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General Motors
There has been a lot of buzz around GM's new affordable all electric family car called the Bolt What makes this car noteworthy is its 200-mile range all for around $30,000 after federal tax incentives. This is the first electric vehicle from GM since it launched its electric and gas powered Volt.
Hyundai has introduced multiple versions of a vehicle called the "Ioniq" which includes a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and full-electric versions all in the same body. The Korean carmaker plans to sell more green cars by 2020 than any other maker except Toyota.
Toyota, is already at the top of the heap in the green vehicle space with more hybrids that everyone else combined. The company has unveiled a new line of its industry leading Prius that has dominated the sector for ten years now. The plug-in Prius Prime will have an all-electric range of 22 miles and a projected average 58 mpg for nonelectric use.
In the SUV space Toyota is also a dominant player with its hybrid version of its Highlander. Honda showed off its new Acura MDX "sport hybrid" option. Honda is setting its sights to lead the green car space as it has announced that two thirds of its sales will be hybrids or other clean technologies by 2030.
The Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid is a mid-size crossover SUV and it is scheduled to go on sale this summer as a 2017 model. These SUVs will compete with a range of vehicles including a plug-in hybrid version of the new Mini Countryman crossover SUV that is expected to be available next year. Other greener SUV competition includes plug-in hybrid versions of the BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLE (nee ML), Porsche Cayenne, and Volvo XC90.
There are also other more exotic hybrid cars on display at the auto show. One such vehicle is the Koenigsegg Regera supercar. Although it can hardly be described as a green vehicle, it does qualify as a hybrid. It combines electric drive with a V-8 engine to generate more than 1,500 horsepower. Another exotic hybrid that is appearing at the show is the Maserati Levante is available in hybrid form.

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Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve © Gary J. Wood
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is a great place to experience bayou life in Louisiana. The park, named after the notorious early-19th century pirate, consists of six physically separate sites and a park headquarters.
These include the Acadian Cultural Center in Lafayette, the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in Eunice, the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center in Thibodaux, the Barataria Preserve in Marrero, the Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery in Chalmetter, and the French Quarter Visitor Center in New Orleans.
The park offers a variety of activities, including bayou cruises from the Acadian Cultural Center, birdwatching and swamp walks in Barataria Preserve, and paddlewheel boat trips from New Orleans to the historic Chalmette Battlefield sites.
Website: www.nps.gov/jela
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Lochte beats Phelps for second time at US nationals
Ryan Lochte registered his second consecutive victory over rival Michael Phelps at the United States National Championships with a gritty win in the 200 metres backstroke on Saturday.other Updated: Aug 08, 2010, 15:08 IST
Ryan Lochte registered his second consecutive victory over rival Michael Phelps at the United States National Championships with a gritty win in the 200 metres backstroke on Saturday.
Lochte's time of one minute, 55.58 seconds, the second fastest in the world this year, gave him the edge over world record holder Aaron Peirsol and Tyler Clary, with Phelps finishing fourth in 1:56:98.
The 2008 Olympic champion led from start to finish but had to hold on in the final 50 metres as Peirsol, Clary and Phelps all carved into his lead after he posted the fastest splits in each of the first three lengths of the pool.
"I don't want to do that event ever again," Phelps told reporters.
"Although I did what I wanted to do... swim under 1:57.
"I tried to be more conservative the first 100 so that I wouldn't completely feel like I was standing still the last 20 metres, which is usually how I feel at the end of a 200 back."
Lochte also beat Phelps in the 200 meters individual medley on Friday.
In the women's 100 metres freestyle Dana Vollmer swam the second fastest time in the world this year to edge Jessica Hardy, touching in 53.94 seconds.
In other events, Rebecca Soni easily won the women's 200 metres breaststroke in a time of 2:21.60, more than five seconds ahead of Amanda Beard in second place, and Eric Shanteau touched in 2:10.09 to win the men's 200 metres breaststroke.
Chad LaTourette posted the fastest time in the world this year in the 1,500 metres freestyle to win in a time of 14:55.39 and Chloe Sutton won the women's 800 metres freestyle in a time of 8:24.77.


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The PRIX EUROPA IRIS is one of the prize categories of the PRIX EUROPA, awarding the best European television programme of the year about cultural diversity.
The latest IRIS winner (of the year 2019) is the documentary "But when mommy is coming? (quando arriva la mamma?)", submitted by Radiotelevisione Svizzera, directed by Stefano Ferrari, produced by Michael Beltrami.
IRIS invites programmes (TV Fiction or TV Non-Fiction) that tackle the diverse character of European societies and contribute towards understanding and tolerance between people of different origins, cultures and religions.
Iris stands for equality and tolerance.
In ancient Greece, Iris was the messenger of the Gods who carried their messages to the four corners of the world. She appeared as a radiant rainbow
The iris is also the part of our eye that enables us to see the richness of the colours surrounding us
IRIS stands for an open and clear view of the multicultural colourfulness in our modern society
IRIS covers all TV genres
IRIS covers all aspects of diversity in Europe
IRIS collects entries from 31 European countries
IRIS deals with all emotions of human life


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Our CalEITC4Me program is a national leader in Earned Income Tax Credit outreach and organizing, using innovative and cutting-edge tactics to help working people understand and access the credit.
We believe that everyone who works should be able to afford life's basic needs – such as food, housing, transportation and health care. Yet 1 out of 6 people in California live in poverty, the highest rate in the country.
Our bilingual website is a go-to hub of information, providing up-to-date resources, content, tool kits, fact sheets, videos, social media campaigns and other user-friendly resources for partners, community organizations and tax filers throughout the tax season and beyond.
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Besides impacting your wallet, the loss of heat through inadequate home insulation can be detrimental to your home's level of comfort. Feeling a draft or walking through cold zones in your house is downright aggravating, and why we'd like to help you improve your home's R-value.
R-value is an assessment of the amount of thermal resistance that an insulator provides. Choosing the level of R-value for your home depends on the climate you live in and the design of your home.
If you're planning on the next ice age then you could easily buy the highest R-value insulation and call it done, but instead, talk to a professional and get an assessment because you can easily cross the boundary where cost outweighs the benefit.
To maximize the benefits of your home insulation you should look to properly insulate from your roof down to your basement. You are looking to reduce uncontrolled air flow from one segment of your home to another.
Here is a list of good places to start your home insulation journey:
- Unfinished attics — between and over floor joists.
- Unfinished attics — attic access door.
- Finished attics — between the studs of knee walls.
- Finished attics — between the studs and rafters exterior walls and roof.
- Exterior walls — between living spaces and garages.
- Exterior walls — foundation walls above ground level.
- Exterior walls — foundation walls in heated basement.
- Floors — above cold spaces like an unheated basement.
- Floors — any portion that cantilevers over the foundation walls.
- Floors — slab floors built directly on the ground.
These three areas — attics, exterior walls, and floors — are a good start on the path to improving the R-value of your home insulation and saving yourself from aggravating cold drafts and wasted money. Should you need any further suggestions as to where to save money or have questions about the advice we offer above, Aggressive Mechanical Contractors are here to help.
Our goal is to help educate our customers in Monmouth County, New Jersey and surrounding areas about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems).
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Tamilrockers Hindi Movies – As we all know Tamilrockers got into name and existence with the Online movie release of Tamil films. As Tollywood released the movie Tamilrockers along it released to watch online or download from their site Tamilrockers.
In beginning, the prints released online were of good quality and sometimes in HD but with time and actions taken against antipiracy have to lead to pirated prints on the site. Tamilrockers is actually a pirated bootleg network running on torrent.
Tamilrockers started early as a download movie site for Tamil. And they become so famous for this work. Millions of people started visiting their site to download Telugu Movies and Malayalam movies.
Visitors used to download the movie for free and watch it online on their laptops or mobiles. With the increased downloads of the movies, the Kollywood started suffering huge losses in films. As people were not going to watch the movies in cinemas.
So, as a result, the fewer tickets were sold and movies went in the loss. So then govt and Tamil cinema started getting strict against them and are trying to completely destroy them at any cost.
As Tamilrockers were giving the only links to Telugu movies in beginning but with a lot of demand for the movies, they started to provide some movies download link to English as well as Hindi Movies.
These movies were a bonus to them as some extra visitors were coming to their site for downloading the movies. Extra visitors means extra money to them, for which they are running the site. They along started providing the songs and video songs as well to people on their site.
As of movies links to Hindi and English, you will get very less but the most they were doing dubbed movies of those languages. As the target audience for the Tamilrockers was only and only Tamil people from the beginning. They have developed their site as if looks like Forum.
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We come from two families with rich farming heritage. Our crest combines the roots of both – the lion of the Lunds and the stag of the Robinsons. And yet, Newstead represents a departure for both of us. From sugar and dairy farms in KwaZulu-Natal, we came to make wine in the Garden Route.
Our Story
We like to think that our journey, and anybody else's journey, is reflected in that of our grapes.
From the vine to the wine, there's potential, growth, change, and ultimately, hopefully, something very special. And even then, there's a sense of mystery and possibility, depending on when and how you enjoy it, and who with.
Maybe it's just us, but our feeling is that wine is very much like life.
Our Vineyards
It was a visit to New Zealand that inspired us to make wine, and it's no coincidence that we chose to do it in a region that shares many of the same characteristics.
The Plettenberg Bay Wine of Origin region has a comparable geography and climate. As in New Zealand, it is especially favourable to the varieties we grow – Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Our vineyards also enjoy similar temperatures, sunlight and cool night breezes, the benefits of which are maximised by the north-south planting of our vines.
We believe that small is special. We know and nurture each vine. We use organic fertilisers and recycled grey water. We pay meticulous attention to detail. And because we prioritise quality over quantity, we don't cut costs, even taking the unusual step of using netting over our vines, which results in unusually good grapes: they're some of the most unblemished any farmer is ever likely to see, and they're put to good use by our award-winning winemaker, Anton Smal.
Our Tasting Room
Our tasting room is very much the way we hope people will think of our farm: welcoming, authentic, intimate. It's a place we want visitors to be able to relax and linger. Like a home, it will evolve, change, and hopefully surprise, depending on the time of day or year.
We don't have restaurant-like formalities, but our foods are guided by the season, inspired by the moment, and made from scratch using ingredients that are locally-sourced (often as local as our own vegetable, herb and flower garden) and always fresh, simple and delicious.
Opening Times
Tuesday to Friday – Tastings by arrangement. Contact us or SMS +27 (0)76 300 9740 to book a wine tasting.
Saturdays open for lunch & tastings from 10.30am – 4pm. Contact us or SMS +27 (0)76 300 9740 to book a lunch or a wine tasting.


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Major brands position to play hard across channels
It was the year of trading places. As usual, Amazon devised more ways to disrupt retail. And, as usual, traditional retailers fretted about the importance of coordinating online to offline (O2O). The tension intensified, however, as Amazon and Alibaba prepared to move into brick-and-mortar stores and Walmart doubled down on e-commerce.
With a value increase of 14 percent, following an 8 percent rise a year ago, retail led all the categories in value appreciation in the BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2017. Amazon and Alibaba increased most sharply, 41 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
Amazon, the consummate disruptor, planned to open physical grocery stores that removed friction from retail's most abrasive experience—checking out. In the first stores, a convenience format called Amazon Go, all transactions will happen with an app. Shoppers will pick their items from shelves and walk out without waiting on a checkout line, the sale transacted seamlessly on their smartphone.
Alibaba, China's e-commerce leader, and No. 2 after Amazon in the BrandZ™ Retail Top 20, entered a partnership with the Bailian Group, which operates almost 5,000 grocery and specialty stores in China. The arrangement expands the Alibaba ecosystem, enabling Alibaba to link its Alipay payment function and its online e-commerce platforms, Tmall and Taobao, with Bailian."
Meanwhile, having primarily focused on maximizing the productivity of over 11,000 physical locations in 28 countries, Walmart shifted attention to the virtual world, acquiring Jet.com, a strong e-commerce challenger to Amazon in certain categories. The purchase builds on Walmart's existing e-commerce business, estimated at around $12 billion in annual sales, according to Kantar Retail.
Because Jet.com shoppers are younger and more urban than the average Walmart shopper, the acquisition potentially broadens Walmart's reach, according to Kantar Retail. Walmart also acquired several small e-commerce niche apparel retailers with urban appeal, and planned to integrate e-commerce more closely into its operation. Walmart rose slightly in brand value after a steep decline a year ago.
New initiatives build loyalty
Walmart also has a partnership with JD.com, China's second-largest e-commerce brand and No. 10 on the BrandZ™ Retail Top 20. JD.com owns its own logistics network and invests significantly in related technology, including drones. These acquisitions combine the mentalities and capabilities of technology start-ups with those of a traditional big-box retailer. The acquisition of Jet.com also brings a level of "gamification" of retail that should help Walmart appeal to younger shoppers. Jet.com notifies shoppers of the savings they are accruing and the potential savings that could be earned with additional purchases.
In addition, Walmart is developing drive-through locations. This convenience phenomenon, well-developed in Europe, particularly in France, enables shoppers to purchase without entering a physical store. They buy online and pick up their orders at a drive-through location, often along their work commute.
Amazon initiatives like Amazon Prime Pantry and Amazon Prime Now also aimed to make shopping faster and more convenient with easy online ordering and rapid delivery. Amazon Dash replenished certain household commodities automatically. Amazon also added benefits for members of Amazon Prime, to strengthen loyalty and keep customers satisfied within an ecosystem filled with products and services delivered seamlessly.
One of the new benefits, Prime Reading, provided free access to a changing selection of 1,000 e-books and magazine articles. As the bundle of Prime benefits enlarges, it seems more valuable, and the value of each component becomes more difficult to compute. Almost one-third of American households were Prime members as of December 2015, according to Kantar Retail.
Alibaba sustains loyalty with a comprehensive ecosystem that moves customers through various shopping sites to transactions on Alipay. The Ali Express site provides access to products from China. It enables owners of certain businesses to source directly, lower costs, and increase profit. Alibaba is the leading automotive seller in Russia, according to Kantar Retail, and it is investigating the establishment of a logistics center in Sophia, Bulgaria, and a distribution center in Zagar, Croatia.
