The Cultural Entrepreneurship Hubs project (CEH) was launched in 2016 with the aim of building a network of skilled multipliers and consultants in the field of cultural entrepreneurship, which continuously supports creative start-ups.
The project was born out of the realizations that creatives often lack entrepreneurial know-how and that their start-ups follow a different entrepreneurial logic. The activities of the CEH are intended to support creative start-ups in turning their innovative ideas into scalable business models. For the time being, selected cultural and creative entrepreneurs receive support from the Goethe-Institutes in Greece, Indonesia and South Africa, including training, advice and networking-opportunities with German creative professionals.
In Johannesburg, the project goals are implemented through various formats: the local Goethe-Institut hosts a four-day Cultural Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, in which the participants receive intense training. Here, economic thinking as well as the associated instruments and methods are in the foreground.
In addition, there is a close cooperation with the Hub@Goethe, in which two groups of Cultural Entrepreneurs per year undergo a six-month mentoring programme, which covers a wide range of topics, incl. design thinking and marketing, personal development, as well as business and financing models for creatives. The peer-to-peer support between the participants is a crucial component, as they further develop their own projects within the group. Regular interaction with national and international experts serve to further equip the individual start-ups and at the same time open up the hub to anyone interested in creative industries.
In addition to activities in Johannesburg, CEH regularly hosts panel discussions and workshops in Cape Town and Durban and surrounding areas. At the moment, a virtual hub is established to make the mentoring program and network accessible to other creatives.
The Cultural Entrepreneurship Hub project is a collaborative project with the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE), funded by the German Federal Foreign Office. It is supported by the network of public funding agencies for the cultural and creative industries in Germany (Promoting Creative Industries - PCI) and Kreative Deutschland.


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Michiel Van DoeverenSenior Policy Advisor
Michiel van Doeveren (1960) is senior-policy advisor at the Payment Systems Policy Department of de Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). He has been working at DNB since 1988, after he graduated economics at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and worked at Delft Technological University. Michiel worked as a country economist at the Export Credit and Import Guarantee department of DNB and was a member of the Paris Club for debt negotiations.
In 1995 Michiel joined the Cash and Payment Systems Division of DNB. DNB is a member of the European System of Central Banks. Michiel fulfilled a lot of responsibilities during the introduction of the euro and the millennium changeover. He is one of the architects of DNB for designing and building an assessment framework to promote sound business continuity policy and crisis management.
Since 2005 Michiel is secretary of the Dutch National Forum on the Payment System and as the Secretary of the Consultative Platform SEPA in the Netherlands. Since 2011 he is secretary of the National Forum on SEPA-migration. This gremium has the task on ensuring that the Netherlands' migration to SEPA proceeds as smoothly as possible. The SEPA-migration should be completed by law on 1 August 2014 2014 at the latest. Michiel is specially involved in national and European migration to the SEPA Credit Transfer, the SEPA Direct Debit and SEPA for Cards.
Matthias SchmuddeHead of the Payment and Securities Clearing and Settlement Division
Matthias Schmudde is Head of the Payment and Securities Clearing and Settlement Division at the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt. He is a member of the PSSC (Payment and Settlement Systems Committee) and responsible for cashless payment and securities clearing strategy, policy issues and oversight.
He is in particular involved in Eurosystem related initiatives such as SEPA and TARGET2-Securities. Previously he focused on developing and improving the Bundesbank`s own payment and accounting systems. Before joining the Bundesbank in 1997, Matthias Schmudde obtained a master degree in business administration and completed an apprenticeship in banking.
Lola HernandezResearcher and Policy analyst Payments Systems Policy Department
Lola Hernandez has been working at DNB as a researcher and policy analyst at the Payments Systems Policy Department since 2011. Her research is mainly focused in behavioral aspects of retail payments such as consumers' payment choices, habits and preferences. She is in charge of the annual estimation of the use of cash in The Netherlands and is involved in various studies analyzing the development of payment behavior. Lola has been involved in international comparison studies carried out in coordination with the central bank of Canada, Germany, the US, Austria and other.
Ugo BechisE-Payment & SEPA Advisor
UB Adv
Board of Directors present duties :
o Chairman of Cards Working Group of EPC – European Payment Council
o Co-Chairman of Card Stakeholders Group of EPC – European Payment Council
o Member of the Plenary Board and of the Coordination Committee of EPC
o Board Member of ABI CTSPR, Clearing & Settlement Services Committe
o Member of the European e-Cybercrime Task Force
Erik MeierhoffHead Of Business Development
Erik Meierhoff has been working in the digital industry for over 15 years and is more than familiar with processes in the B2B2C sector. Already during his studies, he was responsible for the technical integration of a leading eprocurement marketplace in the chemical sector, cc chemplorer. After graduating in political science (M.A.,) he filled leading positions in marketing, business development and consultancy. At Rakuten Deutschland, Erik was in charge of the strategic and operational development of the marketplace. Since 2015 he is heading the business development for Rakuten Europe, focusing on financial services and the further expansion of Rakuten's fully integrated ecosystem in Europe.
Kari KemppainenSr. Advisor
Bank of Finland
Kari Kemppainen is Adviser at the Bank of Finland, where he has worked over 15 years on payment system policy and oversight issues. He has also served as a treasury officer at UNESCO headquarters in Paris and as a researcher at the Helsinki School of Economics (Aalto University). He has conducted academic research on the retail payments field and has given presentations in several seminars and conferences. He is currently the Finnish representative to the Payment System Policy Working Group (PSPWG) in the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).
Massimo BattistellaBoard Member
Italian Association of Corporate Treasurers
Manager, Administration Services Telecom Italia Spa
Massimo Battistella, has spent his entire working career in corporate treasury and finance management and is currently Manager of Administration Services at Telecom Italia S.p.A..
He is Deputy Chairman of the Italian Association of Corporate Treasures (AITI) and chairman of the Payment Systems Commission and the International Relations Commission.
Since 2011 he has been Board Member of the European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT).
He is member of the Italian SEPA National Migration Committee, of the Italy Payment Committee and of the Italian Forum on E-Invoicing.
He is Technical Expert of the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB). He was the co-chairman of ERPB Working Group on SEPA post-migration issues and participated to ERPB Working Groups on SEPA e-mandates, Mobile and card-based contactless proximity payments, P2P mobile payments and instant payments.
He is member of the EU Commission Payments System Market Expert Group (PSMEG) and member of the EPC Scheme End User Forum.
Peter FrambachHead of International Payment Services
AGES Maut System
Peter was a corporate banker for 24 years before he took office as Head of International Payment Services with AGES, responsible for an annual toll volume of about five billion euros as well as the operation of around 4,300 points of sale in 13 European countries. During his career he was mainly engaged in international payments and trade finance. Therefore, Peter has own experience in both sides: banking and corporate business leading to his constructive criticism of SEPA-rules.
Marco DoelandHead of Risk Management
Dutch Payments Association
Responsible for managing shared tasks on safety and stability of the Dutch payment infrastructures, including on-line, cards, mobile and iDEAL. Marco has more then 20 years experience within Risk and Information Security Management. Before taking up his role in 2012 at the Dutch Payments Association he headed the Security Operations Centre at ING Bank where he setup and delivered various information cyber security services. He held several management positions within the area of information security and risk management, reflecting a track record of delivering excellent results through technical expertise and leadership. Marco holds a Bachelor degree in Telecommunications and Information Technology, is CISSP and CISM certified. In 2015 Marco finished his executive MBA at Nyenrode Business University in Business & IT.
Ron DelnevoExecutive Director
Europe ATM Industry Association
Originally from Edinburgh in Scotland, Ron Delnevo has lived in London for many years. After gaining experience at Board level at a number of companies, Ron created UK Independent ATM Deployer Bank Machine in 2003.He led the company until 2012, delivering exceptional customer service and double-digit annual revenue growth .Having served as a Director of the UK Payments Council for 3 years and Chair of the European Board of the ATM Industry Association for four years, in March 2014 Ron took up the role of Executive Director Europe for the ATMIA. Ron has a special focus on supporting choice in payment methods and is a recognized European thought leader on that subject.
Geoffroy GoffinetConsumer Protection, Financial Innovation and Payment
European Banking Authority
Geoffroy Goffinet is a retail banking expert at the European Banking Authority. He is responsible for the upcoming initiatives for the regulation of retail payments such as the revised Payments Services Directive 2 (PSD2) and the Regulation on Interchange Fees (IFR). Before this he was head of the non-cash means of payment oversight division at the Banque de France, a division in charge of ensuring the security and good functioning of payment instruments. He was also secretary of the Observatory for Payment Card Security, a forum that fosters dialogue and information-sharing between all parties in France involved in the smooth operation and security of card payment schemes, and secretary of the French national SEPA committee responsible for smooth migration to the new European payment instruments. Geoffroy is also involved in numerous national and international discussions on the efficiency and security of payment instruments.
Jens ZierDirector
Q Park
• Graduate Engineer for High Power Electric / Electronics
• Working for Scheidt&Bachmann GmbH, Germany, for 11 years as project engineer, sales manager, head of sales Europe
• President of Scheidt&Bachmann SAS, France for 7 years
• Working for Q-Park Holding since 2007 as Information Manager and since 2014 as Direktor PMS
• Member of the CSG at EPC (European Payment Council) representing EPA ( European Parking Association )
Dennis Van AllemeerschCEO
Hotel Booker B.V.
Dennis started his career as strategist working for Accenture in London, after which he switched to SNS Reaal, a Dutch banc-insurer. In 2007 he moved to eBay, first as General Manager Benelux for PayPal, and afterwards as Director B2C eBay Classifieds Northern-Europe. End of 2013 Dennis became CEO of Hotel Booker, a from origine Dutch online travel agency active in North-Western Europe (eg. with it's labels www.hotelspecials.de and www.hotelaanbiedingen.nl ). Dennis also serves on the board of Thuiswinkel.org, the Dutch ecommerce association, and is also a member of the European Retail Payments Board (ERPB) at the ECB, representing the European webshops
Tomas HladekSenior Executive Manager
Czech Banking Association
Tomáš Hládek spent almost 30 years at the Czech National Bank, where he acted in a number of managerial positions. As Executive Director of the Cash and Payment Systems Department, he was responsible for currency issue, protection and circulation; and for the policy, development and operation of different backbone systems. In his last two years at the CNB he acted as an advisor to the Governor of the Czech National Bank. In 2013 he moved to the Czech Banking Association where he acts as the Senior Executive Manager responsible for different IT projects.
Mark TaylorNews Editor
Payments Compliance and Blockchain Briefing
Mark's regulatory coverage of the payments industry touches on a wide variety of subjects from cryptocurrency, international sanctions and anti-money laundering laws to innovation and emerging markets. He has been part of three award-winning editorial teams in regional newspapers across the UK, holding positions of political, business, transport, crime correspondent and assistant digital editor during that time. He has also reported for the Sun newspaper and the Guardian's night and breaking news teams.
David Rockliff Head of Payments & Non Executive Director
Tesco Bank & Payment
David is accountable for the design and delivery of payments services across General Insurance and Banking within Tesco Bank. He manages the engagement with the payments industry and the relationship with key third-party payments suppliers.
David is an experienced business leader with extensive expertise in payments and cards. Previously, he worked within transaction banking at RBS, where he undertook a number of business leadership and change roles in the UK and internationally. Prior to joining RBS, David worked as a management consultant where he managed large client engagements including significant assignments in Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Ireland.
David is a graduate of Edinburgh University with a first class honours degree in Geophysics. He has an MBA from the University of Warwick.
Leonor Machado Chairman of Cash Working Group/General Manager
EPC / Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Leonor Machado is General Manager at Caixa Geral de Depósitos with responsibilities in the area of payments. Ms Machado has had a long career in the banking industry and gained extensive experience in cards, marketing, retail and commercial areas. She is also the Chair of the Portuguese Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) group. With a background in economics, Ms Machado worked in various fields including international trade and cooperation and development before joining the banking sector.
Holger NeuhausHead of Division, Money Market and Liquidity Division
Hogder Neuhaus, Head of European Central Bank's (ECB) Front Office, DG Market Operations
Holger Neuhaus is Head of the European Central Bank's (ECB's) Front Office, DG Market Operations. His Division is responsible for carrying out monetary policy and foreign exchange intervention operations, developing the related operational framework of the Eurosystem and monitoring the evolution of financial markets. Before joining the ECB he worked for the Deutsche Bundesbank and a portfolio management company inter alia in the field of foreign reserve management and financial market research. Holger Neuhaus studied economics at the Universities of Essen and Toronto.
Rui PimentelHead of Unit - Payment Systems Development
Banco De Portugal
Heads a team involved in analysis of developments in retail payment systems, contributing for Banco de Portugal's mission in this domain. Rui joined Banco de Portugal in 1997 and has been significantly involved in the implementation of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), as well as focusing on innovation and security issues in the field of retail payments. Rui takes part in several working groups dealing with retail payments, both national and international, e.g. at ECB/Eurosystem and European Commission level. Rui is a member of the European Forum on the Security of Retail Payments.
Jozsef NemethDeputy CEO
Online Ltd
József Németh is a Deputy CEO of Online Business Technologies, responsible for sales and customer account management. He graduated at the Budapest University of Economics, and after a period of being management consultant at EY, he joined Online. He has gained remarkable experience in every aspect of implementing complex core banking solutions, as he worked as senior consultant, project manager, head of project office, operative and sales Deputy CEO throughout the last 15 years. József is both creative and systematic: he can help in developing business ideas and converting them to real IT projects in the real world.
Sue HutchisonSenior Vice President, Payments
As Senior Vice President, Payments, Ms. Hutchison oversees the Canadian payments business at D+H. She is responsible for driving growth and innovation through her portfolio of products including emerging payments solutions for Canadian customers. Ms. Hutchison joined D+H in 2014 and brings with her more than 20 years of experience in global financial institutions in payments and transaction banking, commercial and retail banking, and wealth management.
A certified director, Ms. Hutchison has been actively involved in her community, currently serving on the Stakeholder Advisory Committee of the Canadian Payments Association (CPA), previous board member of the CPA, B. C. Women's Hospital, and Nature Conservancy of Canada. Sue was the founder of the HSBC Women's Network and has been an active mentor to emerging leaders, including through the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, and the Women's Leadership Circle of the Vancouver Board of Trade.
Ms. Hutchison was a recipient of the Top 100: Canada's Most Powerful Women and an honouree for the Knowledge and Leadership award from the Association of Women in Finance in 2010.
Irit MendelsonDirector of Accounting, Payments & Settlement
Bank of Israel
Mark TaylorSenior Journalist
Payments Compliance
Tamerlan RustamovSenior Specialist at the Payment Systems & Settlements
Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Edith Rigler Senior Consultant
Payments Advisory Group
Alexander Peters Chief Financial Officer
Sahara Energy Intn'l Pte Ltd
Massimo Battistella Treasurer
Victor Dostov President
Russian Electronic Money Association
Innovations in Retail
• Status of SEPA
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or saviour of banking?
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Real time payment solutions and the effect
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Cybersecurity and
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El-Paso-County-Fair-Brings-Fun-for-the-Whole-Family. It's finally that time of the year again: The El Paso County Fair is getting set to kick off on July 19th.
It's finally that time of the year again: The El Paso County Fair is getting set to kick off on July 19th. The fair is well known throughout the region and is expected to draw visitors from all over the state. The fair first began in 1905 as a modest potato festival and has grown into week-long event that takes place in a facility boasting 40 acres and several buildings in Calhan, CO. The following are a few of the events and activities that you'll be able to check out if you attend the 109th annual El Paso County Fair.
The Crabtree Carnival – From Ferris wheels to roller coasters to the many other games and activities, the Crabtree Carnival is the perfect way to spend the afternoon with the entire family. Unlimited ride wristbands are only $25 each while individual tokens are $1 each. The Crabtree Carnival will run throughout the entire week.
The Gold Canyon Gunfighters – Get a look at the past as a group of historians from all over the state and country come together to perform several skits based on events that occurred in the 1800s. Action and humor combine to provide audiences with a fun way to learn about the history of the area. You'll be able to check out The Gold Canyon Gunfighters every day of the week.
Joe Gandelman Comedian Ventriloquist – For some hilarious family-friendly entertainment, be sure to catch Joe Gandelman perform throughout the week. His ventriloquist acts include characters such as John Raven and Big Bear Meows as well as animals such as an elephant, shark, and several dogs.
Kid's Pedal Tractor Pull – If your kids have a competitive streak or just want to have a bit of fun, enter them into the Kid's Pedal Tractor Pull. The free competition is open to kids aged 4 to 12.
Exotic Petting Zoo – The petting zoo is a great way to meet some of the animals at the fair close up. Your kids will be delighted to be able to pet exotic animals such as kangaroos, camels, zebras, monkeys, and more.
Creatures of the Night Nature Program – Stephanie Lesar will hold this incredibly interesting and informative program twice on July 24th at 11:30 am and 1:15 pm. Here you will be able to learn about some of the many nocturnal creatures of Colorado, including bats, bugs, owls, and more.
Wild About Monkeys – Everybody loves monkeys, so be sure to check out this amazing show. Managed by Kevin and Martina, two experienced trainers, this is a great way to be entertained as well as informed. The Wild About Monkeys show is a traveling exhibition and the only one that boasts trained baboons.
Demolition Derby – Taking place on the last day of the fair at 6:00 pm, the Demolition Derby will contain numerous vehicle classes that include compact, chain, compact chain, small truck, and limited weld. You'll even be able to enjoy live music performed by the Ronnie Davis Band in between crashes! This is one of the most popular attractions at the fair, so be sure to pick up tickets ahead of time.
Exit West Band – Listen and dance to one of the best country rock bands in the area as they perform at the end of the night on the last day of the fair.
These are just a few attractions you'll be able to enjoy at the El Paso County Fair. There will be plenty of food, beverages, activities, contests, and more. With over 100 years of tradition, the fair knows how to please. The El Paso County Fair and Events Complex is located at 366 10th Street in Calhan, Colorado.
The El Paso County Fair is just one of the many events that make the Colorado Springs area a great community to live in. If you're interested in finding your next home, contact Park Avenue Properties of Colorado Springs or start your search for Colorado Springs homes.


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  PRIMARY KEY (RESERVATION_CODE),
  CONSTRAINT BOOKING_CUSTOMER_FK FOREIGN KEY (CUSTOMER_CODE) REFERENCES CUSTOMER
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i want to know the insert statement that will feed into the BOOKING table a new row with values generated based on user interaction with the system for the rest of the columns (like booking_date) but obtain the customer_code from the customer table with a where email= clause with an email obtained from user input.

A: To combine 2 statements you can use INSERT ... SELECT like this:
INSERT INTO
    BOOKING
    (CUSTOMER_CODE, BOOKING_DATE)
SELECT
    CUSTOMER_CODE, $booking_date
FROM
    CUSTOMER
WHERE
    CUSTOMER.email=$email

You put your values into SELECT as hard-coded and fetch CUSTOMER_CODE for the appropriate email. But make sure, that you are protected from SQL injection.

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Ardchattan School at Bonawe was built in 1886 and closed in 2014.
It originally had a roll of 14.
It is a complex granite building, with the teachers house beside. It has two classrooms, an art area and general purpose room as well as an office, a separate canteen building and a large playground and garden area. The school has been the heart of the community activities for decades.
ARDCHATTAN AND MUCKAIRN SCHOOL BOARD.
§MR. CALDWELL (Glasgow, St. Rollox) I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether it is the case, as stated by the School Board of Ardchattan and Muckairn, that they were compelled by the Scotch Education Department to erect the present Board school on a site between Kennacraig and Bonawe Quarries instead of at Kennacraig, which the School Board considered the more suitable site for the wants of the district generally; whether the Board school was built to accommodate, and is sufficient to accommodate, all children of school age in the district; whether the fact that the Department had informed those who had urged a site nearer the quarries that the Department would be prepared to take into consideration any claim for recognition which might be made on behalf of a voluntary school in such a position had been communicated to the School Board before the Board school was erected; and whether he is aware that the Episcopal school is only 600 yards distant from the Board school?
§MR. J. P. B. ROBERTSON When the proposal to erect a new public school was before the Department, strong representations were made against the proposed site at Kennacraig, as being distant from the centre of population at the Bonawe Quarries. The views of both sides were carefully considered by the Education Department as constituted in 1883, and finally with some hesitation the Department sanctioned, as a compromise, a site between the other two. The Ardchattan Public School contains accommodation for 50, and this would not, if the representations made to the Department as to the number on the 9 registers of both schools are correct, be sufficient to accommodate all the children in the district. It was intimated to the objectors in 1883 that, although my Lords were unable to refuse sanction to the compromise, a proposal for a voluntary school would receive consideration. This intimation was conveyed, not to the School Board, but to those who were then urging the necessity of further accommodation at the quarries, namely, the lessees of Bonawe Quarries on behalf of their employés. I have no reason to doubt that the facts as to the distance between the two schools are as stated by the hon. Member.
Do you have photos of the school or old pupil images ?
Who were the teachers of the past ?


San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area implements a dreissenid mussel interception and education program. This program is designed to prevent the spread of Quagga and Zebra Mussels into the waters of the San Luis Reservoir, the O'Neill Forebay and the Los Banos Creek Reservoir. These aquatic invasive species cause significant damage to water systems across the United States, resulting in millions of dollars in maintenance and rehabilitation costs related to natural resources, water district infrastructures, and recreation. These impacts translate into higher costs for consumers. This program is a cooperative effort between the California Departments of Parks and Recreation, Water Resources, and Fish and Wildlife.
All San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area launch facilities, including Basalt, San Luis Creek, Medeiros, Dinosaur Point and Los Banos Creek require the inspection by trained personnel of all watercraft types for the existence of Quagga and Zebra Mussels prior to launching. Boaters can expect a slight delay prior to launching for pre-screening and vessel inspection. Previously inspected vessels, which are marked by a lanyard through the boat bow eye and trailer winch hook, can return to launch with minimal delay. Boaters are encouraged to arrive at the park with vessels being Clean, Drained and Dry.
For more information, please visit the Quagga & Zebra Mussels page , or call (209) 826-1197 ext. 112.
With your assistance, we can all help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.


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H.R.5714 - United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008110th Congress (2007-2008)
Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] (Introduced 04/08/2008)
House - Financial Services
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There are 4 summaries for H.R.5714. Public Law (11/17/2008)Passed Senate without amendment (11/17/2008)Passed House amended (10/03/2008)Introduced in House (04/08/2008)
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 3, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half dollar clad coins as numismatic items emblematic of the traditions, history, and heritage of the U.S. Army, and its role in American society from the Colonial period to today.
Requires the design for such coins to contain motifs that honor specifically the American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, consistent with the traditions and heritage of the U.S. Army, the mission and goals of the National Museum of the U.S. Army, and the missions and goals of the Army Historical Foundation.
Restricts coin issuance to the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2011.
Requires all surcharges from coin sales to be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Foundation to help finance the National Museum of the U.S. Army.


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A Mothers Ramblings: Wordless Wednesday - Where do eggs come from?
Wordless Wednesday - Where do eggs come from?
Top Ender spotted this. "I thought eggs came out of a chicken's bum?"
Top Ender Giggles - I'm not that bunged up! Am I?
Top Ender Giggles - Does it also have TTDE?
Top Ender Giggles - What am I going to say next?
Top Ender Giggles - That'll learn him!
Top Ender Giggles - Even I knew that!
Baby Boy Giggles - Such a flirt!


So ladies this is the first of my guest bloggers, the lovely Jo who writes Beauty and the Books. I have met Jo twice and she is super lovely!! Here blog is also awesome (a beauty addict like us all) she also has lots of different posts including yummy food!!!
I'd like to say a big thank you to Emma for letting me write a guest post for her blog, this is the first time I have written a post for someone elses blog and it's actually quite nerve-wracking! I don't want to let Emma down!
I decided to review these hand and foot treatments. I got these a couple of months ago and I have been waiting for a spare hour where I could have a bit of pamper time. I had last week off work and we did quite a bit of walking so my feet definitely needed a bit of TLC.
The treatments come in a foil pack. The pack contains two booties and the treatment takes 20 minutes.
The booties are enriched with Vitamin E and Gingko Biloba to help sooth and soften dry, rough and chapped feet.
They look a bit strange don't they!
They consist of an inner layer of soft material which is saturated in the moisture treatment, then an outer plastic layer that keeps the moisture in and stops any mess!
I put them on with my PJ's and sat in bed as I thought the warmth from the duvet would help with the absorption of the cream.
The hand treatments also come in a foil pack. They smell absolutely gorgeous!
The gloves contain Rose & Shea Butter and are enriched with Collagen and Vitamins.
They are the same as the booties and have two layers.
You just leave them on for 20 minutes, take the gloves/booties off, bin them and that's it!
I will definitely be using both of these products again. They left my hands and feet silky smooth. There was no messy residue left on either my hands or feet, it had all been absorbed into my skin. A nice easy treat! Next time I will put a face mask on too - multi tasking and all that!
You can buy the treatments from Amazon where they retail for £3.99 each. I also think they stock them in Home Bargains.
Have you tried these treatments? What did you think?
Big thanks to Jo for writing this fab post, make sure you have a visit of her blog!
To home bargains I go!


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Q: image not displaying in rails app I'm having a very confusing problem with my rails app.  I am trying to display an image on a page, and I know the path is correct.  This is verified by "test.html", the entirety of which is:
<img src="/Users/xxxxx/MHE_website/app/assets/images/aggi5.jpg" >

And when I load this page locally I see the picture.  However, the exact same text does not load when I put it into my rails app.  What gives?  I notice that when I am hosting locally for developing, I get the following error message in my terminal:
ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [GET] "/Users/xxxxx/MHE_website/app/assets/images/aggi5.jpg"):

What does this mean?  I've never had to do this before.  The following is my Gemfile, this may or may not be relevant but I'm at a loss.
source 'https://rubygems.org'

#toggle this on for dev mode
# group :development, :test do
#   gem 'sqlite3'
# end

# Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'rails', '4.1.4'
# Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
# Use SCSS for stylesheets
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 4.0.3'
# Use Uglifier as compressor for JavaScript assets
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
# Use CoffeeScript for .js.coffee assets and views
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
# See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
# gem 'therubyracer',  platforms: :ruby

gem 'owlcarousel-rails', '~> 1.1.3.3'
gem 'bootstrap-sass', '2.3.2.0'

# Use jquery as the JavaScript library
gem 'jquery-rails'
# Turbolinks makes following links in your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/rails/turbolinks
gem 'turbolinks'
# Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0'
# bundle exec rake doc:rails generates the API under doc/api.
gem 'sdoc', '~> 0.4.0',          group: :doc

# Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring
gem 'spring',        group: :development

group :development, :test do
  gem 'sqlite3'
end

group :production, :staging do
    gem 'pg'
    gem 'rails_12factor'
end
# Use ActiveModel has_secure_password
# gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7'

# Use unicorn as the app server
# gem 'unicorn'

# Use Capistrano for deployment
# gem 'capistrano-rails', group: :development

# Use debugger
# gem 'debugger', group: [:development, :test]

A: You need to use image_tag helper to display images in your application. See documentation.
You should use something like this in your view:
<%= image_tag( 'aggi5.jpg' ) %>

A: Try changing the permission of the image to 777. It should work


Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 10, 2019) - Eric Sprott announces that today, 2,500,000 common share purchase warrants ("Warrants") of Northern Sphere Mining Corp. (held by 2176423 Ontario Ltd., a corporation he beneficially owns) expired unexercised representing a decrease in holdings of approximately 5.8% of the outstanding common shares on a partially diluted basis. Prior to the expiry of these Warrants, Mr. Sprott beneficially owned and controlled 5,000,000 common shares and 2,500,000 Warrants representing approximately 14.6% of the outstanding common shares on a non-diluted basis and approximately 20.4% on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of all Warrants.
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 19, 2019) - Northern Sphere Mining Corp. (CSE: NSM) (OTC PINK: NSMCF) ("Northern Sphere" or the "Company") announces the resignation of Mr. Mark Haywood from its board of directors, effective March 14, 2019. Mr. Haywood has been a member of the board of Northern Sphere since October 25, 2018. Northern Sphere thanks Mr. Haywood for his contributions to the Company during this time and wishes him well in future endeavours.


