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Ok, I know that I CAN'T be the only one!Nowadays, when I'm really in need for some "me" time, the first thing I think about is grabbing my Macbook and going online shopping!I know that not even a quarter of the clothes that I add to my cart will end up in my wardrobe,but that's ok!The therapeutic part of shopping online is actually seeing all those beautiful things and admire them while we're here thinking "Wow, I really wish I had an occasion to actually wear THAT dress!".
One of the last websites I've discovered is OkDress.uk.com, a website that sells many cheap prom dresses, wedding dresses or, in general, special occasion dresses!
You already know the drill: It's a website where you can shop by category, by color, by length or style of the dress!So it's very practical, easy and quick to use!But the thing I liked the most about it, was the fact that instead of putting pics of dresses on skinny fake mannequins, their pics show the dresses actually worn in real life by real women, of different sizes, heights and age!
I find this so cool!This "selfie"-like system makes you see how the clothes you buy really could look on you!That's so amazing, and it makes you save so much time trying to figure out how the fabric's gonna act on your skin, if the sequins are actually gonna shine, if the skirt will be following the movements of your body correctly….
So as usual here are some of my favorites from the website..Let's start with the Pink Prom Dresses, just because lately I'm in a "pink" phase in my life (No, I mean, really, all pink errrrrrrything!)
I'm serious, give me a blush.-tones skirts, a bustier full of sequins and the first thing that comes to my mind is Ted Baker! Look at this dress, doesn't it look like something you could've found at Selfridges for 100 times this price?
Same as before: beautiful dress, ridiculously low price!And look.at.that.back!Just amazing!
Can we talk about why they didn't use this dress for the Cinderella movie?It's too cute!
These dresses are so well-made and their style is so gorgeous that I could even appreciate this bright Yellow Prom Dress!
You know, I love me a sexy black dress…this one just slays! I'm really considering buying it!
I love two-pieces set, and this one is just gorgeous! I really do think that they just spice up your look and add "something new" to your style!
Perefction. There's no other way to describe this beautiful, delicate evening dress! See hoe it elongates your figure with grace, and makes you look skinnier and taller? Exactly what I look for in a dress.
Who could resist to this stunning piece worn by the queen Taylor Swift? It's just so elegantly balanced, with the golden sparkle of the sequins and that soft skirt….
And these were all my favorites from this website!
I really hope you liked my selection!Which one were your favorites??
Let me know in the comments down below!
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the claim
The Thank You Farmer Miracle Age Repair Toner claims to be a smooth, rich milky toner that combines the function of toner, serum and emulsion in one product. It boasts a concentrated texture for rich moisture and nourishment to bring radiance to rough, lifeless skin.
the science
Labelled as a brightening and anti-wrinkle treatment, there are certainly ingredients that bring these properties to the toner. None more so than Niacinamide (Vitamin B3). According to dermatologist Dr Sam Bunting, niacinamide boosts barrier function by increasing ceramide production. This improves water-retention, protects against environmental stressors and results in better overall skin structure. Anti-inflammatory properties make it effective against acne while its ability to inhibit melanin production also assist to create even skin tone.
There are several botanical extracts that offer a strong antioxidant boost to help protect the skin from environmental stressors and also contribute brightening and antiageing benefits. These include Black Hoof Mushroom, Purslane, Burdock Root, Kudzu Root, Peony Root, Licorice Root and Marsh Parsley Root extracts.
Argan oil contains unsaturated fatty acids and tocopherols to improve skin suppleness, softness and elasticity. It also regulates sebum production which can prevent acne breakouts. Antioxidant activity is delivered through the Vitamin E content in argan oil which assists to repair and renew cells that in turn can result in the fading of acne scars. Similarly, Squalane is a richly moisturizing anitoxidant with replenishing fatty acids.
Being an anti-ageing product, there are no surprises to find some key wrinkle fighting ingredients within the formulation. Adenosine is a yeast-derived soothing and skin-restoring agent with proven anti-wrinkle benefits due to its ability to energize the skin's surface to make it look smoother and younger. Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, also known as Matrixyl, a fatty acid mixed with amino acids manufactured by French lab Sederma, offers similar anti-wrinkle benefits.
Decreasing with age, both Cholesterol and Ceramide 3 are important for healthy barrier function. Helping to to retain moisture and shielding against bacteria and environmental pollutants, they protect against dryness, redness, itchiness and irritation.
Soothing effects are delivered through the anti-inflammatory properties of Aloe Leaf Juice, while humectants such as Glycerine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol and Betaine draw water from the atmosphere and help reduce hydration loss by reinforcing the skin's outer layer.
A good concentration of emollients are incorporated into the formulation to deliver skin replenishment. The main ones are Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride which is derived from coconut oil and glycerine and Dimethicone.
the ingredients
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Betaine, Dioscorea Japonica Root Extract, Phellinus Linteus (Black Hoof Mushroom) Extract, Arctium Lappa (Burdock) Root Extract, Piper Methysticum (Kava-Kava) Leaf/Root/Stem Extract, Portulaca Oleracea (Green Purslane) Extract, Pueraria Thunbergiana (Kudzu) Root Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Paeonia Lactiflora (Peony) Root Extract, Cnidium Officinale (Marsh Parsley) Root Extract, Soluble Collagen, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Squalane, 1,2-Hexanediol, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Polysorbate 60, Lauryl Glucoside, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Polyquaternium-51, Glycosyl Trehalose, Adenosine, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Raffinose, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Bisabolol, Lecithin, Panthenol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Sucrose Distearate, Ceramide 3, Folic Acid, Cholesterol, Tromethamine, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Fragrance, Phenoxyethanol
the packaging
The Thank You Farmer Miracle Age Repair Toner comes in a heavy, wine coloured glass bottle with plastic black pump dispenser and lid.
the analysis
Running the ingredients through the CosDNA and EWG databases, returns a mild hazard rating with most of the 49 ingredients returning zero warnings. As expected, the additions of fragrance and preservative raised warnings. The presence of Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLS) raises a warning flag due to its high sensitizing nature.
the application
Apply the Thank You Farmer Miracle Age Repair Toner with a cotton pad after cleansing, softly washing from the inside to the outside of your face. Press and tap the product into the skin. It can also be soaked into cotton mask pad and placed on the face for 5-10 minutes to deliver a masking effect for enhanced moisturisation.
the scent
The Thank You Farmer Miracle Repair Age Toner has a light floral scent, said to have jasmine and calendula undertones.
the cost
The Thank You Farmer Miracle Age Repair Toner has a recommended retail price of approximately USD$36.00.
the availability
The toner is available at Yes Style and iHerb.
the expiry
The product must be used within 12 months of opening.
the performance
First impressions are definitely positive, reinforced by a weighty and sophisticated glass bottle with typical minimalist Thank You Farmer labeling. The cap is removed to expose the hygienic application. The wine coloured frosted glass effectively protects the contents from light degradation while also allowing you to see the level of remaining product and the pump action minimises the possibility of air and contact contamination.
