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The Rainbow's End by Lena Vanelslander
The Rainbow's end is a returning piece treating specific writers, known and lesser known, published or self-published. Each time one writer stands in the spotlight, presented to you through 4 essential aspects: biography, core questions, poetry and a piece on the work of the author.
The end of the rainbow is the place where author and reader meet, in mutual understanding, intrest, ideas and visions. Where they can find each other, both in similarities and differences, under the extravagant assembly of the colours of life and maybe find that common pot of gold, for each other to read and understand.
I hope I can fascinate you with their poetry and writing and maybe even encourage you to read their work, as The Rainbow's End does give you a full, essential profile of both author and work, concise, to the point and dedicated to you, beloved readers. All comments and questions are welcome, conversation with the author is encouraged!
The Rainbow's End # 1
Anarda Nashai: Graduating from the School of Life
Short Biography:
Born and raised on the south side of Washington, D.C. into a large and close-knit family in the late seventies, Anarda Nashai studied successfully at Frostburg and Bowie State Universities. Still waiting to graduate from the School of Life (who ever does this anyway?), she developed at the early age of eight a taste for poetry and serious fiction … her love affair with literature and a passion for writing began. She joined the Maryland Writer's Association (MWA) in 2007 and persues actively her dream of becoming a published poet and author. Other interests include Italian culture, world cinema, word search puzzles and of course reading.
To the core: questions of a lifetime …
1) How would you describe yourself in your own words?
"I love being told a great story whether written or word of mouth, watching documentaries, drinking red wine, and laughing aloud at all sorts of humorous things. I am a fiction writer, a poet, and a collector of unique handbags. Outside of becoming a published author and philanthropist, my goal is to find a beautiful male chef to marry (I'll only consider marriage for an actual cook) and to drink authentic spumante in Sicily. The only thing that I absolutely hate outright is posing for photographs…well, that and bobby socks."
2) What is your favourite quote?
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
-Thomas Jefferson
3) Which themes drive and engage you the most?
My roots to poetry are remarkably deep. As a child poet, I remember being influenced by several themes and movements of poetry, whether it was the wayward intuition of French symbolism, or the more earthly and dare I say, brutality of confessionalism. I've experimented with every style since then, but have recently settled with a method of free-versed confessional poetry, with themes that are more based on philosophy and commentary than they are with raw emotion. Since I do have a vested interest in international women's rights, and love to network with other likeminded hearts, I often write in support of independence from behavioral conformity, cultural diversity and social freedom. In my collection, School Girl: Poetry and Prose of a Pre and Post Adolescent, you will find traces of my budding idealism, which has only matured in spirit over the years, and continues to drive me today as not only an artist, but as a human being.
4) Your bio states your continuing engagement towards poetry from 2007 till now, can you make this image more concrete and explicit for us?
As a child, my poetry journals were my unofficial diaries, so it was never my intention to publish them. Having concentrated more on writing fiction after college, I came across my journals, began to share them with family, friends and colleagues, and was encouraged to publish my first collection from my old journals. I fell back into the habit of writing poetry in 2007 and have plans to publish a follow-up collection of poetry in the near future. Currently, I am promoting School Girl, my first collection of poetry, selected from my junior high and high school poetry journals. While I'm in the process of publishing my first novel, Ladybug, I am also hard at work on several other literary projects, which include erotica/paranormal romance and creative nonfiction.
5) Do you have favourite books? Who are your favourite poets and authors?
*BOOKS: "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo – the best story I've ever been told! – and
"Kindred" by Octavia Butler – a book that inspired me as a girl …
*AUTHORS: Truman Capote, E. Lynn Harris, Michael Cunningham, James Baldwin, Jane
Austen, Ian McEwan, Carl Weber, Augusten Burroughs, Zane, Mario Puzo, Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, Kimberla Lawson Roby, Philippa Gregory, Angela Winters … the list is non-
*POETS: Countee Cullen, Robert Frost, Sonia Sanchez, Anne Sexton, Billy Collins, Tupac
Shakur, Arthur Rimbaud, Adebanke Fagbenle, Rita Dove, William Shakespeare, Nikki
Giovanni … Again non-exhaustive …
Poems: the growth of a poet
School Girl
now that my teachers know I'm a writer
they say I'm special
…but I'm not really
i describe things with my heart and mind
compare feelings to wind and to shadows
i see people and places, eyes and hands
and form similes and stanzas
when people open their mouths to speak
i hear it for what it is to me
i mention pleasure and pain as far and as wide
as my youth will take me
if I taste or smell something sour
i will write that down and keep it forever
that's all
i'm not special
i'm a school girl…
just as silly and restless
as the rest of them.
© Anarda Nashai (written at 13)
In all the years
with nurture and serenity, it is crowned
until the ocean pulls up to Juliet's feet again
this town has burned to the ground…
Though crazy, sad messes it has aided
but this news is murder and me makes no sound
until birds shit good luck on the devil's hideous kingdom
this town has burned to the ground.
© Anarda Nashai (written at 13)
Street Meat
Alley ways; traffic lights
Sidewalk trash; rat bites
Terrible traits; dirty feet:
The corner store smells of street meat.
Crippled cats; burning tires
Pregnant children, professional liars
Neighborhood block parties, a Motown beat:
My history smells of street meat.
Christmas lights, ginger bread
The straightening comb, my nappy head
Those evil winters, that blazing summer heat:
I welcome the stilled aroma….
A smell of street meat.
© Anarda Nashai (written at 14)
Ink in My Pen
Crimson of spontaneous
Tidal flowing outward across
To Aare
Seeing me, no eyes but ears
My brain…
Holding my red pen
Of red ink
My red smoke
Hands set a fire!
© Anarda Nashai (written at 14)
A Tribute to the Cold
A mere gasp with afflictions
Full of harrowing flows of susceptibility
Walking intrepidly through these psyched roads
I do not write love songs.
© Anarda Nashai (written at 15)
Words (A Dedication)
you are what i leave out
when letting off public steam from smooth trains
you are what stays in the back of my throat
when asked to "tell" what this life is like
you are what i use to explain
what my mouth can or will not speak or retain
you are what sleeps in my sky with the moon
(my nightlight while searching, sleeping in the dark)
you are why my dreams are wonderful and wild
you pick the light from the sun and hold it at a short mile
you are what sweeps my states of confusion
and temporary sadness to smog
you are what i need to keep tucked in my pockets
when the devil sneaks up as my shallow
you are what helps me pick up the very stubborn stones in my way
so that i will eventually get by and play
you are the motivation and satisfaction
that will hopefully, one day, allow me
to stand and shake loose my armor—
to let go a long, overdue sigh.
© Anarda Nashai (written at 15)
A cure vs. a plague
Vague of decent description
This cure
With no casualty of evil
Its armor lives in rusting seas
With cleaver sharks to protect
My life from there after waving to going ships
Watching stars engulfed by murderous skies
Of greed and of power and of other musty things
…and here, my life in the balance hung
Devoured by the later mentioned earlier
Run finally from brute and havoc's dust
With my fate instills a dangerous mistrust
And so, Fair Naïveté, from you I go
Through my genetic map I hence with my right
To never kneel, cry or kiss you goodbye
And would rather burn in hell if I must.
© Anarda Nashai (written at 16)
If You Were Ignorant and I Was a Teacher
who is to say
that ignorance doesn't have a reason?
lives and breathes
to figure "reason" out
it lives freely
(does not pay taxes or need shelter from weather)
but where do you send it
when you say "go home!"
and he resides in YOU?
for where is the comfort
in thinking this concept through:
the fact that ignorance is sharing a roof with you!
who is to say
that ignorance doesn't have a reason?
for its because of ignorance
my quest is for knowledge
(the popular turtle that it is…)
it's purpose
is to give life plenty of examples
of tragedy and hope…
of flimsy paper, or melting plastic
(both completely unreliable, but are our only choices)
for if ignorance where a tree
and I were the soil
how many raindrops would the sky save
so that its seeds wouldn't grow or spoil
for we are all trinkets
in this tree's closet
and we choose everyday
which kind of trinkets we will be:
of costume or of dynasty (?)
of peace or of travesty (?)
would we choose calmly or hostilely (?)
