text:
Gardening in Times of Global Climate Change
As the Earth heats up, weather changes are starting to hit us where it hurts—our backyards. Extreme storms, heat waves, droughts and heavy rains are hitting gardens around the world, flattening some crops and making others flourish. What does climate change mean for your own yard, and how can you prepare and adjust to changing weather patterns? Too often, the answer is "we just don't know yet." Here's what we do know, and some sources that can help you find out more.
Known Effects of Climate Change
Weather patterns can fluctuate wildly, and extreme conditions will probably only get more extreme. According to NASA, it's virtually certain that we're already experiencing shorter, warmer winters and hotter summers. It's very likely that higher latitudes will see more rain and snow, while drier areas will see more drought. Heat waves will become more common and protracted everywhere, and flooding will become more common.
Climate Change and Your Garden
As awful as climate change is, some of its short-term effects on your garden can be quite pleasant. The USDA has released a new plant hardiness zone map for 2012, and as this animation from the Arbor Day Foundation shows, nearly every part of the United States now has a longer, warmer growing season with a more conducive environment to a wider array of crops.
From the Organic Authority Files
The down sides, however, are several. First, many places will see a disruption in the normal freeze-thaw cycle, followed by an intensely wet spring that can rot and drown perennials. Next, pests will start early and continue late as the number of freezing days decreases. Your plants can start early too, confused by freak heat waves, only to freeze at their most tender when the spring turns out to be a farce. Later, high temperatures and low rainfall can destroy your harvest if you're not exceedingly careful about water.
How to Adjust
- A little foresight and preparation can help you keep a handle on things, no matter what the weather's doing.
- The best thing you can do is to switch to drip irrigation, which lets you control the precise amount of water you use and make sure it gets directly to your plants' roots, without wasting water by sprinkling or overwatering areas that don't need it. Also, check out these other water-saving garden ideas.
- Extend your growing season by planting cold-hardy greens, peas and other veggies early in the spring, and again in the fall. If you live in a cold area, experiment with perennials; some plants that traditionally can't make it through the winter might now be able to survive through to spring.
- If you live in the West, plant heat- and drought-tolerant varieties to avoid having to overwater in the middle of a dry spell. Add more compost to your soil to make it rich; this will help it hang on to moisture so you can water less frequently.
- If you live in a rainy area, plant varieties that are resistant to rot, mildew and fungus. Lighten your soil with sand and vermiculite to help it drain more thoroughly.
- Plant perennials in containers, so you can move them out of danger areas when extreme weather arrives.
- Plant shade and wind breaks—trees, sunflowers or any tall plant—to protect your garden from extreme conditions.
- If you do plant trees and other long-term plants, make sure they can handle the changing conditions in your area.
- Look into water catchment if you live in a moderate climate; collect rainwater during the deluge so you can use it during the drought.
Find Out More
- NASA's guide to the effects of climate change
- The Telegraph on adjusting your garden to drought
- Mother Nature Network on planting new varieties in the warmer climate
Image: M. Dolly
Follow Jessica Reeder on Facebook and Twitter


text:
Financial Planning & Analysis Internship
Job Description
Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, DriveTime is the largest privately owned used car sales and finance company in the country. With more than 130 dealerships, 3 operations centers and 15 reconditioning centers across the nation, our 4,000+ employees are focused on getting the right customer in the right car, at the right terms. With over 25 years of industry experience, and our dedication to streamlining the purchase process, we're redefining what it means to buy and finance a used car.
As focused as we are on our customer, we take that same focus on finding the right talent for the right opportunities within our organization. All across the nation, from our Home Office and operations centers to our retail locations and reconditioning centers, we are looking for talented individuals like yourself to join our ever-growing team! Now is your chance to be a part of the coveted 2022 DriveTime Summer Internship Program in Tempe, AZ.
Alright I'm hooked. So what's the Job?
As an FP&A Intern, you will be exposed to advanced financial analysis, forecasting, operational reporting, financial systems including Anaplan, and dynamic business operations.
Along with hands-on industry experience, you will:
- Participate in a volunteer project with the local community
- Tour our Reconditioning Centers, Dealerships, Operations Centers
- Attend Friday workshops with our Executive Leaders covering topics such as: time management, compliance, personal branding, leadership & more!
- Join in on the company culture & fun including our Virtual Reality room, onsite full sized gym, decked out game room, and team outings
The Specifics.
- Our internship program will be 11 weeks starting May 2023 to August 2023
- Internships will be based out of our Home Office in Tempe, AZ
- You can expect a regular schedule Monday-Friday, 25-30 hours per week
What do you need?
- You are currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's Degree
- You are currently in your Junior and Senior year
- Your major is concentrated in Finance, Economics, Math, Accounting, or a related field.
- You're studying and working hard and have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher
So What About the Perks? Perks matter.
- Casual Dress. Come dressed in jeans (you'll fit right in with the rest of us).
- Game Room. Gimme a break - no, not a Kit Kat ad but we do have a ping-pong table, pool table and Virtual Reality if you ever need a break in your day.
- In-House Gym. We want our people to be the best versions of themselves. That's why we offer an In-house gym for you to use anytime!
- Growth opportunities. DriveTime takes a lot of pride in promoting from within. We have spent the last 14 years growing our team members and taking them on the path to owning their careers! Our goal is have a career waiting for you after your summer internship with DriveTime! Last year, 64% of our Interns stayed onboard after the program after the summer!
Hiring is contingent upon successful completion of our background and drug screening process. DriveTime is a drug-free, tobacco-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.
And when it comes to hiring, we don't just look for the right person for the job, we seek out the right person for DriveTime. Buckle up for plenty of opportunities to grow in a professional, fun, and high-energy environment!
Application Instructions
Please click on the link below to apply for this position. A new window will open and direct you to apply at our corporate careers page. We look forward to hearing from you!Apply Online
Posted: 11/17/2022
Job Status: Internship
Job Reference #: R3143

subset: commoncrawl


text:
If you're looking for a heart healthy, can't eat just one, easy, and super satiating cookie recipe that takes only minutes to make, then look no more. This is a terrific dessert recipe to take as a dish to pass at parties.
Heart Healthy Raw Pecan Spice Delight Cookies [Vegan]
10 - 20 cookies
- 1 1/2 cups raw pecans
- 1/2 cup unsweetened, shredded, and dried coconut
- 1 tablespoon lucuma powder (optional)
- pinch Himalayan crystal salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 10 soft medjool dates, pitted
- Process all of the ingredients, except for the raisins and dates, in a food processor, fitted with the "S" blade, until coarsely ground.
- Add the raisins and dates and continue processing until the mixture begins to stick together when pressed between your fingers.
- Roll and form into desired shapes and sizes.
Hidden for desktop / visible for mobile


text:
This article explains a number of simple techniques for permanently and securely removing confidential data from old drives. And, it's necessary before recycling or disposing them. In short, erase your hard drive properly.
Erase Your Hard Drive.
Merely deleting your files is never sufficient. In addition, neither is throwing away your hard drive. Improperly disposing a disk drive could lead to exposing your data to hackers, thieves. In fact, your competitors love to have such data.
Before you throw out your old hard drive or plan to sell it, do this. You can still donate or give your computer away afterwards. Thus, you will need to erase your hard drive completely! Simply deleting files and formatting hard drives are not a permanent solution. Why not? Any formatted or trashed hard drive is a data bank for data thieves and hackers. Therefore, erasing the entire data system on your hard drive and formatting it is not enough. Read about this Cybersecurity problem from The Washington Post.
Erase Social Security Numbers from Hard Drives.
When you delete data from your hard drive, it's not actually erased until you write a new data set of ones and zeros (1, 0) over that same exact space. Therefore, until this takes place, all your data remains. One should make sure the data in the hard drive is unquestionably erased. In addition, wipe the vital files, your social security numbers, credit cards, passwords, financials, medical, business negotiations, and other sensitive statistics to protect your data.
In practice, these are two of the most common ways to erase your hard drive completely.
First, destroy the hard drive entirely.
Destroy the hard drive. This doesn't erase all the data, but makes it unreadable. Use any method you want and destroy all the platters inside the drive. In addition, be sure to crush all platters into pieces, so they're destroyed entirely.
Second, hard drive formatting & nuking.
Disc scrubbing/wiping is far more secure than just reformatting. The term disk wiping is not only used for hard drives, but for any storage devices.
Free programs like "Darick's Boot and Nuke" create a bootable drive that automatically erases any drive it can access. Therefore, it's a secure method of ensuring that the data on your hard disc and storage devices are irrecoverably deleted before recycling or donating. This process of disk wiping will actually overwrite your entire hard drive with data, several times. These applications will overwrite the master boot record, partition table, and every sector. In essence, keep a note of what you have backed up. Consequently, keep a note of files needing back up.
More information on professional hard drive recovery & flash drive recovery services.
Author: Quitnie Burch, Las Vegas.


