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60-Second Science
Arranged Marriages Can Be Real Love Connection
Speaking March 10th at the 92nd Street Y's Tribeca site in New York City, Scientific American MIND contributing editor Robert Epstein discussed how arranged marriages can surpass love matches for long-term contentment. Steve Mirsky reports
Think arranged marriages are loveless? Not so, says psychologist Robert Epstein, a contributing editor for Scientific American MIND magazine. He spoke March 10 at the 92nd Street Y's Tribeca site in New York City:
"And there's even a study published in India [Usha Gupta and Pushpa Singh of the University of Rajasthan, 1982] but using an American love scale, called the Rubin Love Scale, that compared love in love marriages in India, because they have those, too, to love in arranged marriages. And in this particular study, love in the love marriages starts out very high. And then over time it decreases. That's what all of our studies show. And in the arranged marriages—and this is true in my work, too—we see the love starting out relatively low. Because in some cases the people barely know each other, sometimes they've had a half an hour of contact in total before they got married. And then it increases gradually, surpasses the love in the love marriages at about five years. And 10 years out it's twice as strong."
—Steve Mirsky
[The above text is an exact transcript of this podcast.]
Robert Epstein's article "Fall In Love And Stay That Way" appeared in the January/February 2010 issue of Scientific American MIND and can be previewed at http://bit.ly/d1OQ8Q
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A large amount of aggregate is being lost or is at risk of being lost due to gravel deposit sterilization throughout the province. The goal of the ASGA is to work with communities and regulatory bodies to encourage responsible development of this resource and ensure the reclamation of land following the extraction of gravel.
Read more about Sand and Gravel reclamation projects here.
Under the Municipal Government Act, municipalities have the ability to pass a Community Aggregate Payment (CAP) Levy bylaw to require operators to report shipments based on tonnage, and pay a levy of up to the regulated maximum rate of $0.40 per tonne of sand and gravel extracted.
Read more about CAP Levy here.
The ASGA is active throughout the province of Alberta through involvement in several committees, programs and initiatives.
Read more about the ASGA's Committees here.


A piecewise curve is a curve that has a different definition on each of a number of intervals. The Extreme Optimization Numerical Libraries for .NET supports piecewise constants, lines, and cubic splines.
The PiecewiseCurve class is the abstract base class for all classes that implement piecewise curves. It defines a number of properties shared by all piecewise curve classes. PiecewiseCurve is itself derived from Curve.
The Degree property specifies the number of pieces that make up the piecewise curve. The x-values that define the boundaries of the pieces are passed to the constructor. The x-values must be listed in ascending order, or an exception will be thrown. Most commonly, the y-values at the boundaries are also specified at the time of construction. An x-value together with its corresponding y-value are called a data point.
A number of methods allow you to get and set the x and y values of an existing piecewise curve. The GetXValue and GetYValue methods take the zero-based index of the data point and return the specified value. The GetDataPoint method does the same and returns a Point structure.
Corresponding to these are SetXValue, SetYValue and SetDataPoint method, which set the x-value, the y-value of both x and y-value of the specified data point to the given value. Care should be taken that the x values remain in ascending order. To set multiple values at once, you can use the SetXValues, SetYValues or SetDataPoints method. These methods take two arguments: an integer array of indices, and a Double or Point array. These methods are useful when setting a single x value would cause the x values to be no longer in ascending order.
The Parameters collection of a piecewise curve has a special structure. The first n+1 parameters are the boundaries of the intervals, where n is the number of intervals. The next n+1 values are the y-values corresponding to the boundaries of the interval. Any remaining parameters further define the shape of the curve.
Since PiecewiseCurve is an abstract class, it cannot be instantiated directly. Three classes inherit from PiecewiseCurve, and represent piecewise constant and linear curves, and cubic splines.
The PiecewiseConstantCurve class represents a piecewise constant curve, a curve that is constant over each interval. The curve is left-continuous. This means that on each interval, the function value at the left or lower bound is equal to the constant value over the interval. The function value at the right or upper bound is equal to the value of the curve on the next interval.
PiecewiseConstantCurve implements most methods and properties of the Curve class.
The ValueAt method returns the value of the curve at a specified point. If the point is the upper bound of an interval, the value is the constant value of the next interval. If the x value is less than the lower bound of the first interval, the value is that of the first interval. If the x value is greater than the upper bound of the last interval, the value is that at the upper bound.
The SlopeAt method returns the derivative. For most values, it is equal to 0. The only exception is on the boundary of an interval, when the curve is discontinuous. In this case, the result is NaN.
Integral evaluates the definite integral over a specified interval. The integral is calculated exactly. The GetDerivative method is not available.
The PiecewiseLinearCurve class represents a piecewise linear curve, a curve that interpolates linearly between a set of data points. Linear interpolation of tabulated data is the most common application of piecewise linear curves or functions.
PiecewiseLinearCurve implements most methods and properties of the Curve class.
The ValueAt method returns the value of the curve at a specified point. The line on the first interval is extended to the left. The line on the last interval is extended to the right. If the x value is less than the lower bound of the first interval, the value is that of the linear function on the first interval extended to the left. If the x value is greater than the upper bound of the last interval, the value is that of the linear function on the last interval extended to the right.
The SlopeAt method returns the derivative. For most values, it is equal to the slope on the line segment. The only exception is on the boundary of an interval, when the line segments on either side of the point have different slopes. In this case, the result is NaN.
The CubicSpline class represents a cubic spline, a piecewise curve that is a cubic polynomial on each interval. Cubic splines are described in more detail in the next section.


Did anyone give their Lo cow's milk early?
I was thinking of trying Gabe on it. Just a taste in his bottle and the rest of his formula as normal until about 11/12 months. Mainly cos I'm worried if I wait too late (12 months) he'll refuse it, my friend has this problem and her 14mo old is still on formula.
Nathan is still having his formula to drink but I've been using cows milk in his food (mash etc) and also on his cereal for ages. I thought that they could have it from 6 months as long as formula or breast milk remained there actual drinking milk, not sure where I got this from.
He's been fine with it though and showed no problems. I was planning on carry on with the formula till 12 months then swapping completely.
Saw your piccie on the other post - Gabe does have the most beautiful eyes! Nathans hair is blonde too but my mum has a piccie of him in the sun and it looks bright orange! My brother now insists thats he's ginger, lol. I think he must have a tint of ginger in his hair but it doesnt always show.
I put cows milk in Charlotte's ready brek and she eats it fine, plus I add it to her food if needed. I must admit I do give her C&G toddler milk to drink as she's fussy drinker/eater just to make sure she's getting her vitamins. And it was on special offer too!
Do you mean in food or as a drink?
As others have said in food is fine from 6 months.
As a drink - I cannt see the harm in offering it to get him to try the taste as long as, as you said, formula is his main drink until he is 12 months.
He's been having cows milk in cereals and food since the day before he was 6 months lol, I got so fed up of mixing formula just for cereal and he eats it better with the cows milk.
I may well give him a little taste if I have a cup of milk or something, see what he thinks of it cos formula is so expensive, cant afford for him not to like it!
techinicallly from12 mths you can give them cows milks as their main milk due to the laack of nutrients this has in compared to formula and breast milk. However, I dont see why there would be anything wrong in getting him to drink a small amount from a beaker for tasting. (if you get me). My hubby suggested it and I might consider this at 10mths as she is currently only used to getting milk from me. Shes only ever taken milk form bottle at a couple of months old.
However, since my friend has gone back to work, she has been giving her daughter cows milk to drink. She couldnt express enough off and her daughter didnt like formula so this was her only option. She know that this isnt expressed by the hv as a wise move, however, her daughter is hapoy and so is she. Its saves her ahving to try force her to have formula or her daughter turning and disliking milk etc.
All babies are different some take easily to cows milk some dont. I guess another way of getting him used to the taste, is giving him spoonfuls of milk from his breakfast...although this does dpend what are giving him.
Just to add - if they don't like cow's milk then after 12 months they don't HAVE to have any milk to drink if you see what I mean!?
Hey ho! No idea about the introducing cows milk early!


