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Michaela Ahlberg currently works as Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at the Swedish telecom operator, TeliaSonera. She joined the company in September 2013 to establish an ethics & compliance office, as the company had gone through a period of media and prosecutor attention on alleged corruption. Ms. Ahlberg reports to the Chief Executive Officer and the Sustainability & Ethics Committee of the Board.
Ms. Ahlberg has some 30 years of international experience working as a legal and general counsel in both privately held and publically traded companies. During the past five years, she has focused her career towards ethics & compliance and is especially interested in anti-corruption.
Before joining TeliaSonera, Ms. Ahlberg worked as Chief Ethics & Compliance at Volvo Cars mainly focusing on their rapid expansion in China. She also spent five years with Nokia Siemens Networks, whereof three and a half years based in Dubai, UAE as head of legal & compliance for Middle East and Africa and one and half years based in Dallas as head of legal & compliance for North America. During these years, she traveled extensively and spent most of her time working on compliance matters.
Ms. Ahlberg also worked as a general counsel with responsibility for Legal and IPR at Nobel Biocare, a medical device company which at the time was listed on the Swiss and Swedish stock exchange, and as general counsel for EHPT (a joint venture of Ericsson and HP). She holds a master of law from Lunds University in Sweden.
Marianna Vintiadis is a Managing Director in Kroll's Investigations & Disputes practice, specializing in business intelligence. Based in Milan where she is chief executive of the Italian subsidiary, Marianna is responsible for Kroll's operations in Southern Europe. She joined the Business Intelligence and Investigations (BI&I) practice in Milan in June 2004. As a practitioner, Marianna has been involved in some of the corporation's most-high profile and sensitive business intelligence engagements in the region, spanning many jurisdictions and areas of corporate activity.
Marianna and her team have worked with clients in the private and government sectors helping them assess risks involved in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions; exposing mafia infiltration and sanction breaches; supporting in disputes, asset recoveries and NPL management; helping limit counterparty exposure and reputational liabilities; gathering evidence in leak of information, corruption and internal fraud investigations. Particular areas of expertise include the shipping and gaming industries as well as energy, banking and telecommunications.
As a manager, Marianna has been leading efforts to extend Kroll's Italian market while also developing Greek operations, expanding the company's activity and network in Austria and the Balkans and, most recently, in Spain and Portugal. In close collaboration with Kroll Ontrack, she is now extending the range of technology-based investigations with particular reference to sophisticated litigation support and anti-corruption assignments.
Moreover, Marianna has been pioneering the development of the data breach market in Southern Europe. Prior to joining Kroll, Marianna worked for Navale Assicurazioni in its marine hull division. Previously, Marianna had spent eight years at Cambridge University doing research, teaching, consulting in economics and working on technology transfer.
Philippe Pinsolle is the managing partner of the Paris office. He has acted as counsel in more than 200 international arbitrations, with a particular focus on Investor-State arbitrations and commercial disputes involving the energy, power, oil & gas, construction and defence industries. He has been involved in arbitrations under the auspices of virtually all major arbitration institutions including the ICC, the LCIA, the ICSID, the SCC, the AAA, the ICDR, the Swiss Chambers of Commerce, the AFA, as well as in ad hoc cases under the UNCITRAL rules or otherwise. Philippe Pinsolle has also served as arbitrator in more than 40 cases, as well as expert witness on arbitration and French law issues.
Chambers Global reports that clients have described him as an "outstanding strategist" with a "great tactical sense."
Chambers Global adds that his "pragmatic approach, great intellect and technical prowess set him apart." Philippe has also been praised as an "oil and gas specialist." Global Arbitration Review wrote in its GAR 100 Survey that "Philippe Pinsolle is by many accounts a leader in his generation in Paris – possibly the leader" and the Who's Who Legal wrote that "Philippe Pinsolle is commended for his 'marvellous advocacy'." In January 2012, Philippe was awarded the Swiss Arbitration Association's ASA Prize for Advocacy in International Commercial Arbitration.
In early 2014, he was recognized by Best Lawyers as a leading practitioner in Arbitration & Mediation and International Arbitration. In October 2014, he was awarded the French Arbitration Counsel of the Year prize at the Benchmark and Expert Guides Global Arbitration Awards. In December 2014, Philippe was named Energy Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year in France at the Corporate INTL Legal Awards 2015.
Mr. Carl Östring since 2011, has been a General Counsel and Investment Manager of AB Traction, an investment company listed at Nasdaq Stockholm. Mr. Östring's legal practice is focused in the areas of general contract law, corporate law and international commercial transactions and he also possesses considerable experience in insolvency proceedings and the restructuring of business. As Investment Manager, Mr. Östring serves as Director of several of Traction's holdings, as well as evaluates and negotiates new investments.
Mr. Östring has a background as Managing Partner at Magnusson Advokatbyrå Stockholm and worked for its Stockholm, Minsk and Moscow offices from 2006-2010. He began his career with Advokatfirman Fylgia in Stockholm in 2000, focusing on corporate, litigation, and insolvency issues. Mr. Östring is currently the Chairman of the Board of Drillcon AB (listed at Nasdaq First North), Ankarsrum Motors AB, Ankarsrum Kitchen and Ankarsrum Die Casting AB and Director of Recco AB. He is the Vice Chairman of Duroc AB (listed at Nasdaq Stockholm). He is fluent in Swedish and English, has a Diploma in French from the Université de Strasbourg and a basic knowledge of Spanish and Russian. Mr. Östring graduated with an LL.M. degree from Uppsala University in 2000.
After a long career in legal practice management at leading commercial barristers' chambers, Jeremy was appointed in 2012 as Director of Operations at Riverview Law, where he played a key role in its journey from start-up to leading "New Law" success story.
He subsequently moved on to a senior leadership role at Obelisk Support, an innovative, award-winning provider of commercial legal support to corporate in-house legal departments and law firms.
Jeremy is now a freelance consultant specializing in helping businesses select, engage and manage legal services and technology solutions, with a focus on delivering commercial value.
He is a well-known expert commentator on the evolving legal services market through his regular thought leadership writing in leading industry publications as well as on social media and at legal conferences.
Kiril Čavdar, PhD is definitely one of the most esteemed and eminent legal professionals in Republic of Macedonia with extensive experience in all areas of legal practice. He holds an LLM degree in Enforcement Procedure and a PhD in the field of civil and legal protection of public property.
Born in Resen, he attended both elementary and high school in Resen, Bitola and Ohrid after which he enrolled at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb where he graduated in 1955. His earliest positions include working as a court clerk as well as spending one year as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Law in Skopje.
Back in 1958, he was appointed a judge at the Skopje Regional Court II, while at the end of 1959 and in 1966, he was appointed to the Skopje District Court. From 1968 to 1975 he took the role of an assistant to the State's Justice Secretary of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia.
The next move in his professional career was in 1975 when he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Macedonia while in 1982 he was appointed as Macedonia's Deputy-Ombudsman.
Towards the end of the eighties, he joined the Federal Court in Belgrade, where he worked until the breakup of Yugoslavia. He continued his career back at the Supreme Court of Macedonia where he worked until his retirement.
As a renowned expert, he shared his invaluable experience as a member of the State Judicial Council from 2000-2003 and he also participated in many law drafting procedures.
Mr. Čavdar is the author of numerous important books in the field of civil law and procedures that still serve jurists in their daily work.
Konstantinos Kornilakis is a lawyer at the Supreme Court of Greece with long judicial and non-judicial experience in the field of legal consulting of big companies.
He is a partner of the Stavros Koumentakis and Associates Law Firm, one of the biggest boutique Law Firms in Northern Greece according to European standards since 2004, together with the founder of the firm Stavros Koumentakis, Lambros Timotheou and others.
