shock to anyone. The company is terrific at encouraging its customers to choose the more profitable models in all of its product lineups. Up-selling is nothing new in business, so it's not like Apple has been committing some sort of crime by doing it.
Apple may also have felt that the 16GB model would encourage some customers to make use of its iCloud service. I can understand why Apple would think that way, but iCloud isn't much use for games and apps that require a lot of storage space. And not everyone wants to store their photos in the cloud either.
Good riddance to the 16GB iPhone!
I'm very glad that it looks like Apple is about to get rid of the 16GB iPhone. The 16GB model is just too little storage in an age of bigger and bigger apps and games, and gorgeous photos that require significant amounts of storage. Customers that purchase a 16GB iPhone are not really getting an optimal experience given today's storage needs.
And remember that Apple is famous for providing a superb experience to its iPhone customers. Apple's reputation in that regard is very important to the company, and anything that has the potential to taint that is certainly going to make Apple reconsider its position on iPhone storage. And I think that that is exactly what's happening with a move from 16G to 32GB in the cheapest version of the iPhone.
And I think Apple will still be able to up-sell people from the 32GB model to the 64GB one since it is still double the storage on the 64GB model. Frankly though, I'd actually like Apple to make the jump soon to 64GB, 128GB and 256GB versions of the iPhone. 64GB really should be the bare minimum in terms of iPhone storage these days.
Unfortunately, Apple is probably going to take at least another year or longer before it gets to the point where it offers 64GB in the cheapest iPhone, to say nothing of making the most expensive version with 256GB instead of 128GB. But at least the company is starting to move in the right direction if the reports about a jump from 16GB to 32GB are actually true.
I'm not alone in my dislike of the 16GB iPhone, Apple redditors seemed quite happy that the company might be dumping the 16GB model as you can see from this sampling of comments in a recent thread:
AlbinoAlex: "Thank God. More than any other device, the iPhone absolutely needs a lot of storage. One 3-minute HD video (like filming a karaoke session or a song played at a concert) can take over 500MB! At 2 videos/GB, you won't get very far with 16. Heck, my entire music library alone is 8GB.
As much as there are people who say they do well with a 16GB phone, it's clear that the majority demands a larger capacity. After all, the 64GB model of iPhone 6/6+ was the highest in demand, and had the worst wait time."
Overlord: "Finally, they have weird ideas like keeping the 16 Gb and dropping the 32 GB…Good to see them thinking straight at last."
ThatEvilGuy: "It was not weird, it was greedy. They knew 16GB was useless, they wanted to push people to upgrade to 64GB. But people probably still bought 16GB and then complained. The reason they might drop 16GB is that lowering people's product satisfaction is not worth the tiny profit they get from push few users to 64GB."
iReddit: "YES!!! Thank GOD!!! Right now I'm trying my best to manage 3GB on my iPhone. Honestly 16GB just doesn't cut it anymore maybe, 2-3 years ago it worked. Just with some 1080p videos, pictures, few apps and a high graphic game. That pretty much takes up all if not most of your GBs. It's bad enough apple uses 4.5GB of the 16GB, and we're left with 11.5GB to work with.
iCloud is nice, but I had to upgrade to the 20GB and I have 7.5GB of that left. I have my backup, but the years…. of videos and picture ate most of it. haha…
HEY 32GB!!! (Standard) I say AMEN to that lol. Since we're upgrading GB just add another GB to the RAM :)"
Dylan: "Hmmm I might buy my first IPhone if this is the case…"
Driftless: "It better have more than 1GB of RAM as well."
Hybrid: "Yea I think we've reached a point where more RAM to stop crashes and constant tab reloading is more higher requirement than storage size shifting. But then again I got suckered into buying the 128GB so I guess don't get a say… Still, more ram please?"
BigPoppa: "I know I'd love if they introduced a base model at 32gb for the standard $200."
Compost: "The base model is $649. Stop thinking that because your carrier subsidizes the price that they actually cost $200."
As you can tell from the comments, just about everybody will be happy to see Apple get rid of the 16GB iPhone and replace it with a 32GB base model. But none of this has been officially announced by Apple just yet, so take it all with a grain of salt. I have my fingers crossed that this rumor is true, but it's a good idea to temper your enthusiasm for a 32GB base model iPhone until Apple actually confirms it.
