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Dr. Karl "Fritz" Disque, executive director of the Disque Foundation, will be at Ronald McDonald House (RMH) on July 3, near Lurie Children's Hospital, in an effort to bring joyfulness and entertainment to the children in celebration of Independence Day this Friday. A group of staff, volunteers and the families staying there, along with the children, will make crafts and artwork to celebrate America's freedom and independence. Disque regularly works with RMH within his community, inspiring all ages to live wholesome and stimulated lives centered on health and happiness.
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Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience of Category Learning
Is that circle or a square? Does that x-ray show a tumor? Each of these decisions involves categorization. We make hundreds of categorization decisions every day and, in general, we get better with experience. For example, a circle is rarely confused for a square. Some of these categorization decisions can be made easily and the strategy can be verbalized. These categorization strategies that are available to conscious awareness and can be verbalized are thought to be frontally mediated. Other categorization decisions cannot be verbalized. For example, the radiologist can accurately classify whether a tumor is present but will find it difficult to explain exactly how they make that decision. These categorization strategies that are not available to conscious awareness and cannot be verbalized are thought to be striatally mediated.
A major focus of our research is to examine the computational and neurobiological underpinnings of category learning. We achieve this goal through a blending of empirical data collection, cognitive neuroscience, and mathematical modeling.
Whereas the majority of the work conducted in our laboratory has focused on visually presented stimuli, over the past few years, we have begun to turn our attention to the auditory domain; specifically, auditory and speech category learning. The neural underpinnings are similar to those in vision yet multiple systems approaches have not been applied in these domains. In collaboration with Dr. Bharath Chandrasekaran from the Communication Sciences and Disorders department here at UT, we have begun to apply the dual systems framework made popular in vision to the auditory and speech domains. We find a remarkable similarity between visual and auditory category learning, but with some important caveats. We are examining changes in auditory and speech category learning across the lifespan and in special populations, such as musicians.
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The way we make decisions often involves deciding whether to accept some short-run reward that in the long-run may be sub-optimal or whether to accept some long-run reward by forgoing some short-run reward. A major focus of our research is to examine the computational and neurobiological underpinnings of these types of decisions. In this work, we examine history-independent decision making in which the rewards available on the current choice are independent of the previous choice history, and compare that with history-dependent decision making in which the currently available rewards are dependent upon the previous reward history.

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The whole time pianist Brad Mehldau and mandolinist & singer Chris Thile took the stage of Austin's Paramount Theater, one couldn't help but wonder why this hadn't happened long ago. The master piano player, known worldwide as a game changer in the jazz genre, seemed the perfect fit for the man recognized by the nebulous MacArthur Foundation this past year for stretching the boundaries of bluegrass music. Thile always had a jazz sound to his frenetic, mellifluous style of plucking and Mehldau always had a little bit of everything else. For the last date on their duo tour together before parting ways this past Saturday, April 20, this pair proved they are a perfect match.
The hour and a half set spanned material from both musicians and a few choice covers of Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, and Fiona Apple, which seemed appropriate considering Mehldau and Thile's close ties to producer Jon Brion who's friends with the late Smith and the effervescent Apple. The Brion connection alone would seem like this pairing would have been a foregone conclusion some time prior, but it would seem that this pairing occurred solely because timing is everything. The constantly touring Mehldau went on a month of dates with Thile after two months of duo shows-- throughout March with drummer Mark Guiliana and February with pianist Kevin Hays. This pair, however, had a natural playful rhythm to them that felt all too warm.
Former tales of the shows from this month included a rumor that Mehldau would sing at some point in the evening and he did not disappoint, backing Thile in the opening song, the Bob Dylan tune "Scarlet Town". The rest of the evening, while still having a feeling of a recital, had an infectious ebullience which one could easily marvel. 16-year-old me was clearly enjoying watching the process of music I had spent the last decade hearing on various albums-- the crafting the the Mehldauian ostinato, his jumping of octaves, the ease of falling to the familiar rhythms. It was even more exciting to see the all the recognizable faces the two made when Mehldau and Thile were really getting into things, there's nothing like the O-face of a jazz soloist (S-face?).
Yet much like any live performance, it's interesting to see what the ultimate product of an evening, adrift in a sea of time, will ultimately produce. There's rumors afloat of studio recordings of Mehldau and Thile or with Guiliana. There's certainly interesting compositions that have arisen from these evenings like Mehliana's "Elegy for Amelia Earhart", Mehldau's "Dunno" (cue a rash of untilted songs the world over getting changed to this so colloquially), or Thile's sweeping "Daughter of Eve" which required Mehldau to break out the sheet music at this point of the evening. One would hope the music made that festive Saturday night wasn't a "you had to be there moment"; considering these two are both Nonesuch recording artists, I'm holding out hope that folks outside the beautiful Paramount Theater would get the chance to hear this soon.
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Advice for a Young Investigator
MIT Press, 2004 - Biography & Autobiography - 150 pages
An anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro, covering everything from valuable personality traits for an investigator to social factors conducive to scientific work.
Santiago Ram¾n y Cajal was a mythic figure in science. Hailed as the father of modern anatomy and neurobiology, he was largely responsible for the modern conception of the brain. His groundbreaking works were New Ideas on the Structure of the Nervous System and H istology of the Nervous System in Man and Vertebrates. In addition to leaving a legacy of unparalleled scientific research, Cajal sought to educate the novice scientist about how science was done and how he thought it should be done. This recently rediscovered classic, first published in 1897, is an anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro.
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Prominent businessman and community leader Michael King has been appointed Chair of Barwon Water.
Dr King is Managing Director of Kings Australia funeral services, deputy chair of St Laurence Community Services and a Board member of the National Small Business Advisory Committee, Gordon Institute of TAFE and Anam Cara Hospice.
The former deputy Mayor of Geelong has more than 30 years experience in management and leadership roles and holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters and Doctorate of Business Administration.
His appointment was announced yesterday by The Hon. Peter Walsh MLA, Minister for Water, Agriculture and Food Security.
Dr King replaces current chair Roger Lowrey, who did not seek re-appointment, and will take up the two-year post on 1 October.
Dr King is one of four new Directors appointed to Barwon Water's Board. The others are City of Greater Geelong councillor and former Mayor, Dr Stretch Kontelj, strategic communications specialist Suzie Batten and Colac identity David Harris.
They will join Managing Director Michael Malouf and current Directors John Bugg, Jodi Heath and Hugh Gleeson.
