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After 26 hours of travel, the On-The-Water Anarchy team has made it to a cold and drizzly Valencia, and the excitement is cranking up like nothing we’ve seen before. Unlike any AC in memory, this one has a level of anticipation that is palpable – with no comparisons available, there are only a tiny group of people that know who is going to sail away from whom come Monday morning. And we’re not in that group. But we can tell you how to find out…
ONE STOP SHOP
The volume of emails we’ve received asking about coverage of the AC is frankly overwhelming, but finally, enough ducks are in enough rows that we can give you this – the comprehensive guide to the various coverage options you have starting Friday.
Layline 33rd Cup Anarchy Special Report
As we’ve been telling you all this week, the OTWA team for this event is a special one, and we’re committed to bringing you the most in-depth coverage ever seen during any America’s Cup. Our team is six strong, with Mer shooting pics that will rival anyone’s, Petey shooting video with his customary flair, Aaron holding down the IT fort, multihull star John Casey and match racing studette Genny Tulloch calling the play-by-play, and yours truly holding it all together. Our coverage will all be centered around our Layline AC33 Anarchy Special Section, with multiple videos, a live player, photo galleries and slideshows, latest news headlines, and the hot topics in the AC forum. We’ll also have an AC33-only On-The-Water Anarchy forum where only our reporters can start topics, ensuring that the Cup talk stays on focus – at least as much as anything on SA can, and the dozens of AC Anarchists on the ground will update you constantly like only a community this size can. You’ll note that our microsite isn’t quite ready yet; you can thank Bertarelli’s antics for that, having left us a total of seven days to plan and fund our entire coverage at the same time as ensuring that real television shows would only make it to a tiny fraction of the people that would love to see it. Expect to see the Special Section site live sometime on Saturday, and expect to see future events use a similar strategy to give you the best watching experience possible.
Our coverage will begin tomorrow with our LIVE presentation of BMW/Oracle’s press conference at 1930 CET/1330 EST/1030 PST. Coutts and Ellison will take the stage and you can watch along in the embedded viewer on the Sailing Anarchy Media page, and you can even use the live chat feature to pass along questions that you want answered. We’d carry Alinghi’s press conference as well, but Bertarelli’s doing to us exactly what he has done to media everywhere that dared to criticize him – he’s banned us from attending any event in the Alinghi base. Is anyone still wondering why the sailing media are so afraid to ask him the tough questions? Sometimes the truth is painful…
Tomorrow we also start our interviews, which may end up being the most interesting part of the entire week. Mer and I will be taking a tour of the BMW wing around noon, and the list of folks we’ll be talking to over the next week is longer than Bertarelli’s face when the Jury threw out his pathetic wind limits. We’ll be posting them to various places, and you’ll be able to find our everything via the front page and the microsite.
We’ll also be bringing you live, On-The-Water Anarchy coverage of the actual racing starting early on Monday morning – REAL EARLY. We will hit the water sometime around 0800 CET, which is 2 in the morning in New York. Ouch! The racing itself starts just past 1000 CET/0400 EST/0100 PST, giving you West Coasters a great option for what to do after the Super Bowl; keep drinking and turn on your computers! We’ve got gyro-stabilizers and lots of toys to make our feed good, but this is the grass-roots stuff and we won’t pretend that we can do what the pros with the multi-million dollar production bid can. And while we can’t guarantee that our internet solution will work when we get more than 15 or 20 miles from shore, we will do our best to stay live all the time and give you the information that the official feed can’t or won’t, and we’ll be rebroadcasting our coverage of the race in its entirety the moment we get to shore. And while we will pimp our sponsors in the hopes that you patronize their company websites, we promise that we’ll never break for a commercial at an inopportune time to show you a pretentious Rolex ad.
If there is practice on Tuesday, we’ll be there live. Same for racing on Wednesday, and every day afterwards when the battle is on.
Americascup.com Official Live Feed
Despite a somewhat nasty reputation that shoreside director Michel Hodara earned as the director of the 32nd Cup, he’s acquitting himself amazingly well, and the total shit show that we expected here in Valencia looks almost well-managed despite no time and a mountain of work. Hodara and his team – working for Valencia instead of Alinghi – have pulled together what should be a pretty damned good TV and internet feed. They’ve got multiple choppers with gyro-stabilized cameras, some unique OTW footage solutions, on-board telemetry, and most importantly, an entertaining coverage team. Cup icon Peter Montgomery’s voice might make you want to punch him in the mouth, but you can’t deny that he is knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and pretty damned funny whether he means to be or not. Andy Green is another vet with great knowledge of the players if not the new multihull game, but ACM have solved that problem with the addition of RTW multihuller and cat rock star Cam Lewis – a great move and a real coup.
You can watch the feed from anywhere in the world at the 33rd Cup site, and if that site goes down from the traffic, you’ll still be able to catch the identical feed at BMW/Oracle Racing’s site. For a preview of the kind of work we can expect, check this out and get psyched.
Other than On-The-Water Anarchy’s live video, the official ACM feed is the only one coming from the race course, despite what a pile of phonies would have you believe. There are two such pretenders so far, and the first comes from online-only broadcaster ESPN360. They bought the feed from ACM and are rebroadcasting it over their own site and peppering it with their own ads, passing the whole thing off as their work, at least in the initial press releases we’ve seen. What’s worse is their host; possibly the most out-of-touch person they could get to commentate on a multihull match – Gary Jobson, who will be hard at his voiceover work from his pad in New England. Jobco has tried to address his lack of knowledge by adding AC winner (S&S Cat) and awesome multihull freak Randy Smythe to his coverage, but we predict Jobco will drown out Smythe’s brains and knowledge with yet more anecdotes about how he won the Cup back when color TV was still a fantasy. And let’s not even get into the Rolex ads…
The other sad attempt at commentary will be undertaken by the ‘Stache, Paul Cayard, who will also be in a studio talking over the official feed for rebroadcast on Eurosport TV all over Europe as well as on their own internet feed. Same stuff as at the official AC site with more commercials and the incredibly irritating monotone that Cayard has mastered in some misbegotten attempt at sounding ‘professional.’ Amazing what passes as ‘stars’ in this sport…
Yanks To The Rescue
In a late-breaking announcement, BMW/Oracle announced that not only would they be hosting the official feed on their own site, but that they would be broadcasting an entire program of race day coverage, including their exclusive footage of the dock out, a history of the AC, and pre-race analysis from some folks that certainly know what they are doing. We’ll have BMW’s coverage available on the live video player of our Special Section (clearly labeled as such and with their blessing) and you can watch it yourself at the BMW/Oracle site.
Pimp Our Ride
Please don’t forget to thank our sponsors by checking out their sites and letting them know you appreciate their support. The completely redesigned Layline.Com site will go live on Saturday with new gear added throughout the week, and it’s a perfect time to save a bunch of money using special coupon codes that we will announce shortly. Tune in for some serious tests of the brand new Gill Race Collection, and to see how it looks on Mer and Genny, and you must have a look at what presenting sponsor GUNBOAT and PURE have in store for you if you like carbon and speed – lots and lots of both. Sign up for Oman Sail’s facebook page to learn more about one of the truly groundbreaking sailing programs in the world today, and get psyched to learn more about the new company formed by the man behind the incredible growth and popularity of the foiling moth – Bladerider and Mach 2 designer Andrew "Amac" McDougall’s new Mcdougall Designs. There’s no site yet, but Amac’s got some great stuff coming down the pike that you’ll have to see to believe…
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I was so proud to be surrounded by so many amazing nurse leaders this week at the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) Conference in Monterey. Stanford had a strong turnout of over 20 nurse leaders from all areas of nursing practice (clinical to executive). This year, ACNL celebrated its’ 40th year of Nursing Leadership in California. Over this time, ACNL has been a tremendous advocate for the nursing profession. They have been instrumental in addressing, influencing and educating about critical issues that affect the nursing practice and delivery of patient care. ACNL was responsible for implementation of staffing ratios in California, as well as the development of the CALNOC database which helps us articulate the value of professional nursing practice. ACNL is open to all nurse leaders, regardless of role. For more info, please click here: http://www.acnl.org
Photo below was taken at the 2018 ACNL Presidents’ Reception
Have a great week/weekend everyone!
Dale Beatty, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
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The Best Buffets from Coast to Coast
From extravagant Las Vegas feasts to down-home Southern spreads, here's where to go if you feel like chicken — and pork chops, and spaghetti, and dumplings, and tacos, and crab legs, and samosas, and chocolate cream pie — tonight.
Photo By: Chris Witzke
Shaw's Crab House, Chicago
Needless to say, seafood occupies a delightful amount of real estate at Shaw's sprawling weekend buffet. Crustacean obsessives will think they've died and gone to underwater heaven when they're presented with shucked-to-order oysters, lobster bisque, pastrami smoked salmon, shrimp cocktail and ceviche, Maryland-style crab cakes and steamed king crab legs.
Vernon's at Sawgrass Marriott, Ponte Vedra, Florida
Known for its Audubon-rated grounds and its commitment to sustainability, the bucolic Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort and Spa carries its mission all the way through Sunday brunch. Each week's all-you-can-eat menu is inspired by a different theme and created in partnership with local purveyors. You'll also find ingredients sourced from their own on-site microfarm, such as fruits and vegetables, chicken and quail eggs, and honey. There's even a special kids' station, complete with crafts, coloring books and fun edibles, that will inspire little ones to eat their veggies and think about where their food comes from!
Sushi Palace, New Jersey
Will your stomach cry uncle first? Or will you succumb to writer's cramp after checking off boxes for hours, at New Jersey's string of Sushi Palaces? Armed with paper menus and pencils, guests can tick their way to unlimited quantities of red snapper sashimi, mushroom avocado maki, spicy tuna and specialty rolls like the Pink Lady, with salmon, tobiki and crab. And astoundingly, the $21.95 price doesn't apply just to sushi — endless amounts of soup, salad, starters, teriyaki, tempura, noodles and even dessert can be had with a mere flick of the wrist.
The Signature Room, Chicago
You won't know what to ogle first at The Signature Room, situated 95 stories above Chicago in the iconic building formerly known as The John Hancock Center. There are the 360-degree views of the cityscape and Lake Michigan, and then there's the opulent weekend brunch buffet, including chilled seafood, made-to-order omelets, Nutella French toast, and steak and eggs.
HoneyOne Korean BBQ, Maryland
If you want to have fun with your food — and lots of it — it's hard to beat Korean BBQ. Get interactive at dinner (or lunch) by grilling all-you-can-eat brisket, bulgogi, pork belly and more on sizzling, table-set slabs at this flourishing Maryland minichain. And if you happen to have stomach room to spare, take a trip or five to the buffet bar, featuring all manner of Korean and Chinese dishes, while you're at it.
The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky
Not only is Louisville's most-luxurious hotel famous for inventing the Hot Brown (the signature Kentucky sandwich of open-faced turkey and bacon, laked with Mornay sauce and broiled), but it's also home to a killer Sunday brunch buffet, held from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in J. Graham's Cafe. Highlights include smoked salmon and charcuterie, Southern biscuits and gravy, a carving station and chef-prepared-omelet station, a rotating entree of the week and complimentary valet parking for non-hotel guests.
Wynn Las Vegas
No all-you-can-eat list would be complete without an over-the-top option from Las Vegas, basically the consecrated home of the buffet. Voted "Best Buffet" in Las Vegas by the Southern Nevada Hotel Concierge Association — and feeding nearly 3,500 guests a day — The Buffet at Wynn certainly rocks some impressive stats: Think 5,000 eggs cracked and 800 pounds of slow-roasted prime rib carved daily, 1 million sushi pieces rolled, 500,000 dumplings folded and almost 100 tons of Alaskan snow crab legs served each year. That means it takes a lot to stock the 15 live-action cooking stations, not to mention the cascading chocolate fountain and the revolving wheel of ice cream.
North Country Steak Buffet, La Crosse, Wisconsin
A truly unique entry in the world of all-you-can-eat, this family-owned, independently run Wisconsin eatery is all about steaks. Sure, you can avail yourself of more than 60 items, such as buttermilk shrimp, housemade lasagna, tacos, fajitas and even build-your-own gyros (along with the area's largest salad bar). But the soul of the operation is the sizzling steak counter, where guests can select 5-ounce sirloin steaks, sirloin burgers and flame-grilled chicken, which can be prepared their way and consumed in limitless amounts.
Fonda Santa Rosa, Houston
There's always plenty to look forward to about the weekends. But for Houstonians, Saturdays and Sundays mean all-out fiestas at Fonda Santa Rosa, thanks to buffet tables brimming with authentic Mexican treats like tamales, chilaquiles, pozole, molletes, chicken flautitas, carne molida en chile pasilla, and tacos al pastor.
The Langham, Boston
Boston's long-running, dessert-only Saturday Chocolate Bar at The Langham gives true meaning to the phrase "death by chocolate." If we met our end via doughnut walls, warm cookie and milk displays, custom-mixed frozen treats on ice cream cold stones, candy-embedded cocoa sculptures and, of course, a chocolate fountain (ringed with fruit, pretzels and marshmallows for dipping), we'd be OK with it — what a fabulous way to go!
Catalina Kitchen at Terranea, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
You won't need to wait for the weekend to chow down buffet style at Catalina Kitchen, one of the restaurants at Terranea, a resort featuring scenic views of Catalina Island and the Pacific Coast. Sure, there's plenty to appreciate about the Saturday spread, such as a carving station with prime rib, chipotle maple-glazed slab bacon, house-smoked brown sugar candied ham and 16-hour smoked brisket. But on Fridays, a seafood-centric lineup celebrates the underwater bounty of the California coast with Northwest oysters on the half shell, sushi and sashimi, chilled crab, mussels and marinated seafood salads, supplemented by seasonal vegetables from Terranea's local farm.
Good N' Plenty, Smoketown, Pennsylvania
The perfect way to experience Pennsylvania Dutch country, Good n' Plenty offers all-you-can-eat Amish cuisine served family-style, in the heart of Lancaster County. So bring your brood (and make a few new friends while you're at it) to gather around long wooden tables and pass around platters and bowls brimming with chow-chow and pepper cabbage, mashed potatoes and brown butter noodles, and crispy fried chicken and shoofly pie, all made with time-honored family recipes.
Vatan, New York City
You won't need to queue up at steam tables for the limitless feast at Vatan, which specializes in the exclusively vegetarian cuisine of Gujarat, India. And you'll probably barely register that you're in Manhattan as you recline in a private booth capped with its own thatched roof while servers shuttle over appetizers, entrees and dessert. You can request seconds, thirds, fourths or more of everything — as who can resist extra helpings of fried hot peppers with garam masala, red gravy-sauced potatoes over rice-and-pea pulao, and the rose syrup-sweetened waffle balls known as gulab jamun?
Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse, Philadelphia
Philly residents know to make a beeline to Sweet Lucy's on Mondays for all the meat they can eat. Adults need to shell out only $21.99 for unlimited access to baby back ribs, smoked kielbasa and salmon, BBQ pulled pork chicken, and Texas beef brisket, paired with baked beans, garlic mashed potatoes, housemade cornbread, tomato-cucumber salad, and baked mac and cheese.
Americana, Des Moines
All about celebrating American pop culture, this Des Moines favorite taps into our national love of excess with its Bombshell Brunch. Offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. over the weekends, the spread of more than 40 items goes beyond eggs and pancakes with a custom grilled cheese station, a loaded-mashed-potato area, a build-your-own-taco table and, to cap it all off, a bottomless mimosa and bloody mary bar.
The Nordic, Charlestown, Rhode Island
If the $98-per-person price tag at this family-run, lakeside parcel of paradise makes you blanch, you haven't yet peeked at the unprecedented maritime offerings. New Englanders come from far and wide for the all-you-can-eat lobster, not to mention local oysters, littlenecks, prime rib, filet mignon, shrimp scampi, jumbo scallops, clam chowder, baked cod and Alaskan king crab.
How's this for a steal? You'll actually need to break a 20 to partake in the rotating themed brunch buffet at Seattle's contemporary Korean steakhouse. Just $19 scores you a dish off the regular menu (chorizo and apple kimchi bao on honey miso bread, anyone?), plus unrestricted grazing on a bunch of other tasty nibbles. Here's a taste: One former, England-inspired lineup included chutney crackers with tikka masala dip, Chinese sausage and cauliflower mash, vegetarian shepherd's pie, Dorset apple cake, and mini Eton Mess with Earl Grey mousse and blood orange jam.
Chances "R" Restaurant and Lounge, York, Nebraska
Chances are, if you live in or near York, you make regular pilgrimages to this circa-1932 eatery for its soup and salad bar, Saturday Night Prime Rib Buffets (featuring Nebraska-raised beef) and traditional Sunday brunches showcasing customized omelets made from cage-free eggs.
Govinda's Natural Foods Buffet, Tucson, Arizona
About as guilt-free as all-you-can-eat gets, idyllic Govinda's boasts a 19-item salad bar featuring organic, house-grown sprouts, kitchen-made chutneys and vegan dressings. And that's to go along with freshly baked apricot and whole-wheat breads, curried vegetables, a range of pastas, and desserts such as halvah, vegan pumpkin pie and vegan carrot cake — all for the gentle price of $10.95.
Captain George's, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina
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For the children that participated in the Summer Program, the October Monthly Session will be held this Saturday, October 7th, from 6-8 pm at Champions for Life Sports Center. We will be going over another fruit of the Holy Spirit and exploring what embracing that fruit can do in our lives. The flyer hints at some of what you can expect.
Remember, they need to attend six of the ten sessions, and unlike last year the parents do not need to attend. I hope to see all your children there.
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The last thing Justin Liszanckie remembers of his bike ride on July 19 is heading west on Brannan to turn south on Fourth. “It wasn’t until a few hours later, getting my ear sutured back together, that I remember anything else,” he tells SFist.
Liszanckie collided with a car — or the reverse, or some combination of the two — causing a litany of critical injuries, as he originally told Streetsblog: “Three broken bones around the orbit of my right eye. Extensive lacerations on the right side of my face and ear. A fourth fracture in my right side nasal bone. Two broken vertebrae on the right side of neck, two broken ribs, a broken right pelvis.”
With a number of San Francisco cyclists killed in similar collisions recently, Liszanckie feels lucky to be alive. Other than that, he doesn’t feel like he’s had much luck at all.
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The Argentine legend has seen it all in his career that has included winning the Champions League, five Italian titles and 52 caps.
But Pearson reckons the challenge he faces now is bringing out the very best out of the midfielder who has quickly become Leicester's talisman despite being 34.
"I'm pleased we have him," said Pearson ahead of today's trip to West Brom.
"His experience is important and whenever you get to situations where there is pressure on you it is important to be able to deal with it.
"He's been able to deal with pressure throughout his career, different pressure to what we are under now but he's very much relishing the challenge.
"He's been a world-class player and we wouldn't have him if he was five years younger, that's the reality."
Nigel Pearson says Esteban Cambiasso is loving Leicester's relegation battle
West Brom manager Tony Pulis insists he has calmed down with age and there was no angry reaction at half-time against QPR last week.
Albion were 3-0 down at the break and ended up losing 4-1 but the ex-Stoke boss was adamant he kept his cool.
"I think I've mellowed actually in respect to what I used to be like," said Pulis.
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Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson, David Ellis and David Scott with today's news update from the UK Column.
START – Theresa May: Brexit statement to the House
Draught agreement document not available via government website
Hidden surprises like EU military unification…?
Brexit transition period extendable to infinity…?
Brexit Central: Lee Rotherham tries to bury military unification
Veterans for Britain: MPs have been silent on EU military
Military sovereignty creeping away from British control
Britain being tied into single-point (EU) command and control of everything
EU on board with Treason May’s Rapid Reaction Mechanism
UK to continue to pay for European Defence Fund…?
All of this is being done behind closed doors – no debate, no vote…
British French collaboration: 2010 Lancaster House treaties & Franco British Summit
Tying Britain to France is tying Britain to the EU – there is no difference
Cabinet Office, Treasury and banking powers are running this huge deceipt
28:07 – Jeremy Corbyn: a botched deal…does not meet our six tests
Corbyn: government in chaos…risks leaving country in indefinite halfway house
Jacob Rees-Mogg: EU has made life far more expensive by closing world trade
May: my approach throughout has been to put the national interest first…
Brexit (no exit): the double-cross
Treason May working for the City of London rather than the British people…?
Tory party know they cannot win an election so they are playing for time…?
38:11 – Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency plan 2018-2023
David Noakes: appearing for sentencing at Southwark Crown Court, 19 November
No interest in whether treatment worked, just that he provided unlicensed medicine
Sabine McNeill child abuse campaigner: months in prison on remand
McNeill’s crime…? Pointing out government cover-up of Hampstead child abuse
42:17 – UK Column members preview of David Ellis presentation available
42:40 – Alternative View 9.1 conference: Democracy in Chains – 2 December, London
43:35 – Melanie Shaw is now facing a Section 48 and Rampton prison
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High school senior pictures that rock and your parents will love them too!
We take senior pictures and turn them into great senior portraits.
Modern senior portraits may include virtually any pose or clothing choice, within the limits of good taste. Students often appear with pets, student athletes of both sexes pose in letterman jackets or their playing uniforms, while many girls choose glamour photography. Outdoor “location” photos continue to increase in popularity, replacing studio portraits.
We understand that you want a variety of portrait styles. While mom and dad may want to display formal poses, friends may prefer a more casual style.
This is what we have been doing for more than 20 years. We are committed to providing you with a great photography experience and beautiful senior portraits to last a lifetime.
For examples of our work click to our Pinterest album Senior Pictures/Portraits Ideas and Inspirations
- outdoor sessions
- studio portraits
- Hollywood glamour
Many parents choose to frame a large print of their child’s senior portrait for display in their home.
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Eric J. Garcia
Eric J. Garcia blends history, culture, contemporary themes, and a graphic style to create politically charged art that reaches beyond aesthetics. Using his comic books, mixed media installations, murals, and hand-printed posters, he aims to educate and challenge. Being a teaching artist is a core component of his art practice. He uses his work as a tool for youth and adults to explore technique and craft while interrogating pressing social and political issues. Eric has given workshops to youth at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, created murals with CPS students in Little Village, and lectured at universities across Chicago and beyond. He holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA with a minor in Chicano Studies from the University of New Mexico. | <urn:uuid:1fb0bdd9-8872-473b-b83b-1e2aeafa7154> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://3arts.org/artist/Eric-J-Garcia/ | 2019-05-26T13:53:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232259177.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526125236-20190526151236-00037.warc.gz | en | 0.959341 | 161 | [
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A natural, interesting specimen of Amethyst Crystals from Hungary. A unique specimen to add to any collection
This piece measures about 1-1/2″ x 1-3/8″ x 3/4″, and weighs 1.5 ounces.
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DO YOU KNOW WHERE
YOUR BREAD COMES FROM?
Not all wheat is created equal.
Various regions and soils develop specific flavors in grain, just like single origin coffee from your neighborhood roaster or a craft brew using locally grown hops. Different varieties of grains have their own unique flavor nuances too, and we believe the best taste comes from these heirloom grains making our wheat as good as it gets.
We source only from people we know and who practice preserving the identity of these precious grains, farming in the traditions of agriculture past. No nasty GMO’s, lab concocted chemical herbicides or synthetic fertilizers; just rich soil, sunlight on open fields, and rain from the sky.
We pride ourselves on knowing these people by name, their families and the fields where they grow for us. We chose to work with them because they believe in what we do.
The agricultural traditions handed down from generation to generation are the most trusted and pure.
They are keeping those time-honored traditions alive in the 21st century having dedicated themselves to organic farming. These people are the real deal, the salt of the earth and true stewards of the land. At Inked Organics we are proud to exclusively share these select identity-preserved heirloom grains with you in every one of our breads.
Great grains deserve great millers.
Milling grains into flour is an often overlooked step that matters as much as how our wheat is grown. Inside the mill attention is paid to every detail and the result is a level of quality you only get through generations of knowledge and skill. They mill our grains slowly to prevent nutrient damaging heat typically seen in large commercial operations, assuring the natural goodness in every grain makes it way into each Inked Organic loaf.
We never use enriched or other flours stripped of valuable natural nutrients only to add stuff back just to meet a “legal definition”, or to create the facade of an attractive nutritional panel. Our whole grain flour actually is made from the whole grain. Nothing else has been added. We’re not afraid to tell you that, but other brands might be.
We believe fresh matters, and we bet you do too. The flour at big box bakeries can sit for weeks or even months before they turn it into bread. Sadly, this is true even for many other organic brands. At Inked Organics our select flour is milled within days of baking so you get the full-on fresh experience the way bread was meant to be.
Baking great bread requires great passion
Instead of stamping out tens of thousands of loaves each day on gigantic automated production lines, our breads are crafted by artisans across the country in smaller bakeries staffed by people who really love making great bread. Our partner bakers honed their craft over years filled with passion and a love for what they do. We focus on doing it right knowing you’ll love the result.
Just like our farmers and millers, we know these folks by name. We selected them for their skill and their business ethics. They don’t work for us, they work with us. They are partners in our joint mission to serve you great bread. Not only do we provide jobs for small businesses but we support people who treat their workers like family.
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Why should the stars have the only access to visit some of the coolest locations in the world? We're here to let you in on a secret: They don't! When it comes to luxurious hotels and exotic locales, these seven properties are celebrity-fave escapes that you may have only dreamed about — or never even knew existed. But that A-list life is only a click (and, OK, maybe a black card) away. So get to booking!
1. Rockhouse Hotel, Jamaica
One look at the Rockhouse Hotel and you know you're in paradise. While Montego Bay is a popular spot for nightlife in the island nation, Negril boasts a more serene landscape ideal for solitude. Spanning eight acres, the property features well-maintained gardens, world-class fine dining, picture-perfect views and, of course, lots and lots of seclusion. While it’s certainly possible to leave the resort, many guests are quite content staying in their cliffside bungalows. Stars like Jude Law and Keri Russell have soaked up the Caribbean sunshine here.
2. The Setai Miami Beach, Miami
A city best known for its sceney beach culture and lively dance clubs, the Setai has a doubly whammy of traveler comfort: an expertly curated interior design, and all the modern amenities a luxe traveler expects. In fact, the property, which was built in the 1930s, is considered a landmark Art Deco building. Celebs like Jay-Z, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Brown — and a massive roster of others — have passed through these iconic doors.
3. Las Alamandas, Mexico
Spring breakers might flock to Cancun, while celebrities have a “been there, done that” attitude about the place. As an alternative, Las Alamandas is quite possibly Mexico's best-kept secret... and for good reason: It's located between Puerto Vallarta, and Manzanillo so many people overlook it entirely. Spanning 1,500 acres of nature reserve, there are only 16 suites here, making it quite possible to enjoy your vacation completely undetected.
4. Turtle Island, Fiji
Considered to be one of the best islands in Fiji (there are 322, so that's saying something), Turtle Island is also a top honeymoon spot: Britney Spears and Kevin Federline spent their post-wedding vacay here (another lifetime ago). If Turtle Island looks familiar to you, there's a good reason for that: Blue Lagoon filmed several scenes on the island. Similar to Las Alamandas, only 14 couples can stay here at a time and, each couple has their own private beach. Talk about the royal treatment!
5. Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles
There's nothing like a weekend getaway to recharge your battery and the Chateau Marmont is that for many celebrities. This hideaway is in the middle of Los Angeles, but it feels worlds apart. Similar to the Setai, the Chateau Marmont does an excellent job of appealing to the modern traveler while still paying homage to its historic roots. Book a stay and you might just catch a glimpse of Jennifer Aniston or other stars who frequent the venue.
6. La Mamounia, Morocco
Most people come to Marrakech for the city’s colorful culture and crowded public souks... but celebrities prefer a more isolated environment. La Mamounia is an oasis inspired by both Moroccan and Eastern culture. The hotel sits where royal gardens once were, with views of the desert, the Atlas Mountains, and the city of Medina in the distance. It's no wonder celebs like Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, and even Winston Churchill have visited.
7. One&Only Reethi Rah, Maldives
With a name like One&Only, this resort ought to exceed all expectations — and that it does. This ultra-secluded property in the Maldives takes luxury to a whole new level. The natural surroundings of the Indian Ocean, white sand beaches, and vibrant coral atolls will downright wow you, as will the top-notch cuisine. We recommend watching the sunset at Tapasake, the hotel's modern Japanese on-site restaurant with unrestricted views of the sea. Celebrity couples like Fergie and Josh Duhamel are among the property's star guests.
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9:04 PM on September 15, 2010
John Lentini posted the following as a comment to an editorial in the Dallas Morning News:
I was the Chairman of the Arson Review Committee, affiliated with the Innocence Project that got the Commission interested in these two cases. Until very recently, I understood that the question before the Commission concerned the responsibility of a state agency after it learns that it has used flawed science to obtain a conviction. That apparently has changed.
I have recently been provided with the August 20, 2010 letter from Fire Marshal Paul Maldonado on the Willingham case, in which he states that the Texas State Fire Marshal’s office “stands behind the original investigator’s report and conclusions.” Although it is understandable that a state agency would resist admitting to an unspeakable error, I feel compelled to reply to some of the information provided in that letter, which seems to be designed to mislead the Commission and the public about the quality of work done by the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office in the Willingham case.
(I note that Mr. Maldonado’s letter does not deal with the Willis case, but because the evidence in the two cases was nearly identical, one would presume that it is the Fire Marshal’s office position that Ernest Willis was, in fact, guilty, and should have been executed as well. It would be interesting to hear Mr. Maldonado’s position on that subject.)
With respect to the specific answers provided, what Mr. Maldonado seems to have done is to look very selectively at the report, and then took an equally selective approach to the guidance in NFPA 921.
I note that nowhere in his correspondence to the Fire Marshal refer to actual trial testimony, which presumably contains some of the “conclusions” by which the Fire Marshal’s office is standing. In this letter, I will first discuss the parsing of the Guide and the parsing of the report, and then I will discuss some of the more outrageous sworn testimony by Deputy Fire Marshal Manuel Vasquez.
There is much discussion of V-patterns and low burning, and some quotations from NFPA 921, but the letter leaves off the most important guidance from NFPA 921 about interpretation. One may cite “observations” all day long, but it is the forensic scientist’s interpretation of those observations that sways a jury. I note that the Fire Marshal attached copies of two editions of NAPA 921, and would urge the scientists on the Commission to read the entire sections cited, rather than the isolated sentences.
Here is the important guidance on interpretation of low burns and irregular patterns:
220.127.116.11 Irregular Patterns.
Irregular, curved, or “pool-shaped” patterns on floors and floor coverings should not be identified as resulting from ignitable liquids on the basis of observation of the shape alone. In cases of full room involvement, patterns similar in appearance to ignitable liquid burn pattern scan be produced when no ignitable liquid is present.
The lines of demarcation between the damaged and undamaged areas of irregular patterns range from sharp edges to smooth gradations depending on the properties of the material and the intensity of heat exposure. Denser materials like oak flooring will generally show sharper lines of demarcation than thermoplastic (e.g., nylon) carpet. The absence of a carpet pad often leads to sharper lines.
These patterns are common in situations of postflashover conditions, long extinguishing times, or building collapse. These patterns may result from the effects of hot gases, flaming and smoldering debris, melted plastics, or ignitable liquids. If the presence of ignitable liquids is suspected, supporting evidence such as the use of a combustible gas indicator, chemical analysis of debris for residues, or the presence of liquid containers should be sought. It should be noted that many plastic materials release hydrocarbon fumes when they pyrolyze or burn. These fumes may have an odor similar to that of petroleum products and can be detected by combustible gas indicators when no ignitable liquid accelerant has been used. A “positive” reading should prompt further investigation and the collection of samples for more detailed chemical analysis. It should be noted that pyrolysis products, including hydrocarbons, can be detected in gas chromatographic analysis of fire debris in the absence of the use of accelerants.
It can be helpful for the laboratory, when analyzing carpet debris, to burn a portion of the comparison sample and run a gas chromatographic analysis on both. By comparing the results of the burned and unburned comparison samples with those from the fire debris sample, it may be possible to determine whether or not hydrocarbon residues in the debris sample were products of pyrolysis or residue of an accelerant. In any situation where the presence of ignitable liquids is suggested, the effects of flashover, airflow, hot gases, melted plastic, and building collapse should be considered. (Emphasis added)
Nowhere in the record is there any indication that Mr. Vasquez gave even the slightest consideration to the possibility that the full room involvement that occurred in this case may have been responsible for the alleged “pour patterns.”