…and if you look closely at your history, see
we trinkets are held down by ignorance
and not gravity…
who is to say
that ignorance doesn't have a solution?
we read our books, ponder, then report
with our ignorance masked by so-called "intelligence"
…the mache derived from ignorant sources
…for if ignorance were a tunnel
and your conscience a train…
besides yourself and the road chosen
your derailment has no one else to blame…
for having a head on your shoulders
and being "smart" are not at all the same:
it's HUNGRY ignorance
and it's leech on our minds
that has no shame.
© Anarda Nashai (written at 16)
When a Teenage Poet Writes of a Lover's Love
When our war takes a spotlight
…and when our feelings take their part
Under the light we feel vulnerable and exposed
And we wait for apologies from the invading audience
…as they witness the corruption of our vacant hearts
No standing ovations are allowed when we finish
And where are the stems of roses
And wide air kisses?
But still, when we warriors come home
To see that these civilians are still there
We sure don't care about plays and such
Instead we watch the losing end of the war
In homage of heroes who never existed to start
Guns, Cannons, berets…those stupid stage plays
We sit and eat and play in the mud pits
And wait for the gun smoke to clear.
© Anarda Nashai (written at 17)
Ten year old pig tails
Clear, jelly sandals
From the classroom
Through the school gate
Fallen play yard fences
Candy store
Stepping on cracks in the sidewalk…
Young brown masculine hands
White leather covered feet
From a vacant alley way
Reaching out and pulling back
Caluses on my crying mouth
Releasing at the sound of something coming
A life replaced with the scales of shame
And then…
(c) Anarda Nashai (written at 14)
School Girl: Poetry and Prose of a Pre and Prose Adolescent
Needing, Wanting…and Settling
What they want
is a dent in their mattress
for a steady keel while they are sleeping
they want to struggle
to figure out what's in the corner
or on the surface of the other
to be able to sniff past
the Listerine and to the
marijuana laced breath of the other
they will settle
for foreign hands on their bodies
for other impressions to interpret
their wet or dry dreams
they want to pose with another
whose eye color is a better match
for their own up-do hair styles…
they will need a human heart
to explain to them their own hearts.
What do I want?
I want to live where I only need
turtle necks…and red wine
and straight lines
I will need to walk with bare hills
and not fret too much
about the snow or water beneath them
and If love so happens
to find me in route
I want to look at him
and feel affection completely
I will not be satisfied to delude
any more or less than this
for the well-planted waves
of my great imagination
…because I no longer bleed
or need to weave stairs of anecdotes
for backyard grills or Christmas dinners
I'll pass on short, tiara-crowned fantasies
and illuminated, but still hidden promises
I will only settle to look back at love
and feel from it what I feel.
(c) Anarda Nashai (November 2008)
Strawberry Quotation Number 23
"Romantic Feelings
are the chemical equal
of drinking cracked goblets
of full-bodied merlot."
(c) Anarda Nashai (October 2008)
Strawberry Quotation Number 23 (part 2)
"If it is written somewhere
it will save me somehow…
it will hand me my sword and shield;
my steaming green tea and wide neck pillow;
the wild and crazy and curly fly-aways that go from me…
It is written, embodied and loved
and has done me these irrevocable favors
it has done so till now
…and it shall till forever."
(c) Anarda Nashai (June 2009)
The Covetable Spring
From May springs
the most cunning rights
of them there forever
we look down and see
but ought not touch
what shield keeps us
in tack of humane loop
yet circling all possibilities parallel–
Gardens of damned things mingling together
conversations of long appointed humility
history of these delicacies
slashed and flaming
my own pride jailed to each bulb here
where they lay in abundance
my blanket stretched for them all…
The most ill-pardoned roots
them their raised forever:
The tough-broken sprout of sin.
(c) Anarda Nashai (December 2008)
Notes For a Hunter
Kindness is a corpulent loner
a shiny, beguiled and wistful being
who won't refuse a darker corner
in lieu of it's disadvantaged alternative
…denied of simple consort
…displaced by momentary weakness:
it is the bud of life's fusion–
it is the "waiver-er" of such particles alike.
2008 (c) Anarda Nashai
A word from the author herself
School Girl: Poetry and Prose of a Pre and Post Adolescent
From the mind of a child through the heart of a young woman…
Written in thirteen-year-old dramatic monologue or in searing confessionalism at seventeen, School Girl is a most dazzling and unexpected collection of not quite "children's" poetry. Anarda Nashai shares her uninhibited and thought-provoking voice as a young poet who has used her writing as a companion, a confidant that she's come to rely on with each step taken toward womanhood. The collection contains mature content and may not be suitable for readers under the age of 13.
The Unconventional Poetess…
I came across some old poetry that I wrote as a girl and teenager. Looking back on all of them now, I can hardly believe that I did this … and yet, I remember feeling the urge to pull those words out of nowhere and constructing them to comment of all sorts of things every single day of my pre and post adolescent life. And thus "School Girl: Poetry and Prose of a Pre and Post Adolescent" was born. Everything was a motivation to me. Things that I heard and watched…loved and sweated over. Things that I needed to let others know, others that I felt I had no right to "say".
Please don't hesitate to comment or drop me a line at: firstname.lastname@example.com
-Anarda Nashai


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Eat your greens - it's good for your health and your pocket
Eco-friendly meat-free meals will help cut your bills, says Aideen Sheehan
Meat-Free Monday has become a popular movement across Europe, encouraging us to curb our carnivorous instincts and go greener with our meal choices.
It's not about going vegan – it's simply about encouraging us all to eat a bit less meat and a lot more veggies in order to cut down on harmful greenhouse gas emissions from animals.
Paul and Stella McCartney and celebrity chef Rozanne Stevens are among the advocates of making at least one day a week meat-free, citing the health as well as the environmental benefits.
Budget-food writer Caitríona Redmond says regular vegetarian meals are also a massive help in keeping grocery bills down.
"As a rule of thumb eggs are a third the price of meat, and beans are a third of the price of eggs, so you're looking at huge savings," she says.
Caitríona says her husband – like most Irish men – is a meat lover, but he'll happily enjoy veggie alternatives, particularly if she doesn't mention it in advance.
And kids love any kind of burger you can hold in your hands, so bean burgers are a great alternative to beef ones at about a quarter of the price, she says.
We compared costs and found that a 500g pack of good quality mince typically costs €5 while a 500g pack of lentils costs just €1.29. Similarly a 400g tin of chickpeas costs just 59 cents while a two-pack of chicken breasts costs €3.35.
Nutritional therapist Helen Cassidy, from the Glenville Clinic chain, says there are huge health benefits associated both with eating less meat, and more vegetables.
That's because there is a 13pc higher risk of premature death from eating a daily portion of red meat – increasing to 20pc if it's the processed type, such as ham and sausages, which is also clearly associated with bowel cancer.
Many people don't realise quite how much meat they eat because they only count things like steak or mince, whereas they might also be eating a ham sandwich for lunch every day, says Helen.
On the plus side, vegetarian meals also pack huge nutritional benefits as upping your vegetable intake means you'll consume more fibre, vitamins and antioxidants.
The vast majority of Irish people don't eat the recommended 25g a day of fibre, even though it helps lower cholesterol, control blood sugar and reduce gastrointestinal disease, including colorectal cancer.
And average intake of fruit and vegetables is less than half the recommended five portions a day.
Irish people are sometimes daunted by the idea of meatless meals, but a good way to start is to look at your usual repertoire of meals and adapt them, she says.
"This works particularly well for stir fries or for curries where there's already such strong flavours and you won't miss meat at all if you just throw in a tin of beans or chickpeas instead."
Vegetarian fajitas with onions, peppers and chickpeas instead of meat or frittatas with leftover roast vegetables are also great choices, while for lunch you can substitute ham with cheese, egg or peanut butter in your sandwich, and add lots of salad.
For the environment it's unquestionable that vegetarian food produces less greenhouse gas emissions – a veggie diet is estimated to have around half the carbon footprint of a meaty one.
That's mainly down to the vast quantities of climate-warming methane gas which animals emit from both ends.
A European Commission study shows that every kilo of Irish beef produces around 19kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) and every kilo of lamb produces 20.1kg of CO2.
That's relatively good by international standards – Irish beef produces a quarter as much carbon as Brazilian beef, for example, and Teagasc is working with farmers to cut this further – but it's are still way higher than Irish pork which produces 4.8kg CO2 per kilo or chicken at 3.3kg.