Their law firm uses a large network of professionals at the highest level who specialize in specific legal (and non legal - e.g. taxing, accounting etc) issues. Their law firm has a very close and long lasting cooperation with the biggest international, consulting and auditing companies.
Basic aim of the Law Firm is to provide the costumers more than "just" legal services (e.g. strategy, management, crisis management etc) and to provide the medium and big companies that are active in the Greek market and abroad with total support on all the legal (judicial and non judicial) issues they are facing. As a result their clients choose to stay with their Law Firm for many years - most of them for decades.
Academician Žan Mitrev is one of most prominent cardio surgeons in Macedonia and the region. He is the founder, owner and manager of the Private Special Surgery Hospital "Filip Vtori" which operates for more than a decade, offering premium services for patients from the whole region. He has been awarded and praised with numerous international and regional awards and acknowledgments of his work. He is also a member of the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Mrs. Maja Menard is a renowned professional with over 10 years of experience and practice especially in dispute resolution, M&A, regulation and competition law. She focuses on cross-border transactions and foreign investments. She represents clients in complex judicial and alternative dispute resolution proceedings and advises on all types of transactions, including restructurings and joint ventures.
She recently took the lead in the high-profile sale of Slovenia's 100 % stake in Nova KBM d.d. and has advised a Slovenian insurance company in the sale of its majority stake in a leading Slovenian bus operator. With extensive experience in competition law, she has successfully represented the European Commission in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the EU in a case concerning the annulment of a State aid decision.
She gained her law degree as a cum laude at the University of Ljubljana and continued with her masters and PhD degree at the University of Paris X – Nanterre. Following the completion of her PhD studies, Maja worked for five years in the Paris office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where she developed significant experience advising international clients in most diverse matters, particularly in the context of dispute resolution proceedings.
She joined Ulčar & partnerji in 2010 and became a partner in 2013.
Entrepreneur and investor.
Background in Mathematics, Finance, Internet, Human Resources and Finance. Serial entrepreneur - founded several online and human resources services businesses.
Mathematician by vocation, worked at the Department of Mathematic, University of Zagreb, before founding his first business in financial analytics. Worked in corporate finance and asset management in several institutions. The first in Croatia to receive the CFA mark.
From 2000, devoted to running his own businesses. In 2007 sold the leading jobsite MojPosao in the largest internet-related transaction in the region.
Current businesses include the leading search and selection and temporary employment companies in the region.
Recognized value investor in public companies listed on the ZSE and an angel investor. A standing member of the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year jury.
Founded and finances Croatian Makers, project devoted to developing robotics and automation in Croatian schools by donating robotics and automation equipment. The project donated more than 60 schools and other organizations, before engaging into massive Croatian Makers League, donating 1,200 robots to 200+ Croatian schools and organizing a robotics league, with various spin-off projects in STEM education.
One of the most significant philanthropists in Croatia, supports various civil sector initiatives and funded other philanthropic projects, actively involved as opinion maker in public discussions on economic and general issues, promoting liberal democracy and free markets. A member of Rotary Club Zagreb Centar, actively involved into many Club's project including Global Grant project Glina: Bridge to the Better Future. Author of the blog Eclectica.hr, the most popular blog in Croatia. Married with 2 children.


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Katy Gotro
Katy competed in, as well as coached, swimming and dance throughout her youth. She earned a collegiate scholarship to compete in Division 1 swimming at Youngstown State University, which is where she developed an excitement for strength training. After receiving her BA in Communication Studies, Katy went on to preform for a traveling dance company in Columbus and was a hairstylist in her own Salon, within Salon Lofts. However, she missed the intense, competitive atmosphere found in a team training environment. While discussing this with a past teammate in 2011, The Reebok CrossFit Games were playing on TV and spiked both of their interests. The following week, Katy took her first CrossFit class where she tackled the workout 'Cindy' and has been totally dedicated to the sport ever since. Having such a positive impact on her life, Katy knew that she wanted to pass along her love of the sport to others and in the spring of 2014 she became a Level 1 CrossFit Coach and started coaching at CrossFit Grandview later that summer. She participated in the 2014 Central East Regional as a member of Team CrossFit Grandview. After that, she and the team started prepping for the 2015 season by placing 15th worldwide in the CrossFit Team Series, 1st at Back to the Ranch in Troy, Ohio and 1st at Battle of the Boxes in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The team then qualified to the Central Regional this year where they set an Event Record and qualified for The Reebok CrossFit Games which will have them competing at the end of July.

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Bill Oddie talks about his depression: 'A sense of humour can keep you going.'
Bill Oddie, ornithologist extraordinaire, is a keen naturalist, comedian, musician, writer and successful broadcaster. Here he talks about his depression and how laughing can help.
'A sense of humour can keep you going.'
…on being 'an outdoor type'
As a child, I never lived in the countryside, which surprises some people. I was brought up among the cobblestones of Rochdale. But in those days it was a question of making your own entertainment, so I spent a lot of time playing outside. My interest in birds started around the age of seven, inspired by delinquent egg collecting – everybody did it in those days!
And as a teenager, I would spend a huge amount of time outdoors getting to know bird calls, bird habits and bird nests, making notes and lists. I would take off on my bike from dawn 'til dusk with my binoculars and a notebook. So it was an outdoor life to that extent.
But for me it was partly about getting out of the house. My mum was in a mental institution for most of my childhood. I was brought up by my dad, who was often at work, and my Gran, who just wasn't interested. It wasn't exactly jolly at home.
…on his time in hospital
I've had real problems with depression for 10 or 12 years now. I've been in and out of a mental health hospital six or seven times over the years. It is a useful sanctuary, a way to get away and switch off. But apart from that, I can't say I found it particularly helpful. Some of the therapies just weren't for me; at times I felt very much an outsider. I did meet a couple of people who I could talk to and have a laugh with though.
…on laughing in difficult times
I'll never forget there was one mindfulness-based session in hospital when we were asked to think about nuts – as in hazelnuts – and be mindful of the nuttiness etcetera. When the therapist said 'pick up your nuts' it got a big laugh, though I don't think that was the intention at all. The therapist didn't have a clue why we were cracking up.
So you can laugh even when you're down. I think a sense of humour is one of the things that can keep you going. With depression it can go out the window, but with a bit of luck it doesn't go entirely.
…on mood and getting outside
The trouble is that when you're in the grip of intense depression, it's hard enough just to get out of bed. You lose all enthusiasm for the things you used to enjoy – birds for me. It's one of the main symptoms. So it's incredibly difficult to get yourself outside. If you can, great! Try and make yourself do it. I know lots of people who enjoy the social element of outdoor activities too. But I don't think it's the whole answer.
…on getting into bird watching
These days it's really easy. You can just go online and search for bird watching in your area. And I would say, whilst it's a good idea to find other people to do it with, it's perhaps more valuable to develop an interest that you can pursue yourself, so that you can take yourself into new places.
If you want to learn more about what makes Bill tick, his book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Bill Oddie – My Autobiography talks about his breakdowns, his upbringing and his mother's struggles with mental health problems. Check out his blog at www.billoddie.com


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The Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language (Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera, or DELE), is an official diploma issued by the Spanish Instituto Cervantes and the Spanish Ministry of Education to participants who pass a standardized test.
Test takers receive a Diploma de Español in one of three levels:
- Beginner Level: certifies sufficient language ability to understand and cope with the most common situations of daily life, ask questions and express your needs in simple language.
- Intermediate Level: certifies sufficient linguistic ability to cope with common situations of everyday life, in normal communication circumstances, not requiring the use of a specialized language.
- Advanced Level: certifies language skills necessary to cope with situations that require a very good command of language and knowledge of cultural habits.
For more information on the DELE, please visit the Istituto Cervantes website.
Spanish in Madrid - Enforex
Study Spanish in Madrid! Ages 16+, 1 week stay minimum. Standard, intensive, super-intensive Spanish language courses. DELE exam preparation. Homestay, residence or flatshare accommodation. 1 week from €395 (20 lessons, flatshare accommodation, self-catered)
Spanish in Alicante
Study Spanish in Alicante! Ages 17+, 2 week stay minimum (1 week if private lessons combined course). Standard, intensive, super-intensive, private lessons, DELE exam prep course. Homestay or apartment accommodation. 2 weeks from €580 (15 lessons, apartment accommodation, single room, self-catering.)
Spanish in Barcelona - Enforex
Standard, intensive or private lessons and DELE exam preparation. Ages 16+, starting from 1 week at €395 (accommodation in shared apartment, shared room). Residence or homestay accommodation available on full or half-board.
Spanish in Benalmádena (Malaga) - Colegio Maravillas
Those aged 18+ for a minimum of 1 week. General, standard or combined courses. Options: Flamenco & cooking. Accommodation in an apartment or with a host family. 1 week stays starting from €385 (20 lessons, shared room in an apartment, self-catering).
Spanish in Valencia - Enforex
Study Spanish in Valencia! Ages 16+, 1 week stay minimum. Standard, intensive, super-intensive Spanish language courses Homestay, residence or flatshare accommodation. 1 week from €395 (20 lessons, flatshare accommodation, self-catering.)
Spanish in Seville - Enforex
Study Spanish in Seville! Ages 16+, 1 week stay minimum. Standard, intensive, private Spanish language courses. DELE exam preparation. Homestay or residence accommodation. 1 week from €355 (20 lessons, flatshare accommodation, shared room, self-catering.)
Spanish in Marbella - Enforex
General, standard or intensive or super intensive courses. Ages 16+, minimum stay of 1 week. Accommodation with a host family or in a shared apartment. 1 week starting at €375 (20 lessons, accommodation in shared apartment, meals not included).


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Parmenides Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science
27 March, 11 am, Parmenides Foundation, Pullach
Dr. Richard Watson
Senior Lecturer, Natural Systems, Computer Science, Uni. of Southampton, UK.
The Evolution of Ecological Relationships and Connectionist Adaptation in Ecosystems
We show conditions for a dynamical homology between the evolution of inter-species relationships in an ecosystem and associative learning in neural networks. We demonstrate that an ecosystem can thereby exhibit associative memory/recall of past ecological states, and learning capability, homologous to a distributed constraint-solving algorithm, that improves the ability of the system to find ecological states that increase the efficient use of resources. This suggests that ecosystems can exhibit adaptation – not by natural selection and not in the Darwinian sense, but rather – in the same sense and by the same mechanism as connectionist models of organismic learning. We discuss the necessary conditions for this to occur and the consequences of such adaptation for ecological function.
Dr. Watson's main areas of scientific cross-disciplinary achievement include:
· Modular problem structure and problem decomposition
· Sex and genetic structure
· Symbiosis, coevolution and coupled adaptive processes
Watson, R.A., Compositional Evolution: The impact of Sex, Symbiosis and Modularity on the Gradualist Framework of Evolution. MIT Press. 2006.
Parmenides Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science
October 17, 2013, 11 am, Parmenides Foundation, Pullach
Prof. Dr. Dirk Helbing
Chair of Sociology, ETH Zurich.
Economy 2.0: Towards a Self-Regulating, Participatory Market Society to Counter Complexity and Extreme Events
Most 21st century challenges, including climate change, financial stability, or energy supply, cannot be solved by technology alone. They have an important behavioral and social component. Some of the problems even occur if everybody has good intentions, is well equipped, and highly motivated to do the right things. These problems can be a result of systemic instabilities, eventually resulting in cascade effects and extreme events. Typical examples are phantom traffic jams, crowd disasters, financial meltdowns, conflicts, or wars. Moreover, while cooperation in social dilemma situations would be favorable for everyone, it is often unstable. This can lead to "tragedies of the commons". The classical approach to overcome such tragedies is to introduce laws, regulations, punishments, taxes, or other mechanisms, which, in the best case, change the nature of the interaction. However, so far these mechanisms have largely failed to reduce carbon emissions or overfishing, for example. As an alternative, I will demonstrate the power of social mechanisms to change the behavior of people in favorable ways. I will show that evolution has, in fact, created a "homo socialis" with other-regarding preferences besides the self-regarding "homo economicus". But while humans have developed a science and institutions for the "homo economicus", we currently lack suitable institutions to support the "homo socialis". Therefore, there is a need for an innovative kind of socio-economic organization, which I will call "socionomy" or "participatory market society" or "economy 2.0". The transition to this new organization will be enabled and catalyzed by emerging information and communication technologies, particular social technologies. Overall, I expect a fundamental paradigm shift in our current socio-economic approach and thinking. It will open up a very exciting perspective for the 21st century, which I anticipate to be an era of creativity and participation.


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Successful distributor BlueFish Promotional Merchandise have announced their expansion with the opening of their new northern office in central Leeds.
The new office, based in the prestigious Princes Park adjacent to Leeds station will allow BlueFish to effectively service their growing portfolio of clients in the North of England and Scotland.
Owners Paul Green and Russ Platt were clearly excited by the expansion. Russ said: "We are really looking forward to making the most of this well-needed expansion. We have a wide range of clients spanning the whole of the UK so it makes complete sense for us to open the office here. It will enable us to give customers in the North an even better on-demand service than we already offer them."
Paul added: "The office location could not be better for us or our clients; we are right in the heart of the vibrant business hub of central Leeds with superb transport links by road and rail right on the doorstep, it's perfect."
The Leeds office is in addition to the office based at Galpeg Ltd in North London where the production and accounts functions will continue to be performed.
For more information please contact Russ Platt, BlueFish Promotional Merchandise:
0845 644 0725
Published on: April 7th, 2017


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The new call for the NWO Caribbean Research programme is open for applications. This call has a total budget of 7.18 million euros and comprises a special approach. NWO is seeking two Programme Chairs who will each set up a multidisciplinary research programme: one with a focus on socio-cultural issues and based in the Leeward Islands, and one focusing on natural-science issues and based in the Windward Islands.
The call for proposals can be downloaded from the funding page:
We would appreciate it if you could spread this announcement to researchers in your network that could possibly be interested in this call.
More information
In 2018 the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Science and Culture extended the term of the NWO Caribbean Research programme by five years. The emphasis is on strengthening research in and about the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. NWO aims to achieve this goal by means of two major multidisciplinary research programmes that will be carried out and anchored in the region itself.
This call for proposals is intended to recruit two researchers (Programme Chairs), who will use a personal grant to set up and lead research groups in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. They will initiate and guide research in collaboration with regional and local organisations, structures and people. The two Programme Chairs will gather research teams around them, work together with relevant researchers and institutions within and outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and, above all, further develop intersections between the two cited areas of focus.
Two research programmes:
Both research programmes need to address challenges and knowledge issues in the Caribbean region. The results must be of scientific and societal importance to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. In one of the programmes the focus will be on social sciences and humanities in the broad sense. This programme is expected to be based at the University of Aruba or the University of Curaçao. The other programme will focus on natural-science issues in the field of environment and nature, and is expected to be based at the CNSI research institute on St. Eustatius. The source of inspiration for both programmes is provided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, in particular the concept of Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). An important element in the programmes is the transfer of knowledge through education and outreach.
The deadline for the mandatory pre- proposals is Thursday 14 November 2019. In the subsequent elaboration of a full proposal, applications may make use of the Caribbean Knowledge Agenda (now under development). NWO is formulating this agenda partly on the basis of a public survey that is currently open to persons and institutions in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.
With kind regards,
Niels van den Berg and Josef Stuefer
t: +31 (0)703494405 / +31 (0)703494472
Some additional information:
One project chair will be selected for each program, one with natural science and one with a social-cultural thematic focus. However, the programs are not limited to these focuses and overlap will be likely.
Pre-proposals can be submitted by researchers with a doctoral degree, irrespective of whether or not they hold tenured positions and whether they come from the Netherlands or "abroad". So a researcher with a doctoral degree on our islands (or from anywhere else) from these local organizations can technically apply. Although a number of additional requirements are also required.
All Dutch Caribbean islands are eligible and there is a preference for multi-island projects within the Caribbean (as long as Dutch Caribbean islands are included). Even though one of the programs will likely be located in the SSS islands and one in the ABC islands, the programs and the research conducted within these is not limited geographically to the location in which the program is placed.
Topics and involved organizations are still completely open. It is up to the selected project chairs to create a proposal and partner with interested organizations and groups. Thus, collaboration with partners (local and academic) is not yet decided and NWO does not have any preference for this, only for the involvement of many local partners.


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Organisations, however, often face resistance from their people when announcing change. It's human nature, and when it comes to new tech, even more so. So how can you get your employees on board?
As a manager, it's your responsibility to understand where this resistance is coming from. Is your staff made up of older people who may not be that comfortable with technology? Are they scared they might be made redundant? Or are they based in the field, wondering how on earth you're going to make this work?
Whatever their concerns, finding a way forward is key to implementing new technology into your organisation. So how do you do it?


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You will certainly note that there are so many benefits that are attached to digitization. Choosing to consider publication of a digital magazine is one great move for any business to take. You will certainly note that this is a decision you will never regret. You will realize that the attached benefits are almost irresistible. A number of them include the following.
It will turn out that so many people will be reached by your digitally published magazine. This implies that your audience will be bigger than if you opted for traditional approaches. In fact, some of the people that you will reach might never have crossed your mind. This is indeed the most perfect way to sell your brand. This is what will make it possible to reach more people. Through linking, you can advertise some of your other business products and services. Basically, the products or services offered by your company are put on the fore front. You therefore can have a link that directly connects to your website. This will in fact be an avenue through which you can save on money that you would have otherwise spent on advertisements. An online magazine facilitates the realization of this goal. This will surely make sure that you do not waste too much resources.
You will realize that for as long as your publication goes on, there is a likelihood that you will attract a bigger audience. You can take advantage of this and start advertising other products. This is another sure way of getting a little more revenue. You are free to sell such advertising space to a number of people. It is however important for you to protect your readers from any advert that seems to be a nuisance. There are instances when the sale of this space is so high that it can fully cover the cost of publication of the magazine. As a business, you will appreciate that this will now become a new source of income. A path where you get extra profits. While at it, you will get enough content to use on your social media. This will allow you to have the right message to share with your friends on social media. This will even further promote the effect that the business will have in the social world. It is from social media that you will get people who want to advertise their products through you while you grow the influence of your business.
Provision of analytics to your magazine will be almost inevitable. It is through this that you will identify places you need to correct in order for you to have a successful advertisement campaign.


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Community delivers as UMass Cancer Walk hits $750,000 goal
Under the warm sun of the last official day of summer, thousands of people, many wearing team colors, converged on the UMass Medical School campus in Worcester on Sunday, Sept. 22, for the 2019 UMass Cancer Walk and Run.
Their collective effort, and the generosity of sponsors, helped organizers meet their goal of raising $750,000 to support adult and pediatric cancer research and care, and to fund clinical trials of new cancer therapies.
"It was a glorious day," said Richard Carr, chairperson of the event steering committee, and a two-time cancer survivor. "Everywhere I looked, I saw a reflection of our diverse community; some people still grieving for loved ones lost, and others fighting and surviving. It is remarkable witnessing so many people together, supporting each other and all with the same singular goal— to cure cancer. I truly appreciate the sacrifice of each and every person who participated. Their efforts will have an impact on people's lives now and for generations to come."
Early in the day, the crowd was energized by a powerful delivery of the Star-Spangled Banner by Shrewsbury High School student Aarshiya Sachdeva. A brief speaking program followed, emceed by WTAG's Jim Polito, and including remarks from Congressman James McGovern, State Rep. James O'Day, UMass Memorial Medical Center President Michael Gustafson, and Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor of Medical Education, executive deputy chancellor, provost and dean of the School of Medicine.
The final speaker brought a hush to the crowd. Brooke Dauksz of Worcester is a single mother raising two children. She has stage 4 rectal cancer. First diagnosed in 2017, Brooke said she's been through multiple rounds of chemotherapy and several surgeries.
"It was just a few weeks before my 35th birthday, I awoke from my colonoscopy to hear that devastating news. 'We found a tumor. And it is cancerous,'" said Dauksz. "I was at a loss for words. In the recovery room, I immediately started crying and all I could think about was my children.
Soon after her initial diagnosis, tests showed the cancer had already spread to her liver. Dauksz's treatment plan held the disease at bay for a while, but it returned.
"So, here we are today, and I am going through treatment again. I know what it feels like to feel defeated. To want to give up. I know they said it wasn't going to be easy, but I never could have imagined it was going to be this hard," Dauksz said. "Just keep fighting. I may have cancer, but cancer doesn't have me. I have the oncology dream team here at UMass. Thank you to all the doctors and nurses. Thank you to the doctors and scientists doing the research to find a cure. And thank you to everyone who has donated. Thank you to the survivors and the fighters. And we will never forget the ones we have lost."
After she spoke, the walk began with the ceremonial "survivors lap" with children and adults in varying stages of recovery stepping off through a corridor of cheerleaders. The walk then began, with the assembled throng walking under a rainbow arch and heading for the route.
When walkers returned, the campus was rocking to the beat of Aquanett, a 1980s tribute band. Food trucks rolled in, including FireFly's BBQ, Bertucci's, Shishkaberry, Froze-Zone, Moe's Street Eats, Nicolena's Cheesecake on a Stick and Snowy Joey's. They donated 10 percent of their proceeds that day to the UMass Cancer Walk and Run.
"A day like we had on Sunday only happens because of the commitment of a large team of staff, volunteers, and most importantly, families in our community who refuse to let cancer win," said Beth Whitney, manager of the walk. "Our success on Sunday is their success, and I wish I could thank every one of them in person."
Earlier this year, the UMass Cancer Walk and Run was recognized with Worcester Magazine Best of Worcester 2019 Award for a regional fundraising event.
For more information about the event or to visit https://umassmed.edu/cancerwalk/.


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Continuing from the Multi-Tenancy discussion I will take on another aspect of implementation – Reports and dashboards delivery
As we discussed in the earlier post OBIEE – Multi-Tenancy implementations – What is it, a multi-tenancy implementation generally involves varied user base with different needs from the underlying data warehouse. Further, the users are also able to extend the presentation catalog on their own during the lifetime of this implementation.
So ideally, the providers will present the users with a basic set of reports and dashboards which will be deemed universal for the subject areas being covered. These will be designed after consulting with various user groups from different target audience (tenant groups). The provider should also provide certain basic templates which can be extended for ad-hoc analysis to ensure that the users are utilizing the power of the underlying BI platform. As this blog is focused primarily around OBIEE and supporting Oracle echo system, I will say that this should be given to the users so they can benefit from the 'Ad-hoc' capabilities provided by OBIEE. With appropriate training the users can form a 'power user' group within their rank and file and these users can create custom reports for the specific tenants, or groups within them. Further, the provider can offer custom consulting and come up with reports and dashboards for specific tenants for a fee.
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- Global reports and dashboards for all
- Global templates for everyone to use as the starting point for commonly used ad-hoc analysis
- Personal space for each users where they can save
- frequently used ad-hoc analysis
- Work-in-progress before the artifacts are released for use with others within the tenancy
- Directories for each tentans where they
- Share custom reports among themselves.
- Proof of concept reports for validation (access may be restricted to certain auditors only)
- Custom development done by provider – often for a fee – available only to users of the particular tenant. artifacts from this section may eventually find its way into the global area, depending on popularity, maturity of the offering etc.
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Can we talk about the detail on this dress! I love the floral design to start with. It's more subtle and not too over done. The detail alone on the back is so well thought out and flattering. (It doesn't hug in all the wrong places.)
I am the biggest fan of high neck pieces! I think they look so stunning and classy. This piece is no acceptation.
This will be my official go-to summer dress for special events of even date night with my hubby!
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When it comes to fish production many of us are interested in breeding our own fish. What is more exciting than being completely sustainable and not having to buy new fish fingerlings every year? If you are like me you also feel proud to be able to offer such good condition for the fish that you are able to complete the full cycle and hatch your own!
Unfortunately it is often easier to think than to do…
We can classify the fish in different categories as below:
Ovoviviparous fish
The reproduction of ovoviviparous fish involve a sexual penetration and the eggs are developed and kept in the female body until they are ready to hatch. Those are able to give birth to babies that are able to swim and already look like little adults. This category of fish is generally relatively easy to breed.
Unfortunately those fish are rare and most of them are too small to be grown and harvested for human consumption. We generally grow them for their ornamental qualities as some of them display very nice colours. Here are a few of them:
In aquarium we have the guppy, the molly, xypho, platy…
In "colder water" the Gambusia also known as mosquito fish are sometimes kept in little ponds to eat the mosquito larvae.
The Oviparous fish represent the large majority. They lay eggs on the bottom or on a support (aquatic plants, roots …) and the egg will hatch after the incubation period.
We can divide the oviparous category in the 2 following subcategories:
-Fish spawning eggs but not taking care of the eggs or even eating their own eggs if they find them
-Fish laying the eggs and taking care of them until they hatch and sometimes even taking care of the young larvae until they are able to live by themselves.
As you can imagine it is generally more challenging to breed the oviparous fish in aquaponics. They generally need specific conditions to breed and reach the needed gamete maturation (ovule maturation). In aquaculture some hormones are sometimes used to initiate the maturation and the spawn. In aquaponics we don't use those hormones but it is still possible to obtain spawning behaviour in some species. Even when you obtain eggs you will still face the following problems and especially with the first category of oviparous fish which is the most common:
Challenge 1: Predation
The fish tank surface is generally limited and with a higher fish density than in nature. The bottom of the tank is generally flat and it expose the eggs to the parent's appetite.
Challenge 2: Water pump
In aquaponics we generally have a water pump into the fish tank or an overflow with a water pump. This water pump represent a real danger for the eggs and for the young larvae. The young baby fish is generally few millimetres long and extremely fragile. They can be easily sucked by the pump and die.
Challenge 3: food availability
The new born fish larvae are generally not adapted to eat fish food pellet. They have an extremely small mouth opening and generally eat plankton such as microalgae or zooplankton (little crustaceans). In a classic aquaponics fish tank they have very little chances to find the required food needed for their survival.
There is still hope!
Now that you are exposed to the number of challenges that we can face, let's see what we can still do in aquaponics.
Green water technique
Some fish are spawning on supports such as aquatic plants or tree roots. For those species of fish (gold fish, carps, redfins…) we can present some artificial supports and when ready they will spawn on it. The support I like to use is a simple float with wool strings falling down. The fish will see it as roots and will spawn sticky eggs on it without problem. Once the spawn complete you can collect the support and place it in a special tank that you will have prepared before. This tank will be a simple tank with water from the aquaponics system and exposed to the sun light. Algae will develop and the water will turn green. This will be the perfect larvae tank as the larvae will find a abundance of food.
Other species of fish such as tilapia
Few Oviparous species of fish are still very easy to grow as they take care of the eggs and of the newborn. Tilapia is one of those and for certain species of tilapia the parents will take care of the eggs by keeping them in their mouth until the babies are big enough to survive and escape from the other fish. In this case you only need to offer some hiding material for the small fish to hide until they get larger.
Breeding fish is not always the easier thing to do. If you are beginning in aquaponics I would recommend to first focus on the fish growth and fish welfare.
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Can you breed your fish in aquaponics? This is what we're going to see together in today's video. So in aquaponics, we are growing vegetables, but we are also growing fish, and the fish fingerlings, the baby fish, most of the time, we need to buy them from a hatchery. It's costly, it's not very convenient, and what about breeding our fish? It'll be fantastic if we were able to buy the little fingerlings once and then when the fish grow, we breed them before harvesting the biggest. That would be fantastic.
So the question that we're going to develop today is, is it possible to breed our fish in aquaponics? So first, I would like to say that there are different categories of fish. There are some fish that are able to spawn eggs and some fish that are able to spawn, hatch eggs, so babies, basically, babies that are already the shape of the parents and that are able to live the same life as their parents.
So most of the fish that we grow and especially the ones we grow in aquaponics, they're going to spawn eggs, and that's the most tricky ones to breed. So the ones that are spawning babies, they are fish that we use mostly in aquariums such as guppies or mollies, all those types of little fish. They can basically spawn babies that are ready to swim. So it's really nice to grow in aquariums. It's very exciting to see the babies, but in aquaponics, most of the time, we don't grow those types of fish.
There is one fish that is the mosquitofish which is related to the guppy. It's actually called Gambusia, and this fish is able to spawn in the water, not really to spawn, but to give birth to some babies in the water that are able to swim straightaway.
So those types of fish we can breed them, but in aquaponics, there is no real interest in growing them. The only thing is that they're going to eat the mosquitos so if you have a pond or somewhere where there is no fish but there is always some water and you want to avoid mosquitos, you can put those fish and they will be able to breed by themselves if they are in good conditions.
But now what we are talking about here in this video is the fish that we want to grow in aquaponics that we're going to be able to use for the whole system so fish that grow to a significant size.
I'm not going to develop all the types of fish that we can grow in aquaponics in this video. I already made some videos about it, but today what I really want to talk about is how to – can we breed them, basically? That's the question.
So most of them, they're going to spawn eggs and then we got two different categories in the category of fish that are spawning eggs. We got the fish that spawn eggs but don't take care of the eggs. They spawn it and that's it and some other fish that spawn and then take care of the eggs until they hatch. And even once the eggs hatch, sometimes they're going to even take care of the babies until they are big enough to survive and to be released and to hide from predators.
So you see that there are different categories but most of the fish that we're going to grow in aquaponics they are the ones that are going to spawn the eggs and not care about the eggs by themselves.
Also to start the spawn season, the fish needs to maturate so you know they're going to – the fish grows when it reaches the adult size to puberty let's say. The fish is going to start to develop some eggs, and when the eggs are ready, we talk about maturation. The eggs in the fish they get almost mature. So they are not eggs in the fish. Actually, they are ovules, right, because they are not fecunded by the sperm yet. There is no internal fecundation in most of the fish that we grow in aquaponics.
So those fish, basically, they're just going to spawn the egg and the male is going to spawn the sperm. For this to happen, most of the time, the fish need to be in good conditions, no stress, and to be in a natural environment so in a dam and most of the time, the other fish depending on the species, right, they all got different requirements. But some of them need the rainy season when the water temperature decreases, that's one factor. I mean, there are lots of factors to respect to be able to breed them.
And then when they're going to spawn, they're just going to leave the eggs there. So in aquaponics, most of the time we are not able to reproduce the condition for the fish to be able to be in good condition to spawn and to have a good fecundation between the male and the female but secondly, the big problem that we have is most of the time, even if they lay eggs, they don't care about the eggs. I mean, they're going to spawn and that's it.
And even worse, most of the time, if they find the egg on the bottom, they're going to eat them so they're going to eat their own eggs. So you are never going to have any babies in those conditions.
The other problem that we have in our aquaponics system is that even if you got the egg that hatched and you got the little larva, so the little fish that is moving at the bottom of the tank, at one point or another, it risks to be sucked by the water pump. In this case, while in the water pump, it's probably going to be killed and if not, the fish is going to finish in the grow-bed or in your filters. I mean, we are talking about a larva that is a few millimeters long. But the problem is most of the time, they are not going to survive in those conditions.
And then the first point that is very tricky as well is that even if they survive, then when the larva, when you got your fish larvae, you need to give them an adapted food, right? Most of the fish when they hatch, they need either microalgae, so you know, the algae that are growing that make the water green, or they need crustaceans, the crustaceans that are eating the algae, you know, the zooplanktons.
So you know that in aquaponics we don't offer those conditions. So that's why most of the fish that we try to grow in aquaponics, we are not going to be able to breed them.
It's not like in a lake or in aquaculture where we really try to breed them. We put them in specific conditions. We can sometimes work with green water where we let the fish spawn. When the fish are spawned, we can take the eggs and put them in this green water condition where it's just a tank exposed to the sun where you got a lot of algae and where the larva is able to find all the food they need.
So in aquaponics, if you really want to breed your fish, you will have to have different tanks and start to work with those things but the easiest thing is really to get little fish fingerlings.
Also some species of fish are easier to grow than others, the ones such as those goldfish. If you give them a good support, they're going to spawn on the support. Same follows the red fins. I mean, a lot of fish like that, the carps.
If you give them a support like normally, they spawn on plants, aquatic plants or roots so if they see something that looks like a plant that has fallen into the water and basically, what I use personally, I use a float and I put some strings of wall, whole strings, and the fish are able to spawn in it so I take the float with the string that is full of eggs and I put it in the tank that is specially designed for this purpose where the water is green, full of algae, which is the perfect food for the little larvae.
So you see, there are different things to do and if you just grow your fish in a classic aquaponics system, you are probably not going to have any fingerlings, any breeding in the tank.
That said, it depends on the species. If you have a species of fish that take care of their babies, of the eggs and of the babies, such as tilapia, for example, if you are in tropical conditions and you are growing tilapia so there are different types tilapia but most of them take care of the eggs and the babies and even some of them just hatch the eggs inside their mouths. So they blow their mouths and they keep the eggs in their mouth for a while until the baby hatches and even when they hatch, they still take care of the babies. If there is another fish around, the babies are coming back into the mouth and the mother or the father, depending on the species, take care of the babies until they are big enough to take of themselves.
So you see, it really depends on the type of fish that you're going to grow, but really, most of those species, it's going to be very, very tricky to breed them in aquaponics.
So if you are just starting in aquaponics, really I will recommend you to focus on growing the fish instead of breeding the fish.
If you are new to this channel, you can subscribe. I release one video per week to help you. And also you can get the free aquaponics training from the description of the video just below, or in the 'i' like information in the corner of the video where I give you a lot of information to be able to build your aquaponics system in the best condition and also to maintain it and to grow some sustainable, healthy, and tasty food in your backyard, thanks to aquaponics.
So once you get access to the free training, you will arrive to this page. And here you will have a detail of different steps and each time you got a video or some description to really allow you to build some strong knowledge and to know and to learn the basics of aquaponics to avoid any mistakes.
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I'm here with my friend Alie Caldwell, neuroscience
researcher and host of Neuro Transmissions, a YouTube channel all about neuroscience. Hi every body! What brings you to The Psych Show, Alie? I've want to pick your brain about something. On Neuro Transmissions, we've covered the
neuroscience of Tourette's syndrome – how these sudden and repetitive movements have
their roots in the basal ganglia, dopamine's impact on movement signals, and how the media
exaggerates what the disorder is really like. We discussed why medications work, but I wanted
to talk to you about how therapy can help. What's funny about that is for a long time,
people questioned whether therapy should even matter for Tourette's. Since talking about a tic can lead you to
experience a tic, suppressing a tic sometimes lead to more tics, and as there are effective
medications, many researchers didn't see the point of therapy for Tourette's. Right, but medications can have major side
effects. I know weight gain is pretty common and some
people can have a difficult time with thinking and focusing. Parents especially get worried about starting
their kids on these types of drugs. That's why psychologists developed CBIT
– the comprehensive behavioral intervention for Tics. It's an 8 session treatment usually done
over 10 weeks that uses behavioral therapy, habit reversal, and emotional regulation to
help people become much more aware of how their tics work and what they can do to ride
out their urges to tic. How does it work? Remember the Battle of Helm's Deep from
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers? Yeah of course! Humans and Elves come together to fight the
Uruk-hai, it's pretty epic. I agree it's one of my favorite battles. Remember that one Uruk-hai who snuck a bomb
through this small gap in the fortress? Yeah, it totally changed the course of
the battle. That's pretty much how tics occur. So basically, a tic is a neural signal that
would normally be blocked, like the invading Uruk-hai. But for people who have Tourette's, the
neural signals find an opening out of the basal ganglia – like the vulnerable spot in
Helm's Deep – and change swhat you do and the sounds you make.. Exactly! What CBIT can do is strengthen your defenses
against these rogue neural signals. It's as if we fortified that whole section
of the fortress at the very first sign of trouble. It doesn't eliminate your tics, but it does
help you to manage them. I can show you how it works if you're interested. Well I'm a scientist so I love experiments, let's give it a try! The first thing we have to do is awareness
training, which helps you to become SUPER aware of everything that leads you to experience
a tic. Well I don't have any tics. That's okay, we can simulate it. I want you to keep your eyes open and avoid
the urge to blink. I haven't done this since elementary school
but okay, Tell me what you're experiencing right now. My eyes feel very wide and they're kinda dry. It's almost sore on the front. I really want to blink. Where in your face are you feeling it? In my eyes. On the surface of my eyes. It's really starting to get hard to not blink now. Okay it's feeling like a throbbing urge? What does it feel like? It's starting to water… Oh I just blinked! You just blinked! And you blinked right again. How does it feel right now? Good, it feels a lot better. I feel like I want to blink a lot. Everything you just experienced is similar
to a tic. The strong urge to engage in a movement, the relief you experienced when you blinked.. How you kept blinking afterwards All that stuff that led up to it, that's what we call a premonitory urge. Think of them as the signs that an Uruk-hai
is about to break through your fortress. The whole first half of this treatment is
about getting you intimately aware of every detail of a premonitory urge. I've never been so aware of the sensations
related to eye blinking. It's really interesting how something that's
so natural and automatic for me can suddenly feel so overwhelming when I'm trying not to do it. That's why just suppressing tics doesn't
work. You need a stronger defense against those
neural signals. That's where competing responses come in. This is the part where we fortify our defenses? Exactly! There are three rules to developing a competing
response: 1) When you're doing it you can't tic, or it's much harder to tic, 2) it's
less noticeable than the tic, 3) and you can do it for a minute or until the urge to tic
goes away. What would be a competing response for eye
blinking? Slow, controlled closing and opening of the
eyes. So if I have eye blinking tics, I'd learn
about the warning signs like how my eyes felt kinda dry and itchy and then at the first sign of trouble I'd start controlled blinking? Yup, and then you'd continue doing your
competing response for a minute or until the urge disappears, whatever takes longer. What are some other common competing responses? A lot of vocal tics respond well to deep breathing. For neck rolling tics, I'll have people
tense their neck muscles and hold their chin slightly down. For facial grimacing tics, gently pursing
your lips together can help. Nose scrunching tics are a little complicated,
but pulling your nose down, keeping your lips shut, and deep breathing can help. IF the tic involves stretching your arm out,
you can pull your arms in against your chest. It sounds like competing responses use the
opposite muscles that are involved in the tic. Totally. If the tic involves pushing out, the competing
response is about pulling in. If the tic is about breathing in, the competing
response should involve exhaling. What's cool about this treatment is it sounds
like you're building habits, taking advantage of neuronal plasticity – the brain's ability
to form and strengthen new neuronal connections – to strengthen neural pathways that really
do fortify against rogue signals in the basal ganglia. That's why I love treating tics. My patients are literally rewiring their brains. AND it gives me an excuse to talk about
Lord of the Rings. Once patients master this part of the treatment,
we'll also teach them new skills to manage emotions that can cause tics, change their
environment to make it less likely to produce tics, and also teach parents to ignore tics
and encourage competing responses. How effective is CBIT? About half of the people who get CBIT get
better, which makes it about as effective as medications. It doesn't work as well for people who have
multiple diagnoses like Tourettes AND ADHD. Sometimes it's better to get those other
problems treated first and then trying CBIT. If you'd like to learn more about this treatment,
we've got a lot of resources in the description below. Have you ever experienced a tic? An itch you couldn't stop scratching? Or maybe skin-picking, hair-pulling, or nail-biting? How'd you cope with them? Let us know in the comments below! Special thanks to Alie Caldwell for joining
me on this episode! Be sure to subscribe to her channel, Neuro
Transmissions because I know you're going to love her videos as much as I do. Alie will teach you about how the brian works,
take you behind the scenes of her labtorary research, and even show you the science behind
Jedi Mind Tricks. You will give this video a thumbs up and share
it on social media. I don't think it works like that Hmmmm… To see another video that Ali and I made
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Peebles to West Linton
I ended up having fish and chips again last night for my dinner, after I'd taken my netbook back to my room – I wasn't too comfortable walking around with it under my arm that's for sure. I took my food down to the river and sat on a bench enjoying my food.
As expected, as I sat eating I became a bit of a target for the birds. One gull was doing his utmost to keep all the other birds away – he was very busy flying this way and that way, making lots of noise in the process. You'll be unsurprised to hear that I didn't reward him for all his hard work. My food is my food and I needed to feed up after not having a proper dinner or breakfast at the hostel.
I slept ok but I had to resort to using my ear plugs to get some quiet. There was an air-conditioning unit on the roof outside my window and it was making a bit of a noise. Thankfully though the ear plugs did a good job and it wasn't long before I was fast asleep. I also didn't wake up as early either so I think I got an extra forty or fifty minutes sleep this morning – bonus!
I got myself together pretty quickly and was down for breakfast at 8am. It was a pretty good breakfast but yet again the sausage let it down. Can you Scots not find and cook a decent sausage?!
Checking out was simple as I'd paid for the room when I arrived at the Green Tree hotel yesterday and I was making my way along the high street at a reasonable 8:45am. Within fifteen minutes I was heading along a quiet lane, away from the hustle and bustle of the town centre.
One thing that I liked about Peebles was that no matter which way you looked out from the town you saw hills. Obviously this meant that at some point today I'd be walking up hill and it wasn't long before I picked up Old Drove road and headed up my first climb of the day – Hamilton Hill, a nice 500ft climb to get the heart and blood pumping. Unfortunately though this wasn't as gentle as yesterday's and it took me a little while to get up to the top as nothing seemed to be working properly this morning.
This also went for the tube I drink water through as it'd got pinched by my packing and I couldn't get any water out of it. A quick pit stop to sort it out and I was back on my way.
I made it to the top though and I was greeted with a lovely view over Peebles and beyond.
Down the other side of the Jill I picked up a farm track at Upper Kidston for a mile or so before I was treated to more road walking in to Eddleston.
Along the road, as I'd already been walking for a couple of hours, I found a spot to sit down for five minutes and took my boots off. This routine, walking for a couple of hours and then taking a break, seems to be working well for me, so I've been trying to stick with it, when I remember of course.
This'll make you laugh. I think I've alluded to the fact that when I'm out in the middle of nowhere, listening to my iPod, I more often than not sing along. Well, as I made my way in to Eddleston I completely forgot where I was and got some very strange looks from some people in their garden as I went by singing along to myself. Oops! Better try and remember not to do that again. Oh well, I'm sure it gave them a laugh as it did me when I realised what I was doing.
From there the rest of the walk was just as uneventful, being a mixture of track, forest and road walking. To say it was a bit on the boring side would be a little harsh but it certainly wasn't the most interesting of walks.
With a mike to go I sat on a wall and took my boots off for a bit, giving Matt a ring for a chat. I sat there probably longer than I should have done but it was nice to chat and catch up.
It wasn't late though and even after the slightly longer break I still managed to get to West Linton around 3:15pm, finding my B & B shortly after. I'd made pretty good time again which meant I had lots of time to chill out before tomorrow's longer walk in to Edinburgh.
I spoke to the girls, both of them tonight which was great, at the normal time. I told Alice that I'd posted their next postcard this morning, to which she said I should take a picture of a pint of my beer and make a postcard out of it. I wonder if I'll be able to find somewhere in Edinburgh to do that? She also reminded me that I need to look for a present for her and Elisa to post down to them while I'm in Edinburgh – smart girl, never forgets a thing that one!
I strolled – hobbled more like – along the road to the pub, enjoyed a couple of nice pints of Theakstons Coopers Butt as I'd not had it before and had a very nice burger and chips for dinner. I was almost tempted with the haggis, neeps and tatties but didn't in the end as I was sure it wouldn't have been as good as Steve's!
It was starting to rain outside by then so I made my way back to my room before it got too bad ad I didn't have my coat, putting the football on when I got there.
Today was a bit of a nothing walk. There wasn't anything of interest to look at or take note of unlike most other days. Yes, the hills and views were as stunning as ever but other than that it was literally just putting one foot in front of the other. I guess it served its purpose, that is to get me just that little bit closer to the ultimate end goal, and I know that not all days can be fun and interesting but I wish they were.
Don't get me wrong, I had a good walk and I'm still in a good mood, especially after talking to the girls and also getting a surprise call from Frances while I was in the pub.
One more day's walking before a slightly longer break in Edinburgh and properly celebrating being in Scotland with my very good friend Kate – champagne here we come!
Photos and Route Details
If you want to find out more about this day you can see the photos I took or view the route details.


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IT WASN'T UNTIL the day of the highly publicized middleweight championship fight in San Francisco on Dec. 2, 1896, between Sailor Tom Sharkey and Bob Fitzsimmons that a referee was picked.
Neither side could agree by noon of fight day. So according to the contract signed by both fighters, the National Athletic Club got the job of choosing the referee. It chose Wyatt Earp.
Monday, the life and times of Wyatt Earp will be broadcast on "American Experience" at 9 p.m. on Channel 9. It is a thoughtful, one-hour documentary on the life of an ordinary man shaped by events he doesn't control who becomes a legend in the great story of "how the West was won." However, the documentary doesn't touch on the story that left a very bad taste in every boxing fan's mouth and blackened Earp's name for years until his role as a lawman in Arizona was resurrected by Hollywood after his death.
On Dec. 2, 1896, the National Athletic Club spokesman called Earp "the bravest fighter, squarest gambler, best friend and worst enemy ever known on the frontier." Even then, the Fitzsimmons side fought against the choice until the very last minute.
The Fitzsimmons group gave in, however, because 15,000 people had paid between $2 and $10 to see the fight. And these same folks would turn into an angry mob if deprived of seeing a bout.
How did Earp happen to get the job? He had gotten a lot of publicity from the San Francisco Examiner. The paper had published a series of articles extolling Earp's career as a lawman and gunfighter in Arizona. Of course, the gunfight at the OK Corral was given a lot of space. The series had made Earp quite a celebrity.
Earp and his wife, a San Franciscan, had moved to the city in the early 1890s. He listed himself as a horseman in the San Francisco city directory. The couple met William Randolph Hearst. At this same time in newspaper history, the Examiner and the San Francisco Morning Call were in a knock-down, drag-out fight. The Morning Call didn't find Earp that fascinating.
On the east side of the Bay, the Oakland Tribune thought the choice of Earp to referee the fight was very good and headlined it on its front page Dec. 2, 1896:
"EARP IS REFEREE, The Well-known Fighter Is Selected for the Task."
"Wyatt Earp is one of the bravest and best known sporting men in the country. He has had a varied experience since he retired from office in Arizona and is now in the horse racing business. He is the owner of Don Gara, the horse that started at 100 to 1 and won at the Oakland track the other day," the paper said.
The Tribune filled its front page that day with predictions from Oakland sporting citizens. "Tonight's fight has absorbed nearly every other topic of street conversation. "… Seventy-five per cent of the betting men in San Francisco are putting their money on Sharkey. All the Fitzsimmons money is coming from the East."
Two days before the fight, the Tribune assessed the fighters' chances. Sharkey, 25, was some 10 years younger and carried more weight than Fitzsimmons.
"It is conceded that every minute the fight lasts Sharkey has a better chance of winning for his youth will tell against Fitzsimmons' age, though both are in the finest trim that a human machine can possibly be."
But the consensus across the nation was that Fitzsimmons would win.
As it happened, Dec. 2 didn't turn out to be a very good day for Earp. The first thing that went wrong was when he started to climb in the ring that night. For some reason only known to Earp, he was carrying a pistol under his coat. A local policeman noticed the bulge and confiscated the gun.
That was only minor to what happened later. The Tribune told the story the next day:
"Though the sailor was knocked out, Referee Wyatt Earp last night gave the decision to Sharkey, claiming that he won on a foul blow.
"Over 15,000 people crowded into Mechanics Pavilion and throughout the contest, their excitement was intense. Both men were in prime condition and gave as exciting an exhibition for seven rounds as could be desired.
"In the eighth round, Fitzsimmons came at Sharkey, but the two were at such close quarters that very few saw the exchange of blows accurately. All were, however, witnesses to the upper cut which Fitzsimmons landed on the sailor's jaw, and then the Irish lad keeled over in a heap.
"The uproar was so great that very few heard the referee's decision. Earp vainly tried to speak, but the din was too great. He awarded the decision to Sharkey, claiming that the first of the knockout blows was landed below the belt."
Earp handed Sharkey's manager a certified check drawn on the Anglo-California Bank for $10,000.
The next day, the San Francisco Call said Earp was either blind or a fool. The paper labeled him a "frontier bad man." They published a cartoon showing Earp wearing a sombrero, with a knife between his teeth, a pistol in his right hand pointing to Fitzsimmons and handing the $10,000 purse to a knocked-down Sharkey.
In New York, fighter Gentleman Jim Corbett came to Earp's defense. He said that Earp was not a man to make an unfair decision. When Sharkey's manager tried to cash the check at the Anglo-California bank, the bank officials refused to honor the check.
Next time: The battle between Sharkey and Fitzsimmons ends up in court.
Nilda Rego's Days Gone By appears Sunday in A&E. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Are you all having a good week so far. I can say that I am. It's vacation time for me and I'm just hanging out at home for the most part relaxing, and of course, planning visits to several thrift and antique shops throughout the week. To me, that is the perfect way to spend my vacation when I don't have the money for traveling.
One thing that always helps me to relax and unwind from the stress of work is to sit in a quiet spot enjoying a nice cup of hot tea and what better way to do that than with this weeks lovely teacup. I call this one my "cottage cute" teacup because to me, it represents everything about the cottage style I love so much, from the vintage feel of it, to the soft pastel colors that are so prevalant in cottage style decorating. I can just imagine how beautiful it would look if a person had a whole china hutch filled with different pieces in this pattern.
While I may refer to it as my "cottage cute" teacup, the official name of this pattern is "Virginia Rose" made by Homer Laughlin. I have a few other pieces with this same pattern that you've probably spotted on my blog in the past. For a long time, my blog header featured a photo that showed two matching plates. You can sneak a peak at one of the plates in my sidebar photos. I also have a soup bowl and a small platter in this pattern.
That's all for this weeks Teacup Tuesday. Only 3 more weeks of teacups to go, then it's time to make a slight shift to teapots. All of you who would like to share something for what will then become known as "Teapot Tuesday" are more than welcome to join me. I'm not going to limit it to teapots either. ANYTHING related to tea will be pefectly welcome.
Now that you've taken a minute or two here at my blog to see what I was sharing this week, please stop and pay a visit to these lovely ladies as well who also have something tea related to share. I'm sure you won't be disappointed..
Sandi @ Wayside Treasures
Jocelyn @ Happy Cottage Quilter
Lola @ ...and Sew On
Bunny @ The Creative Hare
Mary @ Mary's Tea Cottage
Debbie @ Pink Roses and Teacups


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Corporate Social Responsibility
The company considers that CSR activities are not just distributing funds or material to those in need, but CSR is one of the means to increase community participation in forest management, develop potential and improve community welfare so that communities in and around the concession area can develop forward together with the Company.
CSR activities carried out by the Company include:
- 1. Managing Collaborative Forests Program , which to date has involved 69 Groups with 24,485 members; and until August 2016 funds from Management and Production Services have been channeled in the amount of Rp. 26.7 billion.
- 2.The Community Forest Building Program which involved 636 people; and until August 2016 profit sharing funds have been channeled in the amount of Rp. 41.1 billion.
- 3. Social assistance in the form of financial assistance to maintain places of worship and community activities in 2016 (until August) was recorded at Rp. 622.6 million.
- Educational assistance for teacher salaries and maintenance of school buildings in 2016 (until August) reached Rp. 377.7 million; in addition, together with the Marubeni Foundation, scholarships have been provided to 25 Sriwijaya University students @ Rp. 5 million.


text: Route 72, Oahu August 18, 2016 By Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I'll keep the commentary to a minimum. in Hawaii, Photographs Tags: Hawaii, Kalanianaole Highway, Oahu, Photographs, Photography, Route 72, Sandy Beach, Waimanalo Beach Leave a comment It's weird to think that a week ago today, I was traveling around Oahu, and getting out of the car every mile or so to take photos. Below are some that I took between Waikiki Beach and Kailua, along Route 72 (Kalanianaʻole Highway). Sandy Beach Boys playing at Sandy Beach Sandy Beach Sandy Beach Sandy Beach Waimanalo Beach © Sarah Milstein 2016


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