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Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper
Inscribed in 2009 (4.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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- Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper
The unique water quality and mild climate of Jing County in Anhui Province in eastern China are two of the key ingredients in the craft of making Xuan paper that thrives there. Handmade from the tough bark of the Tara Wing-Celtis or Blue Sandalwood tree and rice straw, Xuan paper is known for its strong, smooth surface, its ability to absorb water and moisten ink, and fold repeatedly without breaking. It has been widely used in calligraphy, painting and book printing. The traditional process passed down orally over generations and still followed today proceeds strictly by hand through more than a hundred steps such as steeping, washing, fermenting, bleaching, pulping, sunning and cutting – all of which lasts more than two years. The production of the 'Paper of Ages' or 'King of Papers' is a major part of the economy in Jing County, where the industry directly or indirectly employs one in nine locals and the craft is taught in local schools. True mastery of the entire complicated process is won only by a lifetime of dedicated work. Xuan paper has become synonymous with the region, where a score of artisans still keep the craft alive.
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The Committee (…) decides that [this element] satisfies the criteria for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, as follows:
- R.1: The traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper have been transmitted orally from generation to generation and provide the communities concerned with a sense of identity and continuity;
- R.2: Inscription on the Representative List would contribute to the visibility of intangible cultural heritage, raise awareness among young people about its importance, and promote cultural diversity and human creativity;
- R.3: The nomination describes recent efforts undertaken by various parties, proposes safeguarding measures with a clear timeline and budget allocation, and demonstrates the commitment of national and local governments as well as the communities concerned;
- R.4: The practitioners and communities concerned participated actively in the elaboration of the nomination file at all stages and expressed their free, prior and informed consent;
- R.5: The element is inscribed on the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage administered by the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture.
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HB is actually something I hope they don't implement. The piracy from there is rampant.. and Rosen had said himself he will not do anything to stop it. That could only hurt GOG, so I do hope they don't implement support for it. GOG is absolutley unique with its no drm approach. HB certainly won't help them keep a no drm approach.
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I hope that I'll be able to merge the libraries.
 Having all my DRM-free games and bonus content in one place would be awesome, plus buying DLC on Humble Bundle random shop is not that great.
There needs to be a way to link all of GOG.com, Humble Bundle, and Steam into one library. I don't care what wizards can make it happen, I just pray to all of the wizards that they do. PLEASE!
Yeah, i wish GOG would work with Humble more. It really got my hopes up back when they had Dragons Quest on GOG in a humble bundle that they'd be working together more. But since then they've only done like 3 things.
It seems that Humble Bundle *does* support Gog, at least to some extend:

 I've backed Broken Age on Kickstarter, and it shows in my Humble Bundle library, along with keys for Steam, OUYA, and ... Gog. I successfully redeemed this key in gog.com.
I talked to humble bundle about a year ago, and when asked weather they were willing to cooporate with GOG, they responded saying they knew about GoG and looked at them as a direct competitor to their store. They did not want to cooporate with GOG, and I doubt a lot has changed since.
I would love to see this. Especially with GoG Galaxy being put into play, I would like to have any games that both Humble Bundle and GoG carry to be available in Galaxy. I would even be willing to pay some sort of 'crossgrade' fee, since I understand that GoG has bandwidth, among other things, to pay for and they did not get anything from the original sale.
Since GOG Galaxy is the thing now I guess this cause needs more attention. I want my hours clock in DRM-free games!
Though in cases where you only get DRM versions of games and no DRM free download via the humble bundle site it is because the publisher chose so. In that case they also wouldn't add a gog key and there probably would be no gog version anyways.
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Since HIB often provides DRM-free games, this should really be a a major traget: to link HIB with GOG (to add games via codes or to really link the accounts…)

 (Equally often, Humble Bundle sells DRMed stuff, which is sadly only possible via Steam in most of the cases…)
This would be great.
I have a good half dozen or a dozen games on the Humble Store. I have also gifted many. It would be great if I could migrate them here and also have the GOG portal to act as another place to access the same charitable contributions!
Sites like HumbleBundle (epicbundle, bundlestars, bundlebandits, and many more) are popping up like flies, all offering (mostly) Steam game bundles at extremely low prices. It would be nice if GOG could compete with Steam here, to decrease that Steam monopoly a bit...
I agree with Lex.
How about keys that don't expire?
 I've lost a bunch of GOG keys that developers were kind enough to take time out of their day to replace with Steam versions for me.

 It's just good business.
 If the product you pay for evaporates--you lose, good day, sir.
Why even bother buying from GOG if you just want to play games on Steam? That really defeats the whole point of DRM-Free games.
This would be nice, because I've got a lot of unused Steam keys from Humble Bundle purchases. Not sure how it could actually be done though.
Or were those games steam only? :?
I thought you can no longer download games from humble bundle websites? I can only find the download music buttons.
I would love when GOG Galaxy launches that I could add my Humble Library to Galaxy.
Yes please! I love supporting Humble and GoG both, would be a double win for me.
It would be awesome to be able to redeem HB games on GOG - it would help organize our games collections...
I'd love to be able to redeem all my DRM-free games bought on Steam and Humble Bundle here on gog.com, that would give me single place to search for DRM-free games i've bought.
And once again, it's a game I've been eyeing, but haven't bought yet, so very good for me.
Today, the weekly bundle features a GOG game!!!
This would be awesome, I would love to have all my DRM free Humble games under Gog especially with Galaxy coming.
Please add this! I lose overview of my 175+ games in GOG and 150+ games in Humble Bundle. I also decide sometimes to double buy them.
 I am a very deeply convinced Steam opponent(and therefore are quite limited in games choice thesedays) and would like the collaboration. It would give a strong signal for the DRM-Free Movement
this would be a fantastic feature!
*Some* games on Humble Bundle are DRM free, but a lot of them are just Steam keys and therefor inherently DRMed, even when there are GoG.

 If I have an option of renting a game on Steam or buying it anyplace that is not steam, steam looses every time.
I don't get what GoG keys would be good for. Both Humble Bundle games and GoG games are DRM-free anyway.
This shouldf be marked "In progress", the latest bundle had some GOG keys.
This might be a good idea.
Evoland and Anodyne are also in this Bundle, but are not redeemable on GoG. Bizarre. Still a step, if not a leap, in the right direction.
Nice one! Let's hope for more of this!
this weeks humble weekly sale you can redeem defender's quest here on gog! yay! :)
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There's probably too many DRM-riddled titles proposed on HB to make it really interesting for the DRM-free crowd.

 Now if that could help sway the shackle-lovers to the other side...
I said exactly like this on Community Forum and got flamed. I see no negative for GOG. Yes there's cheap games that's probably detrimental for profits, but looking at the bigger picture, it brings GOG more traffic and attention.

 So my vote is yes. Give GOG keys to Humble Bundle, it's an ads for you.
humble bundle definitely has better marketing, I found out about GOG from there.
I really can't see how this wouldn't benefit everybody. Users obviously will have one library less to maintain (at least if old purchases are still transferred to GOG), Humble Bundle will have to pay for less bandwidth and GOG gets basically free advertisement. SO DO IT ALREADY! :)
I like more drm-free games from gog not hb, when I have update for game is very simple to see it on gog, I'm free with installer language choice, so I don't need HB for it.
@MauroR: despite what Gabe told about how he prefers open platforms, he didn't open Steam as open marketplace up to now. It is still a closed walled garden for developers and also users (remember? you just licenese the games ). The wonky "offline mode" is not enough for making steam acceptable.
@liamphoenix: Steam is a fantastic thing for PC gamers, stop being a narrow-minded hater. When you've downloaded FULLY your games on Steam you can play them offline without any problem (except for the games which require a 3rd party online DRM like Ubiplay or similar) so stop this hating on a great platform like Steam. I thought the same like you years ago, I admit it, but then I've changed my mind, especially for the great deals everyday. Preventing from playing great games at the Humble Bundle price because of you hate Steam, sorry to say, but it's stupid. You can call me a fan-boy but I'm not, I repeat, I thought the same like you about Steam before trying it.
I think this would be a great way for GOG to really get noticed. I feel that there are a lot of people that don't even know about GOG, but releasing GOG keys with HB's would definitely put them on most gamers' radars. Also I would love to get all my DRM-free games from HB on GOG, I have them on Steam just because it's easier to deal with than HB, but GOG would be so much better.
HiB and the like try to push massive volumes, to make the developer a last few cents per copy: hence the 'super' deals. They are pure resellers. They are 'good' in the same way mass-retailers are 'good': which is to say not really good to have in your home, just nice to have around the corner.

 That is nothing at all like GoG, which has limited inventory, and actual effort put into making each game work.

 Also, GoG caters for a market of people with a bit of a mental bent: DRM-free games, bought and paid for.
 Generally speaking, your average (HiB) 'gamer' is more like a piranha than a human being.

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Monsoons are critical to India whose economy is agriculture driven.
Predicting the failure of the monsoon has been a tricky issue, but new researchers suggests that the key to better forecasts depends on understanding of a warming cyclic phenomenon of the Pacific Ocean, called El Niño.
Droughts have always been accompanied by an El Niño, but monsoons do not fail in every El Niño year.
In 1997, a predicted drought didn't occur but in 2002 and 2004, unexpected and severe droughts surprised an unprepared country.
Previous forecasts used an average of sea-surface temperatures to measure the strength of El Niño events and predicted the power of the monsoon.
Scientists led by meteorologist Martin Hoerling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado, discovered that the key is determining exactly where in the equatorial Pacific the sea-surface warming is strongest.
They used rainfall records dating back to 1871.
Three climate models were matched.
The team found that when the warm waters were closer to the coast of South America in eastern Pacific, the effect of the monsoon was weaker or nonexistent.
In the eastern Pacific waters, where Humboldt current greatly cools the water, more warming has to occur to increase temperatures over a limit before there is an effect on India's rains.
When an El Niño strongly warmed the central Pacific, drought resulted in India.
"The reason, says Hoerling, is that as the central Pacific warms, the atmosphere above it heats up and rises. This induces a large, dry air mass to sink over India, depriving it of nourishing rains."
"The trend could be mitigated as the eastern Pacific warms," Hoerling says.
In the western Pacific, where sea-surface temperatures are among the warmest in the world, less additional warming can increase the amount of rainfall during the monsoon.
Western El Niños can't have a serious influence on the monsoon.
"It's strong work, but I think its applicability is suspect," says climate scientist Peter Webster of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
"One problem is that forecasting precisely where the warmest waters will be during an El Niño is well beyond current capabilities," he says.
And the next El Niño will occur in April.
"Even if the forecast were perfect, you wouldn't get much lead time" to prepare for a drought, says Webster. "Still, it's a step in the right direction."
Rising ocean temperatures due to global warming may reinvigorate the monsoons, which have past through a decline over the past three decades.


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Panamanian national, Leica Cousins, has been working in the humanitarian sector for more than 10 years, the majority of which have been with WFP at the Regional Bureau in Panama City, Panama.
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There is often the misconception that hunger and malnutrition refer to the same condition. While the two often go hand-in-hand there are significant differences. With the assistance of The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) we are hoping to break this common misconception. Read on for 11 myth busting facts about malnutrition and examples of how WFP is tackling it in Latin America.
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The coffee rust continues to affect the livelihoods of families in Guatemala. As a result, WFP and the Government of Guatemala launched a Cash for Assets pilot programme to help ease the impact of the crisis. Armida Zapet, one of the beneficiaries of this programme, along with her family are one among hundreds of families affected by the coffee rust in Guatemala- this is her story.
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Early Monday morning an earthquake measuring 6.4 degrees on the Richter scale, shook the border area between Guatemala and Mexico. The Guatemalan Department of San Marcos, which borders the two countries was the most adversely affected. The following pictures are from WFP's initial response teams, which are currently on the scene assessing the situation.
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In April WFP launched a Food for Assets programme that assists 14.000 households whose income sources and food supplies began to run out since March 2014 due to the crisis of coffee rust and drought that is affecting thousands of small-scale farmer households, unemployed coffee cutters, and households with children suffering from acute malnutrition. On May 26, 2014 the WFP also launched a "Cash for Assets" initiative that currently assists 2,000 families to help mitigate the impact of the Coffee Rust.
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The Coffee Rust Crisis is hitting families hard in the village of La Conquista. Take Iliana's. They have switched from growing coffee to bananas. But the fruit sells for less, so the family is noticeably poorer. Iliana's husband has gone to Mexico to find work. Meanwhile, to save money, she has pulled her eldest daughter out of school. Times are tough. But support from WFP and the Government is making a difference.
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The Government of Canada has donated $ 2 million for the manufacturing of "Mi Comidita" a fortified food supplement and project of the Government of Guatemala. The pilot project has been launched in the department of Totonicapán with the aim of assisting 3,000 pregnant and nursing mothers, and their children as part of Guatemala's Zero Hunger Pact coordinated by SESAN.
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- 72 tonnes of food aid for quake-struck Guatemala: WFP Source: Reliefweb
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The Haymarket event was ostensibly to thank its clients for their investments and demonstrate some exciting projects and opportunities still to come in the run up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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One of the moral traits recommended in the Qur'an is forgiveness: Hold to forgiveness, command what is right, and turn away from the ignorant. (7: 199).
In another verse Allah commands: "… They should rather pardon and overlook. Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (24:22).
Those who do not abide by the moral values of the Qur'an find it very difficult to forgive others. Because, they are easily angered by any error committed. However, Allah has advised the faithful that forgiveness is more proper:
The repayment of a bad action is one equivalent to it. But if someone pardons and puts things right, his reward is with Allah… (42:40).
…. But if you pardon and exonerate and forgive, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (64: 14).
It has also been revealed in the Qur'an that forgiveness is a superior moral trait: "But if someone is steadfast and forgives, that is the most resolute course to follow." (42:43). For that reason, believers are forgiving, compassionate and tolerant people who, as revealed in the Qur'an, "control their rage and pardon other people." (3:134).
Believers' notion of forgiveness is very different to that of those who do not live by the morals of the Qur'an. Even though many people may say they have forgiven someone who has offended them, it nevertheless takes a long time to free themselves of the hatred and anger in their hearts.
Their behaviour tends to betray that anger. On the other hand, the forgiveness of believers is sincere. Because believers know that human beings are tried in this world, and learn by their mistakes, they are tolerant and compassionate. Moreover, believers are also capable of forgiveness even when they are in the right, and the other in the wrong.
When forgiving, they make no distinction between large errors and small ones. Someone may cause severe losses to them by mistake. However, believers know that everything takes place under the command of Allah, and according to a specific destiny, and therefore, they surrender themselves to these developments, never acquiescing to anger.
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According to recent research, American scientists established that those capable of forgiveness are healthier in both mind and body. Dr. Frederic Luskin, who holds a Ph.D. in Counselling and Health Psychology from Stanford University, and his team, studied 259 people living in the city of San Francisco. The scientists invited the subjects to attend six one-and-a-half-hour sessions, and aimed to instruct the subjects in forgiveness during their conversations.
The subjects of the experiments stated that they suffered less after forgiving people who had wronged them. The research showed that people who learned to forgive feel much better, not only emotionally but also physically. For example, it was established that after the experiment psychological and physical symptoms such as stress-related backache, insomnia and stomachaches were significantly reduced in these individuals.
In his book, Forgive for Good, Dr. Frederic Luskin describes forgiveness as a proven recipe for health and happiness. The book describes how forgiveness promotes such positive states of mind as hope, patience and self-confidence by reducing anger, suffering, depression and stress. According to Dr. Luskin, harboured anger causes observable physical effects in the individual. He goes on to say that:
In addition, Dr. Luskin says, when the body releases certain enzymes during anger and stress, cholesterol and blood pressure levels go up-not a good long-term disposition to maintain the body in2.The thing about long-term or unresolved anger is we've seen it resets the internal thermostat. When you get used to a low level of anger all the time, you don't recognize what's normal. It creates a kind of adrenaline rush that people get used to. It burns out the body and makes it difficult to think clearly-making the situation worse1.
Emotional Balance
An article called "Forgiveness," published in the September-October 1996 edition of Healing Currents Magazine, stated that anger towards an individual or an event led to negative emotions in people, and harmed their emotional balance and even their physical health3.
The article also states that people realise after a while that the anger is a nuisance to them, and wish to repair the damage to the relationship. So, they take steps to forgive. It is also stated that, despite all they endure, people do not want to waste the precious moments of their life in anger and anxiety, and prefer to forgive themselves and others4.
In another study involving 1,500 people depression, stress and mental illness were observed to be less frequent in religious people. Dr. Herbert Benson, who conducted the research, linked this to the way religions encourage "forgiveness", and went on to say: There's a physiology of forgiveness… When you do not forgive, it will chew you up5.
According to an article titled, "Anger is Hostile To Your Heart," published in the Harvard Gazette, anger is extremely harmful to the heart. Ichiro Kawachi, an assistant professor of medicine, and his team scientifically demonstrated this with various tests and measurements.
As a result of their research, they established that grumpy old men had three times the risk of heart disease than their more tempered peers. "The tripling of risk," Kawachi says, "involves high levels of anger, explosive anger that includes smashing things and wanting to hurt someone in a fight6."
Researchers believe that release of stress hormones, increased oxygen demand by the heart's muscle cells, and added stickiness of blood platelets, which leads to clots explain how anger increases the chance of a heart attack7. Furthermore, at times of anger, the pulse rises above its normal level, and leads to increased blood pressure in the arteries, and thus to a greater risk of heart attack.
Psychosomatic Disorders
According to researchers, anger and hostility can also trigger the production of proteins linked to inflammation in the blood. The journal Psychosomatic Medicine suggested that the emotion triggers the production of inflammatory proteins, which may in turn be causing the hardening of the arteries, causing heart disease and stroke8.
According to Associate Professor Edward Suarez of the Duke University Medical Centre in North Carolina, the protein interleukin 6 (or IL-6) is much higher in men who are angry and depressed. High blood levels of IL-6 lead to atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty deposits in the lining of the walls of arteries9. According to Suarez, as well as factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, obesity and high cholesterol, heart disease is also linked to psychological states such as depression, anger and hostility10.
Another article, titled "Anger Raises Risk of Heart Attack," published in The Times, stated that a short temper might be a short cut to a heart attack, and that young men who reacted to stress by becoming angry were three times more likely to develop premature heart disease, and were five times more likely to have an early heart attack11. Scientists at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, found that quick-tempered men are at risk of heart attack even if there is no family history of heart disease12.
All the available research shows that anger is a state of mind that seriously damages human health. Forgiveness, on the other hand, even if it comes hard to people, is pleasing, an aspect of superior morals, that eliminates all the harmful effects of anger, and helps the individual to enjoy a healthy life, both psychologically and physically.
Forgiveness, of course, is one of a form of behaviour by which a person can stay healthy, and a positive virtue everyone should live by. However, the true aim of forgiveness-as in all else-must be to please Allah. The fact that the features of this sort of morality, and that the benefits of which have been scientifically identified, have been revealed in many verses of the Qur'an, is just one of the many sources of wisdom it contains.
2- Ibid.
3- Frederic Luskin, Ph.D., "Forgiveness," Healing Currents Magazine, September-October 1996, www.stanford.edu/~alexsox/4_steps_to_forgiveness.htm.
4- Ibid.
5- Claudia Kalb, "Faith & Healing," Newsweek, 10 November 2003, http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3339654/site/newsweek.
6- William J. Cromie, "Anger is Hostile to Your Heart," Harvard Gazette, www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1996/11.07/AngerisHostileT.html.
7- Ibid.
8- Peter Lavelle, "Anger trigger to heart disease found?," ABC Science Online, 5 August 2003, www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s915243.htm.
9- Ibid.
10- Ibid.
11- Mark Henderson, "Anger Raises Risk of Heart Attack," The Times, London, 24 April 2002, www.rense.com/general24/anger.htm.
12- Ibid.
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When Gilbert contemplated his previous development, it required public financing for both a garage and creation of a railway quiet zone on the nearby BNSF Railway tracks.
Funding for the quiet zone was approved earlier this year, but the site first considered by Bomasada was bought by Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, which hopes to move downtown from State Fair Park.
Gilbert, who presented the project Thursday to the Downtown Design Review Committee, said the site for The Metropolitan, NE 6 and Oklahoma Avenue, is the last best remaining site downtown for new housing.
The property is immediately east of Ninth Street, home to a popular mix of restaurants and shops. The southeast corner of the property is home to a pocket park built by the Automobile Alley Association.
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Gilbert said he plans to formally apply for design committee approval in September, seek a building permit, and start construction in January.
The site isn't without its challenges. The property, which is under sale contract by Pat Garrett to the Bomasada Group, is 962 feet long, stretching between NE 6 and NE 9. The property is bordered by Interstate 235 to the east, and has a billboard with a long-term lease in the middle of the site.
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René Kerkmeester
René Kerkmeester (1966) joined APX as Chief Executive Officer as of 1 August 2013.
Before joining APX, René was the TenneT shareholder representative charged with the sale and separation of the APX Gas and Futures activities.
He was also the Commercial Director at BritNed Development Ltd, a joint Venture between National Grid and TenneT, operating the subsea HVDC interconnector between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Prior to this, he was a Sr. Manager of Customers and Markets with TenneT TSO in the Netherlands, where he was responsible for TenneT's customer development both throughout the Netherlands and abroad. In 2010/2011 René was the chairman of the ENTSO-E Regional Group North West Europe, an association of TSOs aiming to deliver the European Market integration. He is the former Commercial Director at NUON where he was responsible for NUON's grid throughout the Netherlands and Country Development Manager for Belgium.
René also served at the Board of Directors of Powernext, a regulated investment firm based in Paris which designs and operates electronic trading platforms for spot and derivatives markets in the European energy sector.
René holds a Master in Business Administration degree from the University of Groningen.
James Matthys-Donnadieu
James Matthys-Donnadieu is Chief Operations Officer of APX and CEO of Belpex.
Previously James Matthys-Donnadieu has worked at the Belgian system operator Elia and the Belgian power exchange Belpex. Starting as a Product Manager at Elia, he participated to the set up of Belpex in 2005 for which he later became in charge of Product and Market Development. He returned to Elia in 2010 to head the European Market Integration department. In this period, he was also the chairman of the steering committee of the Central Western Europe Regional Group, which is the forum where Transmission System Operators develop and coordinate the different market integration and security of supply tasks for that region.
James Matthys-Donnadieu holds a Master in Business Economics degree from the University of Antwerp and a Master in Business Administration degree from VlerickLeuvenGhent Management School.
Harmen Ettema
Harmen Ettema is Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for Risk Management & Financial Governance within APX.
Harmen has a broad and diverse background in the field of financial management. In addition to his previous roles as Chief Financial Officer and Financial Consultant, Harmen was an active member of supervisory boards and audit committees at various companies. Harmen also held a partner position at accountancy firm PwC and was managing partner at marketing communications group Publicis.
Harmen holds a Master in Econometrics and Business Administration from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and is a Certified Public Auditor in Business.
Andrew Claxton
Andrew Claxton is Director of Business Development and is responsible for the development of APX's products and business development strategy, including the development of cross-border market integration.
He led APX's involvement on a number of projects, including the trilateral market coupling ("TLC") between the Netherlands, France and Belgium, the Central Western Europe ("CWE") market coupling (Benelux, France and Germany), the Interim Tight Volume Coupling ("ITVC") over NorNed, and the BritNed market coupling. He is currently involved in the North West Europe initiatives for both day-ahead and intraday, and in PCR – a joint PX project to develop a Europe-wide market coupling solution.
In 1996 he helped found the international Association of Power Exchanges, APEx. He remains actively involved with the European association of power exchanges, Europex, where he chairs its power markets working group and he is a member of the ACER Electricity Stakeholder Advisory Group (AESAG) which advises on European market integration.
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Details, date for 4th Annual Bell's Homebrew Competition are here
Our annual homebrew competition is now in its fourth year and will be held this year on Sept. 14 at the Eccentric Café.
As in previous years, there is no cost to enter and the only requirement is that you use our wort, which we provide for free.
The first place winner will get to brew their recipe at our original brewery to then go on tap at the Café.
Previous winners include Oscar's Folly, a collaborative IPA from Jarrett Cupp, Bailey Cupp and Paul Gentz; A Bit of Heat from Geoff Groff that was brewed with paradise seeds, rose hips and habaneros and Manden Med Leen, a black IPA brewed with Belgian yeast, from Nick Rodammer.
Here is what you need to know:
- Sign-up times for wort pickup will begin at 11 a.m. Wort will be distributed starting at 1 p.m. Homebrewers should bring a sanitized vessel with them to transport their wort home. Buckets, carboys (please be extra careful handling glass carboys) and cornelius kegs are the most common vessels. You can leave them in your vehicle until it's time to pick up your wort, but again, please sanitize your vessel prior to your pick-up time to help us make sure everyone gets their wort.
- Make sure to get there early, as supplies will be limited. Signing up early will help guarantee wort.
- You can send someone else to pick up your wort. We aren't concerned with who takes it, just who turns bottles in to be judged in October. We do ask that you don't bring friends or relatives who don't brew, just so you can have an extra 5+ gallons of wort. We are relying on the goodwill of homebrewers to help each other out and share the wealth. Please help us make sure all who want to compete are able.
- You can add whatever you like to your recipe/submission. However, if your entry is chosen as the winner, we will have to be able to figure out a way to make your beer on a much larger scale. So please, take good, detailed notes of everything you do to the wort.
- We won't know exactly how much we will end up with until the wort is made, but last year we were able to give 5 gallons of wort to 206 homebrewers. We hope to be in that ballpark again this year, but things happen during wort transfers that can affect that number. We recommend arriving early to sign up and make sure you get your wort.
- This event also coincides with our 28th Anniversary Celebration, Homebrew Expo, our 7th Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest, a performance by Ein Prosit! and The Macpodz.
- Entries (4 bottles) are due to the Bell's General Store by Saturday, October 26.
- Winners will be announced on All Stouts Day Nov. 3, also at the Cafe.
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Bell's beer will be available in New York this October; T.J. Sheehan, Tri-Valley Beverage and Craft Guild of New York chosen to distribute
COMSTOCK, Mich. – It's been quite some time since we have brought our beer to a new state and today we are proud to announce that Bell's beer will be available in western and upstate New York beginning Oct. 1.
We have chosen T.J. Sheehan, Tri-Valley Beverage and Craft Guild of New York to distribute our Two Hearted Ale, Amber Ale, Midwestern Pale Ale, Porter, Kalamazoo Stout and Oarsman Ale along with our seasonal portfolio on draft and in bottles.
"We are absolutely thrilled to come to the state of New York. We have been working on bringing our beer to this area for a long time and we are truly excited to have a specific date to share and look forward to," said Larry Bell, President and Founder of Bell's Brewery, Inc.
For help locating our beer, fans can soon use our Beer Finder to see which nearby bars, restaurants and retailers serve and sell our beer.
Release party information and other special events will also be available on our website as well as on our social media channels as that information becomes available.
With the addition of New York, Bell's will be available in nineteen states along with Puerto Rico and Washington DC.
Here is our tap list for the 2013 Great Taste of the Midwest
Today and tonight you can catch us at Maduro for a little pre-Great Taste sampling of 19 different beers.
For tomorrow's Great Taste of the Midwest, we turning it up a bit and pouring:
- Oberon
- Chocolate Covered Cherry DCS (Double Cream Stout)
- Toasted Coconut Espresso TCOA (Third Coast Old Ale)
- Black Currant Oarsman
- Blackberry Lemon Oarsman
- Black Note
- Bourbon Barrel Aged Batch 9,000
- Uberon
- TCOA (Third Coast Old Ale) Reserve
- Le Batteur
- Le Contrebassiste
- Le Pianiste
- Wedding Ale
- The Wild One
- Debs' Red
- Quinannan Falls Special Lager
- Sparkleberry
- Smoked Lager
- Amber Ale
- Midwestern
- Third Coast Beer
- Two Hearted
- Oarsman Ale
- Kalamazoo Stout
- Porter
- 2 firkins of Mad Scientist Ale
- And a few more surprises


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The skills for which the Assessment and Placement Policy applies are mathematics, reading, and writing. An ACT® score of 20 or above in reading, a score of 18 or above in writing, and a 19 or above in mathematics allows the student to enroll in entry level courses for those areas. A student who scores less than the pre-mentioned scores are required to take the COMPASS placement test and will be placed into classes according to the score on the second test.
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"The security hole in the iTunes Music Store which was recently exploited has been closed, and as a consequence the iTunes Music Store will now sell music only to customers using iTunes version 4.7." - Apple.
A test of PyMusique on Monday morning showed that it was still able to preview songs in the iTunes music store, but no longer able to purchase music.
PyMusique software was created by a trio of programmers, one of which was Jon Johansen, the Norwegian programmer responsible for releasing DVD-copying software in 1999. Cody Brocious, a 17-year-old Pennsylvania high school student, also worked on the project.


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First, a bit of background. I've been around abused and neglected horses since I was 6, and I've rehabilitated 4 myself. What's going on with this mare is extremely weird to me, as she's not really afraid, in fact for all intents and purposes if you weren't listening to her she would be classified as bombproof. Some people seeing it as trying to mess with a good thing by trying to bring out he real personality, but right now I'm not sure if she even knows what that is.
I have recently purchased an old Tennessee Walker broodmare. She was my first horse that I didn't buy to ride, or that I had an emotional connection with, she was a breeding purchase. She is the daughter of a world grand champion and has some of the best papers I've ever seen. She is built like a refined Appaloosa and colored like one, if she didn't gait I'd swear she was really an App.
I didn't have much time with her the day I reviewed her for purchase. I picked up her feet, waved a bag, checked for vices, etc, but didn't really go to know her personality as a storm was coming. I was told by her former owner she may have had some serious and intensive natural horsemanship training when she was young because she was a bit of a "handful." She stayed in Kentucky for several months before she was brought down here to GA in just the last few weeks.
When she first arrived, I was really surprised how in charge she was, and I totally loved it. My alpha mare is a mean old thing that rules by fear, and she was the only assertive mare I'd ever known for any period of time, so when she was able to assert herself into the herd by standing her ground rather than chasing, biting and kicking, I was pretty excited. She was, personality wise, the picture of what I breed for until I got her into a halter.
As soon as I walked out with a halter, the day after she was let out in the field with the other horses, she stood stock still and evenly on all four legs with her neck parallel to the ground. I stopped, because her movement to this position was so sudden it actually scared my other mare. When I started walking again, she moved away a little, but when she stopped she stood stock still in the same position again (she has never done any showing, and it's an unnatural and uncomfortable looking position if you look at it, for a Walker) and let me catch her. As soon as I was close enough to feel how her attitude was, it was like the horse from the day before was gone. She was completely emotionally closed off.
I lead her around through the forest for about an hour like I do all my new horses or horses I'm working with, some bonding time to try to get to know each other. Generally with the squirrels, gophers, streams, deer and birds, their ears are perked forward and they are engaged with their surroundings and me. This mare, however, was only listening to me. It was like she had blinders on. She wouldn't walk over a log without me asking her to, or step over a stream. I had to give her permission with encouragement, body language, or the lead rope to do anything. Her eyes were glazed over, and she just looked zoned out while walking. This mare had a full health and reproductive workup done before leaving KY, there isn't anything physically wrong with her.
Over the last few weeks, as I've been working with her, it's only become stranger. She is the perfect horse in the field, confident, calm, assertive but not too much, willing, and intelligent. In hand, or even near a human, she stops being an individual and starts becoming a piece of equipment. Almost like she's used to being regarded as an ATV rather than an animal or something other than machinery. I know her last owner, she never rode her, but she said she had similar problems and never could get the mare to open up to her or anyone else. Same with the owner before her, who wanted her as a riding horse, but couldn't stand the emotional deadness she gives off. He believed it was from the owner before him, a man who wanted to be the next Monty Roberts or Clinton Anderson and experimented on his horses. His name isn't on her papers, but I'm trying to track him down.
The thing that I notice the most is that she simply doesn't react to anything. She doesn't ever look interested, whether it's a food bucket, another horse, or a squirrel running directly in front of her if she is on a lead or near a person. If she is off a lead, she reacts as any other good old horse would. It almost feels to me like she doesn't believe she is free to make any sort of choice whatsoever around a human without being given express permission. It feels like if I could just get her to react to something, feel an authentic emotion around a person, I could get a foot hold and get her going. But right now, nothing has worked.
I've met a few horses in my time that seem to have a touch or a full blown case of PTSD. Sometimes, with her, I think she may be one of them.
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For the past 13 weeks, a quiet wave of transformation has been rippling through the School of Medicine. Using the Open Proposals platform, nearly 110 participants debated, commented and voted on ideas to develop and deploy technology in transformational ways to make a significant contribution to research, clinical, administrative and educational excellence.
With $100K on the line, the process started with 36 initial ideas from a wide range of departments and backgrounds. 11 of these were selected for full proposal development, and a committee* led by Dixie Horning identified four proposals for funding. These finalist represent a wide range of goals, from using commercially available fitness trackers in cognitive assessments to creating a new app for symptom management, adding features and content to an quality improvement initiative based on gamification, and using LinkedIn data to help illustrate career paths for PhDs. Use the links below to find more information about these projects and their deliverables.
Two other ideas including one for a Global Health database of training opportunities and a Unified API received strong praise from the committee and recommendations for funding outside of this grant process.
The idea for the grant emerged from discussions last year on how to ensure the School of Medicine continues to use technology in innovative ways. The Open Proposals platform was chosen to streamline the grant process and enable input from the school community. A committee with representation from throughout the school encouraged the submission of ideas that were bold, impactful, viable and sustainable, as well as collaborative and cross-cultural.
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Reading and evaluating so many good ideas has been energizing for the community. We are certainly well positioned to leverage technology better within the school after this process."
The teams behind each proposal will be reporting out at three and six months. As the projects move forward, look here for updates and keep your eyes out for next year's call as the grant heads to its second year.
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George Su, MD Assistant Professor
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Some of his own staff members may find the greeting cards a bit over the top, but Dr. Jon Mendelsohn says they are a "big hit" with customers and an effective tool for driving referrals. (Photo courtesy: J. Mendelsohn)
Dr. Jon Mendelsohn: "With the rising popularity of Botox in physician's offices, I am continually looking for new ways to differentiate our practice and help personalize the overall Botox experience for our patients." (Photo courtesy: J. Mendelsohn)
The Data Direct Cosmetic Interest Questionnaire app, developed by Dr. Jon Mendelsohn, displays before-and-after pictures of specific areas.
HYDE PARK - From low tech greeting cards to a high tech app for communicating with patients, Dr. Jon Mendelsohn says the highly competitive cosmetic surgery marketplace demands innovation by physicians.
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HYDE PARK - First impressions matter. In today's digital culture everyone wants to look their best in person and onsocial media--not to mention video resumes, online dating profiles, and Skype job interviews.
The aging of the Baby Boomer generation has sparked a surge in demand for products and services that stave off the ravages of time. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), the number of cosmetic procedures performed in the U.S. has jumped by 197 percent over the past 15 years.
The website RealSelf.com reports that the medical-beauty industry has blossomed into a $30 billion a year business that includes everything from elective cosmetic surgery and non-surgical alternatives to obesity management and cosmetic dentistry. Today, more than 250 cosmetic procedures are available, with new options introduced every year.
Thinking outside the Botox
Dr. Jon Mendelsohn of Cincinnati is well-positioned to taking advantage of the boom in beauty. With a busy practice in Hyde Park, Mendelsohn has implemented two ideas to keep patients coming back--and referring him to others.
"With the rising popularity of Botox in physician's offices across the Tri-State, I am continually looking for new ways to differentiate our practice and help personalize the overall Botox experience for our patients," Mendelsohn said.
With an eye to boosting his Botox business--the leading cosmetic procedure--Mendelsohn has added "No Wait Botox" parking spots in front of his Advanced Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Center. And, he recently launched a line of a humorous greeting cards that are free of charge to anyone who purchases a Botox gift certificate for friends or family members.
Although some of his own staff members find the cards a bit risqué, Mendelsohn said the cards have been "a huge hit with patients." Tthe themes range from birthdays to divorce to mini-van driving moms (see photo above).
And there's more. Mendelsohn has developed an app that aims to improve communication between cosmetic surgery patients and physicians.
The Data Direct Cosmetic Interest Questionnaire is designed to help clients get more thorough consultations that are focused on their key areas of concern. It also helps plastic surgeons determine which treatment(s) to discuss during the patient's first consultation.
"When you're coming in for an elective treatment, you want the best assessment you can get," Mendelsohn said. A board certified facial plastic surgeon with 16 years of experience, he is already using the app at his practice, Advanced Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Center in Hyde Park.
Now the app available is to other plastic surgeons who want to provide better service and education to their patients. Mendelsohn developed the app after meeting with colleagues across the country who felt that many of the existing software tools weren't user-friendly enough to gather the type of data they wanted.
How the app works
The app asks a potential patient to identify the areas of her face and body that concern her most. Are you bothered by crow's feet? Frown lines? Less-than-perky breasts? The nasolabial folds around your mouth? Saggy jowls?
