text:
« ПредыдущаяПродолжить »
Secresy of Privy Councillors.
" to separate from his colleagues, I do not think it can ' reasonably be contended that he is not free to state' 'the grounds on which the difference of opinion arose. • It bas been an invariable rule that he should do so; · and it is quite clear that if that were not the rule, no ó man's reputation when he retired from the Cabinet • would be capable of vindication from attacks made upon it. It is perfectly right that he should suffer
considerable risk of misconstruction and misinterpre• tation until a time when no public injury would arise • from that difference of opinion being known; but when that time has arrived, he has a duty towards his own character and towards the public.''
The necessity for the secresy which is held to be binding on all members of the Cabinet, in their capacity of Privy Councillors, has lately attracted attention from a point of view not purely political. The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer (Kelly) had publicly announced the grounds of his dissent from a judgment to which he was formally held to be a party, as a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, before which an ecclesiastical appeal had been brought. This violalation of the secresy alleged to be incumbent on all Privy Councillors, in their judicial as well as their consultative capacity, gave rise to a vehement controversy, in which the Lord Chancellor (Cairns) took an active share adversely to the Lord Chief Baron, and was the main author of the publication of a new Order in Council, reinforcing the obligation of secresy, which is known as the Order of the 4th of February, 1878. In consequence of this somewhat hostile proceeding, the Lord
| Hansard, ccxli. 1792.
Chief Baron addressed a Letter to the Lord Chancellor, which must be taken as a memorable document for the purpose of tracing the origin and development of the obligation of secresy imposed on Privy Councillors in the discharge of all their functions. The historical arguments of the Lord Chief Baron are in fact invincible; and if the stringent obligation of secresy, in judicial matters at least, is to be maintained, it must be supported by a reference to its continual utility and not by a mere appeal to an imaginary tradition. In his Letter the Lord Chief Baron traces the obligation of secresy no further back than the Ordinance of the 20th of February, 1627. The fourth clause of this Ordinance is: "When any three of the Lords are • assembled in the Council Chamber, all suitors, atten• dants, and others are to avoid the Chamber; and it is "to be kept private, both for dignity, and that the • Lords may for privacy confer together before they sit • as occasion shall be. The eighth clause is : •In de• bate upon all business there is to be freedom and
secresy used. Every one is to speak with respect to the other, and no offence to be taken for any unfitting • advice delivered, but as little discourse or repetition "to be used as may be, for saving of time; and when 6 any Lord speaks at the Board to the Council he is to • be uncovered; but if he speaks to any other man to • be covered.' The eleventh clause is : 'In voting of
any cause the lowest Councillor in place is to begin to
speak first, and so it is to be carried by most voices, • because every Councillor hath equal vote there ; and • when the business is carried according to most voices,
no publication is afterwards to be made by any man • how the particular opinions and voices went.' Sir The Ordinance of 1627. 297 Fitzroy Kelly relates, that on the very day of the date of the Ordinance, the 20th of February, a number of defaulters in the contribution to a forced loan in Essex, by an Order of the day before, were compelled to appear before the Privy Council ; and from this time every subject of the realm throughout England was ordered, under various commissions, to contribute to a general forced loan or benevolence; and of these, great numbers who refused to contribute were at once imprisoned, under Orders of the Privy Council. The Judges were further compelled to attend the Privy Council, and coerced into an apparently unanimous Report that the King might lawfully levy this money without the authority of Parliament; though some of them afterwards, when the question came before them iu open court, declared that they had dissented from the Report, and held it to be contrary to law. At length, by the King's command, many Members of Parliament were compelled to appear before the Privy Council, and were questioned as to speeches which they had made in the House of Commons; and whenever it appeared by their own admission, or by proof adduced before the Lords of the Council, that they had spoken in what was called derogation of the King's prerogative, or against the exaction of forced loans, or the levying of ship-money, they were at once condemned to imprisonment, and some of them were kept in prison until released under the Petition of Right. In fact, Sir Fitzroy Kelly establishes the position that the Ordinance of 1627, on which alone the principle of secresy, as distinguishable from the duties imposed by the Privy Councillor's oath of secresy, rests, was only part of the iniquitous and now confessedly unconstitutional organi
sation by which King Charles I. for a time succeeded in evading his dependence upon Parliament, and in robbing his people of their property without even resorting to the formalities of any recognised legal usage.'
The main purpose of Sir Fitzroy Kelly's argument, indeed, is to show that, even were the principle of secresy in the Privy Council inviolable in what may be called the consultative aspect of the Council, it is still · wholly alien to the spirit of English law and justice to extend the principle to the Council in its judicial aspect; and that such an extension would involve the uprighteous scandal and the practical inconvenience of giving decisions without incurring the responsibility involved in alleging the grounds of them. But much of Sir Fitzroy Kelly's argument serves to explain the political principle of secresy as applicable to the members of a modern Cabinet. When once, as in Lord Derby's case, the Sovereign has relieved the Privy Councillor from the obligations of his oath, it then becomes a mere matter of individual discretion as to how much he shall communicate to the public. Thus Lord Derby might without impropriety have been charged with a breach of discretion or political prudence, or even with disloyalty to his party, but there could have been no ground for imputing to him a breach of a principle of secresy thus seen to be wholly accidental in the constitution of the Privy Council and the Cabinet.
The mode in which the institution of the English Cabinet has been developed of late, and its internal
T'A Letter to the Lord High Chancellor upon the late Order in Council of the 4th of February, 1878, by the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer,' 1878.
Relation of the Sovereign to the Cabinet. 299
constitution at the present moment, having been explored, it now remains to consider what is the true constitutional attitude of the Sovereign towards the Cabinet Ministers, so far as that attitude can be discerned froin a careful study of the most recent history. It happens that not only do the reigns both of William IV. and her present Majesty supply copious illustrations of the position relative to each other of the Sovereign and the Ministers of the Crown, but in the case of both these Sovereigns documentary evidence of an unprecedented sort is in existence, from which the historical inquirer is able to ascertain what was the view of their constitutional relations which these Sovereigns severally have theoretically held, and, to some extent at least, practically acted upon.
The relations of the Sovereign to the Ministers of the Crown are indicated, 1, in the mode of selecting those Ministers, 2, in the mode of dismissing them, 3, in the limits of intervention in the official conduct either of the Ministry as a whole or of individual Ministers, and, 4, in the independent action of the Sovereign, with little or no reference to the concurrence, co-operation, or even the knowledge, of the Ministers.
1 2. It is not easy in theory to impose any bounds on the liberty of action of the Sovereign with respect to the selection or dismissal of Ministers. On the one hand, it could not be expected that the Sovereign should continue to engage in amicable correspondence and even incessant communication with a Minister who, on whatever grounds, had rendered himself personally odious; nor, on the other hand, could the Sovereign obtain any advantage by retaining in his service a Minister who commanded no confidence


text:
We create breathtaking atmospheres
Looking into an aquarium destresses, amazes and appeals to our deep-rooted, inner need for calm and balance. At the same time, with each new look, something new and exciting happens. This combination is what makes the world of aquariums and their indescribable atmosphere so remarkable.
As impassioned aquarium builders, we can introduce that remarkable atmosphere to your zoo, your hotel lobby or your living room. In all our work, animal welfare occupies top priority.
Our aquariums: works of art filled with life
New Wave stands for fascinating aquarium concepts. Together with a worldwide network of leading aquarium experts, our goal is to deliver extraordinary creations that raise the bar for aquarium building even higher.
Whether for the lobby of a 5-star hotel or a one bedroom flat, we develop the best possible design solution for your dream aquarium.
Learn and be amazed at the zoo
When supplying aquariums and habitats for zoos, in addition to design, we also focus on the greatest possible accuracy in recreating a natural underwater environment, that even on this scale is just as imposing as the natural world.
We aim to amaze while at the same time fulfilling our educational task: increasing awareness of the huge cosmos that is our oceans. We have achieved our goal when the faces of children young and old are drawn to the aquarium glass, in wonder.
Discover fabulous creatures
Assignments to which other says "we can't do it" is what we live for. The more out of the box and the more exclusive the better. The underwater world is inhabited by the most fabulous creatures whose bizarre beauty remains a mystery to many of us.
As members of the European Union of Aquarium Curators (EUAC), we are part of a network that brings together the world's leading institutes, biologists and zoologists. As a result, we can make almost anything possible, from the building of the aquarium through to its population with an exclusive variety of species.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
La Liga: Ronaldo scores twice; Neville gets first win with Valencia
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals to lead Real Madrid to a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, provisionally lifting it into second place, while Gary Neville finally got his first Spanish league victory in charge of Valencia.
Ronaldo opened the scoring in the third minute before Javier Eraso quickly leveled for the Basques in a back-and-forth first half at the Santiago Bernabeu that finished with James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos giving Madrid a 3-1 lead at halftime.
Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo scores impressive goal early for Real Madrid
Madrid defender Raphael Varane, whose error led to Eraso's goal, was sent off in the 83rd after earning identical bookings for twice thrusting his forearm into Aritz Aduriz's head while contesting a high ball.
Despite being a man down, Ronaldo found the net again in the 87th to move past Barcelona's Luis Suarez as the competition's leading scorer with 21 goals this season.
Gorka Elustondo headed in Bilbao's second goal in the 90th.
Madrid's fourth win in as many home matches under coach Zinedine Zidane — by a combined score of 20-3 — lifted it two points ahead of Atletico Madrid before it visits Getafe on Sunday.
Leader Barcelona is one point ahead of Madrid with two matches to play: against Celta on Sunday and at Sporting Gijon on Wednesday.
Zidane will make his European coaching debut on Wednesday when Madrid visits Roma in the Champions League's round of 16.
Ronaldo's goals were his 31st and 32nd in 30 games across all competitions this campaign, a season in which he has been criticized by some for failing to score against important rivals.
Watch: Simone Zaza's long-range goal gives Juventus win over Napoli
"About Cristiano, what can I say?" Zidane said, before employing an expletive in Spanish to describe how good he considers the forward's form.
"We are ready for the match against Roma. We are in shape, playing well, and very pleased with how we played today against a very good rival. We are prepared for Wednesday."
Elsewhere on Saturday, Villarreal strengthened its hold on fourth place and the last Champions League spot with a 1-0 win at home over Malaga thanks to striker Roberto Soldado's 18th-minute goal.
Also, Neville finally saw his Valencia team win a league match after substitute Alvaro Negredo and newcomer Denis Cheryshev scored in the final 20 minutes of a 2-1 comeback over visiting Espanyol.
Valencia had gone 12 rounds without a win, with Neville in charge for nine of those matches and under increasing pressure to turn around his disappointing coaching debut.
Ronaldo gave Madrid a brilliant start when he received a pass from Karim Benzema, used a deft dribble to wrong-foot Xabier Etxeita and fired a right-footed strike just under the crossbar.
But Bilbao was undaunted and quickly leveled in the 10th when Eraso pounced on Varane's poor backpass that goalkeeper Keylor Navas did well to stop from becoming an own goal but left for Eraso to finish off.
Aduriz went close twice to putting the visitors ahead with a header saved by Navas before the striker hit the bar.
Rodriguez turned the flow back in Madrid's favor with an excellent strike with his left foot from outside the area that curled around outstretched goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz in the 37th.
Kroos put Madrid in full control heading into the break when he took a pass from Ronaldo in the area and sent a shot that deflected off a defender past Iraizoz in first-half injury time.
"We leave with the feeling that we had a good first half. Maybe we missed a great opportunity today," said Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde, impressed by Madrid's "extraordinary firepower."
Ronaldo hit the upright before finally getting his second goal from a pass by substitute Lucas Vazquez.
Real Betis visits Deportivo La Coruna later.