text:
General Info
free, open source
This plugin allows to limit concurrently running builds from different build configurations based on defined "resources" and "locks".
Current version supports multiple read and write locks per build configuration.
Plugin Development Status
In active development. Everybody is encouraged to try the plugin and provide feedback in the forum or post bugs into the issue tracker.
Install the plugin as usual.
Managing resources
Resource is a named entity that is defined per project. Build configurations can lock resources during execution of build steps. To create a resource, head to project configuration page. There choose 'SharedResources' tab. You can create resources of two types: simple named resources with quotas and resources with custom values.
- Quota is a maximum number of read locks that can be acquired on resource. Quota can be infinite.
- Custom value is a value that is passed to build that has acquired a lock on such resource. For example, it can represent and URL
Project groups support. (TC 8.0+)
Resources support project groups and subprojects. If you define a resource in a project that has subprojects, it will be available to all tree of subprojects
Information on resource usage is gathered across all subprojects
Managing locks
Locking quoted resources
There are two types of locks supported: read locks and write locks. Read locks are shared (multiple builds with read locks are allowed), write locks are exclusive (only a single running build with a write lock is allowed).
- To add a lock, head to a build step in your build configuration, that requires locks.
- Add a build feature 'Shared Resources management'
- Use dialog to add necessary locks
Locking resources with custom values
Resources with custom values support three types of locks:
- Lock on any available value. In this case unless all values are used by running builds, the build that uses resource will start with one of available values. If all valued are used, the build will wait in queue.
- Lock on all values. In this case build will lock all values of the resource. No other builds that use this resource will be started until it is finished.
- Lock on specific value. In this case only specific value of the resource will be passed to the build. If it is taken by another build, the build will wait in queue until it becomes available.
Information in build queue
- To see locks in effect, head to build queue page. Screenshot below shows a build waiting fo lock
TeamCity Versions Compatibility
TeamCity 7.1+
Development Links
Sources on GitHub
Last build on public TeamCity server:
Related Materials
Original issue


text:
Green books
From Greenlivingpedia, a wiki on green living, building and energy
Here is a list of books that many have found helpful or interesting in their quest for information about green living.
- What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate - by Greg Craven, who did the Youtube videos and now has an inexpensive book that gives a few simple tools to make sense of the conflicting arguments.
- Small is Beautiful - an excellent book on appropriate technology, by E.F. Schumacher.
- A Lighter Footprint: a practical guide to minimising your impact on the planet, Angela Crocombe, Scribe Publications, 2007
- From Buddha to Bono - by Tor Hundloe covers seeking solutions to climate change, water scarcity, pollution and Third World poverty
- The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth, by Tim Flannery, Amazon.com: The Weather Makers
- A list of green building books on Amazon.com
- Sydney's guide to saving the planet, Giovanni Ebono, Woodslane Press and the Sydney Morning Herald, 2007
- Renewable City, Peter Droegue, Wiley Academy, 2006
- Plan B 3.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute, Free download
- Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy, Mark Diesendorf, 2006
- Climate Code Red, David Spratt and Phillip Sutton, 2008. Presents scientific evidence that the climate change and global warming crisis is worse than official reports and national governments have so far indicated. The book argues that we are facing a "sustainability emergency" that requires a clear break from business-as-usual politics, and that action to address climate change is an indispensable course of action.
- Greeniology, How to live well, be green and make a difference Tanya Ha, author and presenter of SBS TV's Eco-House Challenge,2007. An accessible, friendly and encouraging guide to green living with hints for every budget.
- Horrible Geography Handbooks, Planet in Peril! With Earth-Saving Tips Anita Ganeri Illustrated by Mike Phillips, 2008. This book is written to engage children. With their cheeky and subversive sense of humour, these books are read and reread by children. Writer/publishers take note: children are suspicious of reading about a subject they may be set a school project on but they read the "Horrible" books by choice.
- Green Lighting: A comprehensive online book about green lighting. Brian Clark Howard, Bill Brinky, Seth Leitman, TAB Green Guru Guides, 2010
- Build Your Own Electric Vehicle by Seth Leitman and Bob Brandt, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008
- Renewable Energies For Your Home: Simple and Inexpensive Renewable Energy Solutions for Your Home, Russel Gehrke, TAB Green Guru Guides, 2009
- Do It Yourself Home Energy Audits: 140 Simple Solutions to Lower Energy Costs, Increase Your Home's Efficiency, and Save the Environment, David Findley, TAB Green Guru Guides, 2010
- Solar Power For Your Home: This hands-on guide is filled with solar energy, green living solutions you can put to use right away., David Findley, TAB Green Guru Guides, 2010
|You can help Greenlivingpedia by adding more content to this stub article. Click on the edit tab above the article title to start editing and adding content.


text:
- Home
- Development & Aid
- Economy & Trade
- Environment
- Human Rights
- Global Governance
- South-South
- Civil Society
- Gender
Saturday, November 26, 2022
Ferry Biedermann
JERUSALEM, Nov 25 2004 (IPS) - The visual impact of Israel's new separation barrier is all too clear. Even from the historical heart of old Jerusalem, the massive grey concrete wall snaking over nearby hills is a huge eyesore.
At other places in the West Bank the barrier is mostly a fence but not therefore less of an environmental threat. With paths on either side, the cleared area of up to 80 metres is comparable to the width of a modern road. That makes it a major obstacle for plant and animal life to cross, say Israeli environmentalists.
"The damage to biodiversity can be compared to that of any other major infrastructure project," says Gidon Bromberg, Israel director of Friends of the Earth, Middle East (FoEME). The barrier is especially worrisome, he says, because it is the fourth major north-south division in the land between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean on top of several roads. It sets up a new divide in hitherto pristine areas.
Israeli ecologist Ron Frumkin says the damage to the environment is "much worse" than that caused by a road. As opposed to a road the barrier can only be crossed by animals "no larger than a mouse". This is bound to damage the ecosystem because the barrier cuts through some important ecological corridors.
Frumkin and his wife Tamar wrote the environmental part of a petition to Israel's Supreme Court that succeeded earlier this year in halting construction on several parts of the barrier in the northern West Bank.
The Court accepted the findings, as did the Nature Reserve Authority in Israel, Frumkin says. The government was ordered to draw up a revised route as a result of the larger petition, mainly taking the interests of the Palestinian population more into account. But Frumkin hopes that the environmental argument will also carry some weight. The revised route has not been made public yet.
"We thought that the people who take the decisions should at least be aware of the consequences, so they can take responsibility," says Frumkin.
His research revealed that the planners hardly took environmental factors into consideration. Officials from the environment ministry who sat in on the planning fought battles over "details like saving one old tree," says Frumkin. On the large issues they constantly lost out to the "security argument" of the army.
He contends that the army could easily leave openings in the barrier as ecological corridors and patrol it or observe it without compromising security.
Palestinian groups see the barrier as "ecological terrorism". It is aimed at destroying whatever chances remain for a 'viable' Palestinian state, says Abdel Rahman Tamimi, director of the Palestine Hydrology Group (PHG) that looks at water and environmental issues in the Palestinian areas. The main danger, the group says, is to future water supply. The barrier cuts off a good deal of irrigated land from its water resources and includes wells on the 'Israeli side'.
The water issue is the source of some disagreement between Israeli and Palestinian environmental groups. Bromberg says the problem predates the barrier. Many of the Israeli settlements on Palestinian land were set up with an eye to safeguarding water supplies, the barrier simply takes in those settlements, he says.
This amount of water, some six to seven million cubic metres a year, is "insignificant" to Israel, says Bromberg. He said it was unlikely that the barrier was meant as "water grab" as well as a land grab..
Tamimi argues that even so, the barrier "finalises" Israeli control over Palestinian water resources. "This is an attack on 'national water'," he says. The barrier also makes it much harder for Palestinians to drill for water in the future because they are pushed more into the foothills of the West Bank, where drilling is more difficult.
The PHG says Israel already controls some 80 percent of Palestinian water resources. With the barrier, that rises to more than 90 percent.
This also causes enormous problems for Palestinian agriculture, says Tamimi. He estimates that some 15 percent of irrigated land on the West Bank may be lost because it will be impossible to restore water lines that have been cut by the construction. The PHG is restoring irrigation in many areas around the barrier with the help of foreign donors such as Oxfam. But not all the damage can be undone, says Tamimi.
Some of the villages along the route of the barrier, especially in the area of Qalqilya northwest of Jerusalem have lost or are set to lose several wells to the barrier. But PHG and other overseas-funded projects to counter this loss often mean that modern water distribution networks are introduced in rural areas for the first time, and old wells and pumping stations rehabilitated.
Frumkin points out that agricultural land falling fallow as a result of the barrier will be as much an environmental setback as the disruption to natural life. "Agriculture in many of these areas is a historical part of the environment," he said.
Bromberg warns about the damage to the historic landscape, especially "thousands of years old agricultural terraces" that have created a landscape that is "almost world heritage."
In one area between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, FoE is drawing up suggestions for an alternative route to save the landscape.
IPS is an international communication institution with a global news agency at its core,
raising the voices of the South
and civil society on issues of development, globalisation, human rights and the environment
Copyright © 2022 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. - Terms & Conditions
You have the Power to Make a Difference
Would you consider a $20.00 contribution today that will help to keep the IPS news wire active? Your contribution will make a huge difference.


text:
Learn about your Texas Speeding Ticket, points, and how to dismiss a TX speeding ticket
Observing the flashing lights of a law enforcement car and getting a speeding citation is definitely the worst. Nevertheless 1 in 6 folks are given a traffic ticket every year. Furthermore, the effects of a Texas speeding ticket are definitely a lot more than paying a fine. The first concealed fees is the fine itself. The court and processing fees that go along with the fine will set you back over $100 in addition to the speeding citation fine. In addition, when you get a Texas speeding citation, points are added to your record. After this you watch your car insurance rates grow due to the points on your driver record. This actually can mean a 20% increase on car insurance monthly premiums when you get just one speeding ticket and also a 50% increase when you have three tickets. Since points stay with your Texas driver's record for five years, having even one speeding citation can be quite pricey.
Texas works on the point system to monitor speeding tickets and various traffic tickets. The results within this system for accumulating excessive points are more expensive insurance payments and often driver's license suspension. In Texas, speeding tickets hold the following point values:
Avoid the negative consequences of a Texas speeding ticket by taking Texas traffic school online. Sign up in moments and begin your course today.
More than 1,000,000 customers satisfied. is the number one provider of Traffic School courses for ticket dismissal online.
To prevent high-priced car insurance rates and points against your record, follow these steps to dismiss your citation with Texas traffic school. Taking Texas traffic school is simple.
Firstly you should phone the court where you obtained your ticket and ask if you can use traffic school to dismiss your ticket. You will find this critical court contact information on your violation.
Now that you've got approval from the court, locate a Texas state authorized traffic school course. There are online and face-to-face options for traffic school but a majority of people pick out online for its efficiency. Then using your infraction information, enroll in the course.
Take and finish the Texas traffic school program. Using our recommended Texas online traffic school program you can take the course from the convenience of your own home, on any computer, and sign in and out as you please. Also, you will be able to take the final exam as many times as you need until you pass.
Upon finishing the course, bring the completion certificate to the court. Your court might have particular guidelines for the certificate of completion, so abide by them thoroughly.


text:
Top Ideas for Craft Fair Displays
As a professional scrapbook artist, paper crafter, and author, I have taught people how to turn family memories into legacies for 20 years.
Best Craft Fair Tips and Ideas
Are you planning to do craft fairs? Are you a crafter who would like to make extra money selling at craft fairs? These fairs or shows can be a steady source of income, either full-time or part-time, if you understand how to show and organize your crafts.
When you do craft fairs, you will be paying a fee for your table or booth. The idea is to make money, not come home empty-handed. Utilizing these tips and ideas, you will find that your income will rise!
What Are You Going to Sell?
It seems like a silly question, but give it some thought: Are you specializing in one specific craft that is unusual or unique? Are you doing a broader concept like Southwest jewelry? Or are you going seasonal like Christmas? It's important in your business plan to define what you are actually doing and selling in order to be profitable.
Your Inventory: Do You Have Enough Goods?
The first question that you need to ask yourself is, do you have enough goods to sell for the amount of traffic? There is no point in even signing up to do a craft show or sale unless you have the goods to sell. Before you set out to do a show, visit several shows or fairs to see the amount of inventory that other sellers have. You will need to anticipate having more inventory than you need. Most organizers will not be happy if you have to close early because you have nothing to sell. Build your inventory before you set out for the first time!
Before you do any shows, you should have an inventory of all of your goods. That way, you can balance your sales with the inventory you have left.
Have a Logo Board or Sign
Brand Yourself to Earn More
The best sellers at craft shows and fairs know one important thing . . . how to brand themselves. That means that they have a name and have created a sign using that name. Branding yourself can be easy to do. First, of course, is to select your name. It can be as easy as using your own name. Next, you select two colors that best represent what you are selling. If you sell jewelry, for example, you may want to use gold or silver. Seasonal goods evoke those special colors. Think of the ocean—blue comes to mind. Pick your two colors and then get a sign. It can be as simple as having one made at your local Office Depot or Staples. Or you can make it yourself using a wooden sign and some letters from your local craft store. Be creative, and make your sign large enough for people to see.
You can also display your name on a tablecloth that is made for your booth!
Make sure to have business cards that reflect your colors and style.
Make Your Display Uniquely Your Own
In just a few steps, you can create the kind of booth or display that will attract attention. Remember, your goal is to attract customers. When people are attracted to your space, your potential for sales goes higher.
- Be colorful! Choose backdrops that either complement or contrast the elements of your display.
- Announce your brand! Be sure to have a banner placed so that people can find you!
- Use a garland to add to your display. Use tassels, pompoms, or flowers.
Your Personal Craft Fair Space: A Great Investment for All Crafters
There are times when you are going to be outdoors at various shows and fairs. Sitting out in the sun is no joy! And more than that, watching your merchandise get wet and ruined could break your efforts altogether. This is essential for all serious craft businesses.
When and Where Are You Going to Sell?
You can locate lots of information from your local papers about where craft fairs are being held. Check with your local Chamber of Commerce for information on what local events are held yearly. Gather your information and set up a schedule for yourself. Remember, the prime indoor spots (and the outdoor spots) will go fast. So you will want to have contact with the organizer as soon as possible to get the spot that will make you the most money.
The second thing to think about is how close to home you want to be. Are you willing to go further to make more? Or do you want to stick closer to home and do local church fairs? Remember that there are time and cost considerations to consider, especially as you start out.
Your Dazzling Display: How to Attract Attention and Sell More
Outside of your crafts, the most important thing you can create is a dazzling display of your goods. Remember, you are trying to get the attention of the traffic. If your display is mediocre, you will not sell a thing. Spend time creating something that will attract attention and interest. Have a theme and carry it through your display. Create something special that will cause a buzz in the room, and I guarantee you will sell more and make a name for yourself within your community.
More Craft Display Ideas:
- Make a Display That Shows You How to Use or Display Your Product: If you make clothing or something you can wear, make sure to display those items by wearing them yourself. Display your products on hangers. Use jewelry display pieces. If you have seasonal décor, display them as you might use them.
- Go Vertical With Your Displays: Utilize your space with vertical displays. But make sure that all displays are secure.
- Display Small Items Grouped Together in a Container With Rice or Beans to Hold Them: Items grouped together will create interest.
- Group Similar Items Together to Create Impact: You will draw more attention to your display.
- Make Sure That All Display Items Look Clean and Are Well Maintained.
- Make Good Lighting a Top Priority: Find a spotlight to focus on your "wow" items, or use a floodlight to highlight a whole wall. Make sure that the lighting you use is not too hot or that it shines in anyone's eyes.
- Make Sure That All Items Are Priced and the Price Is Visible.
- Be Colorful: Use a backdrop that contrasts or compliments your display.
- Choose Backdrops That Complement Your Products: Use your theme colors if possible.
Lighting for Your Display
Indoor or outdoors, it is important to have adequate lighting on your display. Find a spotlight to focus on your Wow items, or use a floodlight to focus on a complete wall. Make sure that lights don't get too hot or shine in your customers' eyes.
More Vertical Ideas for Craft Fair Displays
You need to utilize the space that you have by going vertical. It is pleasing to the eye and will help sell faster. Remember that your booth is your storefront. Make it the best possible display of your goods that you can
Whenever you go vertical, make sure that your display pieces are secured. Don't take a chance that your display will fall.
- Think Vertical—Never Put Everything Flat on Your Table: It is important to utilize your space. Create upright displays using pegboard or message boards that you have hinged. These can be covered with the material of your choice. Remember, you only have about two minutes to catch someone's eye, or they will move on.
- Make Sure to Price Everything: Make sure that you clearly price all your items. Use tags or large clear signage that people can read. More than likely, they will not buy if they have to ask you the price.
- Wear Your Products Whenever Possible: It shows pride in your work, and it's another way to display your goods.
- If You Have a Facebook Page or Website, Create a Brochure or One-Page Handout: Include pictures and items that you would like to feature. Make sure to give the location of your onsite blogs, Facebook pages, and websites. Give one of these handouts to each customer that talks to you or purchases. Have a rack with these available for people to take with them.
- Keep It Simple, But Keep It Lovely: Your display area should be uncluttered but have an ambiance that draws people to it. Lighter colors that frame your logo nicely will add a touch that will be attractive and appealing. Too many items jammed together will only confuse people, and they will walk away.
- Have a Demonstration or a Handout: If you are selling products like craft supplies, it is important to have a demo of what they can do. Make up little cards or have something to give away. Make sure that your information is clearly shown. Show the benefits of what you make, and you will make more money.
- Neatness Counts—Cover All Display Tables With Tablecloths: Your extra inventory can be hidden underneath. That makes it easy to replace goods when needed.
- Add a Garland or Banner to the Front of Your Booth: It will attract a lot of attention.
Make Sure That Everything Is Clearly Marked
It is super important that all your items are clearly marked either by sign or tag. Having to stop and answer customer questions will cost you sales. Make sure to use tags that can be removed . . . not those gummy-backed tags—customers don't like to have to remove them.
Weatherproofing Your Booth
It's important to consider the weather, especially if you are doing an outdoor booth. The first thing to consider is weighing your tent down. Make sure to add weights in all four corners of your tent. They can be something like a brick or a rock. You could paint them in your theme colors.
You will also need to weigh down your tablecloths so that they don't constantly blow around.
Help For Your Craft Fair: Dos and Don'ts
There are going to be times when you need an extra pair of hands for your craft fair. Either for set up, breakdown, lunch, and potty breaks. No matter if you are paying someone or not, your "help" should be handling your craft area as if it were their own.
- Make sure that they are not using their phone or texting at any time while you are away. This is a big no-no. People will perceive that they have no interest in serving them and will walk past your area.
- Make sure they smile at people and are friendly. They need to be visible, say hello, and smile at everyone. Even if someone walks by your booth, you never know when they will come back or refer someone to you.
- They need to know some specifics on the items that you are selling.
- If they can't answer a question, they need to let the customer know when you will be back and/or give them your business card.
- Take turns with restroom breaks and lunches. That way, your booth is always covered.
- Make sure that your "help" is familiar with your products. If they have to ask for your help, it will distract from potential sales.
Theme Your Booth: Draw More People
Everyone at the craft fair or Expo starts looking the same after a while. People get bored just looking at one booth after another. You need something to draw people into your area, Something that makes you stand out and draw people in.
A themed booth does just that!
You can still feature your crafts and projects. You are just going to make your booth the place to be. Here are a few ideas:
A Tropical Theme
Everyone likes a tropical getaway, so why not create one at your booth? Create a theme with a tropical color table cloth. Have palm trees or plants . . . tropical decor. Have tropical music playing. Give out leis. Give them something to remember.


text:
Timing Events Using Moon Phases
New Workshop with Robyn RaySaturday September 5th 10am – 4pm (BST) Come along and learn how to time the important events in your life. Understanding how to use the Moon Phases will enrich your understanding of astrology and the events that are happening around you The Phases of the Moon are a remarkable tool for mapping …
The Current Climate
Wendy will be hosting a series of informal discussions on the Coronavirus situation and to explore what we might learn astrologically from this pandemic and the social and economic repercussions from this unprecedented phenomenon in our lifetime. The Current Climate – Free Webinars During this very difficult time we are offering a heavily discounted intensive …
Welcome to the new Mayo Astrology!
Welcome to the new Mayo Website! We are pleased to offer new Certificate, Diploma and Specialised courses, Webinars, News and Events that we hope you will enjoy. We continue to update our syllabus and deliver tutorage from world leading astrologers. During this very difficult time we are offering a heavily discounted intensive Certificate Course for …
BBC Radio 4 Mercury retrograde – what's behind our renewed interest in astrology?
Wendy Stacey speaks to Jenni Murray on Womens Hour on BBC Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fq7m
Mayo School Principal Wendy Stacey features in Hello Magazine Turkey
Hello Magazine Turkey interviews Wendy Stacey at Çırağan Palace, Kempinski in Istanbul, November 2019.


text:
Shopping Cart
Ivy & Bean Take the Case (Book 10)
Watch out, you diabolical masterminds! There's a new detective on Pancake Court: Bean! She laughs at danger! She solves even the most mysterious mysteries! What? There aren't any mysteries? Then Bean and her assistant, Ivy, will make some!
By clicking 'Sign Up,' I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Group's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use


text:
Introduced in 2019, the RAW category is all about taking it back to the fundamentals of photography, where planning the composition, lighting, and exposure are the basis of a good image. The greatest challenge with this category is ensuring that all of this has to be perfect before the shot. It's for the purists at heart, for those who love the process.
RAW is for shots that are straight out of your camera, showing the real and original image. Everything is done in front of the lens, not on the screen. It is for imagery that doesn't rely on editing or enhancements, it's for the uncropped, untouched, and unchanged shots.
The images that are pure and untouched are the most difficult to achieve and therefore are the most rewarding. Perhaps you're already a master of the unedited, or you're ready to try a more difficult style with your adventure and action sports photography; the RAW category is the one for you.
Is this the category calling out to you? Remember to start shooting because submissions open soon, from March 01 to July 31, 2021. And even if this isn't the one you're feeling, stay tuned to redbullillume.com and follow us on social media because there are 10 categories in total for you to choose from, with more being announced soon!


text:
Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!
Recent Entries
For Some Reason, Traditionalist Men, Who Have Filled the Ranks of the Armed Services Throughout American History, Just Aren't Signing Up Any Longer
Is This Something?
German Study: The Covid-19 Vaccine Caused Death: the Death of Otherwise Healthy People
The Dean of Students at Chicago's Super-Pricey Francis W. Parker School Brags About Teaching Minors About "Queer Sex," Handing Out Dildos to Them So They Can "Play" With The Sextoys
Matt Gaetz: Kevin McCarthy Is Not the Man to Lead the Congress at this Dangerous Moment.
Biden Trades a Terrorist Gun-Dealer Who Plotted to Kill Americans to Get Back Drug Smoking WNBA Flake; Gives Up Trying to Get Back the Marine Russia's Kept in Prison for Four Years
The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
Mid-Morning Art Thread
The Morning Report — 12/8/22
Daily Tech News 8 December 2022
Absent Friends
Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022
Dave In Texas 2022
Jesse in D.C. 2022
OregonMuse 2022
redc1c4 2021
Tami 2021
Chavez the Hugo 2020
Ibguy 2020
Rickl 2019
Joffen 2014
Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups
« Evening Open Thread | Main | Overnight Open Thread (7 Jun 2013) »
June 07, 2013
Prism: Background Info [ArthurK]
In "The Day of the Jackal" a mole high inside the French govt. is supplying info to the assassin. Det. Lebel ferrets out the mole.
Afterwards, a minister asks him about the investigation.
Minister: ... one thing: how did you know whose telephone to tap? Lebel: I didn't, so I tapped all of them.
The Prism revelations blew my mind yesterday and I went on a twitter rant. Ace asked me to flesh them out for an info post.
Why listen to me?
I was trained in Communications Intelligence when I was in the Air Force. I worked at NSA while in the AF. I worked for a civilian NSA contractor after I left the AF. And this field is a reading hobby of mine. Other than reading, not involved since 1980. I probably know more about it than most journalists writing on it.
Executive Summary:
Holy. Crap.
Here's the main article. It goes to the despised WaPo but they deserve THESE hits.
Note that a huge amount of non US data flows through the US because the US has so much internet equipment.
Here's what caught my eye as the BIG DEALS from the story
"President's Daily Brief cited Prism data in ***1,477*** articles last year."
4 articles a day in the PDB have some or all of their sourcing from Prism.
NSA relies on Prism as its leading source of raw material, accounting for nearly 1 in 7 intelligence reports!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only reason I stopped at 27 "!" is the 140 char limit in Twitter. Most people don't understand what a massive intelligence agency NSA is. After Pearl Harbor, the US vowed not to get caught by a surprise attack again. After nuclear weapons a surprise attack isn't survivable. Simply put, NSA has had as much money as it wanted (often not shown on the budget) since the early 1950s.
So it's big and collects all sorts of electronic data in all sorts of ways. That ONE SOURCE could generate 1/7th of all reports... I can't describe how much that blows me away!
Remember NSA is supposed to collect FOREIGN intelligence. Prism is supposed to be 51% likely to be foreign - not that anybody checks.
Twitter is supposed to be Prism free. (that just means NSA will take stuff and not say anything) (It's A Secret)
It's legal for you to be scooped up by Prism if you're 1 or 2 connections (Kevin Bacon style) away from a legit foreign target.
SKYPE? Sure, given the limitations I'm guessing most of the time Prism will let legally them listen to those calls.
(Before WW2, the Feds would go to the ATT office and collect all the overseas telegrams they wanted*. I don't think there was any enabling legislation - ATT and the Feds just came to an understanding.)
(*they mainly wanted diplomatic traffic. But I don't know that ATT ever said no to a request for anything else.)
(The NSA has excellent working relationships with other country's, similar, intel agencies. If you think the NSA doesn't see intel from the UK's GCHQ that the NSA can't legally collect...)
What do I think?
1. It should be possible for the Feds to do this.
2. If the Patriot Act allowed it, there are certainly quite a few congresscritter who are surprised by that. We had to pass that bill to find out we were going to do this?!
3. It looks like the current oversight is abominable and a new law to allow this sort of data collection should be debated in Congress.
4. CBS says Prism info stopped a 16 backpack bomb attack in the NY subways a couple of years ago. We need a debate in Congress on whether the drawbacks of Prism* are worth these rewards.
*an amazing boon to tyranny.
(follow ME! @ComradeArthur)
| Access Comments
Recent Comments
Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead!: "317 Speaking of apostate religious stuff, I keep r ..."
Archer: "My cod piece is full of eels.... ..."
Way, Way Downriver [/i]: "Story sounds great. Only way this movie could be ..."
gourmand du jour: "I have a great niece, age 12, very athletic, a tra ..."
Fool Otto: ">That's what the codpiece was for, silly. Enough ..."
ZOD: ">>"Hey, I saw this really great movie about Hollyw ..."
18-1: "[i]Speaking of apostate religious stuff[/i] We ..."
Oldcat: " IIRC, the disagreements at the Council of Nicaea ..."
naturalfake: "Tagline for "Babylon": BABYLON [i]Urine Ho ..."
Glenn John: "As a contrast to that moog girls video, here is a ..."
Christopher R Taylor [/i][/i][/s][/s][/b][/b][/u][/u]: "I love a good western. Hell I love a pretty medio ..."
Infidel: "I think the last time I was on a theater was for G ..."
Recent Entries
For Some Reason, Traditionalist Men, Who Have Filled the Ranks of the Armed Services Throughout American History, Just Aren't Signing Up Any Longer
Is This Something?
German Study: The Covid-19 Vaccine Caused Death: the Death of Otherwise Healthy People
The Dean of Students at Chicago's Super-Pricey Francis W. Parker School Brags About Teaching Minors About "Queer Sex," Handing Out Dildos to Them So They Can "Play" With The Sextoys
Matt Gaetz: Kevin McCarthy Is Not the Man to Lead the Congress at this Dangerous Moment.
Biden Trades a Terrorist Gun-Dealer Who Plotted to Kill Americans to Get Back Drug Smoking WNBA Flake; Gives Up Trying to Get Back the Marine Russia's Kept in Prison for Four Years
The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
Mid-Morning Art Thread
The Morning Report — 12/8/22
Daily Tech News 8 December 2022
Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Primary Document: The Audio
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Top Top Tens
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64


text:
http://youtu.be/gaXpfIHq16kJohnny Russo and I delve into the media spectacle that was Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's wedding.
The Obama/Putin feud continues as the Russian president says, "who is Obama to judge?" And rounding up this latest installment, was a former CNN employee fired for being gay or wearing yellow mariachi suits to work? We dig into all of this and more.
Send this to a friend


text:
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
What's Been Popping Up in My Browser
The 5 Best Spots for Plus Sized Workout Clothing
9 "Diet" Foods that Make You Hungrier
The Truth about Aloe Vera Juice
What Food Labels Really Mean
Kettlebell Workout: Take Hold of a Hot Bod
10 Spices/Herbs That Aid Weight Loss
7 Ways to Prepare Kale
Like this post? Never miss another one...subscribe by email or RSS feed at the upper left of the page!
6 comments:
Wow thanks! I did not realize old navy had such a large selection of plus size clothes. Saw some nice trouser pants for work on their site.ReplyDelete
Fizz- I started buying clothes at Old Navy (online) last year and have been pretty happy with the things I've purchased. (Wearing an ON tee right now) I will say if you get a tee that they are on the thin side so be prepared to layer. I don't know why they yanked them from the stores but they do go up to size 20 (XXL) in store.ReplyDelete
Ooo, the kettle ball workout looks like something to add and mix it up a bit. Thanks.ReplyDelete
OOOH...clicking on the kale site right now. Thanks for all this great info!!!ReplyDelete
Great links! Thanks for sharing! :) I don't know about that kale though ..... I'm picky. ;)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing! I'm doing the kettlebell workout tomorrow! So funny I was going to read this post and go google a workout ;)ReplyDelete
Thanks for taking the time to comment! I appreciate your time! (Heads up though...disrespectful or spam comments will be deleted.)


text:
Ariana Grande had a lot of surprises in store for fans during her Coachella set! Not only was there an NSYNC reunion for the ages, but Ari also brought out Nicki Minaj to perform their collaborations "Bang Bang" and "Side to Side," as well as Diddy and Mase for a rendition of "Mo Money Mo Problems." Unfortunately, the latter two performances had some technical difficulties that left the crowd and live stream viewers pretty upset! As Nicki was performing her "Bang Bang" verse, the microphone kept going in and out, while Ari told the crowd, "We can't hear anything!"
The issue led to Nicki rapping a bit off-beat, while Ari struggled to chime in and keep up with her because neither woman could hear what was going on! Video from the event shows Nicki looking pretty confused, and although she kept performing, it was pretty clear that she was frustrated by the situation. Meanwhile, a similar issue plagued Diddy's performance, with his mic dropping out throughout his time on stage. Sound problems have been an issue at Coachella for years because of the outdoor, desert location, but this one really seemed to get fans riled up.
"Whoever gave Nicki that faulty ass ear piece, meet me in the back," one person tweeted. Another added, "The technical team did Nicki dirty." Several others also posted GIFs and memes joking about how Nicki and Diddy would be going after the audio engineers after the show.
@ArianaGrande and @Diddy performing live at #COACHELLA #ARICHELLA !
beginning is dark- gets better! pic.twitter.com/ksqdeU7k0B
— mads ❀ (@arianascloudsx) April 15, 2019
For the most part, though, fans rallied behind Nicki, Diddy and Mase, and tweeted their support after the artists got stuck in a tough situation. "Nicki handled that audio f*** up so professionally," someone raved, while another added, "Coachella really disrespected Nicki, Mase n Diddy tonight. What the f*** was that?"
Either way, the performances had everyone talking, and Ariana definitely won the weekend after headlining the final night. She'll be returning to the stage for a second Coachella performance on April 21, and we can't wait to see if she has any surprises up her sleeve then, as well!Click to Subscribe to Get Our Free HollywoodLife Daily Newsletter to get the hottest celeb news.


text:
coming soon
This episode explores the fascinating relationship between bees and specialty seed crops. Oregon vegetable and flower seed industries are deeply invested in the health of pollinators. Moreover, the great conditions for growing seeds in the state has led to a proliferation in the variety of different flowering crops grown in Oregon. An estimated 14,000+ acres are planted to vegetable seed production statewide, for a farm gate value of $27 million in 2012. This is good news for bees. We caught up with Garth Mulkey to learn more.
Garth operates a farm in Monmouth Oregon and a seed business (GS3 Quality Seeds Inc). This summer we walked through one of his sunflower fields with his beekeeper Tim Wydronek, OSU's Vegetable and Specialty Seed Crop Specialist Dr. Kristine Buckland and Oregon Department of Agriculture's Sarah Kincaid. Garth is also one of the early adopters of the Oregon Bee Project's Flagship Farm Program.
Listen in to learn how Garth helped develop the bee protection protocol for specialty seed growers, and why specialty seed growers need bees.
You can Subscribe and Listen to PolliNation on Apple Podcasts.
And be sure to leave us a Rating and Review!
"[The bees] are even more critical in our hybrid productions, because the females in this production do not produce their own pollen, so if we don't have bees, we don't harvest seed." – Garth Mulkey
Show Notes:
- What makes Oregon such an ideal place to grow specialty seeds
- Why the bees are so necessary in Garth's hybrid productions
- How to best prepare bees for pollination
- What Tim Wydronek is looking for from the growers before pollination begins
- Why Garth's group came up with a bee protection protocol
- What no-till farming is and why it is used with specialty seed growers
- How and where Garth's specialty seeds are used around the world
- The process of generating a protocol to protect pollinators in such a large group of growers
"As a group who specializes in hybrid production, we realize the importance of having pollinators, and lots of them. So as a group, we decided we needed to be at the forefront of educating the public and the legislators on what our needs are and what we're doing." – Garth Mulkey
Links Mentioned:
- Check out GS3 Quality Seed
- Learn more about Western SARE
- Connect with Kristine Buckland
- Find out more about the Oregon Bee Project Flagship Farm
- Garth's favorite bee is "as big as a mouse" – Learn more about Bombus nevadensis


text:
10 years, 17,000+ posts, 84,000+ images, 16,000+ email subscribers and 20,000+ social followers later, Denimology continues to bring you the latest denim trends, along with fashion advice, competitions, interviews with top denim designers, events, sales, current trends and celebrity denim.
To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, we have 50+ denim brands, mills, stores and fabric manufacturers that you know and love who are celebrating with us by offering hundreds of pairs of jeans to be given away over the next twelve months to lucky Denimology readers. This 10th year anniversary celebration will be worth tens of thousands of dollars to all who participate and celebrate with us, as we give these jeans out over the next twelve months.
The first month will run the remainder of June through the end of July and run through June, 2017. Winners will be selected on the first of every month and notified by email. Additionally, throughout our year long celebration, we will be featuring a product review for all 50+ denim companies of one of their jeans giveaways.
All you have to do to be entered INTO EVERY JEANS DRAWING HELD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR is to sign up to participate as a member in our new denim community. That's right, by signing up once, you are automatically entered into the next twelve months of giveaway drawings. In addition, we'll give you extra entries for participating within the denim community (make sure you're logged in). Pretty awesome huh! Let's celebrate!
All of us @denimology would like to thank you for your continued readership over the last 10 years and for being a part of our Denimology family. Please let us know how we can make your reading experience even better.
Please see the full Terms & Conditions


text:
Tags: consumer safety, supply chain, quality management
Poultry is popular as light meat and therefore part of a health-conscious lifestyle. As a consequence, poultry production and consumption have risen to a very high level. In 2007, production reached 1,14 million tons in Germany alone. The growth in imports was even greater (14.9 %), reaching 572,100 tons, whilst exports, according to the Zentrale Markt- und Preisberichtstelle für Erzeugnisse der Land-, Forst- und Ernährungswirtschaft (ZMP) in Bonn, rose to 534,300 tons. Regardless of where the poultry comes from, freshness and food safety are the critical factors which ensure customer satisfaction. All parties involved in the supply chain must work together to meet these demands. CHILL-ON is an EU-funded project which is working on a solution to guarantee a more accurate and almost continuous prediction of the level of risk during the supply process. As a result, the safety of the final product purchased by the customer in the supermarket will be significantly improved. The advantages were made obvious at the recent project meeting in Bonn.
Bremerhaven. Supply chain experts for fresh and frozen food gathered at the Annual CHILL-ON Meeting on 3rd/4th June in Bonn to present the project's achievements to date. One particular "hot topic" in the field of risk assessment is the development of a management strategy that will increase safety assurance in chilled and frozen poultry products. The consortium, co-ordinated by ttz Bremerhaven, plans to finish the development work in 2010.The predictive management strategy will enable all parties along the supply chain to estimate the numerical level of microbial contamination. This progress is possible thanks to continuous data monitoring along the poultry supply chain. QMRA ("Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment"), the mathematical forecast model, takes into consideration the characteristics of a product in order to predict the progeny of bacteria. The result makes it possible to estimate whether the product will be contaminated to an unacceptable degree at the forwarding steps of the poultry supply chain, so that the safety assurance of the final product can be improved.
The mathematical model for estimating microbiological contamination has been developed by Prof. Dr. Viktor Popov and his colleagues from the Wessex Institute of Technology (WIT), supported by several other CHILL-ON partners.
Microbiological hazards have the most significant effect for the poultry industry. Predicting microbiological contamination will improve the safety assurance, said Ewa Pacholowicz from ttz Bremerhaven, who is involved in adapting the mathematical model to the safety management systems in the poultry industry. Rising consumption and, on the other hand, poultry consumers' increasing awareness of microorganisms are demanding assurance of zero- level microbial risk in production. It is known that assurance of zero- level microbial risk is unattainable; "however CHILL-ON aims to develop a management strategy that will come very close to that level", states Maria Bunke, CHILL-ON project manager at ttz Bremerhaven.
Further information on this topic:
Pictures for editorial use.
Download with right mouse button: "Save as..."
ttz Bremerhaven is an innovative provider of research services and operates in the field of application-oriented research and development. Under the umbrella of ttz Bremerhaven, an international team of experts is working in the areas of food, environment and health.


text:
Posts Tagged 'china'
20 Tourism Marketing Trends for 2020
There are so many tourism marketing trends that our team has their eye on this year, I thought it would be helpful to round them all up and share them. Get ready for 20 tourism marketing trends in 2020, in 20 words or less with links to learn more. The Chinese Market China remains hot…Read More
Proving Relevancy and ROI: Key Takeaways from the first Destination on the Left Virtual Summit
At Break the Ice Media we are committed to ongoing professional development of our team within tourism marketing. Each year, we invest more than 450 staff hours staying up-to-date on trends, new marketing tactics and deeper learnings. That is why the first Destination on the Left Virtual Summit we hosted in December 2019 was extra-special…Read More
Canadian Tourism – Alive and Well
There is much speculation around Canadian tourism and travel to the U.S. Are they still coming? How often do they come? How does President Trump's international travel ban affect border crossing? What about the exchange rate? Who is coming? These are all valid questions, and concerns. But I'm here to tell you that our neighbors…Read More
Attracting Chinese Tourists
Tourism is one of the leading industries in New York State, providing an economic impact of more than $100 Billion annually. In a very broad sense, there are two forms of tourists – domestic and international. A domestic tourist is anyone who lives and travels in the U.S. Of course, an international tourist is anyone…Read More


text:
The purpose of the dissertation is to advance a critical understanding of how a neighborhood environment can have changed since 1890 and to identify the consequents these changes have brought to children. Current problems in children's access to their communities thus are discussed in light of their origins and historical precedents; the problem of today is considered as the result of social processes as play out through time.
Click here to download [PDF]
Title: A Study of an Urban Community and Its Children, 1890-1991
Author(s): Sandy Gaster
Publication Date: 1993
Publisher: Dissertation, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York


text: You Were Never Really Here: Joaquin Phoenix is Joe, an emotionally and physically scarred man who makes his living finding missing girls. His latest assignment involves the teenage daughter of an elected official who has been seen in a prostitution house. The film is a technical marvel. The director expertly moves from inside of Joe's head, and his memories, to the present day and back; the flashback scenes are jarring and add to the depth of the damage done to Joe as a kid and as a war veteran. The script is 89 minutes, and there is not a single unnecessary scene. The camera work with its dark and extended shots gives it the feel of film noir. The sound and captures exactly what it must be like in Joe's head – there were a couple of scenes where I wanted to cover my ears; there is one scene that is involving a song that those of us from a certain era remember, "Never Been to Me", that is darkly funny and perfect for the film. Joaquin Phoenix is amazing; this is probably his best role to date. He doesn't always say a lot, but what he conveys in his facial expressions fills in what he doesn't say. The acting is a superior work of control and represents a total command of his character. There is no wonder why Lynne Ramsay won at Cannes for Best Screenplay and Phoenix for Best Actor; the combination of the two makes for stunning cinema. Huge thumbs up for a film that I cannot recommend to all; you have to be able to tolerate violence, the film can be somewhat abstract. It is a film for those who enjoy watching something for its technical brilliance. I also see so many similarities to David Lynch films in terms of the depth of psychological exploration. I expect some Oscar nominations to come from this.


text:
TechEd Developers 2007 is over, and before moving on (and flying back to snow in Austria), here is the list of sessions I attended this year:
Compared to last year, I managed to attend more sessions, however, there were also more duds. The last session (WEB403) turned out to be the one that earned the raspberry this year (a close runner-up: TLA403). Coming out on top I decided to nominate three: OFF401, TLA307 and DAT303.
XSSDetect is a static code analysis tool that helps identify Cross-Site Scripting security flaws found within Web applications. It is able to scan compiled managed assemblies (C#, Visual Basic .NET, J#) and analyze dataflow paths from sources of user-controlled input to vulnerable outputs. It also detects whether proper encoding or filtering has been applied to the data and will ignore such "sanitized" paths. Download
Article at The Register: How ASP.NET began in Java. Reminds me of the "C# is COOL" t-shirt I have...
There is absolutely no excuse to not read Hard Code, the book version of I.M. Wright's (49) columns. Get it. Read it. Now!
If you are interested in IronPython, you should check out Matt's latest SharpDevelop addin: IronPython Integration In SharpDevelop 2.2. His blog post details the status of code completion, Windows Forms designer support, plus: converting code from C# or VB.NET to IronPython.
Please note that this is a work in progress, and that the official release of this addin will be for SharpDevelop 3 and IronPython 2.0.
Been on holidays, at conferences (eg last week Ask The Experts @ XTOPIA in Berlin), and worked on various projects - a couple of reasons it was rather quiet lately in this blog.
Yesterday I decided I needed a simple guestbook application for a to-be-developed private Web site, and because I didn't find anything that fit my needs I decided to write one myself with the goal of (ab)using XLinq in the course of this endeavour:
Guestbook_XLINQ.zip (7.09 KB)
Caveat emptor: I am no designer (surprise!). But thanks to no design it should be easy for you to add your own design. However, as this month's MSDN magazine is all about security, I decided to make the application production-ready security-wise. You'll find a lot of parsing plus XSRF protection (note: this version does not check for integer overflow in calculating the start row).
Missing features: this guestbook is not prepared for localization, nor does it use a control-based approach (where you drop those in your pages and get an in-place guestbook).
Update a version of this application for VS2008 RTM is available here.
Been following tf4mono development for quite a while, and now there is an installer that works on Windows with .NET 2.0 (more info). Be sure to check out the comments as it doesn't seem to work on a machine with Team Explorer already installed.
I ran into a snag last night - I imported a db schema (created via Visio / Generate) into a DB Pro project in VS 2008 Beta 2 DB Pro edition. Then I tried to build & deploy into SQL Express (the one that comes in the TFS / VSTS preconfigured VPC). And it balked.
The error message on TSD158 I got wasn't like the one described in the MSDN Forums post Extending Timeout on SqlBuildTask, however, I decided to look into the registry anyways. Interestingly enough, the value for the key LongRunningQueryTimeoutSeconds was zero. Increased that to 120, restarted VS, presto: build is now working!
In my previous post FastCGI in IIS7 I mentioned that I am running WebSVN on this box to give FastCGI a real-world test run. Today, I upgraded to v2.0 of WebSVN. They sure do ship a good-looking template this time around:
The RSS functionality is enabled too in this version (I was running code directly from their repository last time around...). I have to say that WebSVN turned into a must-have tool for anyone using Subversion.
Link to WebSVN on iis7.chrison.net (feel free to play around)


text:
A young girl riding her scooter on the sidewalk in Brooklyn this evening was struck in a wild three-car accident and pinned underneath one vehicle — but she was rescued after a group of good Samaritans lifted the car off her, authorities and witnesses said.
The victim was riding with her mother walking besides her when a livery cab struck a sedan at Livonia and Rockaway avenues in Brownsville — sending the second car flying onto the sidewalk, witnesses said.
A third car was also struck in the accident, which occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m.
"We were all standing in the cashing place and then were heard a loud boom. Then there was another boom" said Keith Anderson, one of the good Samaritans.
"We ran outside and we saw the mother. She was yelling, 'My baby, my baby!'" Anderson, 51, told The Post.
Another one of the heroes, Arthur Lane, 41, said the child — who looked to be about 10-years-old — stayed calm despite being in terrible pain.
"She was conscious. She was just looking up at us saying, "Please get this car off of me.' "
It took at least seven men two tries to lift the light-colored sedan off the child.
"On the second lift, the mother slid her out from under the car," Anderson said.
"Her legs were twisted up in an "X" formation. I never saw anything like this in my life," he said.
Six victims — including the child — were rushed to area hospitals. Their conditions were not immediately known.
Cops said they were investigating.


text:
Mot-clé - tcl
Notify plugin for aMSN updated (1.4)
dimanche, mars 1 2009, 18:21 ::
Here is a new version of my plugin. Don't show the event if the user is blocked (and the "don't show blocked user notification" config is set Added OS Check Code cleaning Bumped to version 1.4 Thanks to KaKaRoTo for the... lire la suite
Plugin Notify for aMSN
samedi, mai 10 2008, 14:32 :: Coding
Here is a new version of my plugin called Notify. Changelog : I was using wrong aMSN's preferences Fixed when the header is empty (setting "aMSN") This plugin replace aMSN's own notification system by using libnotify. It... lire la suite


text:
Last week, midwives and clients of Andaluz Waterbirth Center in Portland announced plans to file a federal lawsuit to "cease intimidation and threats against midwives" by the Oregon Health Licensing Agency and Oregon Health & Science University.
Midwives say doctors and nurses at OHSU have filed baseless complaints to the licensing agency meant to thwart competition. Officials with the state agency and OHSU declined to comment on the allegations. The threatened lawsuit spurred a passionate
among supporters and critics of home birth.
Conflicts between midwives and doctors run deep. One of the biggest problems: Many physicians deal with midwives only when a laboring mother experiences difficulties during a home birth and requires transport to a hospital, sometime urgently.
"It's an extremely tension-fraught encounter," according to Melissa Cheyney, an Oregon State University assistant professor and practicing midwife who
the interactions of midwives and doctors in Jackson County last year. Nearly every physician interviewed by Cheyney and her graduate student expressed the view that births must take place in a hospital to be "safe."
Studies including higher-risk pregnancies have found that fetal deaths are more likely in home births. But in low-risk pregnancies, most research shows no significant difference in risk to the baby, while home-birth mothers experience fewer complications. In a
last year, women giving birth at home suffered fewer than half as many serious perineal tears, and about a third less postpartum bleeding.
By choosing a hospital birth, women substantially increase the risk of having a surgical delivery.
of hospital births in Oregon resulted in a cesarean during the years 2006-2008. Less than 4 percent of home births ended with a cesarean in a 2005 study of 5,400 births attended by midwives in the U.S. and Canada.
Women who choose home birth often cite the desire to keep birth free of medical intervention. Heather Hermans, 27, of Portland said she transferred to the care of a midwife because she wanted to try a vaginal delivery rather than schedule a cesarean section, as her obstetrician-gynecologist recommended.
"My ob-gyn didn't remember me from appointment to appointment," Hermans said. "I was treated like pregnant cow No. 45."
Hermans experienced complications during labor and took an ambulance to OHSU, where a surgeon delivered her healthy baby boy by emergency C-section. The surgeon filed a complaint about Hermans' midwife to the state – one of six complaints from doctors about midwives associated with Andaluz Waterbirth Center. Roy Haber, an attorney hired by the midwives, said the Oregon Health Licensing Agency withdrew all six investigations after he challenged them.
Conflicts aren't inevitable. Cheyney is working with midwives in Lane County and a Eugene obstetrician, Dr. Paul Qualtere-Burcher, on guidelines for smoother, more collaborative relations. Qualtere-Burcher and his colleagues have agreed to help midwives get access to laboratory testing and ultrasound screening for their clients. Midwives are referring higher-risk home birth clients to the physicians for assessment and another perspective.
"We'd like them to come in and see us before it becomes a big issue during labor," Qualtere-Burcher said. "I think it's been very successful."
Home birth by the numbers
Planned home births in Oregon last year: 877 out of 47,675 total births, or 1.8 percent.
Risk of baby dying in a midiwife-attended home birth: 1.7 percent versus 0.6 percent in hospitals, based on a
including women with breech births, twins, or attempting a vaginal birth after a previous cesarean (VBAC).
Risk of baby dying in a midwife-attended home birth when comparing only low-risk mothers: 0.5 percent versus 0.3 percent in hospitals.
Chances of giving birth without medical intervention: 78 percent with a home-birth midwife versus 54 percent in hospitals, according to the 2009 British study.
A women's chances of having cesarean section when giving birth in an Oregon hospital, 2006-2008: 29 percent.
Fetal deaths in births attended by licensed midwives in Oregon, 2001-2007: 4 in 2,906 births, about 0.1 percent.
Fetal deaths in births attended by physicians in Oregon, 2001-2007: 1,455 in 274,278 births, about 0.5 percent.
Number of home birth midwives who are licensed in Oregon: 64, up from 54 in 2008.
Complaints lodged against licensed midwives, 1999-2007: 40.
Disciplinary actions imposed by the Board of Direct Entry Midwifery, 2000-2004: 12
Midwife guide
Long before there were hospitals and medical doctors, women steeped in the traditions of midwifery took care of laboring mothers and newborns. Midwifery has branched into different forms. Here's a rundown:
Direct Entry Midwife
-- A general term for practitioners who train directly into midwifery without a nursing or medical background, and attend births outside of hospitals. Oregon law allows direct entry midwives to practice with no licensure.
Certified Professional Midwife
-- Direct entry midwives certified by the North American Registry of Midwives, which requires written and practical examinations and practical experience attending 40 births.
Licensed Direct Entry Midwife
-- Direct entry midwives who obtain a license in Oregon are authorized to use some prescription drugs and medical devices. They must pass a national examination, demonstrate experience in attending births, and complete continuing education every three years. They are licensed by the Oregon Board Direct Entry Midwifery and subject to disciplinary actions if they violate professional standards.
Certified Nurse Midwife
– Registered nurses who go on to complete an accredited nurse-midwifery program. Oregon requires certified nurse midwives to obtain a Masters degree. CNMs are the only midwives that practice in hospitals. They are licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing.
To check credentials
Because licensing is voluntary in Oregon, it's possible for a midwife who's been stripped of a license for violations to continue to practice legally. Midwives falsely claiming to be licensed have been fined several times in recent years.
You can check on the status and disciplinary history of a midwife at the website of the
(click the "License Inquiry" tab at left).


text:
Better days will come
In view of the latest information concerning the spread of COVID-19 in Europe and the decisions taken by the various European governments, Paris Athlé 2020 is following the evolution of the situation with the utmost attention.
At this stage, any decision to postpone or cancel the Paris 2020 European Athletics Championships would be premature. Paris Athlé 2020 remains in permanent contact with European Athletics and the French Athletics Federation in order to study all the possible options.
"Perhaps the most pressing question for most federations is the status of this season's major European event, the Paris 2020 European Athletics Championships from 25-30 August. At this point we can say that preparations are going ahead as planned but we are monitoring developments on a day-to-day basis and must remain vigilant as the situation evolves," said European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen in a press release. The European Athletics Executive Board will host its previously scheduled meeting via teleconference on 24-25 March.
In the event of a cancellation of the event, ticket holders would be refunded. Refund arrangements would be specified in due course. Paris Athle 2020 will keep you informed on the official website and social media.
Following the announcements of the President of the French Republic last week, Paris Athlé 2020 has applied the necessary measures for the health of all. And invites everyone to show solidarity and responsibility during this difficult period. While waiting for better days, take care of yourself and your family.


text:
First of all a greeting , I think it is very important a media player in the RetroMini, with the original firmware you could play music and video without any problem, I used it as a multimedia device, but now with the new firmware, I only found an opk GMU that does not play anything correctly, for example with an mp3 file there are continuous cuts . https://mega.nz/#F!howVFYyL!uHD_8KPC-hySEHoRqAQJRw. Originally the ingenic chips were manufactured for multimedia players (audio and video), I do not understand that the functionality in this device is lost
Thanks ace9094, we really need a wearable media player, recovering the functionality of the original operating system, it was not the best in the world but it worked .A functional player, and a more stable version of the latest opendingux available that does not hang constantly and an emulator for neogeo pocket would be great.But well I understand that one thing behind the other, any of the improvements will be welcome.
I'll try to make a new FW when Linux 5.4 is released, in about 3 weeks.
Haven't seen these libraries in rootfs (using OpenDingux release 2019.05.17 on my device). Usually they are bundled inside the opk/ipk/etc package with LD_LIBRARY_PATH set through shell script.
What I meant to say is that publishing modified opk without source will probably violate GPL licence. I guess it's not the right place to discuss such things, sorry.
What is the fix you were talking about?
I already have a MAME4ALL v2.0 build on this.The limiting factor is really the RS90's screen size vs the emulated game screen size.
can we have all the gcw emulators, that aren't yet on the rs90, such as:Caprice32 (Amstrad)DCaSTaway (Atari ST)FBA - Final Burn Alpha (Arcade Machine/NeoGeo)Race (NeoGeo Pocket)UnrealSpeccy (ZX-Spectrum)Vectrex (Dingux-Vectrex Port)Mame4all (Multiple Arcade)i wish, this could come true
Quote from: lemmywinks on July 14, 2019, 10:30:32 amJonathan Holmes has released Midnight Wild for the LDK Game and Bittboy, might be a good fit for the RS-90 given it was originally an Arduboy game and has tiny resolution requirements. Source is on his site here:http://crait.netNo source = No port.That being said, i could ask him for a copy of it but i probably won't bother.
Jonathan Holmes has released Midnight Wild for the LDK Game and Bittboy, might be a good fit for the RS-90 given it was originally an Arduboy game and has tiny resolution requirements. Source is on his site here:http://crait.net


text:
Buying And Selling Houses In The City
If you want to sell your house, and at the same time you do not want one of the meat agents to make your decision and tell you how to do it, you can contact us.
Sell my house fast Houston is the fastest option when it comes to selling a house. Selling a house without an agent can reduce your earnings, but you won't have to wait months for money. When a real estate agent is in the game, he advises you to change houses. You need to paint it both from the field and inside, and paint the fence, change the carpets, improve the insulation or buy new tiles, or even tidy up the yard. It all costs a lot and in the end they would run out of money, and they would wait a long time to sell the house. Don't wait forever to sell it for more money, but sell it to us now.
You don't have to change it, fix it, or paint it, and we don't mind. If you go to another city for work, you need money right away, or if the house is old and full of unwanted insects, rats, or other animals. You can ignore everything and the appearance does not matter to you, you can sell the house which will later be in our hands, and we can arrange it as it suits us. It is up to you to decide on the figure that you think should be sold, and for us to decide to agree.
Today it is difficult to sell any house, no matter if it is big or small, sell my house fast houston is the fastest solution to sell a house in Houston. We are glad to do business with you, and you can get your money as soon as possible.


text:
So fun to be teaching preschool summer camp programs (I haven't actually taught one yet but I just know it will be awesome!) because when I need to learn things, practice things or prepare I can do it all with Sam and Avery!
Tomorrow I am running a frog and toad camp for 2-3 year oldsso Sam, Avery and I have been listening to frog calls on our Identiflyer, learning about the difference between frogs and toads and pretending to be frogs!
I would love to show you pictures of all that we have been up to but my camera is BUSTED! I have no idea what is going on but my wonderful Nikon D90 is down. The light meter thing that is suppose to tell me how to focus is not showing up and it won't focus at all on automatic. Have no idea what is going on but I am hoping when I get to St. Louis on Friday my awesome photographer sister can help me fix it!!
Anyway, you can check out the identiflyer here. And yes, they have great frog/toad song cards as well. When we were listening to the calls I started out by testing her to see if she remembered from previous times we have played with this which ones were the frogs/toads instead of birds. I would switch the cards back and forth from frogs to birds playing calls and asking her, "Frog or bird?" She had a blast with this and Avery was enthralled with all the calls.
Then as I was looking up frog and toad facts on here and here. Sam got to see lots of pictures of frogs and toads. We compared those pictures to the little frog pet we have living in our kitchen (it was the school pet that is now living at our house). I don't think Sam will really remember the difference between a toad and frog (living on land v. living in water, dry skin v. wet/slimy skin, lays eggs in strands attached to plants v. lays eggs in jelly covered clusters, etc.) but it is good information for her to start hearing.
Lastly, I took some old green scraps of fabric and cut out some lily pads. I put them on the floor and showed Sam how frogs like to hop. We hopped from lily pad to lily pad, counting as we went. We also practiced walking like toads, since they don't hop.
All in all it was a fun, frog filled day! And I feel very prepared to teach a preschool summer camp all about frogs and toads tomorrow!
The Nitty Gritty!
Here is where I give credit where credit is due. The stuff that we did today were not my own ideas. The program developer for the Wonder Bugs Preschool programs at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center put together all these ideas for the program tomorrow. I was simply practicing them with my girls.
If you are in the area and have a preschooler you absolutely MUST check out these programs!


text:
Our goal is to help you reach your goals. You start feeling results in month 1 and really start seeing the full benefits by month 3.
With supplements, we found that continued use allows for consistent results. We found that our customers reached their goals successfully when sticking to the VIP plan. The convenience of receiving your products to your door every month helps you keep on track and avoid skipping your routine.
But we know a plan isn't for everyone, so we also offer a Monthly plan that will auto-ship every 30 days, with the option to postpone shipments through your account dashboard.


text:
There's something just so wrong it's right about these tiny little Sony PlayStation controllers that you can hang all over the place.
As shown in the picture above, these miniature felt PlayStation controllers look perfect hanging from your Sony PSP (or even better yet on your Nintendo DS). Created by textile artist RabbitRampage, each keychain-size controller is handsewn from felt and stuffed with fiberfill – just like your real PlayStation controller, except for the fiberfill and the felt parts.
They're available in both PS1 (grey) and PS2 (black) versions over at RabbitRampage's Etsy shop for just $7 (USD) each.


text:
Three days into my apprenticeship as a journeyman carpenter I had an unfortunate incident. For the lack of one nail in the scaffolding I fell from a three-story building, along with my friend. Not only was it the third day of my apprenticeship, it was also the third day of marital bliss. After driving 75 miles to bring me my lunch, my wife pulled up and watched me hit the ground. I landed on a sandhill left by the masons. When I looked up, I was surrounded by my wife and a bunch of strangers, who turned out to be from the neighborhood. They had come running from as far as three blocks away after hearing me scream on my way down to the ground.
My friend Jim bounced off the garage roof on his way down and landed near me, seemingly unhurt. However, my wife drove us both to the hospital for x-rays. I had discomfort in my right foot, while Jim thought he might have had a broken thumb afterall.
After our x-rays, we waited painfully for over an hour before hearing the results. Finally, a doctor came out and said that Jim had a broken thumb but I could go home. As I was getting up to hobble out with my wife's support, another doctor asked where I thought I was going with two broken metarsals. He told Jim he could go home because he had no broken bones in his hand. The first doctor had gotten it all backwards.
That incident brought my apprenticement to a halt for six weeks with my leg in a cast up to my knee. I spent the summer on disability and fishing, but I couldn't wait to get back to my job. That painful lesson has kept me safe while remodeling and building additions, decks, and garages in New Braunfels, San Marcos, Wimberley, Kyle, Buda, Spring Branch, and Canyon Lake.