Irish milk, meanwhile, is an excellent low-emission choice as it produces just 1kg of CO2 per kilo, which is the lowest in Europe, while lentils, fruit, vegetables and beans are all low carbon foods.
Carbon footprints of different food
Kilos of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions per kilo of the food
Irish lamb 20.1kg
Irish beef 19kg
Irish pork 4.8kg
Irish chicken 3.3kg
Potatoes 2.9kg
Rice 2.7kg
Irish eggs 2.4kg
Nuts 2.3kg
Vegetables 2kg
Beans/tofu 2kg
Irish milk 1kg
Fruit 1kg
Lentils 0.9kg
Source: EU Commission and Environmental Working Group (US)
Bean burgers
You will need:
200g cooked chickpeas
200g cooked kidney beans
1 red and 1 yellow pepper, finely chopped
3 spring onions, finely chopped.
1 teaspoon each of ground, cumin, coriander and paprika
2 teaspoons ginger and garlic paste
100g gram (chickpea) flour
Sunflower oil for frying
Mash the chickpeas and kidney beans well in a large bowl, retaining some texture.
Heat a non-stick frying pan on a medium heat
Add the peppers, spring onions, spices, ginger, garlic paste and half the gram flour to the beans. Mix well with your hands, adding more flour if too wet.
Put the remaining flour on a plate, and shape the bean mixture into six burgers, then pat them onto the flour to coat them.
Fry until golden brown and crispy on each side.
Serve the burgers in a bun with your favourite toppings and relish.
FROM WHOLESOME: FEED YOUR FAMILY WELL FOR LESS BY CAITRíONA REDMOND. MERCIER PRESS €15.
Irish Independent
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Wearing this striped shirt on repeat lately. Anything to save a bit of brainpower these days – go with the favorites that are working! It's one of those 'you can't wrinkle even if you crumple it in a ball' type shirts. There are a billion colors and patterns on buy 1 get on 50% off sale (or my other favorite Portofino) at Express right now. Great for work wardrobe staple.


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Facebook Expands Its Location Data Partnership with Factual
Facebook and Factual have had a partnership since 2015 — beginning with Factual's Places data — and it keeps growing. In fact, the companies have just announced the expansion of their work together.
In this case, it's Factual's Global Places partnership with Facebook. Their strong data partnership includes expanded international Global Places coverage and access to Factual's Crosswalk offering.
"Crosswalk connects physical locations to their online presence by mapping Factual Place IDs to related IDs and URLs across 10-plus different namespaces," Factual noted in a media release. "This creates an effortless way to translate Factual's identifier of a given place to another platform's URL for the same place, which can be useful for incorporating links or accessing data from another API."
Location data is increasingly important to publishers and advertisers, especially considering the growth of mobile users around the globe.
"At Factual, we believe quality data provides a strong foundation for strong products, and we're excited to work with leaders like Facebook who share similar views and understand how to use data to creating market-leading, compelling user experiences on a worldwide scale," the company said in its release.


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Do You Have This Habit?
January 13, 2011 by Quantum Publisher
Filed under BEST POSTS, Feeling Positive, Quantum Library
Ever wonder WHY you do what you do? It's a habit!
It's a HABIT!
An estimated 95% of our actions and thoughts are just a habitual and unconscious.
Initially we form a habit because something worked for us in a certain situation. But that's no guarantee that habit is perfect for what's happening in your life today.
If you find you're running into the same challenge again and again in some area of your life – you may have habitual thoughts and actions you should consider changing!
Is a Habit in Control?
It's easy to assume we have no control over our habits. But a habit CAN be replaced with a more desirable behavior.
- Start by increasing your awareness of the habitual action.
- Begin to notice when you "automatically" respond with anger or frustration to something in your relationship.
- Then start to consciously practice a new, more positive habit to responding better to that situation.
The old habit will gradually weaken as you replace it with a more conscious response – rather than an old "knee-jerk habitual reaction."
Build a Success Habit
Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler, doctor of psychology and pioneer brain trainer, tells us it takes three weeks to a month to change a habit for a reason. Only at that point has your new habit been cemented into your brain as a long-term memory. Here's a great solution to building a success habit!
Posted by Jill Ammon-Wexler
Amazing Solutions
Good News – Pay It Forward Happening
November 22, 2010 by Quantum Publisher
Filed under BEST POSTS, Feeling Positive
Here's some good news…
Dr. Jill here from The Self Growth Planet. Did you see the movie *Pay It Forward* with Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt –or did you read the book? Well although a decade has passed, it seems like the movement is still alive and well. And that's really good news!
Real Live Good News
The *Pay It Forward* concept is to reach out and help a stranger, expecting only that they will do the same for someone else. The good news is — this great idea of performing unsolicited acts of kindness has actually surfaced as a social movement in the sweet little seaside town of Nanaimo, British Columbia [located on Vancouver Island.]
According to one well-known Nanaimo resident, he got to the window at Tim Horton's to pay for his cup of coffee, but the cashier told him that the customer before him had already paid for his coffee. When he then told the sales girl that he would then pay for the next person behind him, she told him he was the fourth consecutive person to do this.
That stirred up his interest. He asked the girl if anyone at the restaurant had kept track of such spontaneous acts of kindness. One of the employees shared even more good news — he was aware of 30 people in a row on one day.
It seems that in the midst of all the gloom and doom we get from the news media lately, caring for your neighbor is still alive and well. Hurrah.
Let's Keep This Good News Going!
How about passing this good news along to your friends and Facebook pals. Let's keep this friendly good news movement going.
PINEAL GLAND & THIRD EYE: Proven Methods to Develop your higher self
By Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler
There is now very real scientific proof that your pineal gland truly IS a third eye. Read More Here!
posted by Jill Ammon-Wexler
Amazing Success
An Unusual Way to Boost Your Immunity
October 6, 2010 by Quantum Publisher
Filed under Feeling Positive, Life Mastery
Would you imagine that just looking at a sick person could protect YOU against illness by boosting your immunity?
How Is Your Immunity?
We humans seem to have a natural aversion to those who are ill. When we see someone who looks sick, we experience a powerful emotional response to avoid them. A new Canadian study shows that even *seeing* a sick person can boost your immunity to sickness.
A Natural Immunity Boost
To for possible changes in ones's immunity, University of British Columbia researchers showed subjects one of two different slide shows—either a slides of people brandishing a gun, or slides of individuals who were obviously sick. To measure any changes in the research subjects immunity, immediately after they drew a blood sample, exposed each sample to bacteria, then measured the levels of a natural substance {interleukin-6 (IL-6)} secreted by white blood cells in response to stress or trauma. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a proven indicator of immunity levels.
Although the subjects rated the gun photographs as stressful than the illness images, their subjects blood tests told a different story — the gun images caused a 7 percent increase in IL-6, levels , but the images of sick people caused a 24 percent increase. Their immunity had obviously been boosted by seeing the images of sick people.
"It makes evolutionary sense that the immune system would respond aggressively only when it's really needed," said Mark Schaller, a psychologist and co-author of the study. "If I see a bunch of sick people, maybe a big infection is around, and I better kick my immunity into high gear. Many neurochemicals connect the brain to the immune system."
Learn how to use your brain to=>> boost your immunity!
Posted by Jill Ammon-Wexler
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An experiment being conducted by an alliance of journalists and computer scientists aims to combine the distributed human brainpower of Amazon's small-task outsourcing engine, Mechanical Turk, with a software boss pre-programmed with all the logic required to stitch myriad discrete human-accomplished tasks into something resembling the work of a single person.The project is called My Boss is a Robot, and the boffins involved include the team of Niki Kittur, a Carnegie Mellon assistant professor of Human Computer Interaction, as well as freelance science and technology writers Jim Giles and MacGregor Campbell.The idea is simple: computer scientists have already used Mechanical Turk to create a simple encyclopedia entry about New York City. The entire process was overseen by software, not humans, and included everything from asking Turkers (as the distributed workers on Mechanical Turk are called) to come up with the topic areas the entry should cover to having them fact-check the writing of previous workers to whom those topics had been assigned.Based on this success, it seems logical that Turkers might be able to transform a research paper into a 500 word piece of original science journalism. There are a million reasons this might not work, admit Giles and Campbell, but the exercise is meant to generate insight and discussion, whether or not it succeeds.
mmmIs the purpose of this experiment finding a way to eliminate the journalist from the credits so that it can easily be replaced? Resulting on being able to pay a ridiculously low wage. If the task is paid at 1 cent and takes 1 minute each task, the payment is 60 cents an hour.-rxantos (February 14, 2011, 04:35 PM)
I'll admit at first blush it does sound cruel and callous, But! If it was used properly (*Snicker*) to replace say the upper-class banking Moguls (that just boned us and the economy) ... Then by golly by gum I say that's right fair pay for the work what was done!-Stoic Joker (February 14, 2011, 05:45 PM)
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The goal of the Eurojust National Coordination System (ENCS) is to co-ordinate the work of national authorities and Eurojust. The national correspondents for Eurojust shall be responsible for the functioning of the ENCS.