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05 Dec Spoke Newsletter – 12/04/2014
Dark for Thanksgiving
Dr. Ralph Kuncl , President of the University of Redlands, delivered a PowerPoint presentation about developments at the local institution whose emblem shines afar. He spoke highly about the value of independent higher education, asserting that it's more affordable than people think. In comparison with public institutions, for example, it is much easier to complete a degree in four years at dear old U of R.
Retired UCSB Professor Kim Clark and our own Rotarians Pat Hoag and Dave Maupin will present a program entitled "Mt. Kilimanjaro: From Redlands to the Roof of Africa". Apparently they were three of seven intrepid climbers who recently ascended to the summit of the famed Kenyan landmark. Not content with that, there will also be a short "bonus presentation" from Past Prez Jim Pinder on his personal journey overseas to vaccinate Third World children against polio.
Mario Saucedo will give us a presentation about the North Redlands Visioning Committee. Rumor has it that Rotarian Maria Saucedo had something to do with securing this speaker.
This Monday, December 8th is the annual Purple Turtles holiday party at the Elks Lodge on New York Ave. This Rotary tradition is designed to support some of our community's developmentally developed adults. Dress festively (red sweaters are de rigueur), and show up about 5:00 PM. We'll mingle and serve until about 7:15. Per illustrious President Jim" If you've done this service before, I know you'll be there. If you haven't, you should." Check with merriment maven Stan Weisser for details.
Our Club holiday(s) party will take place at the regular Club meeting on the last Thursday afternoon of the month, December 18th, at our usual time of 12 noon. Chef Steve has planned a special holiday meal for us, so please bring your significant other(s) and join us for a lighthearted afternoon of good food, camaraderie, and entertainment provided by the choral group from Citrus Valley High School. Please let Past Prez Cal Boothby know how many guests you will be bringing by the end of our club meeting on December 11th, so we can be sure to have adequate food and place settings. President Jim is also in need of volunteers to help decorate our Masonic Hall meeting room for the party.
Joe Horzen's dictionary project began this week and will continue through next Friday. Rotarians ranging from Bill McCalmon to Lynn Whitmer will be distributing complimentary dictionaries to 11 schools in the Redlands Unified School District.
HEARD AROUND THE TABLE (by paid informants since your editor was out-of-state)
In keeping with our Kenyan theme, the mystery of Dennis Hansberger's absence has been solved. Informed sources report that he and Karen were in rural Kenya on a medical relief trip organized by A Better World Canada.
Don't be surprised if Nathan Gonzales is missing in action this Thursday. He may be attending to last-minute details, making sure his midcentury modern home, which is also a designated Redlands historic resource, will be ready for its close-up during Sunday's Redlands YMCA Home Tour. A sneak preview of his stylish living room where many a libation has been quaffed is pictured below.
In other YMCA news, sources tell us local automobile big wheel Bill Hatfield has deigned to take charge of the Y's President's Golden Circle, a group of high rollers who keep Darwin Barnett and his crew in the chips. Included among Bill's cohorts is Janet Greenfield.
Seems as if it is all education all the time for our own Neal Waner. Just back from an educational field trip to Arizona, he has now been put in charge of a newly formed scholarship committee for the Redlands Country Club.
The MLS cup this Sunday will mark the last soccer game in the legendary career of Redlands' own Landon Donovan, the greatest American ever to play the world's most popular game. A few hard-core Redlands Rotary club footie aficionados may be in attendance. How many MLS championships has Landon won?
December is "Family Month" in the Rotary calendar. This seems appropriate since between now and the end of the year, most of us reach out to family members near and far in celebration of the holiday seasons of the world's great religions.
The actor David Ogden Stier said "Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten." This is a very Rotarian perspective. The whole idea of Rotarian service is to join with other members of the Rotary family and uplift the overlooked, needy, and disadvantaged. On an international scale, this can lead to conquering crippling diseases, lifting Third-world families out of poverty, or accomplishing many more life-changing tasks. On a more per-
sonal level, it also means that in a time of great challenges, you are only a phone-call away from anything you need from members of our RCOR family. The countless demonstrations of support and encouragement one receives from this family help more than you can ever adequately understand until you receive it.