This toner has a light floral scent which is contributed by added fragrance. I am not an advocate for complicating a formulation with added components simply for the sake of enhancing scent however this is quite subtle and doesn't bother me. The toner is thicker than most, not watery in the slightest. It has a milky consistency and appearance. The rich viscosity feels quite luxurious on the skin. Although the instructions suggest cotton round application, I prefer to use the warmth of my hands to pat it in directly. It seeps into the surface effortlessly, very quickly absorbed without sticky or tacky residue. I use around 3 pumps per application to cover my face and neck.
Thank You Farmer have marketed this product as a three-in-one toner, serum and emulsion. To recap, a serum and emulsion are applied after cleansing to deliver concentrated ingredients directly into the skin to combat a specific skincare concern (in this case wrinkles) and light lotion-like moisturisation respectively.
Oddly enough, the Miracle Age Special Edition Set that I purchased, promotes the toner and emulsion as complementary treatments. Regardless, this review is an assessment of the toner only (the emulsion will have a dedicated post at a later date). Indeed, my skin does feel the effects of moisture and hydration when using this product but I saw no proof of it working effectively as an anti-ageing serum. My suspected reasons are included in the discussion below. Also, as it is quite thick and more complicated than most hydrating toners, I wouldn't recommend it layered in multiple skins. I don't believe it is a suitable option for 3, 5 or 7 skin methods.
After application, skin feels instantly refreshed and nourished, not unlike the feeling of a lotion on the face. Together with a moisturiser that follows, the hydrating benefits appear to last until the next application. My skin additionally feels smoother, soft and supple, results promoted by the inclusion of fatty acids, humectants and emollients in the formulation.
Few words are printed on the label but clearly pronounced are brightening and anti-wrinkle. The anti-wrinkle claim is a little difficult to justify as products really need to be applied over a long period to gauge their anti-ageing performance. The company states that this product actually improves wrinkles. I have been using the toner consistently, twice a day for approximately one month and failed to see any improvement. The key anti-wrinkle ingredients, adenosine and matrixyl, appear to be included at low concentrations which also makes me doubt their effectiveness. Similarly, cholesterol and ceramide 3 are also poorly represented so their contribution towards building a healthier skin barrier is also likely to be negligible. However, I don't question the antioxidant strength of this product which ensures protection against environmental factors that can lead to premature ageing. So as a minimum, I would say that this toner certainly provides preventative wrinkle effects however would have no effect on existing lines.
Brightening ingredients on the other hand appear to be included at effective levels from ingredients such as niacinamide and several botanical extracts. As I also use other brightening layers in my routines, it was difficult to attribute any such effect to this one product. The science certainly supports such results even though my trial was inconclusive.
the conclusion
The Thank You Farmer Miracle Age Repair Toner is a lovely product. It applies seamlessly and hydrates efficiently. It may satisfy the claim of toner-serum-emulsion function where only a light routine is needed, such as in the height of summer when multiple layers can be overly occlusive. However, I found it too light to effectively deliver on all three counts consistently.
Also, I think its ability to repair the skin through wrinkle softening and barrier strengthening is not convincing since the ingredients responsible for such behaviours are incorporated at such low concentrations. Perhaps a more accurate descriptor inspired by its antioxidant strength would be Protect rather than Repair.
So although no repairing effects were observed, it does provide good protection against premature ageing and a satisfying level of hydration.
the summary
|Elegant presentation
|Added fragrance
|Gentle and easily absorbed
|Only available online for Australian consumers
|Contributes lasting hydration
|Unconvincing wrinkle softening/reduction
|Very light all-in-one toner-serum-emulsion ideal for summer
|Suitable for all skin types
the references
Thank You Farmer website
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Paula's Choice Skincare Ingredient Dictionary
Dimethicone The Dermatology Review
Niacinamide: a dermatologist's guide Ayesha Muttucumaru
Betaine Truth In Aging
Mesima Mushroom Dr Craig Kraffert, Dermatologist
Burdock Root for Acne Susan Defeo
Do You Know The Skincare Benefits of Purslane? the Skincare PharmD
Spotlight On: Kudzu Root Natalie Bell
Licorice Root, the Natural Option for Sensitive Skin Annemarie Skin Care
Argan Oil The Dermatology Review
Squalane Paula's Choice Skincare Ingredient Dictionary
Adenosine Paula's Choice Skincare Ingredient Dictionary
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Acne is a complex disease and many factors can contribute to the development of symptoms. Every case of acne is unique and the blend of factors that cause acne varies between individuals. Overall, the most important factors in the development of acne are:
- Genetics
- Hormones
- Bacteria
- Environment
- Stress
- Diet
A person's genetic makeup is a dominant factor in determining their likelihood of developing acne and how severe their acne symptoms will be. People inherit their genes from their parents. If either of your parents experienced significant acne symptoms, you are substantially more likely to develop acne yourself.
Genetics impact the structure of the hair follicle, sebaceous gland activity, hormone levels and the immune response to bacteria. For example, many people who suffer from inflammatory acne have immune cells that are less effective at killing the acne bacteria. Or the immune cells in their skin produce more inflammatory molecules than the general population. As a result of genetic differences, their body may respond more vigorously (but less effectively) to acne causing bacteria than the average person. This can result in more frequent and more severe acne breakouts.