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Q: Webbrowser control with Transparent background I am working on Windows phone 8 app.
This is my code:
i am binding the data in the XAML:
<phone:WebBrowser  IsScriptEnabled="True"
                                       ScriptNotify="BrowserControlScriptNotify"
                                       ListBoxWebView:WebBrowserUtility.Html="{Binding WebView}"/>

here WebView is the data binded to webbrowser control.
I have the content like this:
<html><head>{0}</head><body bgcolor=BGCOLOR style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;\" "

here bgcolor=BGCOLOR i want the  bgcolor to be transparent.
i have tried <body style="background: transparent; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> but its not working.

A: As per the answer I gave here (and you've seen), it is not possible to make the background of a webbrowser control transparent.
As an alternative, you could use an image of the page without the webbrowser control displayed as the background of the HTML page you're displaying.
A couple of provisos though:
Obviously this wouldn't work with a page that has content that moves or changes.
If the XAML page content isn't fixed then you'll need to create a bitmap of the screen to use as the background.
You may have to be careful with the relative path to the image (from HTML).
This is untested, by me, and just an idea.

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The SOAWR Coalition annual review meeting in Nairobi, Kenya from 5th-7th October was attended by over 40 participants from 15 countries. This year's theme was, "Spreading Our Wings: A Multi-Sectoral Approach to Women's Rights''. The main objectives of the meeting included a progress review of the 2008/2009 year, sharing of the best practices in the year, strategising on the African Women's Decade from 2010-2020 and setting the framework for the next strategic plan.


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package brutelol.characters.instances.abilities;

import brutelol.fights.Ability;
import brutelol.fights.Combatant;
import brutelol.fights.TimedFightEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
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public class RamTremorFightEvent extends TimedFightEvent {

    private int timesRun = 0;
    private Combatant rammus;
    private List<Combatant> targets;
    private int rank;

    public RamTremorFightEvent(Combatant rammus, List<Combatant> targets, int rank)
    {
        this.rammus = rammus;
        this.targets = targets;
        this.rank = rank;
    }

    @Override
    public Combatant getSource()
    {
        return rammus;
    }

    @Override
    public List<TimedFightEvent> resolve()
    {
        List<TimedFightEvent> toReturn = new ArrayList<>();
        this.timesRun++;
        if (this.timesRun < 8)
        {
            toReturn.add(this);
        }

        for (Combatant t : targets)
        {
            double rawDamage = rank*40.0+(rammus.getAP()*.2);
            double damage = Ability.applyMagicResist(rawDamage, t);
            t.dealDamage(damage);
            System.out.println("Tremors deals "+(int)damage+" to "+t);
        }
        return toReturn;
    }

    @Override
    public double getTime()
    {
        return 1;
    }

}

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Maritime & Merchant Bank ASA (M&M), a niche bank for the shipping and offshore sector, opened its doors for business on December 20, 2016.
M&M will provide secured lending in the form of 1st priority terms loans.
The bank will service the global maritime markets from its main office in Oslo, Norway.
"We are very pleased to be able to start serving our customers," Halvor Sveen, M&M CEO, said.
He added that the sustained tight credit market for the maritime sector has left many companies owners seeking financing with few alternatives.
"We believe M&M can fill a need for a specialized bank with experience in shipping and offshore that is able to contribute to good solutions for our customers," Sveen said.
Posted on December 22, 2016 with tags Maritime & Merchant Bank, Norway, offshore.