That being said, why not use this month as an opportunity to invite your "traditional" family to join with your RCOR family? Invite your spouse, child, parent, sibling, or favorite uncle to a lunch and a program. Maybe they'd like to help out with one of our many service opportunities: Purple Turtles, Breakfast-and-a-Book, or the Dictionary handout. It would be fun, they'd be welcome, and I'm positive it will bring your entire family closer together.
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The 2013 Major League Baseball season is nearly upon us and with it comes a summer full of tremendous overachieving and crushed expectations. Of course, it also comes with hyped teams doing exactly what they're supposed to do: win.
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Stochastics Indicator or also known as the Stochastics oscillator is a momentum indicator. It shows the location of the close relative to the high-low range over a set number of periods. In the late 1950s, George C. Lane developed this indicator. This indicator follows the speed or the momentum of price and the momentum changes direction before price. This was Lane's first and most important identified signal. The developer George C. Traders can use this oscillator to identify bull and bear set-ups and to anticipate a future reversal. This technical indicator is useful for identifying overbought and oversold levels.
The stochastic oscillator is a highly popular technical indicator that is used by traders all over the world. The stochastics is actually an oscillator, i.e, it oscillates between 2 values. Stochastics Oscillator oscillates between the value of 0 and 100.
The traders can know more about Stochastics in their terminal. They can find it in the STUDIES section of Zerodha Kite and it also available in Kite mobile App. The Period is 14 and you can set the value of it high and low. You can also check the image below to understand how to attach the Stochastics indicator in HDFC Bank share price chart. In this indicator on to any charts likes daily, weekly, monthly or intraday you can attach.
Calculation of Stochastics Indicator:
We measure the Stochastics with the %K line and the %D line, and it is the %D line that we follow closely, for it will indicate any major signals in the chart.
%K = (C-L5close)/(H5-L5) * 100 %D = 3-day SMA of %K. where, C = the most recent closing price. L5 = the low of the five previous trading sessions. H5 = the highest price recorded within the same 5-day period.
Usage of Stochastics Indicator:
- The major usage of Stochastics Indicator is to identify the overbought and oversold condition of the market.
- Most traders use this indicator on the basis of crossover of %D and %K.
- %D crossing above %K is considered as buy signal and %D crossing below %K is considered as a sell signal.
- Few traders also use this indicator on the basis of divergence signals.
The traders consider a stochastics value of close to 0 as oversold, i.e, market is enough sold and can bounce back any time. Whereas they consider the stochastics value of close to 100 as overbought, i.e, the market is enough bought and can take a correction any time.
Two stochastic oscillator has 2 lines (%ok) and (%d). The 2 lines cross each other and we consider this as the buy/sell signal. We call the %k line crossing the %d line above as the buy signal. Whereas we call the %k crossing the %d line below as the sell signal.
There are multiple ways to trade the stochastics. Some traders trade on the basis of overbought/oversold. The other school of thought is stochastics can remain in the overbought or oversold region for a long time. So some traders enter long in the overbought value of stochastic oscillator while they short sell on the oversold.
Some traders trade on the basis of %d and %k line crossover alone. But this is not a very reliable method of trading. Another way of trading stochastics is to trade the divergence, i.e, when the price and stochastics diverge (suppose price makes higher high but stochastics makes lower high. This denotes that the price can reverse back soon.
Stochastics is a favorite indicator of some technical analysts because of the simplicity of its usage and also the accuracy of its readings. This indicator is easy to perceived by seasoned veterans and new technicians both. It tends to help all investors make a good entry and exit decisions on their holdings. We can also use this indicator to identify turns near support or resistance.


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Hey there my lovelies,
It seems just like yesterday that I was started watching Carli Bybel on YouTube. I stumbled on her channel by pure coincidence and fell in love with her tutorials! Anyways when Carli recently announced her collab with BH costmetics the whole world went crazy, and obviously enough the first lot sold out in just minutes.
Thankfully it was recently restocked and last month I finally got my hands on it. So for today's post I thought of giving you my thoughts on it!
OK, first things first, if still in doubt if to get this palette or otherwise you really should since it is ONLY $12.50 (with about $7 shipping to Malta). Yes, you read right, super affordable considering palette comes with 14 pans of neutral tones and four beautiful highlighters – Awesome right!!!
