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CH GOLDTHWAITE SOPHIA - N001560686 earned her LA 91/EEEV. Don't let that "V" fool you, she just didn't have much milk in it today after freshening early last Dec, and having dried herself off while I was in California in June. She came back enough when I came home to make the trip to PA. Sophia has won several BOB, as well as Best Udder of Breed - including earlier this year tho stale- and a Be...st Udder of SHOW @ the prestigious Tri State Fair in Amarillo. We retained her son from last Dec. to use in our herd this year. Her current record @ about 250 days lactation is 2125# milk and 100# fat, so she will easily get her SGCH upon completion of this record.
Sophia at the National Show in Harrisburg, after turning almost dry in June, and making the long hot trip back east, @ 7 mo into her lactation.
Sophia winning Best of Breed, Best Udder of Breed,both rings, at the first show of the 2016 season in Greeley, Co. in late April after an early Dec. freshening.She also won a Best of Breed in late May at the Wyoming Fuzzy Show.
Sophia is bred to Trailridge for mid-January kidding.
SGCH GOLDTHWAITE BEJEWELLED - N1557755 appraised LA 91/EEEE in spite of being under the weather, off feed, and not making any milk due to a minor surgery the week before. She too is a 5 yr old so this will be her permanent score. She is the mother of "Booton's Eclispe" ."B.J" as she is affectionately known, has spent the past two years at the Curds & Whey Dairy in N. California, and just returned home this June with her twins, and then traveled onto Harrisburg. She was just named Best of Breed at the Wyoming State Fair.
Bejewelled at the National Show in Harrisburg, after two long hot trips from California to Wyo, and then on to PA. She also had a tooth issue that was affecting her conditioning and production, but she remains as beautiful as ever.
SGCH GOLDTHWAITE BEJEWELLED with her daughter, GOLDTHWAITE BOOTON'S ECLISPE in a competitive Dam & Daughter duo. She definitely produced a "clone" in this lovely 2 yr old doe.
GOLDTHWAITE BOOTON'S ECLISPE - N001679961, a 2nd Fresh "Bootonniere" daughter, scored LA 89/VEEV on appraisal day. My favorite SGCH BEJEWELLED daughter, she is still projected at well over 3000# milk and 140 BF even after the hauling and rough summer she has had. She did win a BEST UDDER of BREED only 2 months ago, when her projection was 250# more. She is coming back up in milk, and getting back into condition for competition at two upcoming State Fairs. She did win her class as well as both Dam & Daughter classes with Bejewelled at the Wyoming State Fair. I have great hopes for this girl. We still have a gorgeous March buckling from this doe (sale fell thru) sired by our John 3:16, a CH SOPHIA son. http://www.adgagenetics.org/PlannedPedigreePrint.aspx?SireNum=N001650961&DamNum=N001679961
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5 Simple Tips for Earthquake Home Preparedness
The lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with civil unrest might have caused some people to put preparing for natural disasters on the backburner. However, disasters certainly don't go away, and one of the worst of which are earthquakes - especially for residents of California. There are weather services that can predict most natural disasters, including tornadoes, hurricanes and typhoons.
However, we still don't have the technology in order to accurately predict the location and magnitude of an earthquake. This is why it's imperative to prepare yourself! Even though parts of the country are opening back up, there are still many of us sheltering in place. What better time to ensure that we are as prepared as possible for an earthquake? Here are five simple tips to help you maximize your home preparedness in the event of an earthquake.
5 Ways to Prepare Your Home for an Earthquake Immediately
- Install shatterproof material over your windows. When you get caught in an earthquake, shattering glass becomes one of the worst dangers. Shatter-proof film is inexpensive, easy to install on your windows, and made of a clear material. You won't even notice they are there unless you look closely. If you buy the right kind of film, they will also help block UV rays, potentially saving you money on your electric bill.
- Add earthquake coverage to your homeowner's insurance. This is an often overlooked part of home emergency prep. After hurricanes strike, many people are unable to rebuild their homes and businesses due to not having the funds to do so. Be sure to add coverage so you can avoid this devastating issue.
- Ensure that your home's foundation is fortified. If you live in a newer home, this might not be an issue. However, you will want to make sure that your home is able to stay standing during tremors. Be sure that your walls and roof are attached well to reduce damages from wobbling and crumbling. Also, be sure that your garages or any other attached structures are fortified and reinforced.
- Take steps to prevent gas leaks and water leaks. If you have a gas leak during a tremor, any damages that come from the earthquake will be magnified. Install a device that will automatically shut off your gas and also install a main switch for your electricity. This will help prevent water and gas damage. Be sure to address any electrical or plumbing issues that you might have in your home as soon as possible.
Don't Put Off Home Earthquake Preparedness
While natural disasters like hurricanes tend to strike specific areas at predictable times, earthquakes are basically unpredictable at this time. This is why you shouldn't wait, do not put off your home earthquake preparedness any longer. Using these five tips will help protect you and your family and increase your chances of survival.

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Pat Mills was the person who launched and edited the first 12 issues of 2000AD. As we're at that point now it seemed like a nice idea to have a chat with the man himself about that period of 2000AD history. So here is Everything Starts With Pat Mills


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Evangelicals need to observe Lent, in part, because our troubling lack of tradition leaves us untethered from the past. A church without the great traditions of the faith is like a church with amnesia. Rejecting tradition means submitting ourselves and our churches to the tyranny of the relevant, the oligarchy of the innovative, and the arrogance of the avant-garde. More than ever before, the church needs to rediscover our tradition.
When I say tradition, I don't mean pews and organs and choir robes and classical music. Those things are once exalted pop-cultural markers, like today's video projectors and podcasts. Tradition goes to the heart of the faith. Traditionalism is different from tradition. Traditionalism is when we worship the traditions as though maintaining them is the whole point of the faith. That's really a form of ancestor worship. To borrow the words of Jaroslav Pelikan, "Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the past, while remembering where we are and when we are and that it is we who have to decide. Traditionalism supposes that nothing should ever be done for the first time, so all that is needed to solve any problem is to arrive at the supposedly unanimous testimony of this homogenized tradition."
Lent is one of the great church traditions. Observing Lent is like submitting to the memory of our grandparents, trusting that if we are ever going to learn to experience and tell the story of God rightly, we're going to have to learn the words to say from them. Chesterton famously said that submitting to tradition is like giving our ancestors a vote in how we live our lives right now. It's nothing less than a generational honoring of our fathers and mothers.
Lent is the forty days between Ash Wednesday and Good Friday excepting Sundays. During Lent, we are invited to shed a skin. For 40 days we embrace an intentional wilderness experience meant to help us to break out of the deadly patterns that keep us anesthetized and numbed to life. Traditionally Christians fast from something during Lent as a means of preparation for the celebration of Easter. Lenten fasts — giving up candy, coffee, soda, television, or meat on Fridays — are meant to help us see things in a new light. When we fast we voluntarily switch off the lights in our daily routines, hoping that in the self-induced darkness we might actually be able to see our way forward a little better. And if ever a people needed to turn out the lights and sit in the darkness for awhile, it is the typical American Evangelical Christian.
When we observe Lent, we allow our imagination to be provoked. We let God mess with us through ascetic interactions with the physical world. In doing so, we submit our appetites and patterns to God in a new way. We are forced into the wilderness with Jesus to be tested and tried.
At Redemption we have embraced the lenten traditions. Here are some of the things we do as a part of our observance of Lent. Not everyone does all of these, but there is enough opportunity here for everyone to find a some way to observe this important tradition. Feel free to use these ideas to formulate your own lenten practice.
- Ash Wednesday prayer service.
- Lenten Fast: giving something up for Lent.
- Friday Fast: no food after supper on Thursday, until sundown Friday.
- Daily Prayer: a prayer card to post w/morning & evening prayers
- Daily Scripture: an email goes out each day w/lectionary readings.
- Feasts: two Fridays during Lent we gather as a church to break fast together.
- Maundy Thursday: communion service.
- Good Friday: Stations of the Cross service.
- Holy Saturday: silence as much as possible.
- Easter Sunday: celebrate resurrection.


