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Today Ricks spoke about her condition: "Nine years ago, I was diagnosed with a devastating degenerative eye disease that is slowly stealing my eyesight. Between that and a trip to South Africa to write about AIDS orphans, I recognized that life is short and the time to go after dreams is now. For me, it was to write my coming-of-age memoir, 'Hippie Boy,' and make a living as an author. In the fall of 2011, I finally achieved my dream to publish 'Hippie Boy,' and have since published two more memoirs. I've also co-founded a teen mentoring/publishing program in Edmonds that helps teens find their voice and power by writing and publishing their stories.
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Random iPhone App of the week:
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The Strongman
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Brands get ready for the Olympics. Don't text and drive. Let's launch!
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NEW! People Refuse To Repeat Things Trump Says
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We've heard Donald Trump say things that the average person wouldn't dare say. And that's exactly what happens in a set of ads for
EMILY's List
, a PAC devoted to putting pro-choice Democratic females in office. Targeting Millennials, the ads launched during the Republican National Convention. The ads begin with a simple premise: Try to get people on the street to read actual Donald Trump statements out loud. Person after person stand in front of a microphone and refuse to read what's in front of them. Eventually, one person reads a statement: "Putting your wife ...
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NEW! Romanian Music Festival Tickets Also Offer Discounts To Tourist Attractions In Transylvania
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When in Transylvania, it seems fitting that blood is an accepted form of currency. Last year's
Untold Festival
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McCann Bucharest
the campaign
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Local Community Invited to Discuss Substantial Wind Farm Opportunities
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East Ayrshire and Upper Nithsdale residents are being invited to attend two public exhibitions to discuss plans for a new wind farm that could deliver a positive lasting legacy for the area.
Banks Renewables, the wind energy company behind the proposal for the Lethans wind farm, east of New Cumnock, has recently finished all technical and environmental investigations and has carefully revised the proposal with the help of community feedback.
A planning application for the 26 turbine wind farm is now being prepared and will be submitted to the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit in October 2014.
If approved, revenue from the electricity generated will provide funding to help deliver the recently launched community action plans, delivering local priorities and benefits.
Colin Anderson, development director at Banks Renewables, said: "We've been working closely with the community for two and a half years on our proposals for Lethans (and High Cumnock).
"In that time we've held five public exhibitions, attended multiple community council meetings and met directly with many local people and community groups."
"This feedback has not only helped us to design both proposals but it has also allowed us to create specific community partnership proposals which we hope will create a positive, lasting legacy for the local community."
"We are very much hoping for a substantial turnout, and look forward to receiving more feedback from the community."
Local economic benefits are substantial for the Lethans site, with the construction costs valued at £105 million with a potential £21 million of this total allocated for local firms.
As well as its measures to boost local businesses, Banks Renewables has also created an innovative community partnership, yielding 2.5% of the wind farm revenues for the local area – which could be up to £15 million over the 25 year lifetime of the project.
The community would also be offered the chance to purchase a 5% equity share with the revenues generated being directed into worthwhile local projects.
Significant environmental benefits are also set to come from the development, with plans to improve the local habitat.
The public events will take place at the New Cumnock Community Centre on Wednesday 20th August, between 3pm and 7pm.
A further event will also be held at the Hillview Leisure Centre on Thursday 21st August, between 3pm and 7pm.
At the events there will also be an opportunity to discuss the progression and development of its sister site called High Cumnock.
Banks Renewables is part of the Banks Group (www.banksgroup.co.uk), a family firm founded in 1976, which now employs over 420 people in the renewable energy, property and mining sectors.
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Puerto Rico high court to weigh legitimacy of U.S. territory's governor
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - The future of Pedro Pierluisi as Puerto Rico's governor will be up to the U.S. territory's supreme court after the island's Senate on Monday declined to vote on his confirmation, adding to the political turmoil that has swirled for weeks.
During a special session, Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz said the lack of a vote by his chamber was equivalent to a rejection of Pierluisi's nomination as secretary of state and next in line to replace Ricardo Rossello, who resigned as governor on Friday.
Schatz acknowledged that the supreme court would ultimately rule on the matter. Pierluisi also said it would be up to the court.
"With the utmost deference to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, I will wait for its decision, trusting that what is best for Puerto Rico will prevail," Pierluisi said in a statement.
The high court on Monday put a lawsuit filed by Schatz on a fast track, ordering all parties to submit their arguments by midday on Tuesday. The lawsuit seeks to oust Pierluisi from office on constitutional grounds because both legislative chambers had not consented to the nomination.
Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez would be next in line to become governor.
Pierluisi, 60, was hand-picked by Rossello, who resigned after days of protests demanding he step down. After his nomination was confirmed by the Puerto Rico House, Pierluisi was sworn in as governor on Friday, even though the Senate had not ratified the appointment.
Pierluisi's becoming governor has been controversial mainly because he formerly gave legal advice to the island's unpopular, federally created board supervising its finances, including its bankruptcy cases in federal court.
His installment as governor capped more than a week of political chaos after Rossello said he would resign over offensive chat messages that drew around a third of the island's 3.2 million people to the streets in protest.
The chats among Rossello and top aides took aim at female politicians and gay celebrities like Ricky Martin and also poked fun at ordinary Puerto Ricans.
Publication of the messages unleashed local anger building for years over the island's painful bankruptcy process, ineffective hurricane recovery efforts and corruption scandals linked to a string of past governors, including Rossello's father.
Schatz said that Pierluisi failed to meet the requirements to be considered as secretary of state and thus next in line for governor as he "has yet to submit a single document" as part of the confirmation process.
Pierluisi said in a statement on Monday that he was sworn in as secretary of state when both legislative chambers were in recess, giving him "full possession" of the post under law.
He said he was properly sworn in as governor under Puerto Rico's constitution and a 2005 law that Schatz's lawsuit claims is unconstitutional.
Schatz initially filed his lawsuit on Sunday in a San Juan court, then successfully petitioned the supreme court to hear it directly. The lawsuit contends that Pierluisi's swearing-in was invalid because the U.S. territory's constitution requires him to have fully taken the position of secretary of state before Rossello's resignation in order for him to become the new governor.
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Welcome to the latest funny-har-har on the intarwebs which is the domain-joke GuysAmericanKitchenAndBar that developer Bryan Mytko bought because GuysAmerican did not. Then they proceeded to fill the menu with tres funny jokes poking fun at Guy's style of cooking. Example:
Deep fried snake with a printed out picture of David Lee Roth stapled on it and a sparkler sticking out of each eye. Served with a side of Bud Light you have to wring out of a Hawaiian shirt.
This was announced on twitter and people applauded, laughed, and sent virtual high-fives to Bryan.
Guy Fieri didn't register his restaurant's domain name, so I picked it up. I think this new menu look greatguysamericankitchenandbar.com
— Bryan Mytko (@BryanMytko) February 19, 2013
But wait, there's a plot-twist - these menu items are uncredited twitter jokes. Oh, for shame.
Guy Fieri present Herpe Herpe Hippos: an aerosmith groupie pushes your face into soup and if you eat it you win an iPod with only U2 on it
— Wild Yeast Sourdough (@DinkMagic) November 14, 2012
Guy Fieri presents Blink One Eighty Tuna Sashimi platter served on top of a pair of Vans thats Actually a cake that plays Mp3s as you eat
— Wild Yeast Sourdough (@DinkMagic) November 9, 2012
Guy Fieri presents Jesus Kissing America on the lips: A leather bag full of fried oil
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guy fieris Fire it up Friday: Deep fried Mall Chunks with Sammy Hagar's signature half-price bud light it ups (bud light with a sparkler )
— Wild Yeast Sourdough (@DinkMagic) November 9, 2012
@dinkmagic guy fieri's panamania: it's just a deep fried dead snake with a printed out picture of david lee roth on it
— Primus Homo (@AutisticPet) November 9, 2012
i found the menu online @guyfieri @katienotopoulos twitter.com/a_girl_irl/sta…
— Amanda Hugankiss (@a_girl_irl) September 10, 2012
Now, the
people posse at Somethingawful have emailed Bryan to ask him about this, so I'm sure he's not enjoying his inbox today (which unlike other boxes isn't always a fun time ~sorry).
So Bryan has made sure they get credit.. after the fact.
Big ups to @a_girl_irl and @dinkmagic for the tweets. This has been a blast. I had no idea the stuff was theirs so just giving credit.
— Bryan Mytko (@BryanMytko) February 20, 2013
Also, the design of the menu seems to be made by Pauline, if I am interpreting this correctly.
Hire Pauline Vassiliadis, she's an amazing graphic designer email@example.com
— Bryan Mytko (@BryanMytko) February 20, 2013
Here's a copy of the menu annotated with the stolen tweets: http://i.imgur.com/ZQ0IVbU.png. From @000___000


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"So ferry, cross the Mersey,
'Cause this land's the place I love,
And here I'll stay."
Gerry and the Pacemakers
Jonas Martinsson
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
The Decade Migrant
Monday, October 28, 2013
The Paradigm Shift of Daily Planning for Productivity
This is why I was so pleasantly surprised to find out how much I love Any.do's daily planning feature. In an otherwise bare-bones implementations with hardly any metadata for each task, and other features not completely ironed out - the daily task planning is divine. This is what made me switch from my trusted Toodledo to Any.do.
Any.do's daily planning feature does everything right. It pops up a friendly and appropriately obtrusive reminder each morning to plan your day. With interspersed motivational messages it is a reminder that you should be in control of your to dos and not vice versa. In combination with a super-attractive and to-the-point GUI, the daily chore becomes an interruption with a cadence I look forward to taking on. It's a bit like gaming your to do list, another long-time idea I have been nurturing.
Ultimately, this daily planning feature, has become the heart of my to do list - and rightly so. In the end there are too many unknowns in all of our lives to plan ahead for the far flung future.
One day at a time.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
RIP Phrase Finder
Phrase Finder, a quick solution I put together for finding popular expressions that include a specific phrase, is no more.
Yahoo made true of their promise to shut down their free Search API, and with it Phrase Finder. I am sad to see it go, because I regularly used it myself.
There are no plans to bring it back to life at the moment.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The World and You
Today, more and more people find themselves living in a foreign country. Be it a temporary state or a more permanent situation (as for myself); regardless, the world is becoming more global and multi-cultural. Or is it? And what exactly is culture? These are some of the questions that is being answered in Geert Hofstede's cultural research, which now spans five decades. The book is a goldmine for people who are puzzled by culture clashes, and want to increase their understanding of cultural behavior. And who isn't puzzled by cultural enigmas these days? No matter where you live, you just have to turn on the TV or head down to your local market or restaurant, and you will be exposed to foreign culture.
|Cultures and Organizations: Software for the Mind, Third Edition
This book has personally helped me to straighten out two types of question marks; questions relating to why I sometimes feel out-of-place in my new country, and questions relating to how international conflicts play out.
The research identifies six dimensions, where countries are ranked:
- Power distance
- Individualism
- Masculinity
- Uncertainty avoidance
- Long-term versus short-term orientation
- Subjective well-being (happiness)
For me personally, moving from Sweden to Israel, I can empirically verify Hofstede's data that the greatest differences between the countries are in "uncertainty avoidance" and "masculinity". Israelis are fighting the inherent uncertainty of life, while Swedes generally accept uncertainty. A trivial example of this, is that during my wife's pregnancy we have had numerous medical examination and ultrasounds, more than I can count; while the Swedish pregnancy exams are counted on the fingers of one hand. The fact that Sweden is labeled as a more "feminine" country than Israel has implications, on many levels including personal, family, gender, sex, education, consumption, workplace, politics and religion.
I highly recommend anyone to read this book. And especially if you find yourself living abroad, you owe it to yourself to understand why your new life is so strange. There is logic behind it.
Monday, November 8, 2010
The Cognitive Overload of RockMelt
Maybe I am just getting old.
But I simply don't get the concept of RockMelt, the newest flockesque browser/social-thingy on the horizon. It crams IM, social networks, and a web browser into one glorified application.
I quietly ask myself how I would ever be able to get work done in an environment with that amount of cognitive overload? When accessing a web page I would be bombarded with information from the social sphere. Reading a longer article in that browser would be a feat worthy of the deepest reverence.
On the surface, it seems nice and innocent enough to save a couple of Alt-Tabs to access my social networks. But the Alt-Tabs are there for a reason: to separate different contexts. 95% of the time when I am on a web page, I am there for a reason, and I don't want to be distracted by other stuff.
I believe the way forward is to simplify the user experience and use separate applications for web browsing and IM/social, so that the IM/social interactions can be turned off when you need to get things done. The web browser is probably the most used application on your Desktop. That's exactly why it needs to be a workspace that allows you to work without interruptions.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Walden and I
My yearly Sweden vacations are ever so offline. Checking e-mail is 15 kilometers away, and an unexpected liberator in that. So how does this affect me? Well, last year's experience made me discover Honore's "Slow", a short book about simplifying your life, and taking time to smell the roses. During this year's vacation, I hit the Swedish book shops with the intent to find similar titles. But I was disappointed with seemingly shallow follow-ups trying to ride the success wave of Slow. Hours of book browsing later I came back empty-handed, disappointed not because I couldn't find what I wanted but rather because I didn't know what I was looking for.
Some days later I received a gift from my mother, a book with exquisite drawings and fine writings from a Swedish lake in the Mälaren area ("Sjö" by Gunnar Brusewitz). I was extremely pleased with the gift and started to ponder how removed I had become from nature. Living a city life, commuting to a cubicle, racing between commitments both at work and at home, and never taking the time to reflect, my life is not in harmony. With the vacation spent in lush landscapes, it is a disturbing contrast. My wife says I get depressed when I return home from summer vacations.
Resting in the grass of my mother's garden, it hit me: Walden by Thoreau! Of course! This book is commonly referenced in the books I like the most. Why not turn to the original thoughts? Returning to the book store I was lucky to find a modern acclaim-winning translation to Swedish. Ka-ching!
I am proud to say that I digested Walden for two months, reading and rereading it and penetrating the text. Still, I am incapable of reviewing it. It is simply too unwieldy for such an effort. What fascinated me the most is how relevant Walden is today. Perhaps even more so than when originally published in 1854. A central question in the book is if we are slaves or masters of technology. I believe we have become more enslaved in the century-and-a-half since Walden was written; today it is all but possible to escape the ubiquity of technology. While technology has enabled tremendous progress and human potential, it has also tethered us to an ever-faster pace of technological invention. Are we in control of this pace today, and will we be in control tomorrow? This is an important question from a global perspective - but Walden deals with the personal perspective. Can we live a rich life with technology? Thoreau's answer is a resounding "No".