Side note : Big thanks to Carli and BH Cosmetics for making sure that this palette remained affordable. BH Cosmetics are know that their products are not expensive, but I was happy to learn that they kept the same price of when it first came out.
So, let's get this review rolling shall we … I truly love this palette, it's pretty much great, besides being affordable, if you are into neutral tones, this is a very good one at that! All shades are wearable any time of day and I must say very work appropriate too – tried and tested!
TOP ROW: The top row include a mauve and a purple eye shadow. Four out of the five shades are matte and a stunning pink shimmer. The matte eye shadows are out of this world pigmented and easy to work with.
MIDDLE ROW: This row is has a champagne, bronze, and chocolate shade. There are four shimmer shade and a matte shade. Each color is so brilliant and full of shine. I simply adore the pinkish-gold duo-chrome shade – amazing 🙂
BOTTOM ROW: The bottom row contains the highlighter shades, four in total. Once thing I must say is that even though they are highlighter you can easily use these on your eyes or as blush too. The pigment and consistency is simply amazing and buttery and they blend like a dream. I love me a heavenly highlighter and these shades make my cheekbones look incredible.
In all honestly this was my first time trying any BH cosmetics eye shadows, but I am very happy that all of the shadows are of good texture and are nicely pigmented. With regards to the highlighters they are very intense, so I do recommend you go in with a light hand. Personally I do not mind an intense highlighted look, but I'm aware that's not everyone's thing. The darker shade has a metallic finish, which I don't see working as a highlighter on myself, however as I said earlier I really like it as a blush or bronzer.
Overall, I highly recommend this palette to add it to your collection. It's a major bargain and the formula is perfect. You get a great mix of shimmers and mattes, as well as highlighters you can use on both your eyes and your face. A good deal right there 🙂
If in doubt here's Ms. Bybel tutorial using her own palette for some inspiration 🙂
Disclaimer : This post is my own personal opinion, I bought all the products myself and I am not affiliated with the companies.


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Ontario's 2020 budget puts businesses before seniors
The newly released Ontario 2020 budget sets a strong course forward for economic growth and recovery, but there is little in it that addresses the real needs of seniors.
C.A.R.P. cosigns letter to PM demanding fast tracked universal pharmacare
On Nov 24th, C.A.R.P. joined forces with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions and a long list of other advocates, adding our signature to a strongly-written letter sent to Prime Minister Trudeau.
More than 8 in 10 of all COVID-19 deaths in Canada are linked to long-term care homes—nearly twice as high as other developed nations. The status quo is unacceptable.
Long-term care in Canada needs to be re-built from the ground up, with home and community care as the foundation.
COVID-19 has hit Canada's seniors with a slew of out-of-pocket expenses, from premiums on groceries to triple the cost for dispensing fees on prescription medications.
CARP is urging the federal government to address the financial concerns of seniors.
Seniors across Canada are dying every year from highly preventable illnesses We know that taking a proactive approach to preventative health care is the best way to ensure seniors live longer lives at home, where they want to be.
CARP is demanding that best-in-class vaccines for seniors be publicly funded, and easily accessible, in all provinces and territories.
Current laws don't protect pensioners, leaving many seniors destitute should their former employers declare bankruptcy.
CARP is collaborating with the National Pensioners Federation and Canadian Federation of Pensioners, calling for MP's to create a solution to safeguard defined benefit pensions for retirees.
Seniors who have RRIFs are concerned about their retirement savings due to declining markets and projected losses for an extended and unpredictable period of time. This issue is compounded by the fact that seniors are living longer than ever before, and many depend on their RRIF to provide sustained income throughout their later years. Seniors deserve to be in control of their retirement savings, especially during a global crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.
CARP is calling for mandatory RRIF withdrawals to be waived for 2020.
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In the advocacy world, we have a saying: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." It's an oldie but a goodie, and has never been more true than it is today.
Governments and bureaucrats love to talk. It's what they do, and it's not inherently bad (plans have to start somewhere). Talking has its time.
But that time has passed.
When we watched with bated breath as Ontario released it's 2020 budget (more on that here) we wanted to see a tangible action plan to protect seniors in long-term care. We got a ton of words (and token promises that won't manifest for four years).
When we finally saw the first real step toward establishing a national standard of long-term care (read more here), it took the form of more talking (presumably over Zoom, where most talking seems to now take place). We're still waiting for the next step.
