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Everyone and guidebook will mention Malioboro Street and Beringharjo Market as the major shopping hotspots in Yogyakarta.
The front section of Pasar Beringharjo is selling similar batik boutiques like any shops along Malioboro Street. I think the rear section of the market selling dry food and spices are more enchanting.
We could see more traditional merchants and entrepreneurial ladies selling variety of products.
If you couldn't stand the strong scent of the typical South East Asia's market, you may not like walking in the dimly lit maze of stalls.
And let the strong scent of the spices and dry food invade your senses.
One tip for tourists: do watch out for those 'warm'-hearted' local who offers extraordinary help and imposed as local guide. According to many tourism guides, they will gradually gain your trust and eventually try to lead to some shops (batik or silver), and you may ended up buying over price products. We saw so many of these individuals in every tourist hot spot. So, beware and just ignore them.
The rear section (especially ground floor) of Pasar Beringharjo was 'messier' or having more 'character' than the boutique shops.
The Beringharjo Market and Malioboro Mall are two good indoor shelter to avoid the hot sun or rain.


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In this year's Google I/O Conference, it was announced that there will be a new version of Android OS which goes by the name of Android M. Now, the Android M developer preview is available to download from here.
Since it is the developer version, it is not the final product which is going to be released to the public and expect a lot of new features which is promised during the conference is not fully developed or there is a lot of bugs on it or the features are not even implemented into the OS yet. Therefore, even after all these warnings, you still want to install this version into your Android device, it is recommended that you backup your current content first before doing anything else. It is so that if some things happen and you can restore your Android device without any trouble.
There are a few differences between Android 5.0 Lollipop and Android M OS. One of the differences is that in the Lollipop OS, the notification which pops up at the top of the screen cannot be customized according to users' preferences, but with Android M, users are able to set them on per-app basis, which of course, will make them happy. It makes me happy. There is also an additional new "Tap & Pay" screen which seems to be meant for Android Pay.
Lastly, the developer preview of Android M can be reversed back to Android Lollipop by following the instructions here.

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I've made a little basket to fill with some choccies, that I might just eat myself. Hehe!
If you have any Easter gifts left to make then there is still time as this was very quick & easy to do.
I cut out two Spellbinders labels sanwiched a little box in the middle and added an handle. All that was left to do then was pop on one of Janet's adorable pre coloured images then add some ribbon, flowers and butterflies.
I used - Egg Decorating pre coloured image
Spellbinders dies
Woodware punches
Leaves & butterflies cut on Cameo
Papers from scrap box
Ribbon & dewdrops from stash
Thank you so much for visiting our blog, please pop back soon for some more inspiration from my super talented teamies.


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An engineering expert, Engr. Nwachukwu Alloy Iloanwusi, has outlined the benefits of complete automation of a standby generator to the users in particular and the society at large.
He made this known during a paper presentation at the technical session of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Port Harcourt branch monthly general meeting at the NSE Secretariat in Port Harcourt.
According to him, to automate a standby generator would close the gap between the time of public power failure and when the person in charge switches on the standby generator which normally causes harm in hospitals' intensive care units, theatres and for those on life support and also during intelligence meetings.
The expert who stated that control or operation of a standby generator during power outage is done by activating the prime mover at mains further gave detailed information about the standby generator as well as what the user and the society would gain by using it.
Engr Iloanwusi further said that "when there is a failure of public power supply, the loads are being transferred and returned to mains when power had been restored, thereby shutting down the generator as well as protecting the engine from shortage of lubricant or coolant and in that case pressure and temperature sensors are employed".
On the load transfer circuit, the expert maintained that the change over circuit has two loads bearing contractors rated 800amp with a common output, but each serving as input for mains and standby generators respectively, recommending the 800amp to calculate load rating.
He noted that the control circuit has two segments of which one is controlled by mains and the other by standby, pointing out that the segment controlled by mains supplies three phase voltages and neutral to a neutral voltage monitor.
Iloanwusi said that the essence of delay in power changeover is to ensure that the supply has stabilized while the essence of passing through the normal close contact of generator contractor is to ensure that the generator contractor is de-energized.
He said that an engine protection circuit, is a circuit that would cut off the engine in the event of high temperature or low lubricant pressure, adding that it is incorporated into the stopping circuit.
He commended the NSE executives for the work they are doing and for the opportunity given him during the technical session.


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Posted by Sage The fine people at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens were kind enough to schedule this advanced screening of Fox Searchlight's The Way Way Back on the day before the official start of Communies Take Manhattan, a meetup … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2013
On Telling Tony Soprano Something Important…
Guest Post by Anna Like the rest of the world, we were shocked at the sudden death of James Gandolfini this evening. Sadly, The Sopranos is one of our pop culture blind spots, so we could never do justice to his body of work and what he meant to … [Read more...]
"We Own Tonight" – The Package Tour Hits New Jersey
Posted by Sage "Somebody said somebody wouldn't last too long. Somebody's still goin' strong." It was my absolute pleasure to spend last Thursday night at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the company of 12 perfectly-aged … [Read more...]
The Nolanization of Superman – Kim on Man of Steel
Posted by Kim Eight years ago Christopher Nolan revitalized the Batman franchise with Batman Begins which focused on the origins (duh) of Batman. Batman Begins is dark and gritty which is a marked difference from the Batman films of the late 90's … [Read more...]
I Need to Talk About Grigg Harris For A Minute
Posted by Sage Please send help. I've fallen, headfirst, into the Hannibal fandom. So much so that I felt an overwhelming urge last week to rewatch the 2007 rom-com The Jane Austen Book Club, starring our tortured Hannibal hero, Hugh Dancy. … [Read more...]
Wanted: A Mad Man with a Box – Head Over Feels casts the 12th Doctor
Posted by Kim and Sage The TV Gods give and they take away. On Saturday the Community fandom rejoiced at the news that Dan Harmon would be returning for season five. Hours later the Whovian nation was rocked by the news that Matt Smith would be … [Read more...]
Star Trek Into Darkness: A Comprehensive List of All The Times We Overreacted
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ABAKA included in Capita & TechMarketView Early-Stage Partner Programme Shortlist
LONDON, June 11 2018 – ABAKA, the Financial Wellbeing platform powered by cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technology, was today included in the shortlist for the TechMarketView Early-Stage Partner Programme, a new SME support programme developed to help tech suppliers find high-potential early-stage UK tech partners.
ABAKA will join the six other successful companies at intensive Pre-Qualification Sessions with the Capita Scaling Partner Team and TechMarketView research directors in the week commencing 18th June. Capita will sit side by side with the successful digital disruptors, pitching their proposition to its own client base and providing direct access to decision makers to help access lucrative markets that would typically be out of their reach.
Fahd Rachidy, Founder and CEO of ABAKA said, "We're delighted to be shortlisted for this exciting programme and look forward to the opportunity of working in tandem with Capita to help improve people's financial lives by leveraging our award-winning Artificial Intelligence technology and proposition."
About ABAKA
ABAKA has been developed in response to the huge challenge facing the pensions industry to achieve better employee outcomes. Workers are increasingly required to bear the full responsibility of managing their savings while affordable financial solutions remain scarce.
ABAKA allows companies to offer employees an intuitive, mobile-first way to manage pensions, make educated decisions with savings and improve financial wellbeing at work. The ABAKA app features a chatbot called Ava, your personal financial advisor powered by machine learning, who works seamlessly alongside existing human resources and pension platforms. ABAKA helps employees reduce their financial worries and provides employers with increased workforce engagement, communication and productivity.


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Passengers recalled hearing loud sounds and seeing sparks flying from the plane engine during their overnight flight to Sydney from San Francisco International Airport on Friday.
The United Airlines flight from SFO experienced mechanical issues after taking off at 11:15 p.m. The flight "got a little bumpy" after 30-40 minutes, according to a passenger Jacob Franklin, and that's when the crew announced the plane was turning around because of an engine problem.
"As soon as we took off there was two loud sounds and two big sparks went from the back to the front. And there was a fuel smell," said Sukhbar Jholl.
The flight landed smoothly at 12:39 a.m. Friday, according to a United Airlines spokesperson.
"We will work to get our customers to Sydney as soon as possible. Our maintenance team is inspecting the aircraft," said United spokesperson Andrea Hiller.