Mr. Maldonado’s most obvious attempt to mislead the Commission and the public occurs at paragraph number seven, where the following quotation occurs. “The investigation report stated: The pieces of broken glass on the ledge of the north windows to the Northeast bedroom just closed a craze (spiderwebbing) condition.” The letter that goes on to cite a section of NFPA 921 that indicates there is no published research to confirm that crazing indicates rapid heating. I was the author of the published research referred to in NFPA 921 that showed that crazing was always a result of rapid cooling, and could not be induced by rapid heating.
The Fire Marshal’s letter somehow manages to omit the second sentence in the paragraph from Fire Marshal Vasquez’s his report on page 4, which states, “This condition is an indication that the fire burned fast and hot.” One can only conclude that the Fire Marshal was intending to deceive the Commission by not revealing this incorrect interpretation written in the report. One hopes that Texas State Fire Marshals do not still believe that crazing is a sign of rapid heating.
Presumably, Mr. Maldonado also stands by the statements of conclusions reached by Mr. Vasquez when he testified:
• That auto-ventilation is an indicator of incendiary activity;
• That wood fires do not exceed 800 degrees F;
• That the condition of the bedsprings was meaningful;
• That accelerated fires burn at a higher temperature than fires fueled with ordinary combustibles.
If the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office indeed “stands by” these erroneous conclusions, then there definitely will be (and have been) many more wrongful convictions for arson in Texas.
Rather than responding to a list of questions, I would have preferred that Mr. Maldonado respond to the original Innocence Project complaint, something that I thought was supposed to happen while Dr. Beyler was conducting his review. I hope that at some point, Mr. Maldonado is required to defend the positions taken by Mr. Vasquez while testifying, which he has so far not addressed.
I hope that there is some follow up to Mr. Maldonado’s letter. As it stands now, this appears to be just one more attempt to hide the truth.
John J. Lentini, CFI, D-ABC
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Heat generated from a gamma-ray burst has been detected for the first time by a team of astronomers led by University of Notre Dame physicist Peter Garnavich.
Using the Spitzer Space Telescope in rapid response mode, the team spotted the expanding energetic explosion produced by a burst of gamma-rays in a unique wavelength band.
Spitzer looked atGRB 050525a(named by the date it was discovered, May 25, 2005) with all three of its detectors May 27, just two days after the burst was identified by Swift, another NASA satellite designed to study GRB from gamma-ray wavelengths to visible light.
The light from gamma-ray burst afterglows fades quickly, so Spitzer had to move fast to catch the burst before it disappeared from view.
The controllers of the Spitzer telescope really jumped on this burst as soon as we let them know this was a good one,Garnavich said.They did a great job in getting observations just 48 hours after discovery.
The Spitzer Space Telescope is sensitive tothermal-infraredwavelengths, the same type of energy you feel when placing your hand near the burner of a hot stove. Most of the photons from a GRB afterglow come out in the infrared, making this an important region to study. But until Spitzer, the gamma-ray bursts could not be spotted in the mid-infrared.
You, me, telescopes, the air, they all have a temperature so they all glow in the infrared, putting ground-based telescopes at a big disadvantage,Garnavich said.
Gamma-ray bursts are huge blasts of energy visible across large distances in the universe. Research by the same team in 2003 showed that some gamma-ray bursts come from the death of massive stars in a supernova explosion. The explosion is signaled by a short burst of gamma-rays that are then often accompanied by an afterglow of light, X-rays and radio waves which last for just a few hours to a few days. The spasms of light burn with the brilliance of 10 billion suns as a narrow jet of particles, traveling nearly at the speed of light, runs into slow gas surrounding the star.
Scientists speculate that if gamma-ray bursts are caused by the collapse of massive stars, it may be possible to use them to trace star formation in the early universe.
These observations open up a new and important window on gamma-ray bursts that fills in the gap between the optical and radio work from the ground,Garnavich said.
Other members of the research team include: Kevin Krisciunas, Notre Dame; Kris Stanek and Michael Pahre, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; David Bersier, Space Telescope Science Institute; Stephan Holland, Goddard Space Flight Center; Alberto Noriega-Crespo, Caltech/Spitzer Science Center; Rosalba Perna, University of Colorado; and Thomas Matheson, National Optical Astronomy Observatories.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASAs Science Mission Directorate,Washington,D.C.Science operations are conducted at theSpitzerScienceCenterat the California Institute of Technology inPasadena. JPL is a division of Caltech.
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Spanning disciplines and languages, Tarek El-Ariss’ research interests include contemporary Arabic culture, literature and art; new media and cyber culture; and digital humanities.
Art Professional, Speaker
Abass El-Hage is involved in creating spaces and institutions for art and music in the Middle East and its diaspora.
Mandy El-Sayegh's research-based practice stems from an interrogation of the part-to-whole relation in the fields of science and philosophy.
Peter Eleey is the Curator of MoMA PS1 in New York, where he most recently organised survey exhibitions of the paintings of Henry Taylor and the films of George Kuchar.
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The year is moving faaaaast (this is not a typ0, you know who you are! smiling here) now, almost a third gone now. Time flies, whether you are having fun or not.
I hope all of you are well this morning. We are, as usual, getting ready to attend services this morning. And what a beautiful morning it is! It is supposed to be rather warm today, and frankly, it feels rather well, even knowing what is laying just after this warm spell.
Tradition. It’s an ugly word, don’t you think? I mean, so often we allow tradition to influence us past the truth. Take doctrine for instance. How many do you know would rather stick with grandma and grandpa than to look at the bible for themselves? Or the thoughts and assumptions of others? How often do we take the words of others and judge people by them?
I have a few things planned for this week, posts I mean. Tomorrow is our fist visit to the midwife, so expect one from that. Also, I will continue with studying Marcellus of Ancrya and I have a post planned on the making of Tertullian into a post-Nicaean Trinitarian. What is historically funny, is that the word that he invented, consubstantial, was thouht too ‘modalistic’ by the East post Nicaea. I would take it a matter of difference that consubstantial (of the same substance, from the Latin) meant homoousia (same essence, from the Greek), especially since Damasus (late 4th century), Bishop of Rome, would redefine Tertullian’s formula to reflect Nicaean theology. The Latin substanstia translates the Greek hupostasis. The Latin essentia translates the Greek ousia. Hypostasis, by the way, the biblical word of the two.I’ll save the rest of this conversation for sometime later in the week.
Mike and Kelly Bowling have a new song playing, called ‘Notified.’ Oh, it’s a beautiful song, really. It speaks about a saint not having to worry about problems, because God has already been notified. I mean, this is very biblical. But, this song was realized on the heels of their number one hit, Your Cries have Awoken the Master. That song is about praying and crying all night, and waking the Master up. Seriously? Is God sleeping? Do we need to wake Him up to tell Him our problems? Does He really not know? Or is He already notified about our situation?
Below is Psalm 144 from the Greek, song in the Byzantine style. The Psalms are theologically correct, wouldn’t you say?
If you looking for a good biblical church, join us this morning, why don’t you? If you cannot, give God the glory and praise that He has given you another day, and seek Him more today than yesterday, and tomorrow more than today. | <urn:uuid:d666258e-a190-4291-974b-963e1f81baff> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://unsettledchristianity.com/sunday-thoughts-38/ | 2019-05-21T20:56:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256571.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20190521202736-20190521224736-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.968689 | 634 | [
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Mahatma Gandhi quotes
July 25, 2007
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.
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Biosensing Techniques: Any of a variety of procedures which use biomolecular probes to measure the presence or concentration of biological molecules, biological structures, microorganisms, etc., by translating a biochemical interaction at the probe surface into a quantifiable physical signal.Nanotechnology: The development and use of techniques to study physical phenomena and construct structures in the nanoscale size range or smaller.Conductometry: Determination of the quantity of a material present in a mixture by measurement of its effect on the electrical conductivity of the mixture. (Webster, 3d ed)Silicon: A trace element that constitutes about 27.6% of the earth's crust in the form of SILICON DIOXIDE. It does not occur free in nature. Silicon has the atomic symbol Si, atomic number 14, and atomic weight [28.084; 28.086].Lab-On-A-Chip Devices: Microdevices that combine microfluidics technology with electrical and/or mechanical functions for analyzing very small fluid volumes. They consist of microchannels etched into substrates made of silicon, glass, or polymer using processes similar to photolithography. The test fluids in the channels can then interact with different elements such as electrodes, photodetectors, chemical sensors, pumps, and valves.Electrochemical Techniques: The utilization of an electrical current to measure, analyze, or alter chemicals or chemical reactions in solution, cells, or tissues.Gold: A yellow metallic element with the atomic symbol Au, atomic number 79, and atomic weight 197. It is used in jewelry, goldplating of other metals, as currency, and in dental restoration. Many of its clinical applications, such as ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS, are in the form of its salts.Surface Plasmon Resonance: A biosensing technique in which biomolecules capable of binding to specific analytes or ligands are first immobilized on one side of a metallic film. Light is then focused on the opposite side of the film to excite the surface plasmons, that is, the oscillations of free electrons propagating along the film's surface. The refractive index of light reflecting off this surface is measured. When the immobilized biomolecules are bound by their ligands, an alteration in surface plasmons on the opposite side of the film is created which is directly proportional to the change in bound, or adsorbed, mass. Binding is measured by changes in the refractive index. The technique is used to study biomolecular interactions, such as antigen-antibody binding.Molecular Imprinting: A methodology for chemically synthesizing polymer molds of specific molecules or recognition sites of specific molecules. Applications for molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) include separations, assays and biosensors, and catalysis.Streptavidin: A 60-kDa extracellular protein of Streptomyces avidinii with four high-affinity biotin binding sites. Unlike AVIDIN, streptavidin has a near neutral isoelectric point and is free of carbohydrate side chains.Metal Nanoparticles: Nanoparticles produced from metals whose uses include biosensors, optics, and catalysts. In biomedical applications the particles frequently involve the noble metals, especially gold and silver.Transistors, Electronic: Electrical devices that are composed of semiconductor material, with at least three connections to an external electronic circuit. They are used to amplify electrical signals, detect signals, or as switches.Nanowires: Nanometer-scale wires made of materials that conduct electricity. They can be coated with molecules such as antibodies that will bind to proteins and other substances.Semiconductors: Materials that have a limited and usually variable electrical conductivity. They are particularly useful for the production of solid-state electronic devices.Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems: A class of devices combining electrical and mechanical components that have at least one of the dimensions in the micrometer range (between 1 micron and 1 millimeter). They include sensors, actuators, microducts, and micropumps.Microtechnology: Manufacturing technology for making microscopic devices in the micrometer range (typically 1-100 micrometers), such as integrated circuits or MEMS. The process usually involves replication and parallel fabrication of hundreds or millions of identical structures using various thin film deposition techniques and carried out in environmentally-controlled clean rooms.Nanostructures: Materials which have structured components with at least one dimension in the range of 1 to 100 nanometers. These include NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; and NANOWIRES.Equipment Design: Methods of creating machines and devices.Microfluidics: The study of fluid channels and chambers of tiny dimensions of tens to hundreds of micrometers and volumes of nanoliters or picoliters. This is of interest in biological MICROCIRCULATION and used in MICROCHEMISTRY and INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES.Nanopores: Small holes of nanometer dimensions in a membrane, that can be used as single molecule detectors. The pores can be biological or synthetic.Graphite: An allotropic form of carbon that is used in pencils, as a lubricant, and in matches and explosives. It is obtained by mining and its dust can cause lung irritation.Optical Phenomena: LIGHT, it's processes and properties, and the characteristics of materials interacting with it.Electrochemistry: The study of chemical changes resulting from electrical action and electrical activity resulting from chemical changes.Microfluidic Analytical Techniques: Methods utilizing the principles of MICROFLUIDICS for sample handling, reagent mixing, and separation and detection of specific components in fluids.Electroplating: Coating with a metal or alloy by electrolysis.Quantum Dots: Nanometer sized fragments of semiconductor crystalline material which emit PHOTONS. The wavelength is based on the quantum confinement size of the dot. They can be embedded in MICROBEADS for high throughput ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES.Optical Devices: Products or parts of products used to detect, manipulate, or analyze light, such as LENSES, refractors, mirrors, filters, prisms, and OPTICAL FIBERS.PrintingNanotubes: Nanometer-sized tubes composed of various substances including carbon (CARBON NANOTUBES), boron nitride, or nickel vanadate.Equipment Failure Analysis: The evaluation of incidents involving the loss of function of a device. These evaluations are used for a variety of purposes such as to determine the failure rates, the causes of failures, costs of failures, and the reliability and maintainability of devices.Limit of Detection: Concentration or quantity that is derived from the smallest measure that can be detected with reasonable certainty for a given analytical procedure.Electrodes: Electric conductors through which electric currents enter or leave a medium, whether it be an electrolytic solution, solid, molten mass, gas, or vacuum.Surface Properties: Characteristics or attributes of the outer boundaries of objects, including molecules.Glucose Oxidase: An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that catalyzes the conversion of beta-D-glucose and oxygen to D-glucono-1,5-lactone and peroxide. It is a flavoprotein, highly specific for beta-D-glucose. The enzyme is produced by Penicillium notatum and other fungi and has antibacterial activity in the presence of glucose and oxygen. It is used to estimate glucose concentration in blood or urine samples through the formation of colored dyes by the hydrogen peroxide produced in the reaction. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 188.8.131.52.Aptamers, Nucleotide: Nucleotide sequences, generated by iterative rounds of SELEX APTAMER TECHNIQUE, that bind to a target molecule specifically and with high affinity.Quartz Crystal Microbalance Techniques: The use of a quartz crystal microbalance for measuring weights and forces in the micro- to nanogram range. It is used to study the chemical and mechanical properties of thin layers, such as polymer coatings and lipid membranes; and interactions between molecues.Interferometry: Measurement of distances or movements by means of the phenomena caused by the interference of two rays of light (optical interferometry) or of sound (acoustic interferometry).Enzymes, Immobilized: Enzymes which are immobilized on or in a variety of water-soluble or water-insoluble matrices with little or no loss of their catalytic activity. Since they can be reused continuously, immobilized enzymes have found wide application in the industrial, medical and research fields.Ion-Selective Electrodes: Electrodes which can be used to measure the concentration of particular ions in cells, tissues, or solutions.Electronics: The study, control, and application of the conduction of ELECTRICITY through gases or vacuum, or through semiconducting or conducting materials. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)Avidin: A specific protein in egg albumin that interacts with BIOTIN to render it unavailable to mammals, thereby producing biotin deficiency.Polymers: Compounds formed by the joining of smaller, usually repeating, units linked by covalent bonds. These compounds often form large macromolecules (e.g., BIOPOLYMERS; PLASTICS).Electricity: The physical effects involving the presence of electric charges at rest and in motion.Nanoparticles: Nanometer-sized particles that are nanoscale in three dimensions. They include nanocrystaline materials; NANOCAPSULES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; DENDRIMERS, and QUANTUM DOTS. The uses of nanoparticles include DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS and cancer targeting and imaging.Electric Power Supplies: Devices that control the supply of electric current for running electrical equipment.Biotin: A water-soluble, enzyme co-factor present in minute amounts in every living cell. It occurs mainly bound to proteins or polypeptides and is abundant in liver, kidney, pancreas, yeast, and milk.Porosity: Condition of having pores or open spaces. This often refers to bones, bone implants, or bone cements, but can refer to the porous state of any solid substance.Spectrum Analysis, Raman: Analysis of the intensity of Raman scattering of monochromatic light as a function of frequency of the scattered light.Nanotubes, Carbon: Nanometer-sized tubes composed mainly of CARBON. Such nanotubes are used as probes for high-resolution structural and chemical imaging of biomolecules with ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY.Photons: Discrete concentrations of energy, apparently massless elementary particles, that move at the speed of light. They are the unit or quantum of electromagnetic radiation. Photons are emitted when electrons move from one energy state to another. 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Usually the substance being studied serves as antigen both in antibody production and in measurement of antibody by the test substance.Magnetics: The study of MAGNETIC PHENOMENA.Membranes, Artificial: Artificially produced membranes, such as semipermeable membranes used in artificial kidney dialysis (RENAL DIALYSIS), monomolecular and bimolecular membranes used as models to simulate biological CELL MEMBRANES. These membranes are also used in the process of GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION.Adsorption: The adhesion of gases, liquids, or dissolved solids onto a surface. It includes adsorptive phenomena of bacteria and viruses onto surfaces as well. ABSORPTION into the substance may follow but not necessarily.Antibodies: Immunoglobulin molecules having a specific amino acid sequence by virtue of which they interact only with the ANTIGEN (or a very similar shape) that induced their synthesis in cells of the lymphoid series (especially PLASMA CELLS).Microscopy, Electron, Scanning: Microscopy in which the object is examined directly by an electron beam scanning the specimen point-by-point. The image is constructed by detecting the products of specimen interactions that are projected above the plane of the sample, such as backscattered electrons. 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Long Ho Au is a Male was arrested on 2018-11-18 10:53:00.
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Just completed some minor surgery, which could have been major surgery and actually life threatening, had I not heeded your advise in your first YNY. You wrote about the episode with loosing part of your nose to the pretty, little dermatologist and followed that with a serious warning to have our skin (head to toe) checked out regularly to keep some nasty skin cancer surprises from sneaking up on us. Well, your warning, coupled with my wife’s recent discovery of two such skin growths caused me to get to our dermatologist for a check and guess what? That little growth on my shoulder (which I couldn’t see without a mirror) was melanoma! Luckily, because of having gone when I did, it was successfully removed on Monday and all is well. Thank you again for the little prod! It most likely saved my life. As you know, melanoma is a real killer unless one catches it in time. You may want to consider another short warning to your reading public when you publish your next Fortnightly.
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Apkapps may be what you typed into your browser but that is not what you are looking for you are actually looking for APK apps. When you need have an Android device and want to put music, movies, games, themes, and more into your device essentially you are downloading and APK app not apkapps. APK files are only associated with the Android devices in or what you need to bring your Android device to life. Without APK files on your Android device, you have a boring life this telephone for a lame-o tablet.
Most people choose to use the Google Play Store for downloading all their apps, games, movies, books, music and more. This is not the only option, however. Many files that you love are available by downloading the apk file version of the app. APK files do multiple platforms are available completely free of charge. Whereas some games and apps are expensive on the Google Play store, they are not on other Android app markets.
Aptoid is an app market for Android where all of the apps are free. You will find many of the notorious apps such as Minecraft Pocket Edition, grand theft auto, and many others that have hefty price tags elsewhere. These apps are all available completely free for you to download to your device. You will have to download the app using the APK file. This is an easy process to do and can be done by anyone.
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Today's Image of Mars was taken by HiRISE to determine if there was a crater present on the dune. As of 2011 scientists have yet to find a dune with a crater on Mars. This leads them to believe that dunes are recently developed features, since older features generally have craters.
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Original Research ARTICLE
Internal Structure and Current Evolution of Very Small Debris-Covered Glacier Systems Located in Alpine Permafrost Environments
- Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
This contribution explores the internal structure of very small debris-covered glacier systems located in permafrost environments and their current dynamical responses to short-term climatic variations. Three systems were investigated with electrical resistivity tomography and dGPS monitoring over a 3-year period. Five distinct sectors are highlighted in each system: firn and bare-ice glacier, debris-covered glacier, heavily debris-covered glacier of low activity, rock glacier and ice-free debris. Decimetric to metric movements, related to ice ablation, internal deformation and basal sliding affect the glacial zones, which are mainly active in summer. Conversely, surface lowering is close to zero (−0.04 m yr−1) in the rock glaciers. Here, a constant and slow internal deformation was observed (c. 0.2 m yr−1). Thus, these systems are affected by both direct and high magnitude responses and delayed and attenuated responses to climatic variations. This differential evolution appears mainly controlled by (1) the proportion of ice, debris and the presence of water in the ground, and (2) the thickness of the superficial debris layer.
Numerous positive and negative feedbacks characterize the current adaptation of glacier systems to climatic changes (WGMS, 2008; Haeberli et al., 2013). Among them, the accumulation of debris at the glacier surface by the emergence of englacial load and/or direct supraglacial deposition in high relief environments significantly impacts glacial dynamics (Benn et al., 2003). Indeed, depending on its thickness, the debris cover enhances or limits the ice ablation (Nicholson and Benn, 2006; Lambrecht et al., 2011). The melt rate increases below a few centimeters of thickness threshold (2–8 cm, e.g., Hagg et al., 2008) because more incoming shortwave radiation is absorbed in relation to the albedo reduction. This effect is canceled out by the thickening of the debris layer beyond this threshold: its low thermal conductivity induces an exponential reduction of the ablation rate. Thus, the development of decimeters to meters thick debris cover constitutes one of the most efficient negative feedback to current climatic changes, while worldwide glacier shrinkage is expected over the next decades (e.g., Huss and Hock, 2015).
This insulating layer confers specific behavior to heavily debris-covered glaciers. Because ice melt is limited in the ablation area, they have smaller accumulation area ratios than other glaciers (typically 0.1–0.4 instead of 0.6–0.7; Clark et al., 1994). They can thus have a positive mass balance with a restricted accumulation area, reach lower elevation and advance when neighboring bare-ice glaciers are retreating (Scherler et al., 2011; Deline et al., 2012; Carturan et al., 2013). The increase of debris thickness toward the glacier front can also reverse the ablation gradient, which usually induces a glacier surface flattening and limits the driving stress (Kirkbride and Warren, 1999; Benn et al., 2012). Thickness variations then become more pronounced than length variations for debris-covered tongues (Benn et al., 2003; Mayer et al., 2006). Finally, glacial hydrology and especially the concentration and the temporal variation of water release are also atypical in these systems (Mattson, 2000; Hagg et al., 2008). In this way, from a consequence of glacial dynamics, the covering of a glacier by a thick debris layer can become its main control (Deline et al., 2012).
Two main causes, enhanced by the acceleration of ice melt since the mid-1980s (e.g., Zemp et al., 2015), explain the current extent and thickening of supraglacial debris cover observed in mountainous regions (Kirkbride and Deline, 2013). Firstly, the deglaciation of rockwalls and permafrost degradation increase the debris supply to glacier systems (Bosson et al., 2015; Deline et al., 2015). Secondly, because the driving stress is positively related to ice thickness, thinning glaciers have weaker flow and, therefore, less ability to evacuate the sediment load to the hydrosystem (Benn et al., 2003; Paul et al., 2007). These two dynamics are particularly effective in the very small cirque glacier systems located in permafrost environments (Brazier et al., 1998; Seppi et al., 2015). Indeed, large amounts of debris are usually associated with these systems because of the rapid weathering of the surrounding rockwalls. Moreover, the height and surface of the latter can be lopsided in comparison with the restricted glacier surface (Maisch et al., 1999; Grunewald and Scheithauer, 2010). Finally, the debris evacuation can be limited because the weak driving stress of these thin ice masses is commonly reduced by the presence of cold ice (Gilbert et al., 2012) and/or large and possibly frozen sediment accumulations in the distal zone, such as moraine dam (sensu Benn et al., 2003), ice-cored moraines or rock glaciers (Shroder et al., 2000; Kirkbride and Deline, 2013; Bosson et al., 2015).
This contribution focuses on very small cirque debris-covered glacier systems located in permafrost environments. These particular systems are composed of a flowing ice mass mainly formed by the metamorphosis of snow (WGMS, 2008; Cogley et al., 2011; Dobhal, 2011), and associated, possibly frozen, debris accumulations. The existence of this type of glacier is especially related to the influence of the surrounding relief upon snow accumulation and shadow effects (Paasche, 2011; Capt et al., 2016). The size class of glaciers remains an open question in glaciology but 0.01–0.5 km2 appear suitable thresholds to define very small glaciers (e.g., Kuhn, 1995; Fischer et al., 2014; Pfeffer et al., 2014). The ablation areas of the glaciers present in these systems are partly, or totally, debris-covered (Kirkbride, 2011). In the system margins, rock glaciers can be present. They are related to the long-term slow viscous creep of ice/debris mixtures under permafrost conditions, which generates particular surface patterns like ridges and furrows and a fine-grained steep front (Benn et al., 2003; Berthling, 2011; Monnier and Kinnard, 2015). In contrast to the debris-covered glaciers, they do not have accumulation areas from a glaciological point of view. The ice present below the block surface can have glacial (sedimentary ice) and/or non-glacial (e.g., magmatic ice) origin and its concentration is typically lower than within upslope glacier zones (usually <70%, e.g., Haeberli et al., 2006; Janke et al., 2015).
The landsystems investigated here remain poorly known in comparison with other glacier systems despite their large number and the fact that they can constitute considerable water reservoirs at a local scale (Azócar and Brenning, 2010; Knight and Harrison, 2014; Rangecroft et al., 2015). The complexity of these associations of ice and debris, their position at the frontier between glaciological and periglacial research and the confusion between debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers mainly explain their limited consideration in cryospheric sciences (Haeberli, 2005; Berthling et al., 2013; Janke et al., 2015). Consequently, very small debris-covered glaciers associated with rock glaciers are commonly ignored in regional glacier inventories (Pfeffer et al., 2014). To our knowledge, no modeling considers their evolution. Furthermore, recent contributions investigated the transition from very small debris-covered glaciers to rock glaciers at the site-specific scale (e.g., Bosson et al., 2015; Emmer et al., 2015; Monnier and Kinnard, 2015; Seppi et al., 2015), but quantitative data on internal structure and on the operating processes are still lacking. In particular, the definition of the distinct components of these systems, the understanding of their origin and the identification of their responses to climatic variations is needed. This is the overall aim of this paper, which we achieve through the comprehensive study of three very small debris-covered glacier systems. The following research questions were addressed: what is the internal structure of these systems? How do their different components react to annual and seasonal climatic variations? What are the main processes involved in these responses?
Les Rognes, Tsarmine and Entre la Reille, the three sites investigated, are very small cirque glacier systems located in the north-western European Alps (Figures 1, 2). In the three sites, the general concave topography between perched historic moraine accumulations show the glaciers shrinkage since the Little Ice Age (LIA). Ice outcrops are rare and the extensive debris cover masks the glacier limits. Meltwater streams are absent at the glacier outlet. Although water fluxes are visible and/or audible in summer, they disappear into the distal sediment bodies, emerging in temporary springs several hundred meters downslope. At the Holocene timescale, the high amount of sediment in the three systems contributed to the construction of imposing marginal sediment accumulations, part of which present typical rock glacier morphology. Because of these debris accumulations, the low slope angle, the weak glacial dynamics and the reduced meltwater streams, sediment evacuation is negligible. These systems are thus sediment sinks, decoupled from downslope sediment transfer systems (Shroder et al., 2000; Benn et al., 2003; Bosson et al., 2015). The investigated sites are located within permafrost areas, as shown by regional permafrost maps (BAFU, 2005; Bodin et al., 2008; Lambiel et al., 2009; Boeckli et al., 2012). The local occurrence of permafrost conditions was also shown in talus rock glaciers near les Rognes (Bosson et al., 2015; Figure 2) and Tsarmine (Lambiel et al., 2004; Micheletti et al., 2015), or in frozen talus slopes near Entre la Reille (Reynard et al., 1999).
Figure 1. Satellite image of the northwestern Alps showing the location of the three glacier systems studied. The red dots refer to weather stations.
Figure 2. 3D views of the study sites (A–C; © Google Earth 2015) and simplified maps (D). As the extension of glacier ice outcrops varies each year, its representation on map is an indication, derived from field observations and recent aerial images. RG refers to rock glacier in (A) and (B).
Les Rognes Glacier System
Les Rognes (45°51′40″N, 6°48′50″E; 0.29 km2; 2650–3100 m a.s.l.) occupies a small cirque oriented N-NW in the Mont-Blanc massif. The lithology is dominated by micaschists and gneiss (Mennessier et al., 1976). Mean annual air temperature is −1°C at 2800 m a.s.l. and annual precipitation is c. 2000 mm, according to Météo-France data (Chamonix and les Aiguilles-Rouges weather stations, respectively at 1042 and 2330 m a.s.l., Figure 1). The local equilibrium line altitude (ELA) has fluctuated above the glacier, at around 3200 m a.s.l. since the 1990s (Gilbert et al., 2012). This glacier is identified in the French glacier inventory and inherited from the disintegration of the LIA Tête-Rousse-Griaz-Rognes glacier complex (Gardent et al., 2014; Bosson et al., 2015). Today, under a 100 m high backwall, a debris-covered slope with few ice outcrops dominates a depressed area with marginal, rounded sediment ridges, which is terminated by a 30 m high steep slope in the northwestern part (Figure 2).
Tsarmine Glacier System
Tsarmine (46°03′N, 7°31′E; 0.49 km2; 2600–3070 m a.s.l.) is located in the Pennine Alps. The bedrock is composed of granitic gneiss. Mean annual air temperature and precipitation are around −1°C and 1200 mm/yr at 2800 m a.s.l. respectively, according to MeteoSwiss data (Evolène weather station, 1825 m a.s.l., Figure 1). The Tsarmine glacier is identified in the Swiss glacier inventory (Fischer et al., 2014). The decadal mass balance variations and current geometry of this 4 × 106 m3 ice mass are presented in Capt et al. (2016). These results exhibit its atypical behavior over time (mass balance divergence since the 2000s) and space (reversed ablation pattern) in comparison with other local glaciers, due to the combined influence of the decimeters thick debris cover, permafrost conditions, avalanching and solar shading on this very small glacier. Until the early 1980s, the upper part of Tsarmine glacier occupied the steep 600 m high north face of the Blanche de Perroc (Delaloye, 2008). The rockwalls are now deglaciated, providing an important sediment supply to the glacier. Shaded and crevassed debris-free glacier occupies the backwall foot. Arcuate rounded ridges are visible on the central part of the debris-covered glacier (Figure 2). The distal southern part, confined by the 100 m high moraine dam, is composed of glacier ice and ice-free debris (Lambiel et al., 2004). A lake of fluctuating level is also present since the 1980s. In the narrow northern distal part of the system, a rock glacier with a 15 m high steep front is present.
Entre la Reille Glacier System
Entre la Reille (46°20′20″N, 7°13′12″E; 0.04 km2; 2380–2550 m a.s.l.) lies in the Diablerets massif where the lithology alternates limestone and marl (Badoux and Gabus, 1991). Mean annual air temperature and precipitation are respectively close to 0.3°C and 2000 mm/yr at 2450 m a.s.l., according to MeteoSwiss data (les Diablerets, and le Moléson weather stations, respectively at 1162 and 1972 m a.s.l., Figure 1). This ice mass has developed below the 300 m high north face of the Oldenhorn. Previous geoelectrical surveys interpreted Entre la Reille as a body of sedimentary ice with locally high debris concentration, illustrating the burying of a very small glacier after the LIA (Reynard et al., 1999). In the upper zone, the concave west side contrasts with the convex east side, which is actively fed by a rockfall couloir (Figure 2). Ice outcrops are very rare and a small permanent snowfield occupies the top part. A gully where water can be heard in summer is present in the center. Ridges and furrows cover the distal part, which is delimited by a 20 m high steep fine-grained slope.
The internal structure and the current dynamical responses to short-term climatic variations were respectively assessed in the three study sites with Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and dGPS. In addition, current and recent surface morphology was analyzed with field observations, old oblique photographs that we collected, and numerous maps and aerial photographs available from the websites of national topographic institutes (map.geo.admin.ch and geoportail.gouv.fr; e.g., Figure 3). However, we considered surface morphology with care because confusion and controversy emerged from morphology-centered approaches and relatively hampered the knowledge construction on the complex landsystems study here (Berthling, 2011; Janke et al., 2015). To simplify the analysis, we tried to identify homogeneous sectors that share the same general ground electrical resistivities, surface dynamics and morphology in each study site. We manually delineated them and concentrated on sectors where a large proportion of ice and debris are associated. Indeed, no direct measurements were possible on firn and bare ice zones because of rockfall hazards, and the weak surface activity of ice-free debris prevents to clearly distinguish movements from measure uncertainty.
Figure 3. Aerial images of the study sites. The Rognes picture was taken on 04/09/1949 (© IGN; n°IGNF_PVA_1-0__1949-09-04__C3630-0121_1949_F3630-3631_0045, available at geoportail.gouv.fr). The Entre la Reille picture (white inset) was taken on 29/09/1969 (© Swisstopo; n°19690475128861, available at map.lubis.admin.ch). The Tsarmine picture was taken on 10/08/1988 (© Swisstopo; n°19880990037583, available at map.lubis.admin.ch).
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT)
ERT was used because of its efficiency for ground ice characterization (Hauck and Kneisel, 2008). Indeed, the contrast between resistive ice and conductive unfrozen terrain allows the distinction between deglaciated debris (resistivity r < 80 kΩm), ice-debris mixtures (5 < r < 1000 kΩm) and massive sedimentary ice (r > 500 kΩm). These rough thresholds have to be considered carefully. They give an order of resistivity magnitudes, which also vary as a function of several factors (air/water content, temperature, etc.; Hauck and Kneisel, 2008). A scale of typical resistivities of material existing in permafrost environments is available in Bosson et al. (2015).