When the Ontario Independent Commission into Long-term Care released its interim recommendations (see them here), which it released ahead of the full report out of due urgency, we got a strong sense of deja-vu. It was like listening to our own words being recited back to us—demands we've been bringing to the government for years.
More noise.
C.A.R.P. is about action. Our job is to cut through all of the talk—promote equitable access to health care, financial security, and freedom from ageism—and demand those changes happen.
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Dennis Mitchell | Interview
Dennis Mitchell is a sound engineer from Long Island, NY. He is the owner of urban record label company StoneBrown Studios based in Brooklyn. In this video interview with TheBeeShine, Dennis reminisces on the first time he heard Grandmaster Flash records as well as "Rapper's Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang. Dennis goes on to describe his fascination with music equipment and instruments, specifically the Dr. Groove drum machine. He discusses the story of how engineering became a career after a short internship and the ways with which he would excel.


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Barely 30 seconds left in the first period, the Wildcats were skating short-handed, with a man in the penalty box. It was looking bleak, to say the least, and all the homers were hoping that we'd make it to the whistle without allowing a goal. But, suddenly, a UNH breakaway rapidly developed, and next thing I knew, the crowd erupted; applauding the wrist-shot that had just been buried into the back of the net mere seconds before. That's when the well-known chants rang out, and, surprisingly, a familiar voice to my left joined with the merriment.
"Sieve, you suck! Sieve sieve sieve sieve sieve sieve sieve!"
It was my Dad, who had driven from Vermont to watch the game and celebrate our imminent victory with me. He was waving his hands, hollering at the UVM goalie, and while some students might be embarrassed by their mom or dad's passionate participation – in front of all their friends, no less – I loved every second of it.
That's something that all sports – whether at a college or professional level – can accomplish; bringing together fans, regardless of age and social stigma. Plus it's always fun to see a 50 year old man heckling a 20 year old hockey player.
To be clear, my Dad isn't that drunk fan in the crowd that ceaselessly boos, burps, and berates players and attendees alike. He enjoys the competition, loves watching plays develop, and is sure to comment and criticize when he sees mistakes. And while he might get overly-fired up at times, he certainly steers clear from the realm of belligerency.
But what makes this event even more fun – besides being able to watch our dominant hockey squad beat up on our home-state team (whom we've admittedly never really supported) – is being able to watch a parent, an outsider, be just as engaged and supportive as our nationally-known students section. And even though he was well-versed with the plethora of cheers and taunts, there were a few that surprised him just as much as it surprised first-time attendees as well. In particular, the "DIRTY HIPPIES" and "WE HAVE CHEETOS" chants were among his favorites.
Coach Umile's squad ended up with a 4-0 lead at the end of regulation, and further solidified their place at #9 in the National Rankings. UNH has looked incredibly solid these past few games, and our goalie, DeSmith, produced his second straight shutout performance. None of these things should come as a surprise, either. Mainly because a Catamount is far, far less awesome looking than this Wildcat, and yes, by definition, an Albino-Bengal-Tiger-Fish counts as a "Wild Cat." Look it up.
Although the experience was greatly improved because of the Wildcats victory, sitting in the ever-electric bleachers is always more fun with loving friends (but mostly family) by your side. It's certainly something I would recommend to all students at UNH, although it would be wise to give some disclaimers. Cheek-pinching? Is it adorable and cute and affectionate? Yes. But it should probably be designated as off-limits. Can't be giving your best friends all that ammunition to make fun of you with, right?
It was our third game together at the Whittemore center, and, just as my superstitious father pointed out, "With us sitting side by side in the stands, they haven't lost a game." The recipe surely seems to work, and it's something that I hope will continue throughout my current and (almost) final year in Durham.


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I love American Idol. I think I have watched every season. One of the things they always tell singers is that it seemed like a karaoke performance, implying that it was less than a show performance. Similarly, consider the difference between high fashion runway models and catalog models. As I was watching Idol the other night, I started thinking that there is a similar comparison in the cake world. I know that I have judged cake shows and, at least once, written "this would make a lovely cake for a bridal show." I am betting that people don't all see the difference between a display/bridal show cake and a competition cake. My friend Barry Dickinson asked me to write this blog to help folks understand.
A competition cake is supposed to show off the best features of your design and decorating skills. It is supposed to take longer than a regular cake order for most people. It often shows off advanced skills that no one pays you to do. It isn't necessarily something you would do for a real event because almost no one would pay you enough to do that design. These cakes are fantasies. They are your dreams, your visions, your secret artistic desires.
A display cake is one that you know you can and will replicate many times in a very quick fashion. It is more commercial. It is production oriented. The designs are "dumbed down" so that they can be created efficiently for a profit.
A bridal show cake is similarly designed…for immediate visual impact from a distance, which can be reproduced easily on busy wedding weekends. While the designs might be impressive and detailed to a customer, we know that piping large scrolls with a tip 3 can be pretty fast. They might take longer than a birthday cake, but they still must be a profitable design. This necessarily limits what you do.
I often think of display and bridal show cakes as something you look at from a distance, like a full page in a magazine. They look amazing and really catch your eye, but if you go closer, you don't usually get a whole lot more detail. The competition cakes, however, when done right, draw you closer and you keep noticing more details. It takes numerous photos to do the cake justice. It may need to be viewed on all sides or from different angles to take in everything that is special about that cake.
The next time you design a cake for a competition, think to yourself, is it runway or catalog? Can one photo capture all the details? Have I unleashed my full decorating potential? If not, bring the cake anyway. As I discovered at the last show, once in a while a display cake just might be done well enough to be a winner.


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One of the very best parts of being pregnant is spreading the good news. But while you may spill it to your bestie using an off-color GIF and three dozen emojis, telling the people you work with requires some dramatically different messaging. Whether you are the boss and need to assure your employees that the train will keep speeding along while you're in L&D, or you're just starting out at a new company and don't want to spook your boss, we have rounded up the best advice for broadcasting your bump in the workplace, as well as some key facts on your rights.
Try To Keep It To Yourself For 12 Weeks
The reality is 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. By the 12th week that risk drops significantly. Hence the 12-week-wait to share the sonogram on social. Are you connected to your boss or coworkers on social media? Then wait 13 weeks, and make sure to tell them face-to-face at the office first. Sometimes, letting a close superior or co-worker in on the news early is a necessity, especially if you are suffering from serious morning sickness or other health conditions that are effecting your attendance or performance. But if hiding it is no problem, there is also no need to spill the beans right at 12 weeks. If you are waiting to hear about a promotion or are suspicious that your company may be less than supportive, take a beat, spend some time getting to know your rights, and wait until you feel comfortable—or the oversized tops aren't hiding it anymore. Just don't wait so long that your company feels blindsided by the news.
Tell Your Go-To Person First
This could be your immediate manager or boss, or, if you are at the top of the food chain yourself, your direct subordinate or right-hand employee. Tell them face-to-face if possible, and schedule a meeting versus surprising them desk-side. And despite how tight your relationship is, keep the news brief and professional. Professional (and personal) reactions are hard to predict, so simply deliver the news in a positive way, and promise that more details on your maternity leave plans will be forthcoming.
Meet With The HR Expert To Get The Facts
Sure, they probably breezed over the family-leave policies when you were hired, but we are betting the info didn't stick. So dig up your employee manual if you have it and set up a meeting with your company's HR representative to get the down low on exactly what the company provides and what it doesn't. But don't show up to the meeting without doing your homework. If you live in the United States, you are most likely covered by the FMLA, so read up on what your rights are on a federal level (typically 12 weeks of time off, unpaid). Many cities and states have additional policies, so simply Google "YOUR CITY Family Medical Leave Act" and "YOUR STATE Family Medical Leave Act." Plus, be sure to check out what qualifies as pregnancy discrimination here. Because let's not kid ourselves, the motherhood penalty is real.
Don't Wait To Make The News Official For Everyone Else
Once you have announced to your boss and HR, don't wait more than a few days to let everyone else know. No need to call a special meeting just to announce the news—simply tack it on to the agenda at the next all team meeting. If many people work remotely, an email isn't a terrible faux-pas, but face-to-face is always ideal with this kind of news. Again, remember this isn't your gender-reveal party—no confetti or champagne pops—keep it super professional and only divulge the necessary info.
Don't Stress About Having Your Maternity Leave Plan All Planned Out
You'll learn a lot about what your body and your baby need over the next couple months, so don't commit to a leave plan too early. Just communicate things like regular appointments and your due date and any immediate needs you may have (like you can no longer be on piano-moving detail if your job description happens to include it). That said, you should have a plan in place and communicated by the end of your second trimester. Babies aren't always the best as reading calendars, and 11.4 percent of pregnancies end in early deliveries. Feeling ready for baby and like your office won't fall to pieces while your away is a major stress reliever, so figure out what kind of time you need, and don't be afraid (or feel guilty) to take it.
For more on preparing for baby, check out How to Have a Feminist Pregnancy, Minimalist Essentials for the Mama-to-Be, and 20+ things your friends and family can do to support you as a new mother.


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Treat yourself to a couple of pricey but fabulous shore tours in Alaska, the sort of blue-ribbon experiences you would ordinarily bypass.
Explore the Oasis, the largest cruise ship ever built, at a cost of $1.4 billion.
SeaDream Yacht Club announces wine voyages
By Paul E. Kandarian, Globe CorrespondentIf you like wine and cruise ships, this may interest you. SeaDream Yacht Club has announced four niche wine voyages,...
Sharing a deck, tales, and tape
Since 1951, eleven ferries - the largest of which accommodates 499 passengers - have traveled 3,500 miles of routes along the marine highway.
Cruise around Alaska
There are many low-cost and even free things to do in Alaska port towns, from hiking to exploring glaciers to learning about Alaska and Native culture.
Cruising in Norway
Visitors can meet the Sami, get up close to a reindeer, and have a peek inside a lavvu.
Floating around Peru
Monkeys, blue Morpho butterflies, pink dolphins, and the lush, mysterious rain forest, on an intimate cruise.
On a houseboat in grand canyons
Since 1963, the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona has backed up the river 186 miles into countless gorges, valleys, and tributaries.
Adventurers are getting on board
Adventure cruising might sound like an oxymoron, but more and more cruise lines are jumping on the active lifestyle bandwagon.
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Slow going up the Loire
It would be hard to invent a more limited way to see Europe than on a rented canal barge.
A family cruise divided by 10
A 10-member family chose a cruise not only for the time they spent together, but for the time they spent apart.
Can a cruise ship be a destination?
These days, high end cruise ships can feel like cities, replete with activities and attractions.
Polar attraction
Being on top of the world in the Canadian Arctic is raw and daunting, unpredictable and overwhelmingly beautiful.
Picture yourself on a yacht
By scaling down their vessels by 100 feet, some people - a Boston lawyer and a Wayland accountant's family among them - have been treated like royalty on private charters - often for little more than the price of a luxury liner berth.


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Summary: We explore "Zoo-based amphibian research and conservation
breeding programs" through a literature review and a survey of research publication
with public and subscription search engines. Amphibians are ideal candidates for
zoo-based amphibian research and CBPs because of their generally small size, high
fecundity, ease of husbandry, and amenability to the use of reproduction
technologies. Zoo-based amphibian research and CBPs can include both in situ
and ex situ components that offer excellent opportunities for publicity and
Husbandry, captive breeding, larval development and stages of the Malayan
horned frog Megophrys nasuta (Schlegel, 1858) (Amphibia: Anura:
Megophryidae). Marlen Wildenhues,
Anna Rauhaus, Rike
Bach, Detlef Karbe, Karin Van Der Straeten, Stefen T. Hertwig, Thomas Ziegler. Amphibian and Reptile
Conservation 5(3):15-28.
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Amphibian Breeding Unit. We also document the development and morphology of different larval stages
of M. nasuta. Ovipositions were not seasonal and took place after a drier phase in the
terrarium followed by simulation of rain. The larvae hatched about one week after egg
deposition. Total time to metamorphosis was 2.5-3.5 months. Larvae developed faster at higher
temperatures and lower densities.
Is there a chance for
conservation breeding? Ex situ management, reproduction, and early life stages of
the Harlequin toad Atelopus flavescens Duméril & Bibron, 1841
(Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Anna Gawor,
Anna Rauhaus, Detlef
Karbe, Karin Van Der Straeten,
Stefan Lötters, and Thomas Ziegler. Amphibian and Reptile
Conservation 5(3):29-44.
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Captive management and reproduction of the Harlequin toad from Suriname (Atelopus
flavescens) at Cologne Zoo. Egg deposition was stimulated by maintaining A.
flavescens in a drier environment followed by a wet period. We provide for the first time an
overview of the larval development from oviposition to metamorphosis, including diagnostic
morphological characters. Larvae hatched about five days after egg deposition. Tadpoles are
gastromyzophorous and were observed rasping algae. The average time for larval development to stage
41 was 100-130 days, with faster development at higher temperatures. We were able to recognize
individuals due to a constant color pattern.
conservation breeding of two foot-flagging frog species from Borneo, Staurois
parvus and Staurois guttatus. Doris Preininger, Anton Weissenbacher, Thomas Wampula, and Walter Hödl. Amphibian and Reptile
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Summary: The Bornean frogs of the genus Staurois live exclusively
along fast-flowing, clear water rainforest streams, and are famous for displaying a variety of
visual signals, including foot flagging. Their extraordinary behavior, and the continued loss of
their natural habitat due to deforestation and subsequent pollution, make them a group of target
species for captive breeding, as well as behavioral research. The Vienna Zoo has pioneered in the
development of a research and conservation project for S. parvus and S. guttatus.
We implemented two breeding and research arenas, offering an artificial waterfall and different
options for egg deposition in a bio-secure container facility. Two months after introducing the
frogs, we observed amplectant pairs and the first tadpoles. Vienna Zoo is the first zoo worldwide
that has succeeded in breeding foot-flagging frog species and meanwhile has recorded over 900
tadpoles and at least 470 juveniles. One of the most striking observations has been the use of
foot-flagging signals in recently metamorphosed S. parvus. This corroborates our
assumption that "foot flagging" is employed as intraspecific spacing mechanism. The breeding
success of two Staurois species at the Vienna Zoo can help in species conservation as it increases
our knowledge on conditions necessary to breed tropical stream-dwelling anuran species found to be
particularly threatened in nature. Furthermore,the captive colony provides research conditions to
better understand the role of "foot flagging" as a visual signal component in anuran
capacity to implement conservation breeding programs for frogs in Madagascar:
Results from year one of Mitsinjo's amphibian husbandry research and captive breeding
facility. Edmonds D, Rakotoarisoa JC, Dolch R, Pramuk J,
Gagliardo R, Andreone
F, Rabibisoa N, Rabemananjara F, Rabesihanaka S, Robsomanitrandrasana
2012. Amphibian and Reptile
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Madagascar is ranked 12th in amphibian species richness by the International Union on the
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is considered to be one of the highest priority countries for
amphibian conservation. In response to the tremendous threats facing Madagascar's amphibians, a
national strategy for amphibian conservation was developed, emphasizing the need for ex situ
conservation action. This project was officially launched through a collaborative effort between a
community-run organization, the IUCN, and the Malagasy government. We discuss the process for
developing and implementing this project which has included facility construction, terrarium
building, culturing local feeder insects, and the training of Malagasy technicians. This is the
first captive breeding and amphibian conservation project in Madagascar may become a center for
training and education in an area of Madagascar that contains tremendous amphibian diversity and
Captive management and
breeding of the Critically Endangered Southern Corroboree Frog
corroboree)(Moore 1953) at Taronga and
Melbourne Zoos. Michael McFadden, Raelene Hobbs, Gerry Marantelli, Peter Harlow,
Chris Banks and David Hunter. 2013. Amphibian and Reptile
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Summary: The Southern Corroboree Frog Pseudophryne
corroboree is a small myobatrachid
frog from south-eastern Australia that has rapidly declined largely due to disease from the
amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. As a key recovery effort to
prevent the imminent extinction of this species, an ex situ captive breeding program has
been established. Successful captive breeding protocols have been established and key factors
in achieving breeding include providing an adequate pre-breeding cooling period for adult frogs,
separation of sexes during the non-breeding period, allowing female mate-choice via the provision
of numerous males per enclosure and permitting the females to attain significant mass prior to
breeding. To date, the success of captive breeding from 2010–2012 has permitted the reintroduction
of 1,060 captive-produced eggs and an increasing captive population size that will support
conservation research and provide insurance against further declines.
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Dr. Browne established the Internet
based ARC in 2011 and expanded it globally in 2013. Robert is committed to achieving the
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has a wide international experience in herpetological conservation and has published over 40
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