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Due to lengthy periods between releases and the prevalence of Late Arrival Spoilers, spoilers from installments before 2010 may be unmarked. Read at your own risk.
This page indexes the various character pages for the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
- Sora
- Riku, Kairi, and Data-Sora
- Mickey, Donald, and Goofy
- Roxas, Axel, and Xion
- Terra, Aqua, and Ventus
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- Xehanort's Incarnations note
- Organization XIII note
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If The Rand Corporation ran Christmas…
The ornaments would be large perfectly smooth and seamless black cubes. Christmas morning there would be presents for everyone, but no one would know what they were. Their service department would have an unlisted phone number, and be located at the North Pole. Blueprints for ornaments would be highly classified government documents. X-Files would have an episode about them.


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It seems every time I get on a roll posting blogs ("a roll" being more than one every few weeks) life happens. And before I know it, weeks, even months, pass and not one blog has been written. So I have determined to try and keep a more consistent schedule. Thank you to all of you who faithfully wait for my musings!
This particular blog is definitely overdue. In March, I attended the Coffee and Quill Mini-Conference sponsored by the Christian
Authors Guild (CAG). (CAG) meets the first and third Mondays of each month at Prayer & Praise Christian Fellowship, 6409 Bells Ferry Road, Woodstock, Georgia from 7:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Believe me, if they met any closer to my hometown, I'd be at their monthly meetings. Their website is http://www.christianauthorsguild.org/. Check out their website to find out more about the group and about the conference they sponsor each year, "Catch the Wave."
At this year's Coffee and Quill, the guest speaker was Amy Hanley. Amy has an amazing testimony and she has written about her testimony in a book titled "Surrender With Child, With Cancer." In case you can't tell by the title, Amy was diagnosed with cancer while expecting her fourth child. But not just any cancer – she was diagnosed with stage three colorectal cancer – and was told she would need to abort her baby in order receive treatment to save her own life. Amy decided to trust God and this book chronicles the next two years of her – and her family's – life. It is an amazing story of God's grace, love and His healing power.
This book is an absolute must-read for anyone who is or has battled cancer, for anyone who knows someone that's in that battle, or if you just need a confirmation of the healing power of God.
You can purchase the book at : http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Surrender-With-Child-With-Cancer?keyword=Surrender+With+Child+With+Cancer&store=book.
This is a book you will want to read more than one time as you glean lessons on trusting God and His interest in even the tiniest details of what concerns you. It is a wonderful reminder of how much God loves you and the lengths He will go to prove that love!


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Congressional approval to raise the debt ceiling will not end the war in Congress over taxes, spending and the deficit. Under the new law extending the debt ceiling, the federal government will reduce spending by $900 billion over a 10-year period and delegate responsibility for even more cuts to a bipartisan 12-member congressional committee, often referred to as the "Super Congress."
The Super Congress, consisting of six senators and six representatives equally divided by party, will have until Nov. 23, 2011, to develop a plan to reduce the budget deficit by at least $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
If the Super Congress can come up with a plan that seven members agree to, it will go to a vote in both houses of Congress by Dec. 23, 2011. The Super Congress's proposal will go to an "up or down vote" — that is, it can pass with a simple majority of each house.
And in an exception to most bills that Congress considers, no filibustering or amendments will be allowed. If the Super Congress cannot agree on a plan, or it doesn't pass Congress, draconian across-the-board spending cuts of about $1.2 trillion will be automatically triggered — something no one wants.


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Farmhouse Taverns
Craft Taverns focused on Midwestern craft beers, wine & liquors, locally sourced foods. We farm in WI and build FH using salvage.
- Stage $3M in TTM Revenue
- Industry Food and Beverage
- Location Chicago, IL, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded January 2010
- Employees 140
- Website farmhouseevanston.com
Company Summary
Farmhouse is a Midwestern Craft Taverns focusing on IL, IN, WI & MI. To the greatest extent possible, everything is locally sourced from our four states. )ur beers are all local crafts, the vast majority of the liquors are local crafts and we carry 18 Midwestern wines, 2 on draft. Farmhouse is committed to local sourcing, supporting other local small businesses We also farm our own farm in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
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These old-fashioned peanut butter cookies, made with sugar, flour, peanut butter, and eggs, are like the cookies you grew up with, crispy,, chewy, and peanut buttery.
According to the authors of the cookbook in which we found this recipe, these yummy peanut butter cookies come from Mila Klomp, who won 1st prize in the 9- to 12-year-old category at a local fair. While don't know Mila, it's abundantly clear to us that she certainly knows her peanut butter cookies. Er, let us rephrase that. For someone so young, she certainly knows her old-fashioned peanut butter cookies. Crisp at the edges, chewy on the inside, and peanutty through and through. [Editor's Note: If you have a thing for peanut butter cookies that are crisp throughout, fear not, we can appease that craving with a recipe, too.] Pass the milk, please. Originally published September 7, 2012.–Renee Schettler Rossi
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
- Quick Glance
- Makes about 4 dozen
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- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar, preferably light
- 2 sticks unsalted butter (8 oz), at room temperature
- 1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy (though we all know crunchy is better)
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 tablespoon hot water
- 1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 2. In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, beat the granulated and brown sugars and butter on high until light and fluffy. Add the peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla, reduce the speed to medium, and beat until thoroughly combined.
- 3. Mix the flour and salt together in a small bowl. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour and salt to the peanut butter mixture and blend thoroughly. In a small bowl, stir together the baking soda and hot water and add it to the cookie dough, mixing until just combined.
- 4. Drop the dough in heaping tablespoons onto the parchment. Gently press a fork into each cookie, first vertically, then horizontally, to create the classic peanut butter cookie crisscross. (If an extra sparkly, extra crunchy cookie is desired, dip your fork in a little granulated sugar prior to pressing it into the dough.)
- 5. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes, until the cookies have barely begun to turn golden at the edges. Let the cookies cool for a minute or more on the baking sheet, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool at least a little. (The cookies will get crisper the longer they cool.) Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Recipe Testers Reviews
This is a perfect old-fashioned peanut butter cookie. The recipe is as simple as a cookie can be: cream together the butter and sugars, add the dry ingredients, scoop, and bake.
The yield really was 5 dozen and the cookies baked in exactly 8 minutes to achieve a perfect crunchy edge and chewy center.
This will definitely be my go-to peanut butter cookie recipe.
I wasn't a big fan of peanut butter cookies, but this recipe made one out of me. This is an amazingly moist and chewy cookie that can be made in a cinch. Just lovely.
The time of 8 minutes was bang on.
These cookies are everything everyone loves in a good peanut butter cookie, right down to the crisscrosses on top. They were perfectly chewy with crisp edges and a wonderful flavor. I took them to work to share and while sitting in my office heard my coworker yell from next door, "These cookies are the bomb!" I think that says it all.
The addition of the hot water and baking soda was a new step for me, and whatever it did, it made for a really good cookie! I used a cookie scoop and they cooked perfectly in 8 minutes.
These were a big hit. I'm generally not a huge fan of peanut butter cookies because they can be a little dry. Not so with these cookies. They had big peanut butter flavor and were nice and chewy.
The next time I make these, I'm planning on coating the bottoms with chocolate once they're cooled. What goes better with peanut butter than a little bit of chocolate?
These old-fashioned peanut butter cookies were wonderful! My husband has repeatedly requested another batch. The dough is easy to put together and the cookies puff up and spread during baking, so don't be surprised when you have a nice-sized cookie in the end.
My only thought on improving this cookie recipe is the addition of chocolate chunks to the dough or a drizzle of chocolate over the finished cookie!
These are simple to make and delicious—crispy on the outside while still moist and a little chewy on the inside. The only thing missing is a cool glass of milk!
I really love peanut butter cookies, but once I started thinking about it, I realized that I had never made them before. This is a great introductory recipe. Not too many ingredients, not too many steps, and really delicious stay-soft cookies.
I may have snuck some chocolate chips into that last dozen I baked, which was also delicious.
I'm a horrible baker, so anytime I see a baking recipe, I cringe slightly and then go on to the next recipe. Well, it's time to face my fear of burnt pastry and crying helplessly in the corner of my kitchen. This was a gleaming example of how a baking recipe can go so right. Following this recipe exactly produced cookies with a perfectly crisp exterior and chewy interior. For a guy who can't bake, these were some of the yummiest cookies I've accomplished.
My only beef (or peanut) was the whole "drop the dough by heaping tablespoons" thing. I prefer a uniform look when cooking, so I used an ice-cream scoop and divided the ball in half. This produced a consistent-looking cookie; however, this method also produced larger cookies, as I was only able to get 3 1/2 dozen from this recipe.
While I may not be the baker in the family, this recipe inspired me to put on my brave face, turn on the oven, and try.
I tried this recipe with a really good organic, unsweetened peanut butter and the finished cookies were delicious. Not too sweet, lots of nutty flavor, and a great texture. They were incredibly easy to make. If you do use an organic peanut butter, give it a quick zap in the microwave on low power to soften it up if straight out of the refrigerator.
These simple but classic old-fashioned peanut butter cookies are perfect for any bake sale or event where baked goods are needed! I love that the proportions are easy enough to halve or double as needed. The cookies come together in no time and they're predictably peanut buttery and addictive. Keep an eye on them though—mine took a bit longer to cook than indicated so use your judgment.
This is a simple peanut butter cookie. Often recipes require refrigeration before baking for a great peanut butter cookie, but this one delivers without the wait. The cookie dough comes together in a flash and then is ready to bake—no rolling or shaping, just drop, fork, bake, and eat.
They're best served warm, while they're soft and chewy, but are easy to eat cold too, when they become more crisp and crunchy. I wouldn't have a problem eating them either way.
These buttery and oh-so-easy-to-make cookies are highly addictive. These simple treats are in fact quite dangerous because they're a snap to make and take even less time to devour. The flavor is subtle, sweet, and so very sweet-tooth satisfying.
The recipe makes about 42 medium–large cookies, so find some friends to share them with. The finished product ends up looking like the traditional design we've come to expect and love.
This is a definite keeper in the family cookbook of recipes worth craving.
These are delicious cookies. Not sure what the hot water and baking soda do for the cookies, as they taste similar to many other peanut butter cookies with flour in them. I'm always up for trying a new PB cookie recipe and this young lady certainly did a great job with this one.
I made a half recipe since this one easily halved and I didn't want 5 dozen.
While my family enjoyed them, they didn't let it stop them in reminding me that even though they would eat these anytime they still prefer the ones my daughter makes with only three ingredients: sugar, egg, and peanut butter. I still say these are worth a go if you enjoy peanut butter cookies.
If you make this recipe, snap a photo and hashtag it #LeitesCulinaria. We'd love to see your creations on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.