Profiles with 24 or 48 electrodes, sometimes overlapping, were measured at each site between summers 2011 and 2014. Ground apparent resistivity was measured with a Syscal Pro Swich 96 and a Junior Swich 48 (Iris Instruments, France). We used the Wenner-Schlumberger configuration because it constitutes a compromise between horizontal resolution and depth of investigation. The inter-electrode spacing was 5 m in the largest sites (les Rognes and Tsarmine) and 4 m in Entre la Reille. Following Hauck et al. (2003), salt-water saturated sponges were used to improve the electrical contact between electrodes and the porous surface material. Results were processed with Prosys II. To create a plausible image of the ground specific resistivities, data were inverted in Res2DInv with Least Square Inversions and Robust parameters (see details in Bosson et al., 2015). It allowed a good visualization of the high resistivity contrasts expected in these environments. The absolute error of the final tomograms is the difference between the inverted model and the measured data. The reliability of the inverted model was also evaluated by the model resolution matrix value (Hilbich et al., 2009). This method allows the areas near the surface where the model is well constrained by data (highest model resolution matrix values) to be distinguished from inversion artifacts (lowest values). 0.05 and 0.005 model resolution matrix values thresholds are displayed.
Differential GPS (dGPS)
The position of numerous blocks (87 in les Rognes, 78 in Tsarmine and 44 in Entre la Reille) was measured with a Leica SR500 or a Trimble R10 eight times between late September 2011 and 2014 (Table 1). These dGPS have respectively a theoretical maximum 3D accuracy of 0.05 and 0.02 m. The systematic measurement of control points showed that the accuracy was lower than 0.02–0.03 m. We considered movement values higher than this threshold as significative. Field surveys were carried out in mid-July and late September to distinguish movements of the winter period with snow cover from those of the short snow-free period. Measurements were also performed in late August 2012 (les Rognes) and 2014 (Entre la Reille and Tsarmine) to compare the dynamics of early and late summer. However, the ablation period starts with the melt of the snow cover in spring. It can induce a glacier acceleration (e.g., Anderson et al., 2004). Unfortunately, because of the extensive thick snow mantle, it was not possible to measure the block positions in spring and the likely acceleration of velocities in the early ablation season is concealed in winter values.
As the mean slope angle around each block was not measured on site, it was derived from high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs): 4 m resolution at les Rognes (source: RGD 73–74) and 2 m resolution at Entre la Reille and Tsarmine (source: Swisstopo). The mean standard deviation of the slope angle calculated in a 12 m square around each block was lower than 3°. Assuming no change in surface gradient between surveys, we computed the values of expected vertical movements (dZexp.) and downslope movements (Md) from horizontal movements (dX) and the slope angle for each block (Figure 4). dH, namely the difference between dZexp. and dZ, was then derived (see Isaksen et al., 2000, for similar methodology). This value provided useful indication of local topographical variations, related to ice volume variation and/or compressing/extending flow. We assess the uncertainty of dH by calculating the means of dX, dZ and slope angle for all the blocks of each site. Then we recomputed dH taking into account these means and their respective uncertainty values. The standard deviation of the dH obtained was around 0.05 m.
Figure 4. Sketch showing the principle of a dGPS measurement and the parameters that can be calculated with a moving block: dX (horizontal movement), dZ (vertical movement) and, if the slope angle has not significantly varied during the two measurements, Md (downslope movement, derived from dX and the local mean slope angle), dZexp. (expected vertical movement derived from dX and the local mean slope angle) and dH (the difference between expected movement and the measured vertical movement; this parameter is an expression of surface lowering).
Indices were computed by homogeneous sector in each system to characterize the intensity, the temporal variation and the type of the occurring dynamics. We used the blocks whose positions were measured in every field survey for this calculation. Here, we only present the mean of the values obtained in the three systems. Indeed, the same contrasted dynamical behaviors between the system components appeared clearly in each study site. The calculated mean indices provide, therefore, indications of the dynamical behaviors that can be found in these landsystems. To assess the sensitivity to short-term and medium-term climatic variations, we calculated the standard deviation of seasonal and annual velocities of every individual year for each sector. In addition, the proportions of movement for each season and each part of summer were computed to highlight the main periods of activity. We also calculated the downslope movement/surface lowering (Md/dH) ratio to determine which dynamic is dominant: the downslope movement value is higher than the surface lowering one when Md/dH > 0, equal when Md/dH = 0 and smaller when Md/dH < 0. Finally, following Copland et al. (2009) and using the mean horizontal velocities between 2011 and 2014, three Velocity Cross-Profiles (VCP) for each study site were used to highlight the dominant motion mechanism. Cubic-shaped velocity cross-profiles suggest an en masse movement related to the basal sliding. Conversely, a parabolic shape indicates the internal deformation of viscous fluid, related to the friction increase toward the margins (Cuffey and Paterson, 2010). This method was used for larger glaciers and has to be considered with caution here because the horizontal velocities taken in account have weak magnitude. However, the results obtained here and at the decadal timescale (see Capt, 2015) illustrate that analysis of velocity cross-profiles also provides valuable information on the motion mechanisms in very small glacier systems.
In the Rognes glacier system, resistivity values are very high (>1000 kΩm) directly under the surface of the 250 m long upper slopes of Ro-2 (Figure 5). The thickness of this structure is hard to define, because the inversion is poorly constrained by the data at depth (very low model resolution matrix values). A 200 m long conductive zone showing resistivities mostly lower than 10 kΩm, occupies the flatter downslope area. The end of Ro-2 and Ro-1 cross ridges and furrows in a 250 m long convex zone toward the NW, contrasting with the previous concave zone. Resistivities reach 500 kΩm under 3–5 m of conductive material (<30 kΩm), in a structure where model resolution matrix values are very low. The values decrease to 5–50 kΩm in the 80 m located above the north steep fine-grained front (Ro-1). Finally, the south part of the cross-profile that cuts the distal zone (Ro-A) shows a 100 m large and approximately 25 m thick highly resistive structure (>500 kΩm) under several meters of conductive material. This contrasts with moderate resistivities in the north (<150 kΩm).
Figure 5. Longitudinal (1, 2, 3, and 4) and transversal (A, B, and C) electrical resistivity tomograms (ERT) profiles obtained in August 2012 at les Rognes, in August 2014 at Tsarmine and between 2011 and 2013 at Entre la Reille.
In Tsarmine, resistivities exceed 5000 kΩm at a depth of 4–6 m over the whole width of the upper zone (Tsa-C). The prolongation of this structure is observable downslope (120 m long in the SE of Tsa-4 and 250 m long in Tsa-2 and in the SE of Tsa-1) but the resistivity values drop locally to 150 kΩm. A 150 m long more conductive zone with patchy resistive structures (2 < r < 300 kΩm, 15 m thick, center of Tsa-4) occupies the slope located above the distal 300 m long rock glacier-like sector. In this zone (NW of Tsa-4 and Tsa-3), resistivities can exceed 1000 kΩm under several meters of material with higher conductivity (<30 kΩm). Tsa-B shows contrasted resistivities and Tsa-A illustrates the presence of a resistive structure (>150 kΩm) a few meters below the surface of the flakt distal area. Finally, a conductive zone (<30 kΩm; NW of Tsa-1 and SW of Tsa-A) composes the southwestern margin near the lake.
The upper part of Entre la Reille contains a very resistive layer located close to the surface in the west concave part (>1000 kΩm on Elr-1 and Elr-C). A 50 m long resistive layer (>150 kΩm; Elr-2 and SE of Elr-B) composes the east convex side, where surface deformation patterns are visible. Its thickness is around 20 m, but here the model resolution matrix values are low. The resistivities progressively drop toward the distal part and values become lower than 10 kΩm in the steep fine-grained front (Elr-1). Finally, a layer of moderate to high resistivities (<1000 kΩm; Elr-A and Elr-B) is visible in the central zone below several meters of material with high conductivity.
For each block, we calculated the total, yearly, seasonal and early/late summer horizontal (vx), vertical (vz) and surface lowering (vh) velocities. Only the mean velocities (v) for the whole period are presented here to give an overview (Figure 6A).
Figure 6. (A) Velocities measured with dGPS in the study sites between September 2011 and 2014. Orange lines correspond to the velocity cross-profiles of Figure 8 where the horizontal velocity of the points in orange is depicted. (B) Components of the glacier systems and downslope movement/surface lowering (Md/dH) ratio results based on the movements measured between September 2011 and 2014 (A). The large circles correspond to the mean Md/mean dH value by zone in each site. White circles correspond to the position of the dGPS network used for the calculation of the dynamical index in Figure 7.
All the blocks in the Rognes system moved more than 0.02 m yr−1 between 2011 and 2014. The most significant velocities occur in the upper slope, with all component values being higher than |0.25| m yr−1. Here, surface lowering is smaller than −0.5 m yr−1 for many blocks. Downslope, most of the blocks are moving toward the central depression with moderate velocities (v < |0.25| m yr−1). The distal part is generally flowing toward the west and SW. vx values sometimes exceed 0.5 m yr−1 whereas the vz and vh values are smaller (−0.05 to −0.25 m yr−1) on the south part of the front than on the north.
In Tsarmine, the most striking behavior concerns the blocks situated in the upper zone, corresponding roughly to half of the blocks. Movements are homogeneous: vx values toward the NW are faster than 0.5 m yr−1, whereas vz values range between −0.25 and −1 m yr−1. The highest surface lowering (vh < −0.25 m yr−1) is observed here and in a small zone in the center of the distal part. Elsewhere, velocities are more variable. On the rock glacier, velocities are mainly significant in the horizontal component (vx > 0.1 m yr−1) and surface lowering is weak. The south frontal part experiences very slow multidirectional movements.
Entre la Reille is a completely active system, although velocities never exceed |0.5| m yr−1. vx, vz and vh values range mostly between |0.1| and |0.25| m yr−1 in the top and central part, corresponding to almost two thirds of the blocks. The margins show similar to smaller vx and vz values, but the surface lowering rate is weaker. The four blocks located on the steep fine-grained front reflect a slow horizontal north oriented flow (vx < 0.1 m yr−1).
ERT and dGPS results, field observations and historical documents provide coherent information on the system components. For example, the net changes in homogeneous surface kinematic behaviors between the top slopes and the distal flat zones in les Rognes or Tsarmine (Figure 6A) precisely correspond to large contrasts of ground resistivity (Ro-2 and Tsa-1 in Figure 5). The differences of resistivities also match spatially with differences in surface characteristics, such as the presence of ridges and ice outcrops, visible during the field campaign or on historical images. Another example is the upper zone of Entre la Reille. The concave left-hand side and the convex right-hand side, where superficial deformation patterns are numerous, clearly exhibit distinct ground resistivities. With all these consistent elements, five main homogeneous sectors can be defined, characterized (Tables 2, 3) and mapped (Figure 6B) in each site.
Table 3. Area (in km2) and mean slope angle (in degree) of the main components of these glacier systems.
Firn and bare-ice glacier zones occupy variable parts of the top of the glacier systems, changing each year in relation to the snow accumulation at the end of the melt season and the spread of the debris mantle. A thin (millimeters to decimeters) and discontinuous debris layer can cover the snow and ice. Buried ice is also exposed locally by supraglacial landslides and by incision related to water runoffs in the debris-covered zones. Currently, this sector is continuous and occupies a large area (0.11 km2; Table 3) at Tsarmine. Here, avalanches enhance the snow accumulation. Its metamorphosis in ice and downward flow is illustrated by the presence of crevasses (Figures 2, 3). In les Rognes, the size of this zone, where crevasses and bergschrund were visible in last decades (Figure 3), is now very restricted. Conversely, the upper zone of Entre la Reille has been occupied only by a firn area whose extension has changed continuously over the last decades.
Debris-covered glacier zones are present in large portions of the systems (Table 3), generally in the top and central concave parts (Figure 6B). They illustrate the progressive covering of the glaciers since the LIA. Crevasses are observable in these sectors on aerial images of les Rognes and Tsarmine until the early 2000's (Figure 3). These zones may also have been temporarily covered by snow at the end of the ablation seasons over the last decades but this situation has become rare since the 1980's. The high measured resistivities (>500 kΩm, with extended zones >5000 kΩm) reveal that these sectors are composed of massive sedimentary ice with probably low debris content. The current thickness of the glaciers is unknown, except in Tsarmine where a GPR survey in 2015 revealed respectively mean and maximum thickness of 15 and 35 m (Capt et al., 2016). According to its dimension and the height of the surrounding moraines, this glacier is likely the thickest of the three studied here. Supraglacial debris thickness can vary locally but generally increases downglacier (decimeters to meters according to ERT results and field observations). The surface topography is undifferentiated, except in Tsarmine, where many arcuate rounded ridges are present. They were generated by the compressive stress induced during the downward migration of the snow and ice accumulated in the 1960s to mid-1980s period (Capt et al., 2016). Water runoff is observable or audible in summer especially in gullies (Figure 2). In each site, the fastest surface velocities were measured in these zones.
Heavily debris-covered glacier zones of low activity are present in some marginal areas. It starts at the foot of the backwall on the east of Entre la Reille and prolong downslope from the debris covered glacier parts in les Rognes and Tsarmine. The transition between these two sectors is gradational, even though several characteristics allow their distinction. Heavily debris-covered zones are also composed of buried massive ice but the concentration of englacial debris is probably higher, as revealed by lower resistivities (80–2500 kΩm). Moreover, the surface layer where the resistivity decreases is thicker, suggesting that the supraglacial debris layer here reaches several meters. It explains the rare observations of ice outcrops and runoff. Surface velocities are weak, exceeding rarely |0.25| m yr−1. The rounded ridges present in les Rognes and Entre la Reille probably result from the slow local viscous deformation. No crevasses or ice outcrops have been visible in these sectors over the last decades, illustrating the weak dynamic of these completely buried glacier zones (Figure 3).
Rock glaciers occupy some frontal and lateral parts of the systems investigated. Again, the transition with the neighboring zones is gradational. ERT profiles exhibit generally lower resistivities than in the previous glacier zones. The moderate resistivities (10–150 kΩm) show the probable overall higher debris-concentration in the ground and the domination of ice-cemented structures. However, resistivities reach 2500 kΩm in some locations, illustrating the presence of massive ice lenses. No ice outcrops or evidence of water runoff were visible in these sectors during field investigations or in historical sources. The surface morphology, composed of arcuate ridges and furrows bounded by a steep fine-grained front, has not shown remarkable changes over the last decades (Figures 2, 3). It illustrates the long term slow viscous deformation of frozen debris. Currently, slow sub-horizontal movements dominate and surface lowering is very low.
Ice-free debris zones are essentially present in the steep distal areas (Table 3). The low resistivity values (0.5–30 kΩm) show the generalized absence of ground ice. The debris thickness can reach several tens of meters. Patches of vegetation are present locally (Figure 2). In Tsarmine, a small lake developed in this sector in the 1980's (Figure 3). Surface movements are mainly lower than 0.1 m yr−1.
The intensity of dynamics was investigated by the calculation of annual, summer and winter vx, vz, and vh means (Figure 7). Debris-covered parts of the glaciers have the highest velocities in all periods. The annual vx, vz and vh means (<|0.5| m) are relatively homogeneous. In summer, vx values are four times and vz and vh values more than 1 times faster than during winter. Mean velocities exceed 1 m yr−1 in summer and vertical and surface lowering values are especially high (<−1.6 m yr−1). The latter are low in winter (>−0.14 m yr−1), while vx values remains relatively high at 0.28 m yr−1. Seasonal variations are similar in heavily debris-covered glacier zones, although the overall velocity values are about three times lower. Annual velocities do not exceed |0.2| m yr−1, summer velocities are limited to |0.67| m yr−1 and winter values are minor (especially vh). The situation is different in rock glaciers, where maximal velocities reach |0.25| m yr−1. The vx values are relatively constant during summer and winter. The main change concerns the summer acceleration and winter deceleration of vz and vh. On the annual timescale, the surface lowering is very weak (−0.04 m yr−1).
Figure 7. Mean values of dynamical indexes calculated by zones where ice and debris are associated in the three study sites with dGPS data. The dGPS network used for this calculation appears in Figure 6B.
The temporal variation of dynamics was assessed by computing the standard deviation of annual and seasonal velocities of all the individual years and quantifying the proportion of movement realized each season and each part of summer (Figure 7). Debris-covered glacier zones have the highest Standard deviation values, indicating a high temporal variability of velocities. Most of the annual movements occur in summer (almost the whole surface lowering), whereas early and late summer activity is balanced. On the other hand, marginal rock glaciers experience low temporal velocity variability (standard deviation <0.08) and generally winter dominant dynamics. Summer activity is mainly concentrated in late summer, especially in vertical and surface lowering components. Between these two opposing behaviors, heavily debris-covered glacier zones have moderate standard deviation values, summer and late summer dominant dynamics.
The dominant dynamic was evaluated by comparing downslope movement and surface lowering values (Figures 6B, 7). Debris-covered glacier zones show the most heterogeneous Md/dH values (Figure 6B). Indeed, values were negative here in les Rognes and in the lower part of Entre la Reille and positive in the upper part of the latter and in Tsarmine. The mean value of 0.77 in these three zones reflects the slight domination of downslope flow (Figure 7). Md/dH values are also heterogeneous in heavily debris-covered glacier zones but the global mean suggests that downslope movement and surface lowering have similar magnitudes here. Finally, rather homogeneous values are found in rock glaciers, where Md/dH is commonly above 1. The mean of 2.61 between these zones in the three sites illustrates the predominance of downslope flow.
The motion mechanism was inferred from 9 horizontal velocity cross-profiles (Figure 8). Appearances of the velocity cross-profiles do not reveal undisputable cubic or parabolic patterns, showing the probable multiple origin of motion. For example, TsaVCP3 gathers cubic and parabolic aspects: at least 0.5 m yr−1 can be attributed to an en masse movement that adds up to the central velocity increase related to internal deformation. On the left hand side of RoVCP1, RoVCP2, RoVCP3, TsaVCP2, ElrVCP3, on TsaVCP3 and on the right hand side of ElrVCP2, the rapid increase of velocity from the margin and/or the main tabular-shape of velocity profiles indicate the likely occurrence of basal sliding. Conversely, the profiles are arcuate and velocity progressively increases toward the central flowline in the northern side of RoVCP1, RoVCP2, TsaVCP2 and on TsaVCP1 and ElrVCP1, reflecting the effect of internal deformation. Thus, basal sliding seems important in (heavily) debris-covered zones whereas the rock glaciers appear mainly affected by internal deformation.
Figure 8. Velocity cross-profiles (VCP) obtained from horizontal velocities between September 2011 and 2014 and internal structure below each profile. The 9 cross-profiles and the data used are depicted in Figure 6A.
Interpretation and Discussion
Figure 9 synthetizes our interpretation of the internal structure of the main components encountered in the study sites. The comprehensive results obtained are in line with the internal structure characteristics proposed in this type of landsystem by individual site studies (e.g., Kneisel, 2003; Reynard et al., 2003; Kneisel and Kääb, 2007; Ribolini et al., 2010; Monnier et al., 2014). At the system scale, atypical characteristics differentiate the study sites from the larger and bare-ice glacier stereotype: the small size of the upslope firn and bare-ice zones and the associated large relative area of debris-covered glacier zones, the existence of marginal rock glaciers and the overall very high amount of debris in comparison with the glacier size. The glacier zones are extensively covered by a coarse-grained debris layer that thickens downglacier due to flux emergence, compressive stress and ice melt (Kirkbride and Deline, 2013). This also explains the debris concentration increase in the glacier margins. These very small glaciers have, therefore, typical characteristics of buried glaciers (Ackert, 1998; Janke et al., 2015). In rock glaciers, large ranges of ground electrical resistivities were measured (Figure 5), outlining the coexistence of ice-cored and ice-cemented structures under the several meters thick unfrozen surface layer. The decrease of ice concentration and increase of surface debris layer thickness distinguish rock glaciers from debris-covered glaciers here, as proposed by Janke et al. (2015). Finally, ice-free debris areas are present in the frontal and some lateral zones of the studied systems.
Figure 9. Schematic diagrams showing the internal structure characteristics and the main dynamics occurring in the five main zones of les Rognes, Tsarmine and Entre la Reille systems.
Surface Movements and Associated Processes
Figure 9 also synthetizes the current responses to short-term climatic variations detected in the studied systems. Two main dynamics are active: (1) surface lowering, which can be related to ice melt and extending flows (Lambiel and Delaloye, 2004); and (2) downslope movement, which can result from internal deformation, basal sliding and bed deformation (Haeberli et al., 2006; Benn and Evans, 2010). Only ice melt, basal sliding and internal deformation are considered here, since we have no data on the possible bed deformation. Moreover, extending flows that occurs locally (Figure 6A) were not quantified as the thickness of the deforming bodies is largely unknown. However, ridges and furrows and surface velocities suggest the large domination of compression. We interpret, therefore, surface lowering (vh) mainly as an expression of ice melt rather than extending flow. Its high value in stagnant zones or where compressive stress would compensate surface lowering (e.g., the footslope of the debris-covered zone of les Rognes) supports this interpretation. The dynamical behaviors of debris-covered glacier zones, heavily debris-covered glacier zones of low activity and rock glaciers are respectively discussed in the following paragraphs.
Polythermal glaciers are common in permafrost environments (Etzelmüller and Hagen, 2005; Gilbert et al., 2012). This situation may characterize the studied glaciers (Bosson et al., 2015). However, the proportion of cold ice seems low at the base of the debris-covered glacier zones if we consider, as other authors, basal sliding signature as an indicator of temperate ice (Mayer et al., 2006; Bingham et al., 2008; Figure 8). The basal sliding pattern also clearly appears at the decadal timescale at Tsarmine glacier (Capt et al., 2016). The influence of water here is likewise supported by the marked seasonal variation of surface velocities, the recording of maximum horizontal velocities in early summer when the water production is very high and field observations and audition of water circulation. Hence, these sectors, where an efficient drainage network can be present (Pourrier et al., 2014), show rapid responses to climatic and hydraulic forcing during the melt season. Our results suggest the following annual behavior. The snow cover strongly decouples the glacier from the atmosphere between October and June. Surface lowering is slight and horizontal movements produce half of the annual total (Figure 7). Winter motion is mainly attributed to internal deformation because basal sliding often deactivates (Anderson et al., 2004; Bingham et al., 2006). During summer, the ablation rate is very high and induces most of the annual surface lowering (91%). The water supply increases the flow. Mean vx decreases in late summer, probably because of the drainage network development at the glacier bed (Anderson et al., 2004; Rippin et al., 2005; Bingham et al., 2006). The maximum movements are then observed in the zones where water runoffs are concentrated, as in the SW of Tsarmine (Figure 2 and TsaVCP3 and TsaVCP2 of Figure 8).
The presence and influence of water is also possible in heavily debris-covered glacier zones, considering its summer observation and audition, the cubic shape of velocity cross-profiles (Figure 8) and the summer dominant activity (Figure 7). However, Evans (2013) suggested that viscous surface patterns, as observed in these sectors in les Rognes and Entre la Reille, illustrate a cold thermal regime and therefore low water content. Ice melt, basal sliding and ice deformation seem active here but with a weaker intensity than in debris-covered glacier zones (Figure 7). The period of activity is brought forward to late summer and winter because of the filtering of short-term climatic variations by the weakly thermally conductive thick debris cover.
The motion of rock glaciers appears mostly due to internal deformation. Water content and influence seem low: no water runoff was heard during field campaigns, velocity cross-profiles have a parabolic aspect, dynamics occur mainly in winter and mean vx is relatively stable over the year (Figure 7). However, water can be temporarily present in rock glaciers and influence their dynamics (Haeberli et al., 2006; Hausmann et al., 2007; Delaloye et al., 2008). It could explain the slight increase in velocities observed in summer. Surface lowering is almost ineffective at the annual timescale, illustrating the low ice melt. Thus, only internal deformation seems noticeably effective here and short-term climatic variations induce attenuated and shifted responses. This behavior contrasts, therefore, with the one observed in the upper glacier zones. Its origin is mainly related to the filtering and slow propagation of summer temperatures in the poorly conductive thick superficial debris layer (Delaloye et al., 2008), the limited ice concentration, and if water is present, its probable slow and diffuse circulation (Pourrier et al., 2014).
In the studied systems, direct and high-magnitude responses contrast with delayed and attenuated responses to short-term climatic variations. This different climate sensitivity appears mainly related to the proportion of ice, debris and water (and associated hydrological network properties) in the ground and the thickness of the superficial debris layers (Figure 9). This is in accordance with previous studies, which illustrated the influence of these factors individually: climate sensitivity in ice-debris associations decreases when the ice concentration reduces (Kääb et al., 1997), when the superficial debris layer thickness increases (Benn et al., 2003; Kirkbride and Deline, 2013), when the water content decreases (Schomacker and Kjær, 2007) and when the water circulations are null or rare and diffuse (Pourrier et al., 2014). Finally, null to very slow movements were measured in the ice-free debris zones, illustrating the strong control of ice content on surface dynamics (Figure 6A).
Genesis and Evolution
The genesis of the studied systems has to be considered in light of the numerous Holocene climatic oscillations, although their current structures are mainly related to the last glacial pulse (LIA and subsequent decay; Ackert, 1998; Matthews et al., 2014; Monnier et al., 2014). Indeed, the extent of both glacier and debris-covered zones probably continuously oscillated over the last millennia in relation to climatic variations (e.g., Ivy-Ochs et al., 2009). During positive mass balance periods, glaciers were larger than today and progressively accumulated lopsided amounts of sediments at their bed and margins. Their accumulation areas shrank and even disappeared under warmer and/or drier conditions, as it has occurred since the end of the LIA. Unable to evacuate the debris provided by the bed erosion and weathering of the backwalls, these very small rag glaciers progressively became stagnant, downwasting and buried ice bodies (Bosson et al., 2015; Carrivick et al., 2015; Capt et al., 2016). With their regular concave topography and dominating stagnant lowering dynamic, les Rognes and Entre la Reille glaciers will likely transform into buried ice patches (Serrano et al., 2011), then talus slopes (Gomez et al., 2003) with the projected future deglaciation context (e.g., Huss and Hock, 2015). Conversely, Tsarmine glacier still retains a flow-dominant dynamic (Figure 6B), due to its larger thickness and the presence of a small accumulation area upslope. The studied glaciers thus illustrate distinct stages of debris-covered glacier decay in the negative mass balance periods.
The studied rock glaciers have numerous ridges at their roots, illustrating their probable deformation by glacier advances during positive mass balance periods such as the LIA. These so-called push moraines are very common at the cold glacier margins in permafrost environments (Etzelmüller and Hagen, 2005; Matthews et al., 2014; Dusik et al., 2015). As it currently occurs in the study sites (Figures 6B, 7), differential flow and ablation induce the progressive disconnection between rock glaciers and the upslope glacier zones in negative mass balance periods (Ackert, 1998; Ribolini et al., 2010; Lilleøren et al., 2013). The internal structure to the North of Tsarmine illustrates this situation: a lens of sedimentary ice (distal zone of Tsa-4; Figure 5) may have been recently integrated into the distal former frozen sediments (Tsa-3). Conversely, ice rapidly melts in the concave rooting zone, disconnecting the flowing rock glaciers from the upslope vanishing glacier zones. The long-term individual flow of ice-debris mixtures, weakly sensitive to climatic variations, explains, therefore, the development of rock glaciers at the system margins (Ackert, 1998; Berthling, 2011). This illustrates the morphodynamical continuum that can exist between glacial and periglacial processes, which coexist or follow each other according to climatic variations in these permafrost environments (Benn et al., 2003; Whalley, 2009; Berthling et al., 2013).
This study proposes a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between the structure and the current evolution of small debris-covered glaciers located in permafrost environments. The systems studied are complex assemblages of heterogeneous dynamical components, comprised of five sectors associating ice and/or debris in various proportions. Their genesis and organization is related to Holocene climatic fluctuations and illustrate the morphodynamical continuum between glacial and periglacial processes that can exist locally in high mountain environments.
Overall, the same components and dynamics were found in the three sites. The top slopes are almost entirely composed of sedimentary ice, which outcrops or is covered by snow or debris. They experience the most intense and direct responses to climatic variations. The magnitude of surface lowering and downslope motion, a consequence of ice melt, internal deformation and basal sliding, are at least three times higher than in the other sectors. The summer dominant activity shows the noticeable control of warm temperatures and water circulation. In neighboring heavily debris-covered glacier zones of low activity, englacial debris proportion is higher and the supraglacial debris layer is thicker. Consequently, these sectors are less sensitive to the climate and dynamical responses are delayed and attenuated. Active rock glaciers are present in some marginal areas. Their internal structure consists of ice-cored or ice-cemented debris. They experience very low ice melt. The slow flow mainly occurs in winter and progressively detaches them from upslope glaciers. Finally, weakly active ice-free debris are also present.
These results show that direct and high-magnitude responses contrast with delayed and attenuated responses to climate forcing. The variation of ice, debris and water concentration and of the superficial debris layer thickness mainly control this differential evolution. The extended debris cover slows down the ice melt here compared to the rapid decline currently observed in bare-ice glaciers. Their role as local freshwater reservoirs will, therefore, become increasingly important in the next decades. In future research, the results obtained here need to be completed, especially by combining glaciological and geomorphological approaches. In particular, quantification of ice and debris content, hydrological processes and ice origin are avenues worth exploring.
JB and CL designed research. JB conducted field investigations, prepared data, made all figures and wrote the initial version of the paper under the supervision of CL. CL improved the manuscript.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
The repeated field investigations would have been impossible to carry out without the help of numerous people. In addition to the authors, during the 38 days of field investigations performed between September 2011 and 2014, 32 other people have contributed to collecting the data synthetized in this article. We sincerely thank them for their indispensable and generous help. We also acknowledge the teams of Glacier 3000, Compagnie du Mont-Blanc, Remontées Mécaniques des Houches, Refuge du Nid d'Aigle, Cabane des Diablerets, the municipality of Evolène and the Service des forêts et du paysage du Canton du Valais for logistical support and the Dumas, Katz and Anzévui families for lending local accommodation. This manuscript has been improved thanks to the precious critics and comments of N. Deluigi, A. Tahir, T. Ferber, M. Huss and the two reviewers. M. Blake is acknowledged for proofreading the English text.
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Keywords: debris-covered glaciers, rock glaciers, permafrost, ground ice, electrical resistivity tomography, dGPS
Citation: Bosson JB and Lambiel C (2016) Internal Structure and Current Evolution of Very Small Debris-Covered Glacier Systems Located in Alpine Permafrost Environments. Front. Earth Sci. 4:39. doi: 10.3389/feart.2016.00039
Received: 05 January 2016; Accepted: 29 March 2016;
Published: 13 April 2016.
Edited by:Matthias Huss, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Reviewed by:Sebastien Monnier, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile
Roberto Seppi, University of Pavia, Italy
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I love clothes, I love fashion and I most definitely love to shop! For the past couple of days I’ve been using my spare time to scour the web in search of a top that I saw a lady wearing at playgroup. So far my search has been fruitless but it has got me thinking about the dreaded feeling of outfit envy which I find myself coming down with far more frequently than I’d like. I’ll run you through the 4 stages I experience during a bout of outfit envy.
- Admiration – That moment you spy a garment from across the room being modelled perfectly by someone other than you. It starts with admiration; for the clothing and for the person wearing it for styling the look. Well done to them on finding such a gem. You may even vocalise the admiration by giving the wearer a compliment, after all, a compliment can always act as a mood lifter.
- Resentment – Unfortunately it doesn’t take long before the admiration fades and resentment, albeit irrational, starts to set in. You go from thinking the other person is a bit of style icon for finding such a beautiful piece, to being a bit peeved that you didn’t snap it up first, especially considering the amount of time you put in to browsing potential purchases. I mean; why do they have to have such amazing clothes when I have ‘NOTHING TO WEAR’!
- Investigation – How do you get over the resentment? Go on a full scale hunt for the item: sit down, get comfortable & make Google your best friend. Use every search term you can think of, utilise specific shopping search sites and visit retailers you think would carry the piece in their collection. In this stage motivation is key in leaving no stone unturned and keeping the faith that you too can achieve #OutfitGoals!
- Compromise – All that optimism you had in the investigation stage has started to disappear and you’re now worried that you have lost this particular battle of style wars. Do you now admit defeat? Of course not, you start thinking about a compromise. You could find a similar garment to the one you originally wanted or you could reward your efforts by spending a few pounds on a piece you’ve been lusting over for a while. Which ever way you decide to compromise; you will find that your mood is substantially higher now you have reached the final stage and outfit envy is over.
Do you ever find yourself suffering from outfit envy? Is there a fine line between admiring someone else’s style and being jealous that it isn’t you rocking that look? Or am I just living in an irrational, and slightly self-obsessed, bubble. Let me know in the comments section.
I love discovering new brands; especially when it comes to fashion. Like many mums; I tend to now put a lot more time, effort and money into ensuring little one’s wardrobe is brimming with beautiful pieces than splurging on glamorous garments for myself. At least once a week I fall in love with a childrenswear brand that was not already on my radar. I’d love to buy items from every one of them but, until I win the lottery or discover a money tree, I’m unable to try them all. When we got the chance to test out cool Scandi fashion brand ‘Me&I’*; I jumped at it!
With a range of fun and quirky designs to choose from; I was spoilt for choice and spent more than a little while deliberating over which two pieces from the collection to pick for little Miss. At 16 months, baby girl is lucky enough to fit in to their baby organic range as well as the kids collection. So with this in mind I selected a piece from each range; the ‘raining hearts’ bodysuit from the former and the ‘Dino’ tunic from the latter.
From the moment the delivery man handed me my parcel; I could tell, even from the bright packaging, that I would be pleased with what lay ahead. And pleased I was. The first thing I noticed was how utterly soft the fabric was; the label said organic cotton but they felt akin to silk and oh so stretchy too, making me hopeful that she’d get longer wear out of them.
- Raining Hearts Bodysuit – This long-sleeved bodysuit, pictured above, is so incredibly versatile. Part of the gender-neutral baby organic range; the striking print makes a big enough statement to be worn as part of an outfit rather than just an undergarment/base layer. The breathable organic cotton has been a lifesaver during the mini heatwaves we’ve experienced recently and it’s been so handy to just pair it with leggings when going out to playgroups or trips to the park. Each time little one has worn it she has been complimented by many parents whom I’ve then directed to the website. I love the idea of ‘raining hearts’ as it’s such a wonderful concept – the world needs more love and what better way to add more than via showers of rain! At £20, it may seem a bit expensive for ‘just a bodysuit’ but it’s well worth every penny considering the look, feel and versatility of it. It can be used as: an undergarment, nightwear during the summer and as the statement part of an outfit. I’m contemplating getting the little joggers in this range next.
- Dino Tunic – Girls can like dinosaurs too! I might not have to tell you that but if most retailers are anything to go by you’d think boys had a monopoly on them. So, ever the one try and dispel stereotypes, I tend to buy cute girls dinosaur items if I see them. This bright cerise pink tunic is fab. Made in a ‘terry’ towelling style; it can be used as a post-swimming/beach cover-up as well as a fun everyday outfit to play in. Like many teething babies and toddlers; little one’s dribble is resembling Niagara Falls at the moment meaning we are having to change dribble soaked tops regularly. However, when she wears this, the towelling nature means it’s soaked up and there’s no need for an outfit change until bath & bed! At £21, I feel this outfit offers great value for money as it’s currently long enough to be a dress and as she grows it can convert to a top. The stretchy lightweight cotton allows it to be worn throughout many seasons and can be worn layered up or on it’s own.
Overall Verdict – The fun prints, high-quality fabric and versatile designs have left me extremely happy and I will definitely be adding more Me&I pieces to little one’s wardrobe in the future. I was so impressed that I would also look in to purchasing pieces from their womenswear collection for myself. The items are true to size yet with enough stretch to last a while and the fabric washes so well that I feel safe in the knowledge it can be washed and worn time and time again. Currently there are no Me&I consultants in my surrounding area but if there were I would not hesitate to attend one of their events or parties. For now; I will continue to shop via their website.
*2 pieces of clothing were gifted to us in exchange for a product test and honest review. All opinions and views are my own.
Every year when summer comes and I start to think about what pieces I want to add to my wardrobe; I end up obsessing over jumpsuits and maxi dresses. However, when you’re 5ft3 it can be very difficult to find one that doesn’t drown you! With that in mind; I’ve made it my mission this summer to find a petite jumpsuit I can pull out of my wardrobe for any occasion and can be dressed up or down. So I’ve compiled a list of some of the best places to track down petite jumpsuits.
- Very – This online retailer not only houses so many great brands, it also has it’s own fashion range with some killer pieces. It wasn’t that long ago I discovered Very had a petite range but, now I know it exists, my online shopping basket is constantly growing! From strapless to wide leg, there’s a jumpsuit to suit everyone; my fave is this navy floral cold shoulder jumpsuit as it nails 3 current trends with one piece.
- M&Co – From the moment I walked into the Petersfield branch and spotted this navy tropical jumpsuit I was in love! So when I noticed it was actually part of the petite collection I couldn’t have been happier. What’s more, it goes up to a size 18 meaning I could actually get one that fits – they didn’t have one in store so I placed my order the minute I got home. Fingers crossed it looks as nice on as it did on the hanger as I’m no mannequin.
- Fenn Wright Manson – Okay, so this brand may be at the more expensive end of the high street, but their garments are timeless with a nod to fashion and oozes luxury. This v neck floral culotte jumpsuit caught my eye from day one of the collection launch – it’s definitely an investment piece but one that will pay off. Now in the sale; it’s sure to sell out quickly.
- Gap – I have to admit, as an ex-employee I’m a little biased when it comes to Gap, but I genuinely get repeated wear from the garments I buy there. I’ve heard lots of people say that Gap only have ‘very thin, very tall’ women in mind when they’re designing their collectio. That really isn’t the case as they have a petite range and stock up to a size 24. I’m loving this navy wrap front jumpsuit which I know will last me an absolute lifetime.
Where is your ‘go-to’ for petite clothing? What issues do you have when picking a jumpsuit? Let me know in the comments section.
Swimwear can be one of the most difficult garments to find. You need something that will make you feel confident even on one of those days, something that says who you are and something that shows off as little, or as much, as you want of your body. We all have our ‘problem’ areas, bits we are self-concious of and some parts we just want to cover-up completely. None of us have it easy finding swimwear but the problem I have is finding fuller figure swimwear that is not just functional, but fashionable too. So I’ve compiled list of some of the best places to track down fashionable fuller figure swimwear.
- Bravissimo – I first started shopping at Bravissimo as a student desperately searching for a high street lingerie store which could give a more accurate bra fitting. Pleased with the impeccable service I received; I became a frequent visitor to their stores and sister brand ‘Pepperberry’. Bravissimo offer a wide range of bikinis, tankinis & one-pieces up to a size 18 with cup sizes extending to a K cup.
- M&Co – This brand has always been a winner in my book when it comes to baby and childrenswear but recently I’ve started seeing it in a new light and I’m actually really impressed with the summer womenswear collection. The range of swimwear comes in a multitude of colours and prints with items up to a size 20 and even includes ‘tummy control‘ pieces. I’ve got my eye on this blue & green tile print cossie perfect for covering my ‘mum tum’!
- Simply Be – Have you seen the TV ad for the Simply Be swimwear? Talk about promoting positive body image; those models look empowered and like they truly embody full body confidence. Their range goes all the way up to a size 38 and encompasses many household names from ‘Curvy Kate‘ to ‘Panache‘. Whilst some pieces are a little pricier than you may be prepared to spend; they look to be well worth the investment.
- Forever 21 – Ah Forever 21, I don’t know if it’s the bright prints or the witty slogans but this brand really does make me feel youthful and reminds me that I’m still very much in my 20s! With their plus size swimwear collection including cut-outs, tropical prints and mesh elements – there are some pieces guaranteed to attract attention for all the right reasons. I’m loving this bright red one-piece with the word ‘Hello’ across it – definite Baywatch vibes!
Where is your ‘go-to’ for swimwear? What issues do you have when picking a bikini or one-piece? Let me know in the comments section.
Ah summer; it’s finally here and with a change of weather comes a change of wardrobe. What says ready for fun in the sun more than a playful print?! There are so many lovely patterns available at the moment but fruity prints are always eye-catching and give an immediate summer vibe. So here are 4 of the cutest fruit prints for this seasons garments.
- Cherries – For weeks I’ve been crushing on a cherry print blouse by an independent designer. Since first seeing this top; I keep noticing more pieces I love with a cherry theme. Lots of small cherries in a very ditsy design give a real ‘girly’ feel or you could make more of a bold statement with larger cherries.
- Pineapples – Is there a more summery fruit than pineapple?! I keep seeing pineapple prints everywhere; from accessories to interiors. Pineapples instantly make me think of sipping cocktails by a pool so what better pattern is there to get you in the right frame of mind to go and soak up some rays.
- Watermelon – Whilst the word ‘watermelon’ makes me think of the famous ‘Dirty Dancing’ quote; the contrast of the pinky red flesh against the bright green rind is an image that stands out. Often accompanied by slogans; watermelon print tees make a great cover-up for over swimwear during a trip to the beach or a splash at the pool.
- Apples – On Children’s clothing; apple prints are extremely cute. There’s something quite sweet and innocent about it whilst being fun. Often found on rompers and dresses; the apple design is one that will definitely be making an appearance in my little girl’s wardrobe this season.
What prints make you feel summery? Let me know in the comments section.
Okay, I’ll hold my hands up, I’m guilty of having far too many clothes in my wardrobe. In all fairness; I do wear most of the items but there is still an item or few that could go missing and I wouldn’t even notice. Clearly this means I should have a bit of a clear out as there’s no point in holding on to garments that go unworn and with this in mind I started looking into how I could clear some precious wardrobe space whilst earning a bit of cash even if that money ends up going towards new clothing – oops!
There were many more options out there than I first realised but I managed to narrow it down to four.
- Ebay – For most people, myself included, Ebay seems to be the first port of call when looking to make a few pennies from doing a spring clean. Whilst the online auction site is able to reach a lot of potential buyers; it can be an extremely diluted market and therefore your items may not attract as much attention as they deserve.
- Pretty-Urban – Relatively new to the scene; Pretty-Urban provide a clothes buying service which gives the seller a more reasonable price for their garments than they would get from a ‘cash for clothes’ style recycling centre which pay a low fixed rate per kg. It’s a quicker process than listing auction items and allows shoppers to buy good quality second-hand items without having to get in to a bidding war.
- Vinted – It was actually my little sister that gave me the heads up about Vinted. I like to think of it as Ebay meets Instagram; it’s easy to sell your items, you can reach a lot of buyers but it has such an image-heavy layout that it is so easy to browse – I spent a good couple of hours looking at clothes on my first visit to the site. You can achieve a great return on invest from Vinted but it’s only really worth using if you are trying to sell recognised brands and reasonably current fashion styles.
- Facebook Selling Group – Nearly every city, town and village in the country has a dedicated selling group on the social networking site. Often named ‘Buy, Swap & Sell in …’; these groups are a quick and easy way to reach people in your local area looking to buy. Bonus points for not having to deal with postage as is customary to either collect or deliver within a certain radius.
Where do you sell on your old clothes? Is there a fashion resell business or website which I should check out? Let me know in the comments section.
Any style lover will know that the harsh reality of fashion is that the garments you might love don’t always love you back! That’s the relationship I have with shirts so as a general rule of thumb I stay away from them. To be fair to shirts, it’s not them that have the issue with me, those pesky buttons are the ones that prevent me from incorporating shirts in to my not so capsule wardrobe. However, I can always be swayed when it comes to clothing and occasionally I see a pattern or print which calls my name until I give in to buying.
So what do you do when you have an unrequited love with a piece of clothing? You think of a way to restyle it and make it work for you. If I find a shirt that I really like I keep it safe in my wardrobe until the summer months and re-purpose it as a cover-up; something I can use in place of a cardigan over a basic colourful vest or slightly buttoned over a dress to make it look like an outfit of separates.
Is there a type of clothing you would love to wear but don’t get on with or do you put a twist on things to make them work for you? Share your experiences in the comments section.
Every fashion lover tends to have a few brands which they have some kind of unexplained affinity with; ones that continue to make clothing they lust for season after season. For me; Mango is one of those brands. The combination of classic pieces and fashion items at affordable prices means I became a loyal Mango customer from the moment I started earning my own spending money!
For years I was lucky enough to live in cities where I had Mango stores on my doorstep but my most recent move has taken me to a location where my nearest store is a good hour away. Yes I know it’s not the end of the world and that their entire collection is available to buy with just the click of a few buttons but it’s not the same. I like to see potential purchases in the flesh to get a better idea of colours, shapes and fabrics.
I need not worry any more – as of today Debenhams are stocking the Mango brand. I read the news in a retail publication a couple of weeks ago but when I had the email this morning to say it was now in stock I was overjoyed as there are a few branches very nearby and plenty more across the country.
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Influencer marketing is referred to as a modern technique within which concentration is focused on certain individuals instead of an entire target market. The influencers are people who are known to have a large influence on marketing activities of various potential brand buyers. The outburst of social media in the last decade has revolutionized communication remarkably and is also making the same impact in the world of business. This has led to the emergence of several potential influencers. These are often people who are active on social media, have several followers and respected opinions from industry expertise.
Although Influencer marketing is basically used as a tool for the consumer brand and their partnerships, the features and strategies apply best to marketing social businesses.
Authenticity. An Promoting ICO on Twitter campaign will not achieve its marketing goal when the audience are aware that the influencer is getting paid. It is therefore very important to work with people who have a true passion for your projects. This therefore suggests that being extremely authentic is the key to having a successful influencer campaign. Social businesses and influencer marketing are a perfect fit in regards to authenticity since targeted influencers are always already outspoken concerning the causes that they support. This helps in simplifying their identification, facilitating the establishment of a smooth relationship, and creating a natural fit for the message.
Strategic planning. It is very important to always have a very clear vision of all that you want to achieve before starting any influencer project. Another important factor is the process of getting to achieve the set goals as well as the scale within which success is to be measured. Conducting strategic analysis leads to good decisions on influencer issues such as medium with the most relevance to the brand audience, whether brand content sharing to a lot of people is a primary objective and so forth. Early engagement with an influencer is advisable to know how best your partnership will work. You can also learn more tips on where to find the best marketing, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization.
Targeting the relevant audiences. Experience and statistics have proven that hiring personalities and individuals who have the largest fan bases and social media as influencers for your project does not necessarily mean the best results. Instead, statistics show that higher conversion rates and more audience engagement are provided by social influencers with a smaller following. These people, also known as micro-influencers have a more interactive online audiences and a highly targeted audience. | <urn:uuid:650be212-e1e5-4899-83db-e28eb60a242c> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://marketingtipsblog.atavist.com/top-strategies-of-influencer-marketing-for-social-businesses | 2019-05-25T11:09:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258003.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525104725-20190525130725-00317.warc.gz | en | 0.966587 | 490 | [
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Happy FRIDAY my friends!
Absolutely loving this dress from our friends over at Della. This is one of the most comfortable pieces I own.
The most incredible part of it all is just that Della is handcrafted by a community in Ghana, West Africa. These women have been given an opportunity to build a foundation for a better life throughout jobs education and skills training. I love fashion with a cause. Don’t you? Every dollar earned at Della goes toward providing employment, education and financial stability for women and men in Ghana. Their employees receive a steady, fair income and are empowered through education.
We live in a fast paced world, leaving little to no time to HELP and better communities. Well, now is your chance. Della pieces will be sold in urban outfitters this summer! Please check out their stuff, it is very unique, amazing quality plus, so hippie. LOVING everything!
P.S.- Della is giving our readers a free gift from their collection with your purchase! 🙂 All you got to do is forward your confirmation email to [email protected] and let them know A Fancy Affair sent you to receive your free Della goodie!
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Publisher: Westland Ltd.
Publisher (Gujarati): RR Sheth & Co. (forthcoming)
Publisher (Hindi): Rajpal Publishing
Publisher (Kannada): Vasantha Prakashan
Publisher (Malayalam): Westland Limited (forthcoming)
Publisher (Marathi): Popular Prakashan
Publisher (Russian): Sophia Publishing Group (forthcoming)
Publisher (Tamil): Westland Limited (forthcoming)
Publisher (Telugu): BSC Publishers
Rights: European and Indian language rights available (excluding translation rights for Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Russian, Tamil, Telugu)
Smeared with ash, draped in animal hide, he sits atop the snow-capped mountain, skull in hand, withdrawn, with dogs for company, destroying the world with his indifference. He is the God whom the Goddess shall awaken. His name is Shiva.
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Flipping houses can cost money. Here are 4 top financing options for flipping houses to help you get started. Use one, some, or all of these financing options to acquire all the investment properties you want to flip! If you’re thinking about investing in real estate, you have several options… you can rent, rent-to-own, wholesale, […]
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The Baltimore Ravens were almost able to send the game to overtime, where they had a legitimate shot at beating the New Orleans Saints. But something taken as automatic in Baltimore turned out to be anything but. After a 14-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to wide receiver John Brown, kicker Justin Tucker missed the extra point needed to tie the score. With the ball going wide right, the game went with it — 24-23.
Immediately following the game, Ravens players were asked about the miss. There was a serious showing of support for Tucker. After all, this was the first missed extra point of his career after 222 consecutive makes. Coach John Harbaugh and quarterback Joe Flacco backed Tucker’s abilities.
Naturally, the “wolfpack” came into the room to show their support for one of their own as well.
The snap and the hold looked good. Tucker said he felt like he hit the ball properly. But with how windy the stadium was, nothing should have been taken for granted. Ultimately, Tucker said he’ll let this miss haunt him for a bit but he’s going to move on and let it go.
Tucker’s resume speaks for itself. In spite of the miss and the sting that it brings, he’s still the best kicker in the league. Given Tucker’s personality, you know he’ll get hard to work on correcting the issue in practice and be back to making things look easy next week.
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Tis' the Season, The Ultimate Christmas Movies, Musicals, Cartoons, Comedies and Dramas!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!... Well maybe not yet but I can hear Johnny Mathis singing that song and I fall right into the Christmas spirit. Christmas is a huge season for many, it's a commercial holiday but also a religious one as well. It is the time of year when people feel more generous, friends and families get together, for many it's a joyous time. I love the Christmas season and always have, however where I find joy in the season has evolved over the years. Like many children I was about the surprise and the gifts, it was a countdown to Christmas Morning every year. Now that I am older I focus more on the season then Christmas Day alone. I look forward to the celebrations with friends and family, the great food, the music that lifts my spirits in the darkening days of late fall and early winter, but one of the most enjoyable activities for the season is watching Christmas movies! Below is my list of great Christmas movies, unlike other lists I have categorized these movies into different sub genres to help you find what you are looking for!
Best Christmas Musical
What would the Christmas season be without music! Even in the movies, music plays a huge role for any good Christmas film. Below are three great musicals filled with great songs and Christmas. First we have my personal favorite White Christmas, released in 1954 starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen. Where could you go wrong with this cast and a title based on one of the most popular Christmas songs ever! Not to mention the beautiful ending that all will enjoy! Next on the list is an all time classic, Babes in Toyland, also known as March of the Wooden Soldiers which was released in 1934 starring the infamous Laurel and hardy. This film that takes place in Toyland grabs the imagination of kids and adults and hey it's been around for so long it must be good, I know I enjoyed watching as i grew up! The final musical is Holiday Inn, which has a lot to do with White Christmas. In fact it is in Holiday Inn that the song White Christmas is first introduced. The 1942 film stars greats Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. All these musicals will have you singing along and in good spirits by the end!
- White Christmas (1954): "A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general" (IMDB)
- Babes in Toyland (aka March of the Wodden soldiers):
- Holiday Inn: "At an inn which is only open on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer" (IMDB)
Best Christmas Cartoon
Christmas is a season associated with the joys of youth, the innocence, hope and joy that light up a child's eye's on Christmas Morning. So what would a list of great Christmas Movies be without a section on the best Christmas Cartoons! Once again I start with my personal favorite How the Grinch Stole Christmas based off Dr. Seuss's book of the same name. The cartoon came out in 1966 and is narrated by Boris Karloff. The short cartoon, just under 30 minutes, is not only enjoyable but sends a great message. This message coming loud and clear at the end as "Maybe Christmas..doesn't come from a store, Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!" (IMDB). This cartoon really makes you realize the real gift of Christmas is those that you celebrate it with, not all the gifts! Next on the list is the classic Frosty the Snowman from 1969. This cartoon shows us the importance of friendship and the magic of winter! Then what would a Christmas be without Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer! Released in 1964 and is technically claymation not animation but still fits under my definition of cartoon! The movie follows Rudolph who is a little different then most reindeers, yet in the end it is he who can save Christmas for everyone and it's all because he was different. A great entertaining film as well as great message of accepting your differences as something to celebrate not hide! The final cartoon on the list is a more recent film, The Polar Express released in 2004, starring the voice of Tom Hanks. This movie is based off the very popular book of the same title and follows a boy in his discovery of the north pole and ultimately faith!
- How The Grinch Stole Christmas : "A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville" (IMDB)
- Frosty the Snowman (1969): "A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat" (IMDB)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964): "A misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them" (IMDB)
- The Polar Express (2004): "On Christmas Eve, a doubting boy boards a magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home" (IMDB)
Best Christmas Comedies
Now on to some of the best and most recent Christmas Movies out there, the comedy section! My all time favorite Christmas comedy has to be National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (1989). Clark Griswold's obsession with having a perfect Christmas ends up being the most hilarious adventure possible and it includes the whole family! Starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo this film will leave you laughing for a long time and appreciating the fact that not every Christmas will be perfect! The next two movies on the list will be very familiar to those that were born in the 80's and 90's, the redefining Christmas Movies Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) lived out every child's fantasy of being home alone and the crazy situations they could get in! Kevin McCallister played by Macaulay Culkin gives an awesome performance in both films. Both films are must sees for the holiday season, especially watching them back to back!
Next on the list is another classic, one that plays for 24 hours on TBS from Christmas Eve into Christmas day. Yes, I'm talking about A Christmas Story from 1983. Even though it plays every year for 24 hours I still watch it at least twice before that! Not much to say besides that it's a funny, entertaining movie for the whole family! The next two movies on the list may not be the most popular but definitely deserve a watch once in a while. Scrooged starring Bill Murray, released in 1988 is a 1980s era take on Dicken's Christmas Carol. Bill Murray a great comedian, plays the character that refers to Scrooge and makes this movie hilarious, although a little dark, still a great movie! Christmas with the Kranks (2004) starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis is based of the novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham. In it the middle age couples daughter is away for Christmas so they decide to skip the whole season to have enough money to go on a cruise and to no one's surprise it backfires! Although I never though I would like this movie, once i saw it I found it to be a great comedy and film. I even went out and bough the Grisham novel to read!
The final movie on my Christmas comedy list is Elf (2003) starring Will Farrell. Once again this isn't my favorite movie but it is funny and very popular among many people so I had to put it on the list. The film follow Buddy the elf, played by Farrell, as he travels from the north pole to find his real father.
- Christmas Vacation (1989) : "The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster" (IMDB)
- Home Alone (1990): "An eight year-old, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars" (IMDB)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992): "One year after Kevin was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself in New York City, and the same criminals are not far behind" (IMDB)
- A Christmas Story(1983): "Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940s" (IMDB)
- Christmas with the Kranks (2004): "With their daughter away, her parents decide to skip Christmas altogether until she decides to come home, causing an uproar when they have to celebrate the holidays at the last minute" (IMDB)
- Scrooged (1988): "A cynically selfish TV executive gets haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve" (IMDB)
- Elf (2003): "After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity" (IMDB)
Trailer to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Best Christmas Drama
My final category of Christmas movies is Drama for what is Christmas without emotions and realization of what's good in your life. I have a mix of classics and newer movies in the list, i will quickly mention the classics since many know they already. The classic Christmas movies I have on the list include It's a Wonderful Life (1946) starring James Stewart, where his character George discovers what life would be like without him. Then we have the family favorite Miracle on 34th Street (1947) starring Maureen O'Hara, which brings Santa Clause to court on Christmas Eve. A great film to watch the day after Thanksgiving but be sure to watch the original, which can be seen in black and white or color! The next classic is Scrooge (aka A Christmas Carol), there has been many versions of this story told but my favorite is the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim. This version is a great telling of Dickens A Christmas Carol.
The next two movies are family dramas that take place around Christmas. This Christmas (2007) is about a family celebrating Christmas together for the first time and years and all the drama that follows. It stars Regina King and Delroy Lindo. The other family drama I have on the List is The Family Stone (2005) which features a star loaded cast including Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rachel McAdams, Claire Danes, Craig T. Nelson and many more. The movie incorporates every day issues into the Christmas season and shows you the good and bad of family, a great but emotional movie!
The final movie on my list is The Santa Clause (1994) starring Tim Allen. Although it is more of a comedy then a drama it also touches on the family dynamic and the father/son relationship. This is a great movie for the whole family and ends on a happy note so no worries!
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946): "An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed" (IMDB)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947 original): "When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing" (IMDB)
- This Christmas (2007): "A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years" (IMDB)
- A Christmas Carol (1951) aka Scrooge: "An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve" (IMDB)
- The Family Stone (2005): "An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life" (IMDB)
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At one time a radio presenter asked listeners to say what everyone all over the world shared at the same time regardless of age, sex, religion, tribe or race. For a moment there, people were quick to point out food, others talked of breathing and on and on everyone who got an opportunity bubbled on. No one actually got the right answer. Curious on what it was, I listened until at last, the truth was out. Aging was the answer and indeed his explanation was satisfactory. With each passing minute, everyone gets older and before long, young and energetic people become old and restless. When faced with a situation where an elderly relative can no longer take care of themselves, it is imperative to look for what care homes elderly currently offer boomers.
In the former societal settings, people were able to take care of the elderly within the confines of the homes because then, there was sufficient time. Currently however, people hardly have even time for themselves, live alone others because with a fast-paced world, most people have taken on more than one job to help supplement income. This has made it necessary for the working class to look for services from care home elderly as this looks like the only solution to the old care problem facing a number of the working class currently.
Even though a number of boomers prefer to be at their own homes, some more wish to stay together with others to share past experiences about life especially during their youthful years. Of course research show that seniors who are from surgeries or prolonged illnesses heal faster when living in their own independent home surroundings than those at the care homes elderly. Whichever situation a senior prefers, there is always care provided by trained professionals who ensure the boomer is comfortable and obtains all the necessary care they need.
When a senior is on treatment, the best place to be is of course a care home. Most care homes have medics who are available to cater for any health condition that may arise. In cases where an oldie is suffering from dementia, it is also always advisable to let them stay at a care home facility where there is observation 24 hours each day as opposed to a home situation. The same applies to a senior who is on a short respite. All in all, it is important to seek professional opinion before deciding where an elderly person stays.
For people who decide to organize for in-home care for seniors, the professionals should be able to provide the following:
- Assistance with daily activities like dressing, bathing, grocery shopping, driving, grooming, oral care, feeding, using the wheelchair, walking and toileting.
- Helping with laundry, cooking, cleaning, medication, money management, change of linen, housekeeping and shopping.
- Physiotherapy in case the senior had an accident or is suffering from Alzheimer’s.
- Emotional and spiritual matters like reading the bible, sharing stories and watching inspirational TV programs.
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Fatherhood is tough. Add in being a husband too and it’s damn near impossible. Only a man can handle an adventure that big. Fighting dragons is easy when you only have to worry about yourself. My daughter’s favorite movie right now is Finding Nemo. Soon she’ll watch other movies of fatherly heroes like Hook and […]Read more "The Heroism of Fatherhood."
I just wanted to share this video along with a few links as to why the SJW crowd, though small, is politically fierce and dangerous, particularly to men. The whole story can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY1H1rZL53I For those of you who have never been involved in politics or political theory let me introduce you to […]Read more "SJWs and Post-Modern Insanity. U. Mass Amherst with Christina Hoff Sommers and Milo Yiannopolous."
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The so-called "Fun Utility Vehicle" shows a serious side for first responders.
Arcimoto has positioned its electric trike as the "Fun Utility Vehicle." Indeed, its performance and range look like the vehicle will shape up to be quite an entertaining ride once full production begins this year. The FUV is about more than just fun, though. Arcimoto has revealed a special variant of the FUV known as the Rapid Responder, a vehicle designed for first responders to efficiently and more quickly reach emergencies, as well as for security and law enforcement applications.
SOMETIMES SMALLER IS BETTER
We've already seen how emergency medical personnel can respond to a scene through heavy traffic faster on a scooter than in a full-sized ambulance. Arcimoto's Rapid Responder takes advantage of the same kind of enhanced maneuverability, though with more performance and more equipment. The FUV seats two rather than one. A fire extinguisher and a rather large first aid kit are attached to the rear of the vehicle, which will come in handy at the scene of a crash.
Arcimoto has agreed in principle to test the Rapid Responder Fleet in pilot programs with the City of Eugene, the Eugene Springfield Fire Department, and the city of Eastvale, California. Arcimoto anticipates that the first production Rapid Responders will be delivered in 2020.
"Arcimoto’s ultra-efficient three-wheeled platform offers real advantages for rapid response applications," said Mark Frohnmayer, President of Arcimoto. "We believe that its small-footprint, maneuverability, and instant torque will allow first responders to more quickly move through congested urban cores during emergencies, and its extraordinary efficiency will help fleets meet their long term emissions goals. More than anything, we are excited to create a vehicle that helps save lives.”
"This pilot program is about finding the right tool for the job. In addition to our current fleet of engines, we see the advantage of a highly-efficient, small-footprint vehicle to help with low acuity calls, and the potential to reduce operational costs while being better for the environment," said Fire Chief Joe Zaludek of Eugene Springfield Fire. "We also think the Rapid Responder will have the added benefit of being a real hit at the annual Christmas Light Firetruck Parade." | <urn:uuid:cb0800d5-581b-4ca6-a996-6f3c18570e94> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.rideapart.com/articles/305617/arcimoto-rapid-responder-get-help-quicker/ | 2019-05-20T21:52:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256147.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520202108-20190520224108-00117.warc.gz | en | 0.95621 | 477 | [
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A DENTAL IS NOT "JUST A DENTAL"
Click Here for Dental xray info
Studies show that 68% of cats and 78% of all dogs by age three have periodontal disease and need dental care.
Dental disease in pets causes many problems such as:
- Bad Breath
- Infections that spread to internal organs (Liver, Kidney, Heart)
- Mouth & Gum Pain
- Loss of Teeth
- Future Owner Expense
- Potential Infection Spread To Humans ("Conjunctivitis")
February is National Pet Dental Month. We offer dental discount pricing starting January 15th. Please call us at 281-856-7023 or email us at [email protected] for more information on our prices.
We follow the protocol below with our dentals:
1. PRE- SURGICAL BLOOD PROFILE
We are checking a complete blood count, liver, and kidney values.
If any values are abnormal, we may postpone the surgery
to investigate the cause.
2. PRE-SURGICAL EXAMINATION
We are performing a complete examination to make
sure that the patient is healthy.
3. PRE-SURGICAL EKG
We are checking the heart muscle performance.
4. PRE-SURGICAL/POST SURGICAL PAIN MEDICATIONS
We use several types of pain management medications,
and give them by injection and/or orally.
5. SEDATIVE/ TRANQUILIZER
We give these medications to relax the patient before
6. INTRAVENOUS CATHETER
We insert an intravenous catheter usually in a front leg.
This allows for I.V. fluid and medication administration
before, during, and after surgery.
7. INHALANT ANESTHESIA
We use Isoflurane or Sevoflurane, the safest gas anesthetics
for patients. All patients are intubated for maximum
oxygenation and anesthesia control.
8. DENTAL PROCEDURE
We do a full set of digital x-rays to evaluate the teeth under the gums.
We evaluate each tooth individually above the gums, curette under gums, then clean and polish the teeth. We extract only if necessary. All teeth are "charted" for further reference.
9. SURGICAL MOITORING WITH EKG, PULSE OXIMETER, RESPIRATION,
TEMPERATURE, BLOOD PRESSURE. Your pet is monitored
by a technician from the start of surgery until the pet is out of recovery.
Your pet is given PAIN MEDICATION during and after the dental procedure if necessary.
Patients are sent home with pain medications and antibiotics if necessary.
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The history of Cartagena
It was founded almost 2,300 years ago under the name of Quart Hadast. It is a name we know today is derived from its Latin origins, Cartago Nova.
The rich legacy of Cartagena stretches along the shores of its marina – a maritime legend and hugely important during the War of Spanish Succession and in the War of Independence. The Sea Wall marks the boundaries of the historic quarter and close by you will find the Military Arsenal – its walls house the only entrance gate to the city and still stands today.
Very few European cities have the rich and monumental history that is possessed by Cartagena in Murcia.
Cartagena’s seafaring history is evident in many areas and in its monuments and architecture. Visitors can enjoy pondering over the prototype submarine designed by the inventor from Cartagena Isaac Peral or the National Museum of Maritime Archaeology which houses the National Centre of Underwater Archaeological Investigation.
The entrance to the town centre is dominated by the Palacio Consistorial or City Hall, a gem of modernist architecture.
Of interest in Cartagena
Catedral Vieja & Santa Maria
Amongst the various places of interest on offer are the Catedral Vieja (the Old Cathedral) and the Cathedral of Santa Maria, whose remains stand on the steps of a Roman Theatre, discovered in 1987. This structure actually dates back to the 1st century BC and is one of the most important of its kind in Spain.
Many of the pieces found on this site can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.
El Castillo de la Concepcion
In Torres Park, the medieval Castillo de la Concepcion, with its ruins that are surrounded by fine gardens, commands a splendid view of the city and harbour.
The castle was a fortress that belonged to the Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, Arabs and Castilians.
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From the ashes of Webvan, Amazon builds a grocery business
The online grocery start-up Webvan may have been the single most expensive flame-out of the dot-com era, blowing through more than $800 million in venture capital and IPO proceeds in just over three years before shutting its doors in 2001.
Twelve years later, though, Webvan is rising from the dead - in the form of an online grocery business called AmazonFresh.
Four key Amazon.com Inc executives - Doug Herrington, Peter Ham, Mick Mountz and Mark Mastandrea - are former Webvan officials who have spent years analyzing and fixing the problems that led to the start-up's demise.
Kiva Systems, the robotics company that Amazon bought last year for $775 million in one of its largest-ever acquisitions, was built on ideas and technologies originally developed at Webvan and is a key part of the AmazonFresh strategy.
Even Webvan's old Web address, webvan.com, is now part of the Amazon empire.
"We had a lot of Webvan DNA in the room and we drew on that experience a lot," said Tom Furphy, who helped start AmazonFresh with Herrington and Ham before leaving to become a venture capitalist. "That was a good formula for building the business responsibly."
Amazon declined to comment for this story, or make any AmazonFresh executives available for interviews.
Former Amazon and Webvan officials say Amazon drew three big lessons from the Webvan debacle: expand slowly, limit delivery to areas with a high concentration of potential customers, and focus relentlessly on warehouse efficiency.
The opportunity for Amazon is huge. The grocery business in the United States generated $568 billion in retail sales last year, with online accounting for less than 1 per cent, and it's among the last major retail sectors that the online giant has yet to tackle.
But the risks are large as well. Groceries are a notoriously low-margin business, and the aggressive expansion of discounters like Walmart has made the business even more cutthroat than it was in Webvan's day.
And competition in the online grocery business is heating up. FreshDirect and Peapod have been plugging away for years, while traditional grocery chains like Safeway also do online ordering and delivery. Walmart is testing its own fast delivery service in some markets in the United States now.
AmazonFresh now serves Seattle and Los Angeles, and it plans to launch in the San Francisco Bay Area later this year. If these cities go well, Amazon is eyeing 20 new markets for 2014.
But the big plans belie what has been one of Amazon's most cautious entries into a new business since founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos started selling books online in the 1990s.
The grocery service started in just two Seattle neighborhoods, Medina and Mercer Island, in 2007, and then slowly spread to other Seattle communities over the next five years. It didn't expand beyond Seattle until June 10 of this year, when it launched in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles roll-out is similarly modest, covering only a few zip codes initially. "We know customers value this service but the economics remain challenging," an Amazon spokeswoman said when describing the L.A. launch.
Webvan - which ironically was also the brainchild of a book-seller, Louis Borders - expanded to nine major metro areas just 18 months after it began serving the San Francisco Bay Area, former executives recall. (Borders, co-founder of the now-defunct Borders Books & Music, declined to comment for this story.)
Webvan began its big expansion in Atlanta while the San Francisco service was still "wobbly," recalls Krishna Hegde, Webvan's vice president of deployment and systems engineering.
After the Atlanta launch in April 2000, Hegde said he recommended that the company slow down. But Mark Zaleski, president of operations, argued the company should press on because of promises made to Wall Street investors, Hegde said. Zaleski could be not be reached for comment.
Webvan "committed the cardinal sin of retail, which is to expand into a new territory - in our case several territories - before we had demonstrated success in the first market," said Mike Moritz, a Webvan board member and partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the company's venture capital backers. "In fact, we were busy demonstrating failure in the Bay Area market while we expanded into other regions."
Webvan not only launched in many cities, it also offered service across entire metro areas. That resulted in the company's delivery trucks making many trips where they only dropped off a few orders.
"The biggest failure of Webvan was delivery density," said Gary Dahl, vice president of distribution at Webvan from 1997 to 2001. In the Bay Area, he said, Webvan made money delivering in San Francisco and Oakland, but lost a lot of money delivering in suburbs such as Orinda and Moraga.
"Mean travel time between delivery stops is the key to success in the home delivery business," Dahl explained. "Travel one block in San Francisco and you have passed 200 people, travel one block in Moraga and you have passed about six people."
AmazonFresh has tackled this problem by only delivering to densely populated areas of Seattle, and it's taking the same approach in LA, according to Keith Anderson, an executive at consulting firm RetailNet Group.
"If you drive into certain neighborhoods in Seattle you will see a lot of front doors with AmazonFresh totes," he said. "That's because Amazon expanded gradually into specific neighborhoods and tried to deliver to lots of homes in those specific areas."
FreshDirect covers more than 80 per cent of the New York metro area, but it took the company about a decade to expand its delivery network this wide. Last year, FreshDirect launched in Philadelphia.
Kiva robot prove key
Webvan also suffered severely from weaknesses in the design and technology of its giant warehouses. At its first facility, there was a single conveyor belt that snaked about five miles through the building bringing items to workers, who would then pick and pack the products into totes, Webvan Chief Technology Officer Peter Relan said.
When the conveyor belt broke, the operation would grind to a halt, he recalled.
Mick Mountz, an MIT-trained Webvan executive, oversaw the picking and packing process, along with Mark Mastandrea, and together they tried out lots of technology to make the warehouse run more efficiently, according to Relan.
For each $100 bag of groceries, it cost Webvan about $30 to pick and pack; the company had to get that down to $10 to make the process economically viable.
Mountz came up with a solution based on multiple robots that would bring products from different parts of the warehouse to human workers for picking and packing. Unlike a conveyor belt, if a robot broke down it could be fixed while the other robots continued their work.
However, Webvan had spent so much on its original warehouse - about $100 million, according to Relan - that the company was loath to completely change the process in favor of robots.
After Webvan went bust in 2001, Mountz founded Kiva Systems, which designed and built robots that now zip around the warehouses of retailers including Staples Inc, Walgreen Co and Gap Inc.
Amazon bought Kiva in 2012 for $775 million. Mountz is still running Kiva, while Mastandrea became director of delivery experience at AmazonFresh in March.
"When there are a large number of products and the shapes and sizes vary, as they do in grocery, you still need a human at the end to do the picking and packing," said Ajay Agarwal of Bain Capital Ventures, which was an early investor in Kiva. "The Kiva System is the best solution out there for that combination of warehouse technology and human workers."
Amazon has one other thing Webvan never had: a huge, existing customer base. While Webvan had planned to expand into delivery of other goods once it had developed a base of grocery customers, Amazon is going the other way, and can help defray the cost of delivering groceries by delivering books or electronics at the same time.
There are other advantages that have accrued over time. The spread of cloud computing services - pioneered by Amazon's Web Services business - makes it cheaper to run online businesses, while consumers are more comfortable buying online through faster Internet connections.
Online shoppers who type "webvan.com" into an Internet browser today will find a website selling more than 45,000 non-perishable grocery items. In the top right-hand corner, it says Webvan is "part of the amazon.com family" and consumers can use their existing Amazon accounts to buy.
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Which exchanges are releasing off-season QHP enrollments & which aren't? (UPDATED)
As a follow-up to yesterday's 200K - 300K monthly exchange QHP estimate post, here's where things stand for all of the exchanges:
- Healthcare.Gov (Federal Exchange): Current thru 4/19; No Updates until November
- CoveredCA: Current thru 4/19; NEW DATA TO BE RELEASED "SOON"
- Connect for Health Colorado: Current thru 5/31
- DC Health Connect: Current thru 4/30; left message
- Access Health CT: Current thru 5/22 (paid) / 3/31 (total)
- Hawaii Health Connector: UPDATED WEEKLY
- KYnect: Current thru 4/19; left message
- Maryland Health Connection: Current thru 5/10; NEXT UPDATE: 6/27
- Massachusetts Health Connector: Current thru 5/07
- MNsure: Current thru 6/15; UPDATED DAILY (!)
- Nevada Health Link: Current thru 5/28 (paid) / 5/10 (total)
- New York State of Health: Current thru 4/19; No Updates until November
- Cover Oregon: Current thru 6/12; UPDATED WEEKLY
- HealthSource RI: Current thru 4/30; left message
- Vermont Health Connect: Current thru 6/12 (paid)
- Washington HealthPlan Finder: Current thru 5/27; left message
Obviously I'm extremely disappointed with the decision by the HHS Dept. not to release enrollment data during the off season, and today I also confirmed with the New York exchange that they have no plans to do so either, unfortunately. The update policy status of DC, CT, KY, MD, MA, NV, RI and WA is still unknown at the moment, though I've left messages with most of them about it.
The good news is that in addition to updated data from Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, Oregon and Vermont (just added today...their off season rate is around 38/day vs. 135/day, or around 28% of the open enrollment rate, right in line with the other states), I've just confirmed that Covered California will be releasing "comprehensive" updated enrollment data "soon". As a bonus, I was told that this should also include (among other info) an updated "How many have PAID???" percentage, which previously stood at 85% way back on 4/27.
An update from CoveredCA is important, of course, because it's single-handedly responsible for almost 18% of the total QHP enrollment nationally. Combine that with the other states issuing regular updates and it's 21% of the national total.
In other words, even without updated data from the other 44 states, if CA gives comprehensive updated numbers, that should give plenty of guidance as to how the rest of the country is doing this summer as well.
UPDATE: Good news: I just heard back from Maryland's exchange; they assured me that they'll be issuing their next enrollment update on June 27th. While I'd obviously prefer weekly updates, I can live with monthly; it's still much better than nothing. Unfortunately, like most of the exchanges, MD does not include payment info. | <urn:uuid:c2a906c0-3986-4779-be80-f134962a2726> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://acasignups.net/14/06/16/which-exchanges-are-releasing-season-qhp-enrollments-which-arent-updated | 2019-05-23T06:06:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257100.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20190523043611-20190523065611-00437.warc.gz | en | 0.949011 | 680 | [
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Sweet Basil Balsamic Vinegar
Made by combining fresh, aromatic sweet Italian basil with premium quality, barrel aged balsamic condiment to from Modena, Italy, this velvety smooth vinegar is amazing for everything from drizzling over pizza or Caprese salads to cooking chicken or pork. Each batch is carefully crafted with 80% cooked Italian grape must (grape juice) lending itself to a pleasant, thick texture similar to that of a glaze while tasting full bodied, slightly sweet and a touch tangy.
NEVER ANY SUGAR, THICKENERS, OR COLOR ADDED.
Using the powers of high quality balsamic vinegar and fresh Italian basil we are able to create a naturally robust, flavorful condiment that doesn’t have any added sugar while still being that sweet element to balance dishes. Customers are continually looking at ways to add flavor without compromising health and being that this product is made with raw, unpasteurized vinegar still containing the “Mother of Vinegar,” the naturally occurring polyphenols and probiotic health benefits typical of the fermented food category are fully intact while still tasting amazing! Flavor should never be compromised to eat healthy.
- Drizzling over fresh sliced tomatoes and mozzarella.
- Finishing grilled meats, roasted veggies, and creamy risotto.
- Dressing salads with your favorite olive oil.
- Dipping with your favorite olive oil and a crusty Italian baguette.
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Unidentified Photographer, “Jeff Davis and His Last Ditch,” 1865
Unidentified Photographer, Jeff Davis in disguise, as he appeared at the time of his capture, 1865
Francis Hacker, Jeff’s Soliloquy, to be or Not to be (hanged) that’s the question, 1865
William H. Mumler, “We are about making a movement that will astonish the world,” J.D., 1865
Shaw, [Jefferson Davis in Women’s Clothing Being Captured by Union Troops], 1865
Slightly less than 150 years ago, the American Civil War was grinding to a dispiriting and unheroic end. After the surrender of General Robert E. Lee’s rebel forces and the shocking assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in mid-April 1865, the Confederate President Jefferson Davis was a political fugitive and the future of the Union remained uncertain. At dawn on May 10, 1865, a contingent of Michigan cavalry captured Davis in a makeshift camp just outside Irwinville, Georgia. In trying to flee, Davis had grabbed his wife’s cape and shawl rather than his own. Instantly, news reports circulated that Davis had been apprehended in women’s clothes and that he was attempting to disguise himself as a woman. Northern artists and caricaturists seized upon these rumors of cowardly escape and created wildly inventive images, some using photomontage, to sensationalize the political story by emasculating the fallen leader of the Confederacy. A popular song was “Jeff in Petticoats!” Photographers circulated and even pirated dozens of fanciful photographic cards. Many used a photographic portrait of Davis on a hand-drawn body in a woman’s dress, hat, and crinoline, but wearing his own boots, the detail that which supposedly betrayed him to his captors. This extraordinary example of the use of photography in early propaganda imagery is amplified in the Jefferson Davis Archive, a unique collection of over ninety works on the theme, including Civil War-era photographs, lithographs, newspapers, and illustrated sheet music, that was recently donated to ICP by its compiler, collector Charles Schwartz, with support from the ICP Acquisitions Committee. | <urn:uuid:07df7864-869d-4bcc-9fa1-9a556170baf8> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://fansinaflashbulb.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/jefferson-davis-dressed-as-a-woman/ | 2019-05-23T05:15:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257100.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20190523043611-20190523065611-00437.warc.gz | en | 0.967656 | 463 | [
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The worldwide marketplace for economic development incentives facilitates over $300 billion in transactions every year. However, these are not just free giveaways to a company. In exchange for an incentive package, a business is expected to create value for that community.
It’s estimated that the United States has over 27 million entrepreneurs. So when Konsus recently released a list of top technology startup pitch decks and ranked BIGcontrols number 23, it says a lot about BIGcontrols and the value behind the mission of our company. Konsus based their listing on our presentation at 500 Startups, a leading technology incubator and investor which attracts the best and brightest technology innovators. | <urn:uuid:4e243a71-3f5e-4f80-be84-87727967b5ef> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.bigcontrols.com/blog-content/tag/technology | 2019-05-23T05:32:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257100.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20190523043611-20190523065611-00437.warc.gz | en | 0.942004 | 135 | [
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San Sebastian College’s wins are coming at a time when league leaders like San Beda, Arellano U and Jose Rizal University are creating the much-needed separation from the team standings.
But one can’t take away the smile from Stags coach Egay Macaraya’s face after seeing his wards carve out a 77-69 win over skidding Lyceum for its fourth straight win in the second round.
The Stags hiked their record to 5-9, just good for eighth place at this point in the standings, but Macaraya has a lot to say with SSC’s ability to adjust in the second round.
“We slowed the phase of the game kasi right now, I think we’re much effective if we set, like give it to my ball handler who are good creators also. That’s why na-limit din yung turnovers kasi we slowed the game, yun yung isa sa mga key doon,” explained the Golden Stags.
“I let them understand their role na makapag-set tayo, then we can have a good chance in having a good opportunity.”
With San Sebastian playing controlled basketball, the Stags limited their turnovers to just eight, while their defense forced the Pirates to 23 miscues.
Macaraya also expressed his gratitude to team manager Joseph Dyhengco and the San Sebastian community for sticking with them even after a miserable first round.
“Ang dami naming talo sa first round pro andun pa rin silang lahat. Kaya I’m very thankful doon, siyempre una, kay God, then sa manager namin and sa San Sebastian community,” he said.
Rookie Regille Ilagan, who sparked San Sebastian’s crucial second-quarter attack,
also thanked Macaraya for giving him the confidence to shoot.
“Sinabi lang sa akin ni coach na huwag kong ipilit yung tira, darating din daw. Nung second half, thankful ako kay God kasi na-shoot mga tira ko and naglaro kami as a team,” said Ilagan, who finished with 25 points, spiked by seven triples. – John Chester Fajardo | <urn:uuid:e7038e92-345d-47e7-9934-f59d292e5ab6> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.foxsportsasia.com/basketball/507156/slower-pace-key-stags-ncaa-second-round-surge-says-egay-macaraya/ | 2019-05-23T04:55:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257100.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20190523043611-20190523065611-00437.warc.gz | en | 0.887548 | 498 | [
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Ablaze Youth Community Group keep Youth and Young Adults of the streets and gangs , we engage the youth in different activities such as Sports and Play , Drama, Music and Arts, mentoring workshops and emoowerment seevices to give the youth and young and young adults hope and a vision for their future. We provide walk in clinics such as face face counselling and advice. Ablaze Youth has a history of transforming lives and changing Youth positively in our community and our society by large.We engage the Youth , listen to their needs, give them a sense of belonging, motive them to achieve and make an impact in their families, communities and the nation as a whole.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
This Project will prepare the Youth and Young Adults for jobs , educate them, encourage new startup businesses , empowering the youth to be good and positive role models in our nation, We also build the youth and the young adults confidence , empowering them for maximum impact to our soceity. To keep our community safe from crimes , gangs and gun and knife crimes
Steps to get it done:
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Olga Murasev's International Face Painting School
We are proud to be affiliated with the Olga Murasev International School of Face Painting
The International Face Painting School is a comprehensive online face painting course which teaches you all the skills, techniques, theories and knowledge to start or further expand your face painting career or hobby.
Olga Murasev is an internationally recognised face painter and instructor and is the founder of The International School of Face Painting.
The school follows an eight step program to revolutionise your face painting online, at your own pace and the wonderful thing is that once you invest in this course it is yours forever. There are no subscriptions and you can access the course wherever and whenever you like so long as you have access to a computer or a mobile phone and an internet connection.
If you are serious about starting your face painting career or you are an established face painter looking to take their face painting career to the next level online and at your own pace then The International School of Face Painting is the place for you!
There are two types of course to choose from:
The basic course will teach you the essential steps in starting out such as the equipment and products needed in face painting, a variety of face painting techniques and
The professional course will teach you essential skills to develop and grow your face painting business as well as giving you essetial tools to improve and further develop your face painting skills.
Finally, if you are not satisfied with the results, you will get your money back! This course is offered with a 100% 90-Days money-back guarantee. No risk, all learning!
This course is reviewed and tested by dozens of students from all over the world and even by big names in the industry. ENROLL NOW! | <urn:uuid:c64cad24-eaa0-4cf7-820d-6422e5192923> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://paintopiapro.com/pages/international-face-painting-school | 2019-05-19T18:19:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255092.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20190519181530-20190519203530-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.95646 | 359 | [
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Last week, IHOP announced that they would “temporarily” be changing their name in a new marketing campaign–and people were not happy.
From the moment they announced the “change,” many regular IHOP goers were annoyed to see the restaurant chain disturbing their love for the “International House of Pancakes.” In all honesty, I personally only go to IHOP for their pancakes–nothing else. Except for the coffee because they happen to leave the entire pot on your table–which is outstanding for a caffeine addict like myself. But, IMO, the eggs aren’t the greatest and their potatoes come out pretty greasy–but their pancakes are always 100% on point. Additionally, they have a plethora of syrup flavors to choose from–win/win. Regardless, I (and many others) look to IHOP as a place to go for breakfast, and breakfast only.
When the company announced earlier last week they were going from IHOP to IHOb–people had some thoughts as to what the “b” stood for.
Sarah clearly had a good sense of humor about the change.
I wouldn’t be mad if there were endless breakfast burritos available.
Katie’s right–nothing better.
The most obvious answer, clearly.
Could be to get those millennials in their door (with bottomless options?!?)
On Monday, IHOP finally revealed what the “B” really stood for and–it seems they want to break the notion that they are only a house of pancakes and present to restaurant goers a new reason to venture into their dwellings–for burgers. According to the company, IHOb stands for International House of Burgers, as the restaurant chain is adding brand new burgers to their menu–some suitable for breakfast, like the Big Brunch burger with bacon, egg, and potatoes on top.
When people fund out the “B” was actually for “burgers,” well–they were less than pleased.
So IHOP changed their name to IHOB which apparently stands for International House of Burgers… that’s the dumbest thing I have ever heard!! Soon it’s gonna be the International House of Bankruptcy!! pic.twitter.com/451x6mD8CH
— Andrew Bovee (@apbovee29) June 11, 2018
unpopular opinion: why is IHOP making IHOB stand for international house of burgers- when their basic food already barely has any seasoning… pic.twitter.com/SC7LCQTDZT
— k ✿ (@caaronvibes) June 11, 2018
— Blayr ? (@UncommonBee) June 11, 2018
i really just woke up and the first thing i see is that iHop is dropping the pancakes and changing their name to “international house of BURGERS” #IHOb ITS GUNNA BE A WEIRD FCKIN DAY pic.twitter.com/k3Af5DEHWM
— Mason Levi (@iAmMasonLevi) June 11, 2018
— Shuri Marty (@MARTYvalenTINA) June 11, 2018
When you were sure that “Ihob” was gonna be “international house of breakfast” but they drop a bomb on you and make it “international house of burgers” pic.twitter.com/v0bSr5JwQj
— Sam ? (@MsSamanthaMay) June 11, 2018
tell your ceo to come outside i just wanna talk pic.twitter.com/ucF7VhYMEo
— ???? ?????? (@Exp311ed) June 11, 2018
No one. Goes. To IHOP. For burgers.
— Soldier Jane (@sgtjanedoe) June 11, 2018
Isn’t it IHOP because they were selling Pancakes for a long time, how they automatically become the international house of burgers like no you last in line on a long list now be humble, should have just actually spent time marketing the pancakes better pic.twitter.com/p7JvBQqCO8
— Meekahchu (@Meekahchu) June 11, 2018
— Justin O. Cooper (@justincooperpr) June 11, 2018
international house of burgers…*sigh*
sets it up nicely for when its the international house of bankruptcy… pic.twitter.com/3BaNQvlNiJ
— Deja M. Burt (@Hoosyourdaddy99) June 11, 2018
However, one Twitter user pointed out that IHOP’s marketing strategy is pretty brilliant. Let’s face it–while IHOP is a staple of everyone’s breakfast restaurant roulette, you’re more likely to go to a diner or even a brunch spot when grabbing something to eat that early on (and, if you’re in New York, you know you’d rather have a bagel anyway). Josh Barro pointed out that by using a marketing campaign that immediately resulted in outrage, people online began talking about what they actually like about IHOP.
And, Josh pointed out that the company will most likely change their name back in the next few weeks, but as of now, they did get the conversation going about their food and restaurants. However, you will never get me to call IHOP by it’s “new name”–not even if you paid me. | <urn:uuid:c78ce887-443e-46f6-93db-2802ef54e949> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://wokesloth.com/ihop-finally-announced-what-the-b-in-their-new-name-stands-for/alexa/ | 2019-05-19T18:44:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255092.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20190519181530-20190519203530-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.95787 | 1,179 | [
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Typical characteristics of FMCG logistics business include SKUs that are batch driven by manufacturing date or expiry dates, a high percentage of case picking from pallet pick locations, large order quantities relative to other sectors, seasonality and regular ordering patterns.
FMCG logistics business has demanding execution requirements and are extremely cost-conscious. There is an intense focus on inventory turnover, coupled with high order-fill rates.
PKT understands the supply chain challenges faced by our FMCG customers and we constantly strive to help deliver solutions by leveraging on our extensive supply chain know how, availability of purpose made warehouses, utilization of systems and technology and extensiveness of distribution network.
Our clients tend to enjoy faster time-to-market, higher order fulfillment rates without incurring high start-up costs and greater economies of scale.
- Cross Dock Centre
- Regional Distribution Centre
- Multi storey Distribution Centre
- Inbound, staging, putaway, storage (bonded and non bonded), picking, palletizing, shrink wrapping, marshalling and outbound services
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- Sticker and label application
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Egypt is enduring the harshest crackdown on civil liberties and political freedom in its modern history. As media outlets, civic institutions, and political parties buckle or vanish under inordinate pressure, Mada Masr has managed to maintain a small space for free expression, publishing critical and engaging content in Arabic and English.
Founder and editor Lina Attalah, speaking in Cairo, discusses the risks and challenges of editing a publication that regularly publishes stories irksome to the government. She also discusses Mada’s experiments with collective management and reader engagement, as the publication seeks to succeed as a journalism business.
- Lina Attalah, Editor of Mada Masr
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We offer Plan Printing in Barnstaple, North Devon.
Whether it’s an old blue dyeline or a digital pdf file we can copy or print your plans to a width of 841mm by any length you need.
Our printing service for plans is an instant process so we do it as soon as you bring in the hard copy or digital file. A2, A1 or A0 sizes are all standard but we can cope with non-standard or imperial sizes.
Not only do we print – we can also scan and save your plans as a pdf – ideal for archiving those valuable hard copies. So no more searching through old filing cabinets or boxes!
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Produce for Better Health Foundation
Did you know? For every $10,000 contribution, PBH leverages $50 million in Fruits & Veggies—More Matters® marketing efforts. This organization pulls together everyone from the seed suppliers to the grocery stores to ensure consumers have the correct information when it comes to fruits and vegetables. These are a few of the initiatives PBH orchestrates to promote fruit and vegetable consumption throughout the entire value chain:
- PBH Annual Conference: Over 200 marketing, research and health professionals come together to learn about the produce industry and network with other professionals. There are speakers and information sessions which provide education and insight to the attendees about produce and food.
- Reaching Moms & Families Through the Internet, Media, and Social Media: PBH actively wants to promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables to consumers as well as the public and private sectors. One way they have found it to be effective is through the utilization of the internet, media and social media to ensure that the correct messages and information reach different audiences. This is a continued commitment and one the organization feels strongly about. You can see with information on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and on the web at www.pbhfoundation.com and www.FruitsAndVeggiesMoreMatters.org.
- Reaching Moms & Families Through Supermarket Dietitians: PBH is recognized as one of the premiere organizations working with Supermarket Registered Dietitians, and a noted key resource and subject matter expert for fruit and vegetable information and resources. Increasingly, consumers are leveraging the knowledge and support of Supermarket Dietitians to assist them with food purchases and nutrition information. PBH works with a vast network of supermarket dietitians from independent retailers to large, national, multi-chain retailers. PBH’s understanding of consumers, combined with the strong relationship we have with supermarket dietitians, ideally positions PBH to provide programs like the annual conference and summit and to unite members of the fruit and vegetable industry with these professionals.
- Reaching Moms & Families Through the Support of Suppliers: The Fruits & Veggies—More Matters logo is making a difference at the point of purchase. When seeing the logo on pack, 53% of surveyed moms self-reported in 2014 that they are likely to purchase that product, up from 40% in 2009 when this question was first asked and higher than the 48% in 2013.For more information on this organization check out their website at: www.pbhfoundation.org | <urn:uuid:40fd991a-51c6-40fa-9b8c-b42246e5a853> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.seminis-us.com/about/collaborations-in-the-vegetable-industry/produce-for-better-health-foundation/ | 2019-05-20T23:19:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256163.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520222102-20190521004102-00557.warc.gz | en | 0.932473 | 515 | [
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Bovilla Lake is the largest reservoir in the district of Tirana. The reservoir is supplied with water from the Terkuze River, which originates from the northern part of Mount with Holes (Mali me Gropa) and the rainy waters of the surrounding hills.
The lake is surrounded by a mountain range, like the mountains of Brari, Mount Gamti, etc. in which climbing is popular by the passionate of this sport. From any height of the lakeside mountains you can enjoy the spectacular view of the landscape. Activities such as mountain climbing and rock climbing as well as mountain cycling are all possible here. The area became known in the last 2-3 years and has become a tourist destination. The road from Tirana to the village of Zall-Herr is asphalted. Then it is a rural segment but small cars can pass.
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October 9, 2017
In spring 2017, Carolyn Yerkes published her first book, Drawing after Architecture: Renaissance Architectural Drawings and Their Reception (Marsilio, 2017). It was the winner of the James Ackerman Award in the History of Architecture by the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio in Vicenza, Italy, and released as the eighth volume in that prize series. The book examines the nature of architectural evidence to understand how Renaissance architects used images to explore structures, create biographies, and write history.
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Born in Bristol, August 1883, the son of James Strachan and his wife Agnes (née Todd). He was educated at the high school and the University of Glasgow where he graduated M.B., Ch.B., in 1910 and M.D. in 1913. He was at the London Hospital until World War I when he became a captain in the Medical Corps. He came to Cardiff in 1919 as an assistant pathologist to study abortions. He played a significant part in establishing a clinical school in Cardiff. He was appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Welsh National School of Medicine in 1932 and remained in post until his retirement in 1953. He was a fluent lecturer, though doctrinaire, he inspired his listeners and made a deep impression on generations of students. He worked indefatigably at the hospital and had a private practice. He pioneered the radium treatment of womb cancer and contributed extensively to the subject in medical literature. He wrote clearly and with ease on a number of subjects and published a standard textbook, Textbook of obstetrics (1947). He served the universities of Wales, Birmingham, Bristol and Oxford as an examiner in his subject. He went to Sydney and Melbourne in 1950 to lecture and to examine students on behalf of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of which he was a founder member; he became a vice-president in 1952-55. He took an enthusiastic interest in politics and the arts. He donated much of his fine collection of Spode porcelain and china to the National Museum of Wales. He received the C.B.E. in 1953.
He married Olive, only daughter of F.E. Andrews, in 1920; they had one son. He made his home at 29 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, where he died on 9 December 1963.
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Do you need advanced dental procedures? Alaska Advanced Dentistry is the best place! Doctor Klump is the dentist’s dentist. With his long experience and advanced training, he and his staff set the standard of excellence. They bring the art and science of dentistry together. They love their work and it shows.I take excellent care of my teeth, so when I was told I must have a tooth extract, I was shocked. I obtained second and third opinions, but there was no saving the tooth.
My choices for tooth replacement were implant or bridge. I opted for the more progressive implant which has significant benefits over the bridge.
I selected Doctor Klump for the implant work. He has done hundreds of implants with raging success. He uses the laser which is highly successful cutting edge technology. He and his staff attend continuing education to keep their advanced skills sharp and finely tuned.
There was virtually no discomfort during and after each step of the three-step implant process. Doctor Klump is a highly skilled surgeon and perfectionist in this area. He is a seasoned and true professional.
I love my new implant. It is easier to care for and stronger than my natural teeth. It has been excellent results and cosmetically identical to my natural teeth.
This has been my year for advanced dental work, one dental implant and one gum graft.
Two periodontists have had the opportunity to view Doctor Klump’s implant work inside my mouth. One said “I’m impressed” and the other said, “That’s textbook.” So Doctor Klump gets great reviews from his peers as well as his patients.
As you walk through the valley of advanced dental procedures, have no fear when you have chosen the best!
Happy trails with your implants, crowns, root canals and more!
Dr. Schmitz, Thank you for the excellent care I received over the past year. Getting mini implants was the best decision I ever made.The implants were put in on a Thursday and I was eating that night, and off of “OTC” pain meds by Saturday.
Once again a big thank you to Dr. Schmitz, Tracey, Erin & Isa… you make a great team.
Dear Dr. Klump
Over the years your office has provided me with almost all of my dental service needs in Alaska. Although I have generally been pleased so far, I am compelled to send you this note expressing my appreciation and to especially thank you for my two new implants.
At the onset of this implant “project,” I had serious reservations about the price, which I communicated to your office. In your response to my letter, you logically outlined the costs, explained your burdens and justified your qualifications so well that I felt comfortable proceeding with the implants secure in the knowledge that I had obtained a fair price and service from one of the most qualified dentists in Alaska. I appreciated this open communication very much – you reinforced my trust by addressing all of my concerns. This type of relationship is also typical of your office staff, especially Tiara Potter who patiently and professionally responds to all of my (numerous) inquiries, and always with a friendly smile.
Now that the implants are complete, I feel that because of your skill and expertise and the quality of your office team, I have indeed received the best that dentistry offers in Alaska.
Thank you for a great job!
January 10, 2011
Dr. Philip Klump and his talented team offer a unique experience to the Alaskan dental patient:
- Instead of a one-dimensional approach, there is always an ‘A’ team.
- Instead of the ‘norm,’ there is an innovative, state-of-the-art, and research-based practice.
- Instead of indifference, there is high sensitivity and laser-sharp engagement in your personal care.
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I did my homework in deciding to see Dr. Klump. After the first appointment looked forward to seeing him and his team. I do not make that statement lightly. As a healthcare provider, I know what it takes to be the best. I expected the best, most progressive, and safest experience with every encounter. This practitioner and his team exceeded my expectations from the outset, allowing me to focus on my part of my plan and to fully participate in my results. I was impressed and encouraged by Dr. Klump’s care methods that include nationally networked expertise and resources. This is a most reassuring place to be as a patient — knowing that you have a national team behind your plan, treatments, and care. The sedation process was performed smoothly and expertly. His ability to listen, respond in a friendly and informative manner, to be acutely aware and anticipatory of your needs with every appointment, as well as confidently efficient — sets him apart. Asking for feedback and evaluation of my care was a different experience for me. The follow-up between appointments and online communication is easy to access and understand.
Smiles are part of the care, not only in pictures on the walls but in every team member’s approach. It is sincere and conveys a pride and palpable confidence. That is the gift that they are able to give back to all of us who trust in their care.
Thank you so much, Dr. Klump. Many thanks to all team members. You all made a big difference in the quality of my life. You also lowered my blood pressure from the start and that’s good for the heart!
S. Lyne Sutherlin
August 31, 2010
Before I Went to Alaska Advanced Dentistry, I hardly ever smiled or I’d hide my mouth behind my hand because I was embarrassed….now, I’m a new person! My husband says every time he looks at me I have a big smile….even more important, I feel so much better about myself. I’m more confident and smile all the time. I can’t say thank you enough to Alaska Advanced Dentistry and their staff. What they did for me was a lot more than just dental work.
I just recently started going to the dentist again and because of the careful attentiveness by Dr. Philip Klump and his equally caring staff, I get all of my needs met. I have had 3 visits in the past months and all of them were very pleasant and relaxed experiences for me. Let’s face it no one wants to go to the dentist, but if I have to, and I will go again. I know I will be in good hands at Dr. Philip Klump’s office. I’m not scared anymore.
On the day of my procedure, I ate a light breakfast to accompany the medication I was to take pre-op. after arriving at the dentist’s office about one and ½ hours later, the medication was starting to kick in, so the in processing went fairly quick. The procedure lasted about three hours, after which I was taken back home to recuperate. I slept most of the day, not requiring any painkillers, of having to tend to excessive bleeding from the implant area. (There was some minor bleeding for the first day, and there was more of minor discomfort than pain.) That evening, I was able to eat solid food, maintaining the chewing on the side of the incision. The next day, the pain was still absent, along with an absence of swelling. All-in-all, the experience was good. The amazing thing was, lack of pain and swelling, and to be able to eat solid food that same evening!
Dr. Klump and Cara Shirk, R.D.H. is professional and gentle in their care for their patients. Even though it had been years since I have had any dental work or cleanings they both made my appointments a successful and calming experience. Because of their great work, I will be healthier and have more energy. Thank you, Dr. Klump and Cara!
Eagle River, AK
Thanks so much for the professional and personal care. The reason I ended up losing all my teeth in the first place was fear of the dentist and the associated pain. You and your staff have been and continue to be courteous, helpful, and professional. I can’t say that having my teeth pulled was pleasant, but you made it as pain-free as possible. Thank you!
Thank you so much for bringing back my self-confidence. Now I can give my precious smiles to everybody, and I can also eat whatever I want before I was really scared to go to the dentist office. I’ve always had my doubts and worried about everything. I am so lucky and blessed for having a nice and friendly dentist, Dr. Philip Klump together with all his staff for making me comfortable at all times. Keep up the good work guys! Once again a million thanks for a well-done job.
I just wanted to take the time to let you know how happy I am with all of you. And to let you know what a wonderful piece of work you and all your crew performed on the implants you did for me. Smiling and eating are such a pleasure now. Thank you! My mouth looks and feels great.
When I broke my front tooth on Easter Sunday in 2005, I could not afford to have the tooth implanted and I could not find a dentist willing to take Care Credit. I spent the next 3 years going back and forth to the dentist having my partial repaired. In the end, I had to have the tooth bonded to the two adjoining teeth. It was rather unsightly because it looked like I had bread or something stuck in my teeth so I began to cover my mouth when I smiled.
In December of 2007, I saw an advertisement seeking people interested in having their teeth implanted. I called your office straight away and asked if you accepted Care Credit-you did. I was ecstatic! Filling out the paperwork was quick and painless. The finance department assisted me with patience and respect….that is something you don’t find too often these days when you have very little money to get the job done.
When I told you I was praying that my tooth could be fixed before my wedding in June you assured me we had plenty of time. You explained that I would have to come in for several visits for the process, but there was no need to worry. When the bond broke twice you and the staff were wonderful about “squeezing me in.”
When my tooth came back it was too dark. You noticed right away and sent it back all the while assuring me it would be in well before the wedding. I have to admit I was a little worried but when it arrived about a week before my scheduled appointment you told me to come in the next day. I was so excited. When I looked in the mirror at my new tooth I cried. I hadn’t seen my smile in years and I was so glad to have it back. I was so happy in fact that I couldn’t help but hug you and Kathleen. When I told you I was going to place the ad along with my wedding photos with captions that reads: “Thanks to you and your wonderful staff for giving me my smile and my self-confidence back!” in my wedding scrapbook you laughed, but I was serious. I know it’s your job, but you do it with patience, care and understanding and I appreciate that and I can’t wait to show you the pictures.
La Vern R.
Most of us have heard the phrase “I would rather go to the dentist”, or “get a root canal” rather than endure some otherwise painful ordeal. Even though we laugh, we all know that it really isn’t all that funny. I have had some uncomfortable experiences getting dental work done in the past and I often wait until it reaches a crisis level before going back to the dentist. Recently I heard about sedation dentistry, which raised my interest since I was in need of two root canals. I came in for a consultation and found it to be very reassuring. I scheduled the work and had two root canals done at one sitting. The experience for me was significantly peaceful and pleasant. Dr. Klump and his staff were very warm and encouraging. All my questions were answered and I received excellent care. This experience has changed the way I approach getting dental work in the future. Thank you, Dr. Klump, for your professionalism and excellent chair-side manner. Thanks also to Tiara and Tracey for your kind words and encouragement.
I just wanted to say thank you for everything you did for my teeth. I was really scared about coming to the dentist, so therefore I haven’t been to the dentist in 10 years. I had so much fear. You all made it a very pleasing experience. I wasn’t too sure about sedation dentistry, but after I was done with it. I figured that if I had to do it again, I would. Dr. Klump and his staff were very reassuring about everything that was going to be done. They also made sure that everything was detailed and in depth. I am so impressed with how the outcome was. I just want to tell Alaska Advanced Dentistry how thankful I was that they fixed my dental problems. I recommend to everyone that if they have dental problems that they should go to Alaska Advanced Dentistry. Thank you.
To: Philip Klump and Team Advanced Dentistry
Hey hello, Advanced Dentistry. This is Herschel and I know this letter is a little late but I would like to thank you all for the great care. Care that I’m sure will continue into the future. Your team members have to be the BEST that Alaska has to offer. Once again I love the work and the great the service.
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After a quick greeting, use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should read only those books that are about real events, real people, and established facts. Use specific reasons and details to support your opinion.
- What kinds of books do you enjoy reading?
- What are some things that are positive about only reading books based on real events?
- What are some negative things about only reading books based on real events?
Skip this section if you have 15 minute plan. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
|nonfiction||(n) prose writing that is based on facts, real events and real people
She preferred to learn about people by reading nonfiction.
|knowledge||(n) facts, information and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject
Reading books based on true events gave him greater knowledge of what history was like.
|informative||(adj) providing useful or interesting information
He found the book very informative about how to start a business.
|established||(adj) having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted
The books she read needed to include established facts that she could trust.
|peruse||(v) read in a thorough or careful way
The girl perused the book, looking for any details she missed.
|examine||(v) inspect in detail to determine their nature or condition, investigate thoroughly
Before she could decide if she liked the book or not, she had to examine whether the story was real or not.
|read up||(expression) examine and study a book or literature
She wanted to read up on her world history before traveling.
|branch out||(expression) to do something that is related to what you’ve done in the past but takes you in a new direction
Although she loved to read children’s books, she thought it was time to branch out and try something new.
|leave out||(expression) to fail to include something
The book did not leave out any details of what actually happened.
|by the book||(expression) following all the rules in a strict way
Being someone who followed the rules, he went by the book when it came to making decisions.
Read the following quote out loud.
“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.”
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Dilbert walks by a workman standing on a chair and nailing a sign to the wall. The sign says, "10 Injury Free Days." Dilbert hears, "Bam! Aaaeeii!! R-r-roll thud." Dilbert stands over the workman who has fallen off the chair. Dilbert says, "This is very ironic." The workman says, "No, it was ironic when it happened eleven days ago." | <urn:uuid:728306e7-0af0-4e59-93a3-3e86d4dbf466> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://dilbert.com/strip/1996-06-18 | 2019-05-25T20:09:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258439.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525184948-20190525210948-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.957994 | 94 | [
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Add your own items to the shopping list for an all in one organized shopping solution! Save the items you buy often and add them each week with a simple check of the box!
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Access any meal plan/recipe that you’ve received starting from the date you sign up going forward! Tag any of your favorites as you go and add them to your list any time you want! You have access to your favorite recipes to make as often as you like!
Recipes are delicious, simple to follow, and taste tested by my family! If we wouldn’t eat it, I know you wouldn’t want to either.
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Accelerate Online Lending
CL Marketplace™ is a cloud-based marketplace application specifically designed to handle the complexities of managing the entire online marketplace loan cycle including online origination, loan fractionalization, servicing, and managing multiple investor portfolios. Its open architecture enables lenders to quickly configure solutions that fulfill evolving market and regulatory needs. CL Marketplace also accelerates the delivery of capital, improves access to lending alternatives, and enhances the borrower experience.
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Manage investor funds including loan investments, orders, and fractionalized payments during servicing. Automate investments across multiple borrowers based on loan grade exposure limits.Make changes quickly to conform with evolving regulations and business processes.
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Year 1 & 2: Matisse Cut-outs
Having experimented with scrap paper last week, it is time for the Year 1s and 2s to put together their final cut-out.
We looked at photographs of Matisse in his later life for inspiration and even watched short video of him cutting and arranging paper in exactly the way that we had been doing.
The children really enjoyed experimenting with shape and colour and spent some time deciding on their final composition:
The children showed impressive concentration and cutting skills:
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the VDA quality standard and will have these internally or exter- nally audited (by .. the German Automotive Industry are clearly described in VDA Process. This standard is developed by the German. Automotive Industry. The VDA process audit is an assessment method to conduct process checks within a quality. The established Audit Standard VDA has been completely revised. The objective was to re organize the process audit, making it more precise.
VDA is the process audit standard in the German automotive industry. • It is used to assess and classify suppliers in the automotive supply chain. (A,B and C) . From process point of view VDA standard has been the base accompanied with Daimler additions, driven by internal Faurecia Audit standard. Continual. New Qualification for Process Auditor VDA for Services In , the established audit standard VDA (2nd edition ) was revised by the VDA. About VDA Developed by VDA QMC and the German automotive industry, VDA defines a process based audit standard for evaluating and improving. 21 Oct Hi Has anyone read into the new VDA draft? You can download online-free document at meyvebahcesianaokulu.com | <urn:uuid:30cc51f5-614d-486a-a006-418fa1d75216> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://meyvebahcesianaokulu.com/communication/vda-63-standard-pdf.php | 2019-05-26T23:55:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232260161.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526225545-20190527011545-00237.warc.gz | en | 0.922005 | 372 | [
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An old saying tells us that you would be able to by no means be actually motivated to pursue your next objective until you quit your present, comfortable job. In this business you just need to have the eagerness and change into your customer since deveras think like that and call to mind the flavors and colors based on the event, for example, these merchandise are orders for Valentine’s Day , can implement the business along with your flower arrangements and stuffed animals.
Travel company is a enterprise that is into promoting journey related services such as reserving of flights, land transportation, lodge lodging, and getting commissions from every profitable sale. Friends, if you are in search of a brand new enterprise thought, I would like to give you a reliable, secure market – promoting the software.
Advice: Be certain to hyperlink up with an experienced farmer to get some extra insights into this business. Getting a proper qualification will enhance your possibilities of doing enterprise with people you do not know. This signifies that you should be capable to provide the onerous and getting a better cooperation in the management because the person was first started business in Indonesia.
My very first business was Bob’s Rent-A-Bike, which I began after I was 19 years previous on a summer season trip from college. Of course, invariably bear in mind that verity check out of affiliate degree idea’s business viability ultimately rests completely with the consumer. Though this is somewhat the same as the business above, it’s barely completely different.
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The headline was disturbing: “In America, talk turns to something unspoken for 150 years: Civil war.” So deep has grown the divide that some have given up on the idea of working out our differences civilly. When we’ve lost the ability to treat one another in a civilized manner, with civility and grace, civil war may not be too far down the road.
However, I don’t believe it’s too late – IF – the children of God will live and love like God’s children. Martin Luther King, Jr. once stated, “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” Love is a great unifier, whereas hatred always divides.
Speaking to His disciples, Jesus said:
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so also you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another. (John 13:34-35)
Christ could have said His followers would be best made known to the world in any number of ways. But the one way He chose was love. By our love for our fellow Christians, and for our fellow man, the reality of our Christian faith would be manifest. It is not through our ability to out-debate, to put down opposition, to demand rights, to flex our muscles, or to hate anyone or anything. By THIS all men will know that you belong to Christ – that you LOVE one another.
Friends, hatred is heavy and it is a great divider. Instead of picking up our sticks, stones, or other weapons, let’s give love another try. –Dave
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It is midnight at the Dojo
and a lone figure is spotted
he moves as if on invisible strings
worked by a celestial puppeteer-
such fastidious movement.
Slowly circling, ever vigilant
as he spares with the shadows
a Praying Mantis on a leaf
watches with great concern-
in a rustle of silk, he is gone.
© Rebecca Sanchez 2018
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Researching history in local government archives around Sydney, I have many times come up against the brick wall of “those records were lost in a fire”, so many times that it has become a bit of a joke to ponder this mysterious “fire” that must have ravaged council buildings far and wide sometime around the middle of the 20th century. Or was it really the case that forward-thinking councils made way for progress by binning the old boxes of records mouldering away in the basement? We can never really be sure!
But in 20th-century Ireland, this fire was all too real. In fact, a thousand years of Irish records were lost on 30 June 1922, when the Four Courts in Dublin was blown apart – a casualty to shellfire in the Irish Civil War.
To commemorate the destruction of the Public Records Office of Ireland, and to champion the records that have survived, findmypast is launching a new initiative, Ashes to Archives – allowing Australians free access to their collection of over 21 million Irish Birth, Death and Marriage records until the end of June. The collection includes Irish births 1864 to 1958, Irish deaths 1864 to 1958 and Irish marriages 1845 to 1958. The team at findmypast have also put together resources for family history researchers, such as tips for getting started with your Irish genealogy research – notoriously one of the most difficult genealogical nuts to crack.
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Many businesses are unaware of the extensive range of support services, initiatives and funding opportunities available to them.
Trafford Council is committed to helping businesses in Trafford to grow and prosper. We work closely with business support agencies across Trafford and beyond to give you easy access to any support or information you may require.
Trafford Council's Strategic Growth Team works with and supports a wide selection of partner organisations, who offer this range of Business Support services. These include:
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Securities Industry and Exchange Industry: Organization and Value Chain
The securities and exchange industry performs an important function within the financial system. By facilitating the execution of orders it enhances the liquidity of securities markets, and therefore allows the efficient allocation of capital flows to investment opportunities.
KeywordsPrice Discovery Relevant Market Trading Service Security Exchange Primary Market
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- 1.Excellent essays on industrial organization can be found in J. Tirole (1993) The Theory of Industrial Organization (Cambridge: Mit Press)Google Scholar
- and F. M. Scherer and D. Ross (1990) Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin).Google Scholar
- 2.See, for example, A. H. Meltzer (1969) ‘On Efficiency and Regulation of the Securities Industry’ in H. G. Manne (ed.) Economic Policy and the Regulation of Corporate Securities (Washington: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research).Google Scholar
- 12.Owing to the new institutional approach of the firm we know that firms exist because of the cost entailed by market transactions. However, facilitating market transactions is not only a matter of transaction costs. It entails protecting property rights as well, as widely recognized by many economists. See, among others, R. Coase (1988) The Firm, The Market, and the Law, and R. Coase (1992) ‘The Institutional Structure of Production’, American Economic Review, 82, 4. The property right approach with reference to exchanges has been developed with reference to prices although the body of literature on the topic is scarce.Google Scholar
- 14.For a review of the earliest SEC initiatives alongside the consolidation/frag-mentation debate, see Cohen et al. (1986) The Microstructure of Securities Markets (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall) pp. 150–66.Google Scholar | <urn:uuid:555042ae-f954-4052-bbed-22e8a4691587> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137321831_1 | 2019-05-22T09:10:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256778.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522083227-20190522105227-00037.warc.gz | en | 0.848969 | 403 | [
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JS Tip 236: From the Writing Workshops: “Whoever” and “Whomever”
A couple of weeks ago, we explored “who” and “whom.”
Kip Howell of Zions Bank followed up with a question: “When do we use “whomever” and “whoever”?
It's a little more complicated, but we're still talking about subjects and objects.
We take the process one step further. Two things are usually going on in a whoever/whomever sentence. Break the discussion into those two sentences (those two clauses).
Play the substitution game: substitute “he” or “him” for “whoever” or “whomever.” Examine the substitutions.
We'll write the check to whoever/whomever signs the contract.
Break it into two sentences. Substitute “he” or “him.”
[One] We'll write the check to him. [Two] He signs the contract.
Combinations of ”him” and “he” take whoever.
We'll write the check to whoever signs the contract.
Okay. That sounds good.
But . . .
We'll write the check to whoever/whomever you suggest.
Break it into two sentences.
[One] We'll write the check to him. [Two] You suggest him. (Not “You suggest he.”)
Combinations of “him” and “him” take whomever.
We'll write the check to whomever you suggest.
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution apologized for printing a picture of Madonna kissing Britney Spears. The editor apparently had no idea that it would cause any commotion. The picture has basically been plastered across almost every website on the internet since the MTV Music Awards, with many of them decrying the lack of morals. Often, there’s also a “Click Here to Enlarge Image” button. For illustrative purposes only, folks.
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It’s Time to SPRING Forward
Daylight Savings is this Sunday, March 9, 2014! Will this be the start of Spring? We can hope!
The practice of Daylight Savings has been going on for hundreds of years. The purpose is to try and get the best use of the daylight. Changing the standard time to have the sun rise an hour later and set an hour later in the evening allows people to enjoy the daylight longer! But is Daylight Savings all sunshine and roses?
- Historically this concept was brought upon as a way to save on the energy usage of incandescent lighting. In the modern world, this energy saving may not be as efficient. While our lights are not on as much while we are awake, our air conditioners or fans are. In the past electricity was our homes biggest expense which made the practice cost-effective. Hmm, do we need to re-think this?
- Increasing the daylight hours was also great for commerce. Farmers and laborers had more daylight hours to complete their daily tasks. Unfortunately, in today’s world shopping and dining and sports venues bring in big bucks. Studies have shown that the extra daylight hours keep people outdoors at free venues like parks. Who wants to be cooped up indoors when you can be out in the sun and fun.
- Ah, sleep habits! For anyone with early mornings or children, this time change can be challenging for a couple of weeks. It might not be a bad time to bring out the alarm clock until your biological clock adjusts! I also practice adjusting my kids sleep and wake times a week prior by a few minutes each day to avoid the time change crunch. Be prepared! Don’t miss your Monday morning meeting or the school bus!
With all of this being said…I say, Bring on the sun! Get outdoors as much as possible. The benefit of some natural Vitamin D on the body far outweighs that movie you were wanting to see. Get active and stay active for your self and your family.
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Between 2000 and 2003, I was privileged to take part in a biological and cultural rewilding at the instigation of the Blackfeet Tribal Lands in Montana. I was part of a team reintroducing the swift fox, a small canid iconic to the Blackfeet Tribe and absent from their lands for some years. I'll blog about my experiences and how they affected my conservation practice in part II. Here I share my thoughts on rewilding in the UK specifically Wales where I live.
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to attend a rewilding meeting at Bangor University. I was keen to see how the human dimension is being embedded in the various projects planned and in progress in Wales and elsewhere. I wasn’t disappointed – there were some great talks which inspired lots of debate. After the presentations, we split into groups to list our priorities for successful rewilding. How to effectively engage and recruit communities, particularly farmers and landowners, to the rewilding philosophy was a top priority for attendees.
Most rewilding projects will take place in sparsely populated rural areas where generations of farmers have spent their lives managing and controlling nature and producing food for people. These individuals identify as farmers just as we identify as conservationists and, like us, they have tremendous commitment to and pride for their work. Unfortunately, for these individuals, the connotations of the word “rewilding” conjure up images of wolves killing defenceless sheep on the mountainside. Media hype about large carnivores being reintroduced probably contributes greatly to farmers’ alarm because reintroducing large carnivores goes counter to farmers’ instincts, threatening their identity and their sense of control over their environment.
Away from the sparsely populated landscapes of mid Wales, the Welsh Valleys are undergoing a spontaneous rewilding process. For example, the river running at the bottom of my garden was once polluted and its banks treeless. I now often see dippers in the river and have buzzards and occasionally red kites flying over my house. However, older neighbours, used to barren coal tips and dirty rivers, find this very modest restoration alarming. One elderly lady called me for help last summer as she had been scared by a huge bird (a heron) taking flight suddenly close to her garden and telling me that “There are too many trees now – they belong down the country not here”. Her observation nicely Illustrates the metaphorical boundaries that we, in the west, use to persuade ourselves we are in control of nature. No matter how odd or inaccurate such concerns of urban and rural communities’ concerns seem to us, they must be addressed sensitively and not necessarily by the direct presentation of scientific data running contra to local beliefs. Prioritisation of scientific knowledge over local beliefs and perceptions has led to communities feeling threatened by “outsiders” leading to polarised beliefs and entrenched conflicts in many places. Engaging sincerely and meaningfully with communities will bear future fruit for rewilding projects everywhere and it was heartening to find this to be a priority by attendees at the Bangor meeting. | <urn:uuid:474e00f3-e7f9-45d6-bbd3-17bee6855e05> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.sianwaters-consulting.com/blog/january-19th-2018 | 2019-05-25T21:42:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258451.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525204936-20190525230936-00517.warc.gz | en | 0.963485 | 632 | [
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New York City is one of the top tourist destinations in the world, and while the people are friendly, the prices are often not. The Los Angeles Times ranks New York City the second most expensive city in the United States for travelers. Hotels will happily charge you $500 for a room, and the average restaurant meal is $48.56, according to Zagat. Traditional tourist spots like the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and the Statue of Liberty will also take a hefty bite out of your wallet. But with a little planning and out-of-box thinking, it’s not hard to save some serious bucks and still get the full New York experience.
1. Avoid travel around Christmas and New Year’s.
Airfare spikes into the extra $200-$500 range, so unless you’re desperate to see the tree at Rockefeller, plan to travel off-season.
2. Stay at a boutique hotel or in a shared space at a hostel.
For a cozy stay, small and historic hotels such as The Jane and The Bowery House offer rooms for around $100 per night, while most hostels have dorm-style beds for under $30 per night.
3. Get a satisfying slice.
New Yorkers know that the price of a plain slice of pizza shouldn’t exceed that of a subway fare (currently $2.75).
4. Ride the 7 train to Flushing.
Commuting by subway is not a painful chore, but a glimpse into the unique diversity of the city, and the 7 train goes deep into Queens, the borough with the largest number of ethnic groups in New York City.
5. Get seats to live TV shows.
Sure, you could watch Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, or SNL in the comfort of your living room, but seeing them live in a historic theater for free—well, why not? Tickets can be reserved on the shows’ official websites.
6. Walk the High Line.
Once an abandoned railroad from the 1930s, the High Line has been redesigned as a linear public park and promenade elevated above street level, proving that New York is more than just a concrete jungle.
7. Take a tour of the New York Public Library.
Free tours are available for the beautiful Schwarzman Building, the second largest public library in the U.S., as well as for the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, which is considered one of the most important research libraries devoted to the study of people of African descent.
8. Watch a Brooklyn Cyclones game.
Good seats at a Yankees or Mets game could set you back over a hundred dollars, whereas tickets to see the Cyclones — a minor league team that plays at a stadium right next to the Coney Island boardwalk — are under $20.
9. Then, ride the Cyclone.
A block away from the Brooklyn Cyclone’s stadium is the historic rollercoaster of the same name, which costs $8 for the first ride and $5 if you swallow your queasiness and go again.
10. Eat at Halal trucks.
That tantalizing aroma of seasoned lamb and rice that drifts around a Halal truck is irresistible to many New Yorkers — and so is the price: as low as $6.
11. See a Shakespeare play in Central Park.
Every summer, people line up all throughout Central Park to wait for free tickets to see a Shakespeare play in the evening. Arrive early, bring your picnic gear, and don’t be shy about getting to know your neighbors on the line.
12. Or see an Off-Off Broadway play for as little as $9 via the Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
No trip to New York is complete without enjoying theater culture, and no, Off-Off Broadway shows are NOT inferior to major Broadway productions — it just means there are fewer seats in the house, which can make the show a more intimate experience.
13. Ride the ferry from Wall Street to the Far Rockaways.
Whereas the Circle Line ferry that goes around Manhattan costs $42, a one-way fare of $2.75 on the Rockaway Ferry will show you the picturesque glory of Lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and parts of Brooklyn, including the iconic shoreline of Coney Island.
14. Spend the day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Lose yourself in the vast halls of the Met, which contain art from the ancient world through the modern era, as well as an eclectic cycle of temporary exhibitions — all for a donation of your choice.
15. Soak in history at Grand Central Station.
With its grand marble arches and ceiling of star constellations, Grand Central Station feels less like a train station and more like a palace for commuters. An audio tour costs $9; marveling with your jaw hanging is free.
16. Take the tram to Roosevelt Island for stunning views of the city.
Soar over the East River for the fare of a subway ride in the tram to Roosevelt Island, where you can then snap shots of the Upper Manhattan skyline.
17. Wine and dine at Shake Shack.
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World Book Day 2018
World Book Day & Bedtime Stories have been rescheduled to take place on Tuesday 6th March 2018.
We can’t wait to see all of the children in their wonderful costumes for what is sure to be a fantastic day! Children are requested to bring in a donation of £1, which will go towards replenishing our school library with some brand new books. There will be lots of exciting activities for the children to participate in throughout the day, and pupils are welcome to bring in some small change to take part in the lucky dip and purchase a treat in the cake sale. All cakes will be priced at 20p. | <urn:uuid:2924cec1-a425-4e35-b078-2d327e0d600b> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.eppsa.org.uk/news/?pid=6&nid=2&storyid=28 | 2019-05-20T03:45:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255536.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520021654-20190520043654-00157.warc.gz | en | 0.966517 | 133 | [
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From soup preparations to fried and roasted forms, chicken is a popular food in India that is cooked in multitude ways in every household. Chicken is one of the most valued foods among people of all ages, throughout the world. Not only it forms a crucial part of various culinary traditions but it is also highly nutritious and delicious to taste. Here are some amazing health benefits of eating chicken.
Helps boost testosterone levels
Men should consume foods rich in zinc as it helps regulate testosterone levels as well as boost sperm production.
Helps build muscles
Chicken is one of the best non-vegetarian sources of protein. It is lean meat, which means that it contains more amount of proteins and less amount of fat. A 100g serving of roasted chicken offers you 31g of protein, making it great for those who want to bulk up and build muscles.
Keeps their bones healthy
Apart from protein, chicken is rich in several minerals like phosphorus and calcium, that helps keeps bones in mint condition. Also, it has selenium which has been known to cut risk of arthritis.
Chicken has two nutrients that are great for reducing stress – tryptophan and Vitamin B5. Both of them have a calming effect on your body and this makes chicken an excellent option after a stressful day. Also, it tastes great and that too adds to its stress releasing, happiness inducing properties. Read our mega guide on how to deal with stress.
Reduces PMS symptoms
Magnesium, a nutrient present in chicken helps soothe symptoms of pre-menstrual syndrome and fight the various mood changes that a woman might experience during her periods. Here are more tips on dealing with PMS.
Chicken soup has long been used as a home remedy for relieving cold, flu and other common respiratory infections. The hot steam of chicken soup helps clear nasal and throat congestion while the thick fluid coats the throat to prevent invasion of respiratory linings by microbes to cause infection. A study evaluating this effect suggested that chicken soup inhibits migration of neutrophils, a type of immune cells, thereby preventing inflammation during common infections and boosting immunity.
Promotes heart health
Chicken, being rich in vitamin B6, plays an important role in preventing heart attack. Vitamin B6 helps by lowering the levels of homocysteine, one of the key components linked to an increased risk of heart attack. Besides, chicken is also a good source of niacin that helps lower cholesterol, a risk factor for heart disease development. The American Heart Association also recommends consumption of chicken over red meat since it contains less amount of saturated fats and is also a good source of omega-3 fatty acids that exhibit beneficial cardiovascular effects.
How to cook chicken in a healthy way
Different parts of chicken have different levels of fat and cholesterol. The breast meat is the leanest with 28g containing just 1g of fat. This is followed by the chicken’s legs which has 2g of fat per every 28g.
Before you decide to cook chicken, make sure you cut of all the visible fat as it isn’t good for your heart. These fat deposits usually look white in color, and you can ask your vendor to point it out for you if you have trouble identifying it. To make it healthier, you should first marinate it with healthy spices like turmeric, coriander along with curd so that the chicken absorbs all its nutrients and becomes tastier. After that, you could try cooking it in a pressure cooker so that the chicken is soft and tender to eat. Baking or grilling it in a microwave is also an healthy option that you can consider.
These days with the advent of cold-storage a lot of people have started consuming frozen chicken. After removing it from the freezer, thaw it in the refrigerator. Doing this anywhere else will cause bacteria to build-up. Also, once you’ve thawed a frozen chicken you should never refreeze it. So, thaw only the amount of chicken you need at that point in time. | <urn:uuid:688ca37c-ad04-4ec9-b2ef-2e3c87d169a7> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://www.bengist247.com.ng/2016/12/why-chicken-is-good-for-men.html | 2019-05-21T06:37:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256281.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20190521062300-20190521084300-00317.warc.gz | en | 0.952731 | 823 | [
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Divergent Fans got to interview Maggie Q (Tori), Ansel Elgort (Caleb Prior), Ben Lamb (Edward) and Mekhi Phifer (Max) at Comic Con today. Check out the interview with a few members of our incredible Divergent cast.
We wanted to know all about their characters and how they prepared to bringing the first Divergent book to life. How did Ben Lamb prepare to take a butter knife in the eye? How does Ansel Elgort describe his Erudite costume? Does Maggie Q. have real tattoos? What made Mekhi Phifer want the role of Max? | <urn:uuid:a9d55bde-e70b-4f9d-8f3f-01e22ec2e3fe> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://divergentfaction.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/video-divergentfans-com-interviews-maggie-qtori-ansel-elgortcaleb-ben-lambedward-mekhi-phifermax/ | 2019-05-21T06:40:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256281.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20190521062300-20190521084300-00317.warc.gz | en | 0.940004 | 127 | [
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10 Ways Being Online Saves You Money
This month, the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) released an updated “Top 10 Ways Being Online Saves You Money” report for 2018. The analysis looked at important areas of consumer spending and discounts that are available exclusively to internet users, and found that the average American household can save $10,539.09 per year on household spending through use of high-speed internet services. The financial analysis was authored by Nicholas J. Delgado, certified financial planner and principal of Chicago-based investment bank Dignitas, in partnership with IIA.
You can find the full analysis and infographic on IIA’s 10 Ways Being Online Saves You Money page.
American Consumers Show Strong Interest in Ensuring All Companies Protect Their Data
This year, perhaps as never before, there has been a sharp public focus on the question of online privacy. To examine consumer attitudes about online privacy more scientifically, IIA, in conjunction with Morning Consult, recently conducted a survey on privacy. The survey reaffirms American consumers’ strong interest in ensuring that all companies in the internet ecosystem protect their data on the principle of a level playing field and demonstrates support for federal legislation to protect online consumer privacy and advance open internet requirements. We hope this study will inform public debate on this important question.
You can check out highlights from the survey and an infographic on the IIA site.
IIA Urges Bipartisan Net Neutrality Legislation in Light of CRA’s Failure in Congress
The required number of signatures was not obtained for the net neutrality Congressional Review Act (CRA) to be brought to the floor of the House for a vote. Thus, the action has effectively failed. In light of this development, Internet Innovation Alliance Co-Chairs Rick Boucher, Kim Keenan and Bruce Mehlman released a statement urging Congress to now move forward with bipartisan open internet legislation that also protects consumer privacy.
See the full statement here.
In November, IIA released two new infographics highlighting the benefits of 5G technology. The first, 6 Things to Know about 5G, explains what 5G is and how it will fundamentally transform the role that mobile technology plays in society.
The second infographic, What 5G Means 4U, outlines ways that 5G technology will enable improved healthcare, unlock new VR opportunities, and make driving and construction sites safer.
Check out IIA Honorary Chairman Rick Boucher’s op-ed published by Bloomberg Law on December 11, “With Net Neutrality Milestone Reached, What Now?” In the piece, Boucher says that Congress should seize the opportunity of the death of the CRA resolution to resolve the net neutrality policy debate by enacting bipartisan legislation.
Read IIA Co-Chair Kim Keenan’s op-ed, “A Healthy America is a Connected America,” published by Fierce Healthcare on December 10. Keenan believes that telemedicine is one of the key opportunities for telecommunications technology to change lives for the better. Keenan also had a piece published by Morning Consult on November 28, “Americans See the Value in Nationwide Internet Governance Rules.” The piece outlines why it’s good policy to develop an internet governance regime that puts everyone under the same rules whether they are an internet giant like Facebook or an ISP.
Co-Chair Bruce Mehlman authored an op-ed, “Why the 5G Race Matters,” published by The Hill on December 10. In his piece, Mehlman says that the United States is in an innovation race to 5G against our major economic and technological rivals in a contest that could have more far-reaching effects than the race to the moon. Mehlman also had an op-ed published by the Washington Times on November 19, “Building on the Broadband Investment Bump.” In 2017, investment in broadband rose by $1.5 billion to $76.3 billion. This reversed a decline of approximately $3.2 billion in 2015-16. What made the difference? Light- touch regulation. | <urn:uuid:dedbe9b9-ff59-44d8-a986-526e2bd585d3> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://internetinnovation.org/newsletters/iia-december-newsletter-2/ | 2019-05-21T06:55:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256281.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20190521062300-20190521084300-00317.warc.gz | en | 0.927188 | 843 | [
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Friday, 8 April 2016
6 Questions To Ask Before You Installing CCTV Cameras
CCTV is an acronym for Closed Circuit Television. They are the modern day solution for your security needs. If you are going away from home and you looking for someone for surveillance, there is no need to hire a security guard, just install CCTV cameras to monitor your home, workplace, shops or office. CCTV cameras can even be installed in schools, railway stations, hospitals, banks, airports, police stations and colleges to have constant surveillance in the area. CCTV cameras can be bought online or in local stores but installing them does not guarantee outright safety of a premise, here are 6 Questions to Ask before You Installing CCTV Cameras:
1. How much do security cameras cost?
The cost of CCTV cameras vary depending on certain aspect such as the specifications, brand among others. The price of Fixed indoor security starts from $60 and they can cost as high as $200 while the cost of fixed outdoor CCTV cameras ranges from $100 to $300. PYZ security cameras are more expensive ranging from $400 to as high as thousands of dollars depending on the specifications you choose.
However, the cost of CCTV cameras is not all that you should be concerned with, there are certainly cheaper security camera systems but you will always get what you are willing to pay for. The cheaper options provide blurred images and they easily break down posing risk to your valuables.
When buying CCTV cameras, have a set budget but be ready to adjust if you get cameras that provide you better security with little or no maintenance.
2. Are wireless cameras a good option?
Wireless security cameras are mostly made for use in line of light and the outdoors. This means that the receiver antenna and transmitter antenna should be located away from any structures and they should be able to physically see each other. The signal of wireless cameras becomes week when it is obstructed by trees and walls causing a problem. Therefore, if there are objects in the area of surveillance, you will get unstable reception or no picture at all.
Cell towers and power lines can also kill the pictures as well as pumps and motors in the vicinity. Not to mention anything with the same or close frequency band as the cameras transmission such as cordless phones, cell phones, microwaves and vacuums. The wireless equipment also have to be hand wired to the power, therefore, the only thing that is wireless is the video. For better quality videos, you should choose the hard wired connection.
3. Where is the best place to install CCTV cameras?
Security cameras should be installed in strategic locations where they can easily record everything going on. The best place to install CCTV cameras are:
· Front door
This is the first place that you should consider installing security cameras. It can either be installed on the outside facing the front door or inside the house facing the front door. If the camera will be installed outdoor, purchase one that is weather proof with night vision capabilities. You also need an extension cord that connects to an indoor or outdoor power source.
· First floor windows
First floor windows are common entry point by burglars. The camera should be installed directly opposite the window on a high position to be able to get a clear image of the burglar.
· The back door
The back door is also vulnerable if the front do is open to the street. Install a security camera in the house facing the back door.
· The garage
Garages offers access to some of the most expensive items such as cars and bikes. Therefore, have a security camera installed facing the garage door in an angle that it is able to pick the face of the intruder even during day time.
· Side gate and Backyard
Backyards are easy to access the property from or even escape from. In homes, this is the area kids spend most of their time hence the need to keep it under surveillance. A single camera can capture the area, but you may need multiple cameras if the backyard occupies a big area. The best location to install the camera is the entry point to the backyard.
4. Should you need varifocal or lenses on the surveillance cameras?
This highly depends on your preference as well as the location of the security camera. Some of the security cameras with lenses give a very sharp picture but you cannot be able to adjust how the camera focuses. You can point the camera in a different direction but you can only be able to get what you see through the camera. Cameras such as Low Pro ceiling mount and Sentry-700 Dome Camera have a wide range of adjustments and they also have verifocal lenses that enable a user to adjust the zoom and focus manually enabling you to get the view you want.
You can easily move it with the hand to aim a different area and also change how far and wide you are able to see. This is important especially if you want to view a wide area.
5. Is there a need for battery backup for security camera systems?
A battery back up is important if you want to have uninterrupted surveillance of your premises. The battery backup should have two outlets to allow you plug in both the camera power supply and the DVR. In case of a power outage, the security camera is able to take the images while the DVR will be recording.
Go for a battery backup with a high VA rating so that it can stay powered for a longer period. Also, ensure you get a UPS that can be set automatically. This means when power goes out for a long time and exhausts all the battery power, the UPS is able to turn back on as soon as power is restored.
Some UPS have a non powered battery outlet but they give surge protection. This is very handy as it helps to keep your security monitored while plugged into a surge protected outlet without draining the battery in case power goes out.
6. Do you need infrared CCTV cameras?
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Published By: Phys.org/AFP, 2/27/2017
A number of smartphone manufacturers are attempting to improve devices’ offline functioning by using artificial intelligence (AI) and onboard data storage that leverages faster processors. Other companies are focusing on AI technologies that let phones predict users’ behavior and what they want to do. For example, the startup Neura is developing an AI that uses data about users’ routine behaviors to predict their habits, with the goal of making smartphones more helpful to users.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level of Article: 11.5
Extended Discussion Questions
- If your phone could perform more functions offline, how would it impact the way you use it?
- What are some possible benefits of using your phone offline for more functions?
- Would there be any potential disadvantages for you?
- The article discusses how a smarter phone could better predict what a user is doing or will do next. What predictions would you want your phone to make about you?
- Do you think this would be more convenient for you? Why or why not?
- Do you think most people would want their phone to predict their behavior and desires? Or might people be concerned about losing control over their phones?
- The article also discusses the possibility of smartphones making their own decisions based on their predictions.
- What potential issues could arise if a phone were to make a decision before you told it to?
- Is this potential situation fundamentally different from long-established technology that makes decisions based on predictions about your behavior? (For example, motion sensors that turn on lights or open doors.) If so, how?
- If voice recognition becomes more prominent and convenient in phones, could this influence the way people use speech to interact with vehicles?
- What effects might this have? (Example to start: Do you think it could affect the accident rate?)
- One technologist quoted in the article mentions that better onboard AI could lead to a decrease in the use of external servers, meaning less access to user data for the tech firms.
- What other disadvantages might there be for tech firms in developing better onboard AI?
- What are the potential advantages for them?
Relating This Story to the CSP Curriculum Framework
Global Impact Learning Objectives:
- LO 7.1.1 Explain how computing innovations affect communication, interaction, and cognition.
- LO 7.3.1 Analyze the beneficial and harmful effects of computing.
- LO 7.4.1 Explain the connections between computing and real-world contexts, including economic, social, and cultural contexts.
Global Impact Essential Knowledge:
- EK 7.2.1A Machine learning and data mining have enabled innovation in medicine, business, and science.
- EK 7.3.1A Innovations enabled by computing raise legal and ethical concerns.
- EK 7.3.1G Privacy and security concerns arise in the development and use of computational systems and artifacts.
Other CSP Big Ideas:
- Idea 3 Data and Information
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Seeing that they seemed like such a simple thing to make I made up my mind to attempt a batch at home. I looked around to find some recipes to use as a starting point and followed the ingredient list found on the back of the cracker bag. I was lucky to have some sun-dried tomatoes I had made recently with tomatoes from the farm stand down the road and flax seeds from an Amish stand that my mother in law had given me. The crackers were easy to make and I got the taste spot on (at least I thought so.) I ate them with hummus and chevre but here they are with some mashed avocado and lemon, which was also good. Now I need to work on the mustard flavor and maybe an all raw version.
BBQ Flax Seed Crackers
The recipes that helped me are linked to at the end.
Makes two 13-inch square sheets of crackers
1 cup whole flax seeds (golden recommended)
1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon molasses
1 tablespoon agave nectar
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoons Bragg's Liquid Aminos (or soy sauce)
1 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste)
1 tiny drop of liquid smoke, optional
- Soak the flax seeds in 2 cups of water until they swell and the liquid becomes viscous (6-8 hours or up to overnight.)
-Soak the sun dried tomatoes in hot water for ~10 minutes. Add the tomatoes (reserving the water) to the rest of the flavorings in a blender or food processor (a mini-prep would be perfect for this but alas I own the jumbo.) Blend until a fairly smooth paste forms, adding the tomato soaking liquid as needed.
-Stir the flavoring paste into the soaked flax seeds (do not drain the flax seeds) until evenly distributed.
-Spread evenly onto two solid dehydrating sheets (like the ones used for fruit leather.) *See this VegWeb recipe link for oven directions.
-Dry for 6-8 hours at 110-118 degrees F until the top is firm and dry. Gently peel off the cracker sheet and flip it over onto a perforated dehydrating rack. Dry for another 6-8 hours until the crackers are nice and crispy.
-Break into chip sized pieces and store in an air tight container. The finished crackers should last ~2 weeks.
The recipes that helped me were:
VegWeb Flax Seed Crackers
Gone Raw Flax Seed Crackers
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Constipation is a common problem for many children. Your child is constipated if he has fewer than three bowel movements a week, if he has a hard time passing stool or if his stool is dry and hard. A healthy diet is one way to prevent constipation, and adding certain foods to your child's diet can help him avoid this uncomfortable condition.
Adding fiber to your child's diet is one of the best ways to prevent constipation. Fiber is the part of plant foods that can't be digested, so it creates bulk in your child's intestines. The bulk helps keep the intestines clear by encouraging regular bowel movements. Fiber also helps keep your child's stool soft so it is easier for him to have a bowel movement. Children need between 19 and 38 grams of fiber each day, depending on age and gender.
Fruits and Vegetables
All fruits and vegetables contain fiber, but certain choices contain more than others. An apple with the peel is a kid-friendly fruit that supplies a good amount of fiber. Fresh raspberries are another top source. A pear with the peel contains a large amount of fiber as well. Peaches, tangerines, oranges, prunes, mangoes, berries and applesauce are additional kid-friendly fruits high in fiber. Cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli and cauliflower, are among the top vegetables sources for fiber. Peas are another kid-friendly vegetable that are high in fiber. Sweet potatoes, squash, carrots and beans each supply a good amount of fiber as well.
Whole grains are a nutritious way to add more fiber to your child's diet. Breakfast cereal is a kid-friendly grain. Look for a version that is high in fiber to add this essential nutrient to your child's diet. Replace white bread with whole-wheat bread as another kid-friendly way to add fiber to your child's diet. Muffins made with whole-wheat flour are also a high-fiber food most children enjoy, as well as oatmeal, granola and popcorn.
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The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart by Bill Bishop, Robert G. Cushing
1960s counterculture, affirmative action, American Legislative Exchange Council, assortative mating, big-box store, blue-collar work, Cass Sunstein, citizen journalism, cognitive dissonance, David Brooks, demographic transition, desegregation, Edward Glaeser, immigration reform, income inequality, industrial cluster, Jane Jacobs, knowledge economy, mass immigration, meta analysis, meta-analysis, Milgram experiment, music of the spheres, New Urbanism, post-industrial society, Post-materialism, post-materialism, Ralph Nader, Richard Florida, Ronald Reagan, Silicon Valley, stem cell, Steve Jobs, superstar cities, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, union organizing, War on Poverty, white flight, World Values Survey
The ballroom at the Gaylord Texan hotel, a continent-size resort near the Dallas airport, holds just over 7,000, and in the summer of 2005, it was packed with mostly Republican state legislators, staff, lobbyists, and representatives from the Fortune 500, the Russell 1000, and, it seemed, half the businesses found in the Dallas yellow pages, all trampling over the gold and maroon carpet decorated with massive woven belt buckles, Stetsons as big as Pontiacs, and longhorns that stretched twenty yards tip to tip—a rug clearly ordered from the J. R. Ewing Collection. At that time, there were about 7,500 state legislators in the United States. Some 2,000 of them were there for the thirty-second annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). President George W. Bush addressed the crowd from a riser set between jumbo screens that later listed the event's sponsors: Boone Pickens, Exxon, Peabody Energy, Pfizer, R. J. Reynolds, and the National Association of Home Builders. Nothing is really hidden about this joint venture of legislators and industry. The organization's budget ($6 million in 2003) is funded primarily by corporations who "pay to play" on ALEC's committees.
By the 1990s, ALEC had become the "voice of corporate America in the states."5 The story ALEC members tell of the organization's founding is somewhat less awe-inspiring. Mark Rhoads was working for a member of the Illinois senate in 1973 when he proposed a "caucus for conservative lawmakers with a conservative staff." Rhoads called this new outfit the Conservative Caucus of State Legislators, switching to the American Legislative Exchange Council after consulting with other activists. "Times were different in 1973," Rhoads told me. The word "conservative" wasn't a particularly good draw. Conservatives at the time felt powerless. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, every institution appeared to be under the dominion of big-government types—the foundations, the mainline denominations, Congress, the existing organization of state legislators.
siteNodeId = 136 &languageId=1&contentId=35924. 2. Greenblatt, "What Makes ALEC Smart?" 3. Sarah A. Binder, "Elections and Congress's Governing Capacity," Extensions: A journal of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center (Fall 2005). 10–14. 4. Defenders of Wildlife and Natural Resources Defense Council, "Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States. The Untold Story Behind the American Legislative Exchange Council," 2002, http://alecwatch.org/report.html. 5. People for the American Way and Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, "ALEC and the Battle of the States," January 2003, http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/dfiles/file_169.pdf. 6. Jason DeParle, "Goals Reached, Donor on Right Closes Up Shop," New York Times, May 29, 2005, p. A1. 7. Theda Skocpol, Diminished Democracy From Membership to Management in American Civic Life (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003), p. 230. 8.
The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy by Peter Temin
2013 Report for America's Infrastructure - American Society of Civil Engineers - 19 March 2013, affirmative action, Affordable Care Act / Obamacare, American Legislative Exchange Council, American Society of Civil Engineers: Report Card, anti-communist, Bernie Sanders, Branko Milanovic, Bretton Woods, capital controls, Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty, carried interest, clean water, corporate raider, Corrections Corporation of America, crack epidemic, deindustrialization, desegregation, Donald Trump, Edward Glaeser, Ferguson, Missouri, financial innovation, financial intermediation, floating exchange rates, full employment, income inequality, intangible asset, invisible hand, low skilled workers, low-wage service sector, mandatory minimum, manufacturing employment, Mark Zuckerberg, mass immigration, mass incarceration, means of production, mortgage debt, Network effects, New Urbanism, Nixon shock, obamacare, offshore financial centre, oil shock, Plutocrats, plutocrats, Powell Memorandum, price stability, race to the bottom, road to serfdom, Ronald Reagan, secular stagnation, Silicon Valley, Simon Kuznets, the scientific method, War on Poverty, Washington Consensus, white flight, working poor
They can, however, support points of view by choosing who to hire and retain in return for tax-exempt contributions by corporate interests. This kind of influence extends from general think tanks like the Brookings Institution, which supports corporate efforts to rebuild damaged cities, to the United States Institute for Peace, which supports defense spending here and abroad.11 The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, known as ALEC, was formed in 1973 in order to influence state legislation. Charles and David Koch founded and funded ALEC as a nonprofit corporation to advance conservative principles of free market, limited government, and individual liberty. ALEC drafts model legislation to achieve these ends and distributes them to state legislation. Around one-fifth of its proposed legislation gets passed somewhere in the country.
And of course, they have all experienced disappointments as whatever they were able to do was limited in the face of the forces of racecraft.12 Unlike the 1 percent as a whole who give money and talk to government officials, some members of the Forbes 400 formed a secret organization in the 1970s to promote their ends. Charles Koch, who with his brother, David, is in fifth place in the 2015 Forbes 400, was energized by Powell’s secret memo of 1971. He started ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, in 1973. This state lobbying organization operates under the radar of most people interested in national politics because even interested observers cannot keep all states in view. But, as explained in chapter 2, ALEC is most successful when state legislators lack resources of their own to investigate proposed laws. States are increasingly strapped for money given that Nixon’s New Federalism as implemented by Reagan and succeeding administrations deprives state government of resources.
The shadowy trail of prisons for immigrants provides glimpses of what goes on in the varied jails and prisons around our country.21 The private prison firms communicate their interest in more prisoners to state legislators in various ways: by campaign contributions, personal relations, and lobbying. The Corrections Corporation of America has spent over $20 million on political campaigns and lobbying and is continuing these efforts today. They also lobby through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the conservative, nonprofit organization founded and funded by the Koch brothers in 1973 and described in chapter 2. ALEC promoted model bills on mandatory minimum sentencing and three-strikes legislation that helped promote the growth of mass incarceration in the 1990s. The influence of the private prison firms and ALEC impedes efforts to reduce American incarceration. Lobbyists from the private prison industry actively campaigned for three-strikes laws.22 ALEC is one of the ways that the Koch brothers and their supporters affect political outcomes.
The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives by Sasha Abramsky
2013 Report for America's Infrastructure - American Society of Civil Engineers - 19 March 2013, Affordable Care Act / Obamacare, American Legislative Exchange Council, bank run, basic income, big-box store, collective bargaining, deindustrialization, fixed income, Francis Fukuyama: the end of history, full employment, ghettoisation, Gini coefficient, housing crisis, illegal immigration, immigration reform, income inequality, indoor plumbing, job automation, Mark Zuckerberg, Maui Hawaii, microcredit, mortgage debt, mortgage tax deduction, new economy, Occupy movement, offshore financial centre, payday loans, Plutocrats, plutocrats, Ponzi scheme, Potemkin village, profit motive, Ronald Reagan, school vouchers, upwardly mobile, War on Poverty, Washington Consensus, women in the workforce, working poor, working-age population, Works Progress Administration
As was the case in Victorian-era England, millions of twenty-first-century Americans, living in a period during which trade unions were on the wane and the power of employers on the rise, were having to work jobs that didn’t even get them up to subsistence-level living.9 While some liberal states created their own higher-than-the-federal minimum wage, and a handful of cities, from Santa Fe to San Francisco, adopted what they called “living wage ordinances,” other states moved in the opposite direction during the latter years of the twentieth and early years of the twenty-first centuries. By 2012, twenty-three states had adopted so-called “right to work” laws, which made it harder to organize workers into trade unions. The “right” they codified was, in reality, a right to work for lower wages than was the case in states where unions retained more power. A majority of these states were in the South; but, increasingly, as conservative groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce championed the legislation, this was a movement with national legs. States such as Utah and North Dakota adopted these laws in the 1950s; Idaho, which had once had a proudly militant union culture, in 1985; Indiana, in 2012. In states with these laws, union membership plummeted, and, predictably, wages fell.10 As a result, even before the Great Recession hit, real incomes for working-class Americans were lower in the early 2000s than they had been a generation earlier.
For employers, Perry’s Texas was a low-wage, low-regulation paradise. For employees, too often it was a place of crushing drudgery.12 Unfortunately, where Texas goes, so goes much of the nation, an argument developed by New York Times columnist Gail Collins, in her 2012 book As Texas Goes. Increasingly, at the state level, conservative GOP legislators and governors, at the urging of groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Legislative Exchange Council, have moved against public sector unions, welfare recipients, against services offered by federally funded programs like Medicaid, and even against the unemployed—in Florida and elsewhere, legislators have pushed for unemployment insurance applicants to have to be fingerprinted and drug-tested, essentially putting in place practices that send out the none-too-subtle signal that the unemployed are to be viewed and treated as criminals.
That we have been slow in calibrating the true extent of poverty and remiss in crafting ambitious, big-picture solutions to that poverty is, I believe, manifested in three main ways. First, existing programs, both for the unemployed or jobless, and also for the working poor, have withered, either through benign neglect or through active political opposition—an assault on the Keynesian project, launched by think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation, policy-crafting entities such as the American Legislative Exchange Council, and business organizations such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 1996, 45.7 percent of poor kids were getting some form of cash assistance from the government. Thirteen years later, only 18.7 percent received such aid. “The Great Recession,” Randy Albelda wrote in a report for Dollars and Sense, “pushed 800,000 additional families into poverty between 2007 and 2009, yet the TANF rolls rose by only 110,000 over this period.”1 And, she might have added, most of those receiving TANF benefits were getting far smaller monthly checks than they had been a few years earlier.
Because We Say So by Noam Chomsky
Affordable Care Act / Obamacare, American Legislative Exchange Council, Chelsea Manning, cuban missile crisis, David Brooks, drone strike, Edward Snowden, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Julian Assange, Malacca Straits, Martin Wolf, means of production, Monroe Doctrine, Occupy movement, oil shale / tar sands, Powell Memorandum, Ralph Waldo Emerson, RAND corporation, Slavoj Žižek, Stanislav Petrov, Thorstein Veblen, too big to fail, uranium enrichment, WikiLeaks
Also in that year, 87 percent favored tax breaks for utilities that produce more electricity from water, wind or sunlight. . . . These majorities were maintained between 2006 and 2010 and shrank somewhat after that. . . .” The fact that the public is influenced by science is deeply troubling to those who dominate the economy and state policy. One current illustration of their concern is the “Environmental Literacy Improvement Act” proposed to state legislatures by ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded lobby that designs legislation to serve the needs of the corporate sector and extreme wealth. The ALEC Act mandates “balanced teaching” of climate science in K–12 classrooms. “Balanced teaching” is a code phrase that refers to teaching climate-change denial, to “balance” mainstream climate science. It is analogous to the “balanced teaching” advocated by creationists to enable the teaching of “creation science” in public schools.
Index Abrams, Elliott, 87 Abu Muamar, Mustafa, 27 Abu Muamar, Osama, 27 Acheson, Dean, 138 Adamsky, Dmitry, 164 Affordable Care Act, 136 Afghanistan, 33, 84, 116, 154, 160, 178 Africa, 26, 86, 155, 176, 180 African National Congress, 32 African Union (A.U.), 25–26, 179–180 AFRICOM, 25 Ageel, Ghada, 101 Ahmed, Akbar, 160 al-Khawaja, Abdulhadi, 48 Allende, Salvador, 111 al-Libi, Abu Anas, 137 Allison, Graham, 55–57 Al-Muslimi, Farea, 105, 106 Alperovitz, Gar, 93 al-Qaida, 178 American Enterprise Institute, 135 American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), 95 American Newspaper Publishers Association, 29 Anaya, James, 47 Anglosphere, 100 Angola, 156 Arab League, 26 Araboushim, 74 Arafat, Yasser, 125 Aristotle, 150 Asia, 171, 176, 191 Assad, Bashar, 190 Assange, Julian, 61 Atwan, Abdel Bari, 178 Australia, 100, 118 Austria, 122 Baghdad, 189 Bagram, 32 Bahrain Center for Human Rights, 48 Baker, Peter, 169 Barsamian, David, 89 Baskin, Gershon, 79 Basque region of Spain, 93, 147 Batniji, Rajaie, 74 Becker, Jo, 52 Bedouin, 27 Belgian Congo, 180 Belloc, Hilaire, 165 Ben-Gurion, David, 100 Benn, Aluf, 79 Besikci, Ismail, 49 Bill of Rights, 31 bin Laden, Osama, 105, 106 Birol, Fatih, 23 Blackstone, William, 51 Blair, Tony, 189 Bolender, Keith, 56 Bolivia, 54, 123 Boron, Atilio, 121 Bosch, Orlando, 124 Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica, 46 Boston, 105, 107, 109 Brandeis, Louis, 62 Branfman, Fred, 107 Brazil, 25, 42, 140, 153 BRICS countries, 25 Britain, 25, 36–37, 116, 174 Brookings Institution, 160 Brooks, David, 131, 132 Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 143 Burchinal, David, 55 Bush, George H.
The New Prophets of Capital by Nicole Aschoff
3D printing, affirmative action, Affordable Care Act / Obamacare, Airbnb, American Legislative Exchange Council, basic income, Bretton Woods, clean water, collective bargaining, commoditize, crony capitalism, feminist movement, follow your passion, Food sovereignty, glass ceiling, global supply chain, global value chain, helicopter parent, hiring and firing, income inequality, Khan Academy, late capitalism, Lyft, Mark Zuckerberg, mass incarceration, means of production, performance metric, profit motive, rent-seeking, Ronald Reagan, Rosa Parks, school vouchers, shareholder value, sharing economy, Silicon Valley, Slavoj Žižek, structural adjustment programs, Thomas L Friedman, Tim Cook: Apple, urban renewal, women in the workforce, working poor, zero-sum game
The response by parents, students, and communities is building, but they face an uphill battle, because despite their frustration and anger they have little say in the education reform process. The Gates Foundation is a private institution that is free to use its money as it sees fit. It’s not just Bill and Medinda Gates. Education reformers lobby Congress to pass legislation written by the American Legislative Exchange Council, an organization of conservative legislators and business groups that writes sample legislation for political representatives to present to Congress and state legislatures. When Mark Zuckerberg decided to donate $100 million to “fix” the Newark Public School System, the foundation board established to decide how to use the money had only a single community member on it—(former) Mayor Cory Booker.48 Foundations are not only unaccountable and undemocratic—they often also implement programs and structures that are undemocratic.
Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe by Noam Chomksy
American Legislative Exchange Council, British Empire, cuban missile crisis, David Ricardo: comparative advantage, energy security, Howard Zinn, interchangeable parts, invisible hand, Malacca Straits, mutually assured destruction, Naomi Klein, Occupy movement, oil shale / tar sands, Ralph Nader, Ronald Reagan, South China Sea, The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, trade route, University of East Anglia, uranium enrichment, WikiLeaks
John Donnelly, “Price Rise and New Deep-Water Technology Opened Up Offshore Drilling,” Boston Globe, December 11, 2005; Mark Finley, “The Oil Market to 2030—Implications for Investment and Policy,” Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy 1, no. 1 (2012): 28, doi:10.5547/2160-5818.104.22.168. 3 Christian Parenti, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence (New York: Nation Books, 2011), 226. Abbreviations ACHRE: Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments AEC: Atomic Energy Commission ALEC: American Legislative Exchange Council API: American Petroleum Institute ARPA-E: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy BIOT: British Indian Ocean Territory BLEEX: Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton BP: British Petroleum CDB: China Development Bank CIA: Central Intelligence Agency CND: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament COP: Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty CW: chemical weapons DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DEFCON: defense readiness condition DOD: Department of Defense DOE: Department of Energy DU: depleted uranium EPA: Environmental Protection Agency GE: General Electric HEU: highly enriched uranium IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency IBM: International Business Machines ISN: Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies IT: Information Technology LEU: low-enriched uranium MAD: mutually assured destruction MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NAM: Non-Aligned Movement NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization NAVSTAR GPS: navigation system for timing and ranging, Global Positioning System NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act NIH: National Institutes of Health NNI: National Nanotechnology Initiative NPT: Non-Proliferation Treaty NSC: National Security Council NSF: National Science Foundation NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group NWFZ: nuclear-weapon-free zone OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OSRD: Office of Scientific Research and Development PNE: peaceful nuclear explosion POW: prisoner of war PTBT: Partial Test Ban Treaty R&D: research and development RADAR: radio detection and ranging SDS: Students for a Democratic Society START: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty TRIPS: Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights UN: United Nations UNFCCC: UN Framework on Convention on Climate Change WgU: weapon-grade uranium WTO: World Trade Organization 1.
Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe by Antony Loewenstein
activist fund / activist shareholder / activist investor, Affordable Care Act / Obamacare, American Legislative Exchange Council, anti-communist, Asian financial crisis, British Empire, Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty, Chelsea Manning, clean water, collective bargaining, colonial rule, corporate social responsibility, Corrections Corporation of America, Edward Snowden, facts on the ground, failed state, falling living standards, Ferguson, Missouri, financial independence, full employment, G4S, Goldman Sachs: Vampire Squid, housing crisis, illegal immigration, immigration reform, income inequality, Julian Assange, mandatory minimum, market fundamentalism, mass incarceration, Naomi Klein, neoliberal agenda, obamacare, Occupy movement, offshore financial centre, open borders, private military company, profit motive, Ralph Nader, Ronald Reagan, Satyajit Das, Scramble for Africa, Slavoj Žižek, stem cell, the medium is the message, trade liberalization, WikiLeaks
“They leave the most expensive prisoners with taxpayers and take the easy prisoners.”22 This left an army of mentally ill inmates rotting away in state-run prisons that were often in worse shape than when they had arrived, according to a 2014 report by the Treatment Advocacy Center.23 According to a 2012 study by the same organization, 356,000 mentally disturbed people were held in prisons nationwide, while only 35,000 were housed in psychiatric facilities.24 This is how it worked. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) was a body that brought together conservative legislators and the private sector to draft market-friendly policies around the country. In Arizona, ALEC routinely indulged politicians making decisions about immigration policy with parties and exclusive access to sports events—and yet the politicians only needed to disclose that they had attended an ALEC conference. Lobbying greased the wheels of a faltering democracy, handsomely filling re-election coffers.25 In recent years, Arizona’s approach to immigrants has been one of the most repressive.
Index Abbott, Tony 279, 286 Abdul (asylum seeker) 286 Abu Ghraib prison 15 abuse 258–62 aid 123 child 102 drug 37–9 human rights 110 labor 29 outsourced 260–1 in prisons 216–17, 218 sexual 252–8, 280–1 accountability 16, 30–1, 180, 277, 291, 310 Adam, Harry 118 AECOM 53–4 Aegis Defence Services 33 Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies 44 Afghanistan 12, 19–56, 59–63, 117, 175 arrival of PMCs 20 asylum seekers from 69–70 Australian contractors 60 casualties 32, 326n27 Chinese support for 37 contractors 28–31 corruption 22, 24, 27, 42, 45, 328n48, 329–30n58 counterinsurgency 43, 52–3 departure of foreign troops 62–3 dependence on America 45 development support 62–3, 324n2, 324n3 drug economy 37–9 election, 2004 31–2 election, 2009 32 election, 2014 32 entrepreneurs 56 fear of resurgent Taliban 44–5 financial situation 62–3 future of PMCs in 23 GDP 330n61 human rights 42 inequality 56 insurgency 12, 32 intelligence gathering 51–6 intelligence-sharing nations 21 invasion of 20, 31 labor abuses 29 laws against PMCs 21 locals’ view of 48 mineral rights 24, 330n65 mining industry 24, 49–50, 330n65 Ministry of Interior 21, 40–2 Ministry of Mines 50 natural resources 49 night raids 43, 46, 52, 54, 55, 328–9n50 occupation of 22, 31–5, 36, 43, 44, 52–3, 63, 325n10 official line 40–3 past conflicts 36–7 PMC numbers 20 population surveys 330–1n66 private military companies 16, 19–25, 33–5, 41–3, 44, 46–8, 48, 50, 59–62, 331n69 propaganda 26 reconstruction 325n11 resource exploitation 49–50 security forces 27, 330n61 Soviet invasion 37 suicide attacks 41 suicide rates 332n83 Taliban rule 25 translators 55, 325n19 USAID 327–28n46 US military bases 28 violence 20 war economy 25–31, 38, 63 warlords 32–3, 44, 326n28, 326–7n30 women in 44, 47–8, 48–9, 50–1, 330n59 Afghanistan Analysts Network 54–6, 328–9n50 Afghanistan Reconstruction Group 26 Afghan police force 27 Afghan Public Protection Force 21 Africa 23 African-Americans, incarceration rates 195, 196 Agility Logistics 124 aid Afghanistan 62–3 Australia 50 contracts 123–5 corruption 126, 171 criticism of process 144–7 food 145–6 fraud 123–4 Haiti 12, 108, 120, 144–7, 340n56, 342n89 human rights abuses 123 NGO-ization of 137–41 Papua New Guinea 13, 158–9, 167, 171–5, 179 profiteering 139 waste 146 aid dependency 121, 126 AIDS 89 Alexander, Michelle 195–6 Alex, Commander 156–7 Al-Hussein, Zeid Ra’ad 277 Al Jazeera America 29 American Correctional Association (ACA) conference, 2014 202–11 American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 201 American University of Afghanistan 43–4 Amnesty International 259 Anastasiou, Vassilis 102 Anti-Defamation League 93 anti-fascist activism 93–4 anti-Semitism 90–1, 93 Arab Spring 97, 127–8 Arawa, Papua New Guinea 158, 167, 180–4 Aristide, Jean-Bertrand 26, 112–13, 151 Arizona 200–2 AshBritt 108 Ashton, Paul 201 assassinations 323n33, 331n69 Assessing Progress in Haiti Act (US) 124 Asylum Help 234 asylum seekers abuse 258–62 austerity 69 Australia 269–305 children 249–50 closed hospitality centers 67–8 costs 304 demonization of 77, 288 deportations 258–63 destinations 68 detention centers 13, 64–71, 76, 77–80, 230–5, 245–51, 271 detention costs 281–3 detention network privatization 77 Greece 64–71, 75–7, 77–80, 89 indefinite detention 68 lack of sympathy for 287–8 medical care 77–80, 256–8 mental health 254–5, 285, 286, 295, 302 motivation 68, 302–3 numbers reaching Europe 96 privatized housing 230–5 processing times 300–1 public sympathy 271 racist violence 71 reception centers 67 refugee crisis 95–8 self-harm 295–6 sexual abuse 280–1 Syntagma Square protest, 2014 70 United Kingdom 230–5, 244, 245–51, 252–8, 258–63 women 253–4 Athens 67, 102–3 Metropolitan Community Clinic 80–4 AusAID 158–9, 161, 171–5, 182, 189–91, 331–2n77 austerity, opposition to 72–5 Austin American-Statesman 108 Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility 190 Australasian Correctional Management (ACM) 282 Australia 8, 104 and Afghanistan 50 aid 50 asylum policy development 275–85, 286, 357n4, 357n9 asylum seeker network 269–305 asylum seekers 13 Community Assistance Program 304 complicity with BCL 160 Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) 271, 274, 279, 281–2, 284,286, 289–93, 295, 297–8, 300–1, 303 detention centers 13, 271, 274, 276, 278–9, 280–5, 285–305, 356n2, 357n11 detention costs 281–3 economic reforms 322n16 exploitation of Papua New Guinea 169–75 foreign policy 173–4 goals in PNG 172 immigration policy 278 “Mining for Development” initiative 190 the Pacific Solution 276–81 and Papua New Guinea 154, 160, 163, 167, 169–75, 176–7, 179, 188–91 PMC contractors 60 privatization 361n51 and Rio Tinto 162 state-ownership approach to resources 177 tender process 289–90 turnback policy 280, 286 Australian Mercy 285 Australian Navy 276 Australian Strategic Policy Institute 190 Autonomous Bougainville Government 161, 167, 178–80, 184, 346n33 Avera eCare 205 Avon Protection 203 Bagram prison 31 Bainimarama, Frank 346–7n41 Baker, Charles 117 Baldry, Eileen 285 Balkonis, Thomas 78–80 Bamazon (TV program) 306–7 Bangladesh 341n65 bank bailouts 3 bankers bonuses 4 Ban Ki-moon 113 Bank of America 3 Barnardo’s 249–50, 266 Barrick Gold 174 Batay Ouvriye 126 Bauer, Shane 204, 207–8, 210 bearing witness 9–10 Becket House, London 263 Bedford, Yarl’s Wood detention centre 252–8, 265 Behavioral International 227 Berati, Reza, murder of 283 Berghorn, George H. 204 Berman, Steve 187 BHP Billiton 172–3, 187, 189 Bigio, Gilbert 108 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 114 Bishop, Julie 176, 182 black sites 16 Blackwater 16, 35, 59, 323–4n40, 331n69 Blair, Tony 60, 236 Blanchard, Olivier 99 bloggers 308 Bloom, Devin D. 307 Blue Mountain Group 30 Boeing 15–16 Bolivia 26, 125 Booz Allen Hamilton 15 border controls, privatization 241 Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) 159, 159–61, 162, 163, 184–6, 188, 190, 343n6 Bougainville, Papua New Guinea 154–64, 167–9, 176, 178–80, 184–5 Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) 154–5, 163–4, 176, 343n6 Bougainville Women in Mining 183–4 Bozorg (asylum seeker) 232–3 Brand, Russell 267–8 bribery 22, 38, 41, 329–30n58 Brown, Bob 174 Brown, Michael, killing 203 Buckles, Nick 283 Burma 14 Bush, George W. 7, 25, 43, 118, 149 Cable, Vince 236 CACI 15–16 California 5, 196–7, 208 Callick, Rowan 176 Call Sense 210 Cambodia 276 Cameron, David 50, 62, 243, 244, 252, 263 Campbell, Chad 201 Campbell, David 284, 359n30 Campsfield detention facility 246–9, 266–7 Canada 120, 304 Capita 241–2 Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Piketty) 6 capitalism 1–2 critiques 361n5 disaster 6–9 Klein’s critique of 7–8 predatory 11, 13–14, 162, 310–11 unregulated 135–6 Caracol industrial park, Haiti 116, 128–33, 133–6, 148 Carol (senior analyst) 54–6 Carr, Bob 188–9 Cash, Linda 279 Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) 124–5 Centre for Public Integrity 34 Chalmers, Camille 151–2 Chaman (Afghan refugee) 64–71 Channel 4 News 253, 267 Chaparro, Enrique Mari 137–9 cheap labor 117, 127, 132, 133, 144 Chemonics 123 Cheney, Dick 28, 30 CHF International 138–9 child abuse 102 children detention 249–50, 272 immigrants 212, 225 malnourished 82 in prisons 208 child slaves 145 China 14, 16, 24, 37, 49, 170 China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) 24 cholera 113–16 Chomsky, Noam 238, 310 Christmas Island 269–75, 356n1 Christmas Island Community Reference Group 356–7n3 Christmas Island detention facility 271, 272–3, 274, 276, 278–9, 285–9, 299–305, 356n2 Chrysohoidis, Michalis 67–8 CIA 15, 59, 110, 331n69, 331n73 Citizens for a Free Kuwait 25 City AM (newspaper) 236–7 civilian casualties, Afghanistan 32 Clarke, Victoria 26 Clayton Homes 118 climate change 1–2, 8 Clinton, Bill 116, 118–19, 122, 123, 135 Clinton Foundation 118, 126, 136 Clinton, Hillary 8, 30, 118, 125, 131, 135, 171 Clive (information management consultant) 51–2 Clive (Serco contractor) 289–92 Coffey International 162 Colas, Landry 131 Cold War 33, 111 Collective Against Mining 121 colonialism 109, 160 Comcast 5 Commission on Wartime Contracting (US) 34 Community Assistance Program, Australia 304 community mapping 58 Conflict Mapping in Afghanistan since 1978 (Independent Human Rights Commission) 32 Congo, Democratic Republic of 120 contractors, Afghanistan 28–31 Conway, Jim 208–9 copper mining, ecological damage of 173 Corcoran, Thomas J. 110–11 Corinth detention centre 64, 78–80 Corizon 209 corporate ideology 14 corporate power 7 Corporate Responsibility Coalition 187–8 Corporate Watch 255, 263 CorrectHealth 199 Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) 13, 197–8, 199, 201–2, 211–22, 227, 228, 284–5 corruption Afghanistan 24, 27, 42, 45, 328n48, 329–30n58 aid 126, 171 Greece 64, 72 Haiti 141 overcharging 240–1 Papua New Guinea 170, 171, 188 price-gouging 292 counternarcotics information campaign 26 Crocker, Ryan C. 43 Crockett, Greg 204–5 Crossbar 204–5 Cuba 122 cultural sensitivity 21 Daily Mail 235 Daily Telegraph (Sydney newspaper) 172 Damana, Chris 184–5 Das, Satyajit 309 Daveona, Lawrence 177–8 David (Serco source) 292 Davis, Raymond 57, 331n73 Davis, Troy 199 Davos conference, 2015 2–3 debtocracies 99 Defence Logistics Agency 29 democracy 16, 311 Democracy Now!
Masters of Mankind by Noam Chomsky
affirmative action, American Legislative Exchange Council, Berlin Wall, failed state, God and Mammon, income inequality, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), land reform, Martin Wolf, means of production, nuremberg principles, offshore financial centre, oil shale / tar sands, Paul Samuelson, Plutocrats, plutocrats, profit maximization, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Silicon Valley, the scientific method, The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, too big to fail, union organizing, urban renewal, War on Poverty, Washington Consensus, Westphalian system
Also in that year, 87 percent favored tax breaks for utilities that produce more electricity from water, wind, or sunlight. . . . These majorities were maintained between 2006 and 2010 and shrank somewhat after that.8 The fact that the public is influenced by science is deeply troubling to those who dominate the economy and state policy. One current illustration of their concern is the Environmental Literacy Improvement Act being proposed to legislatures by ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded lobby that designs legislation to serve the needs of the corporate sector and extreme wealth. The ALEC act mandates “balanced” teaching of climate science in K–12 classrooms. “Balanced teaching” is a code phrase that refers to teaching climate-change denial in order to “balance” mainstream climate science. It is analogous to the “balanced teaching” advocated by creationists to enable the teaching of “creation science” in public schools.9 Legislation based on ALEC models has already been introduced in several states.
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy by Jonathan Taplin
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In an earlier time, we called this greenwashing. Jane Mayer quotes public-relations expert Fraser Seitel about the Koch brothers’ effort to remake their image: “They’re waging a charm offensive to reset the image of the Kochs from bogeymen shrouded in secrecy to philanthropists who are supporting black colleges and indigent defense.” By 2013 both Google and Facebook followed Koch Industries and joined the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Founded in 1973 as the Conservative Caucus of State Legislators, ALEC states that its current goal is to further “the fundamental principles of limited government, free markets, and federalism.” ALEC is the principal climate-change opposition group at the state level, but it also has focused on “opposing insurance coverage for birth control in the US; opposing the individual health insurance mandate enacted by the Affordable Care Act; expanding the ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws that allow citizens the right to self-defense if they feel their property is under attack; prohibiting cities from building public broadband networks; urging state legislatures to demand voters produce state-issued IDs.”
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For years, Heritage Foundation personnel were the only outsiders allowed to regularly caucus with Republican members of Congress because of this hybrid organization. “We are basically a conduit to and from the Heritage Foundation to and from conservative members of the House,” its director, Don Eberly, said in 1983. Weyrich, with Scaife’s financial backing, launched several other ingenious political organizations during this period. One was the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group aimed at waging conservative fights in every state legislature in the country. From 1973 until 1983, the Scaife and Mellon family trusts donated half a million dollars to ALEC, constituting most of its budget. “ALEC is well on its way to fulfilling the dream of those who started the organization,” a Weyrich aide wrote to Scaife’s top adviser in 1976, “thanks wholly to your confidence and the tremendous generosity of the Scaife Family Charitable Trusts.”
In 2011, the State Policy Network’s budget reached a sizable $83.2 million. Coordinating with the think tanks were over a hundred “associate” members that included conservative nonprofit groups like Americans for Prosperity, the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, and Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform, which the Kochs also helped to fund. Adding clout to the Right’s reach at the state level was the American Legislative Exchange Council. Weyrich’s brainchild had grown impressively since the 1970s, when Richard Mellon Scaife had provided most of its start-up funding. Critics called it a conservative corporate “bill mill.” Thousands of businesses and trade groups paid expensive dues to attend closed-door conferences with local officials during which they drafted model legislation that state legislators subsequently introduced as their own.
The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz by Aaron Swartz, Lawrence Lessig
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Lee Liberman Otis was just a law student when she started pitching Scaife and others on the need for the Federalist Society.† The field even has its serial entrepreneurs. Paul Weyrich was the press secretary for a Republican senator when he met Joseph Coors. Over the next few decades, Weyrich used Coors’ money to start the Heritage Foundation, the Free Congress Foundation, Moral Majority, the American Legislative Exchange Council, and various other groups that haunt any history of modern conservatism’s rise. Just like the vendors at the inauguration, political entrepreneurs sought out people with money and tried to sell them something they didn’t even know they wanted. (Manne to Goodrich: “The Augean stables were cleaned by diverting a stream of water through them. . . . One law school dedicated to propositions like those you propound . . . would do more to discipline all the other[s] than anything I can think of.”
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See Charles Duhigg and David Barboza, “In China, Human Costs Are Built into an iPad,” New York Times, January 25, 2012; and Spencer Soper, “Inside Amazon’s Warehouse,” Morning Call, September 18, 2011. All the tech giants are getting in on the lobbying game, but for one particularly controversial initiative, consider the Facebook-led lobbying group FWD.us. In 2013, Google, Facebook, and Yelp all joined ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council—a lobbying organization notorious for supporting climate change denial, undermining gun control, and busting unions—even as companies including Kraft Foods and Pepsi left due to consumer pressure. 1: A PEASANT’S KINGDOM 1. For the 450,000 jobs figure, see Sarah Lacy, Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0 (New York: Gotham, 2008), 13.
To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise by Bethany Moreton
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As liability insurance premiums grew by as much as 500 percent, liability reformers could look for federal support from the Reagan administration’s Tort Policy Working Group and from their number-Â�one conÂ�gresÂ�sional champion, Senator John Danforth, a Missouri Republican. But much of the fight would take place in the states.64 Concerned, the chemical companies joined a coalition under the auspices of the American Legislative Exchange Council and set out to generate a citizen outcry against tort abuse.65 It was an uphill battle, but as the SIFE competition demonstrated, Dow and the industry group Chemical Manufacturers Association had a valuable asset in Mrs. Nute, wife of Dow lobbyist Leslie F. “Lee” Nute. At an association meeting, Mrs. Nute described Dow’s grassroots campaign. “Everyone was very impressed with the quality and comprehensiveness of this program,” the minutes recorded, “and it was recommended that evÂ�ery company strongly consider such a program.
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As public outrage grew, Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which set the stage for the food and drug regulations of today. If a would-be Sinclair tried to document today’s food horror stories, there’s a good chance he’d be fi ned, jailed, or even labeled a terrorist. In Iowa, Utah, and Missouri, undercover investigations of factory farms are illegal. Nearly every major agricultural state has proposed similar legislation. A shadowy corporate-government partnership known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has proposed “The Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act” to deter filming that is designed to “defame” such facilities or their owners.176 Any violators would end up on a “terrorist registry.” Good luck fi nding out exactly how ALEC came to propose that law: a Washington Post reporter who tried to attend a gathering found that its “business meetings are not open.”177 Police escorted him away, and if he had persisted, who knows—maybe he’d have been labeled a terrorist, too.
Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism by Sharon Beder
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Lucas, a developer, had bought some land for building two houses. He sued for the loss in real estate value of his property when the Coastal Commission changed their management plan so as “to prevent development on sensitive coastal land”. 76 It is claimed that “almost all of the ‘takings’ bills that have been proposed in state legislatures around the county are written by a little right-wing think-tank, the American Legislative Exchange Council, funded by the usual long-lived cast of conservative businesses and foundations.”77 The Council is aiming to introduce stronger takings laws in various states with its model takings legislation, which gives property owners automatic compensation if the value of their land is diminished by fifty per cent or more by government regulations or plans. In 1995 thirteen states passed takings bills, and the Private Property Protection Act, part of the Republicans’ Contract with America, was passed in the House. | <urn:uuid:2eece760-a8ac-4d3c-9623-942faf9caceb> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://edwardbetts.co.uk/monograph/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council | 2019-05-24T21:19:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257767.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20190524204559-20190524230559-00237.warc.gz | en | 0.877523 | 11,200 | [
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Hartmut Jeske recently celebrated his 60th year anniversary working at Richards Sheet Metal. Jeske, who is now in his 80’s, has been a fabricator at Richards Sheet Metal for most of his life and is a beloved employee with literally a lifetime of knowledge to back up his valuable skill set.
Born in Driesen, Germany, Jeske’s family immigrated to the U.S.A. when he was 16-years-old. Four years later he started work at Richards Sheet Metal and has been there ever since. And according to Stephen Richards (son of the founder, Ray Richards), Jeske has a job at Richards Sheet Metal for as long as he wants it.
“I’m not going to ask him to retire,” Richards said. “He’s very productive and we’d be lost without him.”
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According to MacRumors and famed KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the 10th anniversary edition of the iPhone will retain the Lightning connector on all models of the device but will include the faster charging capabilities of the USB Type-C.
Currently, the iPhone’s lighting connector can only transfer at USB 2.0 speeds, so the upcoming release will greatly improve charging speeds. And since the lighting connecter has a slimmer profile compared to the USB-C, Kuo expects Apple to retain it for a slimmer phone.
Kuo’s prediction lands with interesting timing as it was only a few days ago The Wall Street Journal reported the upcoming iPhone would have a USB Type-C port instead of lightning. With Apple’s latest MacBook Pro models supporting Thunderbolt 3 ports — which share the same connector design as USB-C — we might see Apple bundle a lightning to USB Type-C cable with the next iPhone 8 in the box to allow for connectivity to the MacBook and other Apple devices. For all the latest iPhone 8 rumors, head here.
An excerpt from Kuo’s latest research note:
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Welcome to the Express FM Duck Pond.
From here you can view all of our Dazz's ducks that are up for adoption. All monies raised will be passed on to The Rowans Hospice in Purbrook and we are pleased to have their blessing.
The ducks are available to adopt from £5 upwards and for that you get the duck to look after (until they are old enough to fly off on their own), an adoption certificate, a warm glow and the knowledge that you have helped to support our local Hospice. Prices of actual ducks are available on request, by either calling Darren on our above number or emailing him directly on [email protected].
The idea came about when one morning Darren Gamblen announced "Good monrning my ducklings and welcome to my pond" as his opening words. That's when the duck's started arriving........ since then ducks have come in from all over the place... even Spain and Australia!
Darren Gamblen's morning show has regular updates from The Rowans Hospice at Purbrook and on how our duck pond appeal is going.
More ducklings are being added all the time.... keep watching!
Duck 79 shipping out to Afghanistan!
On Tuesday 20th September, Express FM Towers was invaded by members of the 7th Artillery, who were completing a list of bizarre challenges (including introducing a song on the radio, meeting someone famous, swapping a sticker for something of higher value and getting our Vicki in a wedding dress!) with nothing but their mobile phones and £1 to help them, for a team building exercise before they leave for Afghanistan in October.
We gave them one of Dazz's big ducks, and they promised they'd send us a photo once they're out there!
Duck 96 has now been signed by Jadan Lee!
Jadan Lee is the winner of an Urban Music Award for Best Unsigned Artist, and also going under the name of Tru Menace, remixing for Taio, Mark Ronson and Daniel Merriweather. On the live scene, Jadan has toured with Ne-Yo, Timbaland and Omar.
He's now doing acoustic music and his new single, ‘Definitely You’, is released on the 26 September.
BREAKING NEWS.....BREAKING NEWS......BREAKING NEWS
Darren will be hosting a Ducklings Disco at the Hilsea Lido's Blue Lagoon on Saturday 15th October 2011.
So come and join us doing the "Funky Chicken" , waddling like "Pingu" and dancing the "Disco Duck". It will be fun for all the family. Great news too in that the entrance price is only £5 per adult and £1 for accompanied children. Where else can you get quality entertainment for that price? (We use the term quality, loosely!) Don't forget, all profits go to The Rowans Hospice.
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How to Import Contacts from iPhone to Mac without iTunes
Contacts has always been an important thing in our phone and we really don’t want to lose any of the contacts from our phone. Importing contacts from iPhone to Mac can be a useful things to back-up our contacts and use them if we lost our contacts. But do you know any of the best way to move your contacts from iPhone to Mac without iTunes? There are some ways that you might know but today I will show you some of the best and easy options that let you do your work in minimum time without any trouble. The options are listed accordingly to its features, advantages and importance. So, let’s start and learn how to download contacts from iPhone to Mac.
- Option 1: How to Transfer Contacts from iPhone to Mac with iCareFone
- Option 2: How to Sync Contacts from iPhone to Mac with iCloud
- Option 3: How to Get Contacts from iPhone to Mac with Airdrop
- Option 4: How to Get Contacts from iPhone to Mac from Emai
Option 1: How to Transfer Contacts from iPhone to Mac with iCareFone
Moving contacts from iPhone to Mac with Tenorshare iCareFone is really easy. It is a cup of tea to transfer contacts from iPhone to Mac using iCareFone. You can transfer contacts selectively or in bulk and easily import and export contacts from iPhone to Mac. It is two way transfer: iOS devices to Mac or Mac to iOS devices. It even supports systematic management of contacts that is adding new contacts and deleting duplicate contacts. It also allows to export contacts to several format like backup files, text file, xml file, excel file.
Process on how to backup contacts from iPhone to Mac using iCareFone:
Note: Make sure to download and install Tenorshare iCareFone on your Mac.
1. Launch iCareFone and connect your iPhone to Mac using USB cable and click on Manage from the main interface.
2. Next click on Contacts option, once your click on it you can see all the contacts of your iPhone.
3. Choose all the contacts and click on Export button. As soon as you click the Export button you should be able to see exporting options to CSV or vCard. Select the option that you want.
The moment you click one option, all your contacts will be saved in your Mac in that specific format.
Option 2: How to Sync Contacts from iPhone to Mac with iCloud
Syncing contacts from iPhone to Mac using iCloud is another way to make sure your job can be done but this option is long and hectic as compared to the first option. In this option the first thing that you need to do is enable iCloud backup contacts and it will automatically be backed-up if you are connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data.
First we should know the process of enabling iCloud backup contacts and then how to export vCard to Mac. So, let’s get started.
1. Open the Settings of your iPhone.
2. Then click on [your name] and tap on iCloud. After that turn on Contacts.
Now as we know to enable iCloud backup let ’s learn how to export vCard to Mac:
3. Open you Mac and then go to any browser, after that login to www.iCloud.com.
4. Now enter your Apple ID and Password. Select “ Contacts ” that you can see on the screen.
5. Click on gear icon which you can see on lower-left side of the screen and then choose Select All.
6. Click on Export vCard.
Option 3: How to Get Contacts from iPhone to Mac with Airdrop
Transferring contacts to Mac using AirDrop is another simple and quick way to get your contacts on your Mac. Though most of the users don ’t use this method, it is always good to know some extra method. User must enable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth because AirDrop only works when both are enabled.
1. First go to Control Center on your iPhone and tap on AirDrop option.
2. Now you can choose whether you want to send to everyone or only to your contacts.
After completing the above process we need to enable AirDrop on Mac:
3. Click on Finder then Click on AirDrop.
4. You can choose “ Allow me to be discovered by Everyone ” option, if you want to receive contacts from everyone ’s iPhone.
As soon as you turn-on AirDrop on both iPhone and Mac, follow the below process.
5. Go to Contacts and select the contact you want to send and then tap on Share option.
6. You should be able to see Apple devices/Person photo on the AirDrop section with whom you can share contacts and then tap on it.
Option 4: How to Get Contacts from iPhone to Mac from Email
There are very limited number of users who might use this method to get contacts from iPhone to Mac as this method will allow only one contact at a time. So most of the users won ’t spend long time sending the contacts using this process. But also let us know how this works.
1. First go to Contacts and then select contact that you like to send.
2. Next tap on Share Contact and then select Mail option.
3. Once you select mail, you can send contacts to your email.
Now, open the email on your Mac and download the contact.
Now you should know how to import contacts from iPhone to Mac without iTunes and you should have already known which option is best for you to transfer the contacts. Tenorshare iCareFone is shown as the first option as it works really smooth and is better than other options mentioned above. You can not only transfer the contacts from iPhone to Mac using iCareFone but also can be used to do many things which is not possible in any other options mentioned above. Let us know if you like this article. | <urn:uuid:fdae39e4-195a-496b-b54f-3203de59b320> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.tenorshare.com/topics/iphone/transfer-iphone-contacts-to-mac.html | 2019-05-26T01:10:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258620.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526004917-20190526030917-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.905537 | 1,255 | [
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Leaders were delighted to welcome back KORE Software as a sponsor of the 11th edition of The Sport Business Summit in London. The data and software specialists partnered with Leaders to deliver a panel discussion on Creating the Ultimate Customer Experience featuring San Francisco 49ers President Al Guido and Virgin Atlantic Chief Marketing Officer Claire Cronin with KORE Planning & Insights President, Russell Scibetti, moderating.
The Leaders Sport Business Summit took place last week during Leaders Week London 2018; 8 events spread across London hosting an international audience of over 3,000 director level executives from global sport, technology and entertainment.
KORE is the global leader in sports and entertainment business management solutions. Comprised of KORE Software and KPI (KORE Planning and Insights), KORE serves more than 100 professional teams and 450 properties, brands, and agencies worldwide, providing powerful tools and services to harness customer information, create valuable insights, and simplify complex business process.
Russell Scibetti, President, KPI commented: “Leaders is a standout event in the business of sport; partnering with The Sport Business Summit provides us with a platform to meet decision makers from global clubs, franchises, leagues and federations. It was an honour to work with the San Francisco 49ers and Virgin Atlantic on this session exploring the ultimate customer experience.”
James Elderton, Sponsorship Director, Leaders commented: “KORE Software have been a long-standing supporter of The Sport Business Summit and at the forefront of digital transformation, so we knew Russell would do a great job onstage with two inspiring speakers from inside and outside of sport.”
Attendees of The Sport Business Summit heard from inspiring thought leaders including: John Doig, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Scotiabank; Paul Levesque, Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative, WWE; Claire Cronin, Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Atlantic; Alex Green, European Managing Director, Sports and Channels, Amazon Prime Video; Ipsita Dasgupta, President, Strategy & New Ventures, Star India; Eric Woolworth, President – Business Operations, Miami HEAT / AmericanAirlines Arena; Sandrine Conseiller, Executive Vice President Marketing & Branding, Lacoste; Andrea Radrizzani, Owner, Leeds United FC; Andy Nairn, Founding Partner, Lucky Generals; Jeffrey Godsick, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Partnerships & Brand Management, Sony Pictures; Al Guido, President, San Francisco 49ers; Nuria Tarre, Chief Marketing Officer, City Football Group and many others.
For more information about upcoming Leaders events, please click here.
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I wish I had something really exciting to tell you all, but there’s nothing I can disclose freely as of yet. However, this week brought about some really interesting developments and I cannot wait to see where everything will go from here on out. Enough of me being cryptic though, let’s get on with some trailers!
Avengers: Infinity War
This is already really stressful to watch, but our boy Spidey’s lines were hilarious.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
I would be infinitely more happy if Johnny Depp wasn’t part of this and if some other things were different as well. I did get chills at the end though! (I think it’s the theme music …)
Sorry to Bother You
It looks really wacky, but in a good way? I mean – that cast!
This is my kind of romantic comedy.
It looks freaking emotional, but what else do you expect from the person who made This Is Us??
I am not made for movies like this, maybe especially if they are based on real events. But … Sam …
Can You Forgive Me?
I just never expect Melissa McCarthy to do a serious role.
That escalated quickly.
It’s a Tessa Thompson kind of week.
I’d check it out because Bo Burnham wrote and directed it.
This looks messed up, but I guess Evan Rachel Wood likes the deeply psychological stuff.
I don’t understand why this is titled as a comedy movie?
The 100 (Season 5)
Soooo … I know this was a long trailer, but this didn’t give me any actual helpful information. I need Clarke to be reunited with the peeps from space like asap and from the looks of this, it won’t happen any time soon.
Alexa & Katie
Netflix starts to have more and more teen shows with strong Nickelodeon/Disney vibes.
The Fosters (Series Finale)
I sort of stopped watching this after season 1 and a half? But in case anyone is interested.
Well, this definitely tells me more than the teaser did.
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Yesterday we began a unit of work on OWIs. We use OWIs to get us thinking about important parts of a text to help us understand what we are reading. Today we are going to continue to use images to practise completing an OWI.
You will need to:
- Look carefully at one of the images and pick out 2 important observations (what you can see)
- Ask a powerful question for each of your observation
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In the UK it is reported that 6.5 million paid annual leave days slip into the ether every year. For workers with holiday running from January to December, the average worker nationally will have 6 annual leave days which will be left unused (and not roll over) by the end of the year.
The cumulative effect of the year-long vacation-less has been estimated as a whopping £676 trillion being ‘saved’ by businesses every year*. The true picture of this will vary dramatically for different industries, some will be winding down and investing in company festivities, whilst others will be worked within an inch of their limit to meet their end of year targets: cue the retail, temp and customer service workers petitioning for leave this Boxing Day.
Do unspent holidays really make for a more profitable company?
In our experience, stressed out, burnt-out, employees who don’t feel they can take time-off, will quickly be looking to jump-ship for a company which offers them a better work-life balance. If an overworked team loses an overworked employee, the company will need to recruit quickly and wisely before a mass migration of their employees move to their competitors.
What can companies do?
Help foster trust. We’re living in an age of corporate social responsibility and businesses are being assessed for their trustworthiness like never before. Think of Aldi’s ‘A Day on the Farm’ ad campaign welcoming sceptical customers to see their livestock farms standards first hand or McDonald’s 100% Chicken Breast ads in the response to mutant chicken nugget urban legends. While big companies are spending millions to gain the trust of their customers, they’re also learning to foster more trust of their staff. Trust that work will be completed to a high degree, not because they have been at a desk for the right number of hours, but because their employees care about delivering good work, progressing their career and advancing the company.
Indeed, Brazilian company Semco, has been lightyears ahead of the trust game for a long time. Since 1981, they have instituted a ‘no vacation limit’ policy, and under Richard Semler’s direction the company has grown from $4 million to having a net worth of over $1 billion in 2016. Netflix and Virgin has also famously adopted the ‘no vacation limit’ policy for salaried staff and have been growing from strength to strength. It seems trust is the key to a loyal and profitable workplace.
Disbelievers have proffered that the ‘no vacation limit’ policy is a smoke-screen for big companies and that employees are more likely to take holiday when they have an allocated number to take, but at some point the responsibility lies on the individual to engineer the work-life balance that’s right for them.
What can I do?
Richard Semler invoked the ‘no-vacation’ policy from a serious health-scare he suffered at the age of 21 which was brought on by a stressful work environment. Managers often make the mistake of assuming that more responsibility equals more stress, but stress is not always logical. The truth is that anxiety over job security can be most severe for graduates and executives looking to prove themselves, as Richard Semler once was. What’s more, it has become a social norm to conceal our stresses, rather than share and confront with them, especially at work, for fear of appearing incompetent.
If managers take the time to look after themselves and their stress levels by taking their holiday, then the team will usually follow by example. Encourage and remind people to book their holiday and make time to listen to people’s last-minute requests. Acting without foresight of how your decision may affect an employee’s morale may come back to hurt you. Was the client meeting they had to attend really worth losing their trust?
Applause IT Recruitment work with many companies who offer flexible working hours, such as core hours between 10am and 4pm, a minimum work week of 37 hours, and the rest is up to you. This can be invaluable for those with childcare commitments or just avoiding the rush-hour commute which can dramatically affect your happiness at work. If you’re stressed at work, don’t suffer in silence. Most managers aren’t monsters, but they may not have the information or foresight to make the best decisions. Your annual leave days are a right and you should feel comfortable and confident in asking for them as needed.
So, this Christmas, remember to take some time to relax and re-centre, if not for yourself, then for the company who needs a healthy and happy employee returning in 2017. Don’t feel guilty for the days-off spent getting the house in-law ready, presents wrapped, and boxsets watched. Everyone will be better for it.
*Figures from interparcel and travelsupermarkets's 2015 research
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