Dr King said he was honoured by the appointment and welcomed the opportunity to further serve the regional community.
Mr Lowrey congratulated Dr King and the three new Directors and urged them to continue the focus on water security, service delivery and innovation. Mr Lowrey also thanked outgoing Directors John McDonald and Diane James.
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Lilly and Daysie had a Roadrunner Fundraiser at their school this week. Took the morning off from the office to go watch them. Daysie's run was at 9:15 am in the morning. She did 13 laps and Lilly had hers at 11 am where she ran 15 laps. Needless to say, I owe each them some money this week.
Grandma Capps was visiting from Idaho and was able to see Lilly run but missed Daysie in the morning. It was hilarious when Daysie came walking out of school and saw Great Grandma at Lilly's run. She was so upset great-grandma wasn't at her run (Daysie has this walk where she lowers her shoulders, slump her back, and walks when she's upset. That's what she did when she saw great-grandma, from 50 yards away, as she stomped her feet). Great-Grandma asked "what's the matter honey?" That's when Daysie said, with a really upset voice, "you didn't come to mine but you came to Lilly!"
Little background, grandma didn't know about Lilly and Daysie's run, until I told her about Lilly. That's when she said to pick her up from aunt Melody so she can come to watch the run. Then, in the evening, Daysie really let Wan, my wife, know how disappointed she was. She said, "grandma , you didn't come to my run" Wan responded by saying "Aww, I'm sorry, I had to work". Guess what Daysie said? She said, "well, grandpa worked, but he came". Here are some videos of Daysie and Lilly I sent to Elder Matt Boonmee. The following is Elder Matt Boonmee email response to us.
"...Holy cow, they are soooooo grown up! Tell them DON"T FORGET ME!!...Conference was awesome. This is my second conference out on the mission. I remember the last one like yesterday, I can't believe that I'm already almost at my year mark! I have only 2 more months until I'm there.
We went to the church for conference. Then we went into a different room for it in English.
Scripture studies has been great for me. I have learned so much. I also learned a little bit of the historical background of the sons of Mosiah. I will expound a little more in a later email. But I've been studying about temples as well. Going to the temple regularly is sooooo important. ...great reading in the "Preparing to enter the temple" And it goes really deep into all that kind of stuff.
I've also been reading in Jesus the Christ. It talks about almost every single thing that happened in Jesus' life, before, during, and after. It is a great one as well.
In the Book of Mormon, I've read it all before, but now I'm in the war chapters. Ever since I've studied about the background of it, the fact that at that point the Nephites are now in a democracy just barely changing from the monarchy, but that is for another email to talk about. But just a little taste, is that The Sons of Mosiah are Princes. I'll talk about that more.
Anyways, I have to go, the bus is leaving soon!
Love Elder Boonmee"
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Hearst Corporation is one of the nation's largest diversified media companies. Its major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing, cable networks, television and radio broadcasting, internet businesses, TV production and distribution, newspaper features distribution and real estate. Hearst Newspapers has launched over 300 blogs and other localized and community-based web properties, and was seeking a suitable scalable publishing platform.
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Osborne effect
The Osborne effect is a term referring to the unintended consequences of a company announcing a future product, unaware of the risks involved or when the timing is misjudged, which ends up having a negative impact on the sales of the current product. This is often the case when a product is announced too long before its actual availability. This has the immediate effect of customers canceling or deferring orders for the current product, knowing that it will soon be obsolete, and any unexpected delays often means the new product comes to be perceived as vaporware, damaging the company's credibility and profitability.
The term was coined after the Osborne Computer Corporation, in which the company took more than a year to make its next product available and eventually ran out of cash and went bankrupt in 1985.[1][2]
Pre-announcement is done for several reasons: to reassure current customers that there is improvement or lower cost coming, to increase the interest of the media and investors in the company's future prospects, and to intimidate or confuse competitors. When done correctly, the sales or cash flow impact to the company is minimal, as the revenue drop for the current product is offset by orders or completed sales of the new product as it becomes available. However, when the Osborne effect occurs, the quantity of unsold goods increases and the company must react by either discounting or lowering production of the current product, both of which depress cash flow.
The Osborne Effect states that prematurely discussing future, unavailable products damages sales of existing products. The name comes from the planned replacement of the Osborne 1, an early personal computer first sold by the Osborne Computer Corporation in 1981. In 1983, founder Adam Osborne pre-announced several next-generation computer models (the "Osborne Executive" and "Osborne Vixen"), which had not yet been built, highlighting the fact that they would outperform the existing model. A widely held belief was that sales of the Osborne 1 fell sharply as customers anticipated those more advanced systems, leading to a sales decline from which Osborne Computer was unable to recover. This belief appeared in the media almost immediately after the company's September 1983 bankruptcy:[3]
To give the jazzy $2495 Osborne Executive a running start, Adam began orchestrating publicity early in 1983. We, along with many other magazines, were shown the machine in locked hotel rooms. We were required not to have anything in print about it until the planned release date in mid-April. As far as we know, nothing did appear in print, but dealers heard about the plans and cancelled orders for the Osborne 1 in droves.
In early April, Osborne told dealers he would be showing them the machine on a one-week tour the week of 17 April, and emphasized that the new machine was not a competitor for the Osborne 1. But dealers didn't react the way Osborne expected; said Osborne, "All of them just cancelled their orders for the Osborne 1."
Osborne reacted by drastically cutting prices on the Osborne 1 in an effort to stimulate cash flow. But nothing seemed to work, and for several months sales were practically non-existent.[3]
The Osborne myth[edit]
Interviews with former employees cast doubt on the idea that Osborne's downfall was caused solely by announcement ahead of availability.[4][5] After renewed discussion of the Osborne Effect in 2005, columnist Robert X. Cringely interviewed ex-Osborne employee Mike McCarthy and clarified the story behind the "Osborne effect". Purportedly, the new Executive model from Osborne Computer was priced at US$2,195 and came with a 7-inch (178 mm) screen, while competitor Kaypro was selling a computer with a 9-inch (229 mm) screen for US$400 less. The Kaypro machine had already begun to cut into sales of the Osborne 1, a computer with a 5-inch (127 mm) screen for US$1,995. After inventories of the Osborne 1 cleared out, monthly sales of the Executive were less than a tenth of the previous model, as customers switched to Kaypro.
On 20 June 2005, The Register quoted Osborne's memoirs and interviewed Osborne repairman Charles Eicher to tell a tale of corporate decisions that led to the company's demise.[5] Apparently, while sales of the new model were relatively slow, they were starting to show a profit. Then, a vice president discovered that there was an inventory of fully equipped motherboards for the older models, worth US$150,000. Rather than discard the motherboards, the vice president sold Osborne leadership on the idea of building them into complete units and selling them. Soon US$2 million, far more money than anybody anticipated, and more than the company could afford at that time, was spent to turn the motherboards into completed units: for CRTs, RAM, floppy disk drives, and to restore production and fabricate the molded cases. In his autobiography, Osborne described this as a case of "throwing good money after bad".[5] It was then that the company folded due to debt.
Other examples[edit]
In 1978, North Star Computers announced a new version of their floppy disk controller, which had double the capacity, to be sold at the same price as their existing range. Sales of the existing products plummeted and the company almost went bankrupt.[6]
When Sega began publicly discussing their next-generation system (eventually released as the Dreamcast), barely two years after launching the Saturn, it became a self-defeating prophecy. This move, combined with Sega's recent history of short-lived consoles, particularly the Sega Mega-CD and 32X which were considered ill-conceived "stopgaps" that turned off gamers and developers alike, led to a chain reaction that quickly caused the Saturn's future to collapse. Immediately following the announcement, sales of the console and software substantially tapered off in the second half of 1997, while many planned games were canceled, causing the console's life expectancy to shorten substantially. While this let Sega focus on bringing out its successor, premature demise of the Saturn caused customers and developers to be skeptical and hold out, which led to the Dreamcast's demise as well.[7]
Another example of the Osborne Effect took place as a result of Nokia CEO Stephen Elop's implementation of the plan to shift away from Symbian to Windows Phone for its mobile software platform. On top of this, criticism of existing products was compared to the Ratner Effect. These two together led to the coining of the term "Elop Effect", to describe the combination of both premature announcement and negative comments on existing products.[8][9] Although it was known for some time that Nokia's Symbian phones were no longer competitive against iOS and Android, they still generated significant profit thanks to Nokia's brand recognition until Elop's announcement "effectively transformed the Symbian cash-cow into a dead duck". At the same time, Nokia's first Windows Phone devices would not be ready for a year, and once they were released their sales were not enough to replace the volume and profit of Symbian devices.[10] Furthermore, the announcement that Windows Phone 7 devices would not be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 hurt sales of Nokia's WP7 phones, plus it was a risky move for Microsoft which "can ill afford to alienate people when there are scores of highly capable and affordable Android phones up for grabs. Or years-old Apple iPhones which aren't being prematurely shut out of the iOS playground."[11][12]
MakerBot appears to have fallen victim to the Osborne effect: talking openly about a future product significantly reduced the sales of their current product.[13]
See also[edit]
- ^ Osborne, Adam; Dvorak, John C. (1984). Hypergrowth: the rise and fall of Osborne Computer Corporation. Idthekkethan. ISBN 0-918347-00-9.
- ^ Grindley, Peter (1985). Standards, strategy and policy: cases and stories. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-828807-7.
- ^ a b Ahl, David H. (March 1984). "Osborne Computer Corporation". Creative Computing. Ziff-Davis. p. 24. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ Cringely, Robert X. (16 June 2005). "The Osborne Effect". The Osborne Effect: Sometimes What Everyone Remembers Is Wrong. PBS. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ a b c Andrew Orlowski (20 June 2005). "Taking Osborne out of the Osborne Effect". The Register. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^ Andrew Orlowski, "Taking Osborne out of the Osborne Effect", The Register, 20 June 2005
- ^ Jason Perlow, "Osborne effects: Death by pre-announcement", ZDNet, 21 June 2012
- ^ Ahonen, Tomi T. (2011-08-11). "Coining Term: "Elop Effect" when you combine Osborne Effect and Ratner Effect". Communities Dominate Brands. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ Communities Dominate Brands: Coining Term: "Elop Effect" when you combine Osborne Effect and Ratner Effect
- ^ Nokia's Windows Phone "bear hug" is choking the Mighty Finn - CNET
- ^ Natasha Lomas, "Windows Phone 8 sucker punches Windows Phone fans" CNET, 21 June 2012. Accessed 24 October 2017
- ^ Windows Phone 7 was doomed by design, Microsoft admits - CNET
- ^ Jason Huggins (April 2015), What Doomed MakerBot? The Osborne Effect


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Modeling of a Surface Acoustic Wave Strain Sensor
W.C. Wilson, G.M. Atkinson
NASA Langley Research Center, US
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Abstract:NASA's Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring (IVHM) project is investigating new detection technologies that will increase aviation safety by monitoring the structural health of aerospace vehicles during flight. These new technologies must be rugged, light weight and low power. Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices are low power, small and make extremely sensitive sensors for performing a variety of measurements. SAW sensors can be designed to be small passive wireless sensors that are capable of operation in harsh environments like those found inside of aerospace structures. A new SAW strain sensor model has been created that aids in the development of prototype of passive SAW strain sensors.


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Senate Judiciary Committee advances abortion bill
Gov. Tom Wolf continues to reiterate his opposition to a controversial abortion bill and promised, once again, to veto it.
"If this legislation reaches my desk, I will veto it," he said. "This is a bad bill for Pennsylvania and we cannot afford to allow it to go forward."
It's the same warning he issued three weeks ago when the House passed the legislation — imploring the Senate to "reject" House Bill 1948 and everything it does "to set women back."
However, Republicans on the committee approved the bill on a vote of 9-5 on July 11, sending it to the full Senate for consideration. A timeline for a vote has yet to be scheduled, Republican Caucus spokeswoman Jenn Kocher said Monday.
Democrats on the committee, however, didn't let the bill pass without first engaging in an impassioned debate that covered many of the same concerns voiced by House Democrats last month.
The bill in question would amend the state's Abortion Control Act to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy — the current standard is 24 weeks. An exception would be made for when the procedure is necessary to prevent the mother's death or "substantial and irreversible" loss of major bodily functions. The legislation would also ban the dilation and evacuation procedure with the same aforementioned exceptions. The legislation refers to the procedure as "dismemberment abortion," or the termination of a pregnancy by the removal of the limbs of the unborn child.
Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Delaware, led off the discussion with questions surrounding the bill's constitutionality and undefined terms, including "major bodily harm" and "dismemberment."
"I object to this bill on a number of grounds," Leach said. "First of all, the Supreme Court, just a few weeks ago, reinvigorated the discussion around the undue burden test on women. This bill creates substantial new burdens on women. Perhaps the most severe is that it requires women to use a more, in most cases, more dangerous, less safe method of having an abortion after 20 weeks. The D&E and is by far the safest method for the woman involved."
Leach began circulating a co-sponsorship memo last month to repeal Act 122 of 2011 — the law requiring Pennsylvania abortion clinics meet the standards of ambulatory surgical facilities. Leach's proposal was inspired by a 5-3 U.S. Supreme Court opinion handed down June 27 deeming a similar Texas law unconstitutional because it imposes an "undue burden" on women seeking abortions.
The Texas legislature approved the measure in 2013. Critics say it's a costly mandate which shuttered half of the state's 40 abortion clinics, forcing women to drive hundreds of miles for care.
"I don't know why we are passing unconstitutional laws on issues we know nothing about, on something most of us sitting at this table will never in our lives have to deal with, but we are forcing this on other people and making their lives more at risk, making them less safe, than they are today," Leach said, likening a woman's right to abortion to the second amendment.
"With gun ownership, my God, we can't do anything," he said. "Can you imagine if we were passing these sorts of laws with regards to guns? We can only buy guns for so many weeks and we can only buy certain kinds of guns at certain times. I mean you can imagine the self-righteous constitutional outcry that we would hear about this sacred constitutional right that we are infringing upon? Yet, we can pass laws about women's constitutional right, totally equal to the second amendment, we can pass those laws over and over again in the most intrusive way and that's no problem. No problem at all."
Committee Majority Chairman Stewart Greenleaf, R-Montgomery, argued the bill does not prohibit all abortions and therefore does not infringe a woman's constitutional right.
"My position is there are 15 other states that have legislation like this that have not been challenged," he said. "The other issue is, we are not interfering with women's right to an abortion. That's a constitutional right that they have and we cannot do that."
Sen. Lisa Boscola, D-Northampton, chastised the committee for voting the bill, which she characterized as an "obvious political election-year gimmick," despite the more pressing concern of passing a revenue package capable of funding the $31.63 billion spending plan ahead of a midnight deadline Monday.
"This is, in my opinion, an assault on women's health, unnecessarily," she said. "And as the only woman on the Judiciary Committee … I would say that, I'm playing this woman's card, but to me, it's more about the family. People that are making this decision — usually a woman doesn't do it alone — there's a spouse involved, a lot of times. They talk to their doctors. In that 20 to 24 weeks, there is some testing that's done, that's not done prior, and decisions are made. Painstaking decisions by women and men that might have to end the pregnancy, for the sake of the woman and her health and the family's health. Who is anybody in this room to tell a woman what to do in that critical time? The doctor and the family get to make that decision."
"It's hurtful. They cry. There's pain. And now you're going to add to it."


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In preparation for upgrading to, or installing Windows XP fresh, you need to consider software compatibility issues. Chapter 1, "Introducing Windows XP Home Edition," described how Windows XP is largely backward compatible with DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 9x, and Windows 2000 applications. Windows 2000's support for older programs, was, well, not so great. In fact, during the development of Windows 2000, application compatibility (especially for consumer end-users) was almost an afterthought. The focus for Windows 2000 was the corporate user. As a result, numerous consumer-oriented applications, such as games, failed to run on Windows 2000, leaving many power users and home consumers in the lurch.
Windows XP focuses much more on consumers. To ensure expanded software compatibility, Microsoft set up an Application Compatibility Experience group shortly after the XP project began in December 1999. This group consisted of more than 200 testers, developers, and program managers who tested applications in a variety of scenarios (clean installs, migrations, upgrades) using various hardware configurations.


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There are still moments of happiness.
There are still moments of happiness.
Kirsten in a hot pink blazer. I always find myself shying away from bold colours like this and always opt for a more neutral colours, but seeing her wear it makes me want to get something bright.
Easy stuffed roasted peppers for a light dinner. I stuffed the peppers with a mixture of quinoa, chickpeas, peppers, garlic and onions and a coconut chili sauce and roasted it in the oven. With a candied salmon, blueberry and goat cheese salad on the side, it was a delicious meal.
Budding flowers and the longer lasting sunshine called for flowy sheer fabrics and light denim on this late afternoon outing.
Sorry for my lack of posts in the last week and a half! Not only have I been really sick but I've been moving as well, and the internet still hasn't been set up at my new place. There are still a few more things to finish, but I am already loving my new home in Mount Pleasant! Here I am wearing one of my favourite vintage sweaters that I actually bought at a sale in this area a couple years ago.
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Climate smart weather-based advisories to touch millions of smallholder farmers
Over 1 million residents of Machakos County in Kenya are set to benefit from climate smart weather advisories following efforts to out scale this service which is extremely essential to the performance of the agricultural sector, particularly in drier parts of Eastern and Central Africa.
Only a week to the expected onset of the long rains, a workshop to translate the weather forecast for Machakos County into advisories was held on the Easter eve in Machakos town, Kenya. The workshop was convened by the Agricultural Sector Development Programme of Kenya (ASDP) to enable agricultural value chain actors including scientists, meteorologists, farmers, NGOs, traders and experts from ASARECA and Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO), who are promoting climate smart landscapes to share scientific and local weather predictions to produce best agricultural management options for the March-May season.
What are weather advisories?
According to Kwena Kizito of KALRO, a leading implementer of two successive ASARECA climate change adaptation projects through integrated watershed management approach, weather-based advisories are succinct summary of climate-smart agricultural decisions proposed to farmers to help them minimize loses in bad seasons. "The decisions include when to prepare the land, when to plant/sow, planting density, what to plant, how to plant and how much to plant," Kizito explains. The advisories are usually developed after the National forecasts have been released by the Kenya Meteorological Service (KMS), at least a month to the start of the season. This is done deliberately to allow farmers ample time to internalize the advisories and mobilize the resources required to implement the decision therein.
ASARECA/KALRO provide leadership
Weather-based advisories are a brainchild of ASARECA and KALRO's two successive projects; "Integrated management of water for productivity and livelihood security under variable and changing climatic conditions in ECA", and "Sustainable agricultural water productivity enhancement for improved food and nutrition security in ECA". (They were implemented back to back 2009 -2013 and 2014 -2016).
According to Dr. Hezron Mogaka, the theme leader for Natural Resource Management and Ecosystems Services, ASARECA, the projects brought back to life the critical but much ignored use of weather-based agro-advisories to enable farmers in marginal areas make the most out of good seasons and minimize risks/loses in bad ones.
Demand for agro-advisories increases
ASDSP in conjunction with Machakos county authorities picked a leaf from ASARECA's climate smart landscapes in Mwania and Kalie watersheds in Machakos and Makindu districts three years ago. Farmers in the two watersheds have embraced weather-based agro-advisories and other technologies such as tied-ridging, seed priming, improved agronomic practices, improved crop varieties, and micro-dosing among others, and have posted good yields even in marginal seasons. Over 90% of the 6,500 households are now food secure. For example, by 2015, maize yields had improved from 1.2 t/ha to 3.2 t/ha compared to the baseline yield of less than 500 kg/ha before the projects. Besides Kenya, the projects have built capacity in farmers in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda and Madagascar. The successor Agricultural Water Management project brought on board Burundi, Uganda and South Sudan to harness and enhance utilization of water resources including rain and ground water both at farm and watershed levels.
Farmers involved
During the workshop, two forecasts, one based on scientific research and the other based on indigenous knowledge were presented to a plenary of stakeholders. Despite slight differences, both forecasts predicted late onset of rains for the March-May season. The season is predicted to commence between the last week of March and the first week of April and cease by the second to third week of May. It will be very short season, slightly over three weeks, with depressed and poorly distributed rainfall. There is therefore need for farmers to adopt appropriate measures to cope with this scenario.
The advisories at a glance
The advisories are imploring farmers to prepare adequately for the season by rehabilitating existing water harvesting and conservation structures, laying out and constructing new ones, de-silting existing water pans and earth dams and constructing new ones, repairing gutters; breaking soil pans, applying organic manure, making rows and contours; selecting appropriate seed varieties. The advisories are discouraging farmers from growing maize, due to its low chances of success given the short season. Instead, farmers are advised to grow fast maturing and drought tolerant crops varieties. Farmers are also discouraged from applying artificial fertilizers due to the low rainfall anticipated. Instead, they have been advised to use organic manure.
The advisory is currently being widely disseminated mainly through announcements and call-in talk shows on local FM radio stations such as Mbaitu FM. The group also plans to disseminate the advisories further through non-traditional media such as Barazas, sms, and political and civic meetings as well as through the church.
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Do you remember what you were doing during the 1992 general election? No? Well, Emily Benn, Labour's latest election candidate, does - and she's just 17.
Emily, Tony Benn's granddaughter, has just been chosen to represent the Labour party at Worthing East and Shoreham, provided Gordon Brown doesn't call an election before she's 18. According to her CV: "In the 1992 (aged just two) and 1997 elections I campaigned extensively for Tony Benn in Chesterfield."
I now realise that, by virtue of being able to tell a big, fat, stinking, fucking lie without even showing one iota of shame, Ms Benn is, in fact, entirely suited to join the other fat, corrupt liars in the House of Commons.
In fact, she may show them to new heights of contempt and distain for those who elected them, and introduce them to novel ways of telling massive lies without feeling any kind of guilt whatsoever.
The Devil's Kitchen apologises unreservedly for implying that Ms Benn was not suitable for Parliament; further The Devil would like to make it clear that he feels that her chutzpah and standards of lying set her on a straight course to be a minister within days of her inevitable election.


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Beach, next open Tue 27 Mar - Fri 2 Nov 2018, £2.50
The scheme offers people with additional needs and mobility issues as well as their parents, carers the opportunity to take part in cycling. The designed route is predominately flat and takes in the stunning views along the East Riding coastline.
We welcome all abilities onto the scheme and have a wide range of adapted bikes that cater for various disabilities. We also have standard bikes so family members/carers can access the scheme (See attached flyer for the selection of bikes and further information).
All Ride is the only adapted cycling scheme based in the East Riding and since launching in April 2014 has proved very popular with local residents and visitors.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Dr Bob Melamede on forward looking communities
I remember going home one year at 1 AM on Saturday night, the ground covered in litter. It had all been picked up the next morning by an army of street kids. On Monday and Tuesday we might find people helping clean up the park who haven't even been to the event . They see what we're doing and they just pitch in.
"Nobody is paid. Some of the bands get a travel allowance but it isn't exactly princely. Lots of core members put in hundreds of dollars of their own money to make it happen. And the miracle is, each year it comes off and we leave the park as clean as we found it."
The Hempfest's goals are explicitly political. Vivian McPeak, a prime mover since 1991, quotes Gandhi: "'First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.'"
'Mayor Blair' Anderson ‹(•¿•)›
ph (643) 389 4065 cell 027 265 7219
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
What is this woman doing in Parliament?
If ACT were on the climate case they would be taking a more precautionary principled, constitutional and (property) rights based approach, namely 'contraction and convergence' (C&C, see http://gci.org.uk/ ). But Heather, like the rest of NZ was duped with a consultation process that was gravely flawed. All views were not at the table. The stakehold interests in NZ's CC agenda (yes, out comes the conspiracy's) can be likened to that of big pharma, big sugar, big tobacco and big oil. We can ignore the evidence at our collective peril and steer ourselves ourselves into the unmanageable outcomes or we can turn the ship around albeit slowly and save our collective arses. The primary stakeholders in business as usual must be challenged. There is nothing inconsistent in ACT principles with this strategy. It is the only game in town. /Blair
Labels: ACT Party, Contraction, Convergence, GCI
Saturday, September 22, 2007
What Price Democracy, the Acid test?
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What Issues? Democracy's Litmus Test
Christchurch's Mayoral aspirant Blair Anderson was 'disappointed' to read the trite and specious analysis provided in recent days by Canterbury hard copy media. (in particular but not limited to the STAR and PRESS). "It is one of the primary reasons I co-founded the Canterbury Issues Forum, an e-democracy initiative engaging new media and the need for the truth to be out there." says the second tilt candidate.
Following last Tuesdays Town Hall debate, the PRESS reported that Anderson and fellow candidate Peter Wakeman 'spoke about climate change'. This is about as truthful as if it had been reported that Anderson said "it had been a warm day on Tuesday". Even sillier, was the observation that Anderson was the only one who came out 'from the podium'. This factoid rhymed with odium. Lets not mention that Anderson's climate change initiative (contraction and convergence) is only endorsed by Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, head of the G8 or that in the context of current politics 'carbon is king'.
If the STAR thinks that candidates in the Bob and Megan show had policy differences it wasn't obvious in the headlines of the 'Weakend STAR' with the appalling headline "Woods puts acid on Parker over mayoralty funding ". The STAR's acid metaphor was base forth estate politicking on the very 'weekend' of delivery and commencement of voting.
The context is even funnier, Wood's fellowship with Progressive Coalition Party "PCP" MP Jim Anderton. Czar Jim imperils reason in misconstruing harm reduction and evidence from his own expert advisory committee on ACID (LSD). The august Medical Research Council rates acid as less harmful to the community or to one's self than alcohol or cannabis. What say you Megan and Bob? Acid or Alcohol? lets find the litmus test that defines public concerns over violent crime, domestic violence, sexual assault. Lets have it? who is tough on protecting the community, who is evidence based, equitable, ethical and just.
It is the public who are being tricked into a polarising battle of persona over policy.
Single Transferable Vote [STV] and First Past the Post [FPP] has to be reviewed in this term of governance and the candidates view on this issue is imperative to informed voter choice. It was 'Mayor Blair' Anderson who put the acid on this policy gap in 2021's Dr Megan Woods. Flummoxed at the Town Hall, she fumbled, stumbled and failed to blow the house down. Yet all the PRESS discovered and publicised was what flavour sugar hit she liked. ( those elected under FPP are unlikely to support STV, it's been likened to turkeys voting for Christmas/Blair).
So? What value democracy? Anderson reports he has spent about 20 dollars so far, with about $9.20 remaining on his warehouse photocopy card. There is a lot of campaigning to go yet, Anderson reports 'I shall be spending the remaining resource judiciously, I need to pay my rates too!."
Megan and Jo have both lauded and indeed suggested they model themselves on the visionary Shadbolt of "Mayor Blair's" birthplace, Invercargill. It is with 'delicious irony' that Anderson noted his SAFER option for women (see attached 'billboard' graphic) is a Shadbolt/Anderson inspired harm reducing anti-crime, waist management and public health policy. Anderson who has professorial advice linking cannabis (policy) to forward looking politicians declared " Mayor Tim and I are both former deputy leaders of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party".
So, in a cogent message to voters and journalists applauding the big spenders, Anderson's $20 for his campaign is still better value and cheaper than a concrete mixer and, it seems "Mayor Blair" is by all accounts the more fiscally prudent even if largely under reported.
As voters open today's mail I declare and I promise a style in leadership 'fresh each day' for it appears Christchurch is not seeking a doctor of history's dead people, nor a "this was your life, Christchurch" just before it dies of chronic congestion following binge drinking.
Christchurch needs a professor of future, a man of living vision, a breath of fresh air, "Mayor Blair".
'Mayor Blair' Anderson ‹(•¿•)›
ph (643) 389 4065 cell 027 265 7219
Labels: cannabis, CCC, drug policy, fpp, lsd, medical research council, pcp, stv
Friday, September 21, 2007
Alcohol = Hate, Cannabis = Love
"Are we rendered silly by our inability to have the required discussion?"
The candidate's reply notes that city plans approve bar after bar in inner city revitalisation while other candidates wax lyrical about crime and 'broken glass' usually while they prognosticate in an alcohol free zone.
British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, reported: "Cannabis differs from alcohol in one major respect. It does not seem to increase risk-taking behavior. This means that cannabis rarely contributes to violence either to others or to oneself, whereas alcohol use is a major factor in deliberate self-harm, domestic accidents and violence."
That's WHY we need a SAFER community. "Don't vote to reward failure" on the crime and 'get tougher policy' front, demands the mayoral aspirant.
The Canadian Senate in 2002, determined: "Cannabis use does not induce users to commit other forms of crime. Cannabis use does not increase aggressiveness or anti-social behavior."
"We would be better off with Cannabis Cafe's along with some candidates with some integrity who would front up on core issues. "
At yesterdays Social Issues forum at the Knox Church in Christchurch alcohol was roundly linked to social dysfunction and access to health when candidate Blair drew to the attention of the many non-mayoral candidates attending (23) that the 2006 NHS study in the UK attributed 70% of the health vote to alcohol related dysfunction, and questioned the displaced resource allocation in limited access to elective surgery, impediments to health promotion and baseline primary health..
Time to get real. Time to VOTE for integrity AND social justice.
Blair Anderson
Labels: cannabis, health promotion
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Andrew Johns honesty about alcohol and performance - he prefered something else!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Listener makes the case, P = moral panic
Horror stories about violent crimes committed by offenders on P – or methamphetamine – have made headlines in recent years. But the truth is that many users are well-educated with mid-level incomes.http://www.thelistener.co.nz
'Mayor Blair' Anderson ‹(•¿•)›
ph (643) 389 4065 cell 027 265 7219
Thursday, September 13, 2007
So cannabis can save lives!
CanWest News ServicePublished: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
OTTAWA -- Some 250 soldiers who tested positive for drugs were not allowed to serve in Afghanistan, the Canadian Forces confirmed yesterday.
According to documents obtained by CBC News, the army has tested almost 7,000 soldiers since mandatory drug screening of troops headed to Afghanistan began in 2006.
The results were for the period September 2006 to last May, which show that most of the soldiers who failed tested positive for marijuana.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Australian Press gets behind Contraction and Convergence (C&C)
September 11, 2007
Contraction and convergence's answer to this problem is that every person should be given an equal share, that is, emissions should be distributed at a national level on a per capita basis.
A per capita allocation is the only allocation principle that is likely to be accepted by India, China, Indonesia and other developing nations with large populations.
THERE are positive aspects to the Sydney Declaration on climate change.
It helps re-establish Australia as one of the good guys working to solve the global warming problem, and essentially re-aligns Australia's position with that of progressive nations including the European Union. Admittedly, much of the declaration simply recommits APEC countries to the principles and aims of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. But this achievement will be warmly welcomed by the international community.
Aspirational targets are also useful in signalling that the 21 APEC leaders now acknowledge global warming is the mother of all environmental problems and must be tackled sooner rather than later.
But we will be sadly and dangerously misled in thinking that aspirational targets, and promoting particular technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, provide a suitable framework for the post-Kyoto protocol. In the rush to act, we risk ending up with a new international agreement that fails to address the specific actions needed to actually solve the global warming problem.
First, let's be clear about the problem. Humans are releasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouses gases into the atmosphere at a faster rate than natural processes can absorb them. The global warming problem will be solved when we have reduced the total annual global emissions of greenhouse gases so that their atmospheric concentration is stabilised at a safe level that does not cause significant climate change.
This will not be achieved in the absence of a legally binding international agreement that leads to global greenhouse gas emissions being reduced to a safe level over a time that minimises harm to people and nature. In its absence, national initiatives will not solve the problem. Nor can there by any guarantee that efforts by individuals and organisations to voluntarily reduce their carbon emissions will actually lead to the problem being solved.
Fortunately, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change commits all nations, including Australia, to work together to solve the global warming problem through negotiation of additional agreements.
The Kyoto Protocol is one such agreement committing nations to take some baby steps (albeit important ones) along the road to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (a total of about 5 per cent during the period 2008 to 2012). But governments now need to start negotiating a new post-Kyoto protocol that will solve the global warming problem. What should such a new protocol look like?
The answer is called "contraction and convergence", a framework for crafting a new protocol that forces governments to agree on three vital questions.
First, what is a safe concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases?
Many scientists argue a safe concentration is what it was during the
1960s. Once a safe concentration is agreed on, it is then easy to
calculate the total global amount of greenhouse gases that can be
emitted each year to achieve that target.
The second question that contraction and convergence forces governments to answer is: "When will the total global emissions of greenhouse gases be reduced to the amount needed to maintain
atmospheric concentrations at the agreed safe level: in 2020; 2100;
next year?"
The third critical question governments must reach agreement on is how the global permissible amount of greenhouse gas emissions will be
allocated between nations. This is the most politically difficult
problem to resolve in negotiating a new international agreement.
Contraction and convergence's answer to this problem is that every person should be given an equal share, that is, emissions should be distributed at a national level on a per capita basis. A per capita allocation is the only allocation principle that is likely to be accepted by India, China, Indonesia and other developing nations with large populations.
Once a new protocol is in place based on the contraction and convergence framework, national governments can then begin the difficult and complex task of negotiating their way through the various implementation issues and working out how to most efficiently and fairly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to the agreed safe level, such as through a national carbon market. Contraction and convergence does not tell us how to reduce carbon emissions to a safe level, but provides a framework so that all our actions to reduce carbon emissions will count and lead to the global warming problem being solved.
A new contraction and convergence framed international protocol will ensure all nations are working together in a co-ordinated way and that everyone's efforts to reduce carbon emissions make a real difference.
This certainty will be of great benefit to investors, solidify national carbon markets, and encourage the next generation of greenhouse friendly technologies. We can make our personal and organisational contributions to reducing carbon emissions confident that the problem will actually be solved in due course. Without such an agreement, all our individual and collective efforts may be to no avail and we will fail to solve the problem.
However, solving the global warming problem will require a level of international co-operation not seen since the Allied nations' response during World War II. Australia, with the APEC nations, can play a critical leadership role in the international diplomatic campaign that will be needed to secure a new contraction and convergence-framed agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Oz Press C&C at APEC
Brendan Mackey mailto:email@example.com is a professor of environmental science at the Australian National University
Aubrey Meyer mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com dated
Monday, September 10, 2007
Also see:
Support Grows For Equity-Based Global Warming Plan and Climate Change: Session on future international action
Democracy at the international level – the basis for global climate action.
Talk by Kay Weir, editor Pacific Ecologist, published by the Pacific Inst of Resource Management
Organised by Adrian Macey, Climate Change Ambassador, Environment Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Lambton Quay, Wellington, 16 August 2007.
/ 'Mayor Blair' Anderson ‹(•¿•)›
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Merkel revives emissions proposal to unite world
Reuters UK - 31 Aug 2007
Merkel revives emissions proposal to unite world
'Mayor Blair' Anderson ‹(•¿•)›
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Location: Jln. Rasuna Said, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan
Tower/Floor/View: 15/12 – Podium
Size: 73 m2
Bedroom: 2
Maid Room: 1
Maid Bathroom: 1
Condition: Fully Furnished, 32 inch flat screen TV, TV Cable (also in Bedroom), Gas Stove/Oven, Day Bed Sofa, Dinning Table, Queen Size Bed, Refrigerator/Freezer, Water Dispenser (Hot & Cold), Microwave, Hot Water Shower, Washing Machine - and dedicated Parking space.
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Close to Embassy: Australia, Singapore, India, Dutch, etc.
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About our international shipping program
Pharmaca is proud to offer international shipping to more than 200 countries and several US Territories in partnership with FedEx Cross Border.
About FedEx Cross Border
FedEx Cross Border enables merchants like us to safely accept international orders and provide a seamless shopping experience to customers around the world.
FedEx Cross Border accepts a variety of international currencies. They offer customized payment options based on your country selection. When you place an order, FedEx Cross Border calculates and displays a guaranteed order total. Shipping fees, any applicable duties/taxes and shipment insurance will clearly display in your currency of choice when you complete your purchase. There are no additional charges when the product arrives at your door.
You can rest assured your order will be delivered quickly and reliably when you order from Pharmaca. FedEx Cross Border creates a single, unified tracking number that combines multiple tracking details into one reference point. With your unified tracking, you can track your order from the time it leaves our warehouse all the way to its destination.
Click below to learn more about our international services:
- International order and shipping information
- How to place an international order
- International payment options
- Order status and tracking
- International returns and refund policy
- International customer care
Note: If you are shipping an order to an APO/FPO/DPO or Puerto Rico address, please use our US site to place an order.
International order and shipping information
Pharmaca currently offers international shipping to more than 200 countries and several US Territories in partnership with FedEx Cross Border.
We ship most items within 2-4 business days after you place your order. The delivery timeframe may vary according to the destination and the shipping option you selected at when you place your order. Each option has a different average delivery time.
- International Express – Shipments are delivered in 1–5 days after it leaves our International shipping facility.
- International Economy – Shipments are delivered in 3–15 days after it leaves our International shipping facility.
These shipping timeframes are in addition to the standard shipping time for an item to arrive at the international shipping facility from the Pharmaca warehouse.
Note: If you are shipping an order to an APO/FPO/DPO or Puerto Rico address, please use our US site to place an order.
Shipping charges
Shipping rates and fees will vary based on the item and shipping destination.
International shipping rates are calculated during checkout based on your desired service level (International Economy or International Express), item type and quantity, total weight of your order and the destination's postal code. Additional charges related to shipping, duties, or tax are available at checkout for review before you complete your purchase.
Items available for international shipping vary depending on the delivery address. Please review the following restrictions for international orders:
- Some items are not eligible for international shipping due to customs and import restrictions. See below for a full list of brands we are unable to ship internationally:
- Avéne
- Dr. Bronner's
- Emergen-C
- Klorane
- jane iredale
- Our system may prompt you to remove an item from your shopping cart if your destination country does not permit import of that item.
- We cannot ship orders totaling more than $25,000. If you order multiple items totaling over $25,000, please place separate orders with each order totaling under $25,000.
International pricing
At checkout, Duty & VAT charges are combined; you may still see an amount on that line if duties apply to your order.
At checkout, your order will include an International Service Fee, which covers any additional fulfillment costs to international destinations. This fee is included to help us provide a wider range of products and a higher level of service for our international customers. We are constantly working to improve our systems to help reduce these charges.
Shipment insurance protects your order against damage or loss while your order is in transit. You can purchase shipment insurance for 2% of your order's cost, covering the value of your entire order. This insurance is automatically included at checkout. To opt out of this service, click "Remove" next to the Insurance field before you submit your order.
The employees who process your order are thoroughly trained and evaluated on proper packaging methods to ensure your items arrive in pristine condition. However, we encourage our customers to utilize our insurance program to protect any accidental damage. Without insurance, you may not file a claim for any loss or damage that occurred during the international shipping process.
If there is an incident during shipping, insurance will cover:
- Merchandise
- International Shipping Charges
- Duties
- Taxes
- Currency Risk
Shipping internationally from the US
If you are located in the US and would like to ship an order to an international recipient, you must use our International Checkout. When you are ready to checkout, click on the International Shipping button, which will take you to International Checkout, and select the destination country. You will receive a guaranteed order total for your international order, including all customs tariffs, taxes and international shipping charges. You can still pay in US dollars and use a US credit card.
Can I change or cancel my order?
Since we have a very small timeframe between receiving and fulfilling your order, at this time, you cannot change or cancel your order once it is submitted.
Can I use a coupon, promotional code, or special shipping offer?
Unless otherwise stated in the offer's Terms and Conditions, most Pharmaca coupons and discounts will apply to international orders. Shipping offers do not apply.
Can I ship to multiple addresses on the same order?
Currently, our international fulfillment vendor cannot accept multiple shipping addresses. If you need to send items to multiple addresses, please place separate orders.
How to place an international order
Use the international checkout button on the cart page. You will be transferred to our partner, Bongo. Your order total, including all customs, taxes and shipping will be displayed at checkout.
Please ensure the item is not listed as backordered or out of stock. Pharmaca is unable to ship backordered or out of stock items to international customers at this time.
Please note:
- An order confirmation will appear on your screen with your invoice and order number.
- Once your order is accepted, we will send you an Order Confirmation email with a tracking link at the bottom of the email. We recommend printing a copy of your Order Confirmation page for your records.
- FedEx Cross Border will bill you for your purchase once your order is placed.
International payment options
When you place an order through our international checkout, FedEx Cross Border processes any financial transactions.
FedEx Cross Border accepts a variety of international currencies and credit cards. Our system will automatically show you all accepted payment options at checkout based on your selected billing address.
Our most common payment methods for international orders include:
- Visa
- MasterCard
- American Express
- Diners Club International
- BC Card
- PayPal
- Other credit cards
At this time we cannot accept PayPal Credit (formerly Bill Me Later), Pharmaca Gift Cards, Money Orders, Checks, Cash on Delivery (COD) or any other payment option not listed at checkout.
When will you bill my credit card?
FedEx Cross Border will process the charge immediately after your order is placed.
How will the charge appear on my credit card statement?
Any transactions processed by FedEx Cross Border will appear as FedEx Cross BorderEU LONDON GB.
Order status and tracking
We ship most items within 2–4 business days after you place your order. The delivery timeframe may vary according to the destination and the shipping option you selected when you placed your order.
- International Express – Shipments are delivered 1–5 days after leaving our International shipping facility.
- International Economy – Shipments are delivered 3–15 days after leaving our International shipping facility.
These shipping timeframes are estimated from the international shipping facility to your shipping address. They do not include the shipping time from our warehouse to the facility.
Once we accept your order, we will assign a Unified Tracking Number to your shipment. FedEx Cross Border combines multiple carrier tracking updates into a single master tracking number you can access using the Unified Tracking link in the email order confirmation. We will include this link with your order confirmation and ship confirmation emails.
Haven't Received Your Order?
If your order does not arrive by the estimated delivery date, or you did not receive your order when tracking shows it was delivered, please contact email@example.com.
Return and refund policy
At this time, we are unable to process returns for international orders except in the case of defective product. For items damaged in transit, you will need to contact FedEx Cross Border directly.
In the case of a defective item, we will replace your item after you return the original item back to us. You must return items in with all original materials included with the shipment. We inspect all returned items to determine the defect. We must receive your returned items at our processing facility within 45 days of delivery. If the return is a result of our error or defective product, we will refund the full cost of the merchandise and shipping charges. If the product is not found to be defective, shipping fees will apply and/or a partial refund may be issued.
For assistance, please click here to contact us.
Return policy rules and exceptions
Products returned after 30 Days
Because products decrease in value over time, we offer partial refunds for items returned more than 30 days after delivery. In addition, we may reduce the refund further based on the condition of the merchandise. We also deduct the original and return shipping charges from your refund, as described in the Returns Policy.
Exchanges and replacements
At this time, we are unable to process exchanges or replacements for international orders. If you wish to make an exchange or need a replacement, you must return the original item back to us and place a new order for a replacement item. For assistance, please click here to contact us.
International Customer Care
At this time, we only offer support in English.
You can send an email any time with your questions and/or comments to our International Customer Care Representatives at firstname.lastname@example.com
Customers can also open support tickets through the universal tracking link provided within the order confirmation email.
Phone Support
Available Monday–Friday from 9am–9pm, EST (GMT-4)
Saturday and Sunday: Closed
International orders: 00-1-203-683-4894
*Local, national and international telephone rates may apply.


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Armstrong Atlantic State University Department of Nursing, Savannah, Georgia
Armstrong Atlantic State University Department of Nursing offers both Bachelor and Master degrees in Nursing. Both undergraduate and graduate level nursing programs are approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
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Peet's Coffee and Tea
6:00am - 4:00pm Daily
Peet's Coffee & Tea is the perfect place to jump start the day with a hot or cold beverage along with a quick snack or light lunch. Enjoy our freshly brewed and blended coffee or assorted teas while savoring the taste of our home made fresh baked pastries.
Come enjoy our newest delectable, the 'Sherabun'! A one of a kind cinnamon roll, presented only in Peet's Coffee. You can't find these anywhere else in the city!