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By Judith Scholes
Since CWILA began producing an annual Count of book reviews in Canada, our major objective has been to quantify the existing but often silent gender inequities within Canadian critical culture. Now in its third year, the Count has become an integral part of the larger critiques CWILA is engaged in, as an organization dedicated to fostering equitable literary culture in Canada. Our numbers are facts. They reveal concretely where equitable access and representation exists and where it can be improved, which can be a powerful impetus for change. The real change, however, does not rest in our numbers, but in how we move from these quantifications into the knotty questions, unfamiliar perspectives, fresh conversations, and ultimately into positive change.
It is in this spirit that we launch the Count this year. In my second year as Count Director, I wanted to ensure the Count represented critical culture in Canada as accurately as possible. To this end we made key changes to the scope of the Count, our Count process, and our gender data representation, while maintaining the metrics from the 2012 Count. What follows is a report on how the Count was conducted, what we might need to change as we move forward and, of course, the 2013 numbers.
Scope of the 2013 Count
For the 2013 Count, CWILA added six new publications to our list, including four French-language publications (Le Devoir, Lettres Québécoises, Liberté: Art et Politique, Nuit Blanche), one from Eastern Canada (The Chronicle Herald), and one from Ontario (Toronto Star).
Literary Journals, Magazines, and Online Publications {24}
Antigonish Review, Arc Poetry Magazine, Briarpatch, Brick, Broken Pencil, Canadian Literature, Canadian Notes and Queries, Event Magazine, Fiddlehead, Geist, Lemon Hound, Lettres Québécoises, Liberté: Art et Politique, Literary Review of Canada, Maisonneuve, The Malahat Review, Nuit Blanche, Prism, Quill & Quire, rabble.ca, subTerrain, This Magazine, Walrus
Metropolitan Newspapers {5}
The Chronicle Herald, Le Devoir, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, Winnipeg Free Press
National Newspapers {2}
National Post, Globe and Mail
The shortlist of new publications was chosen by CWILA's Executive Director, Sheila Giffen, and myself and approved by the CWILA Board of Directors. In making our selections we considered regional variability, circulation and readership of the newspaper or journal, size of reviews section, as well as breadth and diversity of books reviewed. The additions brought the total number of publications included in the Count to 31, and increased the total number of reviews counted by 82%, from 3092 in 2012 to 5613 in 2013.
The 2013 Count was completed by many dedicated people. As Count Director, I recruited and coordinated volunteers, led development of 2013 Count methodology and research questions, managed outreach and communications with English-language publications involved in the 2013 Count, as well as managed data collection, verification, and statistical analysis and representation. CWILA Executive Director Sheila Giffen established and managed Count deadlines, led the selection committee for French-language publication inclusions, managed outreach and communications with French-language publications, led development of a communications plan and media outreach, and coordinated interviews editors. CWILA Chair of the Board Erin Wunker oversaw all phases of Count production, the implementation of a communications plan and media outreach, as well as coordinated the production and launch of materials and editorial content that contextualized the Count data, including her essay introducing the 2013 Count. Evelyne Ledoux-Beaugrand produced analysis and context for the French-language numbers, with translation by Bronwyn Haslam. Tina Northrup, one of CWILA's Interviews Editors led efforts to restructure CWILA's gender categories for the 2013 Count in consultation with Morgan M. Page, Ivan E. Coyote, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and Nathanaël (N) Stephens. CWILA also benefited from the UBC Arts Internship program, through which we were able to hire two UBC undergraduate students, Sonja Cvoric, who served as CWILA Count Assistant and reported to me, and Susan Bahaduri who served as CWILA Communications Assistant and reported to the Executive Director.
The labour required to count 5613 reviews necessitated a large team of volunteers, which included members fluent in French. In total, CWILA recruited 42 extraordinary volunteers from among its membership to meet the needs of this year's expanded Count. The names of our volunteers are listed in the acknowledgments below.
To help us through the task of collecting review data, we also invited all publications included to provide a record of their reviews using our Count spreadsheet. This year, 12 of the publications we included (Arc, Briarpatch, Brick, Broken Pencil, Canadian Literature, Event, Geist, Malahat Review, Matrix, rabble.ca, subTerrain, This Magazine) offered to help us in this way.
Finally, the 2013 Count was funded by a Canada Council for the Arts Literary Arts Promotions Project Grant and via the UBC-CWILA Research Network, a Thematic Research Network Grant from the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia, and from the generous support of our membership and private donors.
2013 Count Process
Following the methodology established in the 2011 CWILA Count, and further developed in the 2012 Count, the 2013 CWILA Count used Excel spreadsheets to collect multiple data on book reviews in Canada, including title, publisher, and genre of books reviewed; name, Canadian identity, and gender of authors; and name and gender of reviewers.
In the 2013 Count, as in previous years, each book review was recorded as a single entry in our data sheets, with its associated book, author, and reviewer information. Each entry refers to a single book reviewed. This means that when a single newspaper article reviewed multiple books, each book was counted as a separate review in our data sheets. While we recorded reviews of any length, from one paragraph to multiple pages, we also restricted our definition of book review to critical appraisals of works already published and released for sale. Editorial opinion about anticipated releases, unsigned roundups of related books annexed to reviews, news about book releases or awards, and author interviews were not counted as reviews.
The 2013 CWILA Count proceeded in five phases:
- Count Setup
Count preparations included the creation of the 2013 Count data collection spreadsheet and directions, integrating new objectives, methodology, and research questions. We contacted each publication involved in our Count, inviting them to provide an in-house count using our data collection sheet. We also recruited 42 volunteers from among the CWILA membership and established a master count assignment sheet for managing volunteer activity. Counting assignments were split up into blocks of 5 hours of labour or less, or around an estimated 100-150 reviews. In some cases an entire publication fit into one count block, while other publications with reviews in excess of 150 reviews, such as the Globe and Mail, filled up to 6 count blocks.
- The Count
Each count block was assigned to volunteers working independently. Volunteers and participating publications were given a spreadsheet with instructions for entering book review data from either print or online publications. The use of digital versions of newspapers in the Count is discussed in a separate section below.
Volunteers were instructed to record each review separately, and to count national identity once per author, and count gender once per author and per reviewer. Thus, for co-authored books or reviews, each author and reviewer was counted. Translators and illustrators were counted as authors. Author and reviewer gender was determined by checking the pronoun use in the review, or by checking biographies or interviews recently published online. Volunteers were instructed never to assume gender based on names or photos.
- Count Verification Step 1: Reviews & Book Data
Verification of the count was split up into two steps for efficiency. In the first step, count blocks were collected and checked by me, then compiled into separate spreadsheets organized by publication. New volunteers were assigned to verify reviews by checking that each book review in the given publication had been correctly accounted for in the spreadsheet.
- Count Verification Step 2: Authors & Reviewers Data
Verified publication sheets were collected, standardized, and compiled into a master data sheet. As Count Director, I sorted the master data sheet by author and reviewer name and split up the names among a final verification team, which included me, the Executive Director, CWILA Count and Communications Assistants, and graduate students from the department of English and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia. To minimize the possibility of misidentification, this team verified the gender and Canadian identity of each author counted, and the gender of each reviewer counted, by checking pronoun use in author biographies and interviews. Any confusion was flagged and sent to the Count Director to investigate further. Each writer who was possibly positioned outside of the gender binary was double-checked. The entire count was further checked for names of known trans, genderqueer, and non-binary authors.