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Membrane, Water Treatment, Research, Membrane
Russia sets up water treatment membrane development project
The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) is to finance a project for producing nanostructured membranes and separation modules for water treatment in various industries.
United Envirotech to acquire Singapore membrane-maker
Singapore's United Envirotech Ltd (UEL) is to acquire its own membrane manufacturing capability by spending S$ 293.4 million (US$ 231 million) on a 100% stake in Memstar Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Memstar Technology Ltd, also of Singapore, plus certain assets.
Siemens to sell its water treatment/desalination business
German giant Siemens is to sell its water treatment business known as Siemens Water Technologies, which is active predominantly in the North American market.
ACWA appoints nanotechnology membrane specialist
UK water and wastewater specialist ACWA Services announced on 6 June 2012 that it has appointed a membrane nanotechnology specialist, Dr Oscar Hernandez-Ramirez as a chemical process engineer.
PWT further extends its sales effort
Stella Lanphear has joined chemical supplier and membrane forensics provider Professional Water Technologies (PWT) from Pepsi-Cola as regional sales manager.
LG Electronics to develop membrane water treatment business
South Korea's LG Electronics (LG), better known for TVs and other electronic goods, is seeking staff and partners in advanced membrane technology to help it build a global water treatment business.
Lanxess moves into water filtration membranes
Speciality chemicals manufacturer Lanxess AG on 21 January 2010 launched construction of a new plant to develop and produce membrane filtration technology at its site in Bitterfeld, Germany.
AMTA/AWWA 2015 membrane conference abstracts invited
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the American Water Works Association have issued a call for papers for their fourth joint Membrane Technology Conference to be held in Florida in 2015.
Proposals sought for membrane-integrity test method
The WateReuse Research Foundation has issued a Request for Proposals to create a method for testing the integrity of high-pressure membranes used for nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) in water treatment and desalination.
Hyflux sells half-share of Singapore membrane R&D firm
Singapore's Hyflux Ltd announced on 11 March 2014 that it had agreed with Marmon Water (Singapore) Pte Ltd (MWS) to sell to MWS its entire 50% equity interest in Hyflux Marmon Development Pte Ltd (HMD), a company devoted to membrane/media filtration research.
IDA scholarships for PhD students in US and Singapore
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has awarded its Channabasappa Memorial Scholarship for 2011 to Errol M Glenn of the USA and Sim Siang Tze Victor of Singapore.
AQWATEC opens onsite MBR wastewater reuse plant
The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) Advanced Water Treatment Center (AQWATEC) has opened a pilot-scale wastewater reuse facility in February 2009 on the US school's campus in Golden.
RWL group to acquire Argentinian membrane specialists
RWL Water Group is about to snap up its fourth acquisition after reaching agreement in principle to acquire a majority holding in Argentinian membrane-technology expert Unitek SA.
IX + ceramic membrane water treatment plant unveiled
A water treatment plant in the Netherlands combining ion-exchange (IX) with ceramic membranes was presented to the water industry for the first time on 12 May 2014 by PWN Technologies of Velserbroek.
SEDA Spring Symposium brochure available for download
The Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA) has a brochure available for its 2013 Spring Symposium to be held at Delray Beach, Florida.
SCMA conference has an eye to the weather
The contribution that membrane desalination and water treatment can make to combating the extreme weather conditions prevalent in the southern United States will provide a focus for the 2013 Annual Conference of the South Central Membrane Association (SCMA).
AMTA visiting Des Moines for tech transfer workshop
The American Membrane Technology Association is to hold a Technology Transfer Workshop in Des Moines, Iowa.
IWA extends deadline for Toronto membrane papers
The International Water Association (IWA) has extended the deadline for submission of papers for the 7th IWA Specialised Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition for Water & Wastewater Treatment & Reuse.
AMTA and SEDA to hold Chesapeake membrane workshop
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA), which promotes membrane processes for desalination and water / wastewater treatment, is to hold a joint technology transfer workshop with the Southeast Desalting Association in Chesapeake, Virginia, in May 2013.
SWMOA announces dates for 2013-14
The Southwest Membrane Operator Association (SWMOA) has announced additional workshop dates for desalination and water / wastewater treatment membrane operators for 2013 and the date and venue for its 2014 annual symposium.
NWMOA sets annual symposium date
The recently formed Northwest Membrane Operator Association (NWMOA), which provides education and support for desalination and water treatment membrane operators, is to hold its first annual symposium in Vancouver, Washington, in September 2013.
New AMTA/AWWA convention set for Las Vegas in 2014
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has announced that it has reached an interim agreement with the American Water Works Association (AWWA) to renew their combined desalination and water treatment membrane event for 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Membrane technology added to Polish power plant
A third demineralization line using membrane and ion-exchange technology is to be added to the extension of the water treatment plant for the Patnów II power station in Poland.
Vial appointed business development manager by inge
Denis Vial has been appointed business development manager by German ultrafiltration (UF) membrane manufacturer inge GmbH, effective 1 March 2014.
Mott MacDonald absorbs Australasian water specialist
The Mott MacDonald consultancy group has taken in AWT, a specialist water technology and consulting company based in New Zealand and Australia.
Seprotech to acquire Canadian consulting group
Canadian membrane water treatment and reuse provider Seprotech Systems Incorporated has reached agreement to acquire 100% of WESA Group Inc, a professional services company with eight North American offices and one in El Salvador.
Membrane troubleshooting workshop announced by SEDA
The Southeast Desalting Association has announced a workshop on Operating & Troubleshooting Membrane Systems to be held in Florida in October 2012.
AWA to hold membrane fouling master class
Membrane fouling is to be the subject of a master class to be held by the Australian Water Association (AWA) in November 2012.
UNESCO-IHE announces membrane course in October
The UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft, Netherlands, is holding a short course on Membrane technology in drinking and industrial water treatment in October 2012.
Ballard signs for Toray USA as SE sales manager
Desalination and water-treatment membrane supplier Toray Membrane USA has appointed Chris Ballard as southeast regional sales manager.
Woongjin America changes name to TCK Membrane America
Woongjin Chemical America Inc, which makes both spiral-wound and hollow-fibre desalination and water treatment membranes, has changed its name to TCK Membrane America Inc.
IPO in summer for China's H2O Solutions
Shanghai-based H2O Solutions announced on 11 May 2012 that the company, which specializes in nano-membrane purification and multi-charged plate desalination technologies, was taking its stock public in the summer of 2012.
Fernandez to boost ACWA's PPP push in MENA
Leading Spanish economist Luis Fernandez has joined environmental solutions provider ACWA Emirates as chief officer concessions for the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region to provide in-depth support for the company's drive into the public-private partnership (PPP) sector.
Buenos Aires membrane papers deadline 15 June
A deadline of 15 June 2012 has been set for papers for the International Water Association (IWA) 3rd Regional Conference on Membrane Technology.
Singapore pair look towards membrane plants in Nigeria
Development of membrane-based water treatment plants in Nigeria has moved closer, following the signing of a joint venture agreement between Hyflux International Pte Ltd (HIPL) and Tolaram Corporation Pte Ltd, both from Singapore-based groups.
New membrane and desalination leaders in CH2M Hill changes
A number of leadership changes to the top water team of US engineer CH2M Hill were announced on 5 April 2012, including new leaders for membrane and desalination technology.
H2O Innovation commissions pathfinding Indian membrane plant
Canada's H2O Innovation announced on 31 January 2011 that its Indian joint venture, H2O Innovation India Ltd, had commissioned the 7,000 m³/d membrane water treatment system it had designed for Larsen & Toubro Heavy Engineering (L&T) in Gujarat state.
Mann+Hummel acquire Brazilian RO/UF specialist
Brazilian membrane water treatment specialist Fluid Brasil has been taken over by Mann+Hummel, the German company announced on 9 January 2012.
Membrane plant to treat Delaware city groundwater
A membrane treatment plant is to be part of the renovation and extension of the existing 6 MGD (22,700 m³/d) water treatment plant in City of Delaware, Ohio, USA, which will start in 2012.
New US/Canadian contracts for H2O Innovation
Canadian H2O Innovation Inc announced on 21 December 2011 that it had recently been awarded new membrane water-treatment contracts totalling Can$ 4.7 million (US$ 4.6 million).
Study approved for Michigan membrane water plant
Bay City in Michigan, USA, approved on 5 December 2011 the appointment of consultants Lockwood, Andrews & Newman Inc to evaluate construction of a new membrane plant at the site of the city's existing water treatment plant.
GE allies with cleaning and sanitation company
Following a successful pilot program, GE and Diversey, a business unit of Sealed Air Corp, announced an alliance on 11 October 2011 to deliver water and energy-management services to Diversey's cleaning and sanitation customers around the world.
Membrane water treatment plant planned in Michigan
A US$ 50 million membrane-based water-treatment plant is being planned by Bay County in Michigan, USA, which is seeking a county-wide partnership to tap a new source.
H2O Innovation lands San Jose WTP ultrafiltration contract
A 30 MGD (113,562 m³/d) hollow-fiber ultrafiltration (UF) membrane water treatment system in California is one of three new contracts totaling Can$ 8.8 million (US$ 8.1 million) announced on 21 May 2014 by H2O Innovation.
Saudi deal gives Toray fourth membrane‑making base
A new joint venture to sell desalination and water treatment membranes in the Middle East has been set up between Toray Industries of Japan and Abunayyan Holding, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
AMTA going to Kansas City for workshop
A brochure is now available from the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) for its Technology Transfer Workshop in Kansas City from 31 October to 2 November 2011.
Clairet promoted by H2O Innovation
Guillaume Clairet has been promoted by membrane water-treatment company H2O Innovation Inc to the newly created position of vice president, strategic business development.
Florida town gets 30,000 m³/d KMS RO system
An 8 MGD (30,000 m³/d) reverse-osmosis (RO) water treatment plant is to be provided for the Florida town of Davie by Koch Membrane Systems (KMS).