Hormones are an important factor in the development of acne. Hormones regulate many of the factors that are involved in acne, including the activity of the sebaceous glands, the production of sebum and the immune system's response to acne-causing bacteria (eg. P. acnes). Hormones largely explain why women tend to experience worsening acne symptoms during certain times of their menstrual cycle, or during/after pregnancy. Hormones also explain why acne symptoms tend to peak during adolescence for males.
Men and women tend to experience acne differently and much of this difference can be explained by hormones. Men are more likely to develop acne during puberty and are more likely to develop severe and inflammatory forms of the disease. Acne symptoms tend to peak during adolescence and recede during a male's mid 20's. In contrast, women tend to experience less acne and less severe acne than men, but rates of acne actually increase for women in the 20-40 age range. Many women who have never had complexion problems begin to experience acne symptoms during pregnancy, and sometimes acne continues to persist after completion of the pregnancy.
Men, particularly adolescent males, produce abundant quantities of male hormones called androgens. Androgens include hormones like testosterone. Among other things, androgens stimulate the growth of sebaceous glands, which increases the amount of sebum produced by the skin. Increased sebum production fosters the growth of bacteria that feed on sebum, such as P. acnes. Additionally, high levels of sebum production can increase the incidence of hyper-keratinized follicular plugs (clogged pores) that encourage the development of acne symptoms like pimples, nodules and cysts.
Acne (especially inflammatory acne) is usually connected to bacteria growing deep within pores and hair follicles in the skin. The bacteria most commonly associated with acne symptoms is Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes). These bacteria produce molecules which cause an immune response, leading to inflammation and acne symptoms.
High levels of bacterial growth within follicles is associated with a higher incidence of acne and more severe symptoms. Although P. acnes bacteria are generally thought of as a causative agent of acne, other bacteria (eg. Staphylococcus aureus) can also live in the skin and may also contribute to the development of acne. Antibiotics are commonly used to control the growth of bacteria and can greatly improve symptoms for many acne sufferers.
There are many different strains of P. acnes bacteria. Many of these P. acnes strains have developed resistance to one or many different antibiotics. As a result, some antibiotics, including erythromycin and tetracycline, are becoming less effective in some countries (eg. United States) because many people who suffer from acne carry strains of bacteria that are resistant. Fortunately for acne sufferers, there are still many antibiotics available that do not have this shortcoming.
Environmental conditions, like temperature, sun exposure, humidity and allergens can play a big role in acne outbreaks. Low temperatures may decrease the fluidity of the sebum passing through the follicle and increase the risk of developing a plug. Or low humidity levels can dry the skin, causing the body to increase sebum production in a bid to protect the skin, which then increases the formation of clogged pores and the growth of acne-causing bacteria. Sunlight can affect both the bacteria and the skin, causing physiological changes or damage to various structures. Allergic reactions may exacerbate skin problems, or cause new ones.
Many people notice that their acne tends to improve or worsen depending on the weather, and this is because the environmental conditions can directly affect the way the body functions. The effect of specific environmental conditions on acne symptoms varies greatly between individuals.
Stress is well known to disrupt normal hormonal balance and depress the immune system. Both of these changes can lead to a worsening of acne symptoms. Acne is a type of infectious disease, and elevated levels of stress can make people more susceptible to all types of infection, including acne.
Many people observe that they tend to break out especially bad after pulling an all-nighter, drug/alcohol consumption or other activities that put stress on the body. Inadequate sleep is a very common form of stress. Avoiding stress and identifying strategies to reduce stress (eg. Exercise, Yoga, Meditation, etc) are important components of a holistic approach to treating acne.
Scientific evidence does not appear to support the common claims that there is a connection between eating greasy foods or chocolate and the development of acne. However, scientific research has identified a connection between high glycemic index diets and increased incidence of acne. High glycemic diets are those that are high in sugar and simple carbohydrates.
Excessive consumption of sugar and starch is the primary cause of high blood sugar levels, and blood sugar levels are the primary regulator of metabolic function. Consistently elevated blood sugar levels are a type of stress, and they appear to negatively affect the body in ways that are similar to other forms of stress. This type of metabolic stress may cause or worsen acne symptoms in some individuals. Besides increased acne symptoms, high blood sugar levels can lead to other problems, like type 2 diabetes.
Eating a balanced, healthy diet that is rich in protein, whole grains and vegetables is important for overall health and can help minimize acne symptoms. There is some evidence that specific dietary plans (eg. Mediterranean or Vegan diets) may help improve acne for some individuals, but these claims require further scientific investigation.
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Increase Human Sebum Production. Trivedi, et al. 2006.
Sebum Free Fatty Acids Enhance the Innate Immune Defense of Human Sebocytes by Upregulating b-Defensin-2 Expression. Nakatsuji, et al. 2010.
Control of Human Sebocyte Proliferation in Vitro by Testosterone and 5-DHT is Dependent on the Localization of the Sebaceous Glands. Akamatsu, et al. 1992.
Differentiation of the sebaceous gland. Niemann. 2009.
Correlation of facial sebum to serum insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in patients with acne. Vora, et al. 2008.
The Role of Specific Retinoid Receptors in Sebocyte Growth and Differentiation. Kim, et al. 2000.
The Effect of Marked Inhibition of Sebum Production with 13-Cis-Retinoic Acid on Skin Surface Lipid Composition. Strauss, et al. 1980.
Regional and seasonal variations in facial sebum secretions: a proposal for the definition of combination skin type. Youn, et al. 2005.
Study of Psychological Stress, Sebum Production and Acne Vulgaris in Adolescents. Yosipovitch, et al. 2007.
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This page is for my past and present musical projects. I was previously a member of the Vancouver-based band Dashing, the Ottawa-based band Eight Minute Veil, and the Kingston-based band Garçon Means Boy. I also produce my own material, which I've released under a Creative Commons license. Enjoy.
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Dilbert: I have too much work, and it's stressing me out. Boss: I've been reading about this sort of situation. Try writing don all the things that make you feel grateful. Dilbert: That would be more work! Boss: For your anger issues, try keeping a journal of all the times you lose your temper. Dilbert: That would be more work! Has anyone ever taken your advice? Boss: Do you know the guy in Marketing with the eye patch? Dilbert: He followed your advice? Boss: Half of it.
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While debating the deteriorating situation in the east of the country, deputies in the Ukrainian parliament chamber broke out into a fistfight as tempers flared over pro-Russian demonstrations.
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Anyone can become ordained online. This ordination can come through various websites in various religions. If an individual would like to become ordained as a secular officiant, Wiccan officiant or Christian officiant they can do so a matter of minutes. However, an employment option as an ordained officiant may be slightly different. An ordained officiant is different than an ordained minister. Ordained officiant can legally perform weddings and other legal ceremonies. The following are employment opportunities available to you if you are an ordained officiant.
A marriage officiant is the most common form of employment as an ordained officiant. An ordained marriage officiant can perform weddings in most states depending on the church that they have been ordained with. They must have good standing and meet state requirements for the ordination. A marriage officiant can perform weddings based on their own schedule and their own fee schedule. Many officiants will charge a minimum of $100 to perform wedding while others charge only a donation for their services and time.
A spiritual counselor is another form of employment that is available to ordained officiants. An ordained officiant can provide ministry in spiritual counseling to members of a church organization or to members of the church organization online. The spiritual counseling can range from marriage counseling to abuse counseling to generalize spiritual counseling. A spiritual counselor needs to be certified through their church and work through their church organization in order to remain legal. Spiritual counselors can work on their own hours and choose their own fee schedule if they are working independently. If the spiritual counselor is working directly with the church the church may supply a church stipend in order to accommodate the time and the Council being offered by the spiritual counselor as an ordained officiant.
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Lempäälä, Part 2
More photos from municipality of Lempäälä. First two of these I took with Konica Big Mini and used Kodak T-MAX 400 film and I developed it in R09 with dilution of 1+80. The last photo with cannons I took with my Contax SLR. I used same film and developed it with same R09 but the mixture was more usual 1+50.
Lempäälä, part 1
I will post few photos from a day in a municipality called Lempäälä in southwestern Finland. I was there on thursday 29th may which is a general public holiday here in Finland. That's why every place was closed and all the people were somewhere away from the streets. Another reason for that was rainy weather. Whole place looked totally gray, wet and deserted so it was not really inspiring day to spend time outdoors but not bad for monochrome photography. Hopefully these photos convey the mood from that sympathetic municipality..
These photos were taken with Konica Big Mini HG -camera and the film I used was Kodak TMAX 400. I developed it in R09 One Shot (Rodinal) with a new dilution of 1+80. Totally developing the film for 16 min, first agitating it 30 sec., then for first three minutes 5 sec. every minute and after that 5 sec. every second minute. It seems to be good way to use R09 if you want less contrast and grain than with dilution of 1+50 or 1+25.


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In 1984, Antonia Bellanca, a florist in East Hampton, N.Y., decided to create a freesia perfume. She told her perfumer, Bernard Chant, that she wanted freesia because she'd noticed that of all her flowers, freesia "knocked your socks off, like trumpets in an orchestra; everyone else sings backup, even the lilies." Chant delivered a perfume that fully realized freesia's qualities — its intensely green top note and its stratospheric quality, like jasmine at 48,000 feet, swimming in pure ozone. She named the perfume Antonia's Flowers, and it became a cult favorite, although there is one thing that is startling about it: it contains no freesia. In fact, there's no freesia in any perfume in the world. Not only that, but any number of the perfumes you love — perfumes that smell of your favorite flowers — contain not a trace of their signature bud.
The reason for this is simple: extraction technology. Some flowers extract beautifully. Put a few tons of roses into a solvent, and you get a gorgeous absolute, $1,000 to $5,000 a pound for the pure, thick, 100-percent essence that you smell in a rose-violet fragrance like Yves Saint Laurent's Paris. You'll find real jasmine extract in Abercrombie & Fitch perfume; real broom in Boucheron; neroli in Guerlain's Eau Impériale; and natural tuberose in Amouage Gold and Dior's Poison. Lauren Ralph Lauren has real marigold, and there are distillations of osmanthus, immortelles and ylang-ylang. And that's pretty much it. Almost no other pure flower distillations exist, because technology is simply unable to extract scent from them. Exactly why is a mystery. Put a few tons of violet flower into a solvent, and you extract ... a limp material that smells nothing like violet. "Theoretically, distilling violet is possible," an industry figure told me, "but in reality the yield is always so vanishingly small it's financially impossible. A pure violet flower absolute would be much more than $10,000 a kilo, if you could make it work." The violet implacably refuses to surrender its smell.
And so perfumers recreate it: mix 2,6-nonadienal + beta-ionone + dihydro-beta-ionone + alpha-ionone and a few others, and there's your scent of violet. Which means the rose-violet of YSL Paris is made with natural rose — and recreated violet. This conjured violet is also integral to Givenchy's gorgeous L'Interdit and Lancôme's estimable Magie. Mimosa in perfumes is mostly imaginary. They put flower, leaves and stem into a solvent, but the material that results isn't the smell of the flower at all; Givenchy's Amarige is a mimosa perfume, but what you're smelling is actually the scent of mimosa leaf and twig (which, incidentally, smells lovely). The same goes for lavender, jonquil and narcissus. ("The flower's contribution to the scent material is close to zero," a perfumer told me of narcissus.) Geranium? They don't even bother to put the flower in the distiller; only the leaf is extracted. They recreate hyacinth for Estée Lauder's White Linen because no hyacinth exists in natural form in perfumes, nor any lilac, lily, honeysuckle, peony or wisteria. Perhaps the most famous imaginary flower is lily of the valley. No technology has ever been able to pull its fresh carnal scent from the delicate flesh of its petals. The 1956 Diorissimo is the paradigmatic "lily of the valley perfume," its lily of the valley made of molecules like hydroxycitronellal, geraniol and phenyl ethyl alcohol.
Next fall, Bulgari will come out with Omnia Améthyste, a perfume that smells of iris. While iris root has a strong, beautiful, astonishing — and astonishingly expensive — scent, iris flowers have almost no smell at all. "Maybe a little honeyish smell, a little vanillic, depending on the hybrid," says Alberto Morillas, the perfumer who created the scent for Bulgari. So Morillas reconstituted the flower's pale scent with his idea of what iris smells like: he put in woody scents, iris root absolute for elegance, Bulgarian rose and orange blossom for honey and sun. He used Habanolide, a woody synthetic molecule, for the warmth and sensuality of human skin, and the synthetic Muscenone for a delicate, shimmering, powdery feel. Just as an author writes a novel based on a true story, Morillas has taken a true but slight scent and created a great piece of olfactory fiction.
And there is a degree of imagination that actually goes even beyond this. Eight years ago, the designer Karl Lagerfeld asked Jacques Polge, Chanel's elegant, talented perfumer, to make a perfume out of Coco's favorite flower, the camellia, which has no smell. The limpid and lovely result is Une Fleur de Chanel, a product of pure imagination. This is not distillation, obviously; it is almost a kind of abstract expressionism for the nose.
My favorite example of a ghost comes via Odile Lobadowsky, the president of Kenzo Parfums. In 1999, she got a copy of the famous photograph of a girl holding up a single flower to a bayonet taken by the French photographer Marc Riboud during a 1967 antiwar protest outside the Pentagon. Lobadowsky wanted to create what she thought of as "a flower stronger than a gun." Since Kenzo loved poppies, she and creative director Patrick Guedj envisioned that flower as a red poppy, a flower that — you guessed it — has no scent. Guedj sent out a description of the concept to various perfumers, including Alberto Morillas, one of a handful of star perfumers highly in demand. Morillas showed Kenzo three perfume trials that he'd been working on; everyone liked the one that Morillas had, by chance, dubbed Pourpre, or purple. To create it, he used a natural violet leaf, essence of acacia flower, linalyl acetate, geraniol and citronellol (molecules found in jasmine and rose). To make it smell "red," he mixed pure and synthetic vanillas, a warm molecule called heliotropin and the kerosene-vaporlike scent of benzyl acetate. Flower by Kenzo was introduced in 2000. It is mesmerizing as a whisper, a huge commercial success and entirely imagined from a flower with no scent.


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Sales Conference planning even for the smallest of sales conferences requires hours of design, preparation and hard work that often go unnoticed. If you are planning on hosting your own Sales Conference then you should be aware that the cost of a well run sales conference in terms of marketing, venue, catering, audio visual, speakers and administration can be expensive. What's worse, in most cases if things don't go well we have to then wait twelve months to correct things. Needless to say the benefits of a successful sales conference far outweighs the time, money and effort needed to deliver one, and below we have listed some points you may wish to consider when planning your own sales conference.
Start off by thinking what it is that you are hoping to achieve, what does success look like after the conference? With conferences it's not usually enough for people to have just enjoyed themselves, you may be using your sales conference for a new product or service launch, product training, team building, sales training, awards and recognition. Define the key takeaways and calls to action that you would like your audience to remember from the conference.
Create a project plan with milestones, responsibilities and timelines. Choose a date that maximises your attendance numbers by avoiding any relevant local, national and international holidays. Cross reference dates with availability of venues, presenters, speakers and Senior Executives in your company. Consider transportation to and from the venue and any additional activies external to the venue, if, for example, you are dining in a different location. Ensure participants have enough time between sessions to answer email and voicemail. Allow people time to move between conference rooms as one session ends and another starts – 30 people unescorted, moving from one conference room to another will take 15 minutes minimum.
We normally suggest you start with a theme and build content out from there. Content is hugely important when it comes to your sales conference as sales teams can be quite demanding. Depending on numbers, offer main plenary sessions supplemented by breakout sessions that offer a choice of topic or activy, each of which ties back to your original Objectives. Where possible, record video and audio content for re-use on your website, PR, follow up campaigns and to promote next years event. Consider, where appropriate, inviting key customers and or key suppliers to help promote partnerships and alliances to either parts or all of your sales conference.
Attendee numbers are critical to the success of any sales conference, so send out invitations as soon as possible from the key Executive in the organisation who is sponsoring or owns the event, and where possible explain that the conference is mandatory. Welcome packs should reflect the conference theme, objectives and key takeaways. Also, consider inviting employees from non sales departments such as operations, support, service and marketing, in order to build bridges, cement teamwork and boost numbers.
Sales Conferences often take more time than is imagined so if you are juggling your Sales Conference duties around your day job, be sure to create an inhouse team and delegate some of the responsibilities where appropriate. A well conceived and executed conference is however a great tool to engage, inspire and motivate your sales team and will therefore deliver great value to your organisation.
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Adstate AS delivers online marketingsystems for advertising in printed and digital media. They have developed a platform consisting of two products. «Adstate Funeral Edition» angel towards the funeral market, and «Adstate Media Edition» angled against media and recruiting.
BrandMaster AS delivers software and services related to Brand Management and Marketing Resource Management. BrandMaster MRM (Marketing Resource Management) is an online marketing platform, designed to help you plan, collect, share, adapt, and distribute all your marketing online.
The new cooperation between Adstrate and BrandMaster will give the customers access to a complete marketing system (MRM). A complete solution for planning, collecting, sharing, adjusting and distributing marketing material to printed and digital channels. The solution will be used by amongst others Nowa and Aditro Recruit. Nowa won may 2014 a framework agreement towards the governmental sector in Sweden. Aditro Recruit has the major portion of the public sector in Sweden and Norway, and the governmental sector in Finland. These customers will benefit from the new partnership agreement.
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BugSplat Webservice API Update
If you were paying close attention over the past few days you might have caught a pretty big change for us here at BugSplat. As of today our online home is officially bugsplat.com. We are retiring our old bugsplatsoftware.com url.
This is really exciting for us! It's also a precursor to a few other interesting projects we'll be unveiling in the upcoming weeks. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled!
One piece of important information-
Most users probably won't notice any functional differences with our url change, since links to the old pages will redirect to our new site automatically.
However, this change may affect our API users. If you've created an integration with the BugSplat webservice API please be sure to point your code at the new site – bugsplat.com
If you have any questions you can email me or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Assessment & You is an on-going series brought to you by Lesley D'Souza monthly on RyersonStudentAffairs.com. Whether you're an experienced assessor or a complete newbie, she'll introduce in-depth knowledge on the best practices, methods, and how-to, while demonstrating the act of assessment using this very series.
I've been an active participant in #SAassess discussions online and at conferences for over a year. In that time I've learned a huge amount from a lot of extremely talented Student Affairs professionals about how to integrate assessment into our practice, however, I've also noticed a marked emphasis in the discussion about how we can collect good data. We spend a lot less time talking about how we can use results to drive our decisions.
First, let's be clear. Data can't make good decisions—only you can do that. Assessment results will give you the tools to help hone your decision-making muscles, but ultimately, you are responsible for the outcomes of your choices. I know we like to think of ourselves as wholly rational people when it comes to workplace decision-making, but the truth is that even the most hard-nosed professionals will "go with their gut" when making a call. Our decisions are rooted in values, culture, and especially our emotions.
This means that you have to be open to the story your data needs to tell. Analyzing and interpreting data requires a high level of self-awareness, humility, and courage because you'll have to be open to critique and ready to acknowledge failures as well as successes. Trust your values and your emotions to guide you, but remember to ask why before you make your decisions. It helps to bring others into the process when you can, so take your results to strategic planning meetings and ask what others think that they mean. You could try sending out your results ahead of a meeting and asking people to come prepared to talk about what they found interesting. Or set aside time in your planning to talk about what visualizations people react best to when looking at data. As soon as you engage people directly with data, they are far more likely to buy into change based on that information, and then tell that data story to others.
It doesn't end with you. The most important thing you must do with your data is share it broadly and that's why open data versus closed data is a huge topic of discussion right now. In my earlier post about Storytelling & Assessment, I talked about using stories to help us humanize our data and make it relatable. This isn't just fluff advice, it's becoming more and more clear that statistics and data on their own won't move our agenda forward. If you want to motivate others to support you, then you need to give them stories they can feel.
"Data storytelling is a structured approach for communicating data insights, and it involves a combination of three key elements: data, visuals, and narrative.
It's important to understand how these different elements combine and work together in data storytelling. When narrative is coupled with data, it helps to explain to your audience what's happening in the data and why a particular insight is important. Ample context and commentary is often needed to fully appreciate an insight. When visuals are applied to data, they can enlighten the audience to insights that they wouldn't see without charts or graphs. Many interesting patterns and outliers in the data would remain hidden in the rows and columns of data tables without the help of data visualizations.
Image from Forbes.com.
Finally, when narrative and visuals are merged together, they can engage or even entertain an audience." – Forbes Magazine
But what does data storytelling actually look like? After scouring the Internet, I found a bunch of articles with vague platitudes about the importance of data stories, but no information about what a good one consists of. So here is my own take on how you might craft a story that presents your data in a compelling way.
Sharing Your Data
Ask yourself: how are you already sharing your data? Who are your most important partners and stakeholders? Have they seen the results? How did you present it to them? The key to effectively sharing your data is to know what you want from the people reading it. Are you looking for people to join a collaborative effort? Are you asking for more resources or recommending change? Are you practicing transparency and making yourself accountable? Knowing what feelings and actions you want your data to elicit will define how you structure your story and what information you choose to share.
Visualizing your Data
Visuals provide instant context and allow your audience to see your data relative to other information. Visualizations include simple charts, graphs, or graphics, but can also be as complex as detailed infographics or data maps. These visual aids help us to cut through the deluge of data that is showered down on people in this age of information. By providing context, the visual is setting the stage for your data story, and providing a higher level of interactivity between viewers and your data. To learn more about the power of data visualization, check out this Ted Talk by David McCandless.
There is a balance between oversimplifying your data and providing too much detail. You need to know and understand your audience before you can create a good visual for them. Are they experts who will want more detail and less story? Are they new to the topic and will need background information included? Answer those questions and then you'll have a better idea of how in-depth your data should be.
Finally, your visualizations should support your storytelling by helping viewers get to the point quickly. Whether it is a standalone image or part of a report or presentation, it should contribute to the story you've designed to get your audience feeling and thinking what you want. Know the difference between decoration and explanation in your imagery and stick to the point.
Writing Your Story
Written reporting is quite possibly one of the most important ways we can share data since it is where most people will end up when they look for more information. Remember—know what you want from the people who will read it. It's worth your time to make different versions depending on your audience, and it shouldn't take you much longer than it would if you tried to cram all this information into one longer report. Here are some writing tips for different audiences:
- If you're looking for collaboration, focus on developing an emotional response to your program. Tell a story about people who participated, about the experiences of current partners, and about the future of the community if we can come together. Statistics and numbers are useful, but shouldn't be the main focus.
- Asking for more resources or recommending change means focusing more on presenting your hard data that can support this ask. You still want to develop that emotional response, but you'll have to back up your ask with a rationale that includes relevant data.
- One of the core purposes of assessment is to make ourselves accountable. If you're preparing something to share with the wider community for accountability purposes then you want to write about the here and now. Talk about the planning and preparation and what you learned from actually executing the project. Highlight benefits and make sure to talk about challenges and pitfalls. It's not accountable if you try to hide areas for improvement, and readers won't buy a story that's only full of sunshine and daisies.
Talking About Your Data
I'm sure you've heard it before—the best presentations centre around a story. Your story doesn't have to be about a person. It could be about a project, or a place, or even an object. Really, the story can be about anything you want. The key to designing a good storied presentation is to start with a focus on your main character (person, place, or thing), relate something that happens to it, and how your main character ended up somewhere else because of the thing that happened it. Stories are always journeys.
Say I'm doing a presentation about Orientation programming at Ryerson: I might start out with a history of the program from 5 years ago (perhaps through the perspective of a hypothetical student who attended), talk about how the campus and our students have changed since then, and then relate how the program has grown based on data results. Then I could finish up by talking about what still needs to happen (again with supporting data), and how people can get involved. Audience members will feel like the presentation is about something that matters to them and that the information is going to take them somewhere new. If I wanted to bore the pants off of people I could just start with "OK, I'm going to go through our findings from the last 5 years and share with you our takeaways." Bathroom break anyone?
Regardless of whether you are giving a presentation, writing an article, creating a report, or just talking to someone in the hall, you should always start by hooking your audience into the part of the story that you think will resonate most with them. Do you want to awaken their empathy by sharing the challenges you're facing? Would you rather energize them by talking about the positive ending or a call-to-action? Or perhaps you want to make them self-reflective and open-minded by sharing a personal story? This will set the tone for your entire story, so put some time into understanding your audience, what they're looking for, and what you want them to take away.