The ENCS facilitates, within each Member State, the carrying out of the tasks of Eurojust and inter alia helps to ensure that the Case Management System of Eurojust receives information related to the Member States concerned in an efficient and reliable manner.
View/download Eurojust paper on ENCS structure and tasks and the ideal profile of national correspondents for Eurojust.


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Approximately 1.5 hours north of Auckland, Goat Island Marine Reserve is located on Goat Island Road, in Leigh.
For those driving to the reserve, it's well sign-posted, making it easy to find.
Free parking is available at the Department of Conservation car park, just above the main beach. Toilets and showers are located in the car park.
Please note: If travelling to Goat Island Marine Reserve from Auckland during a public holiday or busy weekend, please allow plenty of extra time for traffic and parking. If you are running late, we will do our best to accommodate you, but please note: We do not provide refunds for missed bookings and cannot guarantee a seat on another tour during peak times.
No car? No problem.
You can book a bus here that will get you from Auckland's CBD right to Goat Island marine reserve. This service runs every day and will get you to the beach in perfect time for a 12 or 1 pm tour.
The Glass Bottom Boat and Kayak & Snorkel Hire are located on the beach, at Goat Island Marine Reserve, Goat Island Road, Leigh.
Please check in with our beach team to receive your boat ticket – you must have a ticket to board the boat.
The Glass Bottom Boat departs from the beach at Goat Island Marine Reserve. Our easy access ramp, makes it possible for you to stay dry, while safely boarding the boat.
Home stay bunk-style accommodation is available. Please call for availability.
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Jones' new single is a must-have for your summer playlist
The singer - aka Cherie Jones - has been on my radar for a good few months now, thanks to two exceptional singles Hoops and Indulge, but her latest track is possibly her best yet.
Called Melt, it's a summer jam so mellow it could be prescribed as a beta blocker. "We got the heat / melt with me," Jones murmurs over the sun-bleached beat, which comes courtesy of British electro-soul duo Honne.
Exquisite stuff.
If you want to know more, there's a short interview with Jones over on Fader.


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Overlooking raw office
Ranquist Development Group office was renovated by Chicago Studio Vladimir Radutny Architects. The idea was to create a raw space overlooking rooms & highlight the exposed surfaces inside. Design uses a lot of glass, black color, brick, wood & concrete to achieve the goal. I love the way the custom made desks are attached to black screens with holes that allow continuing the main idea of open spaces. Another good thing & very important is the use of wood to warm industrial style spaces.
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My name is Monica Mesa Reveron, I'm an interior designer in love with sustainable design & life. Welcome to my blog where I share my passion for interior design, photography, travel & life.
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This page gives some basic details about the Shadow Render Element and how it is used in compositing.
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The Shadow Render Element is a color image that works as a reverse mask for shadows and can be used to lighten, darken or tint shadows. Shadows can be lightened in the composite by adding this pass, or darkened by subtracting this render pass from the final composite.
The VRayShadows render element is the product of multiplying the vrayRE_Raw_Shadow Render Element with the vrayRE_Diffuse Render Element in the composite.
Note : Specific objects can be excluded from this Render Element by disabling the Generate Render Elements option in the VRayObjectProperties node for the selected object(s).
UI Path
||Render Settings window|| > Render Elements tab > Shadow
The parameters for this render element appear in the Attribute Editor under Extra V-Ray Attributes.
Enabled – When enabled, the render element appears in the V-Ray Virtual Frame Buffer.
Deep output – Specifies whether to include this render element in deep images.
Filename suffix – The text added to the end of the rendered file, when saved as a separate file (e.g. myrender.shadow.vrimg).
Apply color mapping – Applies the color mapping options specified in the Color mapping rollout of the VRay tab in the Render Settings window to this render element. This option is enabled by default.
Denoise – Enables the render element's denoising, provided the Denoiser render element is present.
Common Uses
The Shadow Render Element is useful for changing the appearance of shadowed areas in a compositing or image editing application. Below are examples of possible uses.
Shadow Render Element
Original Beauty Composite
Contrast added to the Shadows Render Element
Underlying Compositing Equation
vrayRE_Raw_Shadow x vrayRE_Diffuse = vrayRE_Shadow
The vrayRE_Shadow pass can be both added and subtracted with the final beauty comp at a composite level without rerendering.
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The Justice Department finally took aim at the monopolistic monolith that threatened to dominate the book industry. So imagine the shock when the bullet aimed at threats to competition went whizzing by
That's the modern equivalent of taking on Standard Oil but breaking up Ed's Gas 'N' Groceries on Route 19 instead.
Last week, the Justice Department sued in
The suit has its roots in 2007, when Amazon released the Kindle and began selling some of the most sought-after books for $9.99 in order to bolster sales of its device. Not surprisingly, booksellers and publishers hated this price with the force of 10,000 suns because it made physical books sold for $25 or more seem outrageously overpriced.
Under the wholesale arrangement with Amazon, the publishers received half of the list price, which yielded better money, but gave them no control over the pricing of their product. With the introduction of the
That so-called agency model developed with Apple allowed publishers, not just Amazon, to set the price and in a move that caught the interest of the Justice Department, they all came up with pretty much the same price. (Why the crumbling book business is worthy of so much attention from Justice while Wall Street skates is a broader question we'll leave for another day.)
Let's stipulate that there may have been some manner of price-fixing here, perhaps even arranged in "private rooms for dinner in upscale
But pull back a few thousand feet and take a broader look at the interests of consumers. From the very beginning and with increasingly regularity, Amazon has used its market power to bully and dictate. It leaned on the Independent Publishers Group in recent months for better terms and when those negotiations didn't work out, Amazon simply removed the company's almost 5,000 e-books from its virtual shelves. The Seattle Times just published a series with examples of how Amazon uses its scale not only to keep its prices low, but also to keep its competitors at bay.
As low-margin companies trapped in a declining business with fewer outlets, book publishers face an existential threat. "If we are fixing prices for our benefit, we don't seem to be very good at it," said one publishing executive mordantly. (He declined to be named criticizing the lawsuit because of his involvement in the settlement.)
The deal struck with Apple also allowed other players into the e-book business, including independent bookstores. Previously, Amazon's $9.99 subprofit price was a virtually impenetrable barrier to entry for anyone who couldn't afford to lose millions in order to gain market share. Remember that it was only after agency pricing went into effect that
Now Amazon has the Justice Department as an ally to rebuild its monopoly and wipe out other players. If the decision to charge the publishers was good for competition, why had the stock price of Barnes & Noble dropped more than 10 percent since Wednesday? Borders is long gone, and the possible loss of Barnes & Noble would be bad for consumer choice, online or off.
There are some ironies here. Amazon views e-books as cheap software sold to animate device sales, in this case, the Kindle. And who does that remind you of? Ah yes, Apple, which shrank
This time, Apple is on the side of the angels, mostly because the company doesn't have the leverage of a dominant device. Peter Kafka at AllThingsD dug out a throwaway line in the middle of the complaint from the Justice Department that said, "Apple also contemplated illegally dividing the digital content world with Amazon, allowing each to 'own the category' of its choice — audio/video to Apple and e-books to Amazon."
The counterargument to the publishers' position runs like this: why should consumers be saddled with paying an extra few dollars just to keep competition alive? In the short term, the answer seems clear. But Richard Epstein, a professor at the
He said that lower prices work both ways, spelling "low costs to consumers and low royalties to authors." Anyone who has written a book, including me, can tell you that book publishing has always been a bit of a clubby business, with uniform practices in realms beyond pricing. Among many other standards: sell your book to any publisher you wish, but you will never get more than 15 percent of net royalties on the hardcover edition.
Robert F. Levine, a lawyer with an extensive practice in publishing, said there's a practical reason for all that uniformity. The book business is both hermetic and dwindling.
"There is not a drop of new capital coming into this business," he said. "The margins are low and there is almost no growth, so you end up with a rather small industry, with a handful of companies and a handful of players."
I'd be lying if I said I didn't get a little thrill when I found out on Amazon that I could get an e-book version of "Fifty Shades of Grey," the No. 1 book on the


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5 Creative Ways To Make a Colour Wheel With Children
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Narrated by: Alise, 10yrs
Disastrously, our family of 6 all caught a cold and got ill. Even after several weeks we are still trying to pull-through this sickness and overcome the fact we became ill during the end of August!
Can you imagine the time it takes for us all to go through the same virus? You may know that it takes a lot of patience and self-control which I, unfortunately, did not have very much of. (😥 sighs)
Because of the cold our regular comforting long walks outside stopped so we had to find something interesting and worth-while to do indoors.
We were bursting out several ideas on what to do until we landed on colours. Mostly because they are fun, especially when explored together, but also developing and sharpening skills.
I'll share 5 ideas which me and my children have made come to life with colours!
Before we start, grab you free colour wheel printable here. (And whilst you on the site - check them out, they have some more cool stuff. We especially like their posts on children activities.
Also, remember that it is -
Suggested that young children around 2 - 3 years old are at first recommended to get to know the 3 main colours – blue red and green.
Once the basics are learned - feel free to get adventurous and explore the vast world of colours (16.8 million in total, good luck with that! 😅)
1. Making a colour wheel out of old magazines
We decided to utilise our collection of advertisement posters, booklets and magazines (unbelievable how they add up over the time!). We looked for different shades of colours, cut them out and stick to our very own colour wheel.
- Each child been given 2 colours
- Some children lost their focus straight away but others achieved their tasks instantly. But never the less,the goals were accomplished by both and as a result we got a grand colour wheel
2. Making a colour wheel out of toy cars 🚙🚕🚗
In our family we have three little boys and that means it comes along with a huge box full of tiny toy cars!
With only one hint that we could maybe make a colour wheel with the toy cars 😳 they quickly set to work and finished this with great enthusiasm, very quickly.
- At first the cars were sorted by the colour and then turned into a shape of the colour wheel.
- The white cars didn't technically need to be there,but my children still found them a place to fit.
Next, we also talked about the opposites of colours like violet and yellow, green and red and blue and orange.
3. Making a colour wheel out of sweets🍭
I was exploring the internet and came upon an experiment where you use different coloured sweets to make a colour wheel.
Take something colourful, for example: Skittles, M&Ms or Smarties.
Here's a video that inspired us
My children really enjoyed this experiment but what made things even more enjoyable was that at the end of the experiment you could eat them all!
- Just spread out the sweets evenly around the dish
- Pour water near the middle so it reaches a little after the sweets.
- Sit back and watch the colourful play unveal in front of your eyes (you might find it hard to patiently sit and watch as it is tempting to entice your taste buds)
4. Making a colour wheel with Stikeez
After all these experiments we felt encouraged and looked around for what else could we use to make a colour wheel. After some searching we found Stikeez which we bought quite a while ago at a local supermarket.
Btw, we got this beautiful A3 size colour wheel from here.
5. Making a colour wheel with play dough!
Some days before all this activity-packed fun my daughter made a colour wheel with aa little twist. She had made the same colour wheel but instead of using toy cars, sweets, Stikeez or different shades of paper, she used the good old play dough!
That's it
Overall that is how we spent the colourful hours indoors instead of outside in the grey, cloudy daysdays!
Wishing you a colourful, healthy autumn and for you to collect all the fruit and veg along with all the grand colours of autumn leaves to make your very own colour wheel!
If you too indulge in colour exploration with your children, please share some pictures and a couple of lines on how you found the activity


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Prom season starts in Maine this weekend, and law enforcement agencies are working together to step up enforcement and education around underage drinking.
The Cumberland County Underage Drinking Enforcement Task Force held a press conference Tuesday morning to announce a county-wide effort to prevent risky behavior during prom season.
Police from several neighboring departments have been deputized to make arrests in different jurisdictions. From next weekend until June, grant money will pay for the added enforcement details.
The latest news from around the state
The Task Force is also reaching out to local prom-related businesses, such as flower shops and hair salons, to post prom safety pamphlets where students will see them.
The announcement took place in a community that has taken the underage drinking issue head-on in the last school year.
In the fall of 2014, around 30 Westbrook High School student athletes were caught drinking at a party, but several of them had their punishments lifted in time to play in a playoff football game. That controversy started a conversation in the community, and school leaders say it's taught everyone a lesson about accountability.
"Last year there were some issues that would not have gone away, had they not been addressed," said Westbrook Senior Hannah Smith.
She is getting ready to go to her senior prom this weekend, and is urging classmates to say no to alcohol.
"I think that dialogue saves lives and this is a conversation you have to have," said Smith.
Westbrook Police Chief Janine Roberts said the enforcement details will continue after the last prom in the area, to curb underage drinking during high school graduation celebrations.


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- View Lineage Chart - View Cria/Offspring - ARI Certificates - Histograms
Thalia of Spring Valley
White, 1089486, 1/4 Bolivian, 1/2 Peruvian, 1/4 Other/Unknown
Thalia has the straightest back of all of our alpacas. Her fleece is quite fine and she has good density. Included in her lineage is Hemingway. She also is the animal with the most attitude. She is not in the least shy about letting the other girls know when they have pushed her far enough. And she does not put up with much. This disposition had us a little worried on how she would treat her own cria. But she is a good mom with lots of milk for her crias.
Whirlaway is a handsome light brown son of 6X Champion CPeruvian Winchester. Whirlaway has excellent conformation and bite. His fleece has a soft handle while having fineness, crimp, and density. His 2010 micron count was 20.8. He has a nice square conformation, and his head has the "Winchester look"!We purchased Whirlaway from Hobby Horse Farm and we have high expectations for him. His density combined with the fineness of his fleece will compliment our females' fleece. And hopefully add a little more color to our herd. He has begun his breeding career and we already have several of his crias on the ground and more on the way.Whirlaway's sire, CPeruvian Winchester has offspring that have won at least 34 championships. including Whirlaway's!His introductary stud fee is $1250.00. Book a breeding to Whirlaway today and add his genes to your herd.FALL 2010: Whirlaway's 1st crias have arrived. What surprises! A stunning light brown, a white and brown appy, a dark fa
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Baltimore is a quiet, fairly easy going boy. His fleece has really come in nicer that we had expected. He has matured into a good looking male with great coverage from his head almost to his toes. Consider him as an addition to your herd.Baltimore likes to complain (hum) and he has done so since the day he was born.Definitely wants it to be know that he is around!
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The Maryland Society of Professional Engineers 2017 Annual Conference allows professional engineers to network face to face and earn 7 CE credits for the day.
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Unique Outdoors is the home of all sorts of amazing family adventures located at our beautiful 15 acre woodland in the grounds of De Vere Wokefield Estate. Our activities and friendly team are very well known across the local community with safety and your experience being our utmost priorities!
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text: Detective Jaime Baynes is called to the scene of a possible homicide. After interviewing a few witnesses, Baynes learns the victim ran 100 yards, coughing up blood along the way. He banged on a couple of doors crying for help, before falling on his back and dying in the grass. In his death grip is a folded-up dollar bill with methamphetamine inside. The medical examiner finds a bullet from a small caliber 25 mm gun had ricocheted around in his body, causing internal bleeding. At the crime scene, where detectives believe the shooting occurred, no shell casings are found. With no suspects or leads, the forensic team tests the methamphetamine for a unique chemical formula, which may lead them to the neighborhood that produced the drugs. Hopefully the drugs' formula and the signature way the drugs were wrapped in the dollar bill, can lead detectives to the source and a possible suspect.


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Theses pages contain information, travel reports, music, culture of the continent Siberia.
1993 I traveled to Siberia for the first time, came to the capital of Siberia, Novosibirsk, crossed the river Ob, reached the river Jenesseij, participated at at festival in Krasnojarsk and came to the Republic Tuva
From that time, I am fascinated. I got an impression of this great country and I want to learn more. The siberian north, cold, hostile, the culture of the siberian ethnic groups and ethnic populations, the siberian ocean Baikal and the south with his borders to the steppes of central asia...
2002, I was invited to the Altai. Mountains with more than 130 glaciers, 1000 rivers, many different languages, once more a region with new, unknown culture (beside the wellknown russian culture...).
The Festival Chivaja Wode opened new doors for me.
For some years now I am dreaming of a big trip through Siberia, on a boat from the White Sea to the delta of the Jenisseij, than up the river to Krasnojarsk, to the Lake Baikal, to the South, the Altai... who knows, some day I will be able to make this tour.
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This study, led by Bernd Figner at Columbia, used TMS to disrupt the lateral prefrontal cortex while people were debating whether or not to delay for a larger reward. The end result was that people became much more impulsive: when the massive beam of electromagnetism was aimed at our forehead, we found it harder to delay gratification, and became significantly more likely to choose $20 right now, instead of $25 next month.
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Yet another round of fMRI lie detection attempts
An attorney in NY is pushing to use fMRI evidence to demonstrate that a witness is telling the truth. While there are some studies showing differences in activation between deception and truth-telling, there's broad doubt that these findings are replicable in real-life settings, where the stakes are higher and the task is less constrained. And then there's the problem of asking juries to assess this evidence.
Juries tend to be overly credulous about any evidence offered as forensic or scientific evidence. And other studies show that imaging studies generate an extra layer of overcredulousness. (On those, see Dave Munger and Jonah Lehrer.) So when an 'expert' shows a jury a bunch of brain images and says he's certain the images say a person is lying (or not), the jury will led this evidence far more weight than it deserves.
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Choosing a pond system
Note Number: AG0422
Published: August 1995
Updated: April 2009
One of the primary purposes of pond systems in dealing with dairy effluent is to store it over the wetter months, which helps to avoid waterlogging and pugging of pastures. However whilst it is debateable whether they are the most effective way to manage dairy effluent on farms, they have significant advantages compared to direct-application systems and other management options that don't incorparate ponds because they:
- completely contain effluent over the wetter months thereby significantly reducing the potential for nutrient runoff to waterways
- manage and control value nutrients, enabling strategic and timely application that meets plant nutrient and water requirements.
Choosing the most appropriate pond system, will depend on:
- practicality
- ease of maintenance
- potential benefitwhether recycling effluent for yard washing or distributing valuable nutrients back to pastures and crops.
However, many pond systems fail not necessarily due to poor design, but more so from a lack of management.
Traditionally in Victoria a treatment system was recommended--sometimes referred to as an anaerobi/aerobic system--where the first pond is deep and the effluent overflows into a shallow second pond. Although this system works well, the effluent in the second pond is not treated to an acceptable standard for discharge to waterbodies.
Since it is unacceptable for effluent to leave the farm the main focus is on storage ponds and being able to distribute nutrients from the dairy and/or feedpad through a pond system back to pastures. These ponds should be capable of storing all effluent produced over the required storage period--usually during winter and spring when it is too wet to irrigate pastures, which will vary between regions.
The key principles in choosing the most appropriate pond system are not selecting the cheapest option or what is common in the area, but rather the farm's physical variables and management. Long-term planning is vital to develop a system that can cater for any proposed changes such as a feedpad development or dairy shed expansion.
Let's consider the options in detail.
Single-pond system
- easy integration into farm topography
- minimal earthworks
- minimal maintenance and management
- management needed to monitor solids and avoid conveyance problems and pond silting
- larger sized ponds may require specialist pumping and irrigation equipment to handle solids and overall volume
- no storage backup if pond becomes heavily silted
Dual- and multiple-pond systems
Dual-ponds (see Figure 2) are certainly still a good option, especially for larger farms. These systems are especially attractive for farms with floodwash or hydrant systems which use a large amount of water to clean the yard or farms reliant on sprinkler conveyance back to pastures and crops.
However the focus is usually on a system where the first pond collects and settles out the solids, and the effluent overflows into a second storage pond.
In a dual-pond system the second pond is considered the storage pond and is constructed on water use generated from the dairy and/or feedpad as well as any rainfall contribution. The first pond functions more as an anaerobic digester based on a retention time and manure loading. It is the first pond that contains most of the nutrients and accumulating salts.
A multiple-pond system may be desirable on some farms, which will generally reduce the amount of solids, bacteria and nutrients even further than dual-ponds.
- improved water quality from second pond which is easier to pump and recycle
- fewer blockages when conveyed through sprinklers
- collection point to retain valuable nutrients
- larger area required for pond construction
- need to continually remove accumulating salts in the first pond, which if allowed to build up may reduce anaerobic processing
- high maintenance requirement; poor first pond management will simply transfer the problem to the second pond
Sizing ponds
Anaerobic and storage ponds require specific calculations to determine volume and dimensions including manure loading, herd size, water use, rainfall, sludge accumulation, retention periods, animal yarding times and freeboards.
Sizing ponds based on guesswork or similar sized dairies are not recommended because inadequately designed pond systems are usually expensive to fix and complicate the management of dairy effluent.
Alternative pond systems
Alternative effluent storage systems include farm channels and drains, concrete bunkers or pits and gully depressions. However these options are generally considered high risk and labour-intensive, especially due to excessive weed growth and silting.
Irrigation re-use sumps cannot under any circumstances be used for effluent storage from point sources.
To be effective, pond systems need to be intregrated into the farm layout, so there will be variations in pond designs taking into account specific farm characteristics and the desired management of the farm.
Additional information may be obtained from other Information Notes in the effluent series or contact the following Department of Environment and Primary Industries' offices:
Echuca (03) 54 821 922
Ellinbank (03) 5624 2222
Tatura (03) 58 335 222
Maffra (03) 5147 0800
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This Agnote was developed by Joe Wheeler, August 1995.
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Now, here's a bit of powerful science and psychology that can help you improve your online sales and boost your profits: The power of color.
When it comes to merchandising, most big businesses and high-powered PR firms have recognized the impact color can have upon shopping and buying. Take a note from the big players and discover how our favorite hues can positively enhance your shoppers' experiences, translating into increased sales for you.
Colors stir impulses and promote responses in people, compelling them to take action to satisfy a want or need. In the world of food marketing, for example, color is paramount in ensuring customer satisfaction and satiation. According to statistics gathered by the folks at ColorMatters.com, colors incite reactions and impart perceptions in each of us:
And, when it comes to serving the genders, the findings show:
To this end, it makes sense to utilize the appropriate color, in various hues and textures, to properly market your items to a specific gender. It's clear that color can sway thinking, change opinions and trigger desired reactions. Color is all around us in our lives, and the savvy seller who harnesses its benefits can gain impressive results through its use.
Sometimes a color is selected for the sole purpose of drawing attention to a product. This is when red or yellow may be used. But you can also attract attention by using a combination of colors. For instance, Stagg® Chili uses a black background with gold letters. The cereal brand Total® creates eye-catching appeal with a blue package and a red logo.
Color can also be used to relate to a particular product or service. Consider the Green Giant® products. Its packages are set in a white background with the famous green logo. Healthy Choice® is another example of the use of green. Both brands are trying to emulate freshness or healthiness. Green does the job. Root beer is sold using packages created in brown shades. A&W® is a perfect example, using brown and orange.
Orange is perfect for appealing to buyers who anticipate holidays, family gatherings and a shared feast
So with all that said about how colors can have a positive impact on your online listing designs, here's what researchers have found about the different colors and the impact of each.
With this information, you can now begin to plan how you'll put color to work for you in your online marketing efforts. Take care, though, as you explore the potential colors in your product listings: Too much of a good thing can go bad.
To prevent overdoing it, limit yourself to just a few key colors, set off against a black or white background. Use color as an accent in your product listings or advertisements, where a nicely designed color logo or a well placed color splash can have dramatic effect among the standard neutral white palette of the site.
Most important, as you utilize color in your listings, try to establish a consistent color scheme—in a logo or other design element—that will help customers begin to identify you and your business. Look closely at other big businesses as well as the products you purchase every day or every week. See how color plays an important part in promoting the product and how it compels you to identify and purchase it. Use this same psychology of color in your sales efforts, and you'll be coloring your own world in bankable shades of green.
Dennis L. Prince has been analyzing and advocating the e-commerce sector since 1996. He has published more than 12 books on the subject, including How to Sell Anything on eBay…and Make a Fortune, second edition (McGraw-Hill, 2006) and How to Make Money with MySpace (McGraw-Hill, 2008). His insight is actively sought within online, magazine, television and radio venues.
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The OWLA board of directors has been working very hard on a multi-year Strategic Action Plan.
"The strategic action plan is designed to be a "work in progress", a draft based on our organization's vision and mission. It is also a capacity building document; we invite all community members and organizational partners to join with us in working together to contribute to the development and implementation of this plan."
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Insein prison trials called insult to rule of law and international community
Reporters without borders
21 November 2008
Sports journalist Zaw Thet Htwe gets 15 years, comedian and blogger Zarganar gets 45 years
Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association strongly condemn the trials currently taking place in Insein prison, where a special court today sentenced well-known comedian and blogger Zarganar to 45 years in prison and sports journalist Zaw Thet Htwe to 15 years in prison.
They could receive additional sentences on other charges in the coming days and, like blogger Nay Phone Latt and poet Saw Wai in the past week, they could now also be transferred to remote prisons with very poor sanitary conditions.
"This wave of sham trials is the latest outrageous action by a military government that wants to crush the least sign of protest before elections supposed to take place in 2010," the two organisations said. "Jail terms with a combined total of several hundred years have been imposed in the past two weeks on poets, bloggers, monks, comedians, singers, ethnic minority leaders, trade unions and political activists."
They added: "All of Burma's lifeblood has been neutralised and silenced by a subservient judicial system. These trials are a disgrace for the international community, especially China and ASEAN, which did nothing to prevent them."
Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association urge the European Union and United Nations to adopt targeted sanctions against the interior minister, Gen. Maung Oo, who orchestrated the trials using the Special Branch of the police.
They also call on the EU to extend the list of Burmese officials targeted by political sanctions to include the head of the judicial system, U Aung Toe, and the following judges who took part in these trials: Daw Aye Myaing, U Thaung Nyunt, Daw Soe Nyan, Daw Than Than, Daw Nyunt Win and U Tin Htut. The Burma Lawyers' Council and the Global Justice Centre identified them as the judges chiefly responsible for these trials.
In today's trials, Zarganar got his 45-year sentence under the Electronic Law. Sports journalist Zaw Thet Htwe got his 15-year sentence above all for photos he took during last May's referendum. One of Zarganar's students, known as Gadone, received a 29-year prison sentence.
A monk, Ashin Gambira, got a 12-year jail term today for helping participants in last year's protests. He has already been sentenced to 56 years in prison on other charges.
The trials being held in Insein prison violate international standards and, often, Burma's own laws as well. The defendants' families and lawyers are rarely notified about the trials and witnesses for the defence are not allowed. The police and judges have also been violating limits on the length of pre-trial detention.
Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association therefore also support the call made by U Win Tin, a leading journalist and member of the opposition National League for Democracy, to United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon not to go to Burma under the current circumstances.
Nicknamed the "Burmese Chaplin" and known for his outspoken comments, Zarganar was arrested on 4 June after talking to the BBC World Service and other foreign news media about the delays in the humanitarian relief organised by the military after Cyclone Nargis. He also wrote in his blog about the activities of the country's Buddhist monks during the September 2007 protests and after the cyclone in May.
The former editor of the sports magazine First Eleven Journal, Zaw Thet Htwe was arrested by military police on 13 June. The police searched his Rangoon home two days later, confiscating files, his mobile phone and his computer.
Both Zaw Thet Htwe and Zarganar played an active role in helping Nargis victims.


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December 8, 2016
Just when it seemed like nothing can save physical from being consumed or at least massively transformed by digital, bright minds have drawn attention to an interesting idea – using a human body as a layer of security for data transmission. At the beginning of October, Mehrdad Hessar, Vikram Iyer and Shyamnath Gollakota from the University of Washington, published a paper called 'Enabling On-Body Transmissions With Commodity Devices,' where authors explored an alternative to wireless data transmission that could make medical devices and wearables more secure.
For the first time, the researchers were able to demonstrate that commodity devices can be used to generate wireless data transmissions that are confined to the human body. Among other things, researchers have evaluated their system in the presence of interference from other wearable devices such as smartwatches and nearby metallic surfaces. By modulating the operations of these input devices, they have demonstrated bitrates of up to 50 bits per second over the human body.
One of the goals of such work is to enable a physical layer of security for devices, which currently does not exist. As the authors specify, a communication primitive that transmits information directly through the body would create links immune to eavesdropping or man in the middle attacks. For example, by simply touching a doorknob, a user could transmit secret credentials from their smartphone through their body to open the door, without leaking secret information over the air.
It can also be used to create secret keys that are necessary for establishing secure wireless connections for wearable devices. For instance, instead of manually typing in a secret serial number or password for wirelessly pairing medical devices such as glucose or blood pressure monitors with smartphones, a smartphone could directly transmit arbitrary secret keys through the human body.
The biggest security challenge with devices currently is their wireless connectivity – devices rely on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for communication, which, by design, are not aimed to restrict data transmission, but the opposite, to facilitate it for as bigger distance as possible over the air. As a result, modern wireless forms of data transmission are inherently insecure and are highly vulnerable to hackers aiming to intersect transmission.
The researchers emphasize three requirements for on-body communication:
The findings suggest that fingerprint sensors and touchpads that are common on smartphones and laptops satisfy all three requirements – inherent to being input devices, they are in direct contact with the body and they produce characteristic EM signals, which are consistent and at frequencies below 10 MHz. Moreover, the mentioned signals propagate well on the human body but degrade significantly over air, achieving the goal of secure on-body data transmissions.
With that in mind, authors designed an on-body communication system that modulates the EM signals produced by fingerprint sensors and touchpads, as well as receiver algorithms to filter the EM signals and decode the data transmitted by these input devices.
Shyamnath Gollakota, a wireless researcher at the University of Washington, explains the idea, saying that You can hold a phone in your hand and you can have a receiver on your leg, and you can actually receive signals very strongly.
Three key application scenarios outlined by the authors are:
While physical keys in various forms can be easily lost or stolen, on-body transmission system enables secure access to gated spaces by adding a biometric security to a door using fingerprint sensors on phones.
For instance, sending a numerical code with four numbers over the body requires less than 16 bits which can be sent in less than a second using the techniques described in this paper. The feedback for such a system is implicit, as the door will unlock if the code is successfully accepted at the receiver.
We note that our approach would not require storing sensitive fingerprint information at the doorknob, which is necessary for conventional biometric-based electronic lock systems.
Wearable medical devices have become an increasingly important and attractive source for hackers of private medical data and records. Given the rate of adoption of such devices, their vulnerabilities will present a significant challenge for manufacturers over time.
In order to securely communicate over wireless links, these devices encrypt data based on a secret key or password. For example, continuous glucose monitors require patients to enter the sensor's serial number for pairing. We can envision that a user would touch their fingerprint sensor, which would, in turn, transmit a secret key to medical devices on the body. Once the secret key is transmitted, an encrypted pairing process can be used to establish a traditional wireless communication link, allowing the wearable device to communicate with smartphones or other devices.
Current solutions require transmitting periodic beacon signals from wireless devices or using measurements of physiological parameters such as heart rate for synchronization. Considering an eavesdropper can intercept or interfere with wireless beacons and that signals like heart rate are highly variable, there exists a need for novel synchronization solutions that address these issues. Our system is capable of securely transmitting information through the body with precise timing control, the authors suggest.


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Bad Luck Kitty at the Rock Rebellion
Classic and Custom built cars and bikes and plenty of live music. Join us for a cool day/night at the Toronto Workers Club Annual Rock Rebellion.
Bad Luck Kitty at the Rock Rebellion
Classic and Custom built cars and bikes and plenty of live music. Join us for a cool day/night at the Toronto Workers Club Annual Rock Rebellion.
Bad Luck Kitty at Soldiers Point
Soldiers Point Bowling Club, 118 Soldiers Point Road, Soldiers Point
We'll be back to the awesome crew at Soldiers Point Bowlo to rock your night away.