Innovation conference part of new Amsterdam water week
Amsterdam's biennial Aquatech exhibition, the leading water exhibition in Europe, has been subsumed into an International Water Week like those in Stockholm and Singapore.
Oil sands UF water treatment won by H2O Innovation
A Can$ 9.4 million (US$ 9.6 million) contract for a membrane-based water treatment package has been awarded to H2O Innovation Inc by Fort Hills Energy LP for the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project in Alberta, Canada.
H20 Innovation opens Indian manufacturing plant
Canada's H2O Innovation Inc announced on 6 April 2011 the opening of a 10,000 ft² (929 m²) manufacturing plant for its Indian joint-venture H2O Innovation India Ltd near Vadodara, Gujarat.
Sinochem setting up seawater desalination industrial base
Sinochem Corp held a ground-breaking ceremony for a seawater desalination industrial base in Hangzhou, China, on 22 March 2011, coinciding with World Water Day
Arisawa acquisition of Bekaert Composites complete
Arisawa Manufacturing, located in Joetsu, Japan, announced on 6 January 2011 the completion of its acquisition of Bekaert Progressive Composites, the membrane pressure-vessel business of NV Bekaert SA of Belgium.
SEDA Spring Symposium registration opened
The Southeast Desalination Association (SEDA) has opened registration for its Spring Symposium to be held in Florida in June 2014.
AECOM wins membrane treatment plants in Florida
A 6 MGD (22,700 m³/d) membrane brackish-water treatment plant and a 3.5 MGD (13,250 m³/d) membrane water-reclamation facility are to be designed and built by AECOM Technology Corporation under a US$ 101 million design/build contract by the town of Davie, Florida, USA.
AWWA training manual adds membranes and recycling
New information on water treatment residuals and expanded coverage of membrane treatment and recycling feature in the updated fourth edition of the Principles and Practices of Water Supply Operations (WSO)training series published on 17 August 2010 by the American Water Works Association.
AWWA hosting low-pressure membrane webcast
Implementing Low-Pressure Membrane Plants - The Utility Perspective is the title of a webcast to be hosted by the American Water Works Association next Wednesday, 11 August 2010. The webcast will review critical steps in membrane plant design, pre-procurement and construction.
SEDA spring symposium brochure available
Back To The Basics will be the theme for the Spring Symposium of the Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA) which will be held in Captiva, Florida, on 13-16 June 2010.
H2O Innovation lands three water/wastewater contracts
H2O Innovation Inc announced on 14 January 2014 recent contracts totalling Can$ 6.5 million (UA$ 5.93 million) in Western Canada's energy sector.
H2O Innovation raises more capital investment
H2O Innovation Inc announced on 30 September 2013 that it had completed a non-brokered private placement of approximately Can$ 1.978 million (US$ 1.915 million) with a group of private investors and shares for debts for an amount of approximately Can$ 157,000 (US$ 152,000).
Membranes to be featured in AWWA webcast
Three of the best presentations given at this year's American Water Works Association (AWWA) Membrane Technology Conference are to be featured in a "Best of Conference" webcast on 23 September 2009.
Philippe Gervais appointed chairman of H2O Innovation
Canadian membrane water treatment specialist H2O Innovation Inc announced on 30 June 2009 that Guy Goulet was stepping down as chairman and ceasing to be a director of the company.
PWT acquired by H2O Innovation
Canadian water-treatment systems manufacturer H2O Innovation Inc announced on 28 May 2009 the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Professional Water Technologies (PWT) in an arms' length transaction involving H2O subsidiary Membrane Systems Inc.
East Chicago goes for membrane water treatment
The first large-scale pressurized membrane water treatment plant in Indiana, USA, is to be supplied to the City of East Chicago by Siemens.
BASF industrial water business transfered to Degrémont
German chemical giant BASF announced on 30 September 2013 the successful closing of the transaction to divest its subsidiary Industrial Water Management France SAS, headquartered in Lyon, France, to Degrémont, a subsidiary of Suez Environnement.
Treatment chemicals annual demand rise to top 3%
Demand for water treatment chemicals in the US will rise 3.2% a year to US$ 7.3 billion by 2019, according to a report by market researcher, ReportLinker.
BASF acquires inge to become membrane supplier
The German ultrafiltration (UF) manufacturer inge watertechnologies AG is to be acquired by chemical giant BASF.
Singapore's NEWater reused wastewater passes latest test
The reclaimed wastewater from Singapore's NEWater plants passed its 12th bi-annual drinking-water test by an independent international audit panel with flying colours during the country's Water Week.
EDS/Wetsus issues membrane conference call for papers
A deadline of 30 June 2012 has been set for abstracts for the eighth in the series of conferences on Membranes in Drinking & Industrial Water Production, which will take place at Leeuwarden in the Netherlands on 10‑12 September 2012.
Pall grabs another naval water-generator contract
Membrane-based freshwater generators are to be supplied to the UK's Royal Navy by Pall Corporation after successful sea trials.
IDA announces scholarship program winners
Students from Brazil and Singapore are this year's winners of the Channabasappa Memorial Scholarship awarded by the International Desalination Association (IDA).
Dutch to build ceramic membrane demo plant in Singapore
PWN Technologies (PWNT) of the Netherlands is to build Singapore's first ceramic membrane demonstration plant at Choa Chu Kang Waterworks.
Workshop on membrane water technologies set for March
A workshop on alternative water resources, such as brackish-water desalination and wastewater reuse is being organised in Thessaloniki, Greece on 5 March 2009 by the Center for Research and Technology Hellas and the Berlin Centre of Competence for Water.
New appointments for D&WR Editorial Board members
Two members of the Editorial Board of Desalination & Water Reuse have taken up new appointments.
Boron-nitride nanotubes speed desalination, says Australian research
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) claim to have discovered a way to speed the desalination of seawater by up to five times using nanotubes made from boron and nitrogen atoms.
Furukawa and Glater enter AMTA Hall of Fame
Two very popular admissions to the American Membrane Technology's Hall of Fame were announced at the association's 2009 conference and exhibition in Austin, Texas, on 15 July 2009.
AMTA/SWMOA joint workshop program available
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has published the program for its joint technology transfer workshop with the Southwest Membrane Operator Association, which is being held on 15‑17 July 2014 in Newport Beach, California.
Registration opened for AMTA/SEDA costs workshop
Information and registration for the workshop on Reducing Costs at Membrane Plants to be held jointly in Florida by the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the Southeast Desalting Association are now available on the AMTA website.
Matthias Zachert becomes chairman of Lanxess
The supervisory board of membrane-maker Lanxess AG resolved at its meeting on 26 January 2014 to end, by mutual agreement, the appointment of Axel C Heitmann as member and chairman of the board of management of the company, effective 28 February 2014.
H2O Innovation's COO to leave company
Canadian membrane system provider H2O Innovation Inc announced on 15 June 2012 the departure of James (Jim) L Peterson, chief operating officer (COO).
Evoqua to be new title for Siemens Water Technologies
Evoqua Water Technologies LLC is to be the new name of Siemens Water Technologies LLC following its acquisition by AEA Investors LP.
Mann+Hummel buys into membrane-maker Microdyn-Nadir
Industrial filtration group Mann+Hummel announced on 8 May 2014 that it had taken a 50% stake of the German‑based company Microdyn‑Nadir.
AMTA workshop to look at SCADA and PLCs
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) is to hold a technology transfer workshop on SCADA/Instrumentation & Controls for Membrane Facilities in Fairfax, Virginia, on 17‑18 July 2012.
EDS launches 2014 desalination courses with Rome event
The European Desalination Society (EDS) kicks off a list of six events in its series of Master Courses with a three-day course in Rome, Italy, on Membrane Technology, Process & System Design on 3‑5 March 2014.
SWMOA looking for Annual Symposium presenters
The Southwest Membrane Operator Association (SWMOA) is looking for presenters for its 2014 Annual Symposium to be held in Santa Rosa, CA in May.
New members on H2O Innovation board
Shareholders of membrane-system provider H2O Innovation Inc elected two new directors to the board at the company's annual general meeting at its headquarters in Quebec City, Canada, on 12 November 2013.
Investment and credit success for NanoH2O
Innovative membrane-maker NanoH2O Inc announced on 30 April 2012 that it has closed a US$ 40 million equity round and US$ 20.5 million in credit facilities.
AMTA schedules workshops up to 2016 conference
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has published a list of workshops and conferences up to and including its 2016 Membrane Technology Conference, which will be held with the American Water Works Association (AWWA) in San Antonio, Texas, on 1‑5 February 2016.
Two new appointments at Aqua-Chem
Two appointments, including chief finance officer (CFO), were announced by Aqua-Chem Inc, manufacturer of membrane and thermal water treatment technologies.
UF membrane cooperation agreed by inge and Aquasource
Germany's inge GmbH and France's Aquasource have agreed to enter into a strategic cooperation effective from April 2014, with each company focusing on their respective competences.
SWMOA New Mexico/Colorado workshops in April
The Southwest Membrane Operator Association (SWMOA) is holding two membrane operator training workshops in New Mexico and Colorado in April 2012.
AMTA moves to new website
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has a new web address.
Amiad provides prefiltration for Australian membrane projects
Two very different contracts for prefiltration equipment prior to membrane water treatment and desalination have been won by Amiad in Australia.
SEDA to hold events in Chesapeake and Pompano Beach
The Southeast Desalting Association has announced a Membrane Cleaning Workshop to be held in Chesapeake, Virginia, in late October 2013.
KMS hires Subramanian to develop Southeast Asia markets
US membrane manufacturer Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) has hired Ravichandran Subramanian as regional commercial manager for Southeast Asia.
German UF developer InnoWa taken over
German hollow-fibre membrane developer InnoWa has been acquired by Stuttgart-based Mahle Industry GmbH, a manufacturer of industrial filtration equipment.
AMTA/NWMOA Utah workshop program published
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has published the program for its joint technology transfer workshop with the Northwest Membrane Operator Association (NWMOA) in December.
US ceramic membrane company expands to Singapore
Ceramic filter-maker LiqTech International Inc of Nevada, USA, announced on 17 January 2012 the opening of an expansion office in Singapore.
Four SEDA events posted for 2012
The Southeast Desalting Association has posted four events on its website for 2012, including its Spring Symposium in Bonita Springs, Florida, and a workshop in North Carolina.
Wastewater Reuse
Membrane OR Water Treatment OR Research OR Membrane