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AMD today announced that its Radeon RX Vega graphics cards are available at e-tail outlets around the world starting today, giving 4 million gamers access to the best enthusiast-class gaming experiences possible.
For gamers who already have an enthusiast-class PC and monitor and are looking to up-level their graphics capabilities with groundbreaking technology, Radeon RX Vega 64 air-cooled cards are available today priced at $499 USD SEP. Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics cards are expected to be available August 28th, priced at $399 USD SEP, representing the most affordable way to get into enthusiast-class gaming on "Vega".
For gamers who have longed to enjoy enthusiast-class gaming, Radeon Packs are also available now for a limited time in select regions, with the Radeon Black Pack featuring the Radeon RX Vega 64 air-cooled card priced at $599 USD SEP, and the Radeon Aqua Pack featuring the Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooled Edition – the most powerful of the Radeon RX Vega graphics cards – priced at $699 USD SEP. Radeon Packs offer "must-have" technologies to power extraordinary enthusiast experiences: a discount of up to $200 from participating retailers on the purchase of select Radeon FreeSync-capable monitors for buttery smooth frame rates, a $100 discount from participating retailers on the purchase of select Ryzen 7 1800X processor + X370 motherboard combos for the ultimate in multi-threaded performance, and two acclaimed games in soon-to-be-released Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and Prey (an estimated $120 USD retail value) to jump right into AAA gaming.
Radeon RX Vega graphics cards are the most advanced consumer graphics cards in the world, built on the "Vega" GPU architecture. Previously reserved for high-end graphics products, Radeon RX Vega graphics cards employ pioneering graphics technology in High Bandwidth Cache composed of 8GB of leading-edge HBM2 memory. Architected for a better enthusiast-class gaming experience, Radeon RX Vega graphics cards feature bleeding-edge capabilities like Rapid Packed Math, the High Bandwidth Cache Controller and new Geometry and Pixel Engines to better harness low-level APIs and excel in DirectX 12 and Vulkan games. As developers roll out games in the coming weeks and months that take full advantage of these extraordinary technologies, Radeon RX Vega graphics cards will unleash their full potential, enabling higher frame rates and image quality settings for even more immersive gaming.
Radeon RX Vega graphics cards boast exceptional premium design, with start-of-the-art materials, customizable GPU tach meter and iconic LED illumination. The graphics cards support leading display technologies including Radeon FreeSync technology for smooth, vibrant HDR gaming. And Radeon Software brings the graphics cards to life, enabling the ultimate in performance, features and stability to ensure an exceptional out-of-box experience that will keep getting better with future software updates.


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On March 14, 2019, Lilly Singh officially made the leap from YouTuber and influencer to late-night talk show host. Wearing a swingy black dress spangled with iridescent silver and orange slashes, Singh seemed completely at home in the guest chair on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. After a bit of catching up with the host, she dropped a big announcement—she would be getting her own late-night talk show on NBC. A Little Late with Lilly Singh is scheduled to take over the 1:30 a.m. slot from Last Call with Carson Daly in September. In addition to interviews with guest, the half-hour show will also showcase Singh's signature comedy in sketches and pre-taped segments.
With this announcement, Singh became the only woman of color at the helm of any late-night show. And when she starts filming in September, she'll be the only female late-night host on any major broadcast network. There have only been a few other female late-night hosts in history. Legendary comedian Joan Rivers sat behind the desk of Fox's The Late Show from 1986 to 1987, and Cynthia Garrett helmed Later with Cynthia Garrett for a little less than a year in 2000. There haven't been any other female late-night hosts in more than 18 years.
In a statement, Singh celebrated her achievement by saying: "An Indian-Canadian woman with her own late-night show? Now that is a dream come true. I'm thrilled to bring it to life on NBC, and I hope my parents consider this to be as exciting as a grandchild."
Lilly was born in Toronto to parents who had emigrated from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, a few years before she was born. She did all her formal schooling in Ontario, but trips to India fueled her connection to her heritage. After being sidelined with depression, she started uploading videos to her YouTube channel, IISuperwomanII, in 2010. She immediately attracted a massive audience with her goofy impressions, hilarious commentary, and comedy sketches.
Many first-generation Indian immigrants in North America are huge fans: it's the first time they've been able to see themselves and their experience represented in comedy. When Singh came out as bisexual on Instagram, her post was inundated with likes and comments, as many other young LGBTQ people of color celebrated the fact that she was stepping forward in a community where coming out is often an obstacle to acceptance.
Many of her sketches draw on her Punjabi heritage ("If Game of Thrones Were Indian," "Gift Guide for Immigrant Parents"), and with a few different wigs and costumes, Singh manages to portray most of the characters in her videos—including her parents. Many of her funniest sketches are rooted in Bollywood and Indian cultural tropes, but Singh's gift is in translating her experiences and making them hilarious and relatable to her audience regardless of their upbringing or background. In the nine years since her YouTube channel came online, she's attracted more than 14 million subscribers.
Singh's path to the late-night desk may not be traditional, but her credentials are rock-solid. She's already familiar with celebs, having worked with Priyanka Chopra, Dwayne Johnson, James Franco, and others on her YouTube channel. She has hundreds of self-written, self-produced videos under her belt with millions of views each, and she carved out her own distinct comedy style before she even hit 30.
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The measures introduced since the Covid-19 has dealt the education sector an enormous blow which many would not be comfortable to talk about soon. Social distancing in the school environment meant that the schools needed to find a way of running timetables that are staggered to give space for this social distancing method. Some schools opted for a one week in and one week out in a bid to accommodate both social distancing and class attendance. Well-resourced schools worked with a two days and a three-day weeks. Where possible they complimented the off days with online learning, but it has dealt the average township school a tremendous blow through this program.
Was this the most effective method to manage schools during the pandemic? I do not believe it to be the most effective method. A normal classroom in every school has about 7 windows and that maximizes the ventilation within the classroom. The appointment of health officials in the schools responsible for sanitization was a step in the right direction to maximise the reduction of infection. The masks being made compulsory in the classroom became an added advantage in the fight against infection. With these measures in place, why is it necessary to disrupt the schooling at full capacity?
The longest period in a school is at most an hour. The average class size is 50 learners in a crowded class. An average PUTCO bus carries 65 passengers at full capacity driving from Soweto to Midrand and spend over an hour in the morning traffic. Most buses carry 65 passengers from Limpopo province to Johannesburg, travelling over 4 hours with passengers at full capacity every day. And average plane travels 10 and half hours from OR Tambo to Brazil, 15 hours from Johannesburg to Paris, or 16 and half hours from OR Tambo to Hong Kong without social distancing. Some of these planes will carry 150 and more passengers in full capacity. If people can be in a plane for over 10 hours at full capacity where windows are not used for direct ventilation, why would the schools be subjected to social distancing while it is slowing the pace of learning which will obvious and adverse effects on the learners in the longer run? If the infection can happen as insinuated by this the numbers of learners in the classroom as it makes us to believe, that the infection in the bus, taxi and the plane would do worse as the passengers stay in those modes of transport for longer period.
In the Eastern Cape, education MEC Fundile David Gade reported they believed over 130 000 learners have dropped out. The global Citizen publication reported in November 2020 that an estimated dropout could be over 300 000. These numbers are for the dropout, but there's more to discuss regarding the quality of teaching and learning that may have been adversely affected by the department's adjusted content for 2020. This will carry on opening a knowledge gap for learners in various grades.
In the entire country, children are missing out on school hours and ultimately content that it will affect the competence levels at the end of each grade. This is an issue that many people do not want to talk about and the education officials are doing their best to manage this education scandal which will be spoken about sometime in the future when the Covid dust settle. The quality of the grade 12 of 2021 is something that we should never shy away from. This learner had very little time at school in 2020 and continues to have some limited teaching. In 2021. This learner's envisaged content coverage has seriously been affected as the curriculum was adjusted last year and the coverage is again affected this year. When content covered is reduced, it reduces the quality of the learner and ultimately the quality of the student the country sends to university. Many will punt the argument of lives versus education, there is no comparison. The important issue is the saving not only of the curriculum, but the entire and quality curriculum coverage. I have already heard many saying it's the year of the pandemic and everything is slow, this can't be because our children are already disadvantaged and we cannot afford to loose time.
The effects of this policy of social distancing in schools will be felt for a long time by individual learners' more than by the department of education. When the pandemic was initially declared, many people were scared and everything made sense to them, but we are now into the pandemic and we have learned more about the virus. The sooner this regulation is reversed, the better for the learners and the quality of teaching and learning.


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The Bajo Train-to-Build consist of many interchangeable elements, each different in colour and shape. Children can create their own unique combinations by stacking cargo pieces on wheeled trailers in many ways. Play develops imagination and creativeness.
53 x 9 x 8 cm. (53 cm long when train attached front to end).
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Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it's the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It's mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.
Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
Butylene glycol, or let's just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It's a great pick for creating a nice feeling product.
BG's main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin.
It's an ingredient whose safety hasn't been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it's also a food additive.
A super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel.
It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel.
Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid.
As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity.
As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types).
A type of silicone elastomer (rubber-like material with both viscosity and elasticity) whose major function is forming a nice film on the skin.
It is also cosmetically very elegant with a non-tacky, non-oily and smooth skin feel. It also works as a stable delivery system of active materials, has sebum absorption and control properties and upon application, it transforms into a matte appearance with a powdery after feel.
A four amino acid peptide that is claimed to improve puffy eye bags via its anti-oedema and anti-glycation effects.
To back this claim up, the manufacturer created an in-vivo study with 20 volunteers using 10% of EYESERYL (that comes down to 0.01% (!) of the pure peptide) and found that by day 15, 70% of the volunteers improved, while 95% of the volunteers improved by the end of the study (60 days). About third of them improved only slightly, third of them showed an ok improvement and third showed a good improvement. They also have pretty convincing before and after photos, so we can tell you that for the lucky ones, the improvement can be real and visible.
But, the thing is that puffiness around the eyes can have multiple reasons and one of the major ones is fat accumulation that might happen as we age. No miracle cream or ingredient can do much about that, however, another common reason is water accumulation. If the reason behind your eye bags is this latter one, trying an eye cream with Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 can be a good idea and might bring nice improvements.
A clear, colorless and odorless, highly volatile (meaning it does not absorb into the skin but evaporates from it) liquid that's used as an emollient. It gives a nice non-oily light skin feel and it can improve the slip of the formula without leaving a tacky residue behind.
It's also popular in make-up products as its volatility makes mascaras and foundations last longer. If that would not be enough, it's also an excellent solvent, and it's a regular not only on the ingredients lists of make-ups but also on makeup removers.
A chemically chopped up version of wheat protein that consists mainly of amino acids (the building blocks), peptides (a couple of amino acids together), and proteins (lots of amino acids together).
It has moisturizing and film-forming properties and might be able to counteract the irritating effects of cleansing agents in cleansers and shampoos. It can also condition and repair damaged hair leaving it soft, silky and smooth.
A peptide that is part of an active peptide complex called "Renaissance". It is supposed to increase skin compactness and firmness.
You can read more about "Renaissance" at Zinc Palmitoyl Nonapeptide-14.
A peptide consisting of four amino acids (arginine, glutamine, glycine, and proline). It's part of an active peptide complex called "Renaissance" that is supposed to increase skin compactness and firmness.
You can read more about "Renaissance" at Zinc Palmitoyl Nonapeptide-14.
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
It's part of a peptide complex called "Renaissance" whose name was inspired by "Re-birth for Skin". The manufacturer claims that his peptide powder is almost magic and can increase the ability of skin to renew, regenerate, redensify , rebuild and restore skin tissue.
The result is younger skin in 4 weeks with 38% more "skin compactness" or firmness. The peptide powder is supposed to be suitable for scar minimising as well.
- A natural moisturizer that's also in our skin
- A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
- Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
- Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
- High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin
This guy - let's just call it simply HMC - is a so-called flavonoid (flavonoids are natural things found it lots of fruits and vegetables). Hesperidin, in particular, is a flavonone and is found in citrus fruits. The methylation of hesperidin gives HMC, that has well-established blood vessel protecting properties and can be found in drugs that treat problems related to blood vessels.
As for skincare, there is a mouse study showing HMC has very promising abilities in the "treatment of UVB irradiation-induced skin inflammation and oxidative stress", or English translation = it's an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.
HMC is also part of a 3 active ingredient complex called Eyeliss (with Dipeptide-2 and Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7), that's supposed to fight under-eye bags. The manufacturer claims that in their ex-vivo test HMC decreased capillary permeability by 25%.
All in all, HMC definitely deserves a goodie status, at least as an antioxidant but it might even do something with under-eye bags.
A waxy solid material that helps oil and water to mix together, aka emulsifier. It is derived from the fatty alcohol called stearyl alcohol by ethoxylating it and thus making the molecule more water-soluble.
The end result is a mostly water-loving emulsifier, also called solubilizer that can help to dissolve small amounts of oil-loving ingredients into water-based products. Or it can be combined with more oil-loving emulsifiers (such as its sister, Steareth-2) to create stable emulsions.
A tiny peptide with only two amino acids (amino acids are the building block of proteins, and peptides are a few amino acids attached together), Valine and Tryptophan. It's part of a 3 actives complex called Eyeliss (with HMC and Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7) that's supposed to fight under-eye bags.
The manufacturer claims that this dipeptide in Eyeliss can increase lymphatic circulation and the three actives together represent a "global approach to treating puffy eyes". The clinical study of the manufacturer with 20 people and 3% Eyeliss showed improvement after 56 days for 70% of the participants.
A four amino acid peptide with the amino sequence of glycine-glutamine-proline-arginine. It is attached to palmitic acid (a fatty acid) to increase oil solubility and skin penetration.
It works by reducing the production of the signal molecule, interleukin-6 (IL-6) which promotes inflammation in the skin and less inflammation means slower degradation of important things (like collagen) that results in younger looking skin for a longer time.
It works in synergy with its pal, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 in the famous Matrixyl 3000 complex. You can read some more about the famous duo here.
It's a nice glycerin-based humectant and emollient that gives skin a smooth and luxurious feel.
A four amino acid, biomimetic (i.e. a molecule in nature is copied synthetically in a lab) peptide that copies a growth factor that boosts the production of key components of the dermal-epidermal junction (the place where the top two layers of the skin meet). These key components are important skin-structure giving proteins such as collagen VII, laminin-5, and fibronectin.
What this means in practice, and according to the in-vivo (made on people) tests of the manufacturer, is that Caprooyl Tetrapeptide-3 might be able to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The clinical study had 27 volunteers who used a 2.5% ChroNOline (the diluted and trade named version of our peptide molecule) cream twice a day and the researchers measured a 16% percent reduction in fine lines and wrinkles after 28 days. In mature volunteers (aged 50-65 ), the improvement continued to a reduction of 27% after 56 days.
A clear, colorless, low viscosity, volatile (does not absorb into the skin but rather evaporates from it) silicone fluid that has excellent spreadability and leaves a light, silky and smooth feel on the skin.
According to manufacturer info, its big advantage is that it's compatible both with other silicones and with natural plant oils, so it's a great ingredient to formulate products with good-sounding, consumer-pleasing vegetable oils but still maintain a cosmetically elegant, non-greasy and non-tacky feel.
A helper ingredient that functions as a film-forming polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits).
It usually comes to the formula as part of a thickener-emulsifier trio paired with Polyisobutene and Polysorbate 20. The three togeather have excellent thickening properties with remarkable emulsifying-stabilising abilities. They also have a nice silicone feel with glide-on spreading.
A polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) that's used as a gloss improver for lipsticks and lipglosses. Its stickiness also helps lip products to stay on longer.
Combined with polyacrylate-13 and polysorbate 20, it forms a very effective tickener-emulsifier trio.
It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula.
A light emollient ester (C8-10 fatty acids connected to C12-18 fatty alcohols) that absorbs quickly and leaves a dry but silky finish on the skin. In terms of skin feel, it is similar to Dicaprylyl Carbonate, another commonly used light emollient.
An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that's also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the "pro" part, it's a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid).
Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It's a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy skin barrier.
Another great thing about panthenol is that it has anti-inflammatory and skin protecting abilities. A study shows that it can reduce the irritation caused by less-nice other ingredients (e.g. fragrance, preservatives or chemical sunscreens) in the product.
Research also shows that it might be useful for wound healing as it promotes fibroblast (nice type of cells in our skin that produce skin-firming collagen) proliferation.
If that wasn't enough panthenol is also useful in nail and hair care products. A study shows that a nail treatment liquide with 2% panthenol could effectively get into the nail and significantly increase the hydration of it.
As for the hair the hydration effect is also true there. Panthenol might make your hair softer, more elastic and helps to comb your hair more easily.
Hello, our favorite molecule that helps us wake up in the morning and then keeps us going through the day. As a super well-known stimulant from coffee, tea and plenty of other soft drinks, Caffeine needs no introduction. So we will skip right to the part where we talk about what the hell it does in so-so many cosmetic products.
Looking at the research, we were surprised to find how versatile Caffeine is. It is a small, water-loving molecule with pretty good skin penetration abilties. Once in the skin, it has nice antioxidant properties, meaning that it reduces the formation of evil free radicals and it might even be useful in preventing UV-induced skin cancers.
A well-known thing about Caffeine is that it improves the microcirculation of the blood vessels. Though conventional wisdom and anecdotal evidence says that this property is helpful for dark under-eye circles and puffy eyes, we have to mention that the double-blind research we have found about a 3% caffeine gel concluded that "the overall efficacy of the selected caffeine gel in reducing puffy eyes was not significantly different from that of its gel base." But you know, the proof is in the pudding.
Another thing Caffeine is used for in body care products is its anti-cellulite effects. In theory, it can speed up the lipolysis process (the "fat burning" by our cells) and stimulate the draining lymph system that might lead to the improvement of cellulite. But here again, the evidence that it actually makes a measurable, let alone visible, improvement on actual human beings is limited (we could find only some animal skin studies or caffeine being combined with other actives).
Last, but not least, we have to write about caffeine and hair growth. The theory is that it can inhibit the activity of the 5-α-reductase enzyme that plays an important role in hair loss and allows a renewed growth phase of the hair. We have found some recent and promising research to back this up. A 2017 study compared a 0.2% caffeine liquid with a 5% Minoxidil (an FDA approved active to treat baldness) solution and found that "a caffeine-based topical liquid should be considered as not inferior to minoxidil 5% solution in men with androgenetic alopecia", or English translation means that the caffeine liquid was pretty much as good as the FDA-approved Minoxidil stuff. Not bad!
Overall, we think that caffeine is a very versatile and biologically active ingredient. Even though some of its effects are more hyped up than backed up, it is still a nice to have on many ingredient lists.
Super common soothing ingredient. It can be found naturally in the roots & leaves of the comfrey plant, but more often than not what's in the cosmetic products is produced synthetically.
It's not only soothing but it' also skin-softening and protecting and can promote wound healing.
It's the most commonly used version of pure vitamin E in cosmetics. You can read all about the pure form here. This one is the so-called esterified version.
According to famous dermatologist, Leslie Baumann while tocopheryl acetate is more stable and has a longer shelf life, it's also more poorly absorbed by the skin and may not have the same awesome photoprotective effects as pure Vit E.
Though its long name does not reveal it, this polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits or monomers) is a relative to the super common, water-loving thickener, Carbomer. Both of them are big molecules that contain acrylic acid units, but Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer also contains some other monomers that are hydrophobic, i.e. water-hating.
This means that our molecule is part water- and part oil-loving, so it not only works as a thickener but also as an emulsion stabilizer. It is very common in gel-type formulas that also contain an oil-phase as well as in cleansers as it also works with most cleansing agents (unlike a lot of other thickeners).
It's one of the active parts of Chamomile that contains about 30% of bisabolol. It's a clear oily fluid that is used in skincare as a nice anti-inflammatory and soothing ingredient.
A vegetable origin (coconut or palm kernel oil and glucose) cleansing agent with great foaming abilities. It's also mild to the skin and readily biodegradable.
It's one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers (helper ingredients that adjust the flow and thus the feel of the formula). The typical use level of Xantha Gum is below 1%, it is usually in the 0.1-0.5% range.
Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules (glucose and sucrose) via fermentation. It's approved by Ecocert and also used in the food industry (E415).
Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.
It is typically used in tiny amounts, around 0.1% or less.
It's a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be just right. It's very alkaline (you know the opposite of being very acidic): a 1% solution has a pH of around 10.
It does not have the very best safety reputation but in general, you do not have to worry about it.
What is true is that if a product contains so-called N-nitrogenating agents (e.g.: preservatives like 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol, 5-Bromo-5-Nitro- 1,3-Dioxane or sodium nitrate - so look out for things with nitro, nitra in the name) that together with TEA can form some not nice carcinogenic stuff (that is called nitrosamines). But with proper formulation that does not happen, TEA in itself is not a bad guy.
But let's assume a bad combination of ingredients were used and the nitrosamines formed. :( Even in that case you are probably fine because as far as we know it cannot penetrate the skin.
But to be on the safe side, if you see Triethanolamine in an INCI and also something with nitra, nitro in the name of it just skip the product, that cannot hurt.
It's the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF, hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, geeky explanation about it here. The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) found in the skin that acts as a sponge helping the skin to hold onto water, being plump and elastic. HA is famous for its crazy water holding capacity as it can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water.
As far as skincare goes, sodium hyaluronate and hyaluronic acid are pretty much the same and the two names are used interchangeably. As cosmetic chemist kindofstephen writes on reddit "sodium hyaluronate disassociates into hyaluronic acid molecule and a sodium atom in solution".
In spite of this, if you search for "hyaluronic acid vs sodium hyaluronate" you will find on multiple places that sodium hyaluronate is smaller and can penetrate the skin better. Chemically, this is definitely not true, as the two forms are almost the same, both are polymers and the subunits can be repeated in both forms as much as you like. (We also checked Prospector for sodium hyaluronate versions actually used in cosmetic products and found that the most common molecular weight was 1.5-1.8 million Da that absolutely counts as high molecular weight).
What seems to be a true difference, though, is that the salt form is more stable, easier to formulate and cheaper so it pops up more often on the ingredient lists.
If you wanna become a real HA-and-the-skin expert you can read way more about the topic at hyaluronic acid (including penetration-questions, differences between high and low molecular weight versions and a bunch of references to scientific literature).
It's a handy multi-tasking ingredient that gives the skin a nice, soft feel. At the same time, it also boosts the effectiveness of other preservatives, such as the nowadays super commonly used phenoxyethanol.
The blend of these two (caprylyl glycol + phenoxyethanol) is called Optiphen, which not only helps to keep your cosmetics free from nasty things for a long time but also gives a good feel to the finished product. It's a popular duo.
Similar to other glycols, it's a helper ingredient used as a solvent, or to thin out thick formulas and make them more nicely spreadable.
Hexylene Glycol is also part a preservative blend named Lexgard® HPO, where it helps the effectiveness of current IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol.
It's pretty much the current IT-preservative. It's safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it's not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben.
It's not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic.
Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10).
It's often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol.
If you have spotted ethylhexylglycerin on the ingredient list, most probably you will see there also the current IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol. They are good friends because ethylhexylglycerin can boost the effectiveness of phenoxyethanol (and other preservatives) and as an added bonus it feels nice on the skin too.
Also, it's an effective deodorant and a medium spreading emollient.
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Joliet Junior College faculty and staff are committed to ensuring students have the right resources to succeed. In the months since JJC switched to online learning and remote services amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot has been learned on how to best work and learn from home. We shared many of our professor's unique remote teaching methods in a previous blog.
Fall classes at JJC begin Aug. 17, with lecture classes online and face-to-face labs if the state remains in Phase 4 of its Restore Illinois plan. Whether you're already enrolled for the fall semester or still considering your options, know that remote learning will continue to be common for some time. Consider these tips from JJC faculty and students to get the most out of the online learning experience.
1. An Online Mindset
Treat online or hybrid courses as seriously as you would your traditional courses. | Mike Brncick (pictured) - Orthotics and Prosthetics Professor
2. Set Goals & Stick to Them
Remind yourself of your goals and why you are enrolled in that class. You can reach any goal you have for yourself. The only person that is stopping you from reaching your goals is you. | Nour Al-Naber (pictured) - Business Professor
3. Use Digital Calendars
Your phone's calendar is your friend. Use it to note tasks and due dates. Setup notifications so you're getting reminders at the times you need them. | Maggie Cade (pictured) - Student
4. Set Aside a Work Space
If at all possible, set aside an area where you can have a quiet place with a desk and chair so you can develop the "feel" of a classroom environment. Consider that area as your classroom. | Brncick
5. Stay Connected
Check your school emails and online class dashboard every day. Make it a habit as if you were checking your social media accounts. | Al-Naber
6. Keep Pace
Stick to the schedule set by the instructor. It is very easy to fall behind and stay behind. Playing catch-up all semester can be difficult and frustrating. | Jim Revis (pictured) – Business Professor
7. Ways to Contact Professor
Whether through email, sending messages through classroom dashboard, or by video chat, be sure you have a direct way to quickly and easily connect with your professor throughout the semester. | Dontae Crowder (pictured) – Student
8. Don't Hesitate to Contact Professor
I cannot tell you the number of emails I have received from students that start off with "sorry to bother you." It is not a bother, and besides that we get paid to serve you. | Revis
9. Identify Times to Complete Course Work
Let family and friends know that this time is no different than if you were away from home and on campus. Let them know you should not be disturbed except for emergencies, just like at school. | Brncick
10. Need a Break? Take One
It's not uncommon to get a bit frustrated or overwhelmed with school work. Take a 15-minute break to regroup. | Cade
11. Have a Communication Outlet
Stay in touch with friends, other classmates, or student clubs so you have someone to reach out to for assistance or simply to say hello. | Crowder
12. Keep Your Fog Lights On
Use your tremendous creativity, intellect, and improvisation to cut through the fog and be a beacon for one another. This is one of the great strengths of community colleges and JJC in particular. If ever there were a time for lighting the way, this sure seems like it. Do it to the best of your abilities, and know that everyone else in the fog is doing it too. | Patty Zuccarello - Dean of Career and Technical Education
Ready to tackle online learning at JJC?
Fall classes start Aug. 17. Learn more and begin the enrollment or registration process at www.jjc.edu/journey. Questions about other college operations during the pandemic? Visit www.jjc.edu/covidfaq.
Take control of your future this fall at Joliet Junior College. Your College. Your Journey.
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Reader question: Will it be legal this winter to carry snow chains, as opposed to having expensive winter tyres (I understand the rules are changing)? I live in Haute-Vienne and we rarely get conditions to warrant them.
Yes, you can use snow chains rather than winter tyres.
Before now, there has only been an obligation to use either of these on certain roads, in snowy conditions (at whatever time of year), where you see signs saying B26 équipements spéciaux obligatoires.
As of this winter, 48 departments, including Haute-Vienne, have the right to require similar measures from November 1 to March 31 where you see these new signs in place.
Where this applies, a law says you can be fined if your car is not correctly equipped. This applies whether you are local or a visitor.
However, there is a year's grace period without penalties covering this first winter of the rules.
In affected areas, the car should have metal or textile chains (or 'snow socks') on at least two powered wheels, or four winter tyres.
Winter tyres may include ones stamped 'M+S' (mud and snow) or, preferably, 3PMSF (three peaks mountain snow flake), with the latter to be obligatory from 2024.
'Four seasons' tyres are an option, designed to work as winter tyres but also suitable for other times, but are only suitable if they have the same logos.
According to the Interior Ministry's road safety department, chains are very effective, both on snow and black ice, but they can sometimes be complicated to put on.
It says you should anticipate this difficulty, in cold conditions on a snowy road, and be sure to practise beforehand. Prefects have been drawing up lists of communes concerned by this, but signs at the start and end of the zones are obligatory where applicable.
There is, in theory, a €135 fine and a potential risk of having the car immobilised.
The latter may involve it being clamped, but otherwise means your carte grise (registration document) is confiscated and you must leave the car where it is, or nearby, until you have obtained chains or winter tyres for it.
A map of areas concerned can be found online here.
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Book Reviews: September 2014
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape
By Susan Herrington. Charlottesville: University
of Virginia Press, 2013.
Few can argue against the successes of internationally acclaimed landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. After over six decades of practice, her portfolio boasts a diversity of works ranging from intimate private suburban gardens and public playgrounds to politically charged urban schemes realized in collaboration with high-profile architects. Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology (1976) and the National Gallery of Canada (1988) are among her most well-known. While this celebration of Oberlander's prolific career feels long overdue, landscape architect and professor Susan Herrington lends a unique approach to the telling of the story by weaving Oberlander's biography within the trajectory of modern landscape architecture.
The book is based on years of interviews with Oberlander and her clients and collaborators, along with a case-study approach to her projects that considers both their political context as well as public reception. Herrington ties Oberlander's career to key shifts in the practice of landscape architecture. She organizes the book thematically, beginning with "Housework." Here she links the foundations of Modernism and its new aesthetic to the social and moral
responsibility that imbued Oberlander's early efforts to give voice to the disenfranchised, through pioneering community design methods for public parks and housing. "Human Environment" tracks Oberlander's more spatially complex works, her children's environments and urban landscapes, exploring the relationship between experience, environment and psychology that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. Finally, in "Ecological Environment," Oberlander prioritizes the expression of environmental values in landscape design by marrying its ecological functioning with its aesthetic appreciation.
Herrington's book not only offers a deeper understanding of this transformative figure, but demonstrates how larger movements are rooted in everyday practice and thus shaped by forces not beyond our control.
Tanya Southcott is a Montreal-based architect and writer.
Artists, Architects and Artisans: Canadian Art 1890-1918
Edited by Charles C. Hill. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2013.
This catalogue accompanying a recent major exhibition offers a richly illustrated view of art and design culture at a formative stage in Canadian history. The nine essays, including curator Charles Hill's introduction, contextualize more than 320 objects within a dynamic period of deep interpenetration of the arts.
At the turn of the century, divisions between artists, architects and artisans were sometimes blurred, and collaboration was essential. This was evident in buildings ranging from Montreal mansions that incorporated details created by furniture companies, to Muskoka cottages where designer-owners teamed with local carpenters. In major public commissions such
as the Saskatchewan Legislative Building, architects Edward and William Maxwell designed every detail down to the furnishings and worked with skilled artisans to realize their designs. Private clubs—from the Toronto Architectural Eighteen Club to the Arts Club of Montreal—played a significant role in fostering a fertile, interdisciplinary arts environment.
While the period was important for the development of Canadian nationalism, artists and architects were indebted to international trends and ideas. These include Beaux-Arts training, the Arts and Crafts movement, and City Beautiful schemes.
For scholars, the book brings together a wide range of period objects, from pianos to civic plans. Detailed footnotes, biographies, bibliographies and "notices" about important companies of the time make this a valuable resource.
For architects, the period's emphasis on craft and engaging with other visual arts may serve as inspiration. A sense of comprehensiveness (if not necessarily unity) fuelled art and architectural production at the time. The majority of the work presented was produced for society's top strata, but there are lessons about vision, collaboration, and integration of the arts that could be applied today with great social impact.
Michael Windover teaches in the History and Theory of Architecture program at Carleton University.
Architectures de la connaissance au Québec
Edited by Jacques Plante. Québec: Les Publications du Québec, 2013.
Architectures de la connaissance au Québec is the latest in a series of books launched by the School of Architecture at Université Laval to highlight exceptional buildings in Quebec's architectural landscape. Jacques Plante follows his previous publication on theatres with a similar format: a highly detailed and richly illustrated collection of case studies complemented by 16 essays. Plante analyzes 33 libraries and archive centres from the past 25 years, including projects that were still under construction at the time of publication in 2013 and that have since been completed. Written by a variety of contributors (including architects, artists, librarians and historians), the companion essays provide a range of viewpoints on the design and lived experience of past and current libraries.
Plante and his team have clearly spent much time researching the chosen projects. The abundance of details makes for a great reference book, but is sometimes overwhelming. Some repetition in the descriptions, such as the often discussed "Hanganu-esque" spiral staircase, results from the relatively limited number of architects working on such projects in Quebec. Unfortunately, the excellent overall quality of the book is weakened by some odd design decisions, such as a number of thumbnail-sized images too small to be legible, and legends that are sometimes presented on a different page than the related drawings.
Plante's book is an important reminder of the quality and breadth of library projects in Quebec, developed in large part thanks to a significant program of architectural competitions. These innovative library projects have in many cases led to the growth of the same facilities. In expansion projects, architects have succeeded in reacting to rapid changes brought about by information technology and digital transformations—taking these new challenges in stride.
Olivier Vallerand is an architect, educator, and recently completed a PhD in Architecture from McGill University.


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Immerse yourself completely in the latest installment of the adrenaline-fueled Bourne franchise with The Bourne Legacy which is released on Blu-ray with UltraViolet, DVD and Digital Download on 3rd December 2012 by Universal Pictures UK.
Tony Gilroy, writer of the previous Bourne films, takes the helm as director in this next explosive chapter of the high-octane espionage thriller series. Watch as he expands the Bourne universe, created by Robert Ludlum, with an original jaw dropping story that introduces us to a new hero, Number Five, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner - Avengers Assemble, Hurt Locker), whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films.
In The Bourne Legacy Cross (Renner) is a member of Operation Outcome, a Department of Defense's black-ops programme which enhances the physical and psychological abilities of its agents with a combination of red and green 'pills', administered by scientist, Dr. Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz - Deep Blue Sea, Lovely Bones). With the FBI now investigating the CIA and its clandestine programme, Eric Byer (Ed Norton - Moonrise Kingdom, The Incredible Hulk), a retired air force corporal, is enlisted by the spy agency to eliminate all traces that it ever existed, including all its agents and scientists. However, what stands between them and success is one man: Number Five.
What ensues is fast paced adrenaline fuelled action which sees Cross and Shearing go on the run in order to survive. The question is, can they outsmart and outrun the same black-ops team who brainwashed their previous guinea pig, Jason Bourne?
Joining Renner and fellow series newcomers Weisz and Norton, are Stacy Keach (The Great Chameleon, Bored to Death) and Oscar Isaac (W.E., Drive), while franchise veterans Albert Finney (A Good Year, Erin Brockovich), Joan Allen (Good Sharma, The Contender), David Strathairn (Alphas, The Whistleblower) and Scott Glenn (The Paperboy, Sucker Punch) reprise their roles.
Don't miss The Bourne Legacy on Blu-ray with UltraViolet, DVD and Digital Download on 3rd December 2012. Also available on 3rd December is The Complete Bourne Movie Collection on Blu-ray and DVD and containing The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Legacy.
The Bourne Legacy Blu Ray contains the following special features:
- Feature Commentary with Director/Co-Writer Tony Gilroy, Co-Writer Dan Gilroy, Editor John Gilroy, Director of Photography Robert Elswit, Second Unit Director Dan Bradley and Production Designer Kevin Thompson
- Deleted Scenes:- Pennsylvania Highway, NRAG Research Room, Washington, D.C.
- Re-Bourne
- Enter Aaron Cross
- Crossing Continents: Legacy on Location
- Man vs Wolf
- Wolf Sequence Test
- Moving Targets: Aaron and Marta
- Capturing Chaos: The Motorbike Chase
- None or TBC
Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.
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Photos of the Day: A Cute Kangaroo and a Frozen Daisy
This is a selection of photos that were taken today in order to give you a clue about everything important that happened this day around the world. This article will certainly complete its task – to bring you the highlights of the day.
From Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica who arrives at the company offices in central London to a model who displays a creation by Ohalu Ando during Tokyo fashion week, all these photos will cheer you up.
Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!


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Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen shares 3 principles to help you overcome life challenges.
Episode 639: Overcome Life Challenges with These 3 Powerful Principles by Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen.
Mary Jaksch is an authorized Zen master (Diamond Sangha lineage), psychotherapist, and author. She has two nationalities,–English and German–and lives in New Zealand. She's the mother of a grown-up son and lives happily ever after with her partner David. She's been awarded an MA in Religious Studies, holds a 4th Dan Blackbelt in karate, started professional life as a flautist and loves dancing Argentine tango in skimpy dresses.
The original post is located here: https://goodlifezen.com/comfort-stretch-and-stress-3-important-principles-of-self-development
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Pure Babies was designed to encompass the whole experience of being pregnant and having a baby.
Celebrating life through beautiful, artistic photography is our passion.
Whether you choose to be photographed on location, or in the studio, our focus is on creating powerful images through visual artistry. We enjoy collaborating with each client to capture real authentic moments of pregnancy. As you leave your session, we want you to feel empowered that you took time for yourself and
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Pure Babies sessions are recommended for newborns up to 5 months old. Ideally 0-3 months works best. These portraits are not about props. We do not use baskets, bows or flowers. Our "signature style" is all about your babies beautiful features, and expressions combined with our beautiful light.
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PUBG Mobile crosses 100 million monthly active users: App Annie
PUBG Mobile also rolled out a new update and a feature for healthier gameplay. The new PUBG Mobile 0.12.5 update also comes with Royale Pass Season 7.
PUBG Mobile on Friday announced a new milestone achievement on its user base. PUBG Mobile surpassed 100 million monthly active users, according to App Annie. PUBG Mobile's latest user stats do not include data from China.
PUBG Mobile also raked in $438.8 million global player spending on Google Play Store and App Store, according to Sensor Tower. Globally, Sensor Tower estimates around $2 billion spend globally on battle royale games with Knives Out leading the table. PUBG Mobile is still behind Fortnite whose global player spending crossed $600 million. Fortnite's revenue is also only from iOS.
PUBG Mobile recently rolled out a new update and feature. 'GamePlay Management' system on PUBG Mobile requires players under 18 to declare their age and acknowledge a gaming advisory. Through this feature PUBG Mobile will also alert under-18 players when they should rest or stop the game. This feature is available in select Asian and North African countries including India.
PUBG Mobile also rolled out a new 0.12.5 update with Season 7. The new update brings Royale Pass Season 7 with exclusive outfits, emotes, and additional rewards. There's also a new EZ Mission License with exclusive discounts and chance for players to open crates immediately. PUBG Mobile 0.12.5 also brings a new 'Skorpion' weapon, new parachutes, clothing, airplane skins and more.
PUBG Mobile also added the official Middle East server to the game. This update also comes with in-game adjustments and updates.
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Parallelizing algorithms in Haskell
I've been working through Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell. In my last post, I demonstrated the facilities Haskell provides for lightweight concurrency. In this post, let's take a look at Haskell facilities for parallelism.
As a brief example, let's parallelize Quicksort1.
> import Control.Parallel.Strategies
Strategies provide a means to tell the run-time system how to evaluate objects. We'll be using rseq
is the sequential evaluation strategy, and parList
takes a strategy for list items, and uses that strategy for each list element in parallel.
Here's our non-parallelized Quicksort implementation:
> quicksort :: Ord a => [a] -> [a]
> quicksort [] = []
> quicksort (x:xs) =
> let leftPartition = [y | y <- xs, y < x]
> rightPartition = [y | y <- xs, y >= x]
> left = quicksort leftPartition
> right = quicksort rightPartition
> in left ++ [x] ++ right
Quicksort partitions a list around a pivot, sorts each partition, and then combines the partitions and the pivot.
Our parallelized version is almost the same:
> parallelsort :: Ord a => [a] -> [a]
> parallelsort [] = []
> parallelsort (x:xs) =
> let leftPartition = [y | y <- xs, y < x] `using` parList rseq
> rightPartition = [y | y <- xs, y >= x] `using` parList rseq
> left = parallelsort leftPartition
> right = parallelsort rightPartition
> in left ++ [x] ++ right
We simply tell the run-time system what strategy to use for the list comprehensions.
This doesn't really improve much in this case, but when used judiciously, extending your existing code with parallelism is straight-forward in Haskell.
This post is also available as a literate Haskell file.
This isn't the best algorithm to parallelize, nor is this an efficient implementation, but it shows how to add parallelism to your code.↩


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Congratulations to Kevin, one of New Haven Farm Home's Support Workers, who received our Spring 2019 Staff Recognition award, acknowledging his constant commitment in encouraging the people we support to achieve their goals.
Kevin has been part of the New Haven Farm Home team for almost 10 years. During this time he has supported our clients as they transitioned from our old style services and accommodation into the person centred support they receive today, assisting each individual to increase their confidence and independence.
Kevin plays an active role on our Work Health and Safety Committee and also assists our team and organisation through a range of general maintenance tasks.


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Musical About Publix Founder Hosts Second Performance At Red Carpet Gala
by James Coulter
A young man returns home to his mother after a long day of work. He bemoans how his boss isn't open to any new ideas.
With some encouragement from his mother, the man comes up with his own idea: create his own store.
That young man was George Jenkins, the store he created was Publix, and the story of his legacy was told through the second performance of the musical, "When You Dream", last Saturday during a fundraiser at Harrison School of the Arts in Lakeland.
The opening scene with young George and his mother soon segues into a lively musical number featuring shopping carts, brown grocery bags, and juggling boxes.
The 30-minute performance follows a journalist interviewing Jenkins and several of his staff and associates to discover what made him and his supermarket great.
Jenkins remains humble throughout, explaining how he never created his store for the fame and money, but rather to give back to his community.
Such a sense of humility emanates throughout the musical, which, despite being described by some as a musical about Publix, serves more as a tribute to a man whose philanthropic endeavors continue to resonate within his community even today.
Dr. Daryl Ward, Principal of Harrison School of the Arts, and who also wrote the musical, mentioned how he could have easily written a musical advertisement about Publix with songs about fried chicken and pub subs, but he didn't because that was not the focus.
"It is not about Publix," he said. "This is about a man who had a vision for what it meant to live in a community."
Dr. Ward wrote the musical upon the request of Janice Tedder Jones, former chairwoman of the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce, who wanted to involve Harrison School of the Arts during the Chamber's annual meeting.
"She requested something that honors the philanthropic legacy of Mr. George…about how what he did back then continues to resonate within our communities today," Dr. Ward said.
With this being the very first time he had ever written a musical, Dr. Ward did his research about the Life of George Jenkins and wrote the songs and script.
He then passed them onto Tyler Campbell, a Harrison alumni and teacher at Lake Wales High School, who would put music to words, transforming it into something akin to "Newsies with Publix aprons."
"The whole show is encouraging," Campbell said. "Being able to take his [Dr. Wards] words, which are so uplifting and inspiring in themselves and to put words into it, we hope that people leave with that sense of charge from Mr. George to go back and give back to their communities themselves."
Dr. Ward then turned over the musical with words and music to two Harrison teachers, who, along with the students, turned the two-dimensional words on paper and into a three-dimensional story, he said.
The final results during the first performance more than blew him away.
"What they did with it that night, when I saw it, I was shocked, and my mouth was agape," he said. "That was way better than how I wrote it, and that is what you will see this evening."
The musical hosted its second performance at the school during its annual Red Carpet Gala event.
This performance proved especially significant, as it was dedicated to former student, Adam Shoemaker, who previously performed in the musical, but had been injured in a hit-and-run accident.
"When You Dream" served as the second act of the fundraiser's performance that evening, with the first act showcasing several student acts ranging from a choir, orchestra, and even a student film.
Earlier that evening, as guests inspected the fruit floating in their non-alcoholic cocktails and wasabi dangling on their sushi, among the many other hordierves, they could also inspect several items up for bid at a silent auction.
With the fundraiser being the school's one and only fundraiser, all proceeds for that evening of course went back into the various departments of the school.
Punam Saxena, President of the Harrison Parents Association, understands the importance of such charity, and thus considered it fitting that their fundraiser that evening included a tribute to one man's own philanthropic endeavors.
"Since I have been in Lakeland, I realized that Mr. George has changed the way we believe in our community," she said. "His philanthropic efforts continues to this day. And you, with your patronage, are continuing his legacy."


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Babies and dogs have the potential to love each other deeply. This pair shows that friendship knows no bounds. He's so gentle with her cute little kisses.
Sometimes, kids and dogs have the purest and most adorable bonds. Even though these two can't speak, they definitely have a bond that is unbreakable.
Since Quinn was born, Larry the German Shepherd hasn't left her side. He's obsessed with her! Of course, her mother watches closely to make sure that Larry is never too rough with her.
And she never has to call him down. On this day, Quinn decided that she wanted kisses from Larry. She crawled over and kissed his nose, bonking her head down onto his snout in the process. Other dogs might have been annoyed, but not Larry.
When she sits back, he quickly gets up from where he was laying. After a quick stretch, he gently lays down at her feet, reaching up to lick her face.
Her giggles are going to stay with us for a while. She laughs and goes to kiss him back, exchanging affection with her best friend in the world. It doesn't get more adorable than this!


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Travel to Galicia & The Camino de Santiago de Compostela
Travel to Galicia is no exception when it comes to Spanish grandeur and triumph. Without a doubt that begins, or rather, ends at the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. Crisscrossing the Galician sierras is the supremely beautiful Camino de Santiago. Take in misty pine and eucalyptus forests, and lush green valleys untouched by time.
Sitting in Spain's northwestern corner, travel to Galicia unravels unmistakable cultural nuances. In fact, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd ventured into another country entirely. Once its own kingdom, Celtic heritage and the bagpipe like gaita players remind of the past. From small fishing villages to Santiago de Compostela, embrace decadent seafood, and a punchy history.
Spreading out from the coast, the five estuaries of the Rías Baixas are known for their wild islands. Inland, vineyards overflow with zesty albariño. Venture further afield to Combarro, a tranquil fishing village situated on the Pontevedra estuary. No matter which direction you explore or arrive from, travel to Galicia is about exchanging stories and culture.


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In coaching, specialists and managers can discuss their personal issues in a professional context together with a coach.
The coach helps to "unwind" topics, sort and generate options. The focus is always on the fit of person, role and organisation.
How can I fill my role as a leader? What career path do I want to take? How do I deal with workload and stress? How can I solve the conflicts in my team? How do I make the next career step? How do I find my dream job? How do I combine work and family?
Coaching must be voluntary and at the initiative of the client in order to work. The coach provides a solution-oriented, benevolent, confidential and supportive atmosphere, in which the client is ready to share openly and work on their own topics. Coaching involves approximately six to seven sessions at intervals of about two to three weeks.