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Lice Bomb – How to Treat Head Lice in Children with Organics
Lice Bomb – How to Treat Head Lice in Children with Organics
There are some critters that seem to stand the test of time. No matter how much we want them gone, they co-exist with us. They need us and we can't wait to be rid of them.
It is not a surprise to any of us that lice are everywhere. Plenty of people believe that lice only appear in heavily populated areas. There is a folk lore surrounding lice, beliefs that lice only thrive in dirty hair or long hair or are only passed between individuals in kindergartens, schools, hospitals and prisons. Actually, lice will jump on anyone, anytime, in any place where there are people.
Commonly it is thought, that you can only treat the head lice once you know you have them in your hair. Here is a new wave of preventative hair care and it is as effective as any cure. So I hear you ask, what chemical cocktail I will be administering to myself and my children daily, to stop the lice. The answer is not chemical but organic!
We Developed a step by step system that deters head lice and aids in the removal of lice and eggs from the hair. All the while the products are organic so they are safe to use on the skin and hair of your little ones, plus environmentally safe. For skin and hair products, this is brilliance in a brand!
If it is a case of a child already having the lice and eggs, you need the Lice Bomb. This is formulated from No More Nitz pure plant essence, applied to the head and combed through with a lice comb. The lice and eggs are removed after application.
The Lice Bomb solution smells like citrus oil. It is easy to apply to the head and behind the ears as it doesn't smell awful or burn the skin. In the past, I have tried other lice removing products that have instructions like (wear gloves when using product) or (if products gets in eyes please see your doctor). I have opened bottles of other products that are a chemical foam spray. Why would these other products be the choice over a natural alternative? They may deter the lice but what ongoing chemical effect, will it have on your child?
The lice deterrent is continued with the daily use of shampoo, conditioner and leave-in conditioner. All these products are organically certified, leaving your child's hair feeling soft and smelling fresh. I was really glad to find products that are useful and eco-friendly!
I am proud of these No More Nitz Australian products. I hope that every parent who has had to deal with the issue of lice considers giving products a try Child Head Lice Control.
There are multiple benefits in organics, not just for us but also for the environment. When choosing these products for our children, we are protecting them now from the chemical alternatives and protecting the environment for our children's future. As a parent, who is always seeking ways of protecting my children and benefitting their futures, the brand seems to understand and it is great to see!


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Statutory Rules 2003 No. 367
Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 9)
Subsection 1364(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed by regulations or necessary or convenient to be prescribed by such regulations for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Paragraphs 792B(2)(b) and (c) of the Act require holders of a licence to operate a financial market in Australia to notify the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) of breaches or disciplinary action involving market participants and other persons. An inappropriate and unintended consequence of these provisions is that it imposes a burden on foreign-based market licensees in the case where such information does not affect Australian persons. In addition, certain foreign-based market licensees could not comply with these requirements without breaching their home jurisdiction's regulatory regime.
The purpose of the Regulations is to partially exempt foreign-based market licensees from the requirement to inform the ASIC of breaches or disciplinary action involving non-Australian market participants and other persons. A partial exemption would also be provided where an overseas regulatory regime precludes a foreign-based market licensee from providing information directly to ASIC.
The Ministerial Council for Corporations has been consulted about the Regulations as required by the Corporations Agreement 2002. The approval of the Ministerial Council is not required for amendments to regulations relating to the securities industry.
Details of the Regulations are in the Attachment.
The Regulations commence on gazettal.
Authority: Section 1364 of the Corporations Act 2001
Details of the Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 9)
Regulation 1: Name of Regulations
Regulation 1 provides that the proposed Regulations are to be known as the Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 9).
Proposed Regulation 2: Commencement
Regulation 2 provides that the proposed regulations commence on gazettal.
Proposed Regulation 3: Amendment of Corporations Regulations 2001
Regulation 3 provides that Schedule 1 amends the Corporations Regulations 2001.
Schedule 1: Amendment
Paragraphs 792B(2)(b) and (c) of the Corporations Act 2001 require market licensees to notify ASIC of breaches or disciplinary action involving market participants and other persons.
Item 1 inserts new regulation 9.12.03 that prescribes that, for foreign-based licensees, the requirement to notify ASIC would be confined to disciplinary action against an Australian participant, contraventions by an Australian participant, or actions or contraventions which may have an impact on an Australian participant or Australian client.
If an overseas licensee's relevant (overseas) regulatory regime does not permit giving notice to ASIC directly, a foreign-based market licensee will be deemed to have complied with paragraph 792B(2)(c) if they give the relevant information to the relevant (overseas) regulator, tell ASIC that they have given the relevant information to that regulator, and arrangements exist for the information to be then passed to ASIC by that regulator.