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The Rodi Garganico San Nicola ferry route connects Italy with Tremiti Islands. Currently there is just the 1 ferry company operating this ferry service, Gruppo Armatori Garganici. The crossing operates up to 9 times each week with sailing durations from around 55 minutes.
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Rodi Garganico is a town in the province of Foggia, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. It is located in the Garfano National Park and is known as the holiday centre of Garganico.
The town has a long history and has been inhabited since prehistoric times. However, there are mixed views on the origins of Rodi. According to 19th century historian Michelangelo Manicone, Rodi's origins are connected to the Dauni ancient people, while others suggest is was the Greek colonists from Rhodes who founded the town.
With a mild climate, picturesque landscape and clean clear sea, Rodi Garganico is now a popular seaside resort, offering several long sandy beaches on both the north and south sides of the town suitable for adults and children.
San Nicola Guide
The Italian island of San Domino lies in the Isole Tremiti Archipelago in the Adriatic Sea. There are five islands in the archipelago and they are San Domino, St. Nicholas, Cretaccio, Capraia and Pianosa, and collectively the islands form a commune of Italy's Province of Foggia and form part of the Gargano National Park. The island's can trace their history back to the Iron Age although in the Middle Ages the archipelago was ruled by the Abbey of Santa Maria a Mare (Holy Mary of the Sea) at San Nicholas island which is thought to have been founded in the 9th century by Benedictine monks from Montecassino.
The island's were used for the detention of political prisoners during Mussolini's Fascist regime. Today, the islands are an important tourist destination because of their crystal clear warm waters. Of the islands in the archipelago San Domino is the most developed island for tourism and has the only sand beach in the archipelago.
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Born in Chicago, Edward Hirsch spent many years at the University of Houston teaching in the Graduate Creative Writing Program. He is currently president of the Guggenheim Foundation in New York City. He has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship, the MacArthur "Genius" Grant, and many other awards. He wrote How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry (1999), appropriate for beginners and experienced poets alike. His other book of commentary, The Demon and the Angel (2002), gives insight into scores of poets, writers, and artists of many genres.