- Statistical Analysis
From the available verified data, statistics were generated on gender, language, Canadian authors, genre, and publishers for book reviews counted. Data charts in percentages were produced representing reviews and books by gender, language and by publication. Finally, pie charts and bar graphs representing the data were created in Excel.
Counting Reviews in Newspapers
Four of the publications included in our Count are online-based or have online reviews sections, and thus we count and verify these entirely online. The remaining 27 publications are print-based, and while many of these have online components, we use the print version to verify our count, whenever possible. Given our current method of counting reviews published in the previous year, however, counting print versions of daily newspapers is not yet possible.
Because we do not yet have the resources to consult print copies of the newspaper and count reviews as they are published (a real-time print Count will be implemented for the 2015 Count), we have had to rely on imperfect digital means to find and record reviews for all Counts thus far. Though all of the newspapers included in the 2013 Count publish reviews online simultaneously with the print version, only two (National Post and Le Devoir) keep an easily accessible blog-style archive of all reviews published that goes back several years and poses few challenges for our counting purposes. In contrast, reviews published online by five of the seven newpapers in our Count (Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Chronicle Herald, Winnipeg Free Press, and the Vancouver Sun) are partly inaccessible or unavailable (e.g. only reviews from the previous 6 months are listed), do not have a devoted space in the website, or can only be found using a global site search based on keywords that return only partial results, or by reviewer name. The best solution, overall, has been to use a third-party news archive database to collect all reviews published. Unfortunately, these databases often rely on newspapers to furnish appropriate keywords and tags for their articles, for ease of searching. In most cases, however, this work is incomplete and cannot give us the full picture of reviews published in a given year. We therefore must use a combination of methods to ensure we are getting the most complete picture possible, including third party databases, newspaper website archives, and editor consultation, when possible. Our process was as follows:
- Search relevant newspaper archives via third-party database(s) using multiple, broad keywords to collect and record book reviews published in a given year. This furnished on average, about half to two-thirds of our count.
- Sort all reviews counted in Step 1 by reviewer name and search archives on newspaper website for list of all reviews published by reviewer. This filled in several reviews missing from our initial keyword search.
- Consult directly with books editors, if available to verify the number of reviews published in the paper. In some cases editors were able to assess our total number of counted reviews (Globe and Mail; Vancouver Sun) and indicate any glaring omissions, but due to time constraints, no editor was available to check that all reviews were accounted for. In future Counts we are hoping to have editors confirm numbers on a monthly basis.
While it is certainly possible that we missed reviews published in 2013 in a given newspaper, we have done our best to collect them all. In any case, based on the number of reviews we are collecting, we are well within the range of making statistically significant claims. In fact, given the high number of reviews counted in these papers, a random handful of missing reviews would have no significant impact on the overall percentages we are drawing from the data. In other words, we are still presenting an empirically sound and accurate picture of the reviewing practices in the paper. For this reason, among others, we opt to express our claims with as much transparency as possible to avoid any misrepresentation —e.g. "[x%] of the total reviews counted in [x publication] were written by women"
Gender Data Representation
CWILA faced two pressing questions during the 2013 Count: What has CWILA done to make sure that writers' gender identities have been identified correctly? How is CWILA making space for trans writers in the Count?
Building on our objective for the 2012 Count to develop a more nuanced method for collecting gender data, this year we have modified the way we collect and represent gender data for authors and reviewers who identify as trans or who identify outside the gender binary.
In the 2013 Count we counted 1 reviewer and 3 authors who do not identify as either male or female, each of whom we are including in a "non-binary" category. We also counted 1 reviewer who identifies as a trans woman, whom we are including within the "female" gender category, while signalling that the category includes a trans woman.
We have taken all possible steps to minimize any misidentification of writers who identify as trans or who identify outside the gender binary, though this possibility still remains. Before, during, and after verification of gender for the 2013 Count, the verification team was acutely aware of the importance of collecting gender data as sensitively as possible, and we debriefed after the verification to discuss problems and possible solutions arising from our methods. As a rule, the writers we included in the female and male category were identified as "female" or "male" explicitly and repeatedly online and no trans or non-binary identity was associated with them. We do not currently possess the resources to ask all writers counted to self-identify, but we will continue to work toward this.
In addition to amending our gender categories, we have chosen to expand our gender classification by adding multi-gender "Co-Authored" categories where relevant. As the only multi-gender co-authors collected in the 2013 Count were groups with at least one male and one female, and no co-authors included writers who identify as trans or who identify outside the gender binary, we only included "Male and Female Co-Authored" as a category in this instance. To be clear, "Female-Authored" includes only books or reviews by women or trans women authors and reviewers either singly or in collaboration; "Male-Authored" includes only books or reviews by men or trans men authors and reviewers either singly or in collaboration; and "Non-Binary-Authored" includes only books or reviews by authors and reviewers who identify outside the gender binary. Finally, books counted as "Unknown Collective" include only those books that have no author(s) associated with them, as in the case of a book published by a corporate collective.
Further Considerations
Counting for Race
The question of how to account for race in our annual Count has been a site of ongoing conversation. Though methodological challenges associated with collecting data on the racial or ethnic backgrounds of writers has not yet been resolved, CWILA is addressing the question of race discursively. Thus we are producing essays, interviews, and talks that address issues of race and race-based discrimination in Canadian critical culture. In March of 2014, the CWILA-UBC Research Network hosted a panel discussion, "CWILA and the Challenge of Counting for Race," which was filmed and posted online. The panel, which included author Madeleine Thien, along with Associate Professors of English Laura Moss and Mary Chapman, discussed the benefits and risks of calculating the distribution of reviews based on ethnic or racial backgrounds of authors.
Establishing a Baseline of Total Published Books
One of the most frequently asked questions following the launch of our Count data, is whether or not we have been able to establish a baseline number of total books published during the Count year. Since the book reviews we count consider both Canadian and international titles, a comprehensive baseline would involve statistics on total books published both in Canada and internationally. Gathering such statistics on the international side would prove enormously challenging; however, even gathering Canadian numbers has been problematic and remains unresolved due to inconsistent or nonexistent archives, as well as limited access and resources.
Firstly, there is no single, comprehensive source for this information in Canada. Some provinces collect this information, others do not, and books statistics that are available are often sales-based. While it is possible to gather information on some sectors of the book market, this would take an extensive amount of labour and arguably never be comprehensive. CWILA has looked at BookNet, Library and Archives Canada, and provincial government records and has come up short thus far. We have cursorily investigated ISBNs granted to books during the Count year, but so far a list of those books is not accessible.
Were we to gather a list of total books published in Canada for a given year, we would then have to gender code each author, and our numbers would be limited to the Canadian portion of our book review Count. Though we will arguably never have a baseline that may be used for the entire count (international + Canadian titles), we are still actively pursuing a solution to collecting data on the total books published in Canada, and we welcome help on this matter.