How did Walden change me? I try to achieve fewer things. I try to keep my to-do list short. I try to spend more time off-the-grid. I try to reflect before I act. I try to connect to nature. I try to smell the roses. But one thing is certain: simplicity is not easy, but comes with significant rewards.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Doing Less
I'm now back from a relaxing vacation, doing close to nothing. The return to a hectic business life is a stark contrast. This has led me to set out a plan of doing less this year.
But don't get me wrong. Last year, I had great strategies, plans and goals for FeedJournal as well as for other personal projects. But looking back, nothing much moved forward. I can find no other reason for this than that I was feeling bogged down by the weight of my commitments.
That's why I this year plan to do less. By this logic, I hope to accomplish more.
As an example, the long promised rewrite of the FeedJournal Publisher interface will take the back seat to a revamp of the existing interface, which by all means is working well. Improving what is there requires some magnitudes less effort.
I hope it's as simple as that.


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Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
Nutrition and educational performance in rural Chinas elementary schools: A multi-site cluster randomised controlled trial in Shaanxi province
Study hypothesis
This study hypothesises that there is low haemoglobin count (which is known to be correlated with iron deficiency) among fourth-grade students in poor areas of Shaanxi province (Northwest China), and that the source of the problem is either nutritional deficiency, lack of information on nutritional practices, or intestinal worm infection.
Ethics approval
Stanford University Human Subjects Research Institutional Review Board approved on 27th January 2009 (IRB protocol number 15962)
Study design
Interventional multi-site cluster randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Trial type
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Iron-deficiency anaemia
Control Condition 18 Schools
No intervention in these schools.
Deworming Intervention Only 12 Schools
400 mg of albendazole given in a single, oral dose to all students in the school by home room teacher (unless students meet exclusion criteria)
Nutrition Supplement Intervention Only 12 Schools
Multivitamin tablets containing 5 milligrams of iron given orally, daily for 5 months by home room teacher.
Each month we supplied teachers with 5 weeks worth of multivitamins with mineral supplements and disposable paper cups. During the first class period after the first meal of the day students always first go to their home room class. At least one period before the class, the teacher was supposed to boil a large kettle of water and let it cool. As soon as all of the students were in class, the teacher would hand out two disposable paper cups to each student. A multivitamin with mineral supplements was placed in one cup. The other cup was filled with water. The teacher would dispense the multivitamin with mineral supplements and water one student at a time and watch them take it. On each Friday afternoon, students would be given two multivitamins with mineral supplements to take home for the weekend. They were supposed to take one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Almost all parents that we talked to (during the spot checks) knew about the weekend protocol. Multivitamins with mineral supplements were dispensed from November to June. There was about a three week period during winter break when no multivitamins with mineral supplements were dispensed.
Deworming + Nutrition Supplement Treatment 12 Schools
In 12 schools, students were given a 400 mg albendazole dose orally and also received the 5 mg iron dosage daily.
Information Treatment Only 12 Schools
One of four letters (depending on students haemoglobin level) detailing the students specific anaemia status was sent home to parents or guardian two weeks after the baseline survey. The letter was sent home with the student and there was a follow up check by the home room teacher that parents received the letter. No other intervention or follow up was conducted.
The letter was written to describe to each parent what anaemia was and its known consequences. Parents were then told their own childs haemoglobin (Hb) level. Their anaemia status was given as 1 of 4 categories: severely anaemic (Hb levels below 115 g/L); moderately anaemic (Hb levels between 115 and 120 g/L); not anaemic, but borderline (Hb levels between 120 and 130 g/L); or not anaemic (Hb levels 130 g/L or higher). Anaemic students were then told that they should consult a doctor and that anaemia is often associated with poor diet and that parents should strive to give their children a balanced diet that contains at least one ounce of meat per day.
Intervention type
Not Applicable
Drug names
Albendazole, iron tablets, multivitamins
Primary outcome measure
Haemoglobin concentrations, obtained by finger prick testing using HemoCue 201+ point of-care diagnostics, measured during the baseline (October 2008) and during the evaluation survey, nine months after the start of the treatments (June 2009)
Secondary outcome measures
The secondary outcome variable of our study came from a standardised math test that we administered ourselves at baseline (October 2008) and nine months after the start of the treatments (June 2009). The math test was based on questions drawn from a pool of questions that were originally created for The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Enumerators required students to finish the 29 question test in 30 minutes. No extra time was given.
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Participant inclusion criteria
All fourth grade students (both male and female students ages 9 12 years) in 66 randomly selected rural primary schools in eight of the poorest counties in China's Shaanxi province, in Chinas northwest region.
Participant type
Age group
Target number of participants
In total, 3,821 students participated in this study
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Students found to be extremely anaemic (sent directly to a doctor for treatment) or low body weight
2. Students identified as having thalassaemia
3. Students not meeting inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
Trial participating centre
616 Serra Street, Encina Hall
United States of America
Funder type
Funder name
LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (Belgium)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Funder name
Stanford University alumnus private donor (USA)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2013 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23514770
Publication citations
Zhang L, Kleiman-Weiner M, Luo R, Shi Y, Martorell R, Medina A, Rozelle S, Multiple micronutrient supplementation reduces anemia and anxiety in rural China's elementary school children., J. Nutr., 2013, 143, 5, 640-647, doi: 10.3945/jn.112.171959.


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What We're Really Talking About When We Talk about Natural Beauty
Why "clear beauty" is the new term you should be looking for.
Les Sources de Caudalie in Bordeaux, the renowned boutique hotel from the same family as the world-famous skin-care brand Caudalie, sits in the middle of two huge vineyards. The grapes not only make red and white wines come summer, but also go into the serums, creams, cleansers, and a cult-favorite moisturizing spritz loved by people like Victoria Beckham and Jason Wu. At the Caudalie home base in the French countryside—which also has a spa legendary among beauty editors and connoisseurs—you can walk straight up to the vines and eat a grape that might have otherwise wound up on your own vanity. The antioxidants inside the grapes, called polyphenols, have been shown to prevent and even reverse signs of aging (Harvard has helped the brand research some of their innovations) and have made Caudalie one of the most beloved natural skin-care brands for more than 20 years.
Natural, that is, in some people's eyes. While Caudalie has Europe's Ecocert seal (which has a rigorous certification process) and is formulated without parabens, phenoxyethanol, phthalates, mineral oils, sulfates, and animal ingredients since well before it was de rigueur, some products contain silicones, synthetic preservatives, glycolic acid, and other occasionally vilified "chemical" ingredients (nevermind the fact that, technically, even water itself is a chemical). Brands like Tata Harper, In Fiore, Vintner's Daughter, Shea Terra, as well as anything you'll find on the ultra-curated shelves at CAP Beauty, on the other hand, are completely synthetic-free, and some of their consumers draw a clear line in the sand between goodies (plant-derived) and baddies (synthetics). Some people call it chemophobia; others call it wellness. And, indeed, there are warranted concerns, as some baddies can actually be deadlies—talc, oxybenzone, formaldehyde—depending on what you read.
In today's culture of self-care warriors and the Goop-obsessed, there is an overwhelming amount of information and opinions in the natural beauty space. Especially since "natural" doesn't legally mean anything. "Terms like 'hypoallergenic,' 'natural,' 'dermatologist-tested' aren't defined by the FDA, so they don't really have any meaning," says Johanna Peet, the founder of Peet Rivko, a brand self-described as non-toxic and plant-based. "Just the term 'natural' is not a term that I generally like to use."
But what is emerging as the more sophisticated conversation in natural beauty today is not so much about natural-versus-not-natural, but safe-versus-unsafe. Poison ivy is natural, after all.
"One hundred percent natural is not always good," says Mathilde Thomas, the founder of Caudalie. "You have natural ingredients that can be pretty toxic. Or there are some brands that I love that are all-natural, but unfortunately, after three months you open the jar and you find mold."
At Coveteur HQ, we often receive promotional packages with small indie all-natural and organic brands—what we call "made in my kitchen" brands—for review. They're usually quite photogenic. They usually have an altruistic backstory. But, we wonder, do the creators know the shelf life for sure if they don't have testing protocols in their home lab like the big brands do? Could some of the essential oils inside be unknowingly irritating or even phototoxic (when UV light makes them damaging to the skin rather than repairing) if you don't have chemists on hand who really know? And how do we know the natural replacements don't have issues themselves?
"The chemical structure in Japanese honeysuckle, from my understanding, is nearly identical to synthetic parabens [which it is intended to replace in natural formulas]," says Peet about the natural preservative often referenced in this debate. "But is your body going to really know the difference? Is it going to affect you the same way?"
The many different philosophies have lead to micro-distinctions like "organic," "all-natural," "plant-derived," "non-toxic," "clean," "safe," or—the newest one—"clear" beauty. Clear beauty is a concept recently promoted by the Fashion Institute of Technology's 2018 class of the Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management master's degree, who make the case that transparency is possibly the only way beauty brands can build trust and more customers these days, even more so than claiming they are 100 percent natural or organic. Think of it as the Everlane model brought to beauty.
Sephora recently stepped into the nuanced world of clean and transparent beauty this June with the launch of Clean at Sephora. All 2,000+ products included are free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, oxybenzone, hydroquinone, triclosan, mineral oils, acetone, toluene, and styrene, among others. "We discovered that 60 percent of women were spending more time educating themselves about the clean category, while 54 percent claim it's important their skin-care products have a point of view on clean," says Cindy Deily, senior director of skin-care merchandising at Sephora. "We took shoppers' desire for even more transparency in beauty, particularly in the ingredients they'd like to avoid, as a clear sign that Sephora had a responsibility." Among the 50 brands that carry this new seal at the retailer are Drunk Elephant, Summer Fridays, Origins, Indie Lee, Supergoop!, and, indeed, Caudalie.
"We work with pharmacists, toxicologists, and dermatologists, and they are the ones who review the technical data sheet, test the ingredients, and make sure that all the synthetic ingredients we use are absolutely non-irritating," explains Thomas. So while the first priority of her products is that they work and are safe, a driving goal for Thomas is to use as many plant-derived ingredients as possible when they can really make the cut.
This week, for example, marked the launch of a new line with the brand's first plant-derived salicylic acid: Caudalie Vinopure, a toner, serum, and moisturizer for oil control. "I've been asked to launch a product for combination to oily skin for years," she says. "I wanted the main ingredient to be salicylic acid because it's very powerful and great for combination to oily skin, but I couldn't find a 100 percent natural salicylic acid that was effective enough. But I found one a few years ago, so this is the core of the formula."
Derived from the wintergreen plant grown in Asia, far from the grapevines in picturesque Bordeaux, it's one more potent natural beauty ingredient that any beauty buff will be interested in, no matter their school of thought.
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400m: 51.87 (Weems Baskin Relay, 2018)
800m: 1:55.84 (Thundering Herd Invitational, 2018)
Cross Country
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6K: 23:27.9 (Golden Eagle Invitational, 2017)
8K: 28:57.9 (Louisville Classic, 2017)
As a Sophomore, 2018-19 season: During the cross country season, ran in all five events... finished second on the team in the Belmont Opener, clocking his collegiate PR in the 5K at 17:57.01. Finished 92nd at the Ohio Valley Conference Cross Country Championship with a time of 31:46.7.
As a Freshman, 2017-18 season: Middle distance runner for the Flying Tigers, competing primarily in the 800m… Top 800m time of 1:55.84 came during the indoor season at the Thundering Herd Invitational… Took second in the 800m in 1:57.46 at the MTSU Invitational… Best outdoor 800m came at the Austin Peay Invitational in 1:57.78… During cross country season, ran in all five events… TSU's top finisher in the 6k in 23:27.9 at the Golden Eagle Invitational… Finished second on the team in four events… Clocked in at 29:17.9 for 93rd place at the Ohio Valley Conference Cross Country Championship.
Westlake HS: Competed in track and field as well as cross country at Westlake High School in Georgia... Honored with the team's Most Improved Award... Named Rookie of the Year and won the Coaches Award... Helped team win the Regional Championship in 2015 and the Class 7-A State Championship in 2017... Also participated in Future Business Leaders of America.
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A renowned French champagne house today made history by becoming the first to plant vines in the UK and tap into the booming English sparkling wine industry.
Champagne Taittinger entered into a joint venture with UK wine agents Hatch Mansfield and bought up land in Chilham, Kent, to plant 40 hectares of vines over the next three years.
Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, president of Champagne Taittinger, admitted he was so impressed by the quality of English sparkling wine that the family decided to start bottling their own.
The champagne house earmarked the Kent countryside as having the perfect conditions for grape growing – thanks to its chalk soils, climate and topography – and acquired the farmland in Autumn 2015.
He was today joined by his wife, Claire, daughter, Vitalie, and Hatch Mansfield representatives to plant the first of 20 hectares of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier vines at the new estate.
The new wine will be named Domaine Évremond after Charles de Saint-Évremond, who is credited with helping introduce 17th-century London to the habit of quaffing champagne in the court of King Charles II.
Mr Taittinger, 63, said: 'Our family has always had a great affection for the UK and for Kent – my father Jean Taittinger twinned Canterbury with Reims when he was mayor of the latter in the 1950s.
'We have been very impressed by the quality of English sparkling wine being produced, and we believe the combination of chalk soils, climate and topography of our site in Kent are ideal for producing quality sparkling wine.
'These attributes are perfect for grape growing, and are very similar to the terroir in Champagne, for us it was a natural step to do this.'
The first English Sparkling wine from Domaine Évremond is expected to be released for drinking in 2023, after three years of ageing in the bottle.
Patrick McGrath, managing director of Hatch Mansfield and Master of Wine, said: 'Ultimately we will be aiming to produce 300,000 bottles per year of premium English Sparkling Wine, but this will not be for six years or more as the vines will take time to reach the stage where they are producing the quantity of quality fruit required.
'It will be a gradual process.'
English wine expert Stephen Skelton MW, one of the UK's leading viticulture consultants, worked with the Domaine Évremond team in the capacity of viticultural advisor, helping to secure the ideal plot for vineyard development.
A record-breaking one million vines are expected to be planted in the UK this year covering approximately 625 acres – the equivalent of London's Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens combined.
Industry body English Wine Producers says most of the vines will principally be Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and will yield another two million bottles of mainly sparkling wine – adding an estimated £50m to the industry.
Since the year 2000, acreage taken up by vineyards has nearly tripled – resulting in wine production becoming one of the fastest growing agricultural sectors in the UK.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-4469306/Taittinger-taps-booming-English-sparkling-wine.html#ixzz4g1DJ88AA
Taittinger is the only Grande Marque Champagne House to be run by its eponymous family and is the first to establish a vineyard in the UK to make premium English Sparkling wine.
Founded in 1734, the Taittinger Champagne house is based in Reims, France – the unofficial capital of the country's champagne region.
The flagship wines of the house are the Comtes de Champagne, consisting entirely of Chardonnay grapes, and the Comtes de Champagne Rosé which is a combination of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
The family has already had considerable success planting vineyards for sparkling wine in California's Napa Valley, in the USA, in 1987 when they launched 'Domaine Carneros by Taittinger', a joint venture with the Kopf family of Kobrand Wine & Spirits.
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And I also suggest separating one big proposal into more small proposals. Shorter time. Less NAS. Easy to move on. What do you think? @m5j
Very timely project. It would be great to have a proposal for Trezor as well in the future
Still waiting for approval on this.
I see other wallet projects were just added to go nebulas. A secure hardware wallet is more important to have.
m5j You got the result. The amount is too high. We all think it's reasonable and useful, but it's not small enough. And we decide to leave this proposal for the community to vote for it on go.nebulas.io this month. Let the community make a decision, not Hitters or team. After NOVA on mainnet.
I was told that there was going to be a vote this Monday, so as to publish several projects directly on Go Nebulas (as voting was already made via Twitter, I guess).
@arielsbecker @royalasgard @Mista-Mist @MDN If you think Ledger support is important please vote for it to be completed here: https://go.nebulas.io/project/113
Temporary Establishment of The Nebulas Technical Committee Announcement (Posted on April 17)
And the new post: Creating a project on the Go Nebulas platform and understanding the voting process,
The community's public assets which consist of 35 million NAS will not be released to the Nebulas Council until its formation it is completed at the end of June 2019.
To assist community members who wish to create projects for the betterment of the ecosystem, the Nebulas Foundation will provide a total of 50,000 NAS from its pool of funds to support projects proposed by the community and continued operation of existing projects.
The community's public assets which consist of 35 million NAS will not be released to the Nebulas Council until its formation it is completed at the end of June 2019.
To assist community members who wish to create projects for the betterment of the ecosystem, the Nebulas Foundation will provide a total of 50,000 NAS from its pool of funds to support projects proposed by the community and continued operation of existing projects.
29,000 NAS is too high. Total is 50,000 NAS. >__<.
And of course, there is a bug on go.nebulas.io, we shouldn't let people type an amount over 5,000 NAS.
I have voted for your proposal personally. I need the ledger. I support it. But we should find a balance between using public assets carefully and incentive the community.
https://go.nebulas.io/project/113 m5j smalloranges @Hitters @Aero101
So bottom line is the proposal was rejected. One of the most important milestones to add Nebulas on Ledger HARDWARE device which would offer optimal security of funds for investors, developers, users, was rejected. When clearly that endaevour should have been completed a year ago by Nebulas, even when Robin Zhong was still working with Nebulas and pushing us to vote on the Trellio website. Which the community did.
Can i know why this Ledger integration is such a problem for the Nebulas team? Can i know the real truth as to why there is always a lack of transparency or clear answers as to why not much attention is being put on the Ledger integration for NAS? I feel like i'm taking crazy pills trying to understand why the team doesnt care much about Ledger or Trezor being put in priority for the good of the community.
When I was on a business trip in Paris, I met the ledger team and got the contact information of the people who does integration works. If you need, Just let me know. I can give you that contact.
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xixiu Thanks, but I've stopped all work on this after the proposal was denied.
m5j Yeap….Sorry to hear that 😢
Mista-Mist the answer is pretty easy. It takes to much funding.
royalasgard I guess so…If Nebulas were to have focused on it in parallel when designing the NAS Nano pro the funding wouldnt have been that significat, given that non-Ledger developers were working on the integration. Even adding Ledger onto NAS Nano im sure is doable. The SDK for Ledger S and X are both available open-source
While the fee may have seemed high the amount of work and skills required to complete this integration is definitely significant. I spent about a week on the ledger app before putting this proposal together to be able to more accurately estimate how long it would take to fully complete it (the screenshot I posted above). It all goes down to what the nebulas teams priorities are.
IMHO this project should be top priority for all of us, as it opens the door to a huge user base (not to talk about securing our assets in the best possible way). It shouldn't be refrained by a lack of votes (or interest), or any other technical impediment.
On the other hand, I know Go Nebulas is still in an early stage and there's a lot of room for improvements and, while it can be really frustrating to see a project like this gets denied because technical reasons, I know the Nebulas team is working hard to cover all the possible scenarios while working on other things as well.
How can we save this project from oblivion without being unfair to the rest of proponents? I know one workaround is to split the project onto several milestones that can get easily approved by votes. Or maybe pay in several installments?
@arielsbecker @royalasgard @Mista-Mist @MDN Some failed proposals are up for re-consideration (including ledger integration). If you are still interested in a hardware wallet please show your support https://nebulas.io/nat-vote.html
m5j I check the data. After one week, most people support your proposal. Great. Hope we can push this proposal.
But just like what I remarked, you should change the amount, because the price of NAS changed a lot during these three months. 😂
smalloranges It won't let me update the cost due to the constraint "Maximum budget is 5,000 NAS".
m5j separate into more than one proposal?
sorry but I have to say it but how long are we already asking for ledger support? Weeks even months. We have somebody who is willing to do the job and we know he is a longtime supporter of Nebulas. m5j is a developer who is making stuff using nebulas and keeps supporting nebulas no matter what. smalloranges you asked him before if he could split his proposal into separate milestones he said it wasn't possible. His proposal wasn't approved becausse he didn't reach the needed amount of votes for his proposal afterward there was a nat vote it got approved and now you are asking him again to split his proposal into separate milestones? consider this from what I know a blockchain is worthless without good developers and a strong community and to me it seems like nebulas are doing everything to scare them away. we already lost several good community members becausse of this stuff please treat m5j a bit better and be thankful for his support and dedication to make nebulas great it would be a shame to lose another community member becausse of this. I'm not sure if it is becausse of cultural differences between the western world and the eastern world but where I'm from this is not how we treat ppl. it is time to stop disappointing ppl but start to rewarding ppl for their support.
if you agree with me give me a like
royalasgard look at the result. People need it. We must do that. I think you make some mistakes. @m5j we revote the proposal, then I submit the project directly, just like a bounty supported by the Nebulas Foundation. You don't need to pass the voting on go.nebulas again.
The amount could be over 5,000 NAS.
But 29,500 NAS is too high. The price of NAS changed a lot during these months. 😂 Don't you change that?


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Melinda says something in this episode that I think we all know, but rarely put into words. If you want to get return on your social—whether that's revenue or simply followers and audience growth—you have to speak with a human voice. Brands that speak with an authentic human voice vastly outperform those that have a corporate voice on social, says Melinda. In fact, Melinda believes in that principle so much, that Verifeed's entire business model is based around its ROA, or Return on Authenticity, Score. As she tells it, her company combines the human element—understanding clients' businesses and ideal customers—with a sophisticated machine learning, artificial intelligence program that scans social media for influencers, and helps businesses see where their efforts are paying off. It's a mind-blowing process that you have to hear her explain to believe.
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In the winter of 2004, when my son Seth (who has severe autism) was just six years old, I began to realize that his living at home was not a long-term viability. Meeting his needs was creating an almost unbearable stress level for the rest of the family as we constantly lived with violent eruptions, very little sleep and the extreme caretaking necessary to ensure Seth's safety. In addition, it became clear that our home environment was not suited for Seth's autism needs. As a family we worked hard to keep our home life quiet, routine and predictable, but to manage autism everything needs to be kept EXTREMELY quiet, routine and predictable in an almost militaristic fashion. This is nearly impossible within the average household, especially if there are other "typical" children in the family.
Further, I noticed that the natural noise and unpredictability of home life continually exacerbated Seth's condition, causing him severe pain and constant upset. A doorbell ringing, a dog barking, airplanes, leaf blowers and household appliances would set him off, and try as I might I could not adequately control the environment. I began to question why there wasn't a setting that worked to control these factors, a more autism friendly environment where my son wouldn't suffer?
I began to investigate the availability of out-of-home options for children with severe disabilities. What I found was a current cultural backlash predicated on the deinstitutionalization process of the 1970's that has left many states, including Minnesota, with very few out-of-home placement options. Deinstitutionalization, coupled with legal mandates for mainstreaming children with disabilities such as Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), have set precedents for limiting out-of-home residential options. The current acceptable model for out-of-home placement is a four-person group home and these are very limited in availability. Further, the four-person group home very closely mimics "normal" home life, which does not adequately service severe autism.
During my quest I have researched and found a number of facilities around the country that service this targeted population. On September 11, 2006, I sent my son to live at the closest center, Chileda, in LaCrosse, Wisc. Chileda (http://www.chileda.org) is comparable to many other centers around the country with residences, a school and recreational facilities all housed on a single campus that limit the resident's transitions into the community. This campus model maintains a structured sensory environment to accommodate severe autism. This seemed ideal to me, with one exception, it was three hours away. I wanted a Chileda close to home.
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I grew up in a family where music and dancing performances were always embraced. I started playing bass when I was 10 and picked up the electric guitar the following year.
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