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Frequently asked questions
+ What's the problem with wet wipes?
Wet wipes have become a monster problem as they are getting where they shouldn't be - in the sea and on our beaches. They get there because their labelling is confusing and because they are disposed of incorrectly.
Flushed wipes readily combine with fats, oils and greases to form blockages and infamous fatbergs in our sewerage systems. This can result in household flooding and raw sewage being discharged into our rivers and seas. It's then a simple journey up on to our beaches, with a whole host of other sanitary waste. Wet wipes also typically contain plastic and once this has started to break down and disperse it forms part of the greater problem of microplastics at sea.
The public are unsurprisingly confused about the different types of wipes, and what different types of labelling mean. As a result many wipes not designed to be flushed are increasingly being flushed down the toilet. Unfortunately, even those wipes labelled 'flushable' can still cause blockages. This is because although labelled as such, they do not meet Water UK (the union that brings together water companies from across the UK) standards, which are the most stringent.
+ How big is the problem?
During the MCS 2016 Great British Beach clean,, an average of 14.1 wipes for every 100m of our coastline were found. We have seen an increase of almost 700% wipes on our beaches over the last decade.
The cost to the water companies and to ourselves as taxpayers in dealing with these blockages runs into millions of pounds every year.
Blockages account for 80% of sewer flooding incidents in the UK and more than 3,000 properties are flooded each year as a result.
There are over 366,000 sewer blockages throughout the UK every year, of which between 50 % and 80% are caused by fats, oils and grease, wipes, sanitary waste and other unflushable items.
Approximately £88 million is spent annually on reactive blockage clearance nationwide, with further costs for clean-up after flooding incidents. These costs will be paid for through higher customer bills.
+ Define flushable?
Anything that can actually be flushed down a toilet (i.e. it goes out of sight) can be considered 'flushable' as per the descriptions being used on many products. This means that if your toothbrush can be flushed, or even your pet hamster, then by definition it is flushable. However, this doesn't mean that it won't cause blockages. Together with Wessex Water, we sent a letter to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) highlighting this issue. They told us that Trading Standards is a more appropriate route for this complaint. So, with the 21st Century Drainage Group (which includes government representatives, regulators, the UK water industry, environmental NGOs, and local authorities), we have contacted Trading Standards. We have been informed by trading standards that the definition of 'flushable' needs to be determined legally. We are currently looking into options available to proceed. We think that a person on the street would understand the term "flushable" to mean not causing issues to pipes and sewer systems, and that this should be reflected in how products are marketed. See Advertising Standards Agency Complaint.
+ What is dispersible?
The words 'flushable' and 'dispersible' are being used interchangeably by retailers. 'Dispersible' would seem to suggest that the product breaks up into tiny harmless pieces. However, there is no agreed definition of these terms at present and in any case most wet wipes contain plastic and therefore shouldn't be flushed in our view because then the 'dispersed' components would inevitably include microplastics. Remember the Three Ps… Pee, Poo and Paper only down the loo! Even if the product says it is flushable, or that it will disperse.
+ I've heard there are standards
Currently, there are two differing standards on what can be flushed. The standard set out by Water UK (the representative of the water companies who have to deal with stuff that actually ends up in our sewerage systems!). The second standard, often used to inform product labelling in the UK, is the EDANA Standard, which is designed by the product manufacturers themselves. We liken this to a drinks manufacturer setting safe drinking limits. The water companies are very clearly and loudly saying this standard does not comply with the Water Industry standards. The water companies have come together in an unprecedented step to present an international water industry position statement on non flushable and "flushable" labelled products, supported by 15 Countries and over 200 organisations. The statement makes clear what should and should not be disposed of via a toilet, and supports the view that wet wipes and or similar products should only be marketed with prominent and clear 'do not flush / bin it' labelling. For any product to be labelled or considered flushable it would have to pass the water industry test requirements, and the product should not contain plastic or regenerated cellulose - to ensure it is truly biodegradable and not causing more microplastics or other non-biodegradable materials to enter the oceans.
+ Is there public support for relabelling of 'flushable' wet wipes
83% of the British public, questioned in a YouGov poll for MCS,
support the removal of the claim of 'flushable' from all wet
wipes if they do not meet water industry standards for what can
be safely flushed down the toilet without causing blockages.
That's more than 4 out of 5 people, with most support coming
from those aged over 55 years.
Full results:
Question asked: To what extent would you support or oppose the following in the UK? Removal of the claim of 'flushable' from all wet wipes (e.g. moist toilet tissue, toilet cleaning wipes, toddler training wipes) if they do not meet water industry standards for what can be safely flushed down the toilet without causing blockages.
+ What are the impacts to wildlife?
Wet wipes typically contain plastic. Once in our seas this plastic forms part of the greater problem of microplastics at sea. This microplastic, once in the oceans, is eaten by zooplankton, which forms the base of the food chain; they are eaten by the fish we eat. Wipes either whole or in pieces which end up as litter on our beaches, can then be mistaken for food by all sorts of precious marine life.
+ Do all flushable wipes contain plastic?
"Flushable" or "dispersible" wet wipes often need to be strengthened using "man-made" fibres e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31969689. However, what the wet wipes are made of isn't displayed on the products or required by law. MCS has been working really hard with retailers on this issue, and we are happy to report that most own-brand wipes sold by high street retailers do not contain plastic in their flushable wipes, or commitments have been given to remove them. We have also been teaming up with some academics who are looking at the biodegradability of the contents of these wipes (currently there is no test of this!).We are working on ensuring that all the material is fully biodegradable within all the environments a wet wipe encounters (e.g. freshwater, saline water as well as during sludge treatment).
+ Have any of the retailers changed their labelling?
We have been in discussion with major international brands as well as high street retailers who have decided that they don't adhere to the requirements and are removing them. We have seen improvements in the labelling of non-flushable wipes with EDANA issuing guidance for the Do not flush logo to be shown on the front of pack. This has resulted in pressure on the industry to change its practices and to improve labelling.
+ Are there any wet wipes which are environmentally friendly?
Wet wipes are designed to be used once and once only. MCS would in principle like to see a reduction in the manufacturing and use of all of these types of products, because they tend to generate lots of waste in the environment as a result. However, we know wet wipes can be really handy, and so hope that consumers put these into the bin regardless of whether they are labelled flushable or otherwise environmentally friendly. Until we have certainty over what they contain, and how they behave once they have been flushed and enter aquatic environments. It's the only way to be sure.
+ Aren't biodegradable wet wipes ok?
If the word 'biodegradable' is used on a packet or inferred, that doesn't tell us how long it takes for the product to breakdown, nor if they are able to breakdown in all environments e.g. freshwater vs. saltwater. This is particularly an issue where the product contains plastic as part of the weave. We know the consumers often think because an item is labelled biodegradable, it can be safely flushed. Sadly that is unlikely to be the case. Some wipes contain regenerated cellulose, and we have concerns that this be add to the issue of micropollution in the ocean, with regenerated cellulose found in deep sea sediments indicating that this material doesn't break down easily.
+ Is there something else I can use instead of wetwipes?
There was a time when wet wipes obviously didn't exist, and for some uses you might want to explore whether there are re-usable or entirely naturally based products that can also do the job.
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This afternoon's Sketch and Stroll participants ranged from Accademia delle Belli Arti students, to Polimoda fashion design students, to Americans who have relocated to Florence permanently or semi-permanently. It was a great group and we had a lot of fun. Thank you to everybody for participating! Here's a comment from one participant: "That was such an enjoyable afternoon and so valuable too. I have avoided learning to draw for some silly reason and this was as painless a way to break the taboo as I could have imagined. Thank you so much for your help and pleasant way of teaching! I really hope to be able to do some more work with you"
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Florence Sketch and Stroll Photos
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Prudential Vietnam
Prudential Vietnam is a member of Prudential Plc, a leading global financial group headquartered in the UK. In Vietnam, Prudential is a trusted life-insurance company that offers effective financial solutions to millions of people in Vietnam. Prudential provides products focused on saving, protection, and investment.
Prudential has a customer base of 1.4 million and over 176,000 financial consultants across Vietnam, an expansive network of over 300 customer care centres and branches located in 63 provinces, and a nationwide hospital/clinic network of over 128 hospitals.
Prudential is the first life insurance company in Vietnam to apply artificial intelligence in insurance consulting. Besides its core business, Prudential also focus on social responsibility. During the period of 2012 to 2017, Prudential Vietnam has contributed over 162 VND billion across three pillars of education, healthy living, and community support.
Why does your organisation partner with Chevening?
Funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Chevening Scholarships programme provides prestigious awards to enable talented Vietnamese, in both the public and the private sectors, to take up post-graduate study (up to one year) at British Universities.
This programme is targeted at talented young Vietnamese with the potential to become future leaders.
PVA has been a key sponsor of this programme with the aim of supporting the British government's educational initiative and to demonstrate Prudential's corporate and social responsibility in Vietnam. PVA have sponsored a total of 32 Chevening Scholars since 1997.
Scholar experience
'I am writing to express my gratitude to the Chevening Scholarships Secretariat. This gratitude also goes to the Prudential whose kindness gave me a chance to experience British education.
'2017 was probably the best year of my life, since I was fortunate to meet thousands of friends around the world. Not only did I learn from them but I also introduced Vietnamese culture to them. As a zealous graduate who wishes to follow a career in education, I believe that my study in the UK definitely benefited my pathway.
'Once again, thank you to Prudential for being at the heart of my trip to the United Kingdom. I hope that I could accompany the development of the company in order to inspire more young people.'
– Nguyen Thi Minh Luan, MSc – Educational Studies, University of Glasgow (2016/2017)
What courses are supported?
Prudential co-funds one scholar to study any subject at a UK university.