Bad Luck Kitty at the Sails Stage at Chromefest
Bad Luck Kitty will be rocking your day at The Sails Stage at this years Chromefest at The Entrance. Come out for a great day of cars, stalls, dancing, and music. Free!!!
Bad Luck Kitty's Friday 13th Party
It's Friday the 13th. Spend it with the spooky Bad Luck Kitty crew at The Wicko. Who knows what might happen.
Bad Luck Kitty at Woodstockton V2.0
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A day of free music is back on the greens. Bring your blanket and listen to some of Newcastle's best acts live and in the open air. The ocean is your backdrop and the Bowlo is your host. Grab the ferry and a short walk and you are at the centre of live music on Newcastle's North Shore.
Bad Luck Kitty rock the Gallipoli Legions Club
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Hosted by Key Player Productions, this is a night in Hamilton that you cannot miss. Entry $10 at the door from 7:30pm
Bad Luck Kitty at the Bega Valley Motorcycle Expo
We'll see you at this awesome event that includes bikes, tattoos and some great live music.
Bad Luck Kitty in Merimbula
Get ready for Bad Luck Kitty to rock the Far South Coast of NSW. Free entry!!!
The Porkers at the Wicko
Free event!!! The Porkers are back from their recent USA tour and are playing at The Wickham Park Hotel for the very first time in their 30 year career ! A FREE show of Ska, Punk, and Rockabilly with special guests Local Resident Failure, and Bad Luck Kitty !
Bad Luck Kitty Album Launch Canberra
After a hugely successful album launch in Newcastle, we are bringing the vibe to Canberra as our next stop on the Afortunado Diablo album tour. Join us and our special guests The Crossbones and The King Hits on May 12th at The Basement Belconnen from 8pm. Tickets $10 at the door. 18+ only
Bad Luck Kitty at Firebanned IV Benefit Concert
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Wickham Park Hotel, 61 Maitland Rd, Islington, NSW
Bad Luck Kitty are proud to be part of the fourth Firebanned Concert to raise funds and show that Newcastle supports and appreciates the work of the Rural Fire Service. Concert starts at 11am. Proceeds this year go to Wakefield branch of the Rural Fire Service.
Bad Luck Kitty at the Shepparton Shake-Out
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Shepparton Showgrounds, Shepparton
The Shepparton Shakeout is a brand-new event celebrating 50s lifestyle. The event is supported by the Greater Shepparton City Council, and operated by Rockabilly King Productions.
Bad Luck Kitty at the Shepparton Shake-Out
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Shepparton Showgrounds, Shepparton
The Shepparton Shakeout is a brand-new event celebrating 50s lifestyle. The event is supported by the Greater Shepparton City Council, and operated by Rockabilly King Productions.
Rumble at the Valve
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Bad Luck Kitty from Newcastle are coming to Sydney to promote their new single 'Rockabilly'. Joined by special guests the Voodoo Rhythm Shakers, and more bands to be announced, this is every Rockabilly fans perfect way to end the weekend.
Rock Rebellion
The first Rockabilly Show this side of the Lake! With bands - Robbie & the Rattlesnakes from 4.30pm followed by Bad Lucky Kitty from 8.30pm live in the Front Lounge. Classic & Custom built Cafe Racers & Bikes on display in the Club from 9am. Proudly supported by Butlers Customs & Cafe Racers. Classic Cars on display in the Car Park from 10am. Beers - & Sailor Jerry ... icy cold from open to close! Welcome Sailor Jerry into the bars with fresh Rock-Tails, Mixes and more! Fun for kids - with Kids Eating Free from 5.30pm (conditions apply - see Club for details) and then a Free Kids Disco (Grease themed) in the Kids Play Area from 6pm until 8pm! CAFE & RESTAURANT SPECIALS - head in and see what the Chef Ben has prepared for Rock Rebellion.
Bad Luck Kitty at the Tilba Tattoo & Rockabilly Show
3rd Annual tattoo show in the historic lawless heritage town of Central Tilba. Where the Publican is a direct descendent of the famous bush ranger family the Clarke gang. $500 cash prizes for best overall tattooed female and best overall tattooed male. $10.00 entry to all competitors, money's raised will go to various local charity. Live Rockabilly bands with Bad Luck Kitty from Newcastle and Psychobilly band Raygun Rampage from Yass. We hope to burn a bomb fire in the back paddock for Guy Fawks night. There is free camping in the back paddock which is at the base of Mt Dromedary or Gulaga as it is known by the local Yuin people.
Bad Luck Kitty - Rockabilly Tour
Bad Luck Kitty are promoting their newly released single 'Rockabilly' and are coming to Yass over the Classic Yass weekend to bring some rockin' rockabilly to the town. Starting at 8pm this is an event not to be missed.
Bad Luck Kitty at Chromefest
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Bad Luck Kitty will be returning to Chromefest this year at The Entrance. While you are at ChromeFest don't forget to take the time to view the amazing show cars on display, check out the retro market stalls, watch the Sydney Swing Katz take over the dance floor, watch the show cars cruise through The Entrance or show off your style in the Vintage Glamour fashion parade. There is plenty for everyone to see and do while at Chromefest.
Monster Long Weekend
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BAD LUCK KITTY in association with Big Apachee are giving away 2 FREE tickets to this rockin event!
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHARE AND TAG YOUR FRIENDS IN THE EVENT LINK BELOW- don't forget to tag Bad Luck Kitty also!
Also the 2 lucky winners will receive a BLK PRIZE PACK valued at $40 including T-Shirt and Stubby Cooler and EP!!
Winners will be drawn Friday September 30--- GET SHARING!!
Bad Luck Kitty plays at Woodstockton
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This October long weekend get down to Woodstockton at the Stockton Bowlo for a day of live music on the Greens. Bring a blanket and enjoy a day of music, sunshine, and fun for everyone.


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What You Should Know About Gemstones For Bead-weaving
Although lately I've been incorporating more and more glass beads into my bead-weaving projects, when I first started learning how to bead, I used lots and lots of gemstone beads in my designs. There's something about the look of gemstones in bead-weaving designs that still appeals to me. Maybe it's the organic nature of the material, or the colors and patterns you find in my favorite agates and jasper gemstones.
But using gemstone beads in your bead-weaving is a little different than using glass beads. Gemstones mix beautifully with seed beads, if you keep a couple of things in mind before you start to stitch.
Holes and Needles and Threads, Oh, My!
Most gemstone beads can be quite a bit heavier than my favorite glass beads, so when I decide to use them in my beading projects, I usually use a heavier weight beading thread. 10 lb. WildFire beading thread is a great option for bead-weaving with gemstones, as is 8 lb. or 10 lb. Fireline.
But before you break out the heavyweight beading thread, check the bead hole by passing your beading needle through it a few times. Gemstone beads are sometimes drilled from opposite sides to meet in the middle, and the lower-quality beads will often have uneven bead holes. (I think the technical term given to those uneven bead holes by my friends is "wonky".)
If the bead hole is straight, but too narrow, use your bead reamer to widen it a bit. (Always remember to use your bead reamer with the bead under water to cool the bead and the reamer and to prevent any particles from flying into the air.) You can also smooth out any rough edges on the bead hole before you start stitching, too, to prevent your beading thread from becoming frayed.
Dye Jobs
Before stitching with any gemstone beads, always find out if the bead has been treated in any way with dyes or colors that may run if the piece becomes wet or damp. As a general rule, I try to avoid bead-weaving with any gemstones that have been dyed, particularly agates or howlite, because those colors can run and ruin the finished piece of beaded jewelry.
If you're unsure as to whether or not a gemstone bead has been dyed or colored, drop one or two of them into a cup of diluted dish soap and let it stand in a window for a couple of days. If you see the color of the bead leaking out into the water, you might not want to use it in your beading project.
Learn More About Your Favorite Gemstones
You can learn so much about your favorite gemstones and their properties in the pages of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine! It's my number-one source for fascinating information about the sources and characteristics of all my favorite gemstone beads. Subscribe to Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Magazine and get six issues of great tips and techniques for jewelry makers of all kinds!
What do you love most about using gemstones in your bead-weaving projects? Leave a comment and share your thoughts, tips, and advice with us here on the Beading Daily blog!
Bead Happy,