Recognize Your Role in Your Stories
Stories are compelling because they are told by compelling people. If you think like a storyteller each day you come to work, you'll be ready to mine your daily experiences for useful anecdotes. Recognize your emotions and what brings them out. Chances are you're not alone, and sharing these moments will help you bring people together. Remember, the perspective of the storyteller can drastically change the story itself, so take the time to research yourself and understand how your lens can influence others.
A year of reading, writing, talking, and learning about assessment has only deepened my commitment to spread a culture of assessment within Ryerson Student Affairs and beyond. Ever since I started working here I've held onto the idea that the core philosophy of Student Affairs is student-centredness. It's a key reason why we attract people who tend towards passion, caring, and a commitment to improving the lives of people around them. We want the best for our students, but we have to acknowledge that we can't deliver unless we know our own limits. This year has taught me that it is not enough to care and empathize with our students. We have to check ourselves to make sure that our best intentions are translating into the transformative experiences we try to design. This means if we're not doing quality assessment of our work, then we cannot truly call ourselves student-centred. The good news is that quality assessment is easily within our reach and I hope that this blog series has made a difference by changing how you view your work and encouraging you to adopt or share best practices in assessment.


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In the religion of politics the politicians think they are God. — Floppotamus
Monthly Archives: September 2012
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Floppotamus On Politics and Religion
In the politics of religion there is no God — Floppotamus
A Super Hero For The Present
Yes. . . Yes. . . . The dude lies. . seriously. . .
By Floppotamus
I was recently baffled when people in my own family said the President doesn't lie. It was truly a "WTF" moment for me as I assumed everyone realized Government lies and some Presidents lie more often then they tell the truth. I honestly believed everyone knew politics was a sceevy business full of unsavory characters but nobody really cared as long as they were left alone and comfortable.
Lies come in several forms, there are the blatant in your face lies, there are deceptive blatant lies, then there are ones that turn out to be lies over time but may not have been lies when promised. The first lie I can actually remember by a President or candidate was when Jimmy Carter promised to legalize pot. At the time I was like in grade school and didn't have an opinion either way on it but he didn't do it. Looking back now Jimmy Carter would have gotten my vote if I had been older and boy or boy I would be calling him a dirty rotten liar for that one. The rule politicians should have learned but didn't from Carter is Rule # 1 Don't promise shit you KNOW you can't deliver. Making excuses after the fact like "Congress wouldn't let me" is total crap when you knew going into the deal it had no chance in congress. It makes the President look weak and stupid when he uses that lie. The next liar I can personally remember was Bush Sr. Reagan probably lied I dunno I really wasn't paying that much attention to him although I don't think he probably was much of liar since he had no problems saying shit like he gay people deserved aids and suggested we start bombing Russia in ten minutes. Bush senior lied when he said "Read my lips. . No new taxes". The kind of lie that one was really depends on if your on the right or the left. If your on the right you might claim he believed it when he said it but shit just got worse. If your on the left you probably think he either was to stupid to see that a tax hike was necessary or he was blatantly lying. Any way you look at it was still lie and rule # 1 still applies. Bush Sr probably told more lies but nothing was really going on and nobody really cared. After Bush came Clinton. Through my eyes Clinton perfected the lie. Clinton was the one who made me think I was actually a republican, of course I realize now that wasn't true but it took years to come around and start thinking clear after him. In the liar's hall fame Clinton has the largest picture on the wall. Clinton was Joe Isuzu's idol. If Pinocchio was Clinton his nose would have been so long we could walk on it clear to Mars. It could of saved us billions in spaceships. I'm not saying Clinton was a bad President, some good stuff came out of him. At one point while President we had a zero deficit, he also deregulated a bunch but now claims the problem with the economy was caused from deregulation to try to get Obama re-elected. Go figure. . . Clinton lied a lot, from saying shit like "I don't know that woman" and "I didn't have sex with that woman" to claiming Hilary turning $1000 into $100,000 practically over night in a single stock trade was legit and done without insider trading. He also lied and continues to lie about Rwanda saying he didn't know what was going on there when he had sent instructions to the delegates at the U.N. stopping the U.N. from going into Rwanda and continuing the slaughter by machete. That's the biggy in my book. He lied about having a health care plan, he had no plan at all for health care. They tried to hurry and make a plan called the Hilary plan but it was so bad they took her name back off it and it found zero support with anyone. The guy is was total liar.
Bush Jr. lied. Weapons of mass destruction and all that jazz. That one got us into war so other lies he told really seem trivial after that. Either politics changed during the Bush era or I really started paying attention. A lot of it had to do with the war and gave politicians a opportunity to grab some power as the people had strong beliefs about war. When McCain ran against Obama it seemed everyone started lying and lying big time although it may have started earlier when Bush ran against Gore. . Unsure exactly. . But there were a lot of lies floating about at that point.
When Obama ran against McCain I was on the fence. That's the only time I didn't vote in a Presidential election since I was 18. That's also the time I started feeling really cheated by the two party system as neither party thought like I did. McCain didn't win so his lies don't really count beyond saying he lied. Okay. . to my family members that actually believes the President doesn't lie here it is. "My first order of business will be to close Gitmo". Obama never considered closing Gitmo and as President signed into law a law that prohibited keeping suspected terrorists on American soil which at the present time only leaves Gitmo unless we can bribe another country into letting us build a prison in their country which is doubtful because it would make their country a target. The left was trying to use Bush's torture Gitmo prisoners shit to get votes and thought by saying close the torture chamber people would sign on. It was a crafty plan and worked but still was a deceptive bald face lie. Gitmo is the only way we can keep an eye on Cuba and being 90 miles from us it's kind of important to watch them not to mention the Cuban Government doesn't like us. . Remember the missile crisis? Another lie was Libya is about civilians. The truth is Libya was about everything BUT civilians. Libya was about getting Qudaffi cause he has been a thorn in Governments back for years. It was about getting Qudaffi because of the Lockerby crash. It was about getting Qudaffi because we don't like him. It was about oil. It was about business. If you really gave a shit about civilians you wouldn't drop effin bombs on populated areas. Bombs don't care who they kill. Barry Goldwater said " If your going to drop a bomb your going to kill civilians" I think everyone would agree on that. Another lie was when Obama said his stimulus plan would create 5 to 6 million jobs. I don't care how you try to spin it didn't happen. And even after the first stimulus failed he did a half sized second stimulus calling it the jobs stimulus and said Ok people this time. . Yeah yeah. .. . If it didn't work the first time most people would think it stupid to try again expecting a different result. I could spend all day citing lies but I got better shit to do. I'll suffice by saying now Obama is going around making a whole new batch of promises while distancing himself from the promises he made the first go around that never got done.
If you think, after reading this it is biased you might be right but I'm not claiming it as an objective piece of writing. It's just my view. Like I say I'm in the middle not on either the left side or the right side. . I'm the more dangerous. . the middle side. . . Fear us for if we get ever get the power the country changes for real.
The World Hates Mitt Romney
By Floppotamus and Mona
I awoke from a bad dream to find myself still in a bad dream. The headline read " The World Hates Mitt Romney" I half heartedly scanned the article. The article was claiming that people in Britain, France, and Pakistan didn't think Mitt was all that great a person, who is unworthy to be a candidate and shouldn't be considered for President. My initial thought was who cares what they think, it's not their country but then I started thinking about it. I wondered if the majority of Americans could even name the leaders of those three countries and even if some could would they have an opinion on their leadership abilities. I doubted it. It then occurred to me that if Pakistan and France thought it was a bad idea for America it was probably a good idea for America as Pakistan pretty much hates America beyond the money it gets from it and France is still pissed because they blame us for them having to go to the 5 day work week and cutting their vacation time down to 4 weeks a year. Britain on the other hand thinks all Americans think about is money but are secretly jealous as they pay ¾'s of their incomes in taxes which fund a "hurry up and wait in line forever for service" socialized medical plan with no dental plan.. . And after spending all their money on health care those people could really use a quality dentist. My conclusion from the article, after dismissing the agenda of the writer, is A) Countries don't like seeing other countries doing better than they are.. . For obvious reasons. And B) They believe they will get less aid money if Romney gets in. On a personal level. . . I'd vote for you, your neighbor or almost anyone else who isn't Romney before I'd vote for Romney but since the two party system only allows me to vote for one of two extremes I'm going for Romney before the country goes to far to the left. And then pray that in four years we will be offered a reasonable candidate for President from a THIRD or FOURTH breakout party.


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"Being resilient in the face of difficulty is actually the norm, rather than the exception" says Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D., is a social psychologist and author of Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals on http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-success/201011/if-it-does-not-kill-you-it-will-make-you-strongerbut-there-are-limit
Quoting her: Does that which does not kill us, really make us stronger? On the surface, it doesn't seem like it. People who have experienced significant adverse events, like having to endure physical abuse, experiencing homelessness, or becoming the victims of a natural disaster, often suffer very painful long-term negative effects, particularly in terms of their mental health and well-being.
There has been little in the research on coping (until very recently, that is) to suggest that these individuals are likely to end up more resilient after being put through the wringer – not much evidence that they are better able to handle future difficulties with greater strength and adaptability, and to rebound emotionally faster and more effectively.
For the record, being resilient in the face of difficulty is actually the norm, rather than the exception. Most people report that they have had to cope with some significant adversity in their lives, and the majority of them do not permanently suffer for it. By and large, we recover faster and better from hardship than we expect to. But there is a big difference between returning to "baseline" after a negative event (to being "your old self" again) and ending up somehow stronger for it.
And yet many of us have a sense that adversity does indeed foster resilience – that people who have been through a lot are actually tougher, and better able to handle the curveballs that life may throw at them. Are we wrong?
New research suggests that we are right – but only when adversity strikes in moderation.
The research to which she refers is available on http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2010-21218-001/
Exposure to adverse life events typically predicts subsequent negative effects on mental health and well-being, such that more adversity predicts worse outcomes. However, adverse experiences may also foster subsequent resilience, with resulting advantages for mental health and well-being. In a multiyear longitudinal study of a national sample, people with a history of some lifetime adversity reported better mental health and well-being outcomes than not only people with a high history of adversity but also than people with no history of adversity. Specifically, U-shaped quadratic relationships indicated that a history of some but nonzero lifetime adversity predicted relatively lower global distress, lower self-rated functional impairment, fewer posttraumatic stress symptoms, and higher life satisfaction over time. Furthermore, people with some prior lifetime adversity were the least affected by recent adverse events. These results suggest that, in moderation, whatever does not kill us may indeed make us stronger


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"Producers confronting climate change head-on: Château Maris has taken green winery construction to a new level, building an entire facility out of lightweight, organic hemp-straw bricks that continue to capture and sequester carbon dioxide over many years as they harden."Dana Nigro. The Wine Spectator
The Change We Seek®
From the beginning, Château Maris focused on sustainable winemaking practices in both the vineyard and the cellar. The process began with the conversion of unhealthy vineyards that had been farmed using traditional practices into organic and biodynamic vineyards. The next step was building an environmentally friendly carbon neutral hemp brick cellar, the first of its kind in the world. The most recent accomplishment was joining the B Corps community.
Through B Corp, Château Maris has sought out a community of like-minded people, working with businesses that inspire thinking differently about solutions to environmental and social issues. The B Corp community helps reinforce Château Maris' drive toward continuous improvement. Château Maris seeks to inspire other wineries and businesses to pursue sustainable farming practices and socially responsible business policies.


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@Autowired, @Resource, and @Inject are examples for annotations that are used for dependency injection in Spring.
While @Autowired is provided by the Spring framework, @Resource and @Inject are java standard annotations.
When using annotation-based dependency injection, if the dependency is not injected, we would get an exception at the startup of our application itself.
@Autowired does dependency injection based on name, type etc. without explicitely defining dependencies. You can learn more about autowiring with example @ bean-autowiring-in-spring.
Similarly @Resource does automatic dependency injection based on the name of the property (if @Resource is used without any parameters) or based on the name you specify as @Resource (name= "dependent-bean-name").
@Component annotation can be used to tell Spring that a class is a bean without declaring it as a bean in the spring xml.
You can enable component-scanning,from code using the ComponentScan annotation:
@ComponentScan(basePackages = {
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