text: Share: Comments Print January 20, 2015 at 6:05 AM Massive rent increases make the case for rent control Posted by Letters Coordinator The rent increases that The Seattle Times reported taking place at the Linda Manor Apartments are unfair and should be illegal ["Rents rising quickly as older buildings change hands," Business, Jan. 12]. Renters should not have to pay for bad investments made by real-estate speculators. Bauhaus Partners knew going into this purchase what the current rents were and what the cash flow would be at these rents. Still, it went ahead with the purchase figuring: Oh well, we'll just jack up the rents and break even. What has happened at the Linda Manor Apartments clearly illustrates why it is important to have rent control in Seattle. Rent control, when done properly, would protect renters from the type of rent gouging that Bauhaus Partners is engaging in, while allowing for an equatable rent increase to keep up with area rental rates. Robert Oberlander, Issaquah Comments | More in Housing | Topics: Bauhaus Partners, housing, Linda Manor Apartments


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Friday, November 18, 2011
The Descendants
George Clooney plays an affluent man living in Hawaii. But his life is far from paradise. His wife is in a coma from a recent boating accident. And his two daughters are both distant and acting out. And when he finds out his wife isn't coming back, he needs to tell her friends and family so that they may say their proper farewells before she goes.
This is the first film from director Alexander Payne since his success with 'Sideways' in 2004, for which he won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. Like in that film he balances drama and comedy here perfectly, although the drama in this one is much heavier and much more poignant. Payne really hit the mark in every way, particularly in casting Clooney as the lead and in choosing Hawaii as the location, which became a central character for the movie, just as wine country was in 'Sideways'. And the whole cast is perfect. Clooney is at the top of his game, playing a much more relatable every-man role than his equally impressive performance as a slick politician in 'The Ides of March'. He consistently proves he's worth every bit of his status and reputation in Hollywood as a movie star and a true actor. And the rest of the unlikely cast including Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster, and two relative unknowns, Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller, are all pitch perfect. Quite simply, this is one of the best films of the year and likely to score an Oscar Best Picture nomination. Go see it if you're ready to laugh and cry.
Grade: A+
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The old Sa Pa market at 7B group, Cau May street, Sa Pa town dissolved several years ago. Long time ago, coming to Sapa, visitors spent time visiting this district market. The market used to be held on weekends. A lot of visitors and local people went to Sapa market in Sapa, Vietnam to buy local things and explore the business here. Today, on all the days of the week, you can see the bustling scene of regional markets Sapa.
Features of Sapa market
It is said that in the past, Sapa market was very crowded and bustling. The market was held outdoors on a large plot of land. The regional men rode or led a horse while carrying a flintlock over their shoulders and a knife in a bamboo box waist placed above their waist. They take mushroom, wood ear, firewood, rice corn, large bamboo and timber trunk on their back and exchange their products for meat, salt, needle and fabric. When the French arrived, they built a big wooden market with sloping thinly cut fokienia roof that is similar to the roof of H'Mong people. The left corner of the market is the place for tying horses. Down a little is the path to the Cat Cat and the street for Hoa people.
By 1995, the old market was demolished and the new market was built of concrete and had two floors. Although the new market is solid and magnificent, the locals like to walk around the surrounding streets and church gardens to sell goods and chat with each other.
Discovery of Sapa market
Every week, this is the market of Yao people that opened on Saturday evening. In the afternoon, in the street and at the church yard, many women wore the clothes embroidered with numerous gorgeous patterns accompanied by silver necklaces, silver buttons and small coins on the shoulders. More interestingly, after every footstep, the tinkling of the copper tintinnabula on the scarf was produced.
At one corner, a group of boys gathered around a girl. They gave their cassettes to the girl to record the songs of love in ethnic languages. Many tourists felt excited when seeing Yao girls hang their heads and hide their faces with their hands in shame.
At the fair, you will have the opportunity to enjoy regional dishes, typical kinds of wine made from glutinous rice, cassava, corn and fresh fruits such as plum, apple and pear and talk with Sapa ethnic minorities.
For ethnic women and tourists, the main attraction at Sapa market is the area selling jewelry, dress and brocade cloth. Here you can select a brocade product or an ethnic dress. Quite a few tourists were dazzled by the colorful costume of ethnic people.
Sapa, Vietnam attracts visitors because of not only the natural beauty of the mountains, hills, terraced rice fields filled with fog or in the new rice crop but also the unique traditional cultures and brocade outfits in local festivals. The most special point is the periodic fairs where you can learn more about the habits and customs of ethnic people here.


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Kentucky Republicans Ready To Do Battle For McConnell's Reelection Campaign
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes' announced Monday that she will run for the Democratic nomination to be a senator from Kentucky.
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes' announced Monday that she will run for the Democratic nomination to be a senator from Kentucky.
For Democrats, the campaign to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been dark and full of terrors. Even though McConnell has one of the worst at-home popularity ratings of any sitting senator — with 36 percent of Kentucky voters approving of the job he did, compared to 54 percent disapproving, according to an April Public Policy Polling report — trying to find a candidate that can actually defeat him in Kentucky, a deeply red state, has proven to be a monumental task.
For a while, Ashley Judd seemed to be the best possible challenger to McConnell. With her wide name recognition, personal wealth, access to possible campaign funders and reputation as a political activist, she seemed to have checked off every box on the ideal candidate list. However, her progressive, extreme-left politics and Tennessee residency were thought to be liabilities in conservative-leaning Kentucky. Early and vicious mudslinging from the McConnell camp and a lack of support from national Democrats ultimately forced Judd to decide not to run.
Since Judd's departure, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has been considered as a possible challenger to McConnell in 2014. Lundergan Grimes, 34, is a Lexington attorney and the daughter of a former state Democratic Party chairman. A pro-business, modest moderate, she won election in 2011 through her father's deep fundraising network. With Lundergan Grimes' announcement Monday that she will run for the Democratic nomination to be a senator from Kentucky, the general consensus across the nation has been that McConnell — the most powerful Republican in the Senate — has met his match.
"Kentucky is tired of 28 years of obstruction. Kentucky is tired of someone who has voted against raising the minimum wage while all the while quadrupling his own net worth. Kentucky is tired with the senior senator who has lost touch with Kentucky issues, voters and their values," said Grimes at a news conference in Frankfort.
If elected, Lundergan Grimes would be the youngest senator in the 114th Congress, based on current candidates, by a factor of five years.
McConnell has been criticized over the last few years for focusing the Senate Republicans on solidly opposing the Obama administration instead of actually legislating. Shortly before the 2010 midterm elections, he went as far as to say during an interview with National Journal, "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."
The Democrats have held majority control of the Senate since 2007. The 111th Congress, in which Democrats controlled both houses, produced the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Affordable Care Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law, an expansion of the Child Health Insurance Program, the Serve America Act and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
The 112th and 113th Congresses, in which the Republicans controlled the House of Representatives, became known as the "do-nothing Congresses." The 112th passed the fewest public laws of any session of Congress, and the 113th is on track to take the title for second-fewest.
While the House is responsible for most of the Congresses' inactivity, the filibuster — used almost fanatically by the Senate Republicans — helped to add friction to the legislative process.
McConnell doesn't seem to be fazed by Lundergan Grimes' run.
"Accepting the invitation from countless Washington liberals to become President Obama's Kentucky candidate was a courageous decision by Alison Lundergan Grimes, and I look forward to a respectful exchange of ideas," McConnell said in a statement about Grimes' decision.
"The next sixteen months will provide a great opportunity for Kentuckians to contrast a liberal agenda that promotes a war on coal families and government rationed health care with someone who works everyday to protect Kentuckians from those bad ideas," said McConnell. "Together we've invested a lot to ensure that Kentucky's voice in the U.S. Senate is heard from the front of the line rather than the back-bench and I intend to earn the support to keep it there."
McConnell may have reason to worry, however. Despite only having a 50 percent name recognition in Kentucky, polling of likely state voters shows a virtual tie between McConnell and Lundergan Grimes. In composite polling, McConnell leads Lundergan Grimes by 4.5 percentage points, with Wenzel Strategies polling giving McConnell a 7-point lead and Public Policy Polling calling the race even at 45 points each. According to a SurveyUSA poll, 34 percent of all registered voters have said that they will vote against McConnell no matter who the challenger is, compared to just 17 percent that said they will vote for him no matter what.
As more people learn of Lundergan Grimes, the race promises to tighten. But McConnell is a renowned political trench-fighter — three of his five elections to the Senate were decided by less than 6 percentage points. McConnell is known for fighting dirty and striking his opponents early, often and hard. More importantly, McConnell has a war chest worth millions of dollars, with channels to out-of-state donors readily available to him.
Recently, national Republicans have started to connect Lundergan Grimes to the president, hoping that the president's unpopularity will affect her.
"Just last year, Alison Lundergan Grimes stood proudly at the Democratic National Convention to nominate Barack Obama, who has followed through on his promise to destroy the coal industry; in essence declared a war on the state of Kentucky and the middle class families who call it home," National Republican Senatorial Committee Executive Director Rob Collins said in a statement. "Kentuckians have absolutely no reason to send Alison Lundergan Grimes to Washington to help pass the policies of a president whom they adamantly oppose and to elect a liberal Senate Leader who declared, 'coal makes us sick.'"
In this, the Democrats get a free shot at McConnell's expense. First, Lundergan Grimes has nothing to lose — she is not up for re-election until 2015 and she does not have to step down as secretary of state to run for the Senate. Second, a tough fight for McConnell means that the top Republican senator will be unavailable to campaign or fundraise for other Senate races. Finally, the external fundraising that will be needed for McConnell's defense will mean that less money is available for other Senate races.
As seen in Mark Sanford's defeat of Elizabeth Colbert Busch in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District race earlier this year, a damaged, unpopular Republican can win handily against a popular Democrat in a red district. As such, with an unpopular Democratic president in the White House, Lundergan Grimes is the underdog in this race. But she is in a position to play spoiler for the Senate Republicans.
Mnar Muhawesh speaks with journalist Daniel McAdams about being permanently banned from Twitter, social media censorship and more.
As millions gather in Santiago and whole families march against privatization and rising inequality, the corporate media is busy defending Chile's billionaire president.
An interview with anti-war campaigner Cindy Sheehan on how liberals learned to love her, her clash with the Women's March and more.
It is inconceivable to the United States that a "rag-tag" force like Yemen's Houthis might, with home-made weapons, outdo the hundred-billion-dollar might and sophistication of the state-of-the-art systems Washington has lavished upon the Saudis.


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Art Hop At Citizen Cider
September 7 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Join us in celebrating SEABA's 27th Annual South End Art Hop! Citizen Cider is just one of the many stops in a night filled with local businesses gathering together to recognize all of the incredible art from around our amazing city.
We will be hosting an artist market where local artists will be showcasing and selling their amazing creations!
LIVE MUSIC: On the loading dock Friday-
Loving The Alien VT. – a David Bowie Tribute + Barbacoa. Don't miss out
Danny and the Parts- a Citizen Cider favorite + Our 2019 Battle of the Bands winners Night Protocol
See you there!
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Appree Pressed Flower Sticker Lavender
Appree Pressed Flower Sticker Lavender
This is a pressed-flower type Lavender sticker made by pressing flowers and leaves. The floral language of lavender is "silence" and "Please answer me." It grows 30 to 60 cm of height in the southern Europe's Mediterranean coast from June through September, and the light purplish flower hangs at the end of a long floral axis. Lavender is cultivated to collect the perfumed oil of flower, which is also used for treating headache and stabilizing nerves.
Material // PET, paper
Number of Sheet // 1
Sheet Size // 92 x 150 mm
* It is not a real pressed flower, but a pressed sticker made by reediting the images of the pressed flowers.
This is a press sticker that is made by pressing its flowers and leaves. Meet this press sticker and bring your childhood memories of walking on the street and picking beautiful flowers to put it inside the book until it dries. We added minimal design and tried to maximize the natural beauty in itself. This realistically portrayed press stickers are naturally merged into wherever we want, making it a different place and giving it a new feeling.
Appree is product company providing a variety of office supplies, based on Seoul, Korea and was established in 2008. They design small but special experience such as refreshing atmosphere of the mountain, mist, calm weather and lake felt in the nature and has always been developing small office products with an attitude of 'Learning from the Nature'.
All orders placed will be shipped out in 1-3 working days^ for Singapore delivery address, the rest will be shipped out on 2-5 working days^. Orders placed after 12pm shall be processed on nextworking day. Shipping speed based on the delivery method chosen.
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Fixed shipping fee at $1.00 SGD. Enjoy free shipping for purchase above $10 SGD* within Singapore.
Since normal mail is non-trackable, we will not be responsible if it is loss in transit.
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Fixed shipping fee at $3.50 SGD. Enjoy free shipping to your doorstep for purchase above $20 SGD* within Singapore.
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Our logo character,
Green Foot
, symbolizes our company's mission.
We want to nudge, push, and inspire people take a green foot forward as a
completely normal part of every day life.
It's true we all can't be
Al Gore
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small but meaningful green steps like turning off a light, driving slower, or taking
shorter showers as part of our daily routine.
energy saving tips
take is a little knowing and a little doing.
If you look closely at Green Foot, you'll see she has a healthy tree growing out
of her energy saving compact fluorescent bulb-brain, and her shapely body is
made from recycled cans and bottles inside an eco-friendly shopping bag.
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The textbook definition of "landscape" is a depiction of an expanse of scenery, generally seen from a single viewpoint, which, like fiction, not only displays, but also conveys a narrative of nature as filtered through one person's perspective. In American art history, landscape painting holds an exalted position because it signifies a national identity animated by the combination of divine creative power and manifest destiny. From the monumentally scaled, highly theatrical Hudson River School paintings of Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) and Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) to the more intimate plein air expressions of William Merritt Chase (1849–1916) and William Glackens (1870–1938), artistic depictions of nature offer a continuous thread illuminating America's collective imagination.
But "landscape" can also be understood as an action (enhancing the land to make it look better), as a way to define a situation (the economic landscape) or even as a psychological state of being (an emotional landscape defined by intellectual or imaginative characteristics). Both of these definitions coexist in Andreas Gursky's photographs, a selection of which will be on view in Andreas Gursky: Landscapes, opening August 2 at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York. His monumentally scaled photographs capture in extreme detail vast natural landscapes, grand architectural edifices, broad open expanses of water, and masses of people engaged in daily life. For Landscapes he has selected a body of work as a studied response to his understanding of what he calls "the specific situation" of the Parrish: its location on the East End of Long Island and the historical tradition of artistic creativity for which the region is renowned. "For me," Gursky noted, "it doesn't matter if I deal with landscape, still life, interior, or architecture. For me it is just so much about my view on the world."
Gursky makes photographs with a seemingly dispassionate viewpoint of an omniscient observer. He has spent much of his career photographing landscapes, recording them directly with a large-format camera in Klausen Pass (1984) or composing them digitally from a series of shots, as in Rhine II (1999). His images are titled simply and directly after the geographical place where they were taken. Early landscapes such as Engadin I (1995) or Tour de France (2007) specify location as a vast majesty of natural terrain within which humans only register on a minute scale. In Salerno I (1990) or Bahrain I (2005), however, man-made forms loom in the foreground, showing how humans stake a more emphatic claim on their environment by dramatically altering the terrain. Writing in Andreas Gursky: Works 80–08, curator Martin Hentschel posits the artist's work as a "mental image … that has been passed down to us by the history of painting and inscribed into our collective memory." No matter what their subject though, Gursky's pictures reflect his idiosyncratic perspective on both topography and compositional structure. His landscapes are not only markers of a particular time and place, they are also something otherworldly: an image that surpasses the basic conditions of its creation.
Gursky's signature accomplishment as an artist is his ability to estrange his image from normal perception. Ocean III (2010) asks viewers to assume the nearly impossible position of comprehending the macrocosmic, while Untitled III (2002) immerses them in a microcosmic viewpoint. These distinctions can also be expressed in contrasting terms of image density, as in Untitled XII (2002), or expansiveness, demonstrated in James Bond Island III (2007). In his work, polarities are often juxtaposed or inhabit the same space. Immense landscapes, such as Rhine II (1999) and Greeley (2002), or architectural investigations, like Schipol (1994) or Kamiokande (2007), compare and contrast seemingly unrelated themes—monumentalizing motifs, tiny details, patterns, manifold repetition, and compression of perspective—that are united to underscore Gursky's fascination with how both man-made and naturally occurring structures shape human consciousness.
Nowhere is the dissonance between the natural landscape and the incursion of humanity through commerce and popular culture more evident than in such works as SH I (2013) and SH II (2014). In this series, the artist has most emphatically staged a psychological "place" in which humans occupy the landscape within a highly suggestive narrative. Gursky hasn't consciously set out to revisit the rhapsodic romanticism epitomized by Caspar David Freidrich (1774–1840), although he readily recognizes that viewers may leap to that association. "If one compares the recent superhero images to the German Romantic period, of course there is a similarity of composition. But in developing the concept, it's not that I have Freidrich in mind or that I construct the composition to resemble those pictures," he noted. "As an artist, I acknowledge that there are icons in our collective memories, and I do hold that history in mind in the background." What the artists do share is a willingness to assess the schism between the ideal of the earth as a godly creation and the reality of the impact incurred by human activity.
Throughout his career Gursky has explored the many nuanced facets of human existence. Highly detailed, his photographs are simultaneously deadpan observational and transcendent, encompassing both naturally occurring and man-made environments. Whatever his practical approach, the artist uses landscape to capture a sense of place and a moment in time that expresses his understanding of landscape as a site where human and natural forces collide in an increasingly homogenous world.
© 2015 Andreas Gursky/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG-Bild-Kunst, Bonn. All works are c-prints or inkjet prints. All dimensions include the frame.


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About 12-15% of couples have a hard time getting pregnant after a year of unprotected sex. Some of the most common causes of infertility include:
If you haven't been able to get pregnant, Dr. Carda can help with infertility counseling, diagnosis and treatment of ovulation disorders, and by providing artificial insemination.
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Ergonomics Tip: Find the Right Height for Your Computer Monitor
Computer Monitor Height
Make sure your computer monitor is properly adjusted to maximize body comfort.
Ergonomics Tip: Adjust Your Armrest to Reduce Discomfort
Having your chair properly adjusted is important to lower discomfort, that includes your chair's armrest.
Ergonomic Tip: Reduce Wrist Strain
Reduce Wrist Strain – Ergonomic Tip
Lower your risk of wrist injury by following these helpful hints.
Ergonomic Tip: Lumbar Support
Interesting video on turtling in your chair
Ergonomic Tip: Turlting Causes Pain
Interesting video on turtling in your chair
Ergonomics Tip: What Office Equipment Will Make Me the Most Productivity?
Ergonomics Tip
As employees struggle to self-diagnose and troubleshoot the discomfort they have at work, many reach out to management with a request for equipment. Without proper training and diagnosis, this can be a waste of resources or escalate the problem.
See if this sounds familiar:
An employee starts to experience constant or even occasional discomfort and will start to become preoccupied. They are unsure what they exactly need, but they know they need something. They may even start trying to find any excuse they can to step away from their desk.
It occurs to them that maybe a new piece of hardware will solve all their issues. "My desk is horrible. I need to be able to stand." Management doesn't seem to agree, so the employee seeks the support of a medical professional. They book an appointment and lay out their case – the only think that will make them better is this new piece of office equipment and possibly some anti-inflammatory medication.
The medical professional without ever seeing the person's work setup or how they interact within that setup writes a doctor's note recommending an "ergonomic sit stand desk." The employee takes the note to management to get approval of a new desk. The employer buys the cheapest intervention they can find, which is something that sits on top of the existing desk and will allow the person to stand. This is delivered to the employee and unfortunately 3 months later not only do the symptoms still exist, they are worse.
Preoccupied employee = loss of productivity
Doctor visit = claim against insurance
Diagnosis without visuals and proper case management = inaccurate or incomplete documentation in the system
New desk hardware that doesn't solve problems = wasted resources
Employee with unresolved high discomfort = Increased risk of injury
Is there a better way?
Many companies with a proactive ergonomics program will tell you – absolutely. Let's look how this situation plays out different in a company with a comprehensive ergonomics program.
The employee starts to have discomfort. Instead of letting things escalate, they go into their online ergonomics portal and take a survey. This survey collects key information on how they work and where they are having discomfort. Upon completion of the survey the person gets a set of recommendations and training based upon their responses.
The employee is feeling a bit better, but still has some discomfort. The ergonomist stops by for an evaluation. The ergonomist sees that the employee's desk is too high. Putting something on top of the desk that raises the keying height for the individual is likely to make the discomfort worse.
The ergonomist instead recommends a keyboard tray that will allow the employee to bring the keying height lower to better fit their needs and allow them to get into a neutral posture. The ergonomist goes over how to use the equipment and how to best maintain their fit to avoid discomfort.
Employee concerns are addressed efficiently = Employee feels company cares and decision making is in hands of trained professional, which unburdens employee
External doctor visit not needed = no claim on insurance
Proper diagnosis from an expert who sees the work area, talks with employee and sees how the employee interacts within area = complete and more accurate documentation
New equipment may or may not be issued = A more educated allocation of resources based on need with emphasis on training and fit
Employee complaints addressed and managed = decrease risk of injury and increased morale
What many of us have learned in this industry is – what works to solve the problem of one employee will not necessarily work for the masses AND until you know what the problem is, it is very hard to treat it correctly.
A person has a leg injury. Would you order a cast or a band-aid? Is the leg broken or is it a scrape? Proper diagnosis is key to a proper solution.
No doubt hardware can help a situation, but it can also do the opposite by making things worse. Properly evaluating the situation and making educated recommendations based on the person and environment, this translates to a more accurate diagnosis and greater probability for success in the solution.
Ergonomics Video Tip – What Is The Right Monitor Height For Ergonomics?
Take a look at this quick 1 minute video tip and see where you should be putting your computer monitor! Can the right monitor reduce pain?
Ergonomics Article – Is It How We Sit Or The Way We Sit?
Orthopedic surgeon Nomi Kahn says:
"Most of us do not sit well, and we've certainly been putting a lot more stress on our spines," says Khan, who operates on spines at Sutters Health's Palo Alto Medical Foundation.
If we change the way we sit, Khan says, it will help to decrease back problems.
"We should sit less, and we should sit better," he says.
Over the past century or so, many Americans have lost the art of sitting, he says. Most people in the U.S. — even children — are sitting in one particular way that's stressing their backs. You might not realize you're doing it. But it's super easy to see in other people.
Here's how: Take a look at people who are sitting down – not face-on but rather from the side, in profile, so you can see the shape of their spine.
There's a high probability their back is curving like the letter C — or some version of C. Or it might make you think of a cashew nut, sitting in the chair. There are two telltale signs: Their shoulders curve over and their butts curve under. That posture is hurting their backs, Khan says.
"Most people tend to round out their backs when they sit," Khan says. "Their spine is in an improper position, and they will tend to have more back problems."
Back problems crop up because sitting like a C — or a cashew nut — can damage the little shock absorbers in the spine, called the intervertebral disks.
"You can think of a disk as a jelly doughnut," Khan says. "Sitting like a C puts a lot more pressure on the front of the doughnut than on the back."
And what happens when you press down on one side of a jelly doughnut but not the other side? Jelly can squirt out.
Your spinal disks aren't much different. Sitting in a C-shape, over time, can cause disk degeneration. Or one side of a disk can start to bulge. "The disk can then push against nerves, or it can rupture," says biomechanists who direct the Spine Research Institute at Ohio State University.
"When the disks get messed up, you've got real problems," Marras says. "So everything we do in biomechanics is to try to protect the disks."
Are there experiments you can do? Take a look at the people around. Look for the "C." Read the full article and hear the audio here.
Ergonomics For Children – An Ergonomics Article To Help With School
By Ann Hall, Ergonomist
Kids carrying backpacks? Check out these Ergonomic Tips:
Check their backpack every once in a while. In fact, if it feels pretty heavy, put it on a scale. If the weight is too much, find things to take out. Perhaps they don't need to bring home every book, every day or they have a lot of clutter items that are just adding weight.
If they wear a backpack, make sure it fits them. Try on backpacks and make sure you have a good fit. Children should have backpacks designed for smaller frames and young adults should have backpacks designed for them. If you know that you have body dimensions such as a short torso, keep that in mind when purchasing.
Ideally the heaviest part of the load will be tight and close to the body, not drooping way down. Strive to have the bulk of the bag between the shoulders and the hips. Avoid letting the back pack hang more than 2-4 inches below the waist. The straps should always fit snugly to keep the bag close against the body and reduce swaying.
A bag with compartments is great, not just for organization, but it helps control the shifting of items in the backpack which can make the load become unbalanced. Best practice is to use the compartments to help distribute the load within the backpack. Make sure when you do this that you try to spread things out evenly, between the left and right side, and again heaviest items towards the back of the pack (side closest to the body).
Make sure the backpack has good straps, they are adjusted to fit the child and that the kids use both straps. Straps help absorb some of the load. Wide, padded shoulder straps help reduce the stress on the body. Be sure to readjust the straps to accommodate either heavier or lighter clothing during season changes.
Bags that you sling over one shoulder increase strain on one side of the body. Use double strapped bags that place a strap over each shoulder, not just one. Better yet, look for a back pack with both waist and chest straps too. Waist straps help to distribute the weight load and can reduce pressure in the shoulders. A chest strap helps keep the shoulder straps stable and reduces shifting of the load.
Coach them on proper use. Even if you have the perfect bag for your child, it is not a guarantee that they will use it the way you intended. Give them a little coaching when you see them over-stuffing the bag or carrying the bag using only one of the straps.