The Data Direct Cosmetic Interest Questionnaire displays before-and-after pictures of specific areas, but it doesn't necessarily specify a treatment, Mendelsohn explained.
"We're just asking what your concerns are." He likens it to a sushi menu, on which, "you can point to what you like and don't like."
After the user ranks each area of concern on a scale of one to five, the doctor can focus advice on those items at the top of the list.
With this information gathered electronically instead of via a paper questionnaire, the doctor can send follow-up information that is customized to a patient's interests.
Mark Lucas coordinates patient education and begins the patient consultations at Advanced Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Center. He said, "Before the app, it took me a lot longer to speak with each patient before bringing in Dr. Mendelsohn. Now, on the iPad, the patient can see different pictures of everything we do here. Before they even come into my office, I get a notification on my smartphone or computer that tells me what their main priorities are."
Each plastic surgeon who uses the app can customize it to reflect the types of the services and the types of information they would find most helpful to in their practice.
Trending: Less invasive procedures
Over time, aggregate data from the app can help plastic surgeons be better
prepared to meet the specific interests of clients within their own practice areas.
"We can analyze and track how many people are interested in Botox, how many are interested in Cool Sculpting, and so on," Mendelsohn said.
Currently, several medical societies track cosmetic surgery trends on a national and regional basis. The results vary slightly among the various surveys, but they all show a rising demand for less costly and less invasive facial rejuvenation procedures and a shift away from more costly elective cosmetic surgeries.
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), there were 14.6 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures performed in 2012. Of those, 13 million were for minimally invasive procedures, including:
The number of cosmetic surgeries declined two percent from 2011 to 2012. Of the 1.6 million cosmetic surgical procedures in 2012, the top five were:
In announcing the report last February, ASPS President Gregory Evans, MD observed, "For the third consecutive year, the overall growth in cosmetic surgery continues to be driven by a significant rise in minimally-invasive procedures, while surgical procedures remain relatively stable."
Doing your cosmetic surgery homework
Consumers can check out the average prices charged for various cosmetic procedures by joining the RealSelf.com community, which is free. In addition to publishing prices, RealSelf.com invites community members who have undergone procedures to indicate whether they believe specific procedures are worth the cost.
Currently, the highest rated procedure is a tummy tuck. Of the 5,582 people who reviewed the procedure, 96 percent said it was worth the cost. Of the 1172 members who rated Botox, only 67 percent believed it was worth the $500 cost.
On the RealSelf.com website you can see photos of and read reviews of plastic surgery procedures performed by Mendelsohn and other plastic surgeons in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area.
For example, a 43-year-old patient who had the Thermage procedure gave Mendelsohn high marks for "managing her expections," even though she felt the procedure was not ultimately a success. (Thermage uses focused radio‐frequency energy to strengthen collagen in the skin.)
"Unfortunately, the results I experienced were short-lived. From what I've read, the "healing" process for the following month or so may make your face a little swollen - which is great for me, but it didn't last.
It took me months to get the doctor's office to send me my before and after photos so I could do a side-by-side comparison. My guess was because there wasn't improvement, so they drug their feet. However, the doctor was very forthright up front that I may not experience any improvement. In any case, I FINALLY got them today and there is minimal to no improvement.
I'm sorry I didn't have better results to report. On to the next 'latest and greatest.'"
More cosmetic surgery facts and figures
A report issued by the ASAPS indicates that Americans spent almost $11 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2012.


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I find it ironic that I love to read yet whenever I buy something that comes with an instruction manual my eyes glaze over. Give me a good mystery or suspense novel and a free Saturday and I'll read that puppy in a day. I think I read all of the Twilight series books in a weekend. I love to read. Instruction manuals....not so much. For example, I've owned my car for 6 years and just recently learned how to use my brights at night and only because a friend showed me. When I first bought the car I tried pushing every button and pulling ever lever on the console and steering wheel, yet couldn't figure out how to keep the brights turned on. I could pull the lever towards me and they came on for a moment- that I knew. So I opened the instruction manual in hopes of finding an answer to my problem yet never even managed to find the "how to turn on your brights" page. Next I picked up the phone and called the dealer for help but after 10 minutes on hold I gave up on my mission. Since then I continued to drive at night either without brights, or while constantly pulling the lever towards me so I could have brights temporarily when I needed them. Fast forward 6 years and my friend Tammy was in the car with me when I was complaining about how annoying it was that I had to pull the lever towards me and hold it in order for my brights to work and she said, "Kelly. PUSH the lever away from you don't PULL it towards you." What do you know- it was like magic! I pushed the lever away from me and my brights went on and stayed on. TA-DA!!!! Well today I went to Target and bought a heart rate monitor because my trainer at Fitness Together suggested I use one when doing my cardio workouts. Guess what it came with? You guessed it- instructions! Very, very confusing instructions. I can't even figure out how to put the chest-thingy on because I don't know how it unhooks! There's no picture for that in the booklet and I can't find the section that explains how to do it. As for the watch I'm supposed to wear that the chest-thingy sends statistics too- don't even get me started on that. There are so many buttons on it and then small print on the side that I can't even read with my readers on! I looked at the booklet and about fell over because it's so con-freakin'-fusing! For the love of all that is good and holy! Can't some little guy stand in the isle at the store when I'm buying something that comes with directions and then explain to me in a sweet and patient voice how to use the darn thing? Is that too much to ask for?
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