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Here's Why You Should Be Proud of Filipino ChocolateMarch 15, 2020
- Fruhlein EconarWords
- Ina BattungIllustration
I was in Missouri sometime in mid-2014 when I happened to encounter chocolate brand Askinosie Chocolate's rustic packaging proudly labeled "77% Davao, Philippines Dark Chocolate." Little did I know that just a few hours' drive from where I was standing was Springfield, Missouri; some 8000 miles away from the Philippines, where some of Davao's best cacao beans travel to become world-class chocolate.
Shawn Askinosie, a former criminal defense lawyer who found his calling with chocolate, sources his cacao from four regions: Davao, Honduras, Tanzania, and Ecuador. He first visited Davao in 2008 in search of a new bean source and has since become the first chocolate maker to export cacao ever since the industry's decline in the late eighties. The chocolate he has produced with Davao cacao have gone on to garner international acclaim and have landed on the pages of publications such as foodandwine.com and the Wall Street Journal. His entry into the local industry will be considered one of the first ripples in a revival long overdue.
Cacao was once—and still is, to some extent—abundant in the Philippines. A combination of circumstances, however, held the country back from its path to becoming a major exporter of the crop back in the mid-20th century when cacao plantations operated by multinationals dotted the Philippine landscape. The implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), coupled with a faltering market and a nasty infestation of pod borers left the industry spiraling down until it hardly exported anything in 2002. Farmers chopped down their cacao trees in favor of other higher yielding crops like bananas. The plant would continue to grow throughout the Philippines, but its potential was all but forgotten.
Things seem to be on an upswing, however. In light of panicked news headlines warning of a global cacao shortage by 2020, the Philippines' potential to become a major player in the global cacao industry was thrust into the spotlight again. It is part of a handful of countries situated near the equator blessed with conditions perfect for the cacao plant to flourish. The country is poised to take advantage of the rising demand for chocolate. The Cocoa Foundation of the Philippines crafted the "Roadmap for Sustainable Cacao in the Philippines" in 2006 with the goal of producing 100,000 metric tons per annum of cacao by the year 2020. While Davao has been the center of the industry's revival (it does account for more than 70% of the country's cacao production), Edward David, CocoaPhil's president is optimistic for the rest of the country to follow suit. Cacao trees can grow almost anywhere in the Philippines where there are coconuts, and this in itself presents an appealing opportunity for land owners and farmers seeking some extra income. The foundation has been focusing their attention on Luzon and Visayas as of late and has seen a surprising influx of professionals, from doctors to architects, attending their seminars and workshops, interested in entering the cacao business.
While the industry is still in the infancy of its revival, cacao trees have been growing on our lands for about 400 years. Sources vary, but as the story goes, the Spanish first brought cacao—then a highly valued commodity —to the Philippines from Mexico in the mid-to-late 17th century where its introduction would then serve as its gateway to the rest of Asia. The Spanish would then go on to colonize the country leaving its trail of cacao behind, where Filipinos quickly picked up the habit of drinking tsokolate made from tablea. The plant would continue to find its way onward, in the shores of Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia, all now players in the global cacao industry. Indonesia is currently the world's third biggest grower of cacao, while the Philippines contribute about less than 1% of the world's supply—a funny thing considering how our cacao was deemed comparable to that of the highest quality cacao enjoyed in the West centuries ago. With good quality cacao literally growing in our backyards, it is ridiculous to think that we import as much as 75% of our local demand for chocolate.
When I spoke to the CocoaPhil about the challenges of reviving the industry, Oji Reyes, the organization's corporate secretary, said that we had to work towards becoming an exporter of fermented cacao beans. Fermentation is essential to bringing out the complexity of chocolate but this hasn't been fully exploited by local manufacturers. For decades, we've been importing the fermented cacao beans for our own domestic chocolate production when in fact we had all that we needed in our own shores.
Organizations such as the Mars Cacao Development Center in Davao and the CocoaPhil have worked tirelessly to provide farmers and land owners with the resources to grow high-quality cacao beans and save the floundering industry. Mars is, of course, the global manufacturer of chocolate favorites such as Snickers, Twix, and M&Ms, and do have some vested interest in the sustainability of our cacao. However, the knowledge they have infused into the industry has been integral to the rebirth of local chocolate. Prominent local chocolatier Malagos Chocolates, for example, have received training from the Mars Cocoa Sustainability Program. Just last April, its "Malagos Premium Unsweetened Chocolate" was awarded a Bronze Award for the Best Unflavored Drinking Chocolate category by the Academy of Chocolate.
What's truly exciting in the local industry right now is our growing ability to produce quality chocolate for ourselves. Barring the three years it takes for a cacao tree to bear fruit, it takes approximately 18 days to produce a single bar of chocolate, from bean to bar. Since Askinosie's arrival in the Philippines, local chocolate makers such as Theo and Philo, Magdalena's Cacao Bean Chocolates, and Malagos Chocolate, have proceeded to convince people in and outside the country that we have the cacao, the skill, and the passion to produce chocolate at par.
What's your take on the local chocolate industry? What's your favorite local brand? Tell us with a comment below!
A big "thank you" to Edward David and Oji Reyes from CocoaPhil, Gerry Baron from Magdalena's Cacao Bean Chocolates, Philo Chua from Theo and Philo, and the folks at Malagos Chocolates for lending me their time and expertise.
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Why is there no mention of the type of cacao bean used here? There are three types, Forastero, Criollo and Trinitario. Criollo is said to be the best while Forastero is the most common, similar in comparison to Arabica and Robusta coffee. Trinitario is a hybrid of both. I read that the notoriously difficult to grow Criollo cacao is available here, which could account for the high quality of some of the chocolates produced. Malagos farms uses Trinitario cacao, which is also considered high quality.

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History of the Section
The Section was formed in 1962 around the Literary Theory Group that had been originally established in 1959. Its head was Lajos Nyírő until 1985, then József Szili until 1999 and András Veres since 2000. Right from the beginning, the colleagues of the Section believe that it is one of their tasks to help reaching the level of international literary theory. The colleagues acknowledged and practiced the idea of plurality – which was not too frequent in this region those times – in professional orientation and theoretical debates, and as a result the Section operated as a common workshop of various trends.
The first significant step of this pioneer transmission work was the volume titled Literary Science. Studies on the Trends of 20th-Century Literary Science. (Irodalomtudomány. Tanulmányok a XX. századi irodalomtudomány irányzatairól, 1970, editor Lajos Nyírő). The demand was similar at the publication of The History of Marxist Literary Theory. From the Beginnings to 1945 (A marxista irodalomelmélet története. A kezdetektől 1945-ig, 1981, edited by Lajos Nyírő and András Veres), which examined its subject with outstanding ideology criticism; and the study collection titled The Theory of Literary History (Az irodalomtörténet elmélete, 1989, edited by József Szili), which raised questions regarding the chances of the up-to-date interpretation of historicity.