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"I've met the right one for me!"
"We are so in love!"
"This is it! We will be together forever"
So exciting, isn't it? I LOVE love. Big time. The connection, the excitement, the starry eyes, the flittering heart, the way your whole self can just warm up and fill up and shine when you have found a connection with someone else that feels so RIGHT.
Love is hopeful and caring and supportive and powerful. It is there for you in good times and in hard times. It is your safety net of someone who gives a damn – even when you are not at your best. It is that bond with another that makes you want to know everything about them and bring them all the way into your world. It is the touching and bonding of souls. It is beautiful.
Why Does Love Die?
Yet, over 50% of loving, committed relationships don't last. The excitement fades, the stress of life barges in and the monotony of day to day life sucks the fun out of the once exciting, spontaneous beginnings. But is that really what causes the breakdown? After many years of working with couples (pre-during and post marriage), I can tell you this. One of the biggest reasons love dies is because it stops growing. People stop seeing each other. We stop learning. We start thinking that we know all there is to know and we stop being amazed by each other. Our egos get more concerned with what we are getting out of the union than what we are putting in and what we are creating together. We simply stop getting to know each other and put our focus elsewhere.
In the beginning, we are so curious about each other. We spend hours talking about our stories. We put our best selves forward and we are amazed at what we have in common. We feel connected. Sometimes it is easy to think the other person we met is so connected to us that we start to see them as a piece of us and…well…since we already know ourselves so well, doesn't that mean that we know them too? Hold on there. Not so fast. Your ego is sneaking up on you. The person you are so in love with in this situation is you. Let's back up and get to know the other person a little better instead. Be ready. They are likely to have some differences from you and you may not agree on as much as you think and they might even get on your nerves and that is a wonderful discovery on it's own. There is a whole, wonderful person there that you feel connected with, so let's find out more. In fact, never stop finding out more. Never stop learning from each other. Never stop being amazed by each other. As lifelong marriage expert Gary Smalley says "see each other with new eyes – every day".
Here is a good place to start.
A list of questions to share with each other. Try not to answer in less than 10 words. Expand, explore. Dive in. Deeper. Ask why and really listen to the answer. C'mon, this will be fun, it might be uncomfortable, but it is sure to be enlightening and you will know each other better afterwards!
1. What was the hardest part about your childhood for you?
2. How many children do you want and why?
3. What do you think your parents did best raising you? What did they do worst?
4. Where have you always wanted to live? Why don't you live there now (assuming you don't)?
5. If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do?
6. What did you want to grow up to be when you were a kid? What stopped you (assuming it is not what they are doing now)? Do you still want that?
7. Have you ever been in a fist fight? Why? Tell me the story.
8. What do you think is worth dying for?
9. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
10. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
11. What would constitute a perfect day for you?
12. What are you most grateful for in your life today? What about five years ago?
13. What is more important to you, physical or mental health?
14. Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
15. What is something you regret doing in the past?
16. If you could tell your whole life story in only five minutes, what would you say?
17. If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
18. Is there something that you've dreamt of doing for a long time? Why haven't you done it?
19. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?
20. What do you value most in a friendship?
21. What do you value most in a relationship?
22. What feelings do the words "commitment" bring up for you?
23. What is your happiest childhood memory?
24. What are you scared of?
25. If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living? Why?
26. Alternate sharing something you consider a positive characteristic of your partner. Share a total of five items.
27. How do you feel about your relationship with your mother? What about your father?
28. When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?
29. What kind of humor do you find the funniest? When is the last time you laughed so hard you couldn't breathe?
30. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?
31. If you were to die tomorrow, what would you like people to remember you for? What would you want your funeral to be like?
32. If your house/apt was on fire, what items would you grab on the way out?
33. Of all the people in your family, whose death would you find most disturbing? Why?
34. How important is wealth to you? For example, would you be willing to endure having horrible nightmares for a year if you knew you would be rewarded with wealth at the end?
35. How many people do you know that have been married for over 20 years? What do you think they are doing differently that makes it work?
Ready, set, learn!


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Lea Salonga -The Gift, A Christmas Special
Saturday • 8pm
Sunday • 8pm
Newport Performing Arts Theater
Resorts World Manila
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• Children below three (3) years old are not allowed inside the theater.
Musical Direction by GERARD SALONGA
with the ABS-CBN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
with special guests
ESANG, NICOLE, GAEA, IAN, ALEXA and CYD
Celebrate the Christmas season with world-class entertainment as Lea Salonga, one of the country's premier theater actresses, performs in The Gift, A Christmas Special on December 21 and 22, 2019 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Pasay City.
Special guests Esang De Torres, Gaea Salipot, Alexa Salcedo and other finalists from The Voice Kids, a hit TV singing competition where Salonga is a judge, will be joining her onstage.
Additionally, the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra under the musical direction of Maestro Gerard Salonga will be the musical accompaniment for the evening.
Lea Salonga began her career in 1980 in Annie where she played the titular lead character. She would later originate the role of Kim in Miss Saigon in the West End and Broadway productions of the musical with critically-acclaimed performances.
Throughout the years, Salonga played memorable roles in other well-loved productions such as Les Miserables, CATS, Allegiance, and most recently, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Apart from her ventures in the theater scene, she also engaged in film and television. She was the voice behind Disney Princess characters Jasmine and Mulan in their animated movies.
Further, her singing prowess and knowledge in the industry have led her to be chosen as a judge for various TV singing competitions such as The Voice Philippines, The Voice Teens and The Voice Kids where she also mentored aspiring singers.
This is a performance that you wouldn't want to miss! Tickets are now available via TicketWorld and TicketWorld outlets nationwide.
Not available on internet purchase. Visit TicketWorld outlet nearest you to present your ID.
• Senior Citizens: Less 20% (Net of VAT)
• Student Discount: Not applicable on all shows. Call TicketWorld for details.
• Persons with Disabilities: Less 20%. (Net of VAT) There are allocated seats for PWD, please visit a ticket outlet to purchase them. You can also inquire by calling TicketWorld for more details.
• Diplomat Discount: Per REVENUE MEMORANDUM No.22-2004 of the BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION. Present VEC/VEIC card please.
The above ticket discounts may not be used in conjunction with existing promos or packages.
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