SUMMARY OF Count Results
The 2013 CWILA Count was our biggest yet. As we worked to add French-language publications and more metropolitan newspapers to our Count list, we increased our scope by 82% over last year. In total, we recorded 5613 book reviews (4354 in English and 1259 in French) published during 2013 in 31 Canadian publications, including monthly and quarterly literary journals, online magazines, blogs and independent newspapers, as well as several major metropolitan and national newspapers. The results of the 2013 Count, which are summarized below, reveal why we must continue to raise the question of gender equity in Canadian literary culture. A gender gap remains and our numbers talk; we can spark the conversations that close the gap.
Books Reviewed in 2013
Though many publications in the 2013 CWILA Count are approaching or have reached gender parity, overall, the gap remains wide – women occupy less review space than men. This is particularly the case when we look at the books reviewed across publications included in our Count. Of reviews we counted, 57% feature books written by men, while only 37% feature books written by women.
CWILA's count of women's books reviewed in 2013 is dismal; indeed, the gender gap appears to be widening. There are a few reasons for this, however, which bear explanation. Firstly, the new publications we added to the Count this year have poorer numbers, and thus have brought down our overall totals. On most metrics, each of these new publications show numbers in line with those from our first Count, that is, before the CWILA numbers brought gender inequities to light and got people talking. Secondly, we have opted this year to not subsume co-authored books into the male and female gender categories (by percentage of contribution). Instead we have chosen to expand our gender classification for Books and Reviews by adding multi-gender "Co-Authored" categories where relevant (see Methods Report for more details). Though the number of female and male co-authored books reviewed is relatively low, adding this category has limited and thus reduced overall numbers in the "female-authored books" category to books written exclusively by women or trans women; either singly or in collaboration with other women. Thirdly, while some of the publications are publishing more reviews of women's books, it remains the case that many have not heeded CWILA's call.
Although we see mostly Canadian male authors and Canadian male-authored books among those books with 7 reviews or less in 2013, several books by women are getting a lot of nationwide attention. Of books with 8 or more reviews, 59% were written by women (mostly Canadian), and of the top reviewed books (10+ reviews), 50% were written by women (all Canadian).
Most Reviewed Books in the 2013 CWILA Count (10+ Reviews)
- Life After Life, Kate Atkinson (10)
- My Life Among the Apes, Cary Fagan (10)
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, Malcolm Gladwell (10)
- The Water Rat of Wanchai, Ian Hamilton (10)
- How The Light Gets In, Louise Penny (10)
- The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton (11)
- Blood: The Stuff of Life, Lawrence Hill (11)
- Joyland, Stephen King (11)
- The Moonshine War, Elmore Leonard (11)
- Caught, Lisa Moore (11)
- MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood (12)
- Hellgoing, Lynn Coady (15)
- The Orenda, Joseph Boyden (21)
Most publications counted by CWILA in the past show a growing trend toward gender parity for books reviewed. Of all reviews counted in the National Post in 2012, 42% were of books written by women. In 2013, this number has risen to 45%. Last year, then National Post books editor Mark Medley, attributed the 2011 CWILA Count as the reason for changing in his editorial practices. Notably, publications newly counted in 2013 show numbers similar to overall findings from the 2011 Count; in other words, much room for improvement. Of reviews counted in Le Devoir, only 25% are of women's books, while of reviews counted in The Chronicle Herald, 31% are of women's books. The Toronto Star looks the best in this group with 39% of reviews featuring women's books, whereas Nuit Blanche looks the worst, with only 21% of reviews featuring women's books. By including these publications in our annual Count we have begun the important task of opening conversations on equitable editorial practice.
Reviewing Practice in 2013
According to our Count, women are publishing reviews 46.59% of the time, while men are publishing reviews 51.59% of the time, which is a slight improvement from last year, toward gender parity. Improvements in reviewing practice are also apparent when we look to the publications themselves. Within half of the publications we counted, the number of reviews written by women is at parity or above.
Unfortunately, it is also the case that our top publishing reviewers tend to be men. Of the top 20 reviewers in the country (reviewers with 50+ reviews), only 38% are women. This statistic is especially concerning because as the 2012 Count last year revealed, and as the 2013 Count reconfirms, men are reviewing women's books only a third of the time: women's books comprise only 25% of reviews written by men, while men's books comprise 69% of reviews by men. This gender dynamic does not happen among women reviewers, who feature women's books at about the same rate as men's books: of reviews written by women, 51% are of women's books, while 43% are of men's books.
Genre Matters
The 2013 CWILA Count tracked the genre of books reviewed. Largely replicating last year's genre numbers, fiction and non-fiction books comprise the majority of books reviewed, by our count. Also in line with last year, poetry comprises only 8% of books reviewed, while drama comprises less than 1%.
Gender trends are clearly evident as we look closer at the data, particularly in the case of non-fiction books. As our numbers suggest, there is a glaring omission of women's non-fiction books in Canadian review culture. Overall, only 28% of non-fiction books reviewed were written by women, and in nine publications, including The Antigonish Review, Literary Review of Canada, National Post, Chronicle Herald, and Le Devoir, reviews of women's non-fiction books are outnumbered by reviews of men's non-fiction books 3 to 1. Put another way, men's non-fiction books are reviewed twice and often three times more often than women's non-fiction books in a majority of publications. The conjectural argument that women's non-fiction is reviewed less than men's because women publish fewer non-fiction books is rendered mute by the fact that four of the publications we counted have numbers approaching or reaching parity, even favouring women's non-fiction. These include Geist (6% gap), Canadian Literature (2% gap), This Magazine (parity), and Lemon Hound, where 7 out of 12 non-fiction books reviewed were written by women. If Canadian Literature can fill nearly half of its review space in every issue with women's non-fiction – that's 124 new books in 2013 alone – then why must the Literary Review of Canada, for instance, devote only a third of its review space to women's non-fiction – a mere 32 books in 2013?
The 2013 CWILA Count numbers do more than quantify a gender gap. They serve as a starting point for discussing the barriers to equitable representation in Canada's review culture, and they invite us to redress inequities in our literary communities. As you use them to think through your own critical practices and perspectives, we invite your feedback, commentary and critical responses.
A Special Thanks to our Count Volunteers
As a grassroots non-profit feminist collective, CWILA relies heavily on the indefatigable labour and eye strain of many volunteers to help us produce the annual CWILA Count. The community of volunteers that came together during this Count season was as generous as it was uplifting. For making the CWILA Count happen, endless thanks to these volunteers: Kelsey Attard, Susan Bahaduri, Emily Ballantyne, Kristy Bell, andrea bennett, Laura Bidwell, Alice Burdick, Andrea Cabajsky, Mandy Catron, Sonja Cvoric, Sarah Deretic, Sonia Di Placido, Tatrina Finlay, Cynthia Flood, Janet Fretter, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Sheila Giffen, Neta Gordon, Katia Grubisic, Warren Heiti, Bethany Hindmarsh, Bara Hladikova, Kyla Jamieson, Katherine Leyton, Sylvia McKelvie, Kaarina Mikalson, Monica Miller, Dominique Millette, Jane Munro, Carmel Purkis, Maddie Reddon, Clélie Rich, Alexandra Saginur, Guldana Salimjan, Natalie Simpson, J.C. Sutcliffe, Taryn Thomson, Leslie Timmins, Christina Turner, Rachel Wallace, Daniel Wai Hon Yip, and Jan Zwicky.