Mass merchants and grocery
E-commerce and changing shopping habits affected brands across retail. The German-based food deep discounters, ALDI and Lidl, felt pressure in their home market from rival Rewe, which offered a payback card that enabled members to spend loyalty points flexibly at other retailers or entertainment centers.
In an unprecedented step, the ALDI brand, which operates as two autonomous companies, ALDI North and ALDI South, conducted joint marketing. Lidl planned to enter the US, with 20 to 30 stores expected to open this summer in the east coast states of Virginia and the Carolinas.
Meanwhile, Costco, a membership warehouse with around 600 of its approximately 720 stores in North America, planned to open in its first store in France. The chain also expected to add more private label, expand its focus on organic food, and open more business centers. Regulations had slowed expansion in Europe, but the chain continued to do well in Asia, according to Kantar Retail. The chain raised its membership fee to boost profits.
To stimulate its lagging like-for-like store sales growth, Target implemented a store remodeling program. The new store format provides two main entrances that correspond to the purpose of the shopping trip. One entrance is for a more extensive experience that the chain calls inspirational browsing. The other entrance accommodates convenience trips, including grocery shopping and order pick-up. The chain also added more own-label items to differentiate and build margins.
With over 6,300 stores worldwide, Tesco focused on its UK home market. The chain simplified its product range and attempted to make shopping easier, while deemphasizing its loyalty card. Tesco also prepared for the acquisition of Booker, a wholesaler that would add convenience locations and entry into a new business for Tesco—food service. In the US, the grocery chain Kroger also emphasized its own-label products, while adding new store elements, such as medical clinics, that drive traffic and extend in-store shopper time, according to Kantar Retail.
Carrefour continued to implement a strategic shift, reducing its presence in some international markets and deploying a portfolio of smaller convenience stores to complement its hypermarkets, which continued to feel pressure from e-commerce competitors and price discounting, especially in France, its home market. Competition and a slower economy impacted Carrefour sales in China.
Category specialists
The home improvement specialist The Home Depot increased 11 percent in value following a 32 percent increase a year ago. The company effectively invested in digital, leveraging the size and product range of its warehouse stores to offer customers several shopping convenience options, including click and collect.
For both The Home Depot and its rival Lowe's, brand proposition remained a key strength. The brands promised informative service to help customers complete home improvement projects, a proposition that produces big-ticket sales and is difficult for product-focused retailers to imitate. The Home Depot and Lowe's also gained significant business-to-business revenue from sales to contractors.
In several stores, Lowe's introduced a virtual reality capability called "Holoroom How To." It takes do-it-yourself training a step beyond books and videos, enabling customers to experience each step of a project while wearing an Oculus Rift visor. Lowe's began using robots for sales assistance in its stores several years ago.
IKEA continued to open large out-of-town stores that perform well as destination locations where shoppers often leave with their planned purchase plus impulse items. Translating the unique IKEA physical store to an online experience proved difficult, but the blue and yellow brand colors remained distinctive assets, important for sustaining the brand.
US-based drug chains CVS and Walgreens were well positioned to meet healthcare needs in the US. Walgreen's continued to work through regulatory issues in its plan to purchase Rite Aid, which would create a chain of about 13,000 drug stores in the US. Rival CVS operates around 7,800 stores in the US. With over 60,000 stores worldwide, 7-Eleven continued to fill the convenience store space, and planned to acquire an additional 1,110 locations from Sunoco, the oil and gas brand.
Brand-Building Action Points
1. Leverage the store
The physical store can be a great competitive advantage. It is the brand's best billboard. And it keeps retail brands dynamic. With every visit to the store, customers refresh their impression of the brand.
2. Engage shoppers
Shoppers increasingly move through physical stores while holding a mobile device to check competitors or gain more product information. Turn this behavior into an advantage by providing product information and other relevant content in a compelling way that keeps the shopper in the store, both physically and mentally.
3. Be consistent
Sustain omni-channel consistency that supports and complements the brand experience across physical and virtual spaces without contradiction or disappointment.
4. Decrease friction
As the consumer journey becomes more convoluted, look for ways to simplify and accelerate it. Be responsive to customers whose journey will change with the occasion. It is not all about the commercial calendar.


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Although leggings have become a workout wardrobe staple, sometimes a regular rise can uncomfortably dig into your skin, or feel unsupportive during workouts. That's where high-waisted leggings come to the rescue. First off, they offer support in allll the right places. Plus, that extra coverage over my belly button makes me feel secure and held—like a hug, but from my pants!
When it comes to summer hair color ideas, most of us crave something a little cooler. Lighter hues replace deep, dark styles on red carpets and boardwalks with pretty pastels, pearlescent looks, and highlights aplenty. Looking to carry the summer sunshine with you all year long? These hues are gorgeous, no matter the season. After you pick your perfect shade, consider our short hair ideas, layered inspo, and braided hairstyles to complete your look.
French makeup – what is it? Despite the fact that famous makeup companies are French, that does not mean that French women like to put on tons of makeup every day. The thing is that women in France think that there is nothing better than a little enhancement of their natural beauty.
Black is undoubtedly one of the most classic colors. Opting for a black inspired manicure is a classy and chic option when looking to make a fashion statement with your fingers. Black nails can suit just about every outfit and occasion that it is paired with. There are also hundreds of styles that you can choose from and incorporate your black themed nails. You can try some innovations on your black nails with the use…
Illuminating sun protection in your makeup is always a great concept, but if you tend to be outside for a long time, it should not be your main source of protection. Thick eyebrows are a simple way to make a makeup look that attracts attention. Choosing eye makeup based on your eye color is the best way to highlight your unique abilities.


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Shelf LifePosted: June 1, 2014 Filed under: before and after, diy, House | Tags: before and after, custom shelving, diy, home improvement, modern eclectic 16 Comments
It's funny how there are some plans you stew and stew over before putting them into action, while others seem to be executed nearly immediately. The latter was the case for my most recent DIY–installing a set of shelves in the corner of our office. A routine Saturday browsing of the internets led me to stumble across a photo of an ingenious design for wall mounted display shelves that I felt compelled to emulate post haste.
Normally, I think it's best to leave corners open and free of clutter, but there is so much I love about this design from A Home West. I think it's a super way to display the artifacts that help define us while still maximizing storage capacity. And since storage has always been an issue for Heath and myself–I'm a bit of an impulse buyer, Heath's got a smidge of hoarder in him–this solution seemed ideal for both storing Heath's collection of history books and my random assortment of knick knacks. I don't exaggerate when I say fewer than 10 minutes passed from the moment I stumbled across this clever home remedy and when I departed to Home Depot for supplies. A couple of hours later, the office was rejuvenated.
It turned out to be an incredibly simple, fast, and affordable way to freshen up a neglected space. We already had the wood from an old project Heath and I worked on at our last house, which, coincidentally, was also one we embarked on to create storage in our old office. So the only real cost was the hardware:
- 20 1/2-inch wood screws (four for each shelf)
- 10 L-shaped brackets
- 20 washers
- 20 metal anchor screws
- 20 3-inch wall screws
- Black spray paint
That was it! I think I spent something like $34 total and a Saturday afternoon to see the transformation through to fruition. I still need to stain the edges of the shelves, and I'll admit, I kind of miss my map wall, but my lust for this new unit is keeping me pretty satisfied.
Living Room Re-DoPosted: February 9, 2012 Filed under: before and after, Design, House, Pretty Things | Tags: custom shelving, eclectic, green accent wall, handyman heath, house, interior design, living room 4 Comments
Not so long ago I posted here about my disgust with the TV set up in our new living room (our lives are filled with monumental levels of adversity). Boring, drab and uninspired it was. Fortunately, I found a solution–one that involved a major overhaul of the living room layout and resulted in a much more feng shui entertaining environment. The before and after photos have me breathing a sigh of relief.
Ultimately the TV had to change walls. Instead of sitting against a blank white canvas, I repositioned it in front of an oversized window framed by a green accent wall. Now all eyes are on the bright "retro avocado" wall and dramatic curtains rather than an expansive plane of icky nothingness. Me Likey.
Customized shelving, made by none other than Handyman Heath, went against the white wall, which gave the room the personal pizzaz it needed.
You might recognize the shelves from the office in the old house. I loved them so much, I thought they deserved to be front and center rather than tucked away in the office or guest bedroom. Here's how they looked pre-move and pre-stain.
The empty wall turned out to be the perfect backdrop against which the shelves and their various knick knacks could pop.
We also changed the wall color from the same neutral beige that I wrote about in our office to a bright white that packs a nice punch. The difference is subtle but, again, keeps the beige cloud feeling from creeping in on us.
Plus, against the green accent wall, the new white looks much crisper than the beige color did.
I also finally made the effort to focus in on some of the smaller details, like creating an entryway table. Sadly our house lacks an actual foyer, so a decorative little side table next to the front door has to suffice for a barrier between the living room and entryway until a more established room divider can come into play. Fortunately, it's a pretty cute interim set up.
I never stop being amazed at the difference a coat of paint and a little rearranging can make.
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Photo booth shenanigans at the Museum of Natural History.
A decade of love
Thursday, June 11, 2015
The man and I celebrated 10 years of marriage last week. We celebrated by throwing a wonderful party at the same hotel where we got married in 2005. It was like a mini version of our wedding, with a renewal of our vows and a "reception" that featured the same menu from our first one.
The fine people at Moho Creative captured everything beautifully and we are lucky to have so much love in our lives.
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friends of ATENA software, we hope you are doing well and this year will be
successfull for you.
the year is slowly coming to its end, we suppose you are fully busy with
finishing your interesting projects on schedule. We would like to bring your
kind attention towards the latest development in our ATENA
software, which we strive to continuously develop in order to bring the
latest achievements in the numerical modeling of reinforced concrete to your
would also like share our success stories with you because they are written by
our users. By knowing their own ATENA experience, we can
analyze what we have done well and what should be improved. To meet our users'
needs, we regularly organize our ATENA seminar for our users to
get familiar with our software's capabilities.We wish you pleasant
reading and we look forward to introducing you any further improvements in ATENA
in the upcoming year. With kind regards from PragueYour
Cervenka team
visualization of vectors and tensorial quantities in ATENA supports new options
for user adjustments so that beautiful as well as instructive figures can be
created to show for instance the stress flow inside the structure.
ATENA version 5.7
will be released this fall. It contains important improvements to the various
features introduced in the previous years. These improvements were triggered by
the feedback of our users and clients.
Better performance in solving and
post-processing large scale analysis
software is becoming the premier solution for checking the design or assessment
of large and safety critical structures. It is therefore often useful to develop
large scale complex models involving various element types: - 1D/3D beam
elements – 2D/3D shell elements – 2D/3D solid elements. ATENA supports standard
1D beam and 2D shell elements. In addition, it includes special 3D beam as well
as shell elements, with only displacement degrees of freedom. This simplifies
the development of complex large scale models, where it is useful to combine
beam and shell elements with solid elements. Beam and shell elements can be
effectively used in areas with dominantly bending behavior, while critical shear
dominated areas can be modeled by solid elements. Based on the feedback of ATENA
users as well as our own experience of using ATENA in large scale analysis of
tall buildings, we have improved the speed of analysis and
namely postprocessing almost 100 times compared to version 5.6.
Such large models are demonstrated in the figures in this newsletter, which
shows results from performance based design of a multistorey buildings supported
by nonlinear analysis.
modeling - new model for Alkali-silica-reaction in
concreteAlkali-silica reaction (ASR) is a reaction in concrete
between alkali hydroxides and reactive siliceous aggregates.
from a pushover analysis of a reinforced concrete building, top - deformed shape
and crack pattern, bottom - stresses in the main reinforcement.
modeling of pushover analysis of a high rise building. Left bottom window shows
calculated crack widths and crack pattern. Right window shows the deformed shape
with the principal compressive stress in concrete.
process causes the development of expansion strain in concrete, which may cause
secondary cracking and can significantly reduce the concrete strength. This new
material is part of our ongoing effort to provide engineers with an efficient
tool to evaluate the durability of reinforced concrete structures. ATENA models
now cover the most important aspects of durability of reinforced concrete
structures such as chloride and carbonation process, reinforcement corrosion and
ASR. The durability features are all available now in the new version 5.7, and
they have been developed during a research project DURACERV funded by Czech
Technological Agency under the project #TA04031458.
in the run-time and post-processor program ATENA StudioATENA Studio
has by now become the most popular software in the ATENA simulation system. It
allows runtime visualization of the analysis process as well as full
post-processing capabilities even while the analysis is still running and the
iterative process is not yet completed.
very useful insight into the iterative process helps to discover any modeling
errors and gives useful hints how to eliminate any divergence problems. This
program has been further improved in the version 5.7.
main improvements are:- faster post-processing of large scale
models, speed increase almost 100 times- new display of local element
coordinate systems, especially useful for beam and shell elements- new
colored display of tensorial quantities such as principal stresses and
strains- new colored display of vector quantities of forces and
displacements- improvements in the visualization and definition of
moment, normal and shear force diagrams and 1D evolution graphs of beam and
reinforcement quantities- plus many other minor improvements and
new features and improvements:The latest version of Microplane M7
model from Prof. Zdenek Bazant and Prof. Ferhun Caner has been implemented to
improve the behavior of M7 material model for the modeling of brittle materials
such as concrete, rock or masonry.Improvements in the tensile fatigue model
that enables to consider the fatigue damage in concrete material in high cycle
Tata Consultancy Services Campus Chennai, below ATENA analysis of the RC slab on
top of the campus tower.
in the cloud. Our new product, the Virtual Testing Laboratory Service,
just reached a public BETA version. We would like to invite you to try it.
allows you to use our software
ATENA and other tools on cloud based computers. These are created instantly,
with all needed software pre-installed.
can be uploaded/downloaded via this web application. To connect cloud computers
created via VTLS you will need some RDP
client software. Computers can be operated from any operating systems
including mobile platforms iOS and Android.
FE analysis for concrete hinges[Kalliauer2018ActaMechanica,
Hinges (Fig.1) are used in Bridge columns and in Tunnel linings. In the last
years concrete hinges gained an increasing interest in monolithic construction,
because they are economic, durable and ecological. Current design standards for
concrete hinges are based on the guidelines of Leonhardt and Reimann. Nowadays
design standards require a semiprobabilistic safety-concept for the
Service-Limit-States as well as for the Ultimate-Limit-States. Leonhardt's
guidelines focus more on the Service-Limit-States, and therefore TU-Wien tested
several concrete hinges up to their bearing capacity to derive new, substantive
design standards. The Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures used
an external micro-mechanical approach developed by Hlobil et al. for editing the
input parameters. ATENA Science is used to model concrete under
high triaxial compression [Kalliauer2018ActaMechanica] using the
Menétrey-William-failure-surface, which was later improved by Červenka.
Experiments at TU-Wien.
Stresses all three directions (left: loading direction, middle: horizontal
direction, right: thickness direction).
stress ratio of approximately 1:0.5:0.3 (Fig. 2) occurs on the compressive side
of the hinge [Kalliauer2018ActaMechanica], leading to a compressive strength of
two times the uniaxial compressive strength [Kalliauer2018ActaMechanica]. Also
this triaxial stress path leads to a glancing intersection with the
failure-meridian [Kalliauer2018ActaMechanica], ATENA Studio can
predict the bearing capacity within the experimental scattering without any
fitting parameters.
Master thesis of Kalliauer includes a more detailed analysis, such as (a)
parameter identification (Fig.3), including the influence on stresses and
strains as well as on the bearing capacity, (b) convergence studies, including
mesh dependency, (c) influence on different material models, (d) stress
distributions in the cross section, (e) dependency of front-side-notches and (f)
a statistical sensitivity Analyses carried out in SARA Studio
(Fig. 4).
Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures want to thank the ATENA
hotline support for having answered all the questions.
Dependence of the fracture Energy an the plastic strains (left: low fracture
energy; right: high fracture energy).
Stochastic Analysis in Sara Studio for the bearing capacity.
KALLIAUER, J., SCHLAPPAL, T., VILL, M., MANG, H. & PICHLER, B.: Bearing
capacity of concrete hinges subjected to eccentric compression: multiscale
structural analysis of experiments; Acta Mechanica, Springer Nature, 2018;
pp.849-866, DOI: 10.1007/s00707-017-2004-3[Kalliauer2018EuroC]
KALLIAUER, J., SCHLAPPAL, T., MANG, H. A. & PICHLER, B. (Ed.: MESCHKE, G.,
PICHLER, B. & ROTS, J. G.): Parameter identification as the basis for Finite
Element simulations of Ultimate Limit States of concrete hinges; Proceedings
Euro-C 2018 conference, ISBN
978-1-138-74117-1, Feb. 2018, pp. 689
users of ATENA software,
would like to invite you to our ATENA Advanced User Seminar
2019. The seminar will take place in Prague, the Czech Republic
on February 20-22 in Czech language and June 12-14, 2019 in English
language.In 2016 the content of the seminar was rearranged
compared to the previous years. We decided to concentrate on fewer topics, but
provide deeper coverage and more hands-on experience with particular problems.
Based on the feedback from our hotline support, we selected several topics,
where we expect that ATENA users could benefit most from more indepth
explanation or background information:
7-11, 2018fib Congress 2018Melbourne,
AustraliaEvent website
14-18, 2018ACI Fall 2018Las Vegas, USAEvent website
6-9, 2018MECOM 2018Tucumán, ArgentinaEvent website
21-22, 2018Concrete Days 2018Prague, Czech
RepublicEvent website
Al-Saoudi, A., Al-Mahaidi, R.,
Kalfat, R., Cervenka, J.: Finite Element
Investigation of the Fatigue Performance of FRP Laminates Bonded to Concrete,
Composite Structures, Volume 208, 15 January 2019, Pages 322-337, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.10.001
J., CERVENKA, V., LASERNA. S.: On Crack Band Model in Finite Element Analysis of
Concrete Fracture in Engineering Practice, Engineering Fracture Mechanics,
Volume 197, 2018, Pages 27-47, ISSN 0013-7944.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013794418301620
J., CERVENKA, V., SYKORA, M., MLCOCH, J.: Evaluation of Safety Formats for
Structural Assessment Based on Nonlinear Analysis, Proceedings Euro-C 2018
conference, ISBN 978-1-138-74117-1, Feb. 2018, pp. 669-678
V., CERVENKA, J, KADLEC, L.: Model Uncertainties in Numerical Simulations of
Reinforced Concrete Structures - Structural Concrete Journal fib, Journal of
International Federation for Structural Concrete. DOI: 10.1002/suco.201700287,
D., CERVENKA, V., GRACA-E-COSTA, R.: Model Uncertainty in Discrete and Smeared
Crack Prediction in RC Beams under Flexural Loads. Engineering Fracture
Mechanics. 199 (2018) 532-543
K., SMILAUER, K., JENDELE, L., CERVENKA, J.: Prediction of Reinforcement
Corrosion due to Chloride Ingress and its Effects on Serviceability, Engineering
Structures 174 (2018), pp. 768-777
P., SUSANTI, E., VALEK, M., NOVAK, D., PUKL, R.: Bearing Capacity of Masonry
Walls in Churches - Numerical Investigation, 11th International Conference on
Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions "An interdisciplinary approach",
Cusco, Peru, September 2018
R., CERVENKA, V.: Uncertainty Aspects in Fracture-Mechanical Analysis of
Concrete Structures, 16th International Probabilistic Workshop (IPW2018),
Vienna, Austria, September 2018
R., CERVENKA, V., NOVAK, D.: Shear Failure of Very Large Concrete Beam:
Modelling using Random Fields, CSM8 - 8th Conference on Computational Stochastic
Mechanics, Paros, Greece, June 2018
R., LEHKY, D., NOVAK, D.: Towards Nonlinear Reliability Assessment of Concrete
Transport Structures, IABSE Conference "Engineering the Developing World", Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, April 2018
R., SAJDLOVA, T., CERVENKA, J.: Design of SFRC Precast Tunnel Segments Supported
by NLFEA, 3rd FRC ACI-fib-RILEM Joint International Workshop "Fibre Reinforced
Concrete: from Design to Structural Applications", Desenzano, Italy, June


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The American Psychological Association (APA) offers a 5-credit continuing education course based on the book, The Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making by Valerie Reyna and Vivian Zayas.
Whether the decision is to have unprotected sex, consent to surgery, spend rather than save for retirement, or have an extra piece of pie, risky decisions permeate our lives, sometimes with disastrous consequences. How and why risk taking occurs has important implications, yet many questions remain about how various factors influence decision-making.
This book advances basic understanding and scientific theory about the brain mechanisms underlying risky decision making, paving the way for translation of science into practice and policy. This compelling research topic crosses a number of disciplines, including social, cognitive, and affective (emotion) neuroscience psychology, brain sciences, law, behavioral economics, and addiction.
Learning Objectives of the course:
- Describe the processes that govern risky decision-making.
- Evaluate recent research on neurobiological and psychological theory that underlie risky decision-making, including recent theory on triple processing.
- Identify the differences that underlie decision making in childhood, adolescence and older adulthood.


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Birgu Vittoriosa
Birgu Vittoriosa is the oldest of the fortified "Three Cities" that include Senglea (also known as Isla) and Cospicua (also known as Bormla). Senglea and Vittoriosa are each on a small peninsula that juts out from the southern shore of Grand Harbour and across the bay from the city of Valetta; the tip of each peninsula is guarded by an ancient fort. Cospicua is the larger of the Three Cities, and located behind the other two. Birgu Vittoriosa history and the history of the other two cities embody what is called the cradle of Maltese culture and heritage, and most of the Vittoriosa sights and things to do in Vittoriosa Malta involve this long and rich history.
The Knights of Malta (also known as the Knights Hospitaller) made Birgu Vittoriosa their first headquarters in 1530 after being driven from Rhodes in Greece and Bodrum in Turkey by Suleiman the Magnificent. The Knights' living quarters (called auberges, the French word for inns) were built here, and many of these sixteenth-century houses are still standing. They protected their domain with Fort St. Angelo (the oldest fortification in the country) and Fort St. Michael in Senglea. They also built a large hospital, as this was the calling of their order and the source of its name. To protect their kingdom, they enclosed much of it with medieval walls and watchtowers as well as a moat around the fort. One of the things to do in Vittoriosa Malta is to simply stroll along the waterfront, exploring the impressive city walls and the massive fort with its bastions and watchtowers. The views are quite spectacular and a leisurely walk around the entire peninsula will take only about 30 minutes.
One of the most important events in Birgu Vittoriosa history is the Great Siege of 1565 when the outnumbered Knights repelled the vastly larger forces of the Ottoman Empire. This fierce and bloody battle was celebrated throughout Europe; Voltaire famously wrote: "Nothing is more well known than the Siege of Malta." It ended Europeans' perception of the invincibility of the Ottoman Empire, and was the beginning of Mediterranean dominance by Spain, then France, and finally England.
Vittoriosa history is shaped by the Christianity of the Knights, who built many churches and cathedrals, all decorated with magnificent religious art, statues, and monuments. You will find these everywhere on both Malta Island and Gozo Island, but Birgu Vittoriosa and Valletta boast more than any other place. The most prominent of these is the grand St. Lawrence Church, completed in 1696 and dominating the waterfront. There are numerous other churches, chapels, and convents in the city.
Possibly the most rewarding things to do in Vittoriosa Malta are taking tours of the city's many fascinating museums—there are perhaps more of these than there are churches. Fittingly enough, the Malta Maritime Museum is housed in a building completed in 1845 to serve as the bakery for the British Navy. Displays here trace the beginnings of sailing in Malta by ancient Phoenicians through the Knights, and more modern times. The grand Inquisitor's Palace is today the National Museum of Ethnography, one of the few remaining such Inquisition palaces that were once spread throughout Roman Catholic Europe. The Vittoriosa Parish Museum contains artifacts and exhibits especially about the Three Cities, including photographs and documents concerning the significant role they played during World II.
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I restored and connected with such a special and varied group of radiant souls while we uncovered the fierce grace and bravery that lies within us all.
Letting go of the idea that yoga has to be nice, we confronted our fears, our joys and explored the edges of our flexibility in our bodies and mind. The beauty of Ayurveda is that it speaks to your temperament or dosha so that you can seek to find a greater balance between the constitutions. For instance, when there is too much grounding, you bring in more fire as a way of enhancing the uniqueness of you. So instead of taking elements of you away, you look for bringing more of another element into your life until each becomes a little more in line with the other. A return to wholeness that is already the essence of you.
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So here's the question asked by many of you, does sleeping slow down aging at all? Life is beautiful in many ways, but to me, one of the most beautiful thing in life is aging. I know what you are thinking, but you probably got the wrong idea when I say that.
Aging puts value to life, and that makes life a meticulously written book. I, just like you, don't like the actual effect of aging, that's for sure.
We all love to look young and full of energy, but too bad, you and I, we can't escape what's inevitable in the first place.
Even though it is inevitable, there are many ways to enhance the way we look or to slow down the aging process in its whole.
From over priced creams and lotions to natural ingredients, from face massaging methods to microdermabrasion procedures.
But what about sleeping? Does it really slows down aging? We'll talk about that very shortly.
The Benefits of Sleeping
Sleep is of utmost importance when it comes to your well being, to be able to function on a daily basis, sleep is a necessity. Don't take it for granted if you already are, without proper resting everything will just slowly get worse and worse, your skin included.
This is also why aging and sleeping are always mentioned together, when you don't age well your skin will not hesitate to show it. Sometimes you see people over 50 years old, but they look astonishing, they look like the next George Clooney or Sandra Bullock.
That's the result for taking care of your skin, and take the needed rest. Don't force your body into survival mode all day every day. I am going to name some of the most common benefits of sleeping, just to give you a better idea of what sleeping can do aside from keeping your skin healthy.
- Sleeping can lower your blood pressure.
- Sleeping can help reduce stress.
- Sleeping can make you happier, less moody.
- Sleeping can also help you improve your memory.
If this isn't an eye-opener to you then I don't know what else can be, again don't take sleep for granted. If you have to work long hours and feel like you don't have time to waste, take power naps.
An even better example is a machine, even the best and most advanced machine needs some kind of resting from time to time to prevent overheat or other performance complication, your body works in a similar way.
Sleep An Extra Hour or Two
Whether sleeping can slow down aging or not has been studied over and over again by scientists. There are studies that suggest that sleeping to be the one most natural way to slow down the aging process. No over expensive anti aging serum or creams, but just a good night sleep.
The lack of sleep can indeed accelerate the rate of which you are aging, your body starts to grow, heal and rejuvenate when you are sleeping, that's why it is so important to rest when you are sick or when you are suffering from an injury.
Resting helps produce certain hormones and that will kick start the healing process.
The same thing happens with your skin, it is getting healed every night while you are asleep, new skin cells are formed while the dead ones are being disposed of.
That's how scientist came to the conclusion that sleeping does indeed help slow down the aging process, the less you sleep the longer it takes for you to heal.
That's why it is so important to get enough sleep. Try to aim for a solid 5 hours of good night sleep, it will go a long way.
Is Genetic to Blame?
This is also something scientists have been struggling to decode in the past few decades. How much of you is actually to blame on genetics or is it just a term we use nowadays to blame whenever something doesn't feel right. Your DNA has a lot to do with how you age and how you look like, that's true.
But how much of it has to do with how well you age? 90%? 80%? Sadly, no. It is about 20%, everything else has more to do with your environment and how you live, your lifestyle and your diet for example.
Just like most things, acne is said to be genetic as well, but not completely. If you are a teen and you are suffering from acne, check out this article about acne for teens.
So do something with that 80%, you have full control of that. Don't make excuses if you find yourself looking like a 50-year old while you are only 30. I know there are many things to consider, maybe your life is harder than the average person, and stress is unavoidable for you, I am not going to judge you, but try not to make excuses.
How Can Sleeping Slow Down Aging?
Your body will start breaking down when you are going through a chronic sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation can cause premature aging, very low energy and moodiness, discoloration of the skin and some more.
You won't realize how much of a toll your late nights have on your body and skin in general until it's too late, and then the only way to get back that beautiful wrinkle-less skin is by using over expensive lotions and serums.
A study was published surveying a few people, having them sleep 6 hours for 5 days straight compared to their usual 8 hours of sleep. The results were surprising, some participants were having 100% visible difference while others showed less, but this is the average results:
- The redness of their skin increased by 10%
- Their wrinkles and fine lines got worse, about 50% in difference.
- Their pores were 15% more visible
This only goes to show how much an hour or two of sleep can do on the long run, imagine getting less than the daily recommended amount for a whole year or years. That's why people nowadays have all kinds of skin problems.
We Can Come To The Conclusion
After reading this even you can admit that sleeping is indeed a very important factor when it comes to slowing down aging. The more you sleep, the better for your skin and the way you age.
Now when I say the more, I don't actually mean to sleep all day long, because that could lead to other health issues I am not mentioning on this article.
Try to get at least a solid 6-8 hours of good night sleep, and you are good to go. There are a ton of ways to slow down aging, but this is the best way that cost close to nothing.
The last thing to do if you still don't really believe how beneficial this is, do your own experiment and see the way your face is changing with your own eyes.
If you are interested in getting a microdermabrasion machine for improving or enhancing your look, to get rid of wrinkles and acne, you can check out my reviews about the 6 best microdermabrasion machines here.
If you have any question at all, don't be shy to ask, that's what I am here for. So leave a comment down below and share this if you are somewhat intrigued by this or if you find this helpful in many ways.


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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, speaking Thursday at the Faith & Freedom Coalition in Washington, said he would never let the evangelical community down, arguing that "we are under siege" but that "we will come out bigger and better and stronger than ever."
Trump's speech comes as fired FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate.
"You didn't let me down and I will never, ever let you down, you know that," Trump said.
"We will always support our evangelical community and defend your right and the right of all Americans to follow and to live by the teachings of their faith," he said. "And as you know, we are under siege. You understand that. But we will come out bigger and better and stronger than ever, you watch."


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The following was sent to me today by a friend. I asked him where he got it from, and he said he did not bookmark the site, so unfortunately, I cannot credit the person who wrote this. It is good though, and I wanted to share it with my readers.
As a homeowner, there is one thing you loathe to see pop up in your neighborhood: the dreaded FOR RENT sign. It's like a 50-foot tall diseased weed, attaching itself to everything in sight and spreading horror all over suburbia. (OK. Maybe I'm blowing this a bit out of proportion. Humor me.) The reason why we cringe at the sight of this beacon of temporary commitment is because more often than not, it brings with it an array of unwanted "issues". For instance, a friend of mine's dad has a rental house. Recently the tenants moved out after a couple of years of renting. When they went in to clean it up, to ready it to be put back on the market, they were floored. The house was like a war zone. The yard was unkept, the carpets and floors were disgusting, and the house was almost unlivable. And inevitably, the neighbors around this house were forced to put up with this for the duration of their stay. There is a vast chasm between a house that's FOR RENT...and a home that's FOR SALE. And going beyond the nature of our living spaces, it seeps into our spiritual mentality as well. Let me explain.
Right now, all over America, there are people who are "church shopping". This Sunday, singles, college students, families dissatisfied with their current church, and even those who are desperately seeking for authentic community who will walk out of their house, get in their car, and (essentially) go shopping - looking for the church that meets their expectations and matches their checklist. And let me be upfront: this is not necessarily a bad thing. Prayerfully and carefully discerning where it is that the Lord wants you and your family to invest and connect is of enormous importance. But where this can go awry - when it begins to become an "issue" - is when you start thinking that the church is FOR RENT. When you just keep dating the church rather than putting all your cards on the table, fully committing yourself. There comes a time when you have to pull the sign out of the yard, make a commitment and say, "This is where I'm investing, where I'm going to grow and serve, and these are the people I'm going to partner with to fight for the Gospel!" It's not an apartment - it's the Body of Christ!
FOR RENT is short for "I'm willing to make a temporary commitment". It's the road paved with "I'm IN, but I want a way OUT." And don't get me wrong - if you're only going to live in town for 9 months, burying yourself in a 30-year mortgage would be (putting it nicely), stupid. This is why they build apartments, why Hertz is in business, and why I go to Lowe's and pay $29 for a post-hole digger for the day. Most days, I don't need a post-hole digger. Seriously. There is a time and a place and a purpose for renting. But your "partnership in the Gospel" and your commitment to the church are not it. The church is NOT FOR RENT.
Are you fully committed to your church family? Do they know it?
Are you still "dating" the church? Are you "renting" a seat on Sundays? Or are you ALL in?
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Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos sent multiple revealing photos of himself to his mistress, news anchor Lauren Sanchez, the National Enquirer reported Thursday.
News broke this week that Bezos, the world's wealthiest man, carried on an affair with Sanchez despite still being married to his wife Mackenzie Bezos. The two released a statement via Twitter announcing their intent to divorce.
The Enquirer reports:
Several of the pictures show the billionaire posing with his shirt off in front of the mirror, and in another, he grins with just a towel wrapped around his waist in a steamy bathroom.
What's more, the horndog e-commerce mogul even sent Sanchez a below-the-belt selfie — otherwise colloquially known as a "d*ck pic" — in an unsparing close-up that's too explicit to describe in detail.
The report also claims that in one message Bezos told Sanchez, "You know what I want? I want to get a little drunk with you tonight. Not falling down. Just a little drunk. I want to talk to you and plan with you. Listen and laugh … I basically WANT TO BE WITH YOU!!! Then I want to fall asleep with you and wake up tomorrow and read the paper with you and have coffee with you."
In one message, Bezos reportedly told his mistress, "I want to smell you, I want to breathe you in. I want to hold you tight.… I want to kiss your lips…. I love you. I am in love with you."
According to the Enquirer, Bezos told Sanchez in another text, "I miss you. I want to kiss you right now and tuck you in slowly and gently. And maybe in the morning wake you up and not be quite so gentle with you."
Bezos' Washington Post has gleefully reported on the sordid details of President Trump's alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.
The Enquirer's publisher, David Pecker, has had a long and well known friendship with Trump. Federal prosecutors announced last December that in exchange for immunity, Pecker agreed to cooperate with their investigation into allegations that his company paid women during the 2016 campaign in order to suppress negative stories about then-candidate Trump.
President Trump has previously been very critical of Bezos and Amazon.
"Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt – many jobs being lost!" he said in 2017.
Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt – many jobs being lost!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2017
In 2018, he again attacked Amazon, tweeting, "I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!"


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Brian called me to find out about getting an energy audit after his quarterly power bill in their Mosman unit had risen to over $2,500 per quarter. I conducted a complete audit of all the power usage in the home measuring both the running power usage and the standby power usage of most items, which we then presented in a spreadsheet to show where the power was being used. I also gave Brian recommendations for the most cost effective ways to reduce his bill by over 50% with little or no change to his lifestyle. 9 months later Brian sent me his most recent power bill. By following most of our recommendations plus a couple of other measures he had achieved a 75% drop in power compared with the same time 12 months earlier! That's a tremendous result for the environment and his hip pocket. Well done Brian!
75% Power Savings after Energy Audit
As the Sydney Desalination plant ramps up operations again, using approximately 5 kWatts of energy for each kilolitre of water desalinated, at Ecological Design, we are back on 100% rainwater thanks to our first good rain in 2 months in Newtown. We've had over 40mm so far, while in the same time, the catchment has received so little rain that the combined stored volume continued to drop - now down to 54%.
With a full 3500 litres in an above ground tank and 3000 litres in a bladder tank under the floor at the home/office, we can now go another month with no rainfall before we need mains water again.
This big difference between the rainfall on eastern suburbs roofs vs in the dam catchments is the reason rainwater harvesting makes good sense in Sydney.
Paul had a problem - home power bills of over $3500 per quarter - and while with a pool, quite a few fridges, and some large air-conditioner usage, he expected larger than average bills, that seemed too large.
He called Ecological Design and organised for us to conduct a full Energy Audit where we measured the power usage of every appliance in the house and advised on saving measures which could be made.
In the audit, we found some bathroom floor heating which was running right through summer, and some large standby loads. By the time we left, the power usage had dropped from 5 kilowatts (when we arrived) to just 1 kilowatt and Paul had the answers to where his power was going and what needed to be done to keep his bills reasonable. We also identified some improvements that could be made to his solar power system.
One week later, Paul sent us a screen shot showing his power bill had dropped by 65%. Nice.
Did you know you can collect and store your excess solar power during the day so it's available to use at night? It can be a great way to maximise your power savings – especially if you use most of your power at night.
How it works
If you are a household that currently produces excess solar power, you are probably selling it back to your energy provider at a much lower price than you pay to buy power. However, if you have a solar battery, you can store that excess power to use in the evening instead of buying it from the grid.
Solar battery storage technology is advancing quickly with systems becoming more accessible (in terms of price and ease of installation).
Solar batteries are particularly beneficial for households who generate excess solar power and have high energy usage at night.
Ecological Design offers independent advice on practical ways to reduce your energy usage and carbon footprint. The first step is a Home Energy Audit to discover the best options for your particular needs.
It all begins with a conversation so call or email John Caley from Ecological Design on 0418 262 706 or firstname.lastname@example.com
With energy prices continuing to rise each year, many households are concerned about their power usage. By installing an energy monitor in your home, you can track your energy usage - even when your appliances are in stand-by mode.
How it works
There are many different energy monitors available, depending on the functionality you want.
All monitors have a sensor installed in your power box and will display your power usage at any given moment either on a dedicated display or on your phone and other devices.
Energy monitors are a great diagnostic tool because they give you the information you need to take control of how you use your power. You can see how much power is used by different appliances as they are turned on and see how much standby power is being used when everything is switched off.
This information will give you the ability to make informed decisions about ways you can reduce your power bills without compromising your lifestyle.
Ecological Design offers independent advice on practical ways to reduce your energy and water usage. The first step is a Home Energy Audit to discover the best options for your particular needs.
It all begins with a conversation so call or email John Caley from Ecological Design on 0418 262 706 or firstname.lastname@example.com
John Caley will beone of the invited speakers at this event about greening your home, either through retrofitting or as part of a renovation or new build. 28 September 7.15pm at the Nelson Heather Centre, Banksia Room, 5 Jacksons Rd Warriewood. Organised by permaculture northern beaches Details in the flyer below
Need some professional guidance on your sustainable renovation or new build? Thinking about solar power or efficient water? Redesigning your garden or wanting to create green roof?
John Caley will be one of the sustainability experts you can meet with to discuss your project.
Get FREE advice and tips from Australia's leading green architects and experts on energy efficient products, solar, gardens and more at Speed Date a Sustainability Expert, coming to Randwick on 4 September. Registrations are required.
Cleaning Evacuated Tubes
Our 315 litre 30 evacuated tube solar hot water system produces more than enough hot water for efficient but unrestricted use by the five people in our household throughout most of the year, but last winter we had to turn on the booster for a couple of hours on several days. With the cold season approaching, I decided the evacuated tubes might benefit from a clean as they had not had one in the 5 years since installation. Climbing onto the flat corrugated steel roof where they are installed my suspicions were confirmed. Despite recent intense torrential rain, the tubes were blotched with sooty deposits - possibly originating from the large Meleuca tree in front of the house.
Luckily cleaning the tubes was easy. I didn't want to use any chemicals because the roof is part of our rainwater system collection area. Instead I just wiped them clean with a micro-fibre cloth labelled 'glass', rinsing it frequently in a couple of buckets. The closest three tubes in the photo below have been cleaned. The whole operation took about 20 minutes.
No measure was made of how much improvement was gained by cleaning the tubes but after I finished I watched with satisfaction as the controller showed the system continuously heating the circulating water by about 10 degrees as it passes through the manifold. Hooray for showering in solar heated rainwater!
The 2015 green electricity guide
The Total Environment Centre and Greenpeace have released a handy new version of their green electricity guide in which they rate the greeness of Australian electricity retailers by state. Have a look and see if you can change to a supplier with better environmental credentials from your current one. Those in Qld, NSW and Vic. have the option of buying their power from either Powershop or Diamond Energy which both received a much higher rating than all the rest. There is usually no transfer fee, no lock-in contract and the price you pay for electricity should be similar.
Time to get on an electric bicycle
TIme to get an electric bicycle
If you need to get somewhere in the city quickly, the first choice for most of us is driving our car or catching a cab. Yes, you might get there more quickly and cheaply by riding a bicycle, but you might also end up tired, stressed and dripping with sweat.
Electric bikes can give you the option of making the same (or maybe shorter via closed streets) trip as quickly as in a car and still arrive as fresh as a daisy. And then there are all the other benefits.
Saving money - They are a little more expensive than an equivalent non-electric bike but you could buy four of them and still pay less than buying a second car! The running cost is trivial - something like fifteen cents to fully charge a battery. No parking costs, registration fees, little maintenance and third party personal insurance though a group like Bicycle NSW is very cheap.
A better deal on the road - because with an electric bicycle, you start as quickly as cars and often travel at the same speed as the traffic - resulting in less issues of vehicles passing or wanting to pass you. With an electric bicycle, you can safely use the road more fully - for example cross lanes to a right hand turn lane - in a way you would never have attempted without the electric assist.
Plenty of parking - ride direct to the building entrance, lock your bike and walk right in. No need to find a shower and get changed.
And of course at the same time you are cutting greenhouse emissions, reducing road congestion - and did I mention, it's fun!
The moment most people realise how good an electric bicycle can be is the moment they ride one. Sydney has several good electric bike shops including Sydney Electric Bike and Glowworm Bicycles where you can try from a wide range of off the shelf options. I recommend you try one.
John Caley
John Caley
August 2019