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We live in a world connected by big jetliners and work for companies that expect us to be on site with clients across the globe. In order to service those client accounts, we need our tools: smartphone, laptop, USB drive, security token, and, yes, even paper documents sometimes.
The information these tools contain is the currency of our modern world. It is as important and valuable as any commodity of the past and, like anything of value, there will always be someone who wants to take it from you. Unlike the past, where you would eventually notice missing cash, products or supplies, today your information can be stolen with no obvious signs alerting you to the theft.
While there isn't a magic bullet to guarantee the security of your information, there are several steps you can take while traveling to make you less likely to be an easy target.
Maintain Physical Control
The first step, and maybe the most obvious precaution, is to always maintain physical control of your devices. Do not include your devices in your checked baggage at the airport; carry them on the plane with you. If your data is sensitive and your flight long enough where you are likely to be asleep, consider using the under-seat storage to prevent someone from accessing your bag in the overhead bin.
Do not leave your devices in terminal lockers or hotels rooms (or safes). Especially do not leave them with the concierge service. If your work requires traveling with more equipment than you can keep on your person at all times, consider removing the storage media and keeping that on you. I have traveled around many cities with a small backpack full of hard drives and a hotel room full of transport cases. Once it becomes a habit, it is no longer a hassle.
For a few of you, physical tampering may still be a concern. For you, either order room service or bring a friend to stay with the gear.
Act Right in Public
Next, you want to maintain your personal security (a.k.a., act right in public). Anyone with a government or military background will have received multiple briefs in their career about Personal Security (PERSEC), Operational Security (OPSEC), and Situational Awareness (SA). Where PERSEC is protecting information about you, OPSEC is protecting information about your work activities and mission. SA is merely not living with your head in the sand or, maybe more applicable to this conversation, your head in your screen. Basically, don't talk about who you are, what you do, who your client is, where you are going or why you are going there. If you're not the sales team, then just don't. If you ARE the sales team, focus any conversation on "them" and what you can do for "them" while avoiding any conversation about why you are actually there at that moment. Failing to act right in public is usually the first step to becoming a target.
Don't Make Yourself a Target
A continuation of acting right in public is avoiding looking out of place or of significant value. Regardless of who you are or what you do, don't look like you're a CEO, wealthy entrepreneur, highly trained government employee, assistant to an ambassador or anything other than a basic, clean-cut professional stuck in yet another airport. Be gray and maintain your SA so that you are aware of your surroundings and can avoid dangers to your data and, more importantly, yourself.
Limit Device Use in Public Spaces
Now that you have your devices with you and are looking and acting right, you'll want to limit the use of the devices in public spaces. While we will address encryption in a moment, even if your data-at-rest game is on point, it is all for naught once you settle into a seat with a pricey airport snack or beverage, connect to the unsecured Internet to check your email, put in your earbuds and start editing that confidential document with your back to the world.
The airport and the plane's cabin are not only some of the least efficient work environments, but also environments that can present some very high threats to your security. There's shoulder surfing, unsecure networks, densely packed areas full of untrusted people and more unknown and untrusted devices than you can count.
It might be time to start a movement to retain these places for a brief moment of disconnectedness and thought clearing… in addition to enjoying the pricey snacks and beverages. If selling this to your organization is difficult under the banner of security, maybe taking a mental health angle with HR would get you some traction. Road warriors unite for peace and security while traveling!
Avoid Solicitation Attempts
Once you've taken all of the previous steps, avoiding solicitation attempts should be easy. Without anything to tip people off to what you do for work, folks are more likely to talk about last night's game or the most recent escapades of their favorite celebrity. Keeping interactions limited and away from sensitive topics is about all you can do to modify your behavior to avoid discussing your work.
The only way to maybe take it up a notch is to travel in a group when possible. I always prefer to travel in a group from a security standpoint, but it is rare that I am afforded this luxury. Not only is there power in numbers, but travelling in a group also lets you leave mission-essential equipment with trusted colleagues while stepping away from your seat.
Separate Work and Personal Data and Devices
It's also important to look at the data and devices with which you travel. First, you should try to compartmentalize your data. Avoid keeping personal data on work devices or work data on personal devices. Also, consider not transporting client data that isn't needed for your trip or for clients unrelated to your trip if possible. A step further is to hold different clients' data in separate, encrypted containers secured by different passwords. Seek the guidance of your legal counsel to learn more about how compartmentalization might provide legal protections, should a criminal or civil situation arise.
Even better than logically compartmentalizing data is physically compartmentalizing it between your work devices for daily operations at home versus traveling. Having a laptop just for travel that only has the data on it for that specific trip and access to essential networks and systems is an excellent way to decrease your attack surface. Why travel with the keys to the kingdom when all you need is a client folder, an office suite, email and perhaps access to a limited VPN that does not access the whole corporate network? This is smart for domestic travel and travel to low-threat areas, but it is a must if your work takes you to foreign countries where intellectual property theft is basically part of their gross domestic product.
After visiting high-threat locations, it may be advisable to isolate all devices that went to that location to make sure that they do not interact with the corporate environment at all. Simply pull the critical data that changed during the trip, scan it seven ways till Sunday, move a copy of the scanned data over to your normal device(s) and wipe the travel device clean for the next trip. Ask yourself which costs less: an $800 laptop for your trip that can be reused after wiping or an $80,000 activation of your organization's incident response plan?
Back Up Data Before and After Travelling
Unfortunately, very few organizations properly back up or retain data. Adequate backup policies and procedures are also few and far between. Regardless of your organization's backup policy and procedure, you should be addressing a proper backup of the data you will be traveling with prior to leaving. This goes beyond security because things do get damaged in transit or lost no matter how vigilant you are. Not only should you back up data before leaving home, but you should back up the data with an increased frequency while on your trip, then again before returning home, and then a final time when you arrive home. While this offers protection against lost work efforts, it also provides key benchmarks should an investigation into a suspected incident become necessary. God forbid the worst happens and you suspect that your device was the target of an attack, the ability to compare datasets will significantly increase the likelihood of locating malicious code, identifying an attack and mitigating any damage.
Encrypt Systems
With the variety, ease of use and minimal expense of encryption solutions available today, there is no excuse for not encrypting important data on laptops, portable media and other devices. Enable every stock encryption and security option that your mobile device will allow you to enable. This includes encrypting the removable storage where applicable. Use a reputable whole-drive encryption solution on your laptop. If that's not possible, enable home directory encryption and other directory-level encryption options. Encrypt all external media. Encrypt personal devices and media as well to protect your personal information from loss or theft.
Leave Unnecessary Data Behind
At many points of entry while travelling, you may be directed to boot your electronic systems and log in to allow for device and data inspection. You may also be directed to decrypt encrypted systems and media. Be aware of data you may be carrying that you would prefer not to share in this situation, be it sensitive client data protected by a nondisclosure agreement or information related to your personal hobbies or interests that could raise suspicion at your destination country. If possible, avoid carrying this type of data with you. Instead, perhaps have your data available to you from a cloud service or over your work VPN when you reach your destination.
Use Safe Network Connections Only
Whenever possible, avoid unsecured network connections. Always opt for connecting to a trusted device, such as hardwire tethering to your issued mobile device over the airport, hotel or coffee shop Wi-Fi. In all cases, use encrypted connections such as a VPN. Where your device will allow it, configure the device to drop and not reconnect if the VPN is lost so that you don't wind up on an unsecured network. Disable Wi-Fi via either a hardware switch or settings option when you can.
Protect Passwords
Make certain all sensitive applications and remote access systems you log in to require multi-factor authentication. Multi-factor authentication options include things you know (passwords), things you have (smartphones or hardware keys) and things you are (biometrics). Multi-factor authentication significantly enhances security posture, but it comes with a risk that is especially relevant while travelling. You should have a backup plan in case one of your factors breaks or is unavailable. What are your options if you lose a hardware key or break your phone? Listing out all possible combinations of options and their mitigating factors is beyond the scope of this article, but should be considered as part of your implementation.
On the subject of passwords, use unique and complex passwords for all accounts. This is likely only possible through the use of a proper password manager. Even then, when traveling, don't bring your master password database. Have only the credentials with you that are absolutely necessary. For accounts and services you will be accessing while traveling, consider changing the password before leaving and again once you return.
Like any other element of cybersecurity, at the end of the day, defense-in-depth is the name of the game. The depth you need will be dependent upon the value of your information and the threat profile of your environment. A doughnut shop owner traveling to Cleveland would likely be in a different situation than a defense contractor traveling to China. Regardless, hopefully taking these steps helps keep you and your data safe during your travels.


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Although there is another Pirates of the Caribbean film in the works, it looks as though Disney has confirmed Johnny Depp will not be reprising his role as the iconic Captain Jack Sparrow.
In case you haven't been following along with the latest Depp news, he has had an ongoing battle with his ex-wife Amber Heard, which has been quite serious as Heard accused Depp of domestic abuse and even holding her hostage at one point.
Depp had originally filed a libel lawsuit against the UK Sun regarding a specific article, which stated that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor domestically abused his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Depp ended up losing the libel case, which you can read more about here.
Related: Johnny Depp Speaks Out on Legal Battle, Forced to Leave Warner Bros.
After Depp lost the battle, rumors began floating around that Disney no longer wanted Depp to reprise his role as Jack Sparrow in the upcoming Pirates film, however, that was solely a rumor — until now.
In a recent report from The Hollywood Reporter, it seems as though Disney previously made up their minds about Depp's future — even before the U.K. trial began. THR writes:
Disney had already backed away from a Pirates future with Depp well before the U.K. trial, even if it never formally severed ties. [Jerry] Bruckheimer, who has been one of Depp's biggest champions and once suggested the finger injury happened because "he got it caught in a car door," was hoping to at least bring the Captain Jack Sparrow character back briefly in the next outing — said to be a female-centric incarnation fronted by Margot Robbie. Disney balked. Insiders say Depp's relationship with Bruckheimer has frayed in recent months.
So despite Depp having his name in the news a lot lately, and having lost a trial, it looks as though Disney had already made up their minds about the upcoming Pirates film, and wanted to focus it on a "female-centric incarnation" led by Margot Robbie.
Johnny Depp is one of the best known versatile actors in Hollywood. He has starred in a wide variety of films including Sweeney Todd, Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland, Secret Window, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 21 Jump Street, The Lone Ranger, Public Enemies, and many more.


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Introduction & Objective: Obesity (a scaled weight-by-height index) charts of a cohort of 317 healthy infants and their parents living in Shiraz (Southern Iran) are presented.
Materials & Methods: An adjusted weight-for-height was used to develop power type obesity indices, Ip=W/Hp. Polynomial modelling was used by applying the HRY (Healy, Rasbash, Yang) nonparametric method to estimate age-related smoothed centiles of obesity.
Results: The optimal value of p was found to be 2.5 for infants and 1 for their parents. No more than cubic and quadratic polynomials were needed to fit obesity-for-age smoothly for infants and their parents respectively. Infant's obesity increases from birth to six months of age and decreases later on to the age of 21 months when it becomes stable. Infants obesity in age – dependent however, parents obesity is almost age – independent.
Conclusion: Using age – dependent obesity index (a scaled weight by height) is an appropriate one which explores the degree of fatness .A local standard for assessing obesity in clinical practice as well as community health programmes in Iran is of urgent need, which our data serve this purpose.
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