Judith Scholes has served as Count Director for the 2012 and 2013 CWILA Counts. She is a Vancouver-based writer, teacher, and PhD Candidate in English at the University of British Columbia, where she is completing a dissertation on Emily Dickinson, material rhetoric and the ethos of women's poetry in nineteenth-century American periodicals. Her work has been published in The Emily Dickinson Journal and American Periodicals.
View the 2013 numbers. See the 2013 CWILA Count Infographic.
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Guardiola: Aguero 'so important' to Man City
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola labeled Sergio Aguero as still "so important" to his team, despite the forward's battle to earn a starting spot.
Aguero future rests on more than goals
Aguero replaced the injured Gabriel Jesus early on in City's 2-0 win at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Monday.
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It marked the third consecutive league game in which Aguero has come off the bench, leading to questions over the Argentina international's future.
But Guardiola said the form of Jesus, Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane had made it tough for Aguero, who he talked up as still being vital to City.
"Of course we need all the players, the strikers especially. I know how important is Sergio. I did yesterday, the day before, the last week, the last month," Guardiola said.
"He's an important player that in the last games he didn't play because the three guys in front were amazing. Gabriel was outstanding and Leroy and Rash too, so that's why they played.
"But the [FA] Cup is there next week and Champions League is there, Premier League is still there.
"To qualify for the Champions League next season will be a tough, tough battle for everybody.
"So, that's why of course we need the contribution from Sergio, he's so important for us."
Aguero has scored 11 league goals in 19 games this season, and Jesus' foot injury may provide him with an opportunity.
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The introduction for this workshop involved a discussion about the metamorphosis of many types of insect as they change from one creature (say… a caterpillar) into soupy gloop inside a cocoon and finally a beautiful elegant butterfly. Magical!
We talked about the properties of insects, what defines an insect as opposed to say… a spider?
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Some Fun Challenges For You
First over at Sweet Peach I have a stitching Challenge for you. Here is my layout using the new June kit. I stitched the spray coming out of the hose.
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Second, I posted a challenge over at Burlap and Buttercups blog. You are to use "polaroid" looking photos. I used the new June kit.
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Your stitched water spray is simply GENIUS!!!! So, so creative!!! Both pages are beautifully done Angie!ReplyDelete
such cute LOS!ReplyDelete
I glad you found your photos. I really like the "water"...very cool.ReplyDelete
Love the sprinkler stitching on the first one! How cute and fun!ReplyDelete
Great LO's and I love how you stitched the spray. It really adds a lot to the LO.ReplyDelete
love these Angie, awesome work as usual...ReplyDelete
Awesome layouts!!! I adore that 'water' you stitched! :)ReplyDelete
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I love the way you stitched water on your first layout -- awesome! Great design on the second one, too -- and such cute photos on both.ReplyDelete
cute idea with the spray from the hose! great job!ReplyDelete
amazing as always angie!!ReplyDelete
Haha! Love the stitched spray on the first lo, I totally want to copy that!! Love your doodling on the 2nd lo too!ReplyDelete
Love the sprinkler stitching, that is sooo creative! the border doodling is fab on the second one ... XXReplyDelete


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PP 153: Weekly Reflections, Volume 2
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Thanksgiving in New York: After gorging myself at my aunt's Long Island Thanksgiving feast, my family and I went into the city to troll around the Public Library, admire the window displays at Macy's, eat a juicy buffalo burger at Ted's Montana Grill, and go see "Time Standing Still" with Laura Linney.
Given this little expedition was taking place on Black Friday, I expected the crowds of belligerent shoppers to be the main source of annoyance on an otherwise perfect day in Manhattan. But the unwashed shopping masses weren't the issue: it was the ubiquitous calorie announcements.
I had forgotten that as of April 2008, New York restaurants (with a few exceptions) are required by law to post calorie totals for all menu items. Although I've never been one to count calories, I found myself rather compulsively tabulating the values for my dining selections. I still ordered two glasses of Pinot Grigio (240 calories), a Caesar salad (510 calories) and a rare buffalo burger with onion rings (1,100 calories). Enjoyed every bite, too. But I was irked just knowing the caloric value of what I had eaten. After all, one isn't supposed to do arithmetic on vacation.
Are New Yorkers who are confronted daily with these large-and-in-charge listings still fazed by the number of calories in that grande hot chocolate or that seemingly modest spinach salad? According to my sister, a long-time Queens resident, "not really." Obviously, I'm not the first person to wonder about the effects of these calorie postings on the average citizen's eating choices. Results from studies have been mixed.
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From a tourist perspective, I can say it adds an unwelcome dimension to eating in New York, which is a real pity considering one of the city's greatest virtues is its dining opportunities. I still look forward to returning again in a few months to fulfill a longtime dream: a pizza tour through all five boroughs. But I'm glad Houston allows me to indulge ignorant of numbers.


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When my friend Lauren (Tampa Uncorked) told me about this online virtual wine tasting group called Thirsty Girl, I was instantly intrigued. When my membership was accepted, I was ecstatic. I sat patiently for my first box of wine to arrive for the December 19th virtual tasting. On Thursday night, my UPS man called me to make sure I was home since he had an adult signature required delivery. Upon opening the box, I was a very happy girl.
Domaine Ste Michelle which is one of my absolute favorite sparkling wines! Not to mention, I got a Brut and a Brut Rose. I love making Mimosa's with Brut. Sometimes I will make Bellini's as well. The Domaine Ste Michelle Brut is a mix of 88% Chardonnay and 12% Pinot Noir. No wonder I love it....The tasting notes state that it pairs well with Sashimi. Sign me up!
David Burke's Townhouse. The Domaine Ste Michelle Rose Brut is 100% Pinot Noir. It pairs well with fruit so it was a no-brainer to use the Rose Brut for poinsettia's with a hibiscus flower. They made a perfect delicious pair!
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I don't think I've ever had a pointsettia, but I like the idea of it, and the name! Cheers! #TGTasteReplyDelete
So so fun! I love this concept...I want to do a virtual tasting too! :) And I'm with you - I love a pointsettia as well! Bubbles make everything better...ReplyDeleteReplies
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california, here we come?!
shawn & i were accepted to renegade san francisco. yup. my brain is short circuiting. how do we get our stuff to san francisco? how do we get to san francisco? how long do we stay? do we get to go to the redwoods? what do we do with the dog? will people in san francisco be hip to the pixel party/cookoorikoo vibe?
anyway, if you're in san francisco, come see us july 18 + 19 at the fort mason center's festival pavilion from 11am - 7pm each day.
I am SO excited! Yes! You're going out to the wilds of the far frontier! The other side of the Continental Divide! Better yet, a hop, skip and a jump from the Silicon Valley! Hey, that's where I live. :) I know exactly where I want to take you in the City, too. You'll never be the same again.


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Access can be regulated by role, task and sometimes security level (secret, top secret or some commercial equivalent, but the more granular these become, the tougher it gets to administer them and to adapt to new conditions (reorgs, changes in role, task, etc.). What you specified is ?data-regulated? filtering, and the question then becomes who has done the work to relate role, level and task to data (entities, attributes, etc.). SAP, for example, offers all sorts of ways to "filter" according to role and task, but within those applying additional "data regulated" access filters is still challenging.
One way ?data regulated? access filtering can be implemented is through Business Intelligence/data warehouse approaches. The extract, transform and load process in effect prepackages the source data and keeps the users out of the source applications. Within the data, you can further prepackage data into cubes that not only work as filters, but often at least as importantly help otherwise confused users to get to what they want. A lot of data access violations are not deliberate, but the inadvertant result of a query writer forgetting to qualify a query.
If the access requirements you have in mind are relatively specific(e.g., enable a user to check inventory availability with dynamic user-level inventory location filtering), or perhaps you need to include write capabilities into the source application, Web Services can be the answer. Developing a ?Web Service? that supports the specific task can be used to publish suitably focused query or update capability. To invoke that capability, the user would then need access to some system that can issue a conforming web services call to your web service, and therefore the web service dialog call-respond dialog makes it easy to establish arms length relationships. The web services information request – although it indirectly would kick off SQL – would come as an XML document that would need to conform to the specs defined in your web service call, and the calling program would never see the SQL.
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Huisman Delivers Crane to Deep Water Construction Vessel
Huisman and Heerema Offshore Services signed a Letter of Intent for the delivery of all mission equipment onboard Heerema's new Deep Water Construction Vessel. Huisman will design, construct and install a 4,000mt Offshore Mast Crane and a pipelay tower for both J-lay and Reel-lay operations in ultra deep water. Installation of equipment is scheduled for 2012/2013, partly at the DSME yard in South Korea and partly at the Huisman quay in Schiedam, The Netherlands.
The heavy lift crane will have a revolving lift capacity of 4,000mt. The Mast Crane design was selected for this vessel because of the small footprint and small construction weight of the crane. The crane will be constructed at the Huisman facility in China and installed onboard the vessel at the DSME yard in South Korea in 2012. Recent examples of Huisman built heavy lift cranes of similar design include the 3,000sht crane onboard the Sapura 3000 and the 5,000mt crane which is currently under construction for the Borealis.
The J-lay tower is installed over a moonpool and is designed for both J-lay and Reel-lay operations. For Reel-lay, the tower features two pipe tensioners of 400t capacity each. The pipe is spooled on reels which can be lifted on board offshore by the vessel's own crane. This concept is a novelty in rigid pipelaying on a big scale. It allows for onshore spooling of reels while offshore pipelaying continues, eliminating the need for a large spool base. Also the reels can be easily removed to free up deck space when operating in J-lay or crane barge mode. Additional equipment to be delivered by Huisman includes moveable pipe reels, PLET handling, A&R winches and a heave compensated deep water lowering system. All pipelay equipment will be constructed and installed at Huisman Schiedam where the vessel will arrive around December 2012.


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Motorcycle accidents often result in more catastrophic injuries than other types of vehicle collisions. Motorcyclists are more vulnerable to serious injuries in an accident than passengers of other vehicles, such as fatal head and brain injuries and traumatic tattooing from road rash.
In 2014, there were 3,284 motorcycle crashes in Pennsylvania. These accidents resulted in 186 deaths, where 93% were drivers and 7% were passengers. A motorcycle accident is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. Drivers and motorcyclists can prevent these devastating crashes in the future by understanding and avoiding their common causes.
Motorcyclist Negligence
While many accidents result from a passenger vehicle's driver's distraction or inattention, a large percentage stem from motorcyclist negligence. It is every motorcyclist's duty to obey the rules of the road, including keeping a safe driving distance from other vehicles and never driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol. Sadly, many motorcyclists ignore these rules and end up in fatal single-vehicle collisions.
Motorcyclist negligence can take the form of driving under the influence, speeding, running red lights or stop signs, failing to the yield right of way, lane-splitting on the highway, or riding too closely to other vehicles. In all of these scenarios, diligence on the motorcyclist's part can potentially prevent an accident.
Motorcyclists need to know how to navigate the roadway, safely react to hazards, and adapt to conditions before hitting the road. They should also wear proper safety gear such as gloves, goggles, footwear, and helmets to prevent accidents relating to outside conditions.
In 2014, there were 10,550 alcohol-related crashes in Pennsylvania. Of these crashes, motorcyclists had the largest percentage of drinking drivers compared to other vehicle drivers. Motorcyclists made up 8.7% of the total number of drinking drivers – 293 motorcyclists who drove impaired and caused an accident that year. Motorcycling drunk is a recipe for disaster and can injure many more people than just the driver.
Driver Negligence
Another top cause of motorcycle accidents is the negligence of passenger vehicle drivers. Motorcycles can be more difficult to spot on the roadway than larger vehicles, calling for extra driver diligence when pulling out, changing lanes, and turning into intersections. Cutting off a motorcycle isn't just an inconvenience for the smaller, typically faster vehicle – it can cause a deadly collision.
Every driver has a responsibility to reasonably ensure the safety of passengers, other drivers, and bystanders. This includes paying attention to the road, watching for motorcycles, and giving these vulnerable road users extra space to maneuver. If an obstacle in the roadway throws a motorcyclist off his or her bike, extra room can enable a driver to stop in time to avoid striking the rider. It can also prevent rear-end collisions, which can be deadly for a motorcyclist.
Hazardous Roadway Conditions
A motorcycle is more susceptible to dangerous roadway conditions than larger, heavier vehicles. While a passenger vehicle can roll over debris without issue, a tree branch or rubber tire in the road can cause a motorcycle to crash. Even loose rubble on the road can cause an accident, especially if the motorcyclist is taking a turn too fast.
It's a motorcyclist's duty to understand the potential hazards of the roadway and have the training to safely maneuver around them. They must also prepare for hazards such as rain, high winds, and bugs with the proper safety gear. Driving safely requires more diligence as a motorcyclist than a typical driver but staying out of harm's way is worth the extra effort.
Motorcyclists and passenger vehicle drivers must take measures to ensure their own safe driving. With these common causes of motorcycle accidents in mind, drivers can take steps to avoid becoming just another crash statistic in Pennsylvania.


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A film by Laura Morante
Amanda has a complex relationship with men.Florence, her best friend, would really like to see her settle down in a stable and harmonious relationship but Hubert, Florence's husband who works as an analyst, is very pessimistic. For him, the diagnosis is clear: Amanda suffers from androphobia, a genuine fear of men that causes her to systematically destroy any relationship that could become serious.Events seem to prove Hubert right. After all, on Christmas Eve, Amanda doesn't think twice about splitting up with Bertrand after he carelessly devours the cherry on top of the cake that they had decided to share.When Florence insists that Amanda shouldn't stay alone at home on New Year's Eve, she only manages to persuade her to spend the evening with them after promising that all the other guests will be couples, except for a colleague who will not be a threat because he's gay.The trouble is that Maxime, the colleague in question, leaves for Amsterdam at the last minute to join his lover and that Antoine, another colleague, abandoned by his wife, comes to the party alone...
A film by Gilles Jacob
As president of the Cannes Film Festival, Gilles Jacob conceived and directed this 52' film. Using archive material and official footage, Jacob follows 35 renown directors in their special day in Cannes during the 60th anniversary of the festival: their arrival, photo call, glamorous walk on the Croisette, press conference and dinner lit by fireworks. This film will be presented and shown for the first time during the 2012 Cannes edition and broadcasted simultaneously on Canal on May 20th 2012.


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Disney on Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic at TD Garden: Through February 21, dozens of your favorite characters—from Mickey and Minnie to Donald Duck and Goofy to an entourage of Disney Princesses—take to the ice in a spectacular show featuring 30 favorite tunes, including "Let It Go," "You've Got a Friend in Me" and "Hakuna Matata."
21st Annual Bugs Bunny Film Festival at The Brattle Theatre: This delightful vacation week tradition continues at Harvard Square's venerable independent cinema house. Introduce the tykes—and re-introduce yourself—to the beloved Looney Tunes gang, including Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer Fudd and, of course, that rascally rabbit himself. The series—which began on February 12 and boasts multiple showings every day except February 20—continues through February 21.
Prezoodential election at Franklin Park Zoo: Kids can cast their ballot for one of six charismatic critters at this just-for-fun event February 15–19. Then join the inauguration party for the winning "president" of the zoo at the Tropical Forest enclosure February 20 from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Candidates include Dinari the lion, Kiki the gorilla and Anala the tiger.
Classics for kids at Boston Children's Museum: Let classical ensemble Boston Baroque introduce your youngsters to Vivaldi's The Four Seasons at this waterfront institution geared towards having fun while learning. Two 35-minute performances take place February 17 at 1:30 and 3 p.m.
The Wong Kids in the secret of the space chupacabra Go! at the Emerson/Paramount Center Mainstage: Beginning February 19, ArtsEmerson brings New York's Ma-Yi Theater Company to the Hub, who present this fun and fantastical sci-fi tale of two siblings whose discovery that they have superpowers propels them on an outer-space adventure. This action-packed production is brought to life through imaginative storytelling, colorful puppets and inventive visual effects.


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- There is potential for certain types of degraded land to be restored into sustainable forest and to produce biomass for renewable energy, if implemented under careful management.
- Improved strategies are needed to increase the efficiency and sustainability of bioenergy production from forests and restored degraded land.
- The first requisite step towards the development and implementation of forest-based energy systems are feasibility studies in order to avoid harmful environmental impacts, and to improve socioeconomic well-being.
- Efficient energy production from forest biomass requires the development of interdisciplinary strategies to sustain continuous biomass supply from available land and maintain ecosystem services and community needs; as well as the employment of suitable energy technologies.
Topic: bioenergy, degraded land, forest management, rehabilitation
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Sneaking on over to Barcelona for the convenience of the mainstream tech press, Microsoft has finally released the much-anticipated Windows 8 Consumer Preview, during a special press event at the Hotel Miramar.
There are almost as many changes in this build (from the Developer Preview) as there are mentions of Windows 8 being a "no-compromise" and "re-imagined" OS; over 100,000, according to Sinofsky. That being said, we put together a brief overview of the primary changes in the build (such as system-wide spellcheck, the start preview thumbnail, new notifications, boot forward, and Microsoft Account.)
Released in both x64 and x86 flavors, the build is available in English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, and Japanese. Optimized to work well with the same hardware that powers today's Windows 7 devices, here are the system requirements:
- Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
- RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
- Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
- Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device or higher
- To use touch, you need a tablet or monitor that supports multitouch
- To access Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768
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I've been a worship leader at a large church for 14+ years as a vocalist and have shared worship and original music in small group settings. I love the act of engaging people and drawing them into the present of our Savior through music.
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Must Follow Winter Tips To Keep Kids healthy at Daycare
The littlest of the member comes home with biggest of germs, moist of which are acquired during the time spent at day care or school. But there are few steps that you must followed before you ask yourself, "How safe is to send my kid to day care?" However, there are four questions that parents should always ask to a child care provider.
Are toys and surfaces kept clean? What type of cleaners are used?
- All the toys that toddlers put into their mouth should be sanitized properly.
- Surfaces must be cleaned and disinfected throughout the day. Surfaces are those where children make close contact and are most likely to be contaminated.
- The type of the cleaners that most child care centers use is bleach solution which tends to be most effective. However, be sure that these cleaners are safe and non toxic.
Know about sick policy
- Be sure that you understand and agree with daycare's policy
- If your child gets sick, will you be notified in a timely manner?
- Ask the staff if the children are able to go home when they are feeling sick?
How often employees are asked to wash their hands?
- As most of the germs are spread by hand, hence, good hand hygiene can minimize the spreading of germs.
- Ask if children and staffs are instructed to wash their hands throughout the day?
What are the activities taken to fight germs actively?
- Ask whether rooms and equipments are cleaned and disinfected.
- Ask if there are other steps being taken by facility in order to fight germs.
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As someone whose been involved in conservation in many different corners of the world, its easy to see how people might feel removed from the important work that's happening, particularly in the arctic and equatorial regions where the scenery feels unfamiliar. However, the most important piece of land that you can help protect is your own. This blog seeks to show what conservation looks like in a local setting
To some people it's a small, fluid compound composed of two hydrogen molecules and an oxygen molecule. To most people it's life. Fisherman rely on it for fish, farmers rely on it for crops, coastal communities rely on it for tourism, and we all rely on it to provide food, clothes, and –of course– water for our families.
Photo by Bob Arkow. Visit his gallery here: http://www.bobarkowphotography.com/ A curious Humpback comes in for a closer look at a surfer just off of Long Beach.
There are many different ecosystems on Long Island, each of them diverse and unique in their own ways. The most important one, in my humble opinion, are the southern bays that stretch all the way from Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn out to Montauk. Not only are these bays home to a unique collection of human communities, these bays are also home to a complex system of marshes which act as nurseries for all types of fish and also as a home to an incredibly diverse amount of sea birds. These marshes also act as a first line of defense in storms, slowing down the punishing tide from destroying our homes. In the winter, you'll be able to spot our seasonal residents the seals, and during the summer if you look out just offshore you'll be able to spot whales jumping and pods of dolphins cruising the shoreline. All these species rely on the marshes to spawn the bait fish they feed on.
Full disclosure- I grew up exploring the southern bays. I've been fishing for years, unintentionally monitoring the species that live here and have watched fish species disappear over time. When I was a kid going after snappers on mid-August afternoons I used to catch puffer fish, needlefish, and young weakfish, too. These days it seems even the snapper's numbers are low. This isn't to discount the work that many groups on Long Island are doing, and in fact there are many who are improving them every day. In the past few years we've had a major increase in the number of whales and dolphins in our offshore waters, and that's a direct result of the improvements being made in the southern bays. But with all the work being done, there's still a lot of work to do.
Photo by Bob Arkow. Visit his gallery here: http://www.bobarkowphotography.com/. A Humpback whale takes a go at a school of bunker, a local baitfish.
I recently spoke to Helen Roussel, the enthusiastic Conservation Chair for the Long Island chapter of the Sierra Club. She points to over development of coastlines and marsh lands as their main issue out in the eastern bays. "See, there's no rule saying that when you develop land, you need to install hedgerows to give birds a place to nest," Mrs. Roussel explained. "Now, since they're also destroying the marshes, which in turn destroys the dragonfly's habitat, water puddles up and that's the perfect breeding place for mosquitos. Since there's no hedgerows and there's no marshes, birds and dragonflies aren't there to keep the mosquitos in check."
The knock-on effects of this are mind blowing. Since there's a mosquito problem, the local government has taken to using pesticides, specifically the larvicide methoprene, in the waterways to control the mosquito problem. According to the National Pesticide Information Center out of Oregon State University, methoprene "…can prevent normal molting, egg-laying, egg-hatching, and development from the immature phase (i.e. caterpillar) to the adult phase (i.e. moth). This prevents the insects from reproducing." In the environment, methoprene is moderately toxic to some fish and low in toxicity to others and can accumulate in fish tissues. Due to the biomagnification, where pollutants become more and more concentrated in animals as they go up the food chain, small trace amounts of methoprene in bait fish can become extremely high in predatory animals. Its slightly toxic to crustaceans such as shrimp and crayfish, and highly toxic to freshwater invertebrates. When these predatory animals die their remains sink to the ocean floor, where scavengers like crabs, shrimp and crayfish will eat them. The highly concentrated pesticide is then reintroduced to the food chain at a lower level, gradually accumulating more as it heads back up. Studies done on dogs show that when given 10g of methoprene per kilogram of animal, the dogs showed signs like vomiting, dilated pupils, changes in behavior, breathing, and body movements.
To help deal with the mosquito problem, and to help bring back our first line of defense, the marshes need to be brought back to their original state. This, however, is not so simple.
A red path lines the edge of the shoreline and serves as the sidewalk for Bay Drive, a beautiful road that's flanked on one side by homes and the other by Reynolds Channel. While Long Beach is known to most for its amazing beaches on the south side, the north side is bordered by the bay, separating the barrier island from an intense maze of marshes unique to the southern bays of Long Island. This beautiful scene is broken up, if so slightly, by an inconspicuous cement block just off the other side of the channel. That cement block has been a point of frustration for many Long Beach residents.
After watching this video taken by local resident and highly visible environmental activist Scott Bochner, it becomes clear why the cement block is so controversial. That block contains a pipe, and that pipe is connected to Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant.
Opened in the 1940's with the population boom on Long Island, the plant has been subject to years of neglect and failed maintenance. This has lead to the plant spitting out 55 million gallons a day of water that should be treated, but due to the status of the plant, is not. This water is brown and is made up of biosolids, or "sludge." What sludge really is, is whatever has been sent down a drain. This could be shower water and dirty dish water but is also urine and fecal matter.
Besides the fact that it's just gross, this constant pumping of untreated sewage inundates the water with undissolved nutrients. This includes nitrogen, which in low levels is vital for the success of ecosystems, but in elevated levels is very toxic.
Scott Bochner owns a house on Bay Drive, where the video was taken. Since 2010 he's been actively involved in cleaning up the local waterways, co-creating an environmental group called the Sludge Stoppers and working with groups like the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Operation SPLASH, and The Nature Conservancy. Bochner and the rest of the groups have made major progress in cleaning up Reynolds Channel and thanks to these groups and their advocacy they've been able to bring the Bay Park plant back to code and raise enough money to re-route the pipes out to the deep ocean.
One of the advances they've made has been getting scientists in to do studies on the water. One of them involved a study by Stony Brook University. "The nitrogen levels, it's like right here," explained Bochner, pointing at a graph. "This is like the dead zone of dead zones. So, what happened was they put nano robots in the water for 30 days, and then they would follow the stream. They would send out 100 of these things a day and maybe 13 would make it out of the inlet, and the rest would come back in and shoot up all into the back bays, so nothings flushing."
Graphs comparing nitrite, nitrate, ammonia, and ulva (seaweed) coverage. Notice how its all centered around the area where the pipe spills into the bay.Pathways of the nano robots, or water parcels, released by Stony Brook University researchers.
The effects of this on the channel and the greater bay ecosystems could not be more obvious during low tide. During
low tide you can see a unique phenomenon where the mud underneath the marsh grasses should be solid but is actually falling out like a cliff, and the roots from the grasses are poking out the side.
These roots should be growing straight down, anchoring the mud to the earth, and keeping the land in place. However, these roots are growing sideways into the water reaching for the nitrogen because it's a fertilizer, and this change in direction means that it doesn't hold onto the earth as well. When a massive storm comes, it easily rips the marshes from their place and makes it easier for the storm to tear into our communities.
Fisherman at the Magnolia Pier, only a few hundred yards from the cement block.
A study done in 2017 and published in the journal Scientific Reports, the open-access part of Nature, has come up with the final conclusion that "…these results show that coastal wetlands provide significant risk reduction services even where their distribution has been heavily impacted by human activity. Furthermore, these ecosystems provide additional benefits such as fish production, nutrient cycling, and carbon sequestration which will increase the economic value of these habitats. However, across the northeastern USA, development over wetlands together with rising sea-levels place critical facilities and infrastructure at great risk. Rising sea-levels will further influence, and in many cases threaten, the future of these natural defenses."
If concentrated levels of pesticides and human waste in the water we swim in and the fish we eat makes you feel sick to your stomach, there are things to do.
Back out east, Helen Roussel from the Sierra Club says to get involved. There's plenty of citizen science projects and clean ups to join on with the Surfrider Foundation and the Sierra Club. If you live or own property on the water you can plant phragmites, a common reed that anchors really well to the ground and is great at sucking up nitrogen. "Although it's not native and can dominate natural species," says Roussel, "the benefits outweigh the consequences. If my house is in front of the ocean I want this plant there, because this will help stop the surge and help stop erosion."
For Bochner the answer lies in everyday choices. "Start carrying your own bags, stop using straws, stop using plastic, start washing wash cloths again. Everyone has to take responsibility for themselves in order to help keep Long Beach clean. Everyone has to take care of themselves."
So, there it is. When these ecosystems hurt, we hurt.
All graphs retrieved from https://www.citizenscampaign.org/PDFs/WesternBays%20Presentation%20FINAL%2012-7-11.pdf


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Willie Dixon has to be the most important composer of the modern blues era. He was also the most prolific. As staff producer and bass player for Chess Records, he was responsible for writing, playing, and production on all the classic Chess material.
This collection finds Willie and the Chicago All-Stars cooking on some of his songs made famous by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Led Zeppelin, Cream and Jimi Hendrix, just to name a few, proving he is the blues!
I have been listening to this release ever since it first came out on LP and I still have trouble taking it out of the CD player. It is certainly one of Willie's best outings from the latter half of his career and you need it if you don't already have it!


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Medlar // Chelsea // London
Medlar is a neighbourhood restaurant in Chelsea, cooking in a French classical style. Co-owned by Joe Mercer Nairne and David O'Connor (both of former Michelin fame), it has a contemporary décor with a cosy and semi casual feel, and unlike most restaurants, you'll only be offered a prix-fixe menu – but one with a good number of choices.
The fish offering is excellent at Medlar; the char-grilled red mullet with tomato is not short on quality, with its seasoning spot-on. The smoked mackerel and aubergine caviar delivers great layers of flavours and textures, with a lovely earthy taste. The salmoriglio completes the dish with more robust Mediterranean flavours without knocking-out the delicate essence of the red mullet.
Though, the under blade fillet with snails, salad, triple-cooked chips and Béarnaise is a bit of a questionable dish. While all the elements are nicely cooked, you'll find it's more of a brasserie offering than a fine-dining main course.
The crème chiboust with strawberries and honeycomb is a refreshing dessert with nice crisp and clean flavours coming from the fresh strawberries. The pastry is well-made and not too heavy with the honeycomb adding a hint of sweetness. This is a well-constructed classic dessert and truly a delight on a hot summer's day.
Both the kitchen and service have a few issues that need to be addressed. Finger marks weren't properly wiped-off plates and the waiter who served the cheese didn't clean the knife before cutting the next cheese, which result in cross contamination. Classical cooking shouldn't warrant any mistakes and should be close to perfection. Medlar just isn't quite at that level.


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Memorial Day "Decoration" Ceremony Honors Soldiers From All Eras at Laurel Hill Cemetery
On Sunday, May 28, Laurel Hill Cemetery held their Decoration Day Parade, an annual Memorial Day tradition which invites people of all ages to come and honor both fallen and active soldiers from all eras.
First held in 1868, the service recreates the historic Memorial Day observance act of having participants adorn the graves of fallen soldiers with wreaths. Civil War General George Meade's gravesite is paid special attention on this day at Laurel Hill.
Meade is considered by many to be a "hero" of the Battle of Gettysburg. Among his other titles and contributions, Meade is notably the designer of Fairmount Park.
Veterans, Civil War reenactors, children and adults all marched their way throughout the cemetery towards General Meade's grave to place wreaths, continuing the "decoration" tradition. Multiple speakers noted Meade's importance as well as the significance of memorializing late soldiers.
Afterwards, the march lead to a gravesite to recognize newly marked graves throughout the cemetery. The graves were able to be identified through the research of an eighth grade student at Abington Friends School.
In preparation for the event, Michael Wunsch, the Corresponding Secretary of the General Meade Society of Philadelphia, told Spirit News the Meade Society and other groups placed flags on an estimated 700-800 graves of veterans. Today, Wunsch was pleased to see younger generations gathering for the tradition to pay homage of soldiers of all eras.
"[The service] brings to light and memory what memorial day is all about – remembering the fallen soldier, remembering those in service today and commemorating their service to the country," Wunsch said.


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True to form, goalkeeper Cameron McElfresh and his UC San Diego teammates got defensive in the NCAA Division II West Region men's soccer final.
The host Tritons recorded their 14th shutout of the season to top CCAA rival Cal Poly Pomona 1-0 in overtime on Friday night to reach the Elite Eight for the first time in their 17 years at this level.
UCSD prevailed on an own goal at 4:11 into overtime when a defender knocked the ball into the net off a crossing pass by the Tritons' Zachary Lagotta.
McElfresh made four of his five saves in the second half, including two sharp diving efforts.
The 10th-ranked Tritons (18-2-2) advanced to the national quarterfinal game at noon Sunday at the same site against No. 11 Midwestern State, of Wichita Falls, Texas.
UCSD remained unbeaten at home this season (11-0-1). Entering the game, the Tritons were third in Division II with 0.47 goals-against average and owned a 36-10 scoring edge overall over opponents on the season.
The Broncos (13-6-3) couldn't avenge a regular-season loss to UCSD. A year ago, they were the West champion and the national runner-up.
This was the second playoff victory all-time for the Tritons, who were winless in their four Division II postseason outings (0-1-3) prior to this season. They came off a 2-0 victory over Western Washington on Sunday, following a first-round bye.
The Tritons earlier beat Cal Poly 2-1 for the CCAA regular-season title on Oct. 29 with both of their goals in the final 4:27. Like the playoff encounter, that game was also scoreless in the first half.
Tritons women lose in OT
The ninth-ranked UCSD women's soccer team was 37 minutes from beating the No. 1-ranked Division II team in the country on Friday, but ultimately fell in overtime.
Western Washington sophomore forward Gabriela Pelogi scored her second goal of the game in the third minute of overtime to lift the Vikings to a 2-1 win over the Tritons in the third round of the West Regional in Golden, Colo.
UCSD finished the season with a 19-3 record, while Western Washington stayed undefeated at 21-0-1.
The Tritons took the lead in the 32nd minute on a goal by Jordyn McNutt, with Aimee Ellis and Summer Bales providing the assists.
Tod Leonard contributed to this report.
Thien is a freelance writer.


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Hey! Fall is here, and with it, fall makeup tutorials! Yaaassssss!
Hundreds of Youtubers have flooded the internet with their fall makeup tutorials.
Oh…well…I did too.
And here it is! An easy eye tutorial using Korean products I have.
Mind you, it's been super nice going from 10 views a day to 55 on my one video alone yesterday, but the struggle can be real. (and by struggle I mean making sure that I continue to do this for fun and…well…stop focusing on numbers. There are more important things in life.)
Without further ado….here it is! Enjoy! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll…..okay, you probably won't laugh or cry.
This was a short blog, but I hope you enjoy!
What else would you like to hear about or see? I'd love to hear from my readers and suscribers 🙂
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Forget the Old Rules About Not Wearing Linen Before Memorial Day
The weather is doing what it wants, so why shouldn't you don a sharp linen jacket like this one whenever you want?
As with the color white, linen fashions for men once hewed to the silly and fairly arbitrary not before Memorial Day rule. Thankfully, in the same way that politicians' positions on issues great and small seem to be "evolving," so too have views on the immensely practical, highly comfortable, mercifully breathable fabric that has long been a summer staple.
Take this stylish, classically styled linen blazer from H&M. Fully lined and textured with lightly brushed linen (and available in four colors), it's the perfect for this seemingly endless 'tween spell in which our souls daily cry out for spring, but the weather stubbornly refuses its full cooperation. The only thing better than the look is the immensely reasonable price—it's cheaper than most sunglasses.
$70 at H&M, 840 N. Michigan Ave.
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So my friend who has been featured many times in this blog has now decided she really wants it blonde! She had her hair dyed dark a while back and for a bit of fun we have done some ombre and balayage but now she really just wants to be back blonde.
Best thing to do is explain to your client it will be a gradual process as you must do what is healthiest for the hair. I used bleach and 6% in foils and 8/1 and 6% on the roots just to lift the base ever so slightly to blend in the blonde better.
We are both so happy with the results as a first go but do recommend products to help the condition of your clients hair as it was of course dry compared to what it once was.
I know I rant and rant about this product but I love the Revlon Equave leave in conditioning spray...it's keratin based and makes your hair so soft once you've used it.
My client has also leaped onto the Coconut Oil Hype and LOVES it so she says I must get some!
So I will give that a go and let people know how it works!
Katie x