text:
As Europa Cinemas president Nico Simon summed up, "For ten years we lost a lot of time over the process of the digitalisation of cinemas – just replacing one piece of machinery with another." With the digitalisation of cinemas more or less completed the emphasis was on attracting audiences back into cinemas and the role of innovation.
Cinema operators shared innovative events and programmes that were brining audiences into cinemas. Cinemas in Slovenia and Poland offered examples of student-led demand for their own cinema events. At Kinodvor in Ljubljana, the children's audience that the cinema has cultivated for the past seven years is now an audience of teens who "are starting to ask for a new brand for them," director Nina Pece Grilc said. Maria Magdalena Gierat, director of Krakow's Kino pod Baranami told FNE that the success of their late night university student led screening and discussion programmes resulted in teen asking for their own Saturday morning films with discussions. "They do it all themselves," Geirat said.
Central and Eastern Europe lost much of its arthouse and single screen cinemas during the process of digitalisation. Romanian director Cristian Mungiu addressed the conference via SKYPE saying said the situation in Romania had become even worse for art house and independent cinema operators, following last week's law which shut down the last small cinemas in Bucharest, due to safety concerns over aging public spaces. Romania in fact has the lowest density of screens in Europe, with just 13 screens per one million inhabitants. Every territory but one in the western part of Europe, by contrast, has a density of 50 or more screens, and in the case of Ireland, it's over 100, according to 2014 figures compiled by the International Union of Cinemas. Only three territories in CEE have a density of 50 or more screens.
The dearth of cinemas in CEE has created a regional hybrid fusing festival directors, cinemas operators and distributors. Mirsad Purivata of Kino Meeting Point in Sarajevo, who was honoured as Best Entrepreneur, said, "We are forced to be distributors." Filling a vacuum, entrepreneurs in CEE territories are exploring creative ways to improve the entire process of getting films to their audiences, including day-and-date releases, partnering with VoD companies, or bringing caravan cinemas to audiences in small towns and villages.
Christo Dermendzhiev is the CEO of Bulgarian distribution company A Plus Films Co, which works with four cinemas in Bulgaria's smaller cities including Lucky Home Cinema. He said, "Some cinemas, instead of being improved by the Europa Cinemas subsidy programme, are using it to survive. It's putting them on life support." His solution to the problem of distributing European films in cinemas was to provide "operational help in terms of distribution, to create an environment to help distributors. If something is not interesting financially to distributors, why should they do it? Europa Cinemas could be more active cooperation with distribution."
Across CEE, networks of cinema operators are in their infancy. "There's a big lack of national cinema exhibitors organisations in Central and Eastern Europe," Jan Runge, CEO of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC, www.unic-cinemas.org), told FNE. "Cinemas should be part of the dialogue when we talk about the film industry."
One CEE country that has developed a new network of independent cinemas is Croatia. Hrvoje Laurenta of Zagreb's Kino Mreza (kinomreza.hr) told FNE that since it launched in November 2014, the network has increased from 27 members to 32 cinemas with 37 screens. Their initiative seeks to build attendance for national films by bringing film casts and crews to screenings in cinemas around the country.


text:
The Random Access History of Modernity
Roberto Calasso,
The Ruin of Kasch,
W. Weaver and S. Sartarelli, trans. Cambridge,
MA: Belknap Press, 1994.
The demise of ritual, magic, and the attendant ceremonial trappings, which accrued in the European tradition with the advent of the 1789 revolution, has generally been taken for granted by anyone reading Marx, (and perhaps Max Weber) and/or the collective critics and apologists following therein.
Roberto Calasso, seemingly to the manor born in regards to literary dilettantism, thus begins The Ruin of Kasch, his random access history of modernity (though this is commensurate to saying that an encyclopedia on CD-ROM begins with an entry on aardvarks) with the figure from European history whom he proposes last knew ceremony in all its permutations, and promulgations: Talleyrand.
Calasso explains this choice via a sometimes personal portrait of the slippery Talleyrand. In the course of this portrait he suggests that some of the master statesman's skills could be traced from early childhood: a hobbled child is fodder for a man of diplomatic dexterity and nimble nicety. Like King Richard III, Calasso tells us, Talleyrand, not beautiful enough to prove a lover, proved a villain and fomented discontent instead. A dainty, bloodless discontent of style over substance, but a discontent that ruined lives nonetheless.
Calasso, in the first fifty pages of his book (which are not necessarily the "first") is able, with astounding ease, to treat most all of the intellectual efforts at bridging the breadth of the post-revolutionary abyss left by the death of ritual and mystery – the abyss bridged so fluidly, for all his physical deformity, by Talleyrand. By doing so Calasso begs (perhaps "knowingly") the question of whether that abyss exists, whether the fall happened, and whether it happened for good or bad.
Though he often treats as one piece the questions and the answers implicit in the differing schools of explanation, he means by his book no simple sophistry. Calasso's style of historiography, fully postmodernized and deconstructed, is the literate and literal proof of the new era forged in revolution, crowned by Napoleonic will to power, and shattered in the 20th century into a million microchips of silicon. However, like his countrymen Italo Calvino, Paolo Pasolini, and others of the burgeoning, new Italian intellectual renaissance (perhaps it's only "new" on this continent), Calasso's refuge from the deconstructed nature of modern critique is the circular nature of human understanding, the circular nature therefore of human history. (How refreshingly different these thinkers' work is from the linear progression of Weber-cum-Habermas which leads inexorably to the Iron Cage of the rational society, or the eternally recurring tragedy of Nietzsche and Wagner.) Calvino's work celebrates the layering of myth and legend and storytelling; Pasolini's retelling of the Scheherazade myth (The thousand and one nights) is more concentric but nonetheless telescopic. With these new artisans, it seems that the redemption which the earlier Italian renaissance found in artistic expressions of sublime beauty, has been rediscovered in the confounding nature of all storytelling. Thus Calasso's Talleyrand performs rituals as an ancient, and yet like a modern is always conscious of those rites soullessness.
In contrast to all of us who have come along since, Talleyrand was, Calasso says, predictable: a man of his times. After Talleyrand, however, time as a formalizing structure does not exist, so what then shapes the people who live in our timeless present; who are the people of our modern abyss? Like the random access nature of Calasso's work – intentional and not the accident of circumstance nor the result of unseen forces of inevitability (as he suggests that Talleyrand, et Bonaparte, et Saint-Simon, et Chateaubriand, et Tocqueville, et tout qui son "le deluge," might have been) – the one certainty of modernity is the self-conscious nature of moderns: we do not arise, we are constructed.
The question of the nature of people thus self-consciously constructed, was asked and answered by Napoleon: what if we crowned ourselves? What would happen if we killed God (so Nietszche could write his obit.)? Napoleon discovered that if you crown yourself emperor you do not merely flaunt God and the papacy, but you become God and papacy in one. Thus found Zarathustra that there is no hiding place for the priest who kills God. In the modern era, the ritual and the sacrifice, the glory and the blame, all came to rest within these conquerors: this is the inheritance born by each of us in the age of modernity.
Calasso goes one step further down the road to self-consciousness as he details the most significant difference between the ancient age and the modern age – the two periods straddled by Talleyrand – it is not, he writes, the disappearance of ritual, but the beginning of a new period where ritual is twisted and folded back in on itself in the form of narrative. Modernity is experimental rather than cyclical. It is for this reason that the cyclical marker of the ancient life, ritual, has been supplanted, according to Calasso, by the cycle of the storytellers – Scheherazade, Far-li-mas (the storyteller of Kasch), etc. The stories are indeed cyclical, as ritual was, but where ritual was completely involving and encompassed an individual's everything, the story, unlike ritual, is drowzying "hashish" that covers that same everything in a seductive haze. As we slip into the haze induced by the opiate that are these stories, we are each alone, each on our own, with no consciousness at all, aware only of our own existence, our own pleasured senses.
Our consciousness of self is not merely individualism, nor is it merely our alienation from all other human beings; instead our self-consciousness acts as a sort of starch-blocker and interrupts the flow of what technologists and social apologists call community affect (or the more vulgar, less warm and fuzzy, "class consciousness"). Thus we moderns are thrust by the artists and critics of this new renaissance, not into an Iron Cage, but onto a moebius loop which turns beneath us as the flat surface of the fitness club treadmill upon we which spend so many hours atrot seeking the euphoric release of endorphins.
Perhaps this, then, is the root of the apparent failures of Marxist experiments over the face of the globe – economic force applied by worldwide oppositional forces notwithstanding – class consciousness was supposed to replace all other forms of group consciousness, but in the modern era alienation is too complete and there is nothing to replace. Group consciousness has been, in Calasso's terms, "usurped" by self-consciousness and all consciousness has been enveloped in the hallucinogenic cloud of the storyteller's art.
The only question remaining is the limit and the robustness of this addiction.


text:
I am about to leave on a trip to Europe including a week in Germany and another home with friends and family in the UK.
Of course I want to take photos whilst I am there and of course I want to take a film camera; but which one (or two, or three)?
I was thinking about this yesterday and here is my kit list;
- My Olympus Pen-F digital and two lenses
- Voigtläner Vitomatic II
- A medium format; either Mamiya C330 or Voigtländer Bessa RF
- plus the little pocket Sony DSC-QX10
Really? Four cameras? Do I really need to take them all? I can justify each and every one of them to myself and feel I really do. But then I think maybe I am deluding myself.
In two weeks am I really going to make excellent use of them or am I just going to give my self a dilemma every time I go out as to which one I take; or potentially worse take them all out every time and end up switching between them depending on the shot. All of which leads to missed opportunities, and aching back and a less than marvelous experience.
I'm crap at choosing.
So dare I leave the decision making at home and only take one?… ONE! but then which one?
here are the contenders;
Pen-F – this is a great all rounder and I would not miss a single shot. I love shooting with it and the results are good. But it's not film and it's not weather proof (I'm in Germany and England in February).
Vitomatic – It's a lovely little 35mm range-finder, takes good pictures and reliable. I am comfortable using it in a range of situations, I have used it a few times recently (Chicago and LA). It would be kinda cool to take the German Voigtländer home to Germany. It has only one fixed 50mm lens (don't think that is a problem). Kinda want to use a different camera though.
C330 – Haven't used this enough yet and really want to get more familiar with it; it's a great solid and robust camera; taking a medium format is something I am keen to do. It is quite bulky though… and heavy.
Bessa – I am getting familiar with this and, as it's a folder, it's quite a nice compact medium format so might be ideal for travelling. Also, as with the Vitomatic, a German camera in Germany might be nice. It is very old and not sure the weather will be kind to it.
QX10 – it's just a handy thing to be able to keep in your pocket for touristy or group pictures and better then the phone on it's own; also great for sharing. It's slow to use though and I only really use it when I don't want to carry a 'real' camera.
The Pen is easiest but obvious and then I leave film behind. The Vitomatic would be my next go-to but maybe I need to explore one of my others. The C330 would be great, can I lug it about though. The Bessa is a grand old camera, convenient but maybe too fragile for this. The QX-10 is just a handy option and takes up no space so why not? but I wouldn't take only that as it's not really a quality shooter.
Part of me thinks; just take a film camera and be daring – but what if…. Also that would mean I can't post anything here until I get the film back from the developers.
Okay TWO then;
Let try to break this down then. Lets say that the Pen-F is a given as it's the most flexible and I am so familiar with it, it's almost instinctive.
I don't want to risk the Bessa so that leaves the German 35mm RF or the Japanese 120 TLR…
I guess it has to be the Vitomatic. It's small which, if I am carrying two is more convenient. It's German. It's reliable and I am familiar with it.
There will be other opportunities to use the Mamiya I am sure
Okay decision made… right?
[The image above is nothing really to do with this subject (although they could be making their own decision about something), just wanted to share an image – this was taken with the Vitomatic II]


text:
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Scientist from all over the western hemisphere have gather in St. Louis with the single focus of saving bat populations. In recent year's conservationist have seen a decline in bat populations, and are warning of consequences to the environment if we don't save the species.
The three-day convention is being held in downtown St. Louis to discuss and share ideas on saving bats. Many believe the decline in bat populations is due to man-made causes.
One idea suggested is to put bat house in your backyard as a way to keep bugs away in the summer time, and keep the bats from roosting in your house


text:
My story...
Born in Brighton to wonderfully hippy parents, I was lucky enough to start practicing yoga during childhood. I have fond memories of practicing yoga with my dad before bed. Years later I came back to yoga as a teenager and my obsession truly blossomed.
In 2014 I finally took the plunge and did my 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training course with Allie Hill and Toni Roberts and qualified just in time to start my Degree in Musical Theatre at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Moving to London as a newly qualified teacher was a daunting prospect but I was lucky enough to immediately start teaching at three London studios while doing my degree.
Since becoming a Yoga Teacher I have done additional trainings with Ray Long, Nova Milesco, Norman Blair and Melanie Cooper, Taylor Harkness, Andrew McGonigle (Dr Yogi), Ana Forrest, Adelene Cheong, Shimmy Levy-Riley, Stewart Gilchrist, Dana Falsetti, Andrew Misle, Diane Bondy, Richard Kravetz, Sally Parkes, IMT Yoga, Janet Stone and Kidding Around Yoga.
As a graduate and full time yoga teacher I have now combined my love of yoga with my obsession for Vocal Anatomy and have created my own CPD courses for yoga teachers, merging these two disciplines. Click below for more information.
My teaching style aims to be lighthearted and supportive with an emphasis on listening to your own body. I will encourage you to try something new, even if you can't do it yet, while never pushing yourself outside of your limits. If I could pick one thing for you to take away from my classes it would be to laugh more and smile more.
You can click below for information about my regular London classes


text:
Many of you will know of API Audio. It's a name that turns up in the best studio racks all round the world and a brand that has taken 500 Series modules to new realms with their Lunchbox portable rack casing. But when you think of API it's usually studio preamps, compressors and even classic large format mixing consoles that come to mind. So naturally when I was handed a compact box this month I assumed we would be looking at a new 500 series rack module, which got me a little excited. When I opened the box, I got very excited to see that what was on offer was something very different indeed, yet still maintained so much of the design and class of an API tool. This month I got to use API directly between a guitar and an amplifier in the new TranZformer GT guitar pedal that is going to get a lot of attention from anyone seeking classic studio tone in an almost compact pedal.
You don't need to see the logo to know what you're dealing with in this seriously well-built pedal. The classic API knobs that are found on their rack gear and their studio consoles are a dead giveaway as to who designed this unit, and what a unit it is. This is one solid tank of a guitar pedal and with an 18volt power supply, it is ready for some serious signal processing. What you can expect is a studio quality compressor and EQ circuit in one pedal, with a DI thrown in for good measure. When you think about how many hit songs have had API EQ or compression applied in the mixing process, it's a real treat to know that now you can have this same sound in your signal chain any time you like.
The compressor is pretty simple, and that's usually a good thing with guitars. It's taken directly from the API 525 and offers six pre-set threshold levels with greater levels of gain reduction on each. There is an input gain driving this circuit to allow you to control how hard you drive the compressor. It's kept simple, so it doesn't have all the control that is found on the original 525, but it has the sound that this classic compressor offers and reins in your dynamics with great care, allowing you to crush the sound for a very aggressive guitar sound if you really want to.
The EQ is taken from the API 553 EQ strip, but has been reworked to offer a more guitar-friendly frequency range. Each of the three pots are subtly indented in the centre position to allow for a neutral sound to be obtained at any frequency without pulling the entire circuit from the mix. You get a shelving filter at 5kHz to allow you to tame those nasty high frequencies at high volume. Next, there is a mid-range peaking EQ at 1.5 kHz that brings out a lot of growl in your guitar, pushing it forward in the mix, so this will be popular with those eternal soloists. Finally, the EQ is rounded out with another peaking EQ at 200Hz which adds some great warmth to your sound, without creating a false bottom end that ends up being too booming.
Really, this is one heck of a brilliant tone box. For those pedal-nuts out there constantly searching for 'studio quality', you really can't ask for more than a classic studio compressor and EQ squeezed into a pedal. That said, there's a fair bit going on in the circuit design, so it is a fairly bulky pedal which I am sure some guitarists will whine about. But you just don't get this sort of quality signal path in a trendy mini pedal. This is studio gear redesigned for the guitarist, so it is actually pretty compact when you consider that. The only gripe I had was with the three buttons for turning on the two circuits and an overall true hardwire bypass. They are a little close for comfort and not ideal for quick engagements with anything other than pointy toed boots. Lucky for me, that's about all I wear, but some people might find it a bit of a tap dancing effort to engage the right control. Otherwise, what's to fault? It's a studio rack at your feet, built like a tank and sounds great.
Hits and Misses
Incredible warmth and character in the EQ
Compression ranging from smooth to aggressive
Studio quality outboard in a guitar pedal
Slight space issue with footswitches


text:
You don't need an MBA to run a successful business. But even if you graduated magna cum laude, there are some incredibly important lessons that probably didn't make it into your curriculum. Okay, so they might not help you conquer the world. But they'll certainly help you dominate the competition. Let's take a look at three invaluable lessons your business professors never taught you.
1. Hire people who are smarter than you. Sure, it sounds intimidating. But hiring people who are more proficient in their area of expertise actually makes a lot of sense. You didn't go into business to run a one-woman (or one-man) shop your whole life. At some point, you'll need to step back and let the experts take over. Hire people who are better than you, and focus on selling their services – the services of YOUR company.
2. Focus on value, not price. All too often, pricing for goods and services can become a race to the bottom. That's a huge problem because it cuts your revenues and margins. Whatever you do, focus on being the best and delivering exceptional value at your price point. And let's face it, some customers will complain no matter what kind of deal you give them. That's business you don't need. If a customer doesn't see the value you deliver, let them go and focus on attracting the right kind of clients.
3. Cash is king. From rent to maintenance to payroll, running a business can rack up serious costs. Many business owners underestimate the cash (and financing) they'll need to effectively run and expand their growing businesses. And a single period of slow sales or higher-than-expected costs can send you into a tailspin.
At TBS Capital Funding, we get it. If you're in a crunch, we can transform your accounts receivable into instant cash. We can even perform credit checks on new customers to ensure that you'll get paid in the end. Whether you graduated from Harvard Business School or the school of hard knocks, put TBS on your transcript. We'll help your business make the grade.
Monthly archive
- April 2020 (5)
- March 2020 (6)
- February 2020 (9)
- January 2020 (8)
- December 2019 (10)
- November 2019 (9)
- October 2019 (9)
- August 2019 (9)
- June 2019 (9)
- May 2019 (11)


text:
Planning permission has been granted for more than 40 homes in a key Peterlee development.
A mix of family houses and bungalows are set to be built in Tamar Close and Teign Close near the heart of Peterlee as part of a believe housing programme. The project will feature 29 three-bed family houses alongside 10 two- and two three-bed bungalows.
The new homes were given approval by Durham County Council's Area Planning Committee on Tuesday, 10 July, subject to completion of a Section 106 agreement. Construction is expected to start during early 2019.
The 12 bungalows, which will be easily adaptable for wheelchair users, will be available for affordable rent. All 29 houses will be available under the government backed 'Rent to Buy' scheme. Rent to Buy is designed to ease the transition from renting to buying a home by offering a reduced rent, usually around 20% below the market rate. The aim is to give people the opportunity to save for a deposit at the same time and buy their home after five years.
The site of the new development was formerly used for housing, but has been vacant for some time. The new homes will feature high levels of insulation, the latest heating systems and double glazing. They are expected to bring big savings to residents when compared with older properties in the area.
believe housing Head of Development and Commercial Property, Kate Abson, said: "These new homes will be a major boost to Peterlee; an area where demand for affordable homes is very high right now.
"All of our developments are designed to meet the needs of their local communities. The mix of family homes and wheelchair adaptable bungalows will help to fill a clear need in the area."
The Peterlee development is the latest part of a £54m programme of affordable home construction by believe housing. In total 545 new homes are being built across more than 20 sites stretching from rural Weardale to the Durham coast.


text:
Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet (pbuh) Full Color Deluxe Edition (Imam Ibn Qayyim al Jauziyah)
A combination of religious and medical information, providing advice and guidance on the two aims of medicine -the preservation and the restoration of health.
List Price: $26.95
Discount Price: $23.95
Provides advice & guidance on the 2 aims of medicine, the preservation and the restoration of health, in accordance w/ the Islamic sources.
List Price: $40.95
Discount Price: $35.95
List Price: $15.95
Discount Price: $14.95
Always ship fast, and great books! ... read more


text:
Understanding The Lady's Island Plan: Part 4
FIVE STRATEGIES Four core goals, seven planning theme, and now five essential strategies. 1.Modify The Growth Boundary Prevent future urban growth on...Read More
Understanding The Lady's Island Plan: Part 3
7 themes This plan is organized around a framework of vision, goals, objectives, and actions. It integrates and synthesizes an understanding of...Read More
Understanding The Lady's Island Plan: Part 2
Four Goals The Lady's Island Plan is organized around a framework of vision, goals, objectives, and actions. It integrates and synthesizes an...Read More
Understanding The Lady's Island Plan: Part 1
The Lady's Island Plan, in development for more than a year, summarizes the results of a broad-based community planning process for Lady's...Read More
Metro Planning Commission To Review Lady's Island Plan Dec. 17; Keyserling Raises Issues
The Metro Planning Commission, representing Beaufort County, the Town of Port Royal and the City of Beaufort, will hear details of the...Read More
A Park, And A Plan For Lady's Island
Lady's Islanders: We Want Your Comments! The Lady's Island Area Plan, an initiative of Beaufort County and the City of Beaufort, has been...Read More
INCREDIBLE. Just nine months ago, the Sea Island Coalition was encouraging public officials to find a way to save Whitehall. "Not for...Read More
Lady's Island Plan, Lady's Island Airport Expansion?
WORK MOVES FORWARD ON LADY'S ISLAND AREA PLAN Work on the "Lady's Island Area Plan" continues, with the consultant and the ten-member...Read More
Feb. 19: Whitehall, Round Two.
Next Monday, Feb. 19, the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) will meet to consider the latest application for development of the Whitehall property....Read More
60 Second Update: Jan 22, 2018
"Lady's Island Area Plan" Underway At last Friday's Northern Regional Plan Implementation Committee (NRPIC) meeting, county planner Rob Merchant detailed the approach...Read More


text:
The University of Tennessee's Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness developed a Cultural Food Safety app meant for federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local food regulatory officials.
The app offers searchable information on food safety issues and control measures associated with specific cultural foods. It is organized by regions of the world, religion, and processes frequently used to produce cultural foods (e.g., salting, pickling, fermentation). This application is for smartphones and tablet use.


text:
A Microbrew Review of Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
Okay folks. Here's my review of Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA.
I snagged this Imperial India Pale Ale tonight at my local mix and match bottle shop. Good deals abound tonight which is always a good sign and a great start to the Super Bowl weekend (I'm wrecklessly predicting a Giants upset by two points by the way. But hey, what do I know?)
90 Minute Imperial IPA is proudly produced by Dogfish Head Craft Ales, a craft beer brewery based in Milton, Delaware. For those of you who haven't heard of Dogfish Head brewery, they're known for their "experimental" and "extreme beers". While they have a few brews more or less considered their flagships and more accessible to the average microbrew drinker, they've always been on the cutting edge of craft beer brewing since their humble beginnings by their founder Sam Calgione way back in 1995. And with some of the Dogfish Head craft beers I've sampled to date, it might just be that we may only be in the beginning stages of experiencing some great, extreme out-of-this-world, unthinkable microbrews from the friendly Dogfish Head folks in Milton, DE. They definitely seem to keep an open mind when it comes to brewing.
So anyway, on to the beer at hand. First off, let me say I like the beer bottle design. I got mine in a 12 ounce brown bottle. The label features the familiar dogfish head shark overlaying an aged parchment colored paper with a screening of hops prominently displayed in the background. The brewery description reads: "What you have here is an Imperial India Pale Ale featuring a single constant 90-minute hop addition. It's balanced by a ridiculous amount of English Two-row Barley. Then we dry hop it in every tank." Yes, they really do!
90 Minute IPA pours a sparkling champagne copper with bubbles vibrant and abound. It sparkles! It shines! It almost seems alive and the hoppy musk eminates aggressively well off of the surface emcompassing any airdom within reach of the nose. Great aroma with a "sweet?" hoppy scent. Almost sticky, sugar hops if there is such a thing. Would make a great cereal, wouldn't it? Mom, can I have a bowl of Sticky Sugar Hops? The head raced up the side of my meager, unchilled 12 ounce mug and almost jumped the fence to freedom. After a few minutes though, it reduced to a manageable level and maintained a subtle film throughout the sampling.
This craft beer's flavor was tremendous folks. Thick, hoppy, bitter and rich all in one. 90 Minute IPA offers a lasting, unobtrusive mouthful of strong bitters and hops rounded off amazingly well with a malty and sweet stickiness that almost makes this craft beer a meal in itself. I noticed progressively more chewiness as the beer warmed. It's a dramatic contrast from the take back of initial hop shock. A marshmallowy coating of lace graced the side of my mug as I reduced it's 12 ounce volume to just a few drops on the bottom. I just don't know how they keep it all together here with this beer. For a Double India Pale Ale, this beer offer a lot of character and many facets not commonly found in Imperial IPA's.
Probably my only negative that I can give Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA is the fact the it clocks in at a whopping 9.0% alcohol by volume (according to the label). And it's a blatantly noticeable alcohol burn in tasting this microbrew that supports that. 90 Minute IPA is so doggone good and so tempting in making me want for more. It's just not something I can stand more than two of in any one sitting. Oh well, it's still great to have found a beer this worthy of waiting and looking forward to for the next time around. I'll head back to the store and stock up on a few more to keep in the beer fridge for the next few days.
Summary: Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA is probably one of the best all-around craft beers that I've had to date. It's just so well rounded in all aspects, but still it screams extreme in the fact that it doesn't lean in any one direction or categorization than would be reasonably assumed. If I could find this beer at a standard 5.0% abv, I'd have 90 Minute IPA as my "go-to beer" all the time. If you like IPA's and Double IPA's, give Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA a go. You most likely won't be disappointed and you just might find a new favorite beer. It's worth it. I'd give Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA a 9.75 out of 10.00 on my craft beer rating scale. Get some today!!
dogfish head
dogfish head brewery
craft beer
imperial india pale ales
If you had any fun or enjoyment in reading this microbrew beer review and love craft beers in particular, you'll find more reviews of both new and old microbrews and also fun microbrew and craft beer-related info at Microbrew Review or Microbrew and Craft Beer Reviews. I've also review Dogfish Head Punkin Ale if you care to check it out. Click through on the links above and please do let me know what you liked or didn't like and also any beers that you might like to see me review next time!
Labels: 90 Minute IPA, Delaware microbreweries, dogfish head, dogfish head beer, dogfish head brewery, Dogfish Head Craft Ales, Imperial IPA


text:
GLL invests in upgraded tennis courts at Islington Tennis Centre and Gym
Islington Tennis Centre and Gym has unveiled its improved indoor tennis facilities, after an £80,000 investment from GLL, operator of public leisure facilities in Islington, under the Better brand. Working in partnership with Islington Council, the six new courts will help accommodate one of the largest tennis programmes in the UK, including extensive inner-city outreach to drive participation in tennis beyond its traditional demographic.
To officially open the new facilities, representatives from GLL were joined by Councillor Janet Burgess MBE, Islington Council's executive member for health and social care and Lily Mills, who trains at the centre and won gold in both the singles and doubles competitions at this year's Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi.
The investment from GLL has resulted in the installation of new surfaces on the courts - better suited to teaching and training - which will form an integral part of a programme that will increase participation throughout the whole community, from elite training of Middlesex County players, to community sessions, including female-only sessions, 50+ social sessions, bi-weekly wheelchair and visually impaired sessions, as well as NHS Mental Health tennis sessions.
The extended programme has also increased weekly course attendances from 305 in 2017, to over 850. In addition, coaches are delivering weekly sessions in 15 schools across the borough, reaching 1,300 children every week.
Joachim Treasurer, National Tennis Manager, GLL, said: "Opening the improved playing facilities at Islington Tennis Centre is the latest milestone on our journey to improve participation in tennis throughout the borough.
"As a social enterprise, GLL exists to provide affordable, accessible sport and leisure facilities, to get more people more active, more often. Being able to provide these outstanding facilities allows us to accommodate an extensive tennis programme which is open to the whole community.
"We are extremely proud of the progress made so far, and we are excited to continue developing our tennis programme throughout the borough to get more kids and adults enjoying playing all year round."
Cllr Burgess said: "It was a pleasure to open the newly upgraded courts, which look great and will really help with teaching and training. It also means this centre remains as one of north London's very best sporting facilities. It's great to see GLL's continued investment in Islington – our residents deserve nothing less."
For more information on the tennis programme at Islington Tennis Centre & Gym, click here.


text:
.epoch. luci bandeau. suicide dollz Beusy: Mala Hair + Visor / Fatpack little bones. Tonic – The Dark Revoul.January'18 Group Gifts! SPIRIT – Joy outfit @ Collabor88 .:villena:. – Fishnet [BeeJay] Love Me Tattoo @ Commotion Event [BeeJay]Heart Blush @ Commotion Event Junk Food – Salty AF Salt Cannister
How Many Fingers?
DOUX – Brandie hairstyle @ Equal 10 .BF. Gloria Short Jeans 01 @ Belle `M.BIRDIE / Bomia look. hair band Bracelet Set3 @ Kustom9 [:: JesyDream ::] Kawaii Blush Set A @ Fluffy Kawaii Event PINKI. Hearty Eyebrows [catwa] ^^Swallow^^ Kawaii Ears Gaia – Rainbow Bralette PINK Kokoro Poses – Nora Fatpack @ Girlpower
No Chicken for you!
.epoch. mae jumpsuit. pink. @ Suicide Dollz Junk Food – TFC Chicken Buckets @ Mainstore for Saturday Sale 75L ^^Swallow^^ Princess Bento Rings Cae :: Babygirl :: Collar [bagged] friday – Sweetie Socks (Cream Cat Pack) *PROMAGIC* Rae-Armbands-10 bonbon – jade hair [pack A] .:nuance:. // Miao Backpack (Pink) {Sakura} Moon Bindi PINKI. Hearty Eyebrows… Continue reading No Chicken for you!
I Will Walk 500 Miles!
Waiting for the lights to cross this path to start my journey to be with you… I have many miles to walk but I will be that women to walk that 500 miles to be with you… Worth every mile to feel your arms around me boy… FNH & Endless Pain presents Sexy Traffic Lights… Continue reading I Will Walk 500 Miles!
Which Path To Take?
Sometimes I wonder if I go the Right path…. There is always so much beauty in something New it's exciting until the color fades… What If I went and stayed on the same path would I have been happy ? So many Doubts of way I have lived my life and now I stand in… Continue reading Which Path To Take?
♥ Bad Habit ♥
Baby got our head down Baby trying to stand down in the crowd Looking for a stranger Looking for a stranger to love You got to dot your I's and cross your t's You gotta let go, come with me Looking for a stranger Looking for a stranger to love You say you want it,… Continue reading ♥ Bad Habit ♥


text:
Instead of continually casting aspersions on each other, I would like the people of both political parties in this country consider for a moment the people of Venezuela.
We still have water coming out of our taps and bread of all kinds in our supermarkets. Our electricity is reliable. There is fuel at our gas stations, and we are allowed to get on our soapbox and criticize the government without worrying about imprisonment. We should thank the good Lord that we were blessed to be born in the United States of America.
Joyce Shinn
South Dennis


text:
I can't believe you made that purse my dear! Yes, it will be the most repeated sentence by your friends. What you should know it's not so advanced and may be done by mostly every crochet lover. Below are the links to the pattern and project.
Crochet → Bag, Tote | size: small and large | Written | US Terms | Level: beginner yarn: Super bulky/size 6 yarn hook: 9 mm (M) materials: scissors Author: By GingerKnot
The full printable pattern is here. The full ads free version is on this website. Join our facebook group to get advice or to share your work.


text:
783 North Bridge Road
Singapore 198751
12:00pm - 11:00pm
Still one of the places with the best burgers - although the waiting time was unusually long that day, our patience paid off as we were greeted by this wonderful Cheese and Whiskers ($18.90 1 for 1 with #burpplebeyond). The brioche bun had the satisfying crispy exterior, the thick cheese layer although not stringy, had the deep salty milky taste and the patty was so tender. The sauce in the burger wonderfully completed the experience!
The fries are worth a mention; so satisfying crispy and fluffy even when it's cold!
Really juicy beef patty complemented by the delectable onion jam. An instant midday mood-lifter :) I ordered directly at the shop and managed to get my food within 20 min, which is quite fast considering the number of orders they probably get through food delivery apps!!
Working Title has been on my radar for quite some time but I don't know why I never bothered trying their burgers before, and I'm pretty damn pissed with myself for not trying them earlier. Finally got the push I needed to head down and get my hands on one of these masterpieces because I saw that they were on Burpple Beyond and let me tell you this, if I try something on Burpple Beyond and after that say that I would pay full price for it, you know this shit be banging. Was skeptical about the duck burger but decided to YOLO and give it a go and hot damn it was a good YOLO. Idk what they did with the duck but the marinade was on point and it was wedged between two ultra crisp and fragrant charcoal buns that didn't lose their texture even after I spent a solid 15 minutes snapping photos of my food (what a insta hoe I am). The fries just sealed the damn deal for me. They were THICCCCC and outrageously crispy yet the potato insides were oh-so-soft and fluffy, UGH. Will be back. I miss their burgers already.
Very very indulgent burger with triple of cheese mixes - mozzarella, cheddar and provolone. The patty was served medium- slightly charred and very juicy within. Brioche was lightly toasted and glazed with sour ranch sauce, dabbed with pickled red onion 🧅 (a v.much more palatable way for onions on the tongue!) The burg was truly an indulgent treat, and definitely paired more sinfully with very very very crispy thick-cut fries. I'm not a fries-lover but I couldn't help but munch on the crispy-outside-fluffy-inside potatoes 🥔
Honestly, one of my most favourite places to get my burger fix. The Baconator ($17.90 1 for 1 with #burpplebeyond) is a fail-safe option with a really juicy patty and crispy turkey bacon. The sauce within the burger is superb as well!
For the cheese lovers, you have to get the Cheese & Whiskers ($17.90 1 for 1 with #burpplebeyond) as it comes with a thick slab of melted cheese that is definitely enough to satisfy your cravings.
Both burgers come with buttered brioche bun that is beautifully toasted. The fries are really good as well. With their wonderful service and sick music vibes, this place is perfect for date night or a simple gathering! Well done @workingtitlesg !
Signature ☕ ($6.50++)
Aromatic coffee beans infused with velvety bandung (milk?) Definitely a laudable execution of floral-y coffee, with just the perfect ratio of bandung vs caffeine such that neither overpowered the other.


text:
The original photo and the final print on red. Allan experimented with different backgrounds.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Allan's Ice Cream Print
Screenprint Society regular Allan Akman has finished a 14 color screenprint masterpiece at Pyramid. Using Photoshop to separate the colors on a family photo, Allan has perfected his registration and halftone technique. This image pictures his 2 sons and is titled "Brothers". Well done, Allan!
Posted by Marty Ittner at 5:17 PM
Labels: Screenprint
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Raise your hand if you like doing "core exercises"! Anyone!? How about "back strengthening exercises"? Not me. Well, if you don't want to be one of the estimated 31 million low back pain sufferers in America, then, you better suck it up, get a resistance band, and do these exercises.
Ambler, PA Lic. Massage Therapist, Derek MacMahon, shares the most common conditions he treats with his In-Home Massage service.
Arthritis, Low Back Pain, Sciatica...go to http://www.relaxngomassage.com/in-home-massage.html to see other conditions treated.
Still wondering if therapeutic massage in your home is right for you?
Call (215)326-9352 or go to www.relaxngomassage.com
Therapeutic massage can be an effective treatment for chronic or sub-acute low back pain.
Ever wonder how a massage therapist treats low back pain?
In this short video, Lic. Massage Therapist-Derek MacMahon explains how he approaches low back pain.
1. Assess "tight" or painful areas through visual and tactile assessment.
2. Restore muscular function by "un-glue-ing" underlying restrictions and "re-setting" the nerve/muscle signal to reduce muscle spasms.
3. Complete the treatment by addressing the muscles that aid the low back. These include the gluteals, hamstrings, quads, & psoas.
To schedule an in-home massage with Derek call or go to our website.
(215)326-9352 www.relaxngomassage.com
The following excerpt was taken from David Palmer's "21st Century Workplace Seated Massage."
The revolution
The future of workplace massage is tied to the economics of health care policy. At long last, corporate, governmental and academic policy makers have come to the conclusion that a health care system whose primary focus is sickness care is doomed to bankruptcy. They have concluded the ultimate foundation of an economically viable health care system has to be prevention and wellness.
This radical paradigm shift is stamped indelibly into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. While the media and partisan politicians were obsessing about the constitutionality of ObamaCare and its new framework for financing health care, mostly overlooked was the fact that the 954-page ACA legislation specifically "directs the creation of a national prevention and health promotion strategy."
The law created the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council(National Prevention Council), composed of the heads of 17 Federal agencies and chaired by the Surgeon General. This high-level federal action group works closely with a 25-member Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health, also mandated in the legislation. Both of these groups are developing plans and recommendations that will impact every strata of society, including workplace wellness.
It's easy to forget proper ergonomics when using a laptop. Follow these tips to avoid eyestrain, tension headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, and upper/lower back pain.
April 2013


text:
ARRL June VHF Contest is June 8-9th + Links to Other VHF/UHF Contest Posts
7:15am Monday
Again, Happy Memorial Day.
Want to get the Contest info front and center this morning. *You are free to take any/all of this info and share it with your ham clubs, and ham buddies.*
The ARRL June VHF Contest starts at 1pm central time on Sat., June 8th and runs 33 hours until 10pm on Sun., June 9th. http://www.arrl.org/june-vhf This contest has evolved into easily the most active and well-attended V/UHF contest. The reason is that 6m is often open to many parts of the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean in May, June and July.
I made a number of contester-friendly posts several weeks ago. Let's recap.
**The VHF/UHF summer contest calendar is here: http://kc9bqa.com/?p=7034 **
Everything you need is there, plus some of my personal observations about the ins and outs of each contest. Take that summer V/U contest calendar, print it out and set aside some time for you and your ham buddies to have fun on the weak-signal portions of bands like 50, 144, 222 and 432 MHz. There is guaranteed activity on contest weekends, and we always need new signals.
Why get on for the V/UHF contests? Here's two posts that explain why.
1) http://kc9bqa.com/?p=7050 Talks about exciting new categories that ARRL has created in V/UHF contests. These are user-friendly categories that every ham should know about. Do yourself, and your ham friends a favor. Tell them about the new 3-band and FM-only categories. Spreading the word to Joe Q. Hams everywhere about these new categories will attract a lot of new signals to VHF/UHF contests.
2) http://kc9bqa.com/?p=7035 Talks about how we need more V/UHF contesters in general, and especially why we need more rovers (rovers are stations that operate mobile, traveling in different grid squares, making themselves a desirable target for fixed stations and other rovers in the V/U contests.) Often times, rovers have poor home QTH's, or antenna restrictions. So they take their radio show on the road, where they can go where they choose and operate how they want.
If you know very little about V/UHF contesting, don't worry. I was in the same boat 10 years ago. What I can offer is my 8-part series of articles called VHF Contesting School. I will make a separate post about those articles very shortly. The direct link to the VHF Contesting School articles is http://kc9bqa.com/?p=5931


text:
Beginners Guide to Skiing
Welcome to our Beginner's Ski Guide. Since you're here, it's probably safe to bet that you're thinking of braving the slopes for the first time. Naturally, there's a lot to think about, and this Beginner's Ski Guide is designed to help you through those nervous few steps.
Preparation is the key
It does help if you prepare for your skiing holiday by taking some exercise, as you will discover some muscles that you never knew you had. Doing some squats everyday can help to tone up the thigh muscles and will help to ease the strain placed on these muscles during your first few days on the slopes. As a beginner, you are unlikely to be giving yourself a total body workout; however, things will be so much easier if you're in good shape.
It may be worthwhile getting a head-start on your peers by taking some lessons at an indoor ski slope. There are a few indoor real-snow ski slopes in the UK, and plenty of outdoor dry slopes which will exercise the same muscles that you use during skiing on snow.
Practice makes perfect
Like most things, the more practice you put in, the more rewards you reap. It is also a lot safer than many people think. So long as you stick to the marked pistes and follow your instructor's advice, it is easy to reach a good balance between safety and exhilaration.


text:
20km River Ride
Our 20km River Ride explores the heart of cycling in Sydney. You'll learn about some fantastic cycle paths to take your family and friends on all year round. Not to mention an action packed finish festival in Olympic Park, showcasing some of cycling's greats.
Ride Facts
• Distance: 20km
• Average Speed: 10-20kms per hour
• Start Time: 8:00am
• Start Location: Cathy Freeman Park, Sydney Olympic Park
• Finish Location: Cathy Freeman Park, Sydney Olympic Park
• Entry Fees: Please visit our ride prices page here to access ride pricing.
• Age restriction: Children are allowed to ride on a parents bicycle in this ride (children under 10 years must ride on a parents bike). Children who wish to ride independently on their own bicycle must be 10 years or older, children 15 years or younger on the day of the ride must be accompanied by an adult.
Cut-off times
If you have not passed these points within the specified time, you will not be able to complete the ride under event conditions. The cut-off times are as follows:
• Meadow Bank – 11:00am
• Cathy Freeman Park – 1:00pm
Each ride is equipped with Route Marshal Volunteers, Ride Crew Bicycle Mechanics, a Sweep/Support Bus, Police, Qualified Traffic Controllers, First Aid Response Teams and a Last Rider to assist you throughout the ride.
Route Map
Rest Stops
There is one rest stop along the route. This stop will be equipped with water and toilets. Most venues have first aid and some of the venues will also have bike mechanics and food.
|From Start
|From Finish
|Venue Open
|Venue Close
|Start Venue
|Cathy Freeman Park (Sydney Olympic Park)
|Rest Stop
|Meadowbank Park (Meadowbank)
|Finish Venue
|Cathy Freeman Park (Sydney Olympic Park)


text:
Hands-on Class: Learn the secrets to creating sharp, professional business slides. Live instructor. Interactive, private class.
Your next presentation could look a lot better if you knew the secrets to slide design. Elegant design is not about cramming content onto a slide. To make the best slides, you must learn to remove, not add. You will learn what to subtract without making boring slides. The class is taught by a live instructor using our online classroom. You are free to interact and ask questions. We start with 5 typical unformatted slides and re-work them into a sharp, clear business presentation. You'll learn the techniques to create far better slides and save time doing it. Give me 2 hours and you'll get back many weekends in the future! Your satisfaction is guaranteed. Nights, weekend times available.
Let's talk about a private class for you!
I will contact you to answer your questions. You are not obligated to enroll but by sending this form you will be entitled to a special discount of $50! Regular course cost is $149. We have evening and weekend times available. Group discounts too! Why Not Grab the Discount?
** You won't be hounded by sales calls. I will contact you to arrange a time to answer your questions. There is NO OBLIGATION to enroll by submitting this form.
You are welcome to call: (530) 467-5690


text:
According to Google Support, one must use application preferences and sign out from the first Google Drive account before using another. But now, with the help of MultCloud, you can use multiple Google Drive accounts on one computer without switching!
Scheduled task is available under "Transfer" tab where enables you to do Google Drive offline sync too. By the way, Google Chrome users are highly recommended to install the extension of MultCloud so that you're not only capable of using multiple Google Drive accounts at the same time but also transferring/syncing/moving files between Google Drive and other clouds directly from the page of your Google Drive official site.


text:
Newton's End brings back Justice
BiG Government ministers are making final plans for the first execution in over half a century. They are due to agree a list of victims by midnight tonight.
In the Death Penalty Act 2024, a range of crimes are punishable by death. These include murder, paedophilia, treason, people trafficking, remigration and espionage.
The executions are due to take place in public. A lottery for 6,000 spectator tickets has been massively oversubscribed. Winners of the lottery are due to be informed by etext this weekend.
The execution will be broadcast live on NBBC.
In England, the last execution took place at Strangeways Prison in Manchester on 13th August 1964. Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans were sentenced to death for the murder of John West.


text:
The former boss of Solihull Hospital launched a withering attack on a heath watchdog as he quit his job.
Dr Mark Newbold implied he had been undermined by Monitor as he stepped down as chief executive of the NHS trust which runs the site.
The health regulator had earlier slammed a "clear failure in leadership" at Heart of England Foundation Trust amid a crisis in patient waiting times and overcrowding.
In a blog, Dr Newbold said: "Monitor issues a press release to accompany new enforcement actions. It was hard hitting – words can be so powerful and seeing it in black and white was very stark.
"Such language is undermining to leaders, and I wondered if this was the intention.
"I do not question the action taken, but by utilising a critical style of communication, which implies the leadership might only do the right thing if forced to do so, we risk framing the inability to achieve targets as a behavioural issue."
Dr Newbold also spoke of his "regret" at failing to overcome overcrowding problems at the Trust's hospitals – Solihull, Heartlands and Good Hope.
He said: "Overcrowding is the singular problem that HEFT has, and I regret that I have not managed to solve this on a sustained basis.
"A chief executive has to know when the time is right to pass the baton on, and I believe that time is now.
"The teams and the staff in HEFT are excellent and committed, and I have no doubt that they will come
"I feel it is time for me to step down. I will no doubt reflect on events more deeply in the future.
"I have very much enjoyed my time at Heart of England. I have been totally committed to the role for over four years now, and I am proud that we have brought about many changes.
"I am particularly pleased with the progress we have made on openness and a transparent way of operating."
A Monitor spokesman said: "There are a range of regulatory tools at our disposal to make sure that services work in the best interests of patients.
"We only take the most robust action available to us after careful consideration and when there are significant and long-standing problems in performance and leadership.
"We work hard to support leaders around the NHS as they try to make improvements on behalf of their patients. However, we will take action when these improvements are not made quickly enough."


text:
Class Size: 25
Compare offerings and share your lists with others.
Taught by
Are you a devoted reader? Are you ready for a worthy challenge? The central aim of this course is to provide students with the time, space, resources, and faculty and peer support that they need to develop a thorough and nuanced understanding of one of the great works of nineteenth-century American literature--Herman Melville's Moby Dick . We will give over the entire quarter to this central text, supplementing it with critical and biographical materials and with illustrative shorter works by Melville and his contemporaries. In particular, we will read aloud as much of this mighty work as we can manage, doing the fine-grain study necessary to bring the story to life with genuine comprehension and conviction. Our work will include writing assignments appropriate to this aim, and will culminate in a class reading of key portions of the novel. Students should expect a demanding and engaging class that keeps them on their toes.
This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:
Humanities, literature, education
Credits per quarter
This program is designed for juniors and seniors with previous studies in literature and with strong reading, writing, and communication skills.
- Complete Online Learning - This offering delivers all of its instruction online.
Class Size: 25
Scheduled for: Evening
Final schedule and room assignments:
First meeting:Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 6:00 pm
Located in: Olympia
|This course is now available to junior level students (was senior level only)


text:
|Course no. :
|ECTS credits:
|Dipl.-Ing. K. Struß
|winter term summer term
|Course type:
|Lecture/practical exercises
|Exam type:
|Compiling and docum. of computer programmes
|Exam requirements:
|Basic knowledge of simulating elctronic circuits. Profound knwowledge of electronic components characteristics, development of electronic circuits, printed circuit board design and manufacturing.
|After successful participation in the course, the students have practical experience in the development of an electronic circuit. They are able to choose suitable electronic components for the construction of a printed circuit board and finally to realize them. The students can document the functional idea, the development process as well as the function check of the printed circuit board.
|Course contents:
|Exposition of possibilities to realize an elctronic circuit, based on a functional conception. Simulation of functional circuit groups. Selection of suitable components, accomodation of the circuit, development of a printed circuit board based on EMC-, manufacturing-,mounting- and cost- viewpoints.
|Leiterplattenentwurf, Michael Rose, Verlag: Hüthig (1992)ISBN-10: 3778521411
|available in modul:
|technical compulsory elective bachelor in semester 6


text:
Want to know how your web hosting server stacks up?
We'll test your web hosting account and compare it with other accounts we track. Your web hosting account could be costing you in your google rankings.
To test your server,
We'll run several tests for you measuring the server on which your website sits. If it's slow, it's a good indication that it's time to change web hosts.
Click here for an explaination of the tests that we do.
Download Client Script and Upload it to your Server.
Once uploaded, visit the [YOUR WEBSITE ADDRESS]/wh/client/index.php and hit the button "Start Benchmarking"
Wait until it finishes performing all the tasks.
For more installation instructions,
watch the video on the right.
You can view your result and other hosting sites here at: http://webhostingspeedtest.com/webhostingspeedtest.com


text:
Medieval Falconry
Hawking or Falconry was an expensive and extremely popular sport in medieval times. The birds were a substantial investment that made it a sport for the rich only. The care, feeding and training of the birds was also expensive. Special rooms (mews) were often built to house the birds and on occasion the birds would share the falconer's rooms.
The birds would rest on perches with jesses (leather or silk) attached to their feet via a varvel (swivel) and leash, which was tied by a falconer's knot to a ring on the perch. A hood was placed over the head of the bird (hoodwinked) to keep it calm. When the bird was being carried on the hand, a thick leather glove was worn to protect the hands from the bird's talons.
Falcons were trained for hunting on the wing, their prey being birds. The Hawks would fly from the fist, their prey being hares and rabbits etc. This would be carried out either on foot or horseback. The sight of a falconer with a bird on his hand on horseback would have been a great sight.
There were severe penalties associated with Falconry. A fine of £10 (a country labourers wage for nearly two years) was imposed on anyone who took any hawk or drove it from its nest. For taking hawks eggs, the penalty was imprisonment for a year and a day and a fine at the King's will.
What you will see at Ancient Oak Medieval Fayre is Falconry at it best. Marvel at the birds as they perform spectacular feats in front of your eyes. See the Falcon stoop from several hundred feet and try to catch the lure, watch the Kite twist and turn on a sixpence and try to hear the silent flight of the Owl. Marvel at the Regal Eagle in his splendour. Come to the medieval market, where you can talk to the Falconers and see the birds in their Mews.


text:
High advanced plated technology makes this touch screen perfect fit for your device. With top quality material, it provides high sensitivity as well as practical applicability.Moreover, this screen touches smooth and glossy for your convenient use. Featured with easy installation, it allows you to replace the old one with this item easily and quickly. High quality screen for Apple Watch 42mm 2. Also cure display problems, dead pixels, cracked screen, and wrong color issues 5. Quality controlled and tested, 100% working good 6. Featured with high sensitivity, durable performance, easy installation and practical applicability 7. It is used to repair and replace your wrong, cracked, damaged, faulty, shattered screen. Dimensions: (1.54 x 1.30 x 0.12) / (3.9 x 3.3 x 0.3)cm (L x W x H) 3. Weight: 0.21oz / 6g 4. Compatible with: Apple Watch 42mm. Package Includes: 1 x LCD Screen / Touch Screen. Due to the complexity of iPhone structures, suggest you that seek the professional for dismantling your iPhone, otherwise it may be easy broken 2.
The winding displacement can't be soldered 3. International Buyers - Please Note: a.
If the item can't work fine, please check twice to confirm that the item is defective and contact our customer service representative asap, let us know the Detailed Problem , we will do our best to serve you. You brought wrong size or wrong item. We only accept the original package.Please make sure the item have NO man-made sabotage. Guaranteed to NOT be DOA and 100% working. PLS DO NOTE WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IF PROBLEM EXCEED OF THIS TIME LIMITE. PLEASE LET US KNOW AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT before you leave feedback.
All payments must go through our checkout. Echeck is held up to 4 days. Payments are expected within 4 days. We aim to make it an ideal market for all the people, give them the best shopping experience. Find your product, find your happiness here.Work Time:Monday to Saturday. The item "Repair Part LCD Display Touch Screen Digitizer Assembly for Apple watch 1st 42mm" is in sale since Tuesday, July 04, 2017. This item is in the category "Cell Phones & Accessories\Cell Phone & Smartphone Parts". The seller is "ubuycoverstore" and is located in North Brunswick, New Jersey.
This item can be shipped worldwide.


text:
(CNN) — Texas billionaire Allen Stanford was taken into custody Thursday night on a fraud-related charge in Stafford, Virginia, the FBI said.
FBI Supervisory Special Agent M.A. Myers would not provide further details on Stanford's arrest, but his attorney, Dick DeGuerin, told CNN that Stanford had surrendered to agents.
Stanford, accused of a $9.2 billion fraud by U.S. regulators, denied all wrongdoing in a tearful interview in April during which he threatened to punch his questioner in the mouth.


text:
We are all dealing with the fight/flight /freeze pattern to some extent every day. Whether it comes from deadlines, traffic, noisy neighbors or from internal expectations of perfection, this contractive pattern is human. If we can bring our habitual reaction … Continue reading
Tag Archives: head
Driving across the country has given me plenty of time to explore postural balance while in the car. I invite you to try a few simple things the next time you are driving. But first, check that you make a … Continue reading
Take a moment to pick up and look at your phone. Notice what you did with your head, face, neck, shoulders. No judgment, just awareness. Put it down, and this time, as you pick it up, think of letting your … Continue reading
A gentle balance of your head on top of your spine can be an ongoing practice anywhere, anytime. A gentle balance suggests that it is not necessary to hold the head in position with neck muscles. The skull is meant … Continue reading


text:
Title: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Author: Jonathan Safran Foer
Genre: Contemporary, Fiction
First published: April 4th 2005
Finished reading: June 16th 2014
Pages: 326
"I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What's so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What's so great about feeling and dreaming?"
Various people have recommended Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close to me over the past few months, and I'm glad I finally decided to give it a go. Some may not appreciate the way Jonathan Safran Foer told this story of a young boy and a grandfather both trying to coope with a traumatic event and a terrible loss. But for me the way we see the world through the eyes of the curious boy slash inventor slash detective is endearing. And although you might think it's hard to feel symphathy for the 'speechless' grandfather, I couldn't help feeling sorry for him. A great read and definitely recommended if you don't mind entering the mind of a confused but brilliant and curious kid. I'll be reading more from Jonathan Safran Foer in the future for sure!
I'll make the summary short since it's hard to explain the book without revealing too much… The main character Oskar is a young boy trying to grow up, confused about a lot of things in life and wanting to understand everything. He asks a million questions per day and is always inventing things in his mind just to try and make the world a better place. But one day his world collapses as his father dies during the 9/11 attack… Oskar seems unable to coope with his feelings, or what he calls heavy boots, and both his mother and grandmother fail in consoling him the way he needs. One day his eyes fix on a blue vase and when he breaks by accident, he discovers an envelope with Black written on it by his father. Inside he finds a key, but no clue as to what it opens. Oskar decides to go on a quest to find out more about the key, planning to visit every single person with the last name Black in NYC. He doesn't want to accept his father is really gone, and thinks the person that knows more about the key might give him a better explanation of what really happened to his dad…
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is also about man called Thomas Schnell, who we follow in Dresden and later in New York. A man who had lost the ones he loved during the bombings in Dresden in 1945, and from then on was afraid to love or be loved. And he became a man who was slowly losing his speech. Soon Thomas can only communicate with others through his written words, and fills books and books with words and feelings used in daily life. He is the man that would be the grandfather of Oskar, but also the man that would disappear before Oskar's father would be born… And the man that has YES and NO tatooed on his left and right hand, even though life itself isn't that simple.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is not the typical book, but it is without doubt worth reading. I myself loved the prose Safran Foer used to describe both Oskar and his grandfather, and Oskar's search for more information about his father is endearing. Interesting read!


text:
Yana Dianova is the Director of Corporate and Commercial Law Department in our Moscow office. Prior to joining GRATA International Law Firm, Ms Dianova was an associate at Squire Sanders international law firm's Moscow office, an associate at the Tax and Legal Department of Mazars and an in-house counsel at Nissan Motor Rus.
Ms Dianova graduated from the International Law faculty of the Moscow State Institute of the International Relations (University) with the specialism in Law degree and received an MBA degree in Management and Business Law from the Moscow International Higher School of Business (MIRBIS) as well as LL.M Corporate Finance Law degree from the University of Westminster. She is admitted to practice in Russia from 2002.
- Antitrust Law;
- Commercial Law;
- Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions;
- Regulation of medicines and medical devices circulation.
Practice Focus:
- Industry and Trade;
- Banking and Finance.
- «Distribution Agreement: Antitrust Restrictions» («Corporate Lawyer», №10, 2015).
- «Fourth antimonopoly package»: Major changes in Russian antitrust laws (GRATA International, 2015).
- "Parallel Import Remedies: Russia and Kazakhstan" ("Corporate Lawyer" №5, 2015).
- «Corporate Agreement: Reload» («Corporate Lawyer», №1 2015).
- «Shareholders Consider Appointing Several Directors: What Amendments Need to Be Made in the Charter and the USRLE» («Company Lawyer», №10, 2014).
- «What the Corporate Veil Conceals.» («Corporate Lawyer», №2 2014).
- «International Agency and Distribution Law» (chapter on Russia), 2d edition, Juris Publishing, 2013.
- «What is New in Antimonopoly Law?» («Aktsionerniy Vestnik», № 5 (93) 2012).
- «Pledged Shares: the Procedure for Foreclosure and Sale» («Aktsionerniy Vestnik», № 1-2 (71), No. 3 (72) 2010).
- «Debt for Equity Swap: Is the Problem Solved?» («Aktsionerniy Vestnik», № 5 (74) 2010).
- «JSCs Net Assets: New Regulatory Aspects» («Mergers&Acquisitions», No. 5 (87) 2010).
- «On-going Construction as a Charter Capital Contribution» («Commercial Real Estate», № 23 (129)).
- Russian
- English
- French


text: Encyclopedia Dramatica, a bizarro-world Wikipedia that aims to amuse and offend, has few peers in the internet outrage game. With almost nothing off-limits, the content runs from parody to ax-grinding, and anyone can join in. No surprise, then, that it's at the top of authoritarian governments' censorship hit lists: accused of being a laundering shop for libel, racism, homophobia and other shitcockery, its moderator explains the idea. Says owner Joseph Evers: "Here's to the hidden costs of freedom." [Ninemsn. Thanks, Weev]


text:
If, like any Mom in the world, you shop both for personal items and for your family's groceries, you may be overwhelmed thinking that zero-waste shopping hasn't quite made it to Philippine shores just yet.
According to the web, the definition of Zero-waste;
It is the conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of all products, packaging, and materials, without burning them, and without discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.
Simply put, it is purchasing goods with no packaging whatsoever. The good news is that it has found its way to our shores and although you can count on one hand the small boutique-like stores that offer a zero-waste shopping experience, you can still adopt the zero-waste principle on your own and yes, even in the big supermarket chains all over the country.
While it's best to start out with this as a goal than a definite target, its a start to reducing the gargantuan piles of waste that seem to be everywhere, especially in our country that is so fond of purchasing things in sachets, plastic or in small packaging.
While we don't expect you to go Zero-waste in one-go, here are three ways to begin the journey simply.
(Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/g917EoHF-Ls)
First of all, BYOB. Short for, Bring Your Own Bags.
In cities where plastic is no longer allowed, many shoppers do bring their own bags but take it a step further and don't buy fruits or vegetables that are packaged in plastic. Many supermarkets have already weighed and priced produce for your shopping convenience but this involves plastic which has no place in zero-waste. Bringing your own net bags which you can fill with the produce you need and have weighed and priced at the counter shouldn't be a problem. I have learned that if you tell the staff your preference, they usually oblige rather than tell you, it's not allowed by management.
Buying produce in the market is actually going closer to the source as markets are where farmers unload their fruits and veggies so you're not only getting fresher veggies, you are also getting it cheaper than in supermarkets.
While the local market tinderas pop out those plastic bags like they're racing to finish a hundred bags per hour, all you have to do is show them you have your own bag and tell them firmly that you don't want plastic, and they'll more often than not follow your wishes. Don't be shy. Remember, when you're paying, it is your wishes that should be followed also known as "the customer is always right" and in this case, you most definitely are!
(Source: https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/vegetable-health-macro-meal-background_1174483.htm)
Secondly, BIB. Buy in Bulk.
Buying products in big containers reduces the amount of waste you produce when you buy in small quantities. This is good for products like cooking oil, spices such as salt and pepper, dishwashing soap, detergent, flavouring like soy sauce and vinegar and many other products that you need for your home. Buying in bulk also comes out cheaper in the long run.
Bulk containers like for cooking oil or soy sauce may be sold to junk shops to be recycled. Just make sure to rinse them out before bringing them to be recycled to reduce cockroaches and other insects and to maintain cleanliness.
Finally, IYHPEI! A rather long acronym for: If You Have Plastic, Ecobrick It!
Ecobricks are great ways to make use of the plastic that still somehow end up in your home despite your zero-waste shopping advocacy. If you're not familiar with what an ecobrick is, these are plastic bottles, usually the 1.5L PET soda bottles that are densely packed with clean, dry plastic that you usually find in your home. Aside from plastic bags and packaging, other non-biodegradable materials such as medicine foil, straws from single serve tetra bricks, instant noodles and soup packaging, plastic candy wrappers, washed and dried cling wrap and foil juice containers that are rinsed, dried and cut into bits, can be used to pack ecobricks till they reach their desired weight.
Making eco bricks can be a relaxing activity that may reduce stress due to the repetitive and creative process involved while at the same time providing a purpose for the plastic that finds its way into your home. Ecobricks are used to make furniture, garden spaces and per the ecobrick information online, full-scale buildings such as schools and houses.
So as 2019 progresses, Nature to Nurture hopes that your Zero-waste shopping advocacy starts off right! Our products are sold in big sizes to minimize waste and maximize savings! We also proudly announce our Bottle and Dish Wash Refilling Station which is located in The Parenting Emporium. BYOB not only for Bring Your Own Bag but Bring Your Own Bottle, too! Find them on Instagram at @theparentingemporium
Check out our products here.


text:
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a leading cause of disability in South Pacific regions, where >96% of the 1.7 million population are at risk of LF infection. As part of current global campaign, mass drug administration (MDA) has effectively reduced lymphatic filiariasis prevalence, but mosquito vector biology can complicate the MDA strategy. In some regions, there is evidence that the goal of LF elimination cannot be attained via MDA alone. Obligate vector mosquitoes provide additional targets for breaking the LF transmission cycle, but existing methods are ineffective for controlling the primary vector throughout much of the South Pacific, Aedes polynesiensis.
METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here we demonstrate that interspecific hybridization and introgression results in an A. polynesiensis strain ('CP' strain) that is stably infected with the endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria from Aedes riversi. The CP strain is bi-directionally incompatible with naturally infected mosquitoes, resulting in female sterility. Laboratory assays demonstrate that CP males are equally competitive, resulting in population elimination when CP males are introduced into wild type A. polynesiensis populations.
CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The findings demonstrate strategy feasibility and encourage field tests of the vector elimination strategy as a supplement to ongoing MDA efforts.
Document Type
Publication Date
Notes/Citation Information
Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, v. 2, issue. 1, e129.
© 2008 Brelsfoard et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Repository Citation
Brelsfoard, Corey L.; Séchan, Yves; and Dobson, Stephen L., "Interspecific Hybridization Yields Strategy for South Pacific Filariasis Vector Elimination" (2008). Entomology Faculty Publications. 58.
Abstract translated into French.
Alternative_Language_Abstract_S2.doc (23 kB)
Abstract translated into Spanish.


text:
How To : Format your desktop or laptop computer with Windows XP Professional
You love your PC, and heck, it probably loves you too. But sometimes, your drive can become infested with virus', spyware, adware, and all sorts of other nasty stuff. When an anti-virus program just is not enough, it's time to reformat. In this great, two-part video, you will ...more


text:
What exactly is the most effective format to put in writing an essay paper?
The Buy Essays Cheap Stories
You could be among many who read this type experiments. An essay is actually just a bit of writing on a theme that is specific. It's your essay.
Thus, the optimal/optimally method will be to purchase habit dissertation online from custom dissertation writing solutions. What's more, our authors utilize important citation fashions plus they conscious of their most recent innovations inside them. They secure university aid that was perhaps not just, we're engaged in supplying text onto a needed theme.
It's likely to pay a visit to our site in order to find out more. Read our site for the service you need and put your purchase. Additionally they also permit special discounts on some sorts of orders on acquiring your paper professionally finished and you may possibly save money.
Inexpensive Research PaperChoosing The Right Service Perhaps you're looking at it or you could be asked around doing it to create. In the event you've built the choice expect us together with all the work, and you're going to be right back to get more! You could as well just forget about the notion of a suitable night's sleep the day, After you grow to be a college scholar you get your acceptance message.
To obtain informative article is just a excellent wayout. College essay on the internet is the approach to really have a high-value essay with work. You might purchase essay cheap on sell In the event you discover it is troublesome to compose your essay.
If you're a Ph.D. or a MA diploma congresoforense2018.jussantiago.gov.ar college student, then you find that dissertation-writing isn't an effortless job. Know if a summary is necessary and also it can be skipped. In a essay, the thesis ought to function as at the exact initial or second paragraph.
What You Don't Know About Buy Essays Cheap
Students ponder as there are a range of world wide web businesses which assert to furnish pupils with first-class essays that are excellent where to purchase essays of premium quality. You'll get the best Singapore assistance services that will be able to allow you to bring best grades. The collection of assignments allows you make sure and to get a decision.
When you give the authors theme or an buy they collect data in regards to the topic to keep top quality, along with a custom made research is done from professionals' group. There's even now a requirement that all is left up to snuff for example formatting If an individual makes the decision to receive essays. So, even when you'll need a tailored term paper, you are going to receive it ASAP!
Or you will need to demonstrate a locality quarterback's aspect. It's a superior idea to be aware you'll have the ability to conserve an outstanding deal of time once it has to do with purchasing your choice money at an identical time you acquire the essays' essays. The previous part must be a master piece.
As an example, if you will need to incorporate things such as a title of some disease and also're composing some essay that is medi cal that in Latin. The most vital difficulty in resumes will be phrases that are not difficult to google and that exactly the important terms Now. supmi.altervista.org Beating round the bush will give the audience a feeling of comprehension which you will possibly perhaps possibly not need grasped the authentic heart of this subject issue.
By writing specialists during the design of order positioning you will be surrounded, and once you choose to obtain informative article and select an writer, matters will soon get more exciting. Our authors follow with a methodology that's for obtaining the best possible results both practical and efficient. They rigorously follow your requirements to supply the very best outcome possible in the end.
So, the optimal/optimally method to flee by the job of producing the dissertation is to purchase habit dissertation on line in habit dissertation. Our writers work with all citation fashions and they're well conscious of their recent innovations inside them. Our expert writers possess in-depth comprehension of writing on almost any topic and so they'll handle projects like writing research, editing and proofreading as a way to produce certain the best value of our services.
So, re searching is just a quite important part of article writing. A essay arrangement oahu is the exact first thing you ought to look closely at. Once a paper is ordered by you, that you do have a sample, but could boost your educational producing talents.