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Anna Nicole Smith's Cypress home on the market for $2.8M
Posted 6:27 PM, June 30, 2017, by Mike H., Updated at 03:33PM, July 1, 2017
CYPRESS, Texas-- Anna Nicole Smith was a celebrity sensation and reality star and although it's been over a decade since her death her celebrity lives on.
Now for the first time since her untimely death, Smith's 2.8 million-dollar house is for sale and we're taking you on a tour of the lavish estate.
The 6,000-square-foot Cypress, TX home was a gift from her late husband J. Howard Marshall II. The two-story home includes two staircases, five bedrooms, five bathrooms, four garages, fitness area, wine cellar and game room.
"It's got a little bit of the Anna Nicole Smith nostalgia from back when her and Howard Marshall lived here many years ago," Real Estate Agent Mark Bonning said.
Stunning $12.7M home comes with a grisly history
If these walls could talk, who knows what secrets they might spill?
"Swimming pools, summer kitchens, exercise rooms, sport court, it has all the amenities somebody would want on a big country estate," Bonning said.
Smith definitely left her mark on H-town in more ways than one. Before marrying Marshall, Smith worked the afternoon shift as a dancer at Rick's Gentleman's Club, where she went on to become a playboy playmate. Playboy launched Smith's career leading her to become the face of Guess Jeans followed by a series of Hollywood films.
Anna sold the Cypress home back in 1998 before living out her life in the Bahamas.
If you want to own a piece of H-town history with ties to Tinseltown, Smith's former home could be yours.
Houston's historic Kirby Mansion in jeopardy of being demolished
House hunting? Inside the $250 million mansion that's up for sale
Filed in: Nation/World, NewsFix
Local Morning Dose Texas
Mom helping families practice better pool safety after losing her child in 2005 Memorial Day drowning
Protesters demand accountability in Maleah Davis case
38 dogs found in home of woman suspected of dumping puppies at Coachella put up for adoption
City Hall to have pink lights Sunday in honor of Maleah Davis; child's remains found in Arkansas
Is it a buyers or sellers market? Houston realty tips with power couple, realtors Ryan and Royale Jockers
Home invasion suspect began stabbing himself after being shot by homeowner, police say


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Reading: Grown-Ass Lady Gangs: Helen Ellis on Old Friends, Being Honest and Being Atrocious
The bestselling author's latest book of essays tackles every kind of friendship
Photo by Chris Murray
Whether it's lifelong childhood BFFs or the new friends we may be lucky enough to find in midlife, our gangs of "Grown-Ass Lady" friends — as bestselling author Helen Ellis calls them in her hilarious and poignant new book, Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light — are vital to our existence.
Raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Ellis moved to New York in 1992, married a New Yorker, and has lived in New York City ever since. Her journey as a writer was difficult and inspiring, as it took 15 years after her first novel to get her next book, American Housewife, published. Her latest work is a collections of essays. CoveyClub chatted with Ellis about her inspiration for it.
CoveyClub: Your writing career, which had stalled for many years, had a renaissance later in your life. How did you return to writing, after all those years of rejection?
Ellis: I had given up on writing and started identifying as a housewife. Which is what I was! I kept getting asked, "What do you do all day?" And I would say, "Whatever I want to."
CoveyClub: You couldn't say you were a stay-at-home mom, because you don't have kids, right?
Ellis: We have two cats. I started this anonymous Twitter account, called "What I Do All Day." I started getting feedback, and retweets and followers. And I began to see patterns emerge in the things I Tweeted about. I started writing stories about that, with twists. Those stories eventually became my book, American Housewife.
CoveyClub: Your new book title is Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light. What does that mean?
Ellis: It's about long-term friendship. The first piece in the collection is about me getting together with friends from 40 years. You don't judge each other. You can tell each other anything. You bring that talk of that divorce, that bad mammogram, that parent's death, that affair. Whatever it is, I'm going to be on your side. So you overpack. This book is about women in their late forties and early fifties taking that second chance. Whether it's getting out of a bad marriage, beating a terminal disease, having a baby all by yourself at 50 years old, plastic surgery, or going through menopause (one essay opens with the lines, "Are you there, Menopause? It's me, Helen. I just finished my 453rd period."). It's about embracing your friends for who they are. It's also about looking to the future. There's a piece in the book called "She's Young," where my octogenarian upstairs neighbor really taught me that I'm in the middle, that the middle is a great place.
CoveyClub: In your book's opening essay, "Grown-Ass Ladies Gone Mild," you're at a reunion of childhood friends, where one of the friends is dealing with a recent suspicious mammogram. After the trip, and the subsequent cancer diagnosis, you rally around your friend, wearing matching pink-ribbon bracelets. I love your line, "Sometimes all we can do is show our solidarity with accessories." Also, "Don't let them put her new boobs on her back!" This essay hit me hard, because I have a close friend who is going through cancer, and our college "gang of four" has done our best to support her and make her laugh through the pain. And wasn't it the most serious essay in the book?
Ellis: Yeah. It's really the heart of the book.
CoveyClub: How do you maintain these friendships with your old friends?
Ellis: I prefer to call them "dear friends." The great thing about lifelong friends is that you pick up just like that. I was in a condo on the beach in a twin bed, and it was like a slumber party in middle school, except everybody was drunk. When we were 12 or 13, we were all calling each other, saying, "Did you get your period?" and now we're all calling each other and saying, "Have you gotten your colonoscopy?" It's like this big powwow at different stages of your life. I was there for two of their weddings, a second wedding in our forties, and whenever I would go home to Alabama, they would be there. Now all of them live in Athens (GA) and Atlanta, so that's been one of the best things about being on book tours. When I'd come through, I'd stay with them.
CoveyClub: You describe in the book some distinct friend groups. What's special about these different groups?
Ellis: During COVID, I had four different regular Zooms. Every Sunday I Zoomed with The Bridge Ladies. They are all about 10 years older than me. Everything I'm experiencing, they've already experienced. They're like my menopause sherpas. They've all been in New York forever, so they offer that level of advice. Every Wednesday I have my Writing Workshop, and that offers me everything. A place to show my work, and they will tell you the truth. We've been together since 1995. I would never complain about anything in my writing life to anyone other than my writing group friends. I call them my Writerly Wives. And then I have my Grown-Ass Lady Group (my "dear" Alabama friends), and we meet once a month on Zoom. My other is the Classic Trashy Book Club. We read those kinds of books that we weren't allowed to read in high school.
CoveyClub: Do you ask permission to use your friends' names and stories in your books?
Ellis: Yes. My friend Patti allowed me to use her name when she confided that her husband is "well-endowed," because they felt it was only flattering. Every piece I write is born from me falling more in love with a friend. It's me saying, "Look at what she did." It's from a point of pride.
CoveyClub: Is it easier to get together with your mom friends now that many of their children are grown?
Ellis: Empty Nesters are the new gay men of New York. They're going everywhere. And I'm happy to go along. A lot of people are like, "The kids are gone, and we are ready to have a good time."
CoveyClub: In one essay, you say you're a "second best" friend. What does that mean?
Ellis: I have my "number one," who is my friend Patti. She moved to Colorado to be near her family, and it took me years in New York to find a friend who I could be as honest and atrocious with. I can't say who my "number two" is, but I have many friends where I am the number two or the backup plan, and I respect that.
CoveyClub: At this stage in life, making new friends can be hard. Are you always open to making new friends?
Ellis: Yeah, being middle-aged, we're not only forgiving of old friends, we're also open to new friendships. One writer friend and I met in 2016. I wanted to be friends with her. I asked if she wanted to come to my house and work a jigsaw puzzle.
CoveyClub: Really?
Ellis: Yeah. On Instagram we were both always doing that. A whole Puzzle Posse was formed, and we are open to new friends. Everyone comes to my house. In two hours, the five of us finish a 500-piece puzzle. Everyone's drinking and eating, and it's very therapeutic. During the pandemic, we've been shipping puzzles to each other. That's a group where one friend, Camille, is 10 years younger than the rest of us. I'm now a "Bridge Lady" to Camille! We all need some Bridge Ladies in our lives. I wrote this book because it's, "Let me tell you what's coming."
CoveyClub: Have you ever had a toxic friendship where you had to break up with someone?
Ellis: I was much more confrontational when I was younger. But that did not come to a good end. So I've had to embrace patience with myself and just be a more forgiving person. These days, I'll hold a grudge for you. I'll say "Why do we hate that person?" It's hard to let a lifelong friendship go. But this lockdown sort of weeded out some friendships. I saw some people during COVID who I didn't see as much before because they've been in the City during this time.
CoveyClub: What are the top three qualities you look for in a friend? And are those the same ones that you looked for when you were younger?
Ellis: I probably look for the same qualities I looked for in middle school: Loyalty, laughter, and listening.
CoveyClub: How would you choose whom to live with in a Golden Girls–type house?
Ellis: Whoever's widowed and left standing! Living together like that has definitely been discussed. That's why so many women play bridge. A lot of times we think, "Our husbands are going to die, so we need a hobby and we need to ward off Alzheimer's."
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I so enjoyed meeting Helen through this interview and look forward to reading her books.


Mark Urban-Lurain is the Associate Director for Engineering Education Research at Michigan State University. He's also the Principle Investigator on an NSF-sponsored project developing methods and software for Automated Analysis of Constructed Responses. Open-ended questions force students to think differently than multiple choice questions, but are much harder to grade. In this episode we talk to Mark about how the project uses machine learning to evaluate and analyze free text answers in order to shed new light on student understanding and misconceptions.
0:35 ⏯ Welcome Mark Urban-Lurain! Where pedagogy and technology meet at automated analysis of constructed responses. How Mark got started combining technology and teaching–and a long history at Michigan State University going back to instructional TV. Using mainframes, teletype machines, and statistics to improve teaching. People are sometimes more open with computers than with other humans.
4:30 ⏯ It's not about the technology, it's the learning, says a Spartan through-and-through. Starting to analyze short-answer questions with data from a biology professor by adapting a tool for analyzing survey responses. From biology to statistics, chemistry, chemical engineering, and now physiology. K-12 pedagogical content knowledge and middle-school science argumentation.
7:11 ⏯ Why free response vs. multiple choice? Students study differently and using higher-order strategies when studying for an open-response format test and perform better on the m/c questions. Getting more insight into the mix of right and wrong ideas about the topic. You can also discover misconceptions this way. How this is different from analyzing essays, as ETS does. An example from genetics which gets at a central concept in biology. The development of the questions is very labor-intensive. Students are very confused about this topic. Mark and his team have used additional interviews and questions to identify why, and this paved the way for instructional materials which actually improve performance on these questions.
14:46 ⏯ Another example question, this one from cellular biology: cellular respiration and energy from glucose. Explaining a phenomenon vs. demonstrating your knowledge of the discipline's vocabulary. The software reads hundreds of correct and wrong answers and "learns" to recognize the differences. Using analytical vs. holistic scoring rubrics. The whole process requires a lot of work up front, but eventually the process takes only a few minutes to "understand" the differences between right and wrong answers.
19:19 ⏯ The computer is matching words and groups of words: It works at the lexical level. The goal is to get the same level of inter-rater reliablity between the machine learning and experts as between experts: The kappa should be 0.80 or better. The wrong answers represent conceptual errors that can be addressed through instruction. Preliminary evidence suggests that the software can ignore things like poor language skills. The software is intended for formative assessment.
24:28 ⏯ This machine learning approach has limitations: It can't evaluate well, for instance, compare/contrast answers. The wording of the question can be critical to getting the software to learn which answers or better. It can't just be a vocab test. A first-year biology textbook has more vocabulary than a first-year French textbook. The vocabulary is shorthand for ideas.
32:32 ⏯ Many professors are skeptical at first. Then they often simply want to know how many got the questions right. But after that, professors drill down to what students are NOT understanding, and the instructional strategies that can remedy the problems. AACR as faculty development is not about the technique: it's about understanding what students DON'T know. One way to address student misconceptions is to drive the student reach a contradiction: i.e., the Socratic method. Faculty have developed exercises for addressing common misconceptions. And these are the kinds of issues that interest faculty, and faculty enjoy talking to peers about them.
38:11 ⏯ This is a research project, so they're still learning. One next step is to develop heuristics to speed up the process of developing questions and 'teaching' the machine. Doug on research: "If you found it the first time, it would just be called 'search.'" Doug heard this from Desika Narayanan who quoted his PhD advisor on The Pulse. Science as a process rather than a pile of facts.
43:09 ⏯ Thanks and signing off.


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VLBI for Gravity Probe B: The guide star, IM Pegasi
Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/32/22/224021
Search for: Bartel, N.; Search for: Bietenholz, M. F.; Search for: Lebach, D. E.; Search for: Ransom, R. R.1; Search for: Ratner, M. I.; Search for: Shapiro, I. I.
National Research Council of Canada. National Science Infrastructure
Classical and Quantum Gravity
We review the radio very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of the guide star, IM Peg, and three compact extragalactic reference sources, made in support of the NASA/Stanford gyroscope relativity mission, Gravity Probe B (GP-B). The main goal of the observations was the determination of the proper motion of IM Peg relative to the distant Universe. VLBI observations made between 1997 and 2005 yield a proper motion of IM Peg of ± 0.09 mas yr-1 in α and ± 0.09 mas yr-1 in δ in a celestial reference frame of extragalactic radio galaxies and quasars virtually identical to the International Celestial Reference Frame 2 (ICRF2). They also yield a parallax for IM Peg of 10.37 ± 0.07 mas, corresponding to a distance of 96.4 ± 0.7 pc. The uncertainties are standard errors with statistical and estimated systematic contributions added in quadrature. These results met the pre-launch requirements of the GP-B mission to not discernibly degrade the estimates of the geodetic and frame-dragging effects.
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The moment I put on the Blood version of the Mira gown from Kouse's Sanctum, I was transported ❤ I stopped being Melanie and became a creature of magic and mystery, and I promptly teleported off to the Lost World location to take some Let's Pretend pictures.
I enabled shadows for these shots, so there isn't any anti-aliasing in the shots but scaling down seems to help with that a bit.
I did my own poses for these shots, but I'm not sure if I'll release them in my store. If you want the poses for yourself, just shoot me an IM and I'll pass them along!
I picked up fri.day's freebie ballet sweater a while ago for my alt and I really liked it, so when they held their sale earlier this month I knew I had to get it in black.
After I put on my new sweater, I decided I wanted to dress my av up as if she were heading to ballet class. ^_^ While doing so, I ended up rediscovering some oldies-but-goodies that still look good. You can click on the images to see larger versions.
My Tess hair from LAQ, which works with the hairbase option on my all-time favorite skin, was perfect for this look. I searched for legwarmers in my inventory and unearthed some older BP* "ungry rabbit" legwarmers! These are no longer sold at BP* (hehe, vintage), but the lace versions are still available and Bettie's got lots of other colorful types available now. I also threw on my Blaze tights (another old favorite) and the cute free flats I recently got at In Her Shoes.
addendum: People have been asking where the video was shot. It was shot in my workstudio! I use a KMH skybox, with a couple of walls removed and a deck added. The clock on the wall is a freebie from Chronokit.
While Violaine Villota of Fancy Fairy is known for her delicate, beautiful fairy wings (both in SL and in RL!) and magical fantasy apparel, she also has really cute hand drawn skins. Her Avalon skins have pleasingly smooth complexions and tones, and feature makeups that come with optional tribal markings to cater to the fantasy market.
I'm wearing the Ariel gowns in these pictures, from Kouse's Sanctum. The gowns are featured in the following colors, in this order: aurora, raindrops, flora, ice, and dusk.
My favorite part of the Ariel gown is hands down the lush, full flexi skirt that swishes and flares with your every movement. I'm especially partial to the colors on the raindrop and aurora versions of the gown. The gown features sculpted gold roses, which also adorn the included armbands and the prims that adorn the bodice/neckline area.


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Public Health and History: Vaccination Regulation in the Northeastern States
Kate Campbell, DePauw University
In 1905 Henning Jacobson went before the United States Supreme Court in Jacobson v. Massachusetts and argued that his constitutional right to liberty was infringed upon when compulsory vaccination laws were introduced. When mandatory vaccination laws were introduced in Cambridge, Massachusetts there was another deadly smallpox epidemic racing through the northeastern states. Government officials believed that the best way to control the disease and ultimately stop the spread was through government intervention. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that as a citizen of the United States it is often times necessary to give up some forms of liberty in order to protect the safety and health of the community as a whole, in this case receiving the vaccination for the wellbeing of everyone. Smallpox brought persistent epidemics over the centuries throughout the founding of the United States, until its eradication in the late 1900s. By looking at the introduction of inoculation and vaccination in the United States the need for government intervention in public health matters becomes clearer and helps to strengthen the argument of the Supreme Court ruling. Opposition and controversy will always be present in America, but the ability to recognize what being a citizen of the United States, during a public health crisis, means allows one to fully acknowledge the need to take the necessary precautions to benefit the health of all and stop the spread, in hopes of ultimately leading to eradication.
Winner of the 2021 Prindle Prize for Ethics in the Humanities.
Campbell, Kate, "Public Health and History: Vaccination Regulation in the Northeastern States" (2021). Student Research. 38, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/studentresearchother/38
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