For all maths lovers - this is the logical set of pudding bowls for you! With proof to the classic theories of Euclid, Hippasus, Pythagoras and Gauss you will be entertained even after your pudding has gone. This would make a great gift for any mathematician or those fond of numbers!
Each bowl is approx. 240ml, dimensions 10cm x 5cm.
Boxed set of four small ceramic bowls.


Last weekend was TADDMUG's (Toronto-Area Dollfie Dream Meetup Group) monthly meet. We met up at Marché in downtown Toronto, one of our usual restaurants as they'll happily accommodate our unpredictable group size rather easily. It was a smaller group than we've had in the past but it was also ridiculously cold outside, so I don't really blame anyone for not wanting to leave the warmth of their home. It was almost cold enough that temperatures read in both °F and °C would have been the same!
As the meet took place the day after Valentine's Day the theme of the meet was of course Valentine's. I interpreted the theme in sort of a Valentine's Day date kind of clothing way, and used Volks' "Going on a Date ☆ Active Girl Set" for Alice and "Lace-up Top Set" for Horo. Interestingly the "Lace-up Top Set" is for m to dy sized busts yet actually fits more snugly on an S-bust than the "Going on a Date" set does, despite that set being for s-busts. The reason for this is because the "Lace-up Top Set" is thinner and also more elastic, and as such looks much more svelte than the thicker "Going on a Date" set does. That said, the black tube-top that comes with the "Lace-up Top Set" is definitely for larger busts than Horo's got, but the shirt holds it in check on her lovely s-bust. Another thing I didn't notice until I got the two sets side by side was how different the skirts are, I much prefer the skirt on the "Going on a Date" set, it's just cuter and a bit longer.
It amuses me to no end that my taste in clothing differs when it's for 'my girls' than when it's in illustrations and photos on image boards. Short skirts are great, except when they're on Horo and Alice, then they can only be so short before I'm not a fan. But I'm always torn, because the best zettai ryouiki happens with the shortest of skirts and the longest of thighhighs… Even more amusingly, I'm more ok with Alice wearing shorter skirts than I am with Horo. That might just be because Alice is an unknown to me and more open to experimentation, where Horo is a pretty specific character and the types of clothes she's generally depicted in are from a more modest era.
Tallen, true to her word, brought along her other Worms and Bones creature named Acher (pronounced like "acre"), along with Chester and his buddy Wynny (Akira). I love Chester so much, he's like a tail with a head, I stole him and cuddled him up around Alice for most of the meet. Still think it'd be cool to get one like this made. Acher is quite poseable and while he's not as much to my taste as Chester he's still quite neat. Tallen had him all curled up into a ball when she handed him to me, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it and gently pulled him open worrying I might break him or bend him wrong. I thought perhaps he'd be like the wires in Horo's tail, bendable everywhere, but he felt jointed which helped ease my worrying.
Archangeli provided all the exceedingly red hearts found in the photos. I'm not sure what it was about those hearts but they're the reddest things ever, like 100% saturation of red. So red they look photoshopped into the photos, but I assure you they were definitely there. I am far too lazy to photoshop that many hearts into every photo.
It's probably because I used a DDH-07 head for Horo that I'm attracted to them, but oddly I rarely notice. I always comment "Oh she's cute" and then someone invariably points out that it's the same head sculpt as Horo. This didn't quite happen at the meet but I set Horo and Alice up next to PlasticFantastic's Nanako (DDH-07) and only after doing that did I realize I'd put two 07s next to each other. This is not the first time that has happened.
Quite some time ago, probably a couple months, my father quipped that Horo and Alice would be cold if I left them in the car like I was going to do at the time. Because of that when a friend was selling some wintery doll gear I bought it. As this doll meet was going to take place on the coldest day of the year I made sure to bundle Horo and Alice up in some warm attire, and of course made sure to show my father, reminding him of his previous comment which got a good laugh.
I think I like when meets are a smaller like this one was, not that I don't enjoy seeing everyone but it's easier to have a bunch of good conversations without feeling like people are left out. I don't know why that bothers me so much, but I guess I just want everyone to be as social as I am so that I can be sure they're having a good time as well. But everyone enjoys things differently I guess.
On to March! Wonder if I'll manage to have anything new to show off by then?
Long time no comment on one of your blog posts! I always find it interesting how hair style can change the look of a face. Horo and Nanako may be the same head sculpt but Nanako appears to have a broader face. How does Horo's vinyl and plastic body behave in the VERY cold weather that you have had this year? Do you need to let them warm up before posing them? By the way do you know if any of the group are going to the Volks Dolls Party Los Angeles in September? Anyway have a great week and hopefully the temperature will quickly match this weekends arrival of spring.
I never treated the girls any differently in the cold. Though, I also didn't really take them outside beyond travel between the car and the destination. Due to all the super cold weather I didn't take them out for photos all winter. In a way I regret that, but for the most part I don't. So I guess I really don't have enough information to answer your question, but I've never treated them any differently depending on weather or temperature. But for the most part that's only included slightly below freezing and well well well above.
It's so true! The hair and eyes can really change a face dramatically for me. It's amazing how different Horo and Nanako look to me despite their similarities.
I'm not sure if I know of anyone from Toronto going to LA, I have an idea of who might go, but nothing for sure. Perhaps I'll discuss it with them tomorrow at this months meet.
Can't wait for the temperature to rise more consistently! I really want to get out on my motorcycle.


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Reframing Drag: Beyond Subversion and the Status Quo
Kayte Stokoe
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
Reframing Drag provides a critical survey of French and Anglo-American, queer and feminist theorizations of drag performance, placing these approaches in a dialogue with contemporary drag practice and the representation of drag in three literary texts. Challenging pervasive assumptions circulating in existing queer and feminist analyses of drag performance, the author identifies and questions three recurring ideas, which have shaped the landscape of drag research: the argument that drag performances either uphold or subvert oppressive gender norms, the assumption that drag involves performing as the 'opposite sex', and the belief that drag can shed light on gender performativity. Informed by a range of gender and queer theory, this work contends that an intersectional, transfeminist approach to drag performance can provide richer, more nuanced, understandings of drag, and, unlike the 'opposite sex' narrative, acknowledges the gender diversity at work in current drag scenes.
1. Drag: How Queer?
2. Performing Femininity, Performing Feminism: Anglo-American Feminist Responses to Drag Performance
3. French Feminism and the Beauvoirian Concept of 'Masculine Protest'
4. Exploring Gender Non-Conformity and Proto-Queer Parodic Strategies in the Work of Rachilde, Virginia Woolf, and Monique Wittig
Conclusion: Reframing Drag – Beyond Binaries
Kayte Stokoe is Teaching Assistant in French Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.
"The book is grounded in timely conceptual and methodological issues of theory in sexuality and gender studies (namely: feminism, trans studies and queer theory), which Kayte Stokoe analyses with sensitivity and nuance, ably drawing out the strengths and weaknesses of different theorists and proposing their own, original theoretical concept which is productive for those working at the intersection of gender studies and literature and which could become an important critical paradigm." – Lisa Downing, University of Birmingham, UK
"Moving beyond the binaries so prevalent in discussions of drag performance, this exciting book pluralises and diversifies the conversation about drag. Rather than focusing on the usual conversations that pit drag against itself – arguments that primarily examine it as either radical or reactionary - this book takes a novel approach and emphases what drag does, how it operates, and importantly what it produces. Concentrating on Anglo American and French contexts, the argument pays particular attention to contemporary transfeminist perspectives and offers drag studies stimulating new perspectives, languages and tools for future drag conversations." – Stephen Farrier, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK


The bad weather is being created as the remnants of two hurricanes, Maria and Lee, merge to form a single weather system in the mid Atlantic before heading towards Europe.
However, although Cornwall is set to miss the worst of the conditions, it doesn't mean it will be a particularly pleasant few days, with outbreaks of rain today (Saturday), which will turn heavy later in the afternoon.
By Sunday, Cornwall can expect strong winds and outbreaks of drizzle throughout the day. The rain will turn heavy at times, especially on hills, but it will start to clear later in the afternoon.
Warnings do remain in place for the north of England and much of Scotland for Monday.
The Met Office's chief forecaster said in a statement: "Winds are expected to strengthen across northwestern areas on Sunday evening with a swathe of gale force winds expected to cross many northern parts of the UK during Monday.


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2019 Australian Grand Prix Weekend Information
🇦🇺 THE 2019 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
ROUND 1. 15TH-17TH MARCH.
998TH F1 GRAND PRIX | 84TH AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX | 24TH GRAND PRIX AT ALBERT PARK
2018 POLESITTER: LEWIS HAMILTON | 2018 WINNER: SEBASTIAN VETTEL
 WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Free Practice 1 (12pm Local Time/ 1am UK Time)
Free Practice 2 (4pm Local Time/ 5am UK Time)
Qualifying (5pm Local Time/ 6am UK Time)
The 2019 Australian Grand Prix (4:10pm Local Time/ 5:10am UK Time)
 WEEKEND NOTES
Just as in 2018, the track will have two DRS detection points and three activation zones. The detection zones are located before turns 11 and 14, while the activation zones are on the main straight, between turns 2 and 3 and between turns 12 and 13.
Following the tragic passing of Charlie Whiting ahead of the Australian Grand Prix weekend, Michael Masi will act as the Race Director, Safety Delegate and Permanent Starter (the three roles performed by Whiting) at the event.
There has been little change to the track between 2018 and 2019. Some kerbs – namely at turns 4, 11 and 12 – have been replaced with concrete kerbs.
🇦🇺 WEEKEND MILESTONES AND RECORDS
Should Hamilton take pole position for the Australian Grand Prix, it would be his eighth at Albert Park, equalling the record for most poles at the same Grand Prix. The record is currently shared between Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher, who took eight poles at San Marino and Japan respectively.
There are three drivers in F1 2019 who'll be making their race débuts in Australia. If Lando Norris, Alexander Albon or George Russell score a point at Albert Park, they would become the 76th driver to score points on their maiden Grand Prix appearance.
You can find more information about the records which could be beaten this weekend in our Milestones and Records to Beat post.
 ALL THE INFO
Click the links below to see all the stats and circuit history you could need ahead of the 2019 race!
Albert Park: The Ultimate Track Guide
Albert Park Track Stats
Milestones and Records to Beat
Team Form
Driver Form
Lucky and Unlucky Grid Positions
 2018 RACE RECAP
For a second year in succession, Sebastian Vettel took victory for Ferrari at the season-opening Grand Prix after a pit stop blunder for Mercedes.
The weekend got off to a bad start for home favourite Daniel Ricciardo, who received a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow down for a Red Flag during Friday Practice. It was a relatively easy run to pole for Lewis Hamilton, as his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas crashed out in Q3 and started way down the order as a result. Hamilton maintained his lead at the start, despite a challenge from Kimi Raikkonen. Max Verstappen had a scrappy race and spun after ten laps, losing positions at a critical moment. Haas were having a great afternoon, running in fourth and fifth, until pit stop problems saw both cars retire with wheelnut issues. Their retirements prompted a Virtual Safety Car, which the yet-to-pit Sebastian Vettel used to his advantage and emerged from his pit stop ahead of Hamilton. Despite his best attempts, Hamilton could do nothing to stop Vettel taking the victory. Bottas, after his qualifying crash, could only recover to eighth place in the Grand Prix as fellow Finn Raikkonen completed the podium finishers.
 PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULES
The world's media will have the opportunity to talk to the drivers on the Thursday before the race. Appearing in the Drivers' Press Conference for this race weekend will be:
The media also be talking to prominent members of Formula 1's teams on Friday. Appearing in the Teams' Press Conference for this race weekend will be:
Toto Wolff (Mercedes)
Mattia Binotto (Ferrari)
Christian Horner (Red Bull)
Cyril Abiteboul (Renault)
 DRIVER STEWARD
Each weekend a former Formula 1 driver, or a driver from another prominent series of motorsport, joins the stewards to help judge any incidents from a drivers' perspective. The Driver Steward this weekend will be Danny Sullivan.
 WEATHER FORECAST
The weather forecast for the week ahead at the circuit currently looks like this:
 FASTEST EVER LAP
1:21.164
The fastest ever lap of the circuit was set by Lewis Hamilton in 2018. Will it be beaten over the race weekend?
 TYRE CHOICES
Each weekend, the tyres will be known as Soft (red), Medium (yellow) and Hard (white), but the actual compounds will change each race weekend.
Pirelli have revealed that the C2, C3 and C4 compounds will be used for the Australian Grand Prix weekend. Here's each driver's selection of tyres:
 2018 FASTEST LAP IN EACH SESSION
Free Practice 1 1:24.026 (Lewis Hamilton)
Free Practice 3 1:26.067 (Sebastian Vettel)
Qualifying 1:21.164 (Lewis Hamilton)
Grand Prix 1:25.945 (Daniel Ricciardo)
 ON THIS DAY
Two previous Grands Prix have been held on 17th March – the 2002 Malaysia Grand Prix and the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen is the only driver to have competed in both of them. He retired from the 2002 Malaysia race and won the 2013 race in Australia. Both races were won from further back than third on the grid. Ralf Schumacher won the Sepang race from fourth on the grid, while Raikkonen won from seventh. In both races, the polesitter finished the Grand Prix in third place. There's yet to be a race on this date which hasn't featured a German driver on the podium; while Ferrari also scored podium finishes on both occasions.


