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How to guide: Cleaning metals for repair part 3 stainless steel repair with Steelaloy
In this 3rd installment of our three part series, How to clean metals, we will discuss the proper way to clean stainless steel before using our product, Steelaloy. Steelaloy is a stainless steel rod used to repair steel without all the cost normally associated with other forms of repair, such as welding and brazing.
Stainless steel is a happy medium between aluminum and cast iron. Steel isn't as porous as cast iron and is less susceptible to corrosion. However, it is still not as resistant to corrosion as aluminum. Therefore, thorough cleaning and use of flux is highly recommended. As with Alumaloy and Castaloy, a clean cloth or rag is the only cleaning tool needed for a neat break. For a rougher break, we recommend using a wire brush or wheel on the rough areas to smooth them out. Any liquid present needs to be wiped away and oil cleansers need to have time to dry completely. Remember, even though steel is not as porous as cast iron, it can still absorb liquids so you will want to make absolutely sure the area to be mended is dry and free of flammable cleaners used to remove paint or oil. **THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!! Once the area is prepped you may apply the acid we provided with your purchase. You will only need to use a few drops per our instructions. Use of flux is recommended but not required. Like with cast iron, the chances of contamination and oxidation is reduced in your repair when using flux so we always suggest that you take that extra step.
Part 1: How to guide, cleaning focuses on Alumaloy to repair aluminum.
Part 2: How to guide, cleaning focuses on Castaloy to repair cast iron.
Part 3: How to guide, cleaning focuses on Steelaloy to repair stainless steel.
We hope these cleaning guidelines have been helpful to you in the use of our products. If you have questions or comments please feel free to visit our stainless steel repair forum or post your comments directory to this article. Feedback always helps us to serve our customers better.


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Amy is encouraging us to try and finish one thing this week - and my one thing to do is to try and sew up at least one more swoon block. I have all the pieces cut ready to stitch together.
I have made 3 blocks already but still have 6 to go, so if I do one more then I am {almost} halfway!
It is school holidays here so this is something I can manage with the kids home - even if I can't start sewing until after mid morning (or lunchtime) as my teenage sons don't wake up until then.......................
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
One thing one week - still Swooning!
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Seeing your beautiful Swoon blocks inspires me to work on mine!ReplyDelete
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Love Daisy Mae in grey. She makes a lovely Swoon.ReplyDelete
your swoon blocks are so prettyReplyDelete
Good for you. Keep going! My fabric for these blocks is still in the cupboard. I'll just watch you make yours for now : DReplyDelete
Good luck with the swoon! As for the sewing time, you're far too nice, my parents used to blast me with classical music at weekends from about 9 am o.OReplyDelete
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This week, UK IT worker and social engineering blogger Dale Pearson was targeted – with eight phone calls from a company claiming there was a fault on his PC – but Pearson had both the time and the equipment to fight back.
The fake "tech support" call is one of the most enduring cyber-scams out there – a phone call purportedly from a Windows engineer or an independent expert, offering help with a problem they detected on your machine. The scam, however, ends with the "engineer" defrauding victims of money.
This week, UK IT worker and social engineering blogger Dale Pearson was targeted – with eight phone calls from a company claiming there was a fault on his PC, and offering to fix it.
Residents in the area had recently been targeted, with scammers demanding £200 ($330) to fix a non-existent problem on their PC. Pearson, though, had the tools, and time, to fight back, using a virtual machine, and a fake IP address, to watch what the scammers did as they "worked", according to local paper the Evesham Journal.
Despite crackdowns on the firms which perpetrate this fraud, it remains common – and ESET Senior Research Fellow David Harley has chronicled many variations of the scam on We Live Security. He also offers a useful guide to spotting such scams here.
Pearson says, " I had heard of people getting done by these sort of scams, but I had never had the privilege myself. So I thought I would keep them on the phone for a while to run up abit of a bill for them, and at the same time get my VPN and Virtual Machine up and running to see exactly how these guys operate."
"There were three of them," Pearson told Yahoo News. "The first guy, I call the Convincer. He tries to hook you in, make you believe there's a problem. The second guy who came on the line, I could hear he was more experienced at 'social engineering' – convincing you it was all legit. Then there's a third guy you never see, the hacker who goes into your PC. Most people think they're just after your credit card details – but there's three parts to the scam. When they 'fix' the problem, they get full access to the machine – and that stays there, for them to use later."
"They actually asked me, during the call, whether I did online banking, whether I shopped online," he said. "Even if I had not handed over my card number, they could have installed a keylogger."
Pearson's video – complete with audio – is shown off on his blog, Subliminal Hacking. It offers a unique insight into one variation of an attack that has remained an enduring threat to computer users.
Pearson played along with the scam for half an hour, asking for repeated callbacks – and posting the numbers on his blog, and in his local newspaper, while using a VPN and Virtual Machine to watch, safely, what they did. First, the "technician" said Pearson should visit their site (titled PC Wizards), and then said that he should run software to allow remote access.
"So one guy is doing the quick talking, whilst the other is uploaded backdoors to my VM, opening command windows and listing directory structures and then tell me my "Software Warranty Has Expired" and this is the reason I have all these errors and my computer runs slow."
"I am in luck, for £119 and my credit card details they can renew this warranty for me, then my computer will be better than new. These really are nice folks. Oh the other point they like to make, my computer will be all kinds of awesome as long as I dont format it – they don't have persistence after formatting."
Pearson said he finally "got bored" and politely thanked them "for hacking my machine," at which point he says, the technicians were irate. "how dare I claim they are hacking my machine, they are trying to help me. Then they tell me that next time I turn on my computer I am going to be in trouble, and it wont work properly."
"Perhaps it's a mysterious virus, corrupted files or disk partitions, or attacks by a remote hacker) that the caller will be pleased to fix for you, for a "small" fee," he wrote in a blog post this year. Harley says that new versions of the scam include threats – with callers claiming that the government has detected scam emails from an IP address.


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Creating Experiments
Experiments are how CloudBees Feature Flags releases flags at certain times. Experiments are made up of both Flags and the Audiences, including user segmentation and rollout type, you'd like to release the flags to.
Creating an Experiment
Go to the CloudBees Feature Flags dashboard, on the left sidebar, click on Experiments, at the very top of that list. This will bring you to the Experiments page.
This will show you any experiments that you have defined.
To create a new experiment, click the Create Experiment button at the top, right-hand corner of the screen.
This will launch a dialog that walks you through experiment creation.
First, under Flag, choose your platform, and then select the flag itself. The list of flags is generated automatically after you add a flag to your code base and run your application.
If you want a refresher on how to add a flag to your code, please see: Creating feature flags.
Next, pick a name for the experiment, and type that under Name.
When you're ready, click the Set Audience button, which will finish the creation of the experiment and send you to the Experiment Details screen, where you select the deployment rules.
Deleting an Experiment
Go to the CloudBees Feature Flags dashboard, on the left sidebar, click on Experiments, at the very top of that list. This will bring you to the Experiments page.
From this page, pick the experiment that you wish to delete, and click it.
Now, click on the Delete Experiment tab at the top, next to Settings.
You'll be taken to the screen for deleting an experiment, which gives you a warning about what this implies: that deleted experiments cannot be restored.
If you wish to proceed, click the red Delete button. You will receive another warning in the form of a modal dialog.
This will return you to the Experiments page, and you will notice that your experiment is now gone.
Modifying Experiment settings
Go to the CloudBees Feature Flags dashboard, on the left sidebar, click on Experiments, at the very top of that list. This will bring you to the Experiments page.
Select an experiment.
To get to the experiment settings, click the Settings tab at the top, next to Audience.
To set your experiment's name, type in the Name text box. This cannot be empty.
You can change the Stickiness Property of an experiment, before changing the stickiness property, please read: stickiness property.
If you wish to add a description, enter that in the Description field.
You can also look at the experiment's flag in the Flag text box. You cannot, however, edit this field.
Finally, at the bottom, you can hide this experiment by clicking Hide Flag.
Hiding a flag will cause the flag not to appear in the active experiments on the Settings page. This is usually used for experiments which are in a steady state, either fully deployed or fully rolled back.
When editing the settings for an hidden flag, you will see an Show Flag link. You can click this to make the flag active once again.
When editing the settings, you do not need to take any kind of explicit action to save; your modifications are saved automatically.
Editing variations
For multivariate flags, you can add/remove variations from the experiment setting tab:
Go to experiment settings.
Edit Variations → Edit.
Delete Variation by clicking on the garbage icon.
+ Add another variationto add another possible value.
Please notice that you can only remove variants that are not actively being used in the audience screen.
Labels help you categorize and mark experiments. This is helpful for managing different stakeholders of an experiment, different deployment types or any external marking for experiments. For example, you can add a label to an experiment with the name of a specific group that "owns" specific experiments.
Working with labels
To add a new label to the system, go to App Settings > Labels tab.
Click on the Add a new label button and give the label a name and a description.
To add a label to an experiment, go to the Settings tab of an experiment and select the label from the drop-down menu.
You can add many labels to an experiment.
On the main Experiments dashboard, click on the label to filter for experiments with the same label.
You can also use the search bar at the top of the experiments page to search for experiments with a specific label (i.e: label:"Gradual Rollout").
Note - Labels are available on the end device/server in the experiment object. When using Impression handler you can access/report the label as well.


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Trading with us via eCommerce
At Foodstuffs, we are proud to have led the grocery industry in Australasia with the development of the Foodstuffs eXchange in 2002. Today, eCommerce is a core part of our business process.
As a supplier to Foodstuffs you need to have a computer and web browser to receive and process our purchase orders, as almost all stock purchasing runs through our eCommerce platform; the Foodstuffs eXchange.
The Foodstuffs eXchange process has five simple steps:
- Foodstuffs generates a Purchase Order and sends it to the eXchange.
- You receive an email notifying you that a new Purchase Order has been sent to the eXchange.
- You view the Purchase Order and then in turn Acknowledge the Purchase Order.
- You confirm the delivery details of the Purchase Order, which creates an Advance Shipping Note (ASN) back to Foodstuffs.
- You invoice Foodstuffs.
This business process can be fully or partially integrated with your back-office systems, providing you with additional benefits including:
- Reduction in errors across all documents
- Lower cost of doing business
- Speeds up the business process
- Transactions are received faster
- Reduced keying of data
Our collaborative B2B eCommerce system is available to all suppliers, and highly recommended if you receive more than 20 orders per week from Foodstuffs nationwide. There are some associated setup costs, and these vary depending on what back office systems you have installed.
We are very excited to offer our solution that has been rebuilt in 2019 on an innovative new platform that offers the following features and benefits:
- Integrated Web transactions, B2B tracking, product and supplier relationship information – your one stop shop for doing business with Foodstuffs.
- Support for multiple transports, including HTTPS, FTP, AS2 or email.
- You can choose how to send and receive your integrated transactions, and Foodstuffs will help you to set this up and test before go-live.
- Translates messages between Foodstuffs and a supplier covering more than 20 file formats and versions.
- Foodstuffs XML formats are the preferred standard
- Product and store codes are translated to your preferred codes.
- B2B communications update the eXchange website in real time. You can use the website as a fall-back option should you encounter issues with your IT systems.
- All eCommerce transactions are available to view and track via the eXchange website Document Tracking function.
- Automated notification of file errors so you can correct and resend, avoiding payment delays.
- New Smart Search features make finding your transactions even easier.
You can download our Web User Manual for a full explanation of the eXchange website features and business process.
Contact the eCommerce support teams today to enquire about integrating your business software to the eXchange for increased business efficiency and savings.


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A mountain is a summit rising above the earth service which contains earth large deposits and rocks. Mountain tallness can be based on two factors. These factors include the distance between its peaks and then other factor is the distance above sea level. There has never been correct height for the mountains as many encyclopedia differ by far with other sources.
The list for tallest mountains may change and other new mountains included only that some very mountainous regions are inaccessible. As at the current list the tallest mountains are: Mount Everest, Godwin Austen, Kapngchenjunga, Lhoste, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat among others. The world's tallest mountains are volcanoes.
Now there is a standard used to rank the mountains according to their height called ''topographic prominence''. It is the measure of how much the mountain is above the surrounding landscape.
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain with height of 8,848 metres. It is a a dormant volcano. It is not active and cannot erupt soon. It borders china and Nepal. It is traditionally called Chomolungma and Sagarmatha by the Chinese and the Napalese respectively. Winds battering at the peak are jet streams which are cold, fast moving winds that goes around high in the atmosphere. These are very dangerous for mountain climbers.
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People who have ever tried to climb this mountain total to four thousand. Those who have ever managed to climb it successfully count to a total of six hundred and sixty. There has been those who are unfortunate and die on their way to the peak and their number count to a total of one hundred and forty two. 'Sir E.Hillarry' in his 'Facts About Mt. Everest' say that it is sixty million years old. He was the first man to climb to its summit.
Godwin-Austen is in Pakistan and is 8,611 metres high above the surrounding. It is also known as K2. It was explored by the greatest mountaineer then Mr. Henry Austen. Godwin Austen Glacier is named in his honour. It has the best place for trekking due to the glacial feature.
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea is a volcano mountain in on the island of Hawaii. It is 4,205m above the sea level. This has the highest peak in Hawaii. This could be the highest mountain in the world if the heights were being compared on the basis of the mountain slope.
This is because it has the longest slope of9,330m. It has a very long slope deep in the sea. It is one million years old and a dormant volcano mountain. The reason behind it smooth appearance is because of its late volcanic activity compared to other volcanoes.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro has three volcano peaks: Kibo, Mawezi and Shira. It is located in Tanzania and the highest in Africa. It is the tallest free standing volcano in the world with 5,895 metres above the sea level.
In conclusion there are very many tall mountains in the world with a very good history and others have not been explored due to inaccessibility for example others somewhere deep in the sea.
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Those following a vegan diet do not consume any animal products. Among the foods that are off-limits on this diet are dairy products made from cow's milk, such as sour cream. However, for certain recipes or as a condiment, you may be looking for a vegan substitution to sour cream. There are several options available that offer a similar consistency and flavor.
Soy Yogurt
According to the Vegetarian Kitchen website, soy yogurt makes an acceptable sour cream substitute just as regular yogurt, made from cow's milk, is often used as a healthy substitute for regular sour cream. Use regular, unflavored and unsweetened soy yogurt, particularly if you are using it for a dip recipe, so that it will not clash with the other ingredients such as herbs, minced vegetables and/or seasoning mixes. Plain soy yogurt also works well in salad dressing recipes, and can be substituted for sour cream using a 1:1 ratio.
Silken Tofu Purée
The Go Dairy Free website recommends pureed silken tofu as a sour cream substitute. Choose firm silken tofu for best results. Firm silken tofu has a consistency much like that of thick and creamy sour cream when blended. If it is too thick, you can thin it out with a very small amount of non-dairy creamer. Because tofu is bland, it picks up the flavors of other ingredients when used in recipes.
Sour Tofu Cream
While silken tofu purée may be used plain as a sour cream substitute, "jazzing" it up gives it a better sour-cream flavor. Go Dairy Free offers a recipe for tofu sour cream, one of which calls for an 8-oz. package of firm silken tofu, 3 tbsp. lemon juice or 1.5 tbsp. vinegar, 2 tbsp. olive oil, 1.5 tsp. honey, maple syrup or sugar, and 1/8 tsp. sea salt. Purée all of these ingredients together and thin out the mixture with 1 tbsp. soy milk or creamer, if desired.
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Publication - Progress report
National improvement framework for Scottish education: evidence report 2017
- Directorate:
- Children and Families Directorate
- Part of:
- Children and families, Education, Research
- 9781788515078
An overview of available current evidence on achievement, attainment, health and wellbeing, in Scottish education.
Key Priority: Improvement in employability skills and sustained, positive school leaver destinations for all young people
School Leaver Destinations: Main Findings
91.4% of leavers in 2015/16 were in a positive destination in March 2017 (a decrease from 92.0% for 2014/15).
'Positive destinations' include higher education, further education, training, voluntary work, employment and activity agreements. The chart below shows the percentage of leavers from 2015/16 in positive destinations in March 2017, as well as the percentage of leavers who were unemployed.
- Higher or further education: 59.7%;
- Employed: 28.7%;
- Training, activity agreement or voluntary work: 3.0%;
- Unemployed: 7.7%; and
- Unknown: 0.9%.
School Leaver Destinations: Evidence on the Gap
96.2% of 2015/16 school leavers from the 20% least deprived areas were in a positive follow-up destination in March 2017 compared to 85.0% from the 20% most deprived areas were in positive destinations.
This gap in positive leaver destinations has decreased slightly over the past three years: from 12.9 percentage points in 2012/13 to 11.2 percentage points in 2015/16:
Of the various types of positive destinations, the difference is most notable for further or higher education: while 70.9% of 2015/16 school leavers from the least deprived quintile were in further or higher education in March 2017, this is the case for only 51.6% of leavers from the most deprived quintile.
More information on leaver destinations can be found in the 2017 Summary Statistics for Attainment, Leaver Destinations and Healthy Living publication.
Developing the Young Workforce
Developing the Young Workforce ( DYW) is a seven-year programme (2014 – 2021) that aims to better prepare children and young people from 3–18 for the world of work.
This programme builds on the foundations already in place as part of Curriculum for Excellence. The headline aim being to reduce youth unemployment by 40% by 2021.
The Scottish Government fulfilled this commitment four years ahead of schedule. Analysis of the latest ONS Labour Force Survey dataset from January to March shows that the level of youth unemployment excluding full-time education has fallen to 27,000 in 2017, from 52,000 in 2014, a decrease of 48.3%.
However, despite the success of DYW and the encouraging results there is more do be done to fully embed the DYW principles in the curriculum and expand the range of opportunities available to young people. We want all young people to undertake relevant work-related learning as part of their curriculum 3-18, regardless of their learning pathway, future career aspirations, gender or background.
The DYW Key Performance Indicator ( KPI) 3 is to "increase the percentage of school leavers attaining vocational qualifications at SCQF level 5 and above by 2021".
In 2015/16, 10.7% of school leavers left with one or more vocational qualifications at SCQF Level 5 or better, compared with 9.0% in 2014/15 and 7.3% in 2013/14.
During 2015/16, the percentage of school leavers attaining vocational qualifications also increased at SCQF Levels 2 to 7.
Participation Measure
In 2012, the Scottish Government made an explicit commitment to offer a place in learning or training to every 16-19 year old in Scotland who is not currently in employment, education or training. This Opportunities for All ( OfA) pledge aims to ensure all young people are supported in their path to sustainable employment.
The annual participation measure ( PM) reports on the activity of the wider 16-19 year old cohort, including those at school, and will help to inform policy, planning and service delivery and determine the impact of the OfA commitment. The measure uses the shared data set held by Skills Development Scotland ( SDS) on their Customer Support System ( CSS).
Central to the creation of the shared dataset is the sharing of information to allow partners to identify what young people are doing in 'real time' throughout their 16-19 journeys. It also allows SDS and partners to improve service delivery and provide a more tailored offer, helping to identify the right time to engage with customers.
Main Findings
The proportion of 16-19 year olds participating in education, training or employment is 91.1% in 2017, an increase of 0.7 percentage points compared to 2016.
The proportion participating in education, training or employment by age in 2017 are:
- Rate for 16 year olds is 98.8%
- Rate for 17 year olds is 94.0%
- Rate for 18 year olds is 88.9%
- Rate for 19 year olds is 83.4%
The proportion of 16-19 year olds not-participating within the annual measure is 3.7% in 2017, compare with 4.0% in 2016.
This is a decrease of 0.3 percentage points.
The proportion not-participating within the annual participation measure by age in 2017 are:
- Rate for 16 year olds is 1.0%
- Rate for 17 year olds is 3.9%
- Rate for 18 year olds is 5.1%
- Rate for 19 year olds is 4.5%
The proportion of 16-19 year olds reported as unconfirmed within the annual measure is 5.3% in 2017, compare with 5.6% in 2016.
This is a decrease of 0.3 percentage points.
The proportion reported as unconfirmed within the annual participation measure by age in 2017 are:
- Rate for 16 year olds is 0.2%
- Rate for 17 year olds is 2.1%
- Rate for 18 year olds is 6.1%
- Rate for 19 year olds is 12.0%
% Annual Participation of 16-19 year olds by
Overall, those who live in more deprived areas are less likely to be reported as participating within the annual measure than those from the less deprived areas.
There is an 11.6 percentage point difference in the participation rate between those from SIMD Quintile 1 and SIMD Quintile 5.
Participation Gap between the 20% most deprived areas (
Quintile 1) and the 20% least deprived areas (
Quintile 5)
Those from the lesser deprived areas are more likely to be reported in education compared to those from more deprived areas. The proportion of 16-19 year olds reported as participating in education from the least deprived areas ( SIMD decile 10) is 83.6% compared to 61.4% for those from the most deprived areas ( SIMD decile 1), a difference of 22.2 percentage points.
Breakdown of Participating 16-19 year olds, 2017
A higher proportion of 16-19 year olds from the more deprived areas are reported as unemployed seeking compared to those from the less deprived areas. For example, 4.6% of those from SIMD 1 are unemployed seeking compared to 0.5% from SIMD 10.
Breakdown of Not-Participating 16-19 year olds,


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CARICOM Energy Week 2011
Further, in an effort to heighten awareness and provide information to the regional populace on sustainable energy options and the need for greater efficiency in the use of energy, the Meeting agreed to the institutionalization of a CARICOM Energy Week to be held during the week of November 7, 2011, and thereafter on an annual basis during the second week of November. The CARICOM Secretariat was also mandated to coordinate support from existing regional projects to assist Member States in staging the CARICOM Energy Week at national levels.
Proposed Activities during CEW 2011 by country:
Information here is subject to change without notice.
Antigua & Barbuda:
Theme: "Clean Technology for a Sustainable Economy"
- Televised National Address by the Honourable Prime Minister
- TV Panel Discussion (Adoption of Clean Energy within the Caribbean)
- Public Awareness Day
- Prime Minister Public Speaking and Debate Competition
- Energy Awareness Street Fair
- Field Trip Day for schools
The Bahamas:
Theme: "Public-Private Partnership in the Promotion of Sustainable Energy"Builders Show
- Radio Quiz Shows
- Public Information on National Energy Policy, Sawyer Report
- Exhibition
- Review of Energy Audit
- Energy Conservation Forum and appointment of Officers
- Assessment of CFL Project and disposal programme
- Launch of Solar Water Heating Project, Photovoltaic and Meeting
- Lecture on 'Alternative Energy'
- School Trip
- Workshop by the Caribbean Solar Energy Society
Information not yet available.
Theme: Not yet available
- Official Launch of Energy Week
- Panel Discussion (no topic stated)
- Exhibition
- Media Tour and Advertisement of EAW Events
- Annual Science Fair
- Tour of RE facility
Theme: "Dominica's Youths: Adopting Clean Low-Energy Lifestyles"
- Interactive Media Discussion – airing of several radio and TV programmes to increase the public's knowledge on the benefits and use of energy. Will be done in the form of panel moderated discussions of one hour duration. The public will be invited to ask questions.
- Distribution of Flyers and Posters on RE and EE. Includes newspapers supplement and airing of video documentary.
- Poster competition for Schools
- Energy Seminar and Exhibition
- Community Meetings
- Power Point Presentations to students of Grades 4 & 5.
Theme: Not yet available
- RE Project Competition involving Secondary Schools
- Jingle Competition – general public
- Newspapers Supplement on Energy Week Programme
- Energy Conservation tips via radio and daily radio quiz
- Television Programme to disseminate information to the public.
- Panel Discussion on RE potential
- Energy Awareness Day for primary and pre-schoolers
- Radio discussion
- Seminar for drivers on vehicle purchase, usage and maintenance
- KILL-A-WATT DAY – Competition, exhibition, presentation of prizes, newspaper supplement
Theme: "Guyana's Youths: Adopting Clean Low-Energy Lifestyles"
- Moderated Interactive Discussion and TV Quiz on clean energy
- Poster Competition for Schools
- Energy Seminar and Exhibition
- Power Point Presentation to Grades 4, 5 and 6
Theme: "Energy: Cornerstone of Haiti's Reconstruction"
- Audio visual campaign including the production of audios and vides, flyers, brochures, publication of audios and videos, newspaper advertisement and Web page production
- Newsletter production
- Opening Ceremony
- Exhibition and Presentations
- Essay Competition
- Audio visual documentary film competition
- Closing Ceremony
Theme: "Energy Security For A Sustainable Future"
From November 6?12, 2011 Jamaica will join with her Caribbean counterparts in exploring energy related issues, including oil & gas, renewable energy, energy conservation and efficiency.
- CEW Launch
- Primary and Secondary Schools Lunch Time Presentations
- Panel Discussions
- Public Lecture
- Workshops
- Exhibitions
- Breakfast Meetings
- Science Fair
Theme: Information not yet available
- Radio Quiz
- TV and radio promotion on energy conservation
- Posters
St. Lucia:
Theme: "Energy Efficiency for Economic Empowerment :Save Energy, Save Money, Save the Environment"
- School Essay Competition
- Lectures for Primary Schools
- Production of Youth Oriented Magazine
- Energy Awareness Week Supplement
- Advertorial Series
- Renewable Energy Exhibition
- Secondary School Technical Drawing Competition
- Productions of Banners
- Jingle production
- Quiz on radio
St. Kitts and Nevis:
Theme: Not yet available
- Creation of mailing database and electronic database on energy statistics and information
- Public awareness campaign involving the media
- Radio discussion on energy conservation and electricity tariffs
- Meetings with stakeholders
- Distribution of energy brochure and newsletter to schools
- Creation of jingle on energy conservation
- Poster competition for primary schools
- Logo Competition for Secondary Schools
- Energy Awareness Fair
St. Vincent and the Grenadines:
Theme: "You have the Power to Conserve"
- Interactive TV Discussion
- Poster Essay Competition
- Seminar / Workshop
- Live Radio Discussion
Information not yet available.
Trinidad & Tobago:
Theme: "Understanding T&T's Energy! Promoting Sustainability through Smarter Energy Choices"
- Host Launch Event
- Establish Educational Energy Islands
- Develop Mobile RE Technology Caravan
- Community Energy Week Activities
- Nationwide Workshops
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I was up before the sun this morning to meet Kelly, Megan and Megan's friend Debbie for an early morning run.
It was dark and I was still very sleepy as I pulled in to Blue Jacket Park at 6:30 this morning.
Luckily Kelly was bright eye and full of energy. I think we temporarily switched places. 😉
Before the run I had 1/2 of Koka Moka ProBar.
I've never had a Pro Bar before and was surprised how filling just 1/2 of the bar was.
The flavor was great and it was the perfect size to keep me going through 10 miles.
The 10 miles went really well this morning. The 4 of us spent the whole time chatting and kept a pretty steady 9:30 pace for the majority of the run.
Running with the girls really has me pumped for future marathon training runs, especially when we get in the much higher milage. Kelly, Megan and I are all running the Disney marathon together in January and are hoping to do the longer runs together. They will be my lifesaver for those runs. 🙂
During the run I felt myself dragging around mile 8 so I popped in 3 Clif Bloks. When I returned home I knew waffles were calling my name!
I bought this new mix at Whole Foods on Friday and added a tablespoon of Peanut Butter to the batter. Next time I would add more. 😉
I topped my waffle with 1/2 a Peach & Strawberries that I mixed with more PB & syrup and microwaved for a minute. It was ooey gooey and perfect.
My parents are driving to Orlando today so that I can take advantage of their Costco membership. I plan to stock up on all things bulk. let's just hope I don't go too overboard. 🙂


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S Link Medallion
The S-Link Medallion Necklace is the perfect marriage of wire work and chain maille. This exclusive design by Patti Bullard of Wired Up Beads, inspired by a unique arrangement of traditional S-Links, is both elegant and visually intriguing. The chain of the finished necklace measures approximately 18 inches long, and the medallion centerpiece measures 1.5 inches square.
- 1.3mm diameter Soft Round Sterling Silver Wire (2.5 feet)
- 16-gauge dead soft round copper wire for practice (2 feet)
- 0.8mm diameter Soft Round Sterling Silver Wire (3 feet)
- Sterling Silver Bead Plain Round 2 hole bead 4mm (with 1.5mm hole)—56
- Sterling Silver Jump Rings
- 3.5mm inside diameter, 18-gauge--34
- 4.5mm inside diameter, 18-gauge--36
- 11.5mm inside diameter, 16-gauge--3
- 9.0mm inside diameter, 14-gauge—1 (for clasp)
- Classic Wubbers Medium Flat Nose Pliers
- Classic Wubbers Narrow Flat Nose Pliers
- Classic Wubbers Chain Nose Pliers
- Classic Wubbers Bent Nose Pliers
- Wubbers Bail Making Pliers--Medium
- Wubbers Bail Making Pliers--Small
- Bead Crimping Pliers (Optional)
- CHP Flush Wire Cutters
- Chasing Hammer 4oz
- Steel Bench Block
- 6-Inch Ruler
- Polishing Cloth for cleaning and straightening wire
- Files—Flat metal (cut 2)
- Handy File--Disposable Two-Sided Acrylic Nail File--200/400 grit (optional)
- Soft Brass Brush (Optional)
- Lortone Tumbler for tumble polishing (Optional)
Safety Warnings
- Always wear safety glasses to protect your eyes.
Step 1
Clean and straighten a 2-foot length of 1.3mm diameter,soft round sterling silver wire . This may be accomplished by applying gentle pressure while pulling the wire through a Polishing Cloth .
Step 2
You will need to cut 8 lengths of wire to make the S-Links. Always starting with a flush cut end on your wire, measure and flush cut each piece of wire carefully to a precise length of 2 7/8". Rather than marking your wire with a permanent marker, you may find it is easier to make accurate cuts by holding the wire on a ruler as shown, then flush cutting the end of the wire with your CHP Flush Cutters .
Maintaining precision in regard to the S-Links' size and shape is particularly important to the success of this project. It is helpful to make at least 4 "test" S-Links from 16-gauge copper wire, so that you can make sure that they are turning out uniformly and the proper size. For this project, finished S-Links should measure approximately 7/8 of an inch long. The small loops on each side of the S-Link should be almost opposite each other. If the S-Link is too long or short, cut another piece of wire, adding or subtracting approximately 1/16".
Step 3
Using light taps with a chasing hammer 4oz on a steel bench block , gently flatten each end of the 8 pieces of wire. Take care not to lengthen or distort the wire by over-hammering. Make sure that each end is flattened in the same direction as shown. Smooth any sharp edges with a flat metal file (cut 2) or a Handy File.
Step 4
To make the S-Links, first you will need to make a loop on each end of the 8 wires. Grasp the flattened end of a wire as shown and coil it around the small jaw of the Medium Wubbers Bail Making Pliers , making a complete loop. Repeat this on the other end of the wire, making sure that you curl the loop in the opposite direction.
To make a small loop that is perfectly round, place the wire in the jaws of the Wubbers Bail Making Pliers so that the end of the wire is even with the edge of the jaws as shown. If the wire extends past the edge of the pliers before starting the loop, then the loop will be elongated rather than round.
Step 5
To finish shaping the S-Links, you will form two large curves on each wire. With a small loop turned toward you and held snugly down against the smaller jaw of the Medium Wubbers Bail Making Pliers, begin to roll the wire around the larger jaw of the pliers as shown in Photo 1. Continue rolling or curving the wire until the back of the loop touches the wire. The S-Link should now look like Photo 2 above. Flip the wire around and repeat on the other end to finish forming the S-Link.
Step 6
To complete your S-Links, gently flatten each end using a dome-faced chasing hammer. Holding the S-Link with a pair of Classic Wubbers Bent Nose Pliers , lightly tap the end of the S-Link to flatten it slightly, taking care not to over-hammer or distort it. You will notice that the large curves of the S-Link will begin to open slightly as you hammer. Using a pair of Classic Wubbers Medium Flat Nose Pliers , move the wire in a "back and forth" motion, gradually moving the S-Link back into a closed position.
Using a highly polished chasing hammer and steel block will help reduce the finishing work at the end of your project. The polished surfaces of the hammer and steel block will burnish the sterling as you work, leaving it with a clean and shiny finish.
Step 7
To form the medallion, choose the 4 S-Links that are the most similar. If one of the 4 S-Links is slightly shorter than the others, it will work well to place it in the bottom position on the medallion. It is especially important that each of the side links be the same length. Arrange the S-Links into a square shape, making sure that all the small loops are turned in the same direction as shown (i.e., the small outside loops all curve to the left as you move around the outside edge of the medallion).
Step 8
Open one of the 11.5 mm jump rings. Place 8 of the round, 4mm sterling beads onto the jump ring, then close it. Lay this beaded jump ring into the center of the four S-Links that will form the medallion.
Step 9
Taking care to maintain the proper positioning of the S-Links as you work, use a 3.5mm jump ring to connect the small loops of each of the S-Links to the beaded jump ring. There should be two beads in-between each of the jump rings.
Step 10
Connect each end of the S-Links to the adjoining S-Links with 2 of the 4.5 mm jump rings, using a total of 8 jump rings to form the medallion.
Step 11
Lay the medallion down on your work surface, placing two more S-Links so that one end of each adjoins one of the top corners of the medallion. The small loops on these S-Links should face opposite directions, with their placement being mirror image relative to each other.
Step 12
Using 2 of the 4.5mm jump rings, connect the S-Link that is being added on the left side of the picture to the adjoining end of the link running across the top of the medallion. Then, connect it to the end of the S-Link forming the left side of the medallion using two more 4.5mm jump rings.
Step 13
Connect the S-Link that is being added on the right in the same fashion as used in Step 12.
Step 14
Open two of the 11.5mm jump rings. Place 9 of the round, 4mm sterling beads onto each jump ring, then close it. The 9 beads will almost fill the jump ring completely, making it somewhat difficult to close. However, the large jump ring is big enough such that you may find it easiest to close it with your finders as demonstrated.
Step 15
Using 2 of the 3.5mm jump rings, attach one of the large beaded rings to the S-Link extending from the top left side of the medallion.
Step 16
Using 2 more of the 3.5mm jump rings, attach the other large beaded ring to the S-Link extending from the top right side of the medallion
Step 17
Taking care to place them in the same direction as the previous two S-Links added in Steps 13 and 14, attach the last two S-Links to the necklace with 2 of the 3.5mm jump rings. These S-Links should be attached to the large 11.5mm beaded jump rings so that 5 of the silver beads are toward the inside of the necklace, and 4 of the beads are toward the outside.
Step 18
To continue on with the chain portion of this necklace, you will need to make 10 beaded links. Cut 10 pieces of 0.8mm,soft round sterling silver wire into 3" lengths.
Step 19
Make a wrapped loop on one end of each of the 10 wires. The Small Wubbers Bail Making Pliers will make it easy to complete loops that are consistent and perfectly sized. With the large jaw of the Small Wubbers Bail Making Pliers closest to you, make a 90-degree bend about 1 inch from the end of the wire (Photo 1). Then, wrap the wire around the large jaw of the pliiers as shown in Photo 2. Reposition the pliers so that the small jaw is on the top side of the loop (Photo 3). With a pair of Classic Wubbers Chain Nose Pliers , grasp the very end of the wire and wrap it around about 2 times as demonstrated in Photo 4. Flush cut the wire, making sure that there are no sharp ends.
Because of the small diameters of the jaws, the Small Wubbers Bail Making Pliers are rated for use with wire that is 20-gauge or lighter. To help extend the life of your pliers, grasp the wire as high in the jaw as possible, especially when using 20-gauge wire. If making a coil, start high in the jaw, moving the coil toward the end of the jaw as you work. Using this method, you can make a coil that is longer than the length of the jaw of the pliers.
To quickly and easily smooth down the trimmed end of your wires when making loops, use the outside, rounded opening of a pair of regular sized Crimping Pliers.
Step 20
Place 3 of the 4mm sterling balls on each of the wires with the wrapped loops.
Complete each beaded link by wrapping a loop on the second end of the wire. To start the loop, place the jaws of the Small Wubbers Bail Making Pliers close to the last bead, leaving just enough room to make a 90-degree bend in the wire. If you hold the Small Wubbers with the large jaw closest to you as shown in Photo 1, the small jaw will serve as a convenient way to measure the length of the space needed to make about 2 wraps. After making the 90-degree bend, reposition your pliers so that the large jaw will be on the top of the bend. Wrap the wire over and around the large jaw of the pliers to form a loop. Reposition the pliers so that the small jaw is placed on the top of the newly formed loop as shown in Photo 2. Wrap the end of the wire around about 2 times as depicted in Photo 3. Flush cut the wire, making sure there are no sharp edges left behind.
Step 21
Close 20 of the 4.5mm jump rings and open 44 of the 3.5mm jump rings.
Using 2 of the 3.5mm jump rings, connect one end of each beaded link to two of the closed 4.5mm jump rings. Each beaded link should now have 4 jump rings attached to one end as shown in the photo.
Step 22
You will now build 2 lengths of chain, one for each side of the necklace. Using 2 of the 3.5mm jump rings, connect the end loop of a beaded link to a pair of the 4.5mm jump rings that were added in Step 21. Continue this process until each section of chain has 5 beaded links. Using a 3.5mm jump ring, attach a section of chain to each of the last two S-Links added in Step 17.
Step 23
To make an S-Hook Clasp, you will need a 2" piece of 16-gauge sterling silver wire, flush cut on both ends. Lightly flatten each end of the wire with a dome faced chasing hammer. Using the small jaw of the Medium Bail Making Pliers, make a loop on each end of the wire. Different from the S-Links, the loops will need to be facing the same direction to make an S-Hook Clasp.
Step 24
Place the small loop snug against the small jaw of the pliers as shown, and proceed to make a larger loop as if you were making an S-Link. Lightly hammer just the large end of the S-Clasp. Using 2 of the 3.5mm jump rings, attach the S-Hook Clasp to the left side of the necklace.
Step 25
To finish your necklace, open and attach the 9.0mm jump ring directly to the beaded link on the right side of the necklace.
Step 26
Once your S-Link Medallion Necklace is completely assembled, it is time to polish it. You may hand polish it with a Polishing Cloth. To produce a flawless shine and to make your necklace feel silky smooth, it is recommended that the S-Link Medallion Necklace be tumble polished. When tumble polishing, begin by brushing the pendant thoroughly with a Soft Brass Brush to even out the surface of the metal. Then, place the piece in a rotary tumbler and tumble 4 to 6 hours.


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A company has been handed a hefty fine by Islington Council for letting an unlicensed flat in the north London borough.
Landhouse Ltd has pleaded guilty to operating a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) which should have been licensed.
The company was fined £12,700 and ordered to pay legal costs of £1,320 as well as a victim surcharge of £120.
The property, situated on Holloway Road, was visited by Environmental Health Officers who found it to be overcrowded, poorly managed and containing several evident fire hazards.
"With more and more people renting privately, we're committed to helping residents make sure they have decent homes to live in," said Councillor Diarmaid Ward, Islington Council's executive member for housing and development.
"The majority of landlords act entirely within the law, but we will pursue and take action against those who don't," he added.
Ward went on to urge landlords with concerns about property licensing to contact the council confidentially for advice and support.
Last September, the council extended its HMO licensing requirements to cover all HMOs on Holloway Road and Caledonian Road (including all rented properties occupied by three or more people in more than one household and converted properties.)
It says the new measures were introduced after research unearthed a trend of poor management of rental properties on both streets.
Earlier this year Islington Council fined two landlords over £100,000 for continually letting a property which had been converted without planning permission.


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City Lawyer Resigns After Judge Rules He Hid Evidence In Police ShootingBy Michael Tarm
City Lawyer Resigns After Judge Rules He Hid Evidence In Police ShootingBy Michael Tarm
A top city of Chicago lawyer stepped down after a federal judge accused him of hiding evidence in a fatal police shooting, the latest allegation of wrongdoing amid ongoing scrutiny of how the city deals with such cases.
Separately, the city agency that investigates police shootings vowed greater transparency, saying Monday that it would start divulging some details of active cases as it tries to bolster public confidence in the process.
Since November, Chicago has been dealing with fallout from the release of a video showing a white officer fatally shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald. The video prompted protests and led to a wide-ranging civil rights investigation of the entire police department by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Monday's 72-page opinion from U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang was part of a civil lawsuit brought by relatives of Darius Pinex, a black man, who was shot and killed by police during a 2011 traffic stop in Chicago.
The officers, Raoul Mosqueda and Gildardo Sierra, said they opened fire as Pinex refused orders and put his car in reverse. The officers had said they stopped Pinex because his car matched a description they heard on their police radio of a car suspected of involvement in an earlier shooting. But records emerged after the trial began that officers weren't listening to the channel broadcasting the radio traffic about the suspect's car. The judge said a city lawyer "intentionally concealed" that evidence.
The judge on Monday tossed a jury's finding in April that the police shooting was justified, ordered a new trial and instructed the city to pay attorney's fees to the plaintiffs.
"Attorneys who might be tempted to bury late-surfacing information need to know that, if discovered, any verdict they win will be forfeit and their clients will pay the price," the judge wrote. He said Jordan Marsh, a senior corporation counsel, also later lied about when he was aware of the evidence.
The judge also accused the law department, which defends city employees accused of wrongdoing, of shoddy record-keeping, saying it contributed to the problem in the Pinex case.
The city law department announced Marsh's resignation later Monday, saying it "does not tolerate any action that would call into question the integrity of the lawyers who serve" Chicago. It also said it was reviewing its training and evidence-gathering procedures.
But a lawyer for the Pinex family, Steve Greenberg, said Marsh's actions reflect on the city law department as a whole. He accused the department of not acting quickly enough when it realized its attorney wasn't forthcoming about critical evidence.
"It shows the city hasn't just fought to protect officers, it also fights tooth and nail to protect its lawyers," he said. "I don't think they cared that (Pinex) got killed, they didn't care what the truth was and they didn't care they cheated (with the evidence)."
A city law department spokesman said he did not have a way to leave a message for Marsh seeking comment. And there was no public telephone listing for a Jordan Marsh in Chicago.
Also Monday, the head of the Independent Police Review Authority — which is responsible for investigating complaints of excessive force by officers — told reporters that greater openness about ongoing investigations would be a point of emphasis as she tries to win the lost confidence of Chicagoans, many of which believe the agency has operated for years to bury police wrongdoing.


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Téa Leoni released a statement Wednesday acknowledging that she and husband David Duchovny have been separated in recent months.
"In light of continuous speculation over the lives and marriage of Téa Leoni and David Duchovny, the couple has confirmed that they have in fact been separated for several months," the statement says. "The couple had hoped to keep this separation private for the sake of their children." Leoni's PR firm confirmed the comments to TVGuide.com.
Duchovny entered rehab for sex addiction in late August, and completed his treatment in October. He and Leoni have been married since 1997 and have a daughter, age 9 and son, age 6, together.
Given the circumstances, it's not the couple's separation that seems surprising, but their ability to keep it under wraps this long. Will they be able to patch things up?


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This is a tough harness and it will last a long time.
- Extra protection for leg loops from abrasion
- Metal attachment points
- Some lower back support
- Not as comfortable as other harnesses
- Small gear loops
- Not as much back support as regular rock climbing harness
I have used this harness for about 2-3 years now for cave exploration. Before that it was owned by one of my friends. Other harnesses I've used get destroyed in about a year due to the harsh cave environment.
The harness sits fairly low, but offers more back support than the SuperAvanti. The other big difference is the metal attachment point for the D closure carabiner or maillion. This is a good feature for better wear.
I would not buy this harness for rock climbing, but for caving it is almost flawless.
Source: received it as a personal gift
Thanks for all of the recent caving/climbing gear reviews you've shared, Unknown Caver. I'd love to see some pictures of your gear in your reviews too, if you're willing to add them.
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Welcome to Trailspace, UKC. I looked at this one last year. Ended up getting a CMI Cavedigger Harness on sale. What part of the country are you caving in?
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TAG, I have not tried the CMI harness, G00SE. How is it working out for you?
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4 Best Practices to Ensure Email Deliverability
When it comes to email marketing, a critical question, which troubles the mind of the marketers is – Did the customer reads their newsletter? Usually, when a reader doesn't read an email, they're either not interested in the material, or the email did not land in their inbox. As a marketer, it becomes difficult to access the reason behind failing email deliverability because service providers use filters to decide the fate of an email. However, these filters may block even the genuine emails. So how can you prevent your brand from being lumped into an illegitimate pile? – Stick to best practices to ensure high deliverability rate and scrub the marketing list using an email list scrubber to remove unwanted customers. Furthermore, you need to check on its standing with recipients and ISPs.
Here are six best practices to adhere to follow.
1) Avoid using too many colors, fonts, and sizes
Using hidden text such as white on a white background is a perfect way to catch the attention of the spam filters. Also, avoid using too much capitalization and punctuation when emphasizing a particular offer. The more colors, fonts, and sizes you use, the more will be your chances to land in the spam folder. On that note, avoid frequently used symbols and words such as $ and free. To ensure you stay in good standing with the readers, focus on creating subtle newsletters, which will attract the customers.
2) Build your infrastructure
Building your email infrastructure is imperative, and you can either partner with an email service provider or build your infrastructure. Acquire a dedicated server and resources to keep the server up and running. Secondly, ensure that the servers are properly configured. Otherwise, the email servers will confuse your authentic server with a spammer. You will need a dedicated IP address to stay out of the spam box. Infrastructure development is crucial for your email deliverability. To further entice the customers, remember to focus on list validation using email list scrubber to connect with customers who want to hear from your brand.
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Instead of using a generic email address such as email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com, you need to engage the subscribers with a usual email address. Your audience is likely to involve with emails from a real person. Furthermore, email providers are less likely to filter the messages as spam when you trigger the messages from a real person. Your customers want to hear from real persons and not robots!
4) Delete customers who default on a regular basis
As a marketer, exclude contacts which have either hit the un-subscription button or have hard bounced in the past. Such email addresses will negatively impact your sender's reputation, and your brand will get blacklisted. Also, monitor the soft bounce rate and spam complaints to identify customers who regularly default. Furthermore, focus on list verification using email list scrubber to touch base with people who want to hear from your brand. Email marketing is a potent inbound tool if the messages reach the inbox of the customers.


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Senior figures from the global chemical weapons watchdog have flatly rejected Russian claims that the watchdog's laboratories had found a western military chemical agent in the poison that incapacitated the Russian double agent Sergei Skripal.
In a weekend claim widely picked up on social media, the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that a Swiss laboratory used by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had discovered traces in the sample of the nerve agent BZ and its precursors. The nerve agent is possessed by Nato countries, but not Russia.
The Russian embassy in London said it was "highly likely" that BZ had therefore been used in Salisbury, adding that the OPCW and the British had questions to answer.
But at a meeting of the OPCW executive in The Hague, the Russian claim was refuted by OPCW officials, who said explained that BZ had been used in the control sample, not the sample itself. It is also a breach of OPCW procedures to identify a laboratory involved in a test.
The UK said Russia had been caught out in an attempt to mislead the international community, adding the OPCW report showed the world was facing "a clear case of a new family of toxic chemicals intended to kill".
The west also bluntly criticised Russia for generally endangering the integrity and respect for OPCW scientists in a bid to clear itself of the allegation that it was behind the use of a nerve agent that poisoned Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury last month.
The Swiss delegation described Lavrov's behaviour as incomprehensible and totally unacceptable. Sabine Nölke, the Canadian envoy to the OPCW, accused Russia of either "a craven attempt to mislead the international community", or a breach of the OPCW's confidentiality procedures. The EU described the Russian behaviour as malign.
The OPCW meeting had been called by the UK to discuss an OPCW technical report completed last week confirming that the UK's Porton Down laboratories had correctly identified the nerve agent as novichok. The UK continued to assert that only Russia had the motive, technical ability and operational experience to produce the agent.
The OPCW is not empowered to identify the source of the nerve agent, but Russian media claimed the OPCW's refusal to identify Russia as a source was a vindication for the Kremlin.
Referring to Lavrov's claims about the discovery of BZ, Marc-Michael Blum, the head of the OPCW laboratory, told the meeting: "The labs were able to confirm the identity of the chemical by applying existing, well-established procedures. There was no other chemical that was identified by the labs. The precursor of BZ that is referred to in the public statements, commonly known as 3Q, was contained in the control sample prepared by the OPCW lab in accordance with the existing quality control procedures. Otherwise it has nothing to do with the samples collected by the OPCW team in Salisbury."
The OPCW director general, Ahmet Üzümcü, also pushed back against recent Russian claims of bias, saying its scientists had been able "to collect both biomedical and environmental samples under full chain of custody and also splits of earlier samples taken by the British authorities for comparative purposes. The OPCW analysis clearly confirms the findings of the United Kingdom relating to the identity of the toxic chemical used in Salisbury that severely injured three people."
In his presentation, the UK OPCW envoy pointed out that the OPCW noted that the chemical was of high purity, indicating that the chemical was not volatile and would degrade slowly. "All this is cause for grave concern as we now face a clear case of a new family of toxic chemicals intended to kill," he said.
The EU also demanded answers from Russia about its responsibilities for a "shocking and reprehensible act". In its statement, it said: "We regret that we continue to witness persistent and malign Russian attempts to undermine the credibility of the OPCW secretariat and technical report. All this is aimed at hampering and obscuring the investigation in a manner that damages the credibility of the chemical weapons convention."
Russia, for its part, suggested that the Skripal's body samples might have been manipulated by British medical experts while in an induced coma.


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Claire Conner, Kansas City, missouri, Nation Federation of Democratic Women, Wrapped in the Flag
National Federation of Democratic Women in Kansas City – June 12, 2014 (June 13, 2014)
Claire Conner: ….I have a unique story. One that you haven't heard before, probably. I was raised in the heart of the radical right. It took me twenty-five years to figure out that virtually everything I had learned from my father and my mother I didn't agree with. But living that long with a true, pure radical taught me a lot of things.
And he taught me the thing I most want to share with you tonight. There's a reason why they win. The reason is so hard to grasp. It's a simple reason, but we can't grasp it. My father, thirty-two years, never changed his position on anything. Not once. He was driven by rage, anger, hatred and a supposed devotion to the flag and the Constitution.
I called my book "Wrapped in the Flag" because that is one of the biggest problems we face. We face a movement that wraps itself in such patriotic bull, bull it is astounding.
But here's what we don't get, on the left. We get all that, but here's what we don't get. These people aren't kidding. what they say is what they mean. When they talk about their plans and they talk about their philosophy they're not kidding. And you can't wrap your arms around it and I can't either. Why? Because it's stunningly impossible to think that you are dealing with a whole group of people, currently running, by the way, the House of Representatives, who do not believe in government. That was the biggest shock to me with my father. It took me years to grasp that. He loved the Constitution, but hated the government. Now that's nuts, but it's true. If you listen, you listen to the gang running the House that's what you hear. They love the Constitution, but they hate the government. They have done such a wonderful job selling the American people on this problem, they started, by the way, with Reagan, Reagan took the idea that the biggest problem you have is the Federal Government and turned it into an eight year administration.
They have done such an excellent job selling us on the idea that our most serious problem is that the Federal Government is out to get you and you and me that right now sixty-three percent of Americans think the biggest problem they have is the Federal Government. Let me say this, not everybody appreciates it when I say this, but the liberals have failed to stand up and defend the idea that the United States has a Federal Government and that Federal Government has legitimate and essential functions. [applause]
Now let me be clear, I don't love the NSA. I don't love everything President Obama did or didn't do. I don't agree with everything the Federal Government has done. But, I do not believe that turning the United States back to something precolonial times is in any way an answer to our problems. To make America back into the image that the right has is to change us to something not one person in this country ever lived in or ever thought they wanted.
I figured this out in nineteen seventy-six. I was a slow learner. But in nineteen seventy-six I got it. I was born in nineteen forty-five, so, yes, I was a slow learner. Here's what happened. I went up to see my mom and dad. We lived in the same town in Wisconsin and I had been pulling back from doing any Birch stuff for years. I kept saying. I'm not doing this, I am not participating, don't call me. But it's very hard to say no to your mom and dad, they were very persuasive. anyway, I was, at that time, involved in the pro-life movement, which is another interesting and important learning experience for me. I was on the national, on the state board, spoke all over the state. I believed, in nineteen seventy-six, that every person of good will would understand that the only way you stop abortion is by caring for mothers and children in need. That was evident to me. It was evident to me. It was absolutely crystal clear to me, not only as a christian woman, but as a human being that you cannot say anything if you're not willing to help those people in need.
Okay. So, at the time in Wisconsin we had this governor and this re, Republican group in the legislature who were in the business of cutting all the funding for what we called WIC, women, infants and children. Now, I was on the board of Wisconsin Right to Life. I was speaking all over the state. I couldn't get Wisconsin Right to Life to stand up and say no to the WIC cuts. And I couldn't understand it. I simply couldn't grasp that. I couldn't understand that you would say, you cannot abort your child and we won't do anything to help you feed that baby. It was, it gave me a headache. It gives me a headache talking about it now.
So, anyway, I was up at my mom and dad's house and I was talking to them because I thought even though we didn't agree on politics we certainly agreed on abortion, 'kay. So I'm saying to them, you need to stand up with me and help this legislature stop these WIC cuts. My mother goes into her, her office comes back with the most recent John Birch Society bulletin. Every month the John Birch Society read a book, practically, to their members saying, this is what you're gonna do, this is what you do, this is what we believe in, this is why. This particular bulletin was longer than usual because it was sort of an analysis of American history in time for the bicentennial, okay. So this is July nineteen seventy-six. And she starts reading from this bulletin written by Robert Welch, the founder of the Birch Society. He goes through American history and he says, in nineteen hundred, this was like the apex of American history, in nineteen hundred we had this wonderful economy, people were discovering all kinds of possibilities, uh, the free enterprise system was in full bloom. Nineteen hundred, folks, 'kay. And then he went on and said, and this is a quote, there were pockets of poverty, however [laughter], but, even the poverty was offset by the blessings of liberty, thus it was a healthy kind of poverty, healthy poverty, because every man understood that relief from dire want was entirely his own responsibility. I said, what the hell are you talking about? what are you talking about? Healthy poverty? I said, so you're answer to the pro-life movement is healthy poverty? Now we laugh about this, but let me tell you something, did you hear [Representative] Paul Ryan and the House of representatives when they cut food stamps last year?
I actually, my parents did a lot of things for me, and one of the things they did is turn me into a policy wonk. Because you couldn't have a conversation with them if you didn't know more than they knew [laughter], okay. But that was a good thing. So I'm kind of a brainiac about that kind of stuff. So, I actually turn on C-SPAN, I know I'm one of the only weirdos who does, but I do. So, when they're debating on the food stamps I turned it on. And I said, I was so sad and so angry, but I also realized every last one of those people sounded just like the people who came to dinner at my house who were the leadership in the emerging radical right.
Paul Ryan, Paul Ryan sounds like every John Birch yapper who I ever met. Paul Ryan, John Boehner, the whole gang of these people, Eric Cantor, defending. And in Kansas you guys have Chris Kolbach. Poverty's good for you. I love that. Don't you love that? People who are millionaires who stand up with their absolutely hideous arrogance and say, poverty's good for you people. Now we have to give every rich corporation a tax break, we have to cut taxes in Kansas for everybody who is wealthy, but, oh my god, those poor people, they're gonna do better if we keep 'em poor. They're gonna work hard, 'cause you know they're lazy, you know they're lazy. That's why they're poor. Now this is a crock on every level. But, it works. It works, it works, it works for a couple reasons.
Number one, they appeal to people who think, gee, you know, if the government stops giving my, my lazy neighbor help, in the morning I'm gonna be rich. So, there is that. I used to say to my dad, you know, the reason you're a conservative is because inside of you you think you're going to win the Irish lottery as long as the poor people don't get any help. And there is that.
But there's another thing. We don't call them out for this. We let them get away with it….


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Anethum sowa Roxb.
Botanical Name: Anethum sowa Roxb.
Kindom: Plantae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae/Umbellifarae
Genus: Anethum
Local Name: Soya
Sindhi Name: Sowa
English Name: Dill
Part Used: Seeds and leaves
AnethumsowaRoxb. is an annual herb and about 1m high.Stems are hollow and grooved with striated dark and lighter green shade. Leaves are bluish-green, pinnate, and compound that cut into filiform segments.Flowers are yellow and present in umbel form. Fruit is winged1.
A. sowais distributed to Eastern Europe, west Asia, and Mediterranean basin. In Pakistan, it grows throughout Sindh.
Ethnomedicinal uses in Skin Diseases
ButeamonospermaLam. (Butea Gum) and AnethumsowaRoxb. (Soya) is soaked in water overnight, this water is used as face wash for the treatment of acne in District Tando Mohammad Khan (Sindh).
Chemical Constituents
Herbs and roots of A. sowacontain vitamin C, polyene, β-sitosterol, umbelliferone,stigmasterol, scopoletin, myristicin, and coumarin. Dried fruits contain fatty oil. Seeds contain essential oil containing flavonoids, β-sitosterolglucoside, and carvone2. Other chemical constituents isolated from plant are apiol, o-cymene, exo-2-hydroxycineol, limonene, α-thujene, and β-phellandrene3.
Chemical Structure:
Medicinal Uses and Pharmacology/Scientific Studies
A. sowais act as carminative and digestive. It is helpful in the treatment of gastrointestinal tract infections, kidney and urinary tract infections, internal spasm, cold, cough, flu, and menstrual disorder. It is used for reducing the swelling of stomach in children and gastric problems of alimentary canal4,5. It is important ingredient used in gripe water and recommended for colic pain and flatulence in babies and young children. Seeds are chewed for controlling bad breaths. It is also used by lactating mother for increasing milk flow. It is used as preservative because of ability of inhibiting bacterias. Essential oil is act as repellent6.
Phytochemical analysis of A. sowahave indicated the presence of saponins, flavonoids, and steroid, which is attributed for antioxidant, antiamylase, cytotoxic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antiarthritic,aphrodisiac,cardioprotective, antihyperlipidaemic, antihypercholesterolaemic, andanticonvulsant activities7,8,9.
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- home-rededies-guide.com/herbs/dill.html.
- Moshfekus, Saleh-e-In M., Sultanaa, A., and Husainb, M. (2010). Chemical Constituents of Essential Oil from Anethumsowa Herb (Leaf and Stem) Growing in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 45(2), 173-176.
- Bhimwal, R., Aggrawal, N., Nagauri, B. P., Sharma, M. C., Kumar, P., Sharma, A. K., and Kachhawa, J. B. S. (2009). Review on Anethumsowa: An Indian Medicinal Plant. International Journal of Chemical Sciences, 7(1), 435-441.
- Kumar, V. R. (2011).In-Vitro Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Amylase, Anti-Arthritic, and Cytotoxic Activity of Important Commonly Used Green Leafy Vegetables. International Journal of Pharmatechnology Research, 3(4).
- Jana, S., andShekhawat, G. S. (2010). Anethumgraveolens: An Indian traditional medicinal herb and spice. Pharmacognosy Reviews, 4(8), 179–184. http://doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.70915
- Nahida, S. H., and Siddiqui, A. N. (2012). Quality Standards and Safety Profile of a Unani Formulation, Habb-e-Suranjan. International Research Journal of Pharmacy, 3(3).
- http://www.sahul.com/eherb-Soya-#Pharmacology
- Jana, S., and G. S. (2010). Shekhawat. Anethumgraveolens: An Indian traditional medicinal herb and spice. Pharmacognosy reviews, 4(8), 179.


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Do you believe in writer's block? Janet Evanovich doesn't; Peter Straub doesn't either. In fact, he says, "It should never be mentioned in respectable company."
Frankly, I agree with them. The truth is, those of us who are blogging or writing professionally can't afford that kind of mentality; and those who don't, shouldn't.
Is it hard to realise ideas to their fullest potential? Sure, sometimes – but one mustn't use the excuse of having a bad day to write off the next one. Because even on my bad days, the kernel of a story, that spark of something greater? Honestly? I still get about a dozen. I make myself write them down; they're tithed for entering my brainspace.
I am what some people (occasionally derivatively) call a 'parent blogger'. I post to a daily schedule. To do so requires discipline and planning. It requires lots of brainstorming and post-it notes stuck around the house for whenever inspiration strikes. Additionally, I am also a 'naptime blogger'; I write whenever my small children are asleep, or before they get up in the mornings. I also freelance write for other publications. Sounds busy? It is.
And guess what – if you're serious about blogging and, like everyone on the planet, these days, are as busy as me, then you'll have to get used to it.
Are you one of the guilty ones?
Do these sound familiar?
"I'm too tired."
"I've got no writing mojo today; so what I'll write is bound to be piffle."
"I'll do it later."
"Why bother? No one remembers what I write anyway."
I'm sure there are dozens of other excuses out there. Just remember: stepping up your posting schedule, fleshing out ideas, developing your own personal style and voice are all investments into your skills set, and could hardly be considered a waste or something not to be bothered about.
Consider it this way: if you don't sit down and at least work your ideas through to some sort of conclusion then you're doing yourself – and your blog – a disservice.
Recently, two of my posts were featured underneath the Blogher Ad Network banner which can be found on countless other parenting blogs of my ilk. These two posts weren't easy for me to write (or rewrite). I often thought the time I was spending on them could've been better spent elsewhere. But they brought me great traffic. They brought me new readers. They did a whole lot more for than that if they'd just stayed in my head.
So what can I do, you ask?
Here's an idea:
- Go into your drafted posts. Find one that's been sitting there for ages; the one you don't quite know what to do with, but can't bring yourself to delete. (We must all have one or two!)
- Scan it briefly and then write down a word or phrase which best suits its theme/tone. Sometimes it helps to just have that guideline back in the foreground of your mind so you can then develop it further, with the insight you've, hopefully, gained since it was originally drafted.
- After consideration, be honest. If you cannot breathe life into the piece, let it go. Not all ideas come to fruition. Make the decision to keep it 'just in case' if you must, but in my experience it's often best to delete, thus freeing up my mind for the next project.
I'm not saying that every post has to be perfect (mine certainly aren't), but I rest my success on trusting my instincts, staying true to my voice and by making no excuses.
Do you?


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Ask any geek of a certain age and predilection what they dreamt of back in high school and they'll say, in order, a date to the prom and a color laser printer. Now that everyone with $100 and a pulse can get a fairly nice inkjet printer, Samsung is offering the CLP-315, a $184 color laser printer that is about as big as a standard all-in-one printer but with the added benefit of printing at high speeds and in vibrant color.
If you think laser printers are huge behemoths hulking in the corner of an office, think again. The CLP-315 is 24 pounds and about 12 inches on a side. It holds 150 sheets of paper and is compatible with OS X and Windows and can be added as a network printer. The OS X driver required a full shutdown of every application on the installation machine – something I find amazingly aggravating – and, as usual, there's no goddamn USB cable. This is the biggest pet peeve I have about printers. Seriously. Don't up-sell us on a $5 cable, printer manufacturers. Sheesh. Sorry. I fell out of character there for a minute. Back to the review.
Now for the good part. The best thing about laser printers is cartridge life. I printed a 200 page document and the black toner didn't move an inch although I did have to refill the paper cartridge well before the end of the print run. Traditionally, a print job like that would overwhelm the standard inkjet cartridge.
Both color and black and white printing is sharp and clear but in my tests it wasn't much better than some of the Epson inkjets I've tested. It's also more difficult to get a standard photo print out of this kit although most of the images I tested came out as nice or better than the inkjet.
This is a business printer. It's not for scrapbooking or a "fun" printer. If you're a writer or need to print out lots of letters or personalized pamphlets – if you need a lot of copies, get a copier. But at 3 cents per monochrome page and 15 cents for a color page you're getting a fairly good deal.
All that and you can finally say that you own a color laser printer. How cool is that?


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Music Classes for Babies and Toddlers near Wattle Glen, Victoria
The focus of our Little Stars baby and toddler music class near Wattle Glen, Victoria is on helping you nurture the precious bond between mother and baby through lullaby, rhyme, movement and song. Integrating music into your home to acquire a calm and happy beginning can be done using a range of techniques and skills that everyone can learn.
As suggested by research, music has a positive influence in the growth of your baby's brain. The first three years of your baby's life is characterized by rapid brain growth and development as well as twice the activity of an adult brain. Music is a key element during this crucial window of opportunity that can give your baby a head start in life. You can further stimulate the developing brain of your baby using the multiple senses of sound, touch, sight, movement, timing and emotions within a musical context.
Games, rhymes, props and instruments are introduced to children in our Little Stars baby and toddler music classes near Wattle Glen, VIC. Here are a few examples:
- Tambourine
- Clave
- Drums
- Puppets
- Shakers
- Qualified, expert teachers!
The early months and years of the life of your baby are an important time to foster your relationship with them.Playing music and singing songs are the best ways that a parent can spend time with a child and connect whilst instilling a passion and love for music in the child's life.
Music tips for Babies and Toddlers near Wattle Glen, VIC
Simple ways of integrating music into daily life are as follows:
- Touch is a significant aspect in a babies development. Try using nursery rhymes such as "round and round the garden" or "this little piggy" to stimulate and engage your baby.
- Studies have found that babies and infants prefer the sound of their parent's voice, be sure to sing your favorite songs or common lullabies such as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to them.
- Some people remember nursery rhymes like "to market to market" or "Humpty Dumpty" which can be great fun for parents as well as children. You can also play bouncing games on your lap or in your arms with a newborn.
- Singing tunes like "here we go round the mulberry bush" can help turn nappy change, bath time or other transitions from being a challenge into play.
- Try using soothing classical music as part of your bedtime routine. Turning the radio onto classical channels or buying an orchestral CD is much better than using children's classical CDs that are often made using synthesizers. Treat their ears and developing brains to the rich sounds of an orchestra.
- Listening to music should start as early as possible and new mothers should join the Bonding with Baby classes. Older children from six months to three years should join the Babies and Toddlers music classes. By purchasing the CD, the beautiful lullabies and rhymes can be enjoyed time and time again.
Get your baby or toddler started in music today:


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For the 2013 season we've added a raft of new activities and excursions for guests staying with us in Dubrovnik and Hvar, ranging from laid-back (wine tasting) to lean-forward (jet ski).
Get to know Dubrovnik
With private guide or group versions available, a Dubrovnik walking tour is really the best way to learn about the history of this captivating city. Not sure whether to take a group or private tour? Read this piece weighing up the pros and cons.
Get a bird's eye view of the city
If you're itching to see what Dubrovnik looks like from above, the most exciting way to see it is attached to a parachute, being pulled by a speedboat. Or parasailing, to use the technical term.
Take to the water
If you've never ridden a jet ski before the Jet Ski Safari is a must. You'll get to see parts of the coast around Dubrovnik you'd otherwise never get to see and explore beaches and coves that are otherwise inaccessible.
If you'd prefer to be under the water than skimming along on top, we've teamed up with a top Dubrovnik diving school to offer scuba diving for beginners or qualified divers. First timers can try scuba with a crash-course Discover Scuba experience, where you'll be kitted out, taught the basics, then an instructor will take your small class into the shallow water of the bay and then deeper along the sea floor and coral. Qualified divers can take a wreck dive too.
Set sail from Hvar
What better way to spend a day than out on a sailboat in the Adriatic. This whole day group trip leaves from Hvar in the morning, giving you the opportunity to explore deserted beaches and caves as well as snorkel in the clear blue waters.
Captain your own boat
The Pakleni archipelago off the coast of Hvar is a wonderland of islands and islets, with sandy beaches you can have all to yourself. We offer a variety of sizes of motor boat for you to hire and head off exploring.
Get off-road
How does riding an 11km trail on horseback through the Konavle region sound? Prefer horsepower to actual horses? Then the ATV Safari is for you. These are a great opportunity to get out of Dubrovnik and see the countryside around. If you happen to be stopping off in Hvar you have a similar possibility to discover the island's hidden charms on the Hvar Off-road Island Tour, from the comfort of an air-conditioned 4×4.
Taste the local wines
Croatia's wine output is limited, with very little being exported but it's lovely stuff. The country's most famous wines are produced in the Peljesac peninsula and our private day trip from Dubrovnik, which includes wine tastings and a trip to Ston, renowned for its oysters, is the perfect way to learn all about it.
If your tour of Croatia takes you to Hvar then you shouldn't miss the wine tasting tour we offer there. You'll taste several types of locally produced wines and prosecco and visit two wineries on this half day group trip.
Whatever your interests, we can arrange a tour or day trip to suit, all as part of your dream Croatia vacation package.


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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sticky Buns
Maine Man say these were the "best cinnamon buns" he's ever eaten! Yipeeee...it was the first time I'd ever baked them. 2 ways to a man's heart, right LOL;) This recipe for Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls comes from allrecipes.com
Posted by Country Girl at 9:27 PM
Labels: recipes
6 comments:
- goatgirl said...
Yum....I need one now!
- November 23, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- Little Messy Missy said...
OMG I so need that in my face!!! They look fabulous!!
- November 23, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- Sue said...
I smiled when i read this. Hubby and I used to LOVE those cinnamon rolls in the can. I've been baking my own for years now, but a few months back, I got lazy, and bought a can again. YUCK!!! I couldn't believe how bad they tasted. Never again!!
- November 24, 2010 at 3:35 AM
- Ali said...
Oh boy, they look delicious. I'm going to give them a try, just wait 'till my boys sink their teeth into these! I can't believe how good they look.
- November 24, 2010 at 6:00 AM
- YD, sometimes with ♥June and ♥Angel Samantha said...
Yum! I think it's time to make some this weekend.
Thanks for sharing.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
- November 24, 2010 at 8:18 AM
- Country Girl said...
Thanks all, Happy Thanksgiving!
- November 24, 2010 at 6:44 PM
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THE history of photography is a curious one. It shows how important discoveries are the outcome, not of one mind, but of the investigations of numberless men, working entirely independently of each other, and to ends altogether diverse. It falls to one man perhaps, by a lucky hit, to put the finishing touch to an edifice at which others may have been working for years, but who are liable to be forgotten in the success and fame of the one who achieves the completion of the struc ture. This is peculiarly the case with photography.
It has been observed that the tanning of the skin by exposure to the sun's rays is as much a photographic action as is the blackening of luna cornea, or horn silver, the observation of which may be said to have been the first step in the science of photography. This horn silver is found in the mines of Freiberg. It is a vitreous, dully shining silver ore, and consists of silver and chlorine in chemical combination, and hence is known to science as chloride of silver. It can be artificially produced by passing chlorine gas over metallic silver. In its native state horn silver is completely colourless, but so soon as it is exposed to the light of day it in the course of a few minutes assumes a violet tint.
This effect of light upon Luna cornea appears to have been first bbserved by the alchemist Fabric's in 1556, and long after his time it attracted the attention of men of science, although without leadin to any practical results.
In another substance containing silver this phenomenon is still more apparent. If silver be dissolved in nitric acid, and the solution be then evaporated, a solid mass of crystals is obtained. This is nitrate of silver, which fuses readily and destroys organic matter. Hence its use as a corrosive agent under the name of lunar caustic. Anything sprinkled with a solution of it very soon assumes a dark colour.
Many persons must have observed the blackening of paper under the action of lunar caustic, in which lay the primary secret of photography, and yet it was long years before any one thought of the uses to which it might be applied in the production of pictures by means of light.
The first person of whom we have any record who attempted to turn to account this property of silver nitrate to darken under the influence of light appears to have been a German physician, Johan Heinrich Schultze, of Halle, who, in 1727, attempted by means of written characters upon a surface prepared with a mixture of chalk and a solution of silver nitrate to take copies therefrom on paper that had been made translucent. The experiment, however, attracted very little attention, and probably was not very successful. Nothing material was added to these results until, in 1777, the famous Swedish chemist, Charles William Scheele, took up the discovery of Fabricius, and applying combined chemical and spectrum analysis to the science of photography, found that the violet rays of the spectrum act more energetically upon silver chloride than the blue, yellow, or red rays, or in other words, than the less refrangible rays. He thus proved that the rays of light are not all alike chemically active.
These results were confirmed a few years later by Senebier, who found that the violet rays in fifteen seconds blackened silver chloride as much as the red rays did in twenty minutes.
Scheele, however, went further than this. Exposing silver chloride to the action of sunlight under water, and when the white salt had darkened, pouring away the water and adding a little silver nitrate, he found a white substance was formed which proved to be silver chloride (caused by the silver nitrate combining with chlorine dissolved in the water). He thus demonstrated that the effect of sunlight upon chloride of silver is to decompose it, and so compel it to give up a part if not the whole of its chlorine.
This important discovery was carried still further in 1801 by Ritter of Jena, who demonstrated the existence of rays lying beyond the violet limit of the solar spectrum, and that they too had the power of darkening silver chloride.
Ritter also announced "that the red rays have the property of undoing the work effected by the violet; " but he appears to have misunderstood the cause of the action. Similar results were obtained by Wollaston, the English chemist, in 1803. He found that gum guaiacum, when exposed to the influence of the blue rays, became changed in colour, and that on exposing those altered portions to the red rays the original tint was restored.
It is claimed by the French that the first actual photograph was taken by Professor Charles, who, struck with the property possessed by silver salts to blacken in contact with light, made some interesting experiments in a course of lectures on physics delivered by him at the Louvre in 1780. By means of a strong ray of light he threw the silhouette of one of his pupils upon a sheet of paper that had been saturated with chloride of silver. The paper, under the action of the light, blackened immediately at those parts which were exposed to the sun's rays, while it remained white in those parts where the shadow fell, so that the figure of the youth was shown in white upon a black ground. But as soon as the shadow was withdrawn, the white, exposed to the sun's rays, began to darken. M. Charles, however, left no account of his process, and considerable doubt has been thrown upon the reported achievement.
While up to the end of the eighteenth century the problem of drawing by light was still an unsolved one, it is curious to note that, among the hints and foreshadowings of photography that have been collected, one Frenchman made so apt a guess at sun-picturing that it amounted almost to a prophecy. The genius in question, Tiphaigne de la Roche, in the year 1760 published a book which he called " Giphantie " (an anagram of his name), and in which, amongst other Munchausenisms, he describes a method whereby a strange people, in whose land he is sojourning, produce pictures of objects. "You know," says his guide, "that rays of light reflected from different bodies form pictures, paint the image reflected on all polished surfaces, for example, on the retina of the eye, on water, and on glass. The spirits have sought to fix these fleeting images; they have made a subtle matter by means of which a picture is formed in the twinkling of an eye. They coat a piece of canvas with this matter, and place it in front of the object to be taken. The first effect of this cloth is similar to that of a mirror, but by means of its viscous nature, the prepared canvas, as is not the case with the mirror, retains a facsimile of the image. The mirror represents images faithfully, but retains none; our canvas reflects them no less faithfully, but retains them all. This impression of the image is instantaneous. The canvas is then removed and deposited in a dark place. An hour later the impression is dry, and you have a picture the more precious that no art can imitate its truthfulness." *
It is hardly possible to read this strange foreshadowing of the photographic art without feeling that De la Roche had been gazing upon the magic pencillings of the camera obscura, and that in imagination he had realised the problem which investigators a few years later were trying to solve.


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