Besides the followers of the Russian formalist school and American New Criticism, the believers of phenomenological, structuralist and semiotic approaches have also found their places at the Section. Similarly, the first Hungarian interpreters of the hermeneutical-reception aesthetic and empirist-constructivist view have also come from the Section. Its colleagues have introduced Russian, Polish, Czech structuralism to the Hungarian public, translated the basic works of Nicolai Hartmann, R. Ingarden, H-G. Gadamer and Péter Szondi (Gábor Bonyhai), E. Wellek, A. Warren, Norrthrop Frye (József Szili) and Markiewicz (Endre Bojtár). Elemér Hankiss was also a colleague of the Section when he edited the two-volume collection of studies titled Structuralism (Strukturalizmus, 1971). Hankiss was an effective popularizer of structuralism with his on works, too (From the Folk Song to the Absurd Drama. A népdaltól az abszurd drámáig, 1969).
What primarily convinced the wider local public about the importance of getting oriented in literary theory was the series on literary analysis that was launched at the turn of the 1960s and 70s. The colleagues of the Section had their share in this process with the organization and publication of debate sessions that aroused great interest. It is worth highlighting the two conference volumes edited by Elemér Hankiss (Principals That Produce Form in Poetic Creation, Formateremtő elvek a költői alkotásban, 1971; The New Methods of Short Story Analysis, A novellaelemzés új módszerei, 1971), and the conference volume titled Repetition in Art (Ismétlődés a művészetben, 1980, edited by Iván Horváth and András Veres), which is the first common document of the presence of the generation that started to work that time (together with the volume on the analysis of Arany's poems, titled Certainty Never Reached, Az el nem ért bizonyosság, 1972, which is the work of the circle of Béla Németh G.'s students). Gábor Bonyhai also made a great impact on the development of the methodology of literary interpretation (his work written on Thomas Mann's The Holy Sinner could only come out with a long delay in 1974). The reformation of methodology reached secondary school education, too: the colleagues of the Section (Endre Bojtár, András Veres) took part in the compilation of reform textbooks published between 1979 and 1982.
Following long preparation, the comprehensive work titled After Structuralism: Value, Poem, Effect, Story and Language in Literary Theory (Strukturalizmus után: érték, vers, hatás, történet, nyelv az irodalomelméletben, edited by József Szili) was finished at the end of the 80s. It aimed at presenting the post-structuralist problems of literary theory. The first decade of the political transition is already the time of a new generation. György Kálmán C. first presented the speech act theory, then he was dealing with translation theory and the problem of canons. Ferenc Odorics introduced the empiricist-constructivist approach in Hungary. Gábor Bezeczky did pioneer work in the field of the metaphor and narration (his book titled Metaphor, Narration, Sociolinguistics – Metafora narráció, szociolingvisztika – published in 2002, reached great professional success).
From the mid-1990s, the problem of the interpreting communities and the dialogical relationship has come into the foreground (The Theory of the Interpreting Communities, Az értelmező közösségek elmélete, 2001, edited by György Kálmán C.; Variations on the Dialogue, Változatok a dialógusra, in a special thematic volume of the periodical Helikon – nr. 2001/1. – edited by László Varga). Between 2001 and 2004, the Section of Literary Theory used to be the centre of the Széchenyi-project called The Methodological Traditions and Present-Day Possibilities of National Literary History Writing (A nemzeti irodalomtörténet-írás módszertani hagyományai és mai lehetőségei, supervisor András Veres), which integrated the work of the Institute for Literary Studies and three universities (the University of Pécs, Szeged and Miskolc). The conference volume titled The Chance of Literary History (Az irodalomtörténet esélye) was issued within the frameworks of this research programme. The volume intended to strengthen the position of literary history writing that started to loose confidence in its original principles. The colleagues of the Section played significant roles in the preparation of the new Hungarian literary history manual (The Histories of Hungarian Literature I-III, A magyar irodalom történetei I–III.) edited by Mihály Szegedy-Maszák.
The book series titled Opus. Studies on Literary Theory (Opus. Irodalomelméleti tanulmányok) was published in the 1970s and 1980s: it was edited by Gábor Bonyhai and its workshop was the Section of Literary Theory. In 2000, a new sequence of Opus was launched, edited by György Kálmán C. and András Veres (its first volume was the Complete Works – Összegyűjtött művei – of Gábor Bonyhai who died in 1996). Its most recent piece (in 2014) was Zoltán Z. Varga's book titled Autobiographic Fragment, Found Text (Önéletrajzi töredék, talált szöveg), which examines significant authors autobiographical texts that had not been written for publication. All the members of the Section take part in editing the periodicals of the Institute. Péter Hajdu and Zoltán Z. Varga are the editors of Neohelicon, while László Varga is the editor-in-chief of Helikon, and András Veres is the editor-in-chief of Literatura. The managing editor of the latter one is Gábor Bezeczky, its editors are György Kálmán C. and Dávid Szolláth. Éva Jeney is a member of the editorial board of the review magazine of the Institute titled rec.iti.
In recent years, the Section has launched a conference series called The Turning Points of the History of Modern Literary Theory (A modern irodalomelmélet történetének fordulópontjai), which deals with the actual questions of literary theory and the history of literary theory. At the consultation in May 2013, there were for example the following presentations given (later all of them were published): The Possibilities of Re-Discovery – Systems and Literary Theory; The American New Critics' Approach to Society; Roland Barthes's Theory of the Text After 40 Years; The Almighty Reader; On the Development of the Concept of the Author (Az újrafelfedezés lehetőségei – rendszerek és irodalomelmélet; Az amerikai új kritikusok társadalomszemlélete; Roland Barthes szövegelmélete negyven év múltán; A mindenható olvasó; A szerző fogalmának alakulásáról). The Section (together with the Section of Modern Hungarian Literature and the Central and Eastern European Section) participates in the preparation of the 3rd volume of the manual of the Institute (András Veres is the co-editor of the volume).


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Receipts of Donations, Havazelet, 1871
This article entitled "Distribution Funds" was published in the Havazelet newspaper in 1871. The article lists the sources of donations from the Diaspora that were to be distributed among the residents of the Yishuv. It also itemizes the amount of money received from each city and how the funds were to be distributed. The cities on the list include Paris, Padoua, Amsterdam, Livorno, and London among others. There is a unique distribution for the Sephardi community in Jerusalem, whereby a third of the money is distributed to scholars, a third to the poor, and a third goes to the city's expenses.
In the article there is an additional request that the Jews of "Arabistan and Hindistan" (Arabia and India) should keep the money that they had planned to contribute to the Jews of Jerusalem and wait until the emissary of the community arrived.
This article provides insight into the relationship between the Old Yishuv and the Diaspora toward the end of Ottoman rule in Israel. The Old Yishuv is the term used to describe the Jewish communities in Israel during the Ottoman Empire until the onset of the Zionist movement and the waves of aliya. The Old Yishuv consisted of families that had either lived continuously in Israel or arrived in earlier centuries. The people of the Old Yishuv lived primarily in the four holy cities, Jerusalem, Tzfat, Tiberius, and Hebron and did not, on the whole, believe in the ideal of settling the rest of the Land of Israel. They were ultra-orthodox Jews and were largely dependent on the Diaspora for the funds required to sustain both lives and infrastructure. A small percentage of this population did, however, make efforts to start new lives in other places in Israel, such as in the new neighbourhoods outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem and in new towns that they established such as Petach Tikva, Zichron Ya'akov, and Rishon LeZion.
The Havazelet was first published in 1863 in Jerusalem. It was at times a monthly publication and at other times printed weekly, and for most of its print life it was edited and owned by Israel Dov Frumkin. The Havazelet reported at length on the difficulties facing the budding press in Israel. It was closed by the Turkish authorities a various points, most notably in 1877 for five months after the paper accused the Turkish of standing by while Arabs assaulted Jews in Hebron. In 1882, while Frumkin was visiting Russia, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda edited the newspaper and included articles about the Hebrew language. Once Frumkin returned, however, the newspaper shifted towards support for the orthodox population of the Yishuv, printing articles against the increasing pace of immigration to Israel, in favour of the strict adherence of the agriculture shmita (sabbatical) year, and against mourning the death of Herzl.
It is interesting to note that Frumkin also established the Montefiore Library in Jerusalem which, many years later, became the National Library of Israel.
Relevant Links
Charity (Tzedakah): Eight Levels of Charitable Giving, Jewish Virtual Library.
Teaching Suggestions
This article can be used in Jewish Studies lessons when teaching about the history of Jerusalem and the ideological conflict between the Old Yishuv and the New Yishuv.
The details of the funds given to support the Jewish population in Jerusalem can also be used as an example of the Jewish value of charity and philanthropy. Higher-level classes can explore the different levels of charity as detailed by Maimonides and the Talmudic maxim that the poor of your own city come first as well as discussing the merit of supporting those who depend on charity as a way of living, such as the Jews of the Old Yishuv, or taking the approach of other philanthropists, such as Sir Moses Montefiore, who help by creating jobs so that people can support themselves.
Sociology or Jewish Studies teachers can explore the relationship between the Jewish community in the Diaspora and the Jewish community in Israel/Palestine, a complicated relationship to this day.
Discussion Points
What is this source?
What appears in this article?
Where did the money distributed come from?
Who was the money distributed to?
Reading Between the Lines
What was the Halukka?
Why did the people of Israel need the charity at that time? Did they work? What did they do?
Why did Diaspora Jews financially support the Jews in Israel (the Yishuv)?
Did all of the Yishuv at the end of the nineteenth century depend on the charity of the Halukkah?
Some people living in Israel at the time, such as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, objected strongly to the Halukkah.
Why do you think they objected?
How did they believe people should live in Israel?
Why do you think the Havatzelet publicised the list of funds donated to the Yishuv?
What do you think about living a life dependent on charity?
What would you suggest to these people if they were living today?
Where do you think charity is most needed today?
Should Jews donate to Israel or to Jewish causes in the Diaspora?
Why do you think so?
Creative Ideas
Write a letter from a charity in Israel to a wealthy donor, explaining why their support is required for a new project and why it is important to support projects in Israel.
Organise a debate about the Halukkah.
Divide the group into two – one group advocating the continuation of life supported by the Halukkah funds and the other group advocating self-sufficiency and the earning of a living.
Newspaper article regarding the "Distribution Funds" in the Havatzelet newspaper in 1871.
Partial Translation
Honourable Rabbis, readers of the Havatzelet, Shalom,
I promised in Edition 11 of Havatzelet to provide to the honourable readers with a precise account of the charity and how it was distributed. I promised and I will fulfil my promise….
Here you are, the account from 10 Sivan 5630 [1869] to 10 Sivan 5631 [1870].


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Passover 2019 / 5779
Pesach, known as Passover in English, is a major Jewish spring festival, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt over 3,000 years ago. The ritual observance of this holiday centers around a special home service called the seder (meaning "order") and a festive meal; the prohibition of chametz (leaven); and the eating of matzah (an unleavened bread). On the fifteenth day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar, Jews gather with family and friends in the evening to read from a book called the haggadah, meaning "telling," which contains the order of prayers, rituals, readings, and songs for the Passover seder. Today, the holiday is a celebration of freedom and family.
Like many synagogues, Congregation Beth Israel holds a community seder on the second night of Pesach. In 2019, CBI will hold its community seder at 6:00pm on Saturday, April 20.
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The Freedom of farming… sometimes fades
March 9, 2003
Last month, retired Platteville farmer Bob Kern ended the era of his family's farm. He auctioned away a 1952 Moline UB with a Farmhand F-11 loader and an antique Maytag washer. He also sold the original 160 acres his German grandfather homesteaded in 1859.
"Time comes, I guess, you gotta get rid of it," the 73-year-old said after his farm equipment auction on Feb. 17.
His brother, William F. Kern Jr., who Bob farmed with for more than 40 years, died early last year. Bob settled his brother's estate in February and remains living on another 160 acres that has rotated through the family.
Kern semi-retired and auctioned off some equipment in 1991. In the last decade, he rented out land and grew an occasional alfalfa crop. But, the time has arrived for Kern to retire, and no one can take over the farm.
Of Kern's three sons, only the youngest struggled to pursue farming as a livelihood. Ron, 44, farmed with his father for 11 years. He also drove trucks part-time to help make ends meet. About eight years ago, he quit farming and started driving trucks full-time. Now he works for Kerr McGee Oil and Gas.
"I've got two sons and two grandsons in the oil business," Kern said.
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Still, Kern's sons do grieve the loss of their family's farm.
"Farming gives you freedom," said Randy, the oldest at 49, who is the director of buildings and grounds for the Valley Re-1 School District.


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100 things list.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Mission 100...
I feel this is going to be a mission 100... Still coming up with some ideas what I want to do. Not going to do "101 goals in 1001 days" like most people are doing as I want to do most or try all of my goals before I am 30.
If I failed to do it, that's okay, no pressure.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
I thought I do something like 100 things to do before I turn 30, and I don't become that age till 2012. It's funny, I started the list back in May, 2008 out of boredom waiting for my friends at the table for our monthly Mexican dinner. Out of my group of friends I tend to be the youngest at these events - they are all in their late 30's or early 40's depends on who you talk to, and I look at each one of them, thinking "he's been to such such," "she's been to there, and here" and "he's done this and that."
Then I look at my own life, I realised I haven't done much apart from skydiving (Oct 2005 - Euroa, Vic), 5 weeks Europe trip (Oct/Nov 2007) and all the times I've spent volunteering for events that happened in Melbourne: Deaflympics 2005, Commonwealth Games 2006 and Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2009 - that's how I felt in my mind.
But in reality I think I have done some things that most people my age haven't had the chance to experience. I also wonder if people of my age have had the oppurtunity to do something equally as interesting or similar to what I've done and how many people under 30 have really done any extraordinary, unusual or special things out there.


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There is a common thread among the world's "unicorns" (companies that have risen to a billion-dollar valuation in just a few years), which is that most unicorns operate primarily as Software-as-a-Service-based (SaaS) businesses.
This begs two questions: what has been learned by these highly successful companies, and what are the lessons for those that aspire to become unicorns themselves?
In 2018, EY conducted a survey of 200 executives with deep experience in SaaS-based operations. These are the decision-makers on SaaS — all respondents are ranked director or above, and approximately a quarter are from the C-suite. This is what we discovered.
- Move quickly into SaaS
Our survey executives were asked to reveal the one thing that, looking back, they would have done differently. Their foremost answer: they would have moved more quickly into SaaS (25%). At the same time, many wish that they had pivoted and innovated more quickly (13%). Another factor (10% of respondents) was to have accelerated their entry into the market with an acquisition.
All of these priorities speak to a need for speed within the SaaS market. Many emerging industries have only just been opened by digital technologies — creating a land-rush dynamic for customers. In others, there is a race to establish the dominant technology standard for the industry.