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Issue 24: Islands
Shannon Field
(left) Shannon Field, Convict Death Head (#1), 2012, acrylic paint, collage on plywood, 40cm x 25cm x 30cm. (right) Shannon Field, Convict Death Head (#2), 2012, acrylic paint, collage on plywood, 40cm x 25cm x 30cm.
(left) Shannon Field, Give my regards to Broadway: Fragments of lost convict (part 1), 2012, spray paint, oil pastel, collage on paper, 42cm x 59cm. (right) Shannon Field, Give my regards to Broadway: Fragments of a lost convict (part 2), 2012, spray paint, oil pastel, collage on paper, 42cm x 59cm.
(left) Shannon Field, The cinematic remains of a convict porn-star (part 1), 2014, mixed media, 44cm x 59cm. (right) Shannon Field, The cinematic remains of a convict porn-star (part 4), 2014, mixed Media,44cm x 59cm.
(left), Shannon Field, The Day Of The Convict Vagabonds (scene 1), 2012, digital photograph /collage, 59cm x 84cm. (right) Shannon Field, The Day Of The Convict Vagabonds (scene 2), 2012, digital photograph /collage, 59cm x 84cm.
(left) Shannon Field, What goes on tour, stays on tour: A convict zombies' journey across Van Diemen's Land (scene 1, detail), 2013, mixed media, 35cm x 46cm x 37cm. (right) Shannon Field What goes on tour, stays on tour: A convict zombies' journey across Van Diemen's Land (scene 2, detail), 2013, mixed media, 35cm x 46cm x 37cm.
(left) Shannon Field, Window Shopping: A phantasmagorical guide for talking to convicts (detail 1), 2013, mixed media, variable. (right) Shannon Field, Window Shopping: A phantasmagorical guide for talking to convicts (detail 2), 2013, mixed media, variable.
Monster Island explores the state of contemporary Australian identity, particularly as it relates to the performance and reproduction of heterosexual masculinity. The work acts as a visual investigation of contemporary Australian masculinity as it reflects on Australia's convict history and the European construction of Australia as an inverted island space.
Islands – whether real or imagined – inhabit a liminal space somewhere between myth and cartography. Within this marginal space an array of competing, contradictory and interconnected fantasies have developed over time. Islands, as they are imagined, promise refuge and imprisonment, freedom and isolation; the ending of things but also the promise of new beginnings. Islands, particularly in the guise of fiction such as Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, Aldous Huxley's last novel Island or H.G. Wells' The Island Of Doctor Moreau, continue to captivate, intrigue and haunt our imagination.
Island discourses are often situated within narratives of survival and/or transgression. Within the concentrated form of the island, these narratives foreground the politics of power that circulate around the representation of island identities. The narrative construction/projection of island spaces is as much about declarations of territorial authority as it is about fictional possibilities, or mere scientific curiosity. Often behind the picture postcard of island wonder there lies a darker reality.
Long before it was encountered Europeans imagined Australia as a perverted place/island where the rules of nature had been subverted; it was perceived to be the moral opposite of Europe. Known at various times as the Antipodes, Terra Australis and the Great Southern Land, Australia was regarded not only as a physical counterweight to Europe but also a moral one. The European imagination subsequently fashioned an exotic, island landscape inhabited by monstrous creatures. This dystopian construction seemed to be confirmed when European eyes first encountered the Australian environment; everywhere the settlers (invaders) looked, nature and the landscape seemed to be the inverse of what they had known. However if the repetition of this European response has become something of a trope, its repetition points not so much to an exhaustion of this experience, but rather to an inability to move beyond it.
Situated within an historical context, the male convict body in Monster Island appears as a monstrous entity that (in its criminal and working class form) was projected as a corruption of the masculine ideal. Like Australia's island form, the convict body was constructed around a series of inverted discourses. Transportation to the penal colony of Australia functioned as a type of social/political rejection, a repudiation that denied the convict's person and masculinity. Consequently, Australian masculinity is intimately tied to both Europe's historical representation of Australia as a monstrous island space and Britain's articulation of the convict body as the perverted expression of a deviant, disfigured masculinity.
In this work the elements of history, place and gender are unpacked within a fictional space, whereby Australia's monstrous island landscape becomes the topography into which the convict's failed masculinity is cast. In this re-imagined Australia, the narratives of inverted, fractured island space and perverted convict masculinity are the fault lines that run beneath the surface of Australian European identity. We desperately attempt to cover over and repudiate these fault lines, but like the Australian landscape itself, they resolutely refuse to conform or comply with our European desire for rationality. The ongoing trauma associated with these narratives of failure generates a melancholic sensibility that traverses from the past to the present, as it continues to inform the performance of contemporary Australian masculinity.
Located within this dystopian 'monster island', this work is populated with a grotesque troupe of ghosts, ghouls and vampires. Drawing on a carnivalesque sense of the absurd and the comic, these monstrous incarnations stumble and bumble about the island hysterically as they violently search for a form of masculine identity/authority that is forever beyond their reach. Through a process of repetition, the excessive fragmentation of the Gothic monster is turned against both the European articulation of hegemonic authority, and the ideological desire to naturalise masculinity. The mimetic realisation of the convict monster actualises not only a critique of essentialist formulations of identity but also establishes a constellation of different possible masculinities. These re-animated convict monsters haunt the present as spectres of traumatic doubt.
If the convicts in Monster Island seem to gaze out with a sense of haunted loss, perhaps this is a fetishised loss, a type of phallic lack/failure, which Australian masculinity is unable or unwilling to disregard. However this very repetition as it spills into Australia's island deviancy creates a contaminated space; a promiscuous island environment that harbors within its hybrid deviancy an array of realised and unrealised forms of masculinity.
Shannon Field is an interdisciplinary artist based in Tasmania. He has completed a Masters of Fine Art at the University of New South Wales (COFA) in 2008 and will submit his PhD in 2014. Shannon has exhibited widely in both Sydney and Australia. In 2006 Shannon was selected to represent the College of Fine Arts UNSW at Hatched 2007 the National Graduate Show. During 2007 he was also included in the travelling exhibition Bloodlines: Art and the Horse curated by Peter Fay. His solo exhibitions include Wild Colonial Boys (2007), and Terror Australis (2008) held at the Ray Hughes Gallery. In 2011 he exhibited Busted at Kudos Gallery, while more recently in 2013 he had an exhibition Monster Mash at the Devonport Regional Gallery (Little Gallery). Shannon has also been included in a number of group exhibitions such as Stitched at Penrith Regional Gallery (2008) and the exhibition Together in Harmony for 50 years – linking Australian and Korean Art, held in South Korea in 2011 and organised by the Korean Women's Art Society in Sydney.
Monster Island is the latest instalment in Shannon's ongoing exploration of Australian masculinity. This is a project that looks to unpack essentialist readings of contemporary heterosexual masculinity within a re-imagined Australia. In this fictionalised space, the Australian landscape and convict history are incorporated together as a means of addressing questions around narrative, displacement and identity.


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Ophisops és un gènere de llangardaixos pertanyent a la família Lacertidae.

Taxonomia
 Ophisops beddomei
 Ophisops elbaensis
 Ophisops elegans
 Ophisops jerdonii
 Ophisops leschenaultii
 Ophisops microlepis
 Ophisops minor
 Ophisops occidentalis

Lacertins

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Icicles hand down from a board displaying a logo of VTB Bank outside an office in central Moscow, January 21, 2013.
Last week, the Russian Central Bank maintained its rate-cutting agenda by slashing rates for the fifth time this year.
However, the bank altered its rhetoric this time around and the market isn't sure what happens next.
In its latest statement, the CBR took out the phrase "ready to continue cutting," signaling a potential shift in the central bank's strategy.
And according to what some analysts told Bloomberg, for the first time in months the central bank's next move isn't obvious.
"The central bank doesn't want to promise any clear steps," Dmitry Polevoy, chief Russia economist at ING Bank Eurasia in Moscow, