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In order that the responsibility for the Piazza Fontana bombing be seen to be the work of anarchists, suitable and likely candidates had to be available in Milan. It would appear from the harassment directed against Pinelli and his friends since 25 April that he and the Anarchist Black Cross had been agreed on by the various parties to the conspiracy. So far as the security services and fascists were concerned, implicating the ABC as the political and organisational inspiration for the bombings would represent a much more convincing and plausible scapegoat than the teenagers of the Rome 22 March Group. In addition, it would permit them to implicate a man considered by the authorities of prime importance in the Italian left, the marxist publisher Giacomo Feltrinelli, who, in the eyes of the right, represented the main danger to the Italian status quo. By showing Feltrinelli to be a murderer as opposed to a highly considered leftist publisher, they would not only rid themselves of a dangerous and troublesome enemy, but would also deliver a severe blow to the Italian left.
It was Feltrinelli who had supplied an alibi for his two anarchist friends, Giovanni and Eliane Corradini, who had been arrested in connection with the 25 April bombing. The right-wing and centre press had also named Feltrinelli as the main financier of the anarchist groups and the instigator of the bombing campaign.1 Pinelli, in turn, was a close friend of the Corradini's, who were also active in the Anarchist Black Cross, and in Calabresi's eyes Pino was the man to tie the whole anarchist conspiracy together. If he could be induced to make the necessary statements the success of the whole operation would be assured, as Pinelli himself was in no way suspect as a man who had long repudiated political violence.
As Pinelli was a highly esteemed comrade any statement made by him concerning anarchist involvement in the outrage would be the ideal finishing touch to the whole manoeuvre.
The provocateurs had done their work well. They were well aware that discussions had taken place between Pinelli and the other comrades at the Ponte della Ghisolfa concerning methods of resisting what they believed to be an imminent rightist coup in which they would be number one targets. These discussions, which necessarily involved preparations for clandestine activity, could easily be presented in a damning light. The provocateurs and infiltrators had successfully penetrated the group and were stoking the fires and pushing the debate to extremes, urging the need to move from theory and the preparation of contingency plans to practice. In the meantime, terrorist actions had been carried out intended to prepare public opinion against the anarchists.
Giuseppe Pinelli was to provide the finishing touch. The interrogation followed the normal pattern of intimidation: erosion of his physical and mental resistance, and the threat of being named as one of the perpetrators of the massacre. Pinelli did not break and the interrogations moved on to the "third degree." It would appear that during this more violent final phase of Pinelli's interrogation the anarchist realised the full ramifications of the entire plot, and that, intuitively, he understood they were trying to draw him into a trap. The names and circumstances mentioned by the police would have made Pinelli realise that at least one provocateur had infiltrated the group and he would have quickly divined the connections between this man, Antonio Sottosanti, alias "Nino the fascist" a man very similar in appearance to Pietro Valpreda and his interrogators. Faced with the knowledge that Pinelli was fully cognisant of their involvement to the plot, the policemen present who were so involved could hardly afford to let him be released. One of the many blows was crucial and left Pinelli slumped in his chair, unconscious or dead.
With Pinelli not only unwilling to play their game but now fully aware of the extent to which at least some of his captors were involved in the conspiracy in which he was being cast in a central role, the only alternative scenario was for the honourable anarchist to appear to take his own life when it became clear to him his ideals had been betrayed. According to the statements made by the five police officers present — Calabresi, Panessa, Mucilli, Mainardi and carabinieri lieutenant Sabino Logrono — Pinelli's final words as he threw himself out of the window were "This is the end…" (of anarchism). So far as the authorities were concerned Pinelli's suicide was therefore an act of self-incrimination.
Police Inspector Luigi Calabresi was himself murdered on 17 May 1972. The killer, covering his face with a newspaper, approached his intended victim at about 9.15 a.m. shortly after he left his home in Milan's Via Cherubini and fired three shots into Calabresi as he was about to get into his car. Patrice Chairoff (see text) claims Calabresi's murder had nothing to do with his involvement in the death of Pinelli. Chairoff believes that Calabresi was killed because of his investigations into Mondialexport, an import-export agency which served as a cover for a section of the West German intelligence service BND known as BND II. Ostensibly dealing in bulk foodstuffs, Mondialexport, under the control of SS veteran Gerhardt Mertens, an associate of Otto Skorzeny, was in fact an important international arms smuggling operation and a source of laundered funds for clandestine BND II operations in Italy and elsewhere.
Calabresi's murderers, all identified, were known neo-fascists and contract agents of the Paladin organisation (see text) and BND II:
Gianni Nardi — son of a billionaire industrialist previously implicated in the murder of a Milan fireman in 1967.
Bruno Stefano — prominent member of Delle Chiaie's AN organisation.
Gudrun Keiss — a girlfriend of Bruno Stefano and former star of Scandinavian pornographic films. Chairoff states she has worked for West German intelligence since December 1970. Believed to have driven the getaway car following the murder.
Jean Vincent Martini — Avanguardia Nazionale activist from South Tyrol, recruiting agent for Angolan mercenaries and main Paladin agent in Belgium. Identified as one of Paladin's killers in Paladin's anti-ETA contract.
According to Chairoff, BND II is in fact the West German section of the secret intelligence organisation within NATO, the Italian section of which was the Rose of the Winds. In 1977 the BND II was allegedly controlled from the main espionage centre at 33 Heilmannstrasse, D-Pullach bei Munchen, by one Dieter Blotz (a.k.a. Jan Helmers). In Rome the parallel BND operated (1977) under the cover of another export-import agency in the Via G. C-boni, an address which also provided cover for the Paladin group, Aginter Press and World Service (Chairoff, as has been mentioned, actually ran the Athens-based World Service under the noms-de-guerre of Dr Siegfried Schoenenberg and N. Kalchi).
The BND II case officers in Rome in 1977 were, according to Chairoff: Herbert Schlesinger – responsible for the control and coordination of neo- Nazi and fascist activities, overseeing existing groups and, when necessary, creating new groups to meet the requirements of the moment.
Penkowski – a former lieutenant in German military intelligence (MAD – Militarischen Abschirmdienst, based at Bruhlerstrasse 300, MAD Cologne). Penkowski allegedly controls infiltrated cells of the Red Brigades, the NAP, the Proletari dei Quartieri, the Gioventu Proletaria and the New Partisans. (It is interesting to speculate that the order for the murder of Aldo Moro, which served primarily the interests of the extreme right in Italy, may well have emanated from this source. The rightists behind the 1964 Plan Solo plot had planned a similar end for Moro.) The Roman station chief of this section of the BND responsible for the above-named officers was, again according to Chairoff, one Erik Mullinken who reported direct to the Bavarian spy centre.
- 1 Giacomo Feltrinelli was killed in a bomb explosion in Northern Italy in 1972. He was supposed by the police to have been leader of the Armed Partisan Groups (GAP), and to have been attempting to blow up an electricity pylon at the time of his death.


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For years, Breanne Dyck believed that she couldn't sell to her email list. And her results proved her right. That is until she began to practice what she preached. She used the four techniques I'll share with you today to send her most successful email ever.
Do as I Say, Not as I Do
Before writing this one email, Breanne was great at teaching others how to send effective emails. Her consulting company was thriving as she taught others how to sell to their lists.
But her own list was a different story. Breanne didn't believe she could sell to them. So, she did what was easy, not what to was right.
It was classic "Do as I say, not as a I do," something that is very common among consultants in the online world.
Tactics vs. Strategy
Breanne was applying the right tactics to many of her emails. She'd read all of the studies and tried the latest tips and tricks.
But her strategy was lacking…in fact, it was virtually non-existent.
When she used a specific tactic, she didn't have a reason beyond "that's just what you do" or "someone else had success with that."
Once she realized that she had to understand the WHY behind the tactics, she was able to shift from tactics to strategy. She went from shallow learning to deep learning of persuasion, copywriting, and consumer psychology. She learned not only what works, but why it works as well.
And when she applied all that she learned, this single email made her hundreds of thousands of dollars.
So what was inside this 10X email? Here are the four elements Breanne shared with me recently.
The Four Elements of the 10X Email Strategy
Before I share the four elements, a quick warning. It would be easy to take Breanne's email and try to copy it. That, however, would defeat the entire purpose of this case study. Remember, this is about strategy and deep learning, not tactics.
OK…on to the elements…
1. Storytelling
Storytelling is powerful. So powerful, in fact, that it's become a bit of a buzzword in the online marketing world.
We know the power of story, but do we really understand WHY it works?
The questions to ask yourself before you send any email or write any piece of content is this:
What is the overarching narrative arc?
Where does the hero (the reader) start?
Where are they going?
How do they get there?
The basic format for an effective story according to storytelling expert Donald Miller is this:
Think of Star Wars:
Luke Skywalker has a problem. He meets Yoda, who gives him a plan (the Force) that calls him to action. He struggles along the way but ultimately succeeds.
Or Lord of the Rings:
Frodo has a problem. He meets Gandalf, who gives him a plan that calls him to adventure. He struggles along the way but ultimately succeeds.
The hero has an untapped strength that the guide (mentor) unleashes with the plan and the call to action.
Think about the implications of that for your readers. Each of them has untapped strength and abilities that are just waiting to be called out.
Will you be their Yoda?
Be clear that the reader is the hero, not you. Breanne made that clear in the first line of her email. But she used her story to represent them.
Then she showed them how her story – and what she has to offer – fits into their lives. She positioned herself as the guide.
2. Contrarianism
I'll admit that this word took me almost a full minute to type correctly, but it is very powerful.
The core of contrarianism is defying expectations in some way. When you say things that are unexpected or perhaps even shocking, it jolts people out of their mundaneness and puts them at attention.
Breanne quotes one of my favorite authors, Jeffrey Gitomer:
People don't like to be sold, but they love to buy.
Breanne's story acted as a bit of contrarianism itself. The subject of the email was, "Want to work with me in 2016?"
It's a direct question about the reader's desire. The expectation is that Breanne will then launch into a sales pitch.
But she does not. She tells a story.
Then, the most contrarian part of all: She lists all the things the reader can't buy.
- She won't run your launch for you.
- She won't write your copy.
- She won't design your sales page.
But you can work with her in a different way.
Instead of talking about all the amazing positives of having a successful business, she positioned business success as a part of a better life, not life itself.
She continually defied expectations throughout the email. To quote Breanne,
At every turn, I asked myself, 'What's the thing that would normally come next in an email like this?' and then defied that expectation.
Breanne kept her readers on their toes and positioned herself in a powerful way.
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3. Open Loops and Curiosity
I first learned about open loops in psychology class back in college. I learned about a concept known as the Zeigarnik Effect, named after psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik.
If you've never read about the Zeigarnik Effect, here's a quick synopsis from PsychWiki:
The Zeigarnik Effect is the tendency to experience intrusive thoughts about an objective that was once pursued and left incomplete. The automatic system signals the conscious mind, which may be focused on new goals, that a previous activity was left incomplete. It seems to be human nature to finish what we start and, if it is not finished, we experience dissonance.
Translation: when you leave open loops, it arouses curiosity and also a strong desire for resolution and completion.
Here's how it looks in practice:
"I'm going to share four techniques that will totally revolutionize your marketing. But first, let me tell you about the first marketing campaign I ever ran."
WAIT A SEC! I want to know about those four techniques!
Now I am curious and must stick around for the rest of the video/email/podcast.
Think of any popular television series. Every episode ends with a cliffhanger or some unresolved relationship or problem. Every season ends the same way.
Why? So, you'll keep coming back for more. It's both frustrating and addictive. How else can you explain how a grown man (me) just finished watching seven seasons of The Gilmore Girls in less than nine months? The Zeigarnik Effect strikes again!
The formula for successful applying this principle is as follows:
Curiosity >> Tension >> Resolution
These first three strategies are extremely powerful, but they are magnified when used in conjunction with the last one.
4. Authentic Scarcity
Scarcity is easy (OK, easier) when you have a course registration that actually closes. But what about when your offers are evergreen?
That's the problem Breanne faced. Her consulting is pretty much always available.
Before sending this email, however, she decided to limit the amount of clients she would work with. By placing genuine limits on her availability, she created scarcity, which allowed her to not only create a sense of urgency, but to charge more.
Scarcity must be authentic or else you risk being "one of those internet marketing types" that has a perpetually running countdown clock. Don't be that person!
Create genuine scarcity and remember this mantra:
Nothing moves people to take action like a deadline.
Breanne used these four techniques to drastically change her business. And the great thing about them is that anyone…that means YOU…can put them into practice.
Become a student of these strategies. Learn why they work. Practice putting them to use. And you, too, can 10X your business.
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There are many applications to multi-MeV X-rays. Their penetrative properties make them good for scanning dense objects for industry, and their ionising properties can destroy tumours in radiotherapy. They are also around the energy of nuclear transitions, so they can trigger nuclear reactions to break down nuclear waste into medical isotopes, or to reveal smuggled nuclear-materials for port security. Laser-driven X-ray generation offers a compact and efficient way to create a bright source of X-rays, without having to construct a large synchrotron. To fully utilise this capability, work on optimising the target design and understanding the underlying X-ray mechanisms are essential. The hybrid-PIC code is in a unique position to model the full interaction, so its ease-of-use and reproducibility are crucial for this field to develop.
The current code is written in Torch, which is no longer actively maintained. Since deep learning in nanophotonics is an area of active interest (e.g. for the design of new metamaterials), it is important to update the code to use a more modern deep learning library such as tensorflow/keras
We propose a simple method to retrieve optical constants from single optical transmittance measurements, in particular in the fundamental absorption region. The construction of needed envelopes is arbitrary and will depend on the user. However, the method should still be robust and deliver similar results.


text: The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team changed its name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating to Foxborough in 1971, although Foxborough is a suburb of Boston, 22 mi (35.4 km) away. An original member of the American Football League (AFL), the Patriots joined the NFL in the 1970 merger of those leagues. The team advanced to the playoffs four times before appearing in Super Bowl XX in January 1986, losing to the Chicago Bears. The team also appeared in Super Bowl XXXI in January 1997, losing to the Green Bay Packers. Of late, the Patriots have become one of the most successful teams in NFL history. They are currently tied for second with 6 appearances in a Super Bowl, and have the most appearances in the last 25 years. Between 2001 � 2010, the Patriots set a record for most wins in a decade (126, different from conventionally bounded decades, 2000 � 2009, 1990 � 1999, etc; this record references any 10 year stretch; 2nd is the 1984 � 1993 San Francisco 49ers, with 120 wins). Between 2001 and 2005, the Patriots became the second team in NFL history (after the Dallas Cowboys) to win three Super Bowls in four years (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX), and the eighth (and as of the present time, the last team to date) to win consecutive Super Bowls. The Patriots, however, were defeated by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, after winning the first 18 games of their 2007 season. Under quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick, the Patriots have also compiled the longest winning streak consisting of regular season and playoff games in NFL history, a 21-game streak from October 2003 � October 2004. |


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What the Premiere of 'Mr. Robot' Season 4 Means for the Show's End
This story contains spoilers for the Season 4 premiere of Mr. Robot.
It's been two long years since the last season of Mr. Robot aired on USA, but if Sam Esmail's show has taught us anything, it's that patience is a virtue. The fourth and final season, which is set around Christmastime, begins with little holiday cheer in favor of more doom and gloom. Would you expect anything less from the almost gleefully bleak Mr. Robot?
The show returns with one of its most chilling openings to date, concretely establishing (with the death of a major character) that all bets are off. What does it all mean for the end of one of TV's most mind-bending shows?
The Season 4 premiere, "E for Vendetta," suggests that things aren't exactly looking up. The episode begins with the death of Angela Moss (Portia Doubleday), who's killed by the Dark Army immediately following Season 3's "Luke, I am your father" moment between her and E-Corp's CEO, Richard Price (Michael Cristofer). In the two-month time jump that brings the show into the holiday season, Elliot and Mr. Robot learn of her death, but Elliot keeps her sister, Darlene (Carly Chaikin), in the dark as she continues a drug-fueled search for Angela, hopelessly believing she's alive.
Elliot can't find it in himself to tell her the truth in her current state, but on Mr. Robot, death isn't always the end. The big twist at the end of the Season 4 premiere comes when Elliot apparently dies, only to be revived by Price and his goons -- a shock that teases an unexpected team-up for the rest of the final season. What these two mad geniuses could accomplish together should be entertaining as hell to witness.
They'll both want their revenge, but then again, we never truly know what game Price is playing. He's a drastically changed man at the start of Season 4; never before have we seen him so full of rage. What if Whiterose and her project can bring Angela back from the dead? Highly unlikely, but this show is nothing if not unpredictable -- and how exactly did Whiterose convince Angela it could be done?
Considering Sam Esmail and Mr. Robot try to avoid answering every question, we may never know. And while Angela's left the world of the living, she may not have left the show for good. Remember when Elliot's old friend and Allsafe's Gideon Goddard bit the bullet? Well, Gideon -- the nicest guy ever to grace the show with his presence -- has appeared numerous times on the series since his death. Even in "E for Vendetta," Joanna remains a presence who's actually missed, a surprise considering how diabolical she was.
While the question of how Price, Elliot, and Mr. Robot will or won't work together to go after Whiterose will likely dominate the narrative of Season 4, it's far from the only question dominating the final season. One broader conflict that remains: Save yourself or save the world? The whole idea of Elliot or F-Society fixing the world was tossed out the window, as Mr. Robot begrudgingly points out. So far, Elliot's mind is fighting a war against Whiterose, one fueled by a personal desire for revenge. Like the first and third seasons, the final installment already has a sense of urgency.
This "self vs. collective" theme plays out in FBI's Dominique DiPierro (Grace Gummer), a once honest and righteous field agent now in the palm of the Dark Army, who have destroyed her and forced her capitulation. In Dom's introductory shot this season, she looks like she's living in hell. She's on a sabbatical and living with her mom after the events of last season's finale, in which she was forced to become a pawn for the Dark Army. Soon, Dom will return to the FBI with a promotion, more power, and orders from the Dark Army. One of the many questions for Season 4, then, is: Will she succumb to their power? Will she flush all her beliefs and morals down the toilet in order to protect her family from death? Considering Mr. Robot is a show in which "the good guys" rarely come out on top, Dom's future doesn't look so hot. Then again, nobody on the show really has much reason for optimism.
Still, the final season of Mr. Robot will be all about what the odd couple of Elliot and Price can achieve, which is set up in dramatic fashion. After the credits roll and we think for a brief second Elliot might join Angela six feet under, he awakens to Price standing above him. The E-Corp CEO's motivation isn't crystal clear yet, but after the death of his daughter and Elliot's childhood friend, which sent Price out of control, maybe he really is finished kneeling before Whiterose. With his support, perhaps Elliot and Mr. Robot stand a fighting chance against Whiterose's Dark Army. Whoever wins the David vs. Goliath battle, one thing is for certain about the final season of Mr. Robot: It's going to be a bloody Christmas.
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DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: AVDL) today announced the submission of its New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for FT218, an investigational, once-nightly formulation of sodium oxybate designed to treat excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy in adults with narcolepsy.
"The submission of our NDA represents a significant milestone for the Company. We look forward to working with the FDA during the NDA review process in order to get once-nightly FT218 approved and commercially available to patients with narcolepsy who suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy," said Greg Divis, Chief Executive Officer of Avadel. "If approved, we believe once-nightly FT218 has the potential to provide a valuable treatment option for sodium oxybate eligible narcolepsy patients, including those who are not satisfied with the current twice-nightly treatment, which requires waking up in the middle of the night to take a second dose."
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FT218 is an investigational, once-nightly formulation of Micropump™ controlled-release (CR) sodium oxybate. In March of 2020, the Company completed the REST-ON study, a pivotal, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial, to assess the efficacy and safety of FT218 in the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy in patients suffering from narcolepsy. FT218 has been granted Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of narcolepsy. The designation was granted on the plausible hypothesis that FT218 may be clinically superior to the twice-nightly formulation of sodium oxybate already approved by the FDA for the same indication. In particular, FT218 may be safer due to ramifications associated with the dosing regimen of the previously approved product.
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2011/03/29 - Getting off at Chayamachi
I stopped over Chayamachi at movement to Takamatsu for business trip.
The Chayamachi post office is in front of the Chayamachi station.
Visited post offices
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text: Posted on February 8, 2019February 17, 2022 by John SinclairThe Dr. Doo Wop Show 16: Earth Angel Dr. Doo Wop has risen from the ashes of the past like a rock & roll phoenix to bring some great music from the Golden Age of American Music as played on his programs for Radio 100 in Amsterdam from the turn of the century, starting in Episode 16 with tunes by The Heartbeats, Eveline Steinhalter, The KingTones, The Five Boroughs, Sonny Til & The Orioles, The MelloKings, Little Joe Cook & The Thrillers, and three unidentified artists with songs about Indians. The john Sinclair Foundation Presents EARTH ANGEL THE DR. DOO WOP SHOW 16 William Levy, Radio 100, Amsterdam, January 28, 2001 [19078] The Heartbeats: After New Year's Eve Eveline Steinhalter: Master And Slave The KingTones: Earth Angel The Five Boroughs: A Kiss From Your Lips Sonny Til & The Orioles: Chapel In The Moonlight The MelloKings: Chapel On The Hill Sonny Til & The Orioles: Back To The Chapel Again Little Joe Cook & The Thrillers: Public Opinion Little Joe Cook & The Thrillers: Please Don't Go Little Joe Cook & The Thrillers: The Echoes Keep Calling Me Little Joe Cook & The Thrillers: What Happened To Your Halo [Unidentified Artist]: Sitting Bull [Unidentified Artist]: Did You Ever See An Indian Do The Rock & Roll [Unidentified Artist]: Caligula Goodnight Sweetheart Theme A JOINT PRODUCTION Hosted by William Levy for Radio Free Amsterdam Produced by William Levy at Radio 100, Amsterdam Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair Executive Producer: Steve Pratt Special thanks to Ben Schot © 2001, 2019 William Levy. Used with permission.


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Sure enough, the researchers found, armor was exhausting. The men used 2.3 times as much energy to walk while wearing the armor than without it, and 1.9 times as much to run. Being outfitted for battle turned out to be even more tiring than hauling around a backpack of the same weight would've been. As it turns out, covering your legs with enormous, heavy metal plates makes moving around a lot harder.
Medieval armour - I wear it often - is heavy when you carry it in a sack, but surprisingly light when the weight is spread over your body. You tire faster, sure enough, but you are not really much slower. And tired is better than skewered. I can run, jump and turn cartwheels in mine. But no marathons please.
It does get very stinky, as do the clothes and padding you wear underneath. The best remedy seems to be a good bake in the sun while you enjoy a cold beer. :)
Even the Spanish conquistador's ran into problems due to the hinderancy of their armour.
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The global nut-free cookies market size was valued at USD 924.1 million in 2019 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2% from 2020 to 2027. Growing demand for free-from and allergy-free food products is expected to fuel the market growth in the upcoming years. The number of people having allergy from tree nuts and peanuts has been rising across the globe, and hence widening the scope of the nut-free cookies. Nut-free cookies do not contain tree nuts and other gluten ingredients, which are available in numerous ingredients and flavors. As a result, these cookies are gaining popularity among consumers who have an allergy or suffering from diabetes or obesity. Nuts are the most common food usually associated with allergic reactions.
As per Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE), food allergies are increasing in U.S. Tree nuts and peanuts hold 25% of the eight foods that represent 90% of all food-allergic consequences. As of 2019, more than 1.8 million children in the U.S. had this allergy. This is, in turn, increasing the demand for nut-free products.
Obesity is one of the major diseases growing significantly across the world. According to the World Health Organization, obesity has almost tripled ever since 1975. In 2018, around 40 million kids under the age of five were obese or overweight. In addition, over the past few years, consumers have been becoming more aware about their health and diet. Therefore, the demand for fat-free products has been rising. These factors are projected to fuel the nut-free cookies demand among health-conscious consumers in the upcoming years.
Furthermore, with the increasing demand for nut-free cookies, food companies have been investing in this category and introducing new products to capture the opportunity. For instance, in 2014, Lofthouse Cookies, a brand of Conagra Brand, changed its bakery production facility to a nut-free plant to cater to the growing demand for allergen-free products. Around 90% of the products of the company are free from nuts. The company has shifted its nut-based products to a facility in Illinois, U.S.
Chocolate-based nut-free cookies dominated the market with more than 45.0% share of the total revenue in 2019 and are expected to witness the fastest growth over the forecast period. These nut-free cookies are the most popular type of confection over the world. Over the past few years, the world-wide cocoa consumption has increased significantly. Consumers in North America have been opting for dark chocolate, the healthier option. This trend has also positively impacted the growth of the confectionery and snacks industries. Considering the growing demand for chocolate food products, the manufacturers of the cookies industry have been expanding their chocolate product lines.
For instance, in May 2018, Nestlé S.A. introduced its Simply Delicious Morsels, a new range of allergen-free chocolate chip products. These products are entirely free from artificial flavors and eight key allergens, such as tree nut, peanut, egg, milk, fish, shellfish, wheat, and soy. The prime ingredients of these products include pure cane sugar, cocoa butter, and 100% real chocolate. This new product line offers two varieties: 67% Dark Chocolate and Semi-Sweet.
Offline distribution channel held the largest market share of over 80.0% in 2019. Several surveys have found that the majority of shoppers prefer grocery shopping from the physical store over online retails. The ability to check and pick out their own food items and experience and atmosphere of grocery shopping in brick-and-mortar retailers are the key factors attracting consumers to purchase from this distribution channel. Physical stores are offering competitive pricing and better shopping experience in order to retain their consumers. Big retail chains such as Walmart have been improving their services by providing "click and collect". This allows consumers to place their order online and collect at the store.
Online distribution channel is projected to witness the fastest growth in the upcoming years. Among all the age groups, Generation Z and millennials are more inclined to online shopping. Along with the convenience of shopping, the advantage of price comparison is fueling the online sales of nut-free cookies. Consumers want to be assured they are having the best deal by checking prices from different retailers. In addition, buyers who shop for snacks from the e-commerce platform are less expected to be brand loyal. This trend has been offering opportunities for new players in the market.
North America dominated the market for nut-free cookies in 2019 with more than 30.0% share of the global revenue. Increasing number of people with food allergies in the U.S. has been fueling the growth of the market in the region. Millions of U.S. consumers have food allergic reactions each year. As there is no such remedy for these food allergies, people have to avoid those food allergens in order to prevent severe health consequences.
Asia Pacific is expected to expand at the fastest CAGR of 6.7% from 2020 to 2027. However, the prevalence of peanut allergy is extremely low in Asia Pacific as compared to the Western regions. Over the past few years, growing health awareness among the consumers is anticipated to fuel the demand for nut-free cookies in the region in the upcoming years.
The market can be characterized as a niche market with the presence of both small and large players. Over the past few years, new players have been entering the industry considering the growing demand for nut-free cookies. For instance, in June 2017, Just Desserts declared itself a tree peanut-free and nut-free bakery. The company has eliminated allergens from its bakery and the products are labeled "made in a nut-free bakery" clearly to better cater to its consumers. Some prominent players operating in the global nut-free cookies market include:
Mondelēz International
Conagra Brands, Inc.
Nestlé S.A.
Homefree LLC
Rich Products Corporation
Divvies LLC
Not a Trace Pty Ltd.
Skeeter Snacks, LLC,
Terra Cotta Cookies Co
Treasure Mills Inc.
Just Desserts
Report Attribute |
Details |
Market size value in 2020 |
USD 978.6 million |
Revenue forecast in 2027 |
USD 1.50 billion |
Growth Rate |
CAGR of 6.2% from 2020 to 2027 |
Base year for estimation |
2019 |
Historical data |
2016 - 2018 |
Forecast period |
2020 - 2027 |
Quantitative units |
Revenue in USD million and CAGR from 2020 to 2027 |
Report coverage |
Revenue forecast, company ranking, competitive landscape, growth factors, and trends |
Segments covered |
Product, distribution channel, region |
Regional scope |
North America; Europe; Asia Pacific; Central & South America; MEA |
Country scope |
U.S.; U.K.; Germany; China; Japan; Brazil; South Africa |
Key companies profiled |
MondelÄ"z International; Conagra Brands, Inc.; Nestlé S.A.; Homefree LLC; Rich Products Corporation; Divvies LLC; Not a Trace Pty Ltd.; Skeeter Snacks; LLC; Darlington; Terra Cotta Cookies Co; Treasure Mills Inc.; Just Desserts |
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This report forecasts revenue growth at the global, regional, and country levels, and provides an analysis of the latest industry trends and opportunities in each of the sub-segments from 2016 to 2027. For the purpose of this study, Grand View Research has segmented the global nut-free cookies market report based on product, distribution channel, and region:
Product Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2016 - 2027)
Distribution Channel Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2016 - 2027)
Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2016 - 2027)
North America
The U.S.
The U.K.
Asia Pacific
Central & South America
Middle East & Africa
South Africa
b. The global nut-free cookies market size was estimated at USD 924.1 million in 2019 and is expected to reach USD 978.6 million in 2020.
b. The global nut-free cookies market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.2% from 2020 to 2027 to reach USD 1.50 billion by 2027.
b. North America dominated the nut-free cookies market with a share of 33.8% in 2019. This is attributed to the increasing number of food allergen people in the U.S.
b. Some key players operating in the nut-free cookies market include Mondelēz International, Conagra Brands, Inc., Nestlé S.A., Homefree LLC, Rich Products Corporation, Divvies LLC, Not a Trace Pty Ltd, Skeeter Snacks, LLC, Darlington, Terra Cotta Cookies Co, Treasure Mills Inc., and Just Desserts.
b. Key factors that are driving the market growth include growing demand for allergy-free food products and new product launches.
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Mapping Inequality Project: EPA Environmental Justice and Systemic Racism Speaker Series
EPA is launching the Environmental Justice (EJ) and Systemic Racism Speaker Series. The first session March 4, 12 – 1 p.m., will highlight The Mapping Inequality Project, a unique collaboration on redlining and current environmental challenges that provides publicly-accessible digitized versions of redlining maps for about 200 cities. This project has generated trailblazing work in the area of EJ and systemic racism. Two of its founders discuss the genesis, philosophy, methodology, and impact of this game-changing project.
Speakers will be Dr. Robert Nelson, Director, Digital Scholarship Laboratory, University of Richmond and Dr. LaDale Winling, Associate Professor of History, Virginia Tech. Moderator is Charles Lee, Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental Justice, EPA.
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mapping-inequality-project-tickets-136940963107
The Environmental Justice and Systemic Racism Speaker Series will illustrate how addressing systemic racism is highly relevant to EPA's mission. This series explores how understanding and addressing systemic racism and the roots of disproportionate environmental and public health impacts is key to integrating EJ in the policies and programs of EPA and other environmental agencies to achieve environmental protection for all people.
The first five sessions will focus on redlining and current environmental challenges. Future topics will include Title VI and civil rights program, EJ research and analysis, rural inequities, and others. Suggestions are welcomed. Registration information for each session forthcoming.
For more information, please contact Charles Lee ([email protected]) or Sabrina Johnson ([email protected]).
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Jarrad Branthwaite is close to leaving Everton on loan and Blackburn Rovers look set to land his signature until the end of the season.
The 18-year-old centre-back was not included in Carlo Ancelotti's squad for Tuesday night's game with Wolves at Molineux.
The Liverpool Echo report that a move is being finalised, with the teenager set to head out this month in order to gain more first-team football.
Signed for £750,000 from League Two Carlisle United, Branthwaite has yet to build on his four Premier League appearances picked up last season.
His opportunity this term came in the Carabao Cup against Salford City, but was cut short through injury.
Rovers are in the market for central defenders following injuries to Scott Wharton, Derrick Williams and Daniel Ayala but budget dictates that manager Tony Mowbray will not be able to make a flurry of signings this transfer window.
Four Championship clubs have been named as having the highly rated defender on their radar this month.
Bournemouth, Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday have all been credited with an interest in the national media, but Rovers and the Cherries are said to have been the front runners throughout.
A stumbling block in negotiations has been Everton's hesitancy in sanctioning a deal, with Premier League clubs concerned about squad depth in light of positive coronavirus tests and mounting injury issues.
Earlier this month though, Ancelotti said: "Branthwaite might be able to go on loan for six months; we are not at this moment, thinking about signing new players."
The young defender could well arrive at Ewood Park before Saturday's clash against Stoke City.


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Apart from the unexpected outburst from Jeza that left Zilan utterly at a loss for words, the day was otherwise peaceful and for the first time in a long time, nightmares did not torment him.
He woke up early the next day, quickly washed up, neatly combed his hair and then leisurely dressed up in clean orphan blue robes as well as wrapped a midnight black scarf around his neck to cover his dragon scales.
He then asked for breakfast to be brought to him in exactly one hour.
In this one hour, he intended to try and cultivate a little bit.
Using the [Path of Blood] method Zilan would basically only need to strengthen his body as well as increase his understanding towards the Flow python and the Spring Dragon, for the blue ball of liquid rotating in his sea of consciousness to release more energy thus allowing him to advance in shedding off the marks inscribed around his wrist.
His understanding towards the Flow python and Spring Dragon could be easily broadened thanks to the Book of Path however in order to strengthen his body Zilan had come up with another method.
At first his idea was to undergo deathly physical training, but after he was able to open the second scorched gate Zilan realised there could be another method that could help him achieve the same goal in reduced time.
This method was for him to absorb the Universe's power however, since this form of energy was extremely scarce because of the seal around the world placed by the Human God, Zilan could only improvise.
He had two options go to the Brivata range and infiltrate the territory of some powerful Beast in order to absorb the Universe's energy that had collected there which would most likely end up with him dying at the hands of the Beast or he could use his eyes to find areas or organisms with traces of the Universe's energy in them and then absorb it.
This process was extremely tedious and only someone with Zilan's wealth of knowledge would be able to efficiently detect and absorb the Universe's energy. Once absorbed he would circulate it around his body continuously before letting it seep into his tendons, bones and organs thus strengthening them.
Once his body reached the pre-requisite level of strength then the [Marks of Tribulation] as Zilan liked to call them, would then disappear one by one off of his wrist.
At that point the blue ball of liquid would fasten its rotation speed and the energy it gave off [Blood force] another name Zilan decided upon, would not only be more than the current output but exponentially purer. Also, when he reaches a milestone in the future which would be every five lines or marks removed, then a special attribute of the Flow python or even the Spring Dragon would be awarded to him.
The name Blood force was something Zilan decided upon since what he was cultivating could definitely not be called Spiritual power nor could it necessarily be called Beast force. It was an entirely new form of energy that was closer to the Universe's than anything else.
After all of his experiments Zilan was left with three yellow low-level cores and one white mid-level core in his void sack. He slowly took them out and then carefully drew a formation on the ground that resembled three crosses intersecting.
Zilan then sat cross-legged in the middle formation, took out the four cores and with his bare hands started massaging them while gradually increasing the amount of Blood force he was using.
Slowly but surely results began to show themselves in the form of the core's energy leaking out. Once this started occurring with all the cores Zilan decided to stop and take a quick rest to recover both his mental and physical strength.
A few minutes passed and Zilan cut himself across his palm, pouring drops of blood on the formation as well as on the cores.
He then sent half of all his Blood force into the formation causing it to start glowing with a faint golden light.
"One more step and the core essence will be drawn out."
What Zilan was trying to accomplish was to draw out the core's essence which partly contained some of the Universe's energy within it.
Core essence could be described not as the energy stored within the core but as the aura that laced this energy. Whether it was human cores, Beast cores, even the cores of Gods they would always have a distinct and unique aura enveloping them.
This included Zilan whose blue ball of liquid emitted the aura of the Spring Dragon mixed with the purity of the water attribute.
The core essence was a mixture of the Universe's power otherwise known as the attribute's energy as well a persons own unique energies.
This Universe's power was what Zilan wanted to draw out.
The formation steadily grew brighter as did the four cores which were starting to vibrate and crack.
Not long passed when a sudden wisp of blue mist rose out from all three yellow low-level cores, the formation also didn't waste any time as it mercilessly subdued the mist before sending it towards Zilan's pores, nose and mouth.
With time the formation's power grew weaker and unfortunately the white mid-level core refused to release its essence probably because Zilan was not yet strong enough to force it out. However, on the bright side he had managed to successfully circulate the Universe energy while discarding the other useless energies and in the process one mark of tribulation was removed.
His body felt lighter and as strong as a bull, the blue ball of liquid started releasing a larger quantity of Blood force than before which made Zilan unbelievably satisfied with the days harvest.
He wasn't too happy but still very satisfied, after all if not for the Spring Dragon's life blood doing much of the work in strengthening his formerly cripple body then it would be absolutely impossible for Zilan to remove a mark of tribulation that easily.
"In the future things won't be this easy!" sighed Zilan.
He then put away the resilient white core before turning his attention towards the cloud pattern.
"Hihi, let me in." A cold intimidating voice was let out by Zilan, resembling that of an executioner coming to chop off the days quota of heads.
Immediately after, a soothing and refreshing feeling passed through Zilan transporting his consciousness to the first hall of the Cloud Inheritance Palace.
"Hihi, today if you don't take me to the second level then you can't blame me…"
"Ei…Brother Zilan no need to be so hostile, Hihi has never told a lie in his life nor does Hihi intend to start anytime soon."
The air beside Zilan slightly trembled and a moment later Hihi's miniature stature showed itself.
"Do you want to go now?" asked Hihi.
"Why would I have come here then? You think I want to look at you? Hmph! You flatter yourself too much."
"Brother Zilan your words are too harsh, Hihi hasn't wronged you, right?"
"Let this Big Brother enlighten you on something good. Have you ever seen a farmer live with and pamper the pig that is scheduled for slaughter? Of course you haven't, but do you know why? It's because the farmer doesn't want to feel guilty when he enjoys the meat of the companion he shared the same house with. Do you now understand?"
Hihi's eyes widened,
"But Hihi already promised to take Brother…"
"I, Zilan will only ever believe in the things that I can see. If I have yet to or for some reason cannot see it, then there is no point in talking further!"
Hihi swallowed his saliva as he thought about how scary this man who held the keys to both his life and freedom was.
He then suddenly disappeared from his previous position. A minute later and the entire area turned completely white.
Zilan patiently waited, he was no longer flustered by the things that happened in this space anymore. Only if Hihi panicked would he follow suit.
Just as Zilan was wondering what this space was actually comprised of, the white area around him suddenly vanished causing him to blink a few times in order to adjust to the sudden change.
When his eyes finally focused, Zilan found himself in a beautiful and vast garden that resembled a park. There were no animals or insects to be seen so apart from the occasional rustling of the leaves and branches due to wind, the area was otherwise peacefully silent.
The area itself was extremely forested with the taller trees attempting to block out the sun, allowing hundreds of only the tiniest rays of light to seep through the gaps making the surroundings look like a battle field with heavenly rays of burning light falling from above.
As Zilan moved forward in awe, he saw Hihi and a strange shadow waiting for him by the shore of a calm, clear lake whose waters appeared stagnant.


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Sixth Circuit Overturns $625,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guard
While incarcerated at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, Michelle Ortiz was sexually assaulted on two occasions by Douglas Schultz, a guard at the facility. Ortiz reported the first incident and was taken to see Paula Jordan, a case manager.
Jordan told Ortiz, who was crying and visibly upset, that nobody had the right to touch her. However, she asked Ortiz to keep in mind that it was Schultz's last day at the prison before he would be transferred to a different facility, that it was Schultz's "nature" to act that way, and that he was "just an old dirty man."
Jordan encouraged Ortiz to stay close to her friends, effectively using a "buddy system" to keep Schultz from sexually assaulting her, and said that if anything happened again Ortiz could report it to Jordan when she returned to work in a few days. Ortiz reluctantly decided not to file a formal complaint and to "let it go." Jordan prepared a report of the incident but did not turn it in until she returned to work several days later.
Later that evening, while Ortiz was sleeping, Schultz entered her housing area and fondled her breast and put his fingers inside her vagina. When Ortiz awoke and realized what was happening, she hit and scratched Schultz until he left.
Ortiz reported the second assault the following day, prompting an investigation by Rebecca Bright, a prison investigator. Bright scheduled a lie detector test for Ortiz, which she passed. Schultz initially denied Ortiz's allegations but later resigned.
While Bright's investigation was ongoing, Ortiz was placed in solitary confinement, at Bright's request, because Ortiz was allegedly discussing the ongoing investigation with other prisoners. Bright was allegedly concerned about possible retaliation against Ortiz from prisoners who were loyal to Schultz.
Ortiz, on the other hand, felt she was placed in isolation as retaliation for reporting Schultz's abusive conduct. Ortiz recalled, for example, Bright telling her that she was put in the hole "because [she] had lied."
Ortiz sued Jordan, Bright, Schultz, the warden and the Governor of Ohio, alleging that Jordan had failed to protect her from Schultz in violation of the Eighth Amendment, and that Bright had violated her due process rights by placing her in solitary confinement. Schultz was dismissed from the suit after he was unable to be served.
The case went to a federal jury trial and the jurors returned a verdict in favor of Ortiz, awarding $250,000 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages against Jordan, and $25,000 in compensatory damages and $250,000 in punitive damages against Bright. Bright and Jordan appealed.
In a stunning display of disregard for the jury's verdict and the overwhelming evidence presented at trial, the Sixth Circuit panel, by a 2-1 vote, found that Jordan and Bright did not violate Ortiz's constitutional rights.
Although noting in passing that prisoners have the right to be protected from harm, the Court of Appeals held that Jordan was not deliberately indifferent to Ortiz's safety.
Jordan's actions of advising Ortiz to rely on a "buddy system" to deter Schultz from attacking her was not unreasonable under the circumstances, the appellate court reasoned, given that it was Schultz's last day at the facility and it was unlikely anything could have been done to remove Schultz from his post that day. "The fact that [Jordan's efforts] were ineffective does not change our analysis," the Court wrote.
Turning to Ortiz's allegations against Bright, the Sixth Circuit held that Ortiz's temporary placement in solitary confinement did not amount to a due process violation. The appellate court recognized that Ortiz had alleged that her placement in isolation was done "with a distinctively punitive purpose," but declined, at this late stage of the proceedings, to construe Ortiz's allegations against Bright as a First Amendment retaliation claim.
Circuit Judge Martha Daughtrey, who dissented, called the court's opinion a "legal travesty." Leaving Ortiz "wholly unprotected in the face of a known risk of assault has repeatedly been held by this court and others to amount to deliberate indifference," Daughtrey stated. The court's decision to the contrary produced an "unfortunate result" in Ortiz's case and was, as Daughtrey put it, "thoroughly senseless."
This ruling is unpublished. Perhaps the two Sixth Circuit judges who wrote the majority opinion were too embarrassed to see their "thoroughly senseless" decision in print. See: Ortiz v. Jordan, 316 Fed.Appx. 449 (6th Cir. 2009).
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Planning Time for the Unexpected
By Judith Cullen
© 2015
I remember my Franklin Day Planner fondly. It is such a great system for learning time
management. I used them for years. You
can still get them in their attractive binders as well as the now obligatory
electronic apps. I still use a lot of
the methods from those Franklin
days: making lists, marking what has to be done versus what could be done, open
Os in front of things started but not completed, big Xs on things completed. I
get great satisfaction from making those Os and Xs, like hugs and kisses all
over my daily intentions.
Something has changed from those halcyon days of my Planner. It is something I did not expect to happen,
naturally, and I am not sure that there was a symbol in the Franklin method for marking it, denoting it,
categorizing it. Back in the old days,
blurred into the haze of fond memory, it did not seem that things ever got
totally out of control on any given day.
Somehow, there was a way to write everything down and make things
conform to a plan. But that's not the
same in my life anymore. Sometimes
something happens that just guts my entire direction. It can be technical, emotional. How am I
supposed to mark the unexpected?
I don't live the life I lead that required a planner. That was a time of 60-80 hour work weeks at
things I cared passionately about. I
seemed to care passionately about everything in those days. I got a whole lot done, too. Crashing against the rocky shore of working that hard for decades takes its toll. I
live a much simpler life now, dictated in part by economics and in part by the
desire to pursue that elusive reason I was put into this life, while there is
still time to do so.
I still make lists. I
still keep notes. My daily task list now
inhabits paper never larger than a half sheet so that I resist the urge to
overwhelm myself with possibility. My small electronic device houses my appointments,
and little notes to myself. I have three
computers: my main that is hooked to the internet and has two screens; my
secondary which I use to do anything related to Photoshop, and which is hooked
to my printer; and a laptop which I don't keep any data on, but which also
accomplishes a number of specialized tasks.
I have a handful of flash drives.
I know the rules of working from home, and I bet they make a
whole lot of sense to you too:
- Have a purposeful place to work – none of this working from the kitchen table or in front of the TV stuff!
- Break up work into manageable chunks – no 8 hours marathons at the keyboard, even if your kidneys could stand it!
- Take breaks for healthy snacks and to do something physical: maybe a walk around the block, or a small household task like taking the trash out, shifting laundry, or sweeping a floor.
- Get the heck out of Dodge! Get out on a regular basis to coffee shops, open share office spaces, parks even. If you live where you work, a change of pace can be highly productive and help combat the residual feeling that just because you are home you should be working. (I also find if I go somewhere, choosing a specific task to accomplish there really keeps me focused
- Write it down. Keep lists – whether you use a planner system or not – make a list of what you intend to do, even when you intend to if that helps you, and mark things off as they are completed.I find crossing things off lists very satisfying.
Of course, the great thing about being your own boss and
making the rules is, you have the power to decide when to break them too!
While in my Planner days, my life revolved around paint
brushes and bits of wood of muslin, and various other tactile compounds. Now
almost all my work is on computers. So
when anything goes haywire with them, and entire morning or afternoon's work
can be undermined. Here is an example .
. .
Tuesday I met with a client in the morning, and confidently
told them I could have the needed revisions we discussed for their project done
by the end of the day. It sounded good,
and I totally believed it was possible.
Hours later, while extracting artwork from a document for this project
and cursing at myself because there was a translation problem with the images,
one of the images accidentally got embedded in my desktop which visually went
haywire with things highlighting and looking totally out of whack. I couldn't figure out how to fix it. I tried everything I could think of, Googled
some help sites. This little bit of the
unexpected pushed me clean off the train of my productivity, which came to a
screeching halt in a cloud of dark smoke and frustration. Finally, I decided to just back away. I turned off the screens and did something
else. Something where evidence of the
unexpected was not glowing at me, taunting me, whispering, "I bet I wasn't on
your list, was I honey?"
I had broken work-at-home rules #3 and #4, and the price was
my sense of calm in being able to deal with the inevitable – the
unexpected. When I came back I realized
it was just colors, shapes, and it really wasn't keeping me from doing what
needed to be done. I would figure it out
eventually. Within an hour, prompted by
a simple comment from a friend, I fixed most all of it with one click – POOF,
it all went away and everything was back to looking normal. I worked late into the evening and managed to
get the promised revisions done without too many more expletive exclamations.
So when did the unexpected become a to-do item on my daily
task list? Have I really lost so much
productivity as I have aged that such things completely disable me? This is not about decrepitude, no. This is about recognizing that my work world
of yesterday is not my work world of today.
I am different, the work is different.
There are many things I can control, and I need to make room for those
things that I cannot. They will emerge
whether I want them to or not. I need to be serious about structuring my day
with the proviso that things can change.
The key is to be balanced between discipline and flexibility: not so
structured that you can't take advantage of shifts and opportunities, not so
formless that you end the day or week wondering what you accomplished.
So I am sticking with my lists. I fall off the wagon every now and again, for
weeks at a time. I kid myself that my
brain has it all under control and I can handle it, only to clamber back on the
list wagon again and feel a sense of relief.
So I am going to keep on making that list, and I think that I will add
"unexpected" to it. It will remind me
that I need to be prepared for felicity or crisis, both of which are an
opportunity in every day.
Oh heck! If nothing
unexpected happens, I can still cross it off my list!
The ART INSPIRED STORIES Project has been invited back to Proctor ArtsFest for a second year this August. I'll be viewing the works in the Juried Art Show and writing 100w stories on selected entries. 10 of those stories will be read at the Art Show at 2pm on Saturday, August 1st. The artists of those selected works will receive a certificate with the story to keep, and all the stories written will be posted here on my site.
I had such a great time doing this last year, and I am very much looking forward to doing it again.
Check out last year's project HERE
Check out all the amazing coolness that is Proctor ArtsFest HERE


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Buying a New House in France
There are many reasons why you may want to look at buying a new home in France.
The French themselves like to buy new homes and often snigger at the British (and German and Dutch and ...) people who are buying up all the run-down old houses, only to plough all their money into them and still end up without the mod-cons of a new home.
This is evident from the large amount of new build properties you will see when you visit France – both completed new properties and large developments being worked on. These tend to be on the outskirts of towns and in village locations, as this is where the land is available. You are unlikely to find a new build home in a central location.
It is important to understand what type of lifestyle you are looking for, as well how what budget you have, what practical requirements you have and how your circumstances may change.
Ten Year Guarantee
One of the benefits of buying a new home is that you are able to know exactly what you are buying. There are strict rules on the workmanship of new homes in France, which is similar to the National House Builders Guarantee in the UK, giving you ten years of guarantee.Buying Off Plan
If you are buying off plan, you will also be able to specify a number of details and finishes to be completed to your taste. Buying off plan is a good way to make sure that you get the very property you want, rather than waiting to see what the estate agents have to offer you and having to choose from their selection. However, it is also a very different lifestyle, because these properties are usually out of town, which is why you need to know what type of lifestyle you want before you choose what type of property you will buy.If you hope that your new life in France will be all about strolling to the market, wicker basket in hand, to buy lovely fresh bread and local cheeses, then buying a new home out of town is unlikely to give you that. You may be able to drive to your nearest town and then stroll, but that is quite different. If, however, you are hoping to have more space, a home that will not need any repairs for a long time and you are happy to drive all the time, then buying off plan is ideal.
New Homes
In order to buy a new home, you do not have to buy off plan. If you go to any of the property trade fairs in the UK, you will find that there are many exhibitors that see new build properties, both off plan and completed. A benefit in buying a completed new property is that you know it is finished, it can be that an off plan property can take longer than you had hoped, which has a number of knock on effects for your new life.There is no doubt that old houses have a more immediate charm than a new house. If you want to live right in the centre of a town or village it is unlikely that you would even be able to find a new property anyway, but if you are keen to enjoy your new life straight away and not be having to deal with builders, decorators and plumbers, than a new home may just give you more of the French life you are looking for.


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Amazon.com announced on July 22 that The Wylie Agency is publishing 20 books "from some of literature's most influential authors through its new Odyssey Editions imprint and making them available for sale exclusively in the Kindle Store." As the press release notes, this is the first time that any of the titles have been available electronically, and the books will be exclusive to the Kindle Store for two years. Beginning on July 22, customers could download the books for $9.99 from the Kindle store and read them on their Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac, iPad, and Android devices.
The four Updike titles chosen are probably no surprise to readers and scholars: Rabbit Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, and Rabbit at Rest.
The other titles available are London Fields (Martin Amis), The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow), Junky (William Burroughs), The Stories of John Cheever, Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich), The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer), Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), The Enigma of Arrival (V.S. Naipaul), The White Castle (Orhan Parmuk), Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth), Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie), The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson), and Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh). The 20 e-books published by Odyssey Editions carry "an elegant and unified new look designed in collaboration with Enhanced Editions." Features include: Newly designed jackets and interior typography adhering to the best conventions of book design and reading on Kindle, with Colophon, book covers and series design optimized for the Kindle screen.
"Our goal with Kindle is to make every book ever published, in print or out of print, available in less than 60 seconds," said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President of Kindle Content. "Having these prominent and important books available through The Wylie Agency's Odyssey Editions is another great step toward this goal. We're excited to let our customers read books like Rabbit Run for the first time ever electronically."
The Wylie Agency operates internationally from offices in New York and London, and they represent a number of literary estates, among them John Updike's. Odyssey Editions is the first digitally native literary imprint launch of its kind. "As the market for e-books grows, it will be important for readers to have access in e-book format to the best contemporary literature the world has to offer," said Andrew Wylie, President of Odyssey Editions. "This publishing program is designed to address that need, and to help e-book readers build a digital library of classic contemporary literature."
Not everyone is tickled about the new development. Four days after the Odyssey Editions went on sale, An American Editor delivered a scathing attack against Wylie and Agency 5 in an opinion piece titled "The Screw You eBook Deal."


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I was very fortunate to win the very fabulous prize offered by Nambour RSL for two people to fly to and attend the Melbourne Cup in 2017.
Of course a new outfit had to be made! Luckily I know someone who can sew! Me!
Here I am with husband strutting my stuff at Flemington Race Track. The dress has a flounce falling from a cold shoulder feature with black leatherette straps and centre front feature. I also made a vintage style swing coat in the same leatherette. Just as well as it was pretty chilly in Melbourne this year!
The prize also included a gala dinner the eve before the big event. So I made a cowl neck top in blingy stretch gold to go with my favourite evening skirt-pants for that night. The photo in the gallery below shows me clowning around right next to the actual much coveted Emirates Melbourne Cup Trophy!
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SINTERING BEHAVIOR AND MICROSTRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF MGO-DOPED α-AL2O3
Ali Özer, L. Cenk Kumruoğlu, Mevlüt Çelik, Emircan Çağlar, Kerim Emre Öksüz
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There have been widespread interests in recent decades in porous ceramics owing to their specific properties, such as low bulk density, low specific heat, low thermal conductivity and high specific surface area. Alumina has been one of the first developed advanced ceramics to be used in load bearing applications as orthopedic implants. The properties of α-Al2O3 can be modified by introducing a second suitable metal oxide to form a composite oxide. Among various metal oxides MgO is considered as a promising metal oxide which can modify the properties of alumina in the α-Al2O3-MgO mixed oxides by grain growth inhibition due to the strong basic characteristics of MgO. In this work, porous α-Al2O3 – MgO alumina-based ceramics were fabricated by a tape casting method and powder metallurgy technique. MgO-doped α-Al2O3 ceramics sintered at 1400°C for 2-4-6 h in air atmosphere. The effect of sintering time on the porosity, density and shrinkage properties of samples were investigated. The sintering behavior, surface morphology, elemental distribution and phase evaluation of the composite ceramics were evaluated by SEM-EDX and XRD, respectively.
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Cornwall Ontario – Tony "Lightning" Luis defeated Christian Urusquieta by unanimous decision Saturday night in Mississauga. Tony Luis now has a 22-3 record.
"I need to thank my opponent, Christian Uruzquieta for putting up a great fight. He hasn't lost in 6 years and was on a 10 fight winning streak. And I can see why. I need to thank my new Promoters of Liveco Entertainment as well as United Promotions for giving me this opportunity. This was the perfect fight to get me back on track. It wasn't pretty. And I have things to work on. But I am back," said Tony Luis on social media.
Tony Luis is a pro junior welterweight boxer from Cornwall Ontario. He won the WBC Continental Americas title, and has had boxing matches aired on television including ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.
Since the first time he threw on the gloves, Tony's father has always been a huge influence on his career.
"It means everything to know I have my father as my manager and trainer. In a sport like this it is important that you can trust the people you have around you in every aspect of the game. Who better than your father to look out for your best interests", said Luis.
Tony Luis was also the Seeker Choice Award for Athlete of the Year in 2014 as voted by our readers.