- When the unforeseen arises, use SaaS to pivot quickly
The best management teams can often fail to predict how customer tastes will change or how competitors will react. The unexpected can be expected, but the special quality of SaaS is that it enables the company to pivot quickly. When asked to name their primary motivation behind developing a SaaS business, the most prominent reason was that "SaaS [products are] easier to design and develop," followed by an "ability to quickly modify existing products."
- Using SaaS to keep close to the customer
SaaS companies' competitors are truly just a click away — a volatility that is accelerated by the power of online reviews and the velocity of social media in the digital world.
Leading SaaS companies know this because they pay close attention to the customer, from product design through to feedback analytics. When asked to rate the most important factor in their product development process, most respondents (55%) selected customer beta testing.
This attention to customers has paid off; leading companies are almost unanimous (98%) in reporting that SaaS has helped them to develop stronger relationships with their customer base.
- Consider using PaaS to accelerate entry into SaaS
An emerging series of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) providers is short-cutting the development process by providing out-of-the-box functionality. This outsourcing of development processes is a practice consistently followed by market leaders.
The results are striking. Eighty-three percent of the leaders rated Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers as very important or critical to success. In addition, 78% of SaaS leaders believe PaaS providers are critical or very important to reaching success.
- Using SaaS to cut costs
Respondents noted how important SaaS was in lowering overall costs — 76% stated that it had a high impact or very high impact.
Respondents also noted that the SaaS approach had the greatest impact on costs and that SaaS produced major outcomes across categories ranging from distribution to marketing. The greatest impacts were on lowering refresh/distribution costs (78% citing it as "high impact" or "very high impact"), and on lowering product development costs (73%) and packaging costs.
- SaaS and keeping the enterprise secure
There is a long-standing debate on which architecture — cloud, on-premise or hybrid — best optimizes the balance between security and usability. It is not surprising that SaaS leaders are committed to cloud-based solutions (with 73% selecting cloud or hybrid cloud solutions), and believe they are the most secure option.
Indeed, more than two-thirds (68%) of respondents believe that a cloud-based solution like SaaS is more secure than on-premise software.
That is certainly what the customer thinks. We asked SaaS leaders what was most important to their customers in a SaaS solution. By a sizable margin, cybersecurity was top of mind.
Given our survey findings, it is clearly no coincidence that such a high percentage of unicorns are built on SaaS platforms. They enable speed to market. They allow nimble organizations to navigate the unknowable. They disrupt customer relationships, lower costs and help keep the enterprise secure. SaaS models have been used to build some of the highest-performing companies today, and will undoubtedly be used to build the fabled unicorns of tomorrow.
The full version of this piece was originally published to ey.com and can be accessed here. For further perspectives on transitioning to SaaS, also see the EY-Parthenon report Crossing the chasm: Lessons learned in transitioning to a SaaS business model. The views reflected in this article are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the global EY organization or its member firms.
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both patients with and without the disease. However, in their review of carpal
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ensures that patients are included who do not have any evidence of nerve compression.
Thus, the 14 studies that D'Arcy and McGee excluded on this basis should have
been included in the assessment of the CTS diagnostic criteria.
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They sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or the Internet. Includes individuals who obtain leases for outdoor advertising sites or persuade retailers to use sales promotion display items.
They receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. May use electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment. May process credit or debit card transactions and validate checks.
They receive orders, generally in person, for repairs, rentals, and services. May describe available options, compute costs, and accept payment.
They demonstrate merchandise and answer questions for the purpose of creating public interest in buying the product. May sell demonstrated merchandise.
They sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.
They buy or sell energy products on the behalf of residential or commercial customers or utilities. Negotiate and oversee contracts for energy sales.
They sell financial services, such as loan, tax, and securities counseling to customers of financial institutions and business establishments.
They exchange coins, tokens, and chips for patrons' money. May issue payoffs and obtain customer's signature on receipt. May operate a booth in the slot machine area and furnish change persons with money bank at the start of the shift, or count and audit money in drawers.
They sell life, property, casualty, health, automotive, or other types of insurance. May refer clients to independent brokers, work as an independent broker, or be employed by an insurance company.
They model garments or other apparel and accessories for prospective buyers at fashion shows, private showings, or retail establishments. May pose for photos to be used in magazines or advertisements. May pose as subject for paintings, sculptures, and other types of artistic expression.
They sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store.
They operate real estate office, or work for commercial real estate firm, overseeing real estate transactions. Other duties usually include selling real estate or renting properties and arranging loans.
They rent, buy, or sell property for clients. Perform duties, such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts. Includes agents who represent buyer.
They sell merchandise, such as furniture, motor vehicles, appliances, or apparel to consumers.
They sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.
They buy and sell securities in investment and trading firms and develop and implement financial plans for individuals, businesses, and organizations.
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They sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers where technical or scientific knowledge is required in such areas as biology, engineering, chemistry, and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of post-secondary education.
They solicit donations or orders for goods or services over the telephone.
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Pay Your Way Out Of Insider Trading Accusations
SAC had proposed a $14 million settlement with SEC last month for an insider trading case and the court had recently approved of this settlement. The ruling of this case has made another judge; Victor Marrero who is currently ruling on a $602 million settlement rethink the terms of settlement. Marrero believes that the government should not allow companies to just pay their way out of such cases without having to admit to doing something wrong. The rulings on these cases may largely affect the most recent accusation of SAC's senior employee Michael Steinberg for yet another case of insider trading.
Judge Victor Marrero brings up a good point about settlement fees. Inside traders can easily make a large amount of money exceeding the amount that they must pay for a settlement, so just relying on settlement fees may not be the best way to end insider trading practices. Having to pay a settlement fee but still earning a lot of money for insider trading does not give employees less of an incentive to do so. If the government really wants to prevent insider trading heavy consequences should be executed.
Written by: Jessica Ho
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Bray, Chad. (2013). Judge Approves $14 Million Settlement by SAC in SEC Insider-Trading Case. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved From:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323611604578396950285187338.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews


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We don't have such intensive autumn colours in our region. The bright red tones, which can be admired on the American east coast, are completely missing here. We are dominated by beech forests, so there are more yellow and brown tones. My maple bushes in the garden did not get an autumn colour this year. Because of the dryness in summer, they had already thrown off their leaves before the beginning of fall.
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I feel my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery- air, mountains, trees and people. I thought... This is what it is to be happy - Sylvia Plath
Healing Hands of Nature
Finland: Power Trails
One of the pioneers in wellbeing themed hiking trail, Finland introduced Power Trails to its people in 2010. Since then, there are many specially designed forest walks to reward your soul.
Be Mindful + Reflection
These power trails incorporate practices of mindfulness and reflection as one takes a stroll among the woods. One of the widely recognize and most notable power trails is the Ikaalinen Spa, one of Finland's largest.
As hikers meander through the scenic forest, they will be prompted by psychological signposts placed at strategic places.
"You may squat down and feel a plant."
These psychological signposts facilitate full immersion in nature:
- Relax
- Reflect
- Restoring one's attention
- Feel recharge after the walk
This helps to engage people in gentle activities to get them closer to nature, which helps to restore their tired souls from the demanding city lives and reconnect with themselves. '
This experience gives people:
- A feeling of being away and a getaway
- Improved moods
- Feel energized
The locals who regularly spend their leisure time in nature with recreational activities enjoy a greater sense of happiness. These perks do not end when the power trail ends, it was found that hikers still enjoy the mental benefits up to 21 days after the restorative exercise!
Japan: Shinrin-Yoku
Shinrin-yoku, coined in 1982 when translated means forest bathing.
It is the idea of submerged in the forest atmosphere to bring the betterment of health and well-being. The human-nature connection can be formed by practicing controlled breathing in nature, aromatherapy, and tea ceremony made from foraged ingredients.
"Today, there are 62 forest bathing sites in Japan"
Each qualified site is wheelchair accessible and accompanied by a qualified forest therapy guide. A forest bathing session takes several hours within a small area of approximately few hundred meters.
Besides the visual fascination from the breathtaking forest, the essential element of Shinrin-yoku is its influence on our olfactory system. Breathing of the air in forest brings wellness to our soul physically and psychologically. As seen from one of the participants was able to describe his experience vividly:
"Light filtered gently through the Japanese horse chestnuts, and the earth smelled like, well, earth. An elderly couple ambled by, assisted by walking sticks and a bear bell. I was briefly mesmerized by a yellow butterfly"
While hiking or mountain climbing focus on the physical effects to the body, Shinrin-yoku emphasizes on:
The reflective process of the mind and giving our mind a break.
During the walk, forest guides create a sensational experience through instruction- known as invitations. People are invited to slow down their footstep and enjoy quiet contemplation around trees with all their senses.
South Korea: Healing Forest
Jangseong Healing Forest, a multitalented host that welcome a multitude of visitors, ranging from patients battling cancer to kids with allergies and even pregnant ladies geared to enjoy some healing benefits from the forest.
Depending on their needs, visitors are occupied with a wide range of activities, such as
- Guided meditation,
- Woodcrafts and even
- Tea ceremonies.
The core of Jangseon is a walk in the Hinoki forest.The walks are led by certified Forest Healing Instructors or Health Rangers. It is no easy feat undertaking this role as it requires one to attend graduate school with rigorous training.
One of the health rangers, warmly known as Park who started his life in nature when he was diagnosed with Leukemia and decided to retreat in the woods for peace.
His time in the forest helped in his recovery so much that he decided to spend his entire life among trees ever since.
Its benefits and popularity are so remarkable that the South Korean government recognizes it as an official therapy. A three-day government program was sponsored for firefighters diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to complement with their therapy. One of the participants shared their experience:
One of the participants shared their experience:
A "health ranger" offers me elm bark tea, then takes me on a hike along a small creek, through shimmering red maples, oaks, and pine-nut trees. It's autumn, and the changing foliage and crisp air have lured scores of urban refugees to the woods. Soon we come upon a cluster of wooden platforms arranged in a clearing.
Besides mindfulness walk in the forest, participants will get to experience a range of activities that feed and recharge their inner soul. Participants also interact with one another through
Interact with one another through partner yoga or massaging each other's forearms with lavender oil.
There are also times when everyone sits among green space as they make delicate collages with dried flowers. These activities allow city dwellers to slow down and notice the beauty that has been around them.


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When I was a child.
In the pool I thought of a story I heard about babies born in water, about babies swimming right after birth, about mothers with inflatable pools in their living rooms pushing and heaving and out comes a child. And that's how life happened.
In the pool I slithered and slimed and kissed and felt all the verbs that are wet.
In the pool I thought of what old people looked like when they were young, when there weren't veins protruding on legs and arms and tummies and feet.
In the sea I saw testicles for the first time. An old man's: like plums wrapped in old ham. A young boy's: puckered plums.
In the sea I made meatballs out of mud, I made chicken cutlets and breaded them with sand.
In the sea I stuffed my fingers in anemones.
In the sea I thought I could talk to dolphins and when I'd spot one in the distance I knew she was coming for me. I could never swim that far out.
In the sea I sang to myself. I never scraped my palms on rocks.
In the river, ankle deep, I thought I saw ice-cubes floating.
In the river I'd try to catch fish, and talk to them, too. Come, salmon, salmon, come, salmon, salmon. Why, salmon salmon, would you want me to catch you only to then salmon salmon you up in the air, wave you around in the oxygen, toss you up as high as I could only to watch you fall smack down, belly flop, back into your river home? So that you could see the trees and hear the woodpecker and see what a human's brown eyes look like.
In the river I peed behind a big smooth rock.
In the lake I knew there were sea monsters.
In the lake my foot tangled with seaweed and I yelped for help, for mercy, for angels.
In the lake I realized there were a few things I was wrong about, but there were a couple things I knew that made me wise.
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A respiratory virus is going around my community and my family. A couple of friends have mentioned the possibility of it being EV-D68, the enterovirus that's been putting young children into the hospital. I looked up the symptoms and such and it certainly seems to look like that, but we haven't had it tested nor am I a doctor.
What the CDC and Other Websites Are Saying About EV-D68
Enteroviruses are typically found in the gastrointestinal tract and may spread to other parts of the body, including the central nervous system. I read that these RNA viruses cause 68 different illnesses, including polio and hepatitis A, but this virus most often resembles a severe cold.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that: "Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is one of many non-polio enteroviruses. This virus was first identified in California in 1962, but it has not been commonly reported in the United States." The CDC further stated that EV-D68 is primarily affecting children because they have not yet developed immunity from previous exposures to these viruses.
What was surprising to me was how many websites described the symptoms, causes, concerns etc. and went on to say that, "There is no treatment." The peoples' comments were often of fear and concern that they would get this virus "that has no known treatment." It is a virus which antibiotics would not cure. There is no vaccine. There is rather an attitude of, "Oh, no, what will we do?"
Now, I am not blowing off concern for this sickness. Anything that is putting significant numbers of children into the hospital is a concern. And even a mild cold is a concern for the very young, the elderly and those with other health problems.
Frankly, I was dismayed that mainstream health websites could only offer the suggestion of "hand-washing to prevent the spread of the disease." While I agree that this is a great first step, there are TONS of things that can be done, in my non-medical opinion, to fight this virus!
My Family's Experience With This Virus
I don't know if this is the virus we have going on at our house, but if it isn't the same, it is surely similar. I will share some of what we are doing in case it would be helpful to anyone else.
In the last few weeks, several of us have had the beginnings of a cold. The first thing I do is to start giving people with cold symptoms lots of Vitamin C – 5 grams of it at a time, at least 3 times a day. I have been using Nutribiotic Electro-C for this and find it is tolerated well by my family. 1 teaspoon has about 6 grams of C, plus some other vitamins, and it is non-GMO.
Vitamin C alone seemed to fend off whatever was going on with several people and I thought nothing more of it.
Then I started to feel unwell. I was taking Vitamin C, but not a lot. I was also busy and not doing what I ought to have been doing (resting, fluids etc.). So on Tuesday, I woke up with a miserable sinus infection. I rarely get sinus infections. The headache from it was debilitating. I tried Earth Clinic's remedy of salt, hydrogen peroxide and water in a neti-pot. Wow! That was amazing! I could immediately clear my head of all kinds of junk. I have repeated this treatment a couple of times a day since. I love this remedy. It is cheap, and easily available to so many.
My daughter, who has a history of asthma (including one hospitalization for it), had no warning of sickness coming on. She woke up with a fever, wheezing and nausea. I had her taking vitamin C, though not as much as I would have liked. (She was pretty picky about her fluids that day.) I also started using her nebulizer to give her breathing treatments. I was watching her like a hawk, very concerned that we were going to be going to the emergency room after all. We tried several different things in the nebulizer: colloidal silver, albuterol and very much diluted hydrogen peroxide. I do use a pulse-oxygen meter on her to check her oxygen levels.
Interestingly, the hydrogen peroxide helped her oxygen numbers the most, even more than prescription albuterol. We mixed 5 drops of hydrogen peroxide and 35 drops of distilled water in the medicine cup of the nebulizer. Epsom Salt baths usually made her feel better for a while (1 cup per bath, with some lavender essential oil). She would drink an herbal tea I had made for her. (The recipe is below.)
She remained stable, but her breathing was not great. Finally, I realized, "She isn't really wheezing," and started thinking I needed to treat the virus aspect more. So before she went to bed, I gave her Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. I also gave her some Natural Calm, a magnesium supplement, since the Epsom Salt baths seem to help her a lot. She ended up sleeping all night. No coughing or wheezing. The next day, I focused on antivirals (Coconut Oil, Grapefruit Seed Extract and Vitamin C). We continued with the nebulizer, but just a few more times.
My Treatment for this Virus
I am continuing to give my whole household Coconut Oil, Grapefruit Seed Extract and Vitamin C, whether sick or well! Here is what I do:
Extra Virgin Coconut Oil – 1 Tablespoon three times a day for adults, 1 teaspoon 3 times a day for smaller children. Use an in-between dose for older children and teens. It is food and I don't worry about giving "too much."
Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) – 2 drops in 3 ounces of juice for small children, 3-4 times a day. Give 1 tablet to everyone else, also 3-4 times a day.
Vitamin C – given 3-4 times a day. Ideally, use 5 grams each time. More can be taken and it can be taken to "bowel tolerance."
Garlic Oil – I was rubbing this on my daughter's back, over the lung area, hourly, the day she was the worst. I put a few drops into the ears at the first sign of ear pain.
Eucalyptus Essential Oil – for night time coughing, 1 drop of Eucalyptus Essential Oil on a cotton ball near the head of whoever is coughing. I couldn't find the Eucalyptus Essential Oil one night, so I rubbed a drop of Pine Essential Oil onto the bottom of the feet of my three year old who was coughing a bit. He didn't cough again all night.
Diluted Hydrogen Peroxide in the nebulizer – 5 drops hydrogen peroxide plus 35 drops distilled water, nebulized several times a day for those with a severe cough. I was using it even more often for my daughter on her worst day.
Mama to Many's Cough Tea Recipe (use dry leaves)
- 1 Tablespoon Mullein Leaf
- 1 Tablespoon Hyssop
- 1 Tablespoon Peppermint (optional)
- 1 Tablespoon Comfrey
- 1 teaspoon stevia leaf (optional)
Place leaves into a quart mason jar. Add boiling water. Let tea sit for 15 minutes. Strain through a coffee filter. Adults drink 1-2 quarts a day. Children drink 1-3 cups per day.
There are SO MANY other things that could be used instead of or in addition to the recipe above. For example, you could use Colloidal Silver, Elderberry Syrup, Hot Vinegar Tea, etc. etc. etc.
Related Pages:
For more information and ideas on treating specific symptoms of EV-D68 or any cold virus, please see the following links.
Cold Remedies
Cough Remedies
Sinus Infection Remedies
Earache Remedies
~Mama to Many~


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The video version of this Magazine is now televised on Kantipur Television. Besides it also features in a well popular YouTube Channel. The channel has maximum numbers of viewers and subscribers. Among all the management team of this magazines, she is the senior presenter of this magazine. She is also a writer and journalist whose articles can be found published in Popular Newspaper namely Kantipur. Previously she also featured in the top reality show "The voice of Nepal" as a co-host with Sushil Nepal.
Oshin Sitaula Early Life And Education
Oshin Sitaula is the senior Presenter of M and S magazines. She rose to fame after her video started getting eyes onto it. Oshin had her keen interest in journalism, travel and exploring the world. However, She finally made her decision in her life to get involved in the media world. Although there are top writer and presenters in the town, she is the special one. And the eye catching personality. Her way of taking the interviews and presenting each and every contents in the video makes every one search her. Adding to this it make any innocents heart make them meet.
Oshin Sitaula Career Development
She is a beautiful girl from the very young age of her life. And started appearing in front of the media when she was in her school level studies. Oshin Sitaula had her parents and relatives in higher prospective level. That made her progress and achieve the dream she had set for her life.
The young looking girl is found extra ordinary in her previous videos. Additionally, even when she was in her childhood age. With the progress of time and moment, she has learned a lot of things. Finally, she is a well known celebrity in the town. She now appears in some popular shows and programs.
Oshin Sitaula has even appeared in one of the top show of Suraj Singh namely "It's My show". There she even impresses the audiences. The video on YouTube has maximum number of views. Thus she has now a hundreds of thousands of fan followers and well wishers. Looking at her achievements and progress, we can expect even more from her.
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Phantom for Snapchat is a modified app that provides lots of extra functionality to Snapchat, one of the most popular messaging apps of all time.
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Download Phantom App:
Downloading Phantom for Snapchat cannot be done through the iOS app store, but you can get it through one of the external app installers called TweakBox. Read on for full details of how to do this. Tap to download directly.
- Install the stock Snapchat app from the iOS ( AppStore )
- Open the internet browser you are using on your device and go to the TweakBox app page
- Download TweakBox from there
- When it has installed, open the installer by tapping on the icon
- Find and tap Apps and then TweakBox Apps.
- Type the app name in the search box and tap Install when the result loads
- Wait; when the app has finished installing, it will work with the Snapchat app.
App Features:
This mod offers several great features to Snap chat users, including:
- Allowing Snaps to stay in your feed and marking them Read when you want to
- Disable the Hold Gesture
- Get a Snap log where all sent media is saved
- Phantom is simple to enable and disable as you want
- Select multiple contacts in one go
- Received media can be saved to a specified album, to a folder protected by a password or directly to your camera roll
- You can also send images and videos from your camera roll
- Plenty of caption effects to choose from
- Extra features for notifications, including choosing a custom sound, status bar notifications, hiding the badge count when you exit Snapchat and more
- Full support for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Phantom app is proving popular because it is one way of adding extra features to the stock app and making it into a worthwhile experience. It costs nothing to use so try the mod today and let us know how you get on; for all the latest updates, you can follow us on Facebook.
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- Tap on General > Profiles
- Find the app in the app list and tap it
- Tap the Trust button and close Settings
- Try your app again, and the error will not appear
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So I've been extremely interested in producing crystalline THC/THCA in my kitchen.....If at all possible....I have a basic understanding of chemistry, and have 99% success in my Deemsters trials.... I'm afraid this is reaching, but if some one could look over this literature(good ol' Phineas Charmichael where are you) and if there's anyway this is possible in a home made lab, I am more than interested in hearing any ideas....here's the article and the link is at the bottom....
Most people on Earth have never experienced what the purest hash this planet has to offer. Engineers have devised an extraction method that creates an extract that 99.96% pure. Here's how they do it.
THC-A Crystalline Hash is the holy grail of cannabis potency. The process starts with a cannabis extract. Then, cannabis extract is mixed with acetic acid and hexane. Those chemicals work together to dissolve the plant matter but preserve the THC.
Once the extract, acid, and hexane are acquainted, they're put through a traditional filter. The solution all goes in a rotary evaporator, which looks and sounds more complicated than it is. Rotary evaporators use varying degrees of pressure, heat, and motion to pull apart the different materials in a liquid.
By the time the rotary evaporator is finished its cycle, a mixture called Δ9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid is left.
To refine the mixture more, a process called chromatography is needed. There are a few different kinds, but the purpose of chromatography is to remove impure elements from the solution. To do this, chemists add more chemicals to the mix. One called Sephadex-LH20, another called dichloromethane. Then good old-fashioned chloroform is added.
Once the hash has gone through chromatography, it doesn't look much like any marijuana product you've ever seen, and more like something Walter White would be selling.
The THC-A Crystalline isn't pure yet. Those crystals will still have a handful of unsafe chemicals like chloroform. So, the crystals go back in the rotary evaporator which pulls the solvents out of the THC.
To make THC-A Crystalline consumable and heighten its purity, more unwanted chemicals must be purged. The crystals are dissolved in methanol, which looks, smells, and tastes like alcohol people drink, but is totally toxic to humans. A traditional filter takes away all the leftover residue. Then to pull the methanol out, chemists put the mixture back in the rotary evaporator again.
Now the crystals are left to dissolve in pentane, which extracts more parts per million of non-THC material. For the final time, all of that goes back in the rotary evaporator. That long process results in 99.96% THC.
Usually, people will add terpenes to add some flavor to the high. By all accounts, pure THC in this way tends to hit much faster than regular weed.
For those tempted to try this, all anyone really needs to make crazy hash is a bubble bag and a bunch of weed. Enjoy the final product with a heavy duty dab rig.
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|Academy of Finland
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|Mäntylä, Mika
|Project title
|Automatic detection of time pressure induced arousal from software repositories to increase happiness and productivity
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|01.09.2016 - 31.08.2020
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|Although, we do not know the exact prevalence of time pressure in the software industry, we know that most projects (60-80%) encounter overruns. As there always is pressure to complete a project on given time, we can assume that time pressure is present in many software development projects. As time-pressure is linked to human emotions and productivity, a key question for this research arises: Can one measure the impact of time pressure on a software project? In particular, every software project leaves its traces in the form of software repositories that store a project's full history of source code changes, bug reports, code review reports, mailing list communication, etc. If time pressure increases productivity in the development or negative emotions during code review, this could be identified from the corresponding software repositories. This project analyzes large open source repositories, e.g., Linux Kernel and Mozilla Firefox.


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Today saw my beloved Shrewsbury, who are in spectacular form and sitting pretty in that holy grail that is 6th place in league 2, in action at a lowly Grimsby Town side who currently occupy the 23rd place in the league and look destined for the drop to the Conference along with Darlington (who beat the Shrews earlier in the season).
Grimsby had failed to register a victory in their last 25 league outings whilst the Shrews were top of the form book. What could possibly go wrong?
That was the question being asked by many a Shrew at 3pm in the afternoon, including the 300 or so who had made the 200 odd mile trip to the sunny seaside fishing port resort of Grimsby. How would that do a marketing campaign for Grimsby tourism?
Shrewsbury started brightly enough but Grimsby got a very soft penalty on the stroke of half time (the 3rd time in as many away game that had happened to Shrewsbury) and duely converted to send the 3000 Grimsby fans delirious. Shrewsbury capitulated in the second half an ended up losing 3-0.
Failing to convert those early chance really came back to haunt Shrewsbury in the end but hey onwards on upwards and we have league leader Rochdale at home on Saturday, what could possibly go wrong?


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Organized by the Modular Building Institute and the University of Alberta, the 2016 Modular and Offsite Construction [MOC] Summit takes place in Edmonton at the University of Alberta from September 29 – October 1, 2016. An exciting and informative event in Alberta construction that connects entrepreneurs, builders, project managers, practitioners, academics, and industry stakeholders from around the world, offering educational and inspirational presentations that cover the breadth of cutting edge research and the best modular construction and offsite building practices from industrial to commercial construction.
Modular and offsite construction, also known as the industrialized construction process, saves on both time and costs while also creating high quality products in safe and healthy work environments. This year's MOC Summit will unite industry experts and researchers in highlighting and exploring the challenges and benefits to modular and offsite construction.
The Summit consists of three full days of sessions, speakers, and networking opportunities in addition to two manufacturing facility walking tours at Lafarge and AQBUILT – providing attendees with insight into the construction process.
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Running Around to Help the Animals
It's glorious outside today so I went for a run. As much as I try to do this, I'm still out of shape because I keep getting sidetracked. I stop to take a look at every cat I see, and talk to neighbors about spaying and neutering their animals.
Today's run was productive and fun, although I didn't get very far.
Every colony cat I saw was ear-tipped. That always makes me happy. These two cats from the Jose and the Pussycats Colony were enjoying their daily breakfast buffet.
Then I saw this cat lounging.
I've seen him outside before and talked to his owners. They let him in and out. A woman came out to see why I was taking photos and we had a good discussion about neutering him. She opened up more to me once she realized we were neighbors, and was interested in getting low-cost vet care for him. I'm going to leave more information in her mailbox.
And then I found a perfectly good pet carrier being thrown out. These cost around $20 new. It just obviously needs to be cleaned. Today turned out to be a great day for a run!


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Lift Up Sequim! Help small businesses recover from the snow storms over the last couple of weeks. Spend $10 at a participating businesses and take your receipt to the next business for 10% off.
Participating businesses include Alder Wood Bistro, Cedarbrook Lavender Farm, Decorate with Panache, Dungeness Kids Co., Full Moon Candle Co, Habitat Sequim Boutique Store, Heather Creek Sequim, Hurricane Coffee Company, Jardin du Soleil Lavender, Over the Fence, Rainshadow Cafe, Sequim Spice & Tea, Skin Envy Day Spa LLC, That Takes The Cake
Bring in the New Year with a feel-good contribution to our community. Through the month of January, Over the Fence is collecting New & Gently Used Socks - to be distributed by Serenity House of Clallam County.
Have a look through your sock drawer or take advantage of those after-Christmas sales. Heck, last time we did a sock drive we even had some awesome folks buy our Solmate socks to go directly in the basket!!
See you soon and thanks for helping us make our beautiful community a little cozier.
Join us as we welcome in the upcoming season with this delightful event - our Annual Christmas Open House.
The store will undergo a miraculous makeover to reveal a winter wonderland of seasonal decor. Get into the spirit with hot cider and cookies, Christmas carols and gifts. The first 100 sales will get a gift with purchase!
At 12 pm and 3 pm we will have a fun tabletop decor demonstration, showing how you can easily transform your table with a few favorite Over the Fence finds, along with some things you already have.
Like we did last year, we will kick off our community raffle at this event. Raffle tickets will be sold for $2 each for a chance to win one of TWO $100 Over the Fence gift certificates. Tickets will be sold until we draw the first winner just before Thanksgiving (November 21). All proceeds of the first drawing will benefit the Sequim Food Bank. Tickets for the second drawing will go until just before Christmas (December 23) with all proceeds benefiting our local Women's Shelter. Come on down and help us support our amazing community.
We hope to see you there!
Just around the corner is our first ever Veterans Weekend event at Over the Fence. It's going to be a really special time focused on honoring our local veterans.
All weekend we will be offering 10% off storewide for all active and retired veterans.
This event will also kick-off our New and Gently Used Coat Drive, going on through the end of the year. Coat donations will benefit the local organization, Voices for Veterans.
We are super excited to be hosting a book signing meet-and-greet during this event with Jacqueline Carmichael, author of Tweets from the Trenches. Jacqueline will be on hand from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10 and from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11.
Published in the centenary of the Pursuit to Mons and the critical last 100 days of the "Great War," her creative non-fiction collection Tweets from the Trenches: Little True Stories of Life & Death on the Western Front is an odyssey into the dugouts of WWI history. It encompasses excerpts of journals, letters and memoirs of Allied participants from Prince Edward Island to Yorkshire to South Carolina. With a picture on almost every page, the war unfolds chronologically in tiny stories of valour and heartbreak, on everything from rationed rum and brave homing pigeons to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Carmichael is the sister of Over the Fence owner Jeri Sanford, and their maternal grandfather Charles Chapman is among the hundreds of thousands of Doughboys who went to the front. Her curiosity about their experience led to walking on the Western Front herself as part of a research project.
In her research, she noticed striking similarities between the young men and women caught up in World War I and their great-grandchildren's generation, particularly the use of social media – the postcards, journals and letters sent between 1914-1919 were the Tweets and texts and Facebook posts of their day, she realized. As a social media experiment, the seasoned journalist gave her paternal grandfather a Twitter account of his own, posting as if he were posting from the trenches of Flanders, Belgium and France.
"I envisioned my grandfather, @BlackJackVowel or #AlbertaWorldWarISoldier, 'hunkered down under a hunk of tin' amidst pouring rain and artillery fire, desperately trying to be safe, while using a smartphone to communicate with loved ones a world away," Carmichael said.
In 2016, on a travel writing research trip, Carmichael traveled to Belgium, France and Germany, and walked portions of the Western Front where both her grandfathers were soldiers for the duration of World War I.
The long-time journalist, whose work has been seen in publications like The Dallas Morning News, the Toronto Sun, and Entrepreneur Magazine, found a fast-paced scrapbook presentation style an ideal way to tell war stories, enlisting everything from haiku to memoir excerpt to ornamental concrete poems, gathering momentum in chronological order of the war. Chapter headings timeline the war to help orient the stories year by year in the bigger picture, punctuated with images of WWI-era photos, postcards, and documents, and modern-era photos from the Western Front.
The dual American-Canadian citizen ventures out past accounts of soldiers and battles to include a nurse executed in German-occupied Belgium for rescuing British soldiers, men "Shot At Dawn" under charges of desertion or cowardice, women cross-dressing to get into battle, terse memoir excerpts of an escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp, and the last letter home from an Olympian, as well as a series on life after battle – including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – is addressed in a series of pieces.
"I sometimes found myself in tears over these stories," Carmichael recalled. "I was struck by their vitality and their youth. Reading these century-old accounts made me realize how much like us they were, a generation wrapped up in world events."
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Annie Londonderry: the first woman to cycle around the world
It took a remarkable woman to set off to ride a bicycle around the world in 1890s America: Annie Kopchovsky had a husband, three children and responsibilities as a housewife. It was not just a novelty for a young woman to leave those duties, but to do it in pursuit of a world bicycle tour was unheard of. The wager that set her off on her adventure might have been a myth: in a time of emerging world travel and public fascination with round-the-world efforts, inspired perhaps by Phileas Fogg in the 1873 novel Around the World in 80 Days, two men had reportedly made the claim that no woman could encircle the globe on a bicycle within 15 months while also earning $5,000. Annie took up the bet.
Perhaps it was an honest bet; perhaps she fabricated it as her token to adventure, fame and freedom from her home life – either way, she set off from Boston, Massachusetts, in June 1894 on a 42-pound Columbia women's bicycle, with a change of clothes and a pearl-handled revolver. Incredibly, she had never ridden a bicycle before accepting the challenge; a couple of lessons were her only preparation. She was to seek out the American consuls in the cities she visited as proof of travel, and the required $5,000 earnings would come from carrying advertising boards. Her first sponsor was Londonderry Lithe Spring Water, whose payment of $100 had come on the condition that she adopt their brand as her name. This she duly did, and her alter ego was born: Mlle Londonderry, daring world-traveller.
Riding westwards she soon reached Chicago, where the whole venture nearly came to a premature end. Perhaps it was the exertion of riding as a novice, the heavy bicycle and even heavier skirts, or the looming mountains and plains, and the oncoming winter. It had taken several months to reach that point and the clock was ticking on her 15-month wager. The New York Times reported her decision to abandon the journey, and she turned back, ready to retrace her steps home. But before returning she exchanged her clunky bicycle for a man's 21-pound Sterling and adopted a man's riding suit. More suitably dressed, on a lighter bicycle and certainly physically fitter than when she had departed, she arrived back on the east coast once more dedicated to the task. She boarded a boat from New York to France to continue her adventure.
Bold, charismatic and beautiful, she captured the imagination of the world's press: stories of her billboard-laden bicycle appeared frequently in news reports. Labelled the 'intrepid traveller', she sought sponsorship wherever she went, making public appearances, selling pictures and giving outlandish interviews where she would spin wildly improbable accounts of her travels. She proved to be an excellent speaker, enthralling audiences with her tales, and an excellent rider, reportedly joining in cycling events and races in the places through which she passed. Posters and placards covered her and her bicycle, and she was often dressed head to toe in ribbons advertising anything from milk to perfume.
But it had been a slow start and Annie had lost much time. In order to be home within the 15 months, she needed to pick up the pace, so after riding south through France, she boarded a boat across the Mediterranean to the Middle East, cycling through Saudi Arabia and Yemen before another boat trip landed her in China. Short cycle trips in Korea and Japan were followed by a Pacific crossing by steamer. 'She has a degree of self-assurance somewhat unusual to her sex,' reported the San Francisco Chronicle as she arrived back in the United States.
From San Francisco to El Paso on the Texan border she pedalled, then journeyed up through the mid states to Chicago by bicycle and train, finally arriving back to Boston 450 days after her departure. Though more a journey with a bike than a journey on a bike, she won her wager, and proved herself a master of self-promotion and grit. It had not only been a simple test of a woman's physical and mental endurance, but a demonstration of how a woman could fend for herself in the world. On her return she moved her family to New York and wrote sensational articles for the New York World about her journey, calling herself the New Woman: 'If that term means I believe I can do anything that any man can do.' The New York World hailed the trip as 'the most extraordinary journey ever undertaken by a woman'.
Her fame soon passed and she died in relative obscurity in 1947; her round-the-world ride was not even mentioned in the death notice placed by her family. It wasn't until the beginning of the twenty-first century that her story came to light once more; after some sustained detective work, her great-grandnephew Peter Zheutlin painstakingly pieced together her tale: the legend of Annie Londonderry, the first woman to bicycle around the world.
This is an excerpt from my book 'Pedal Power: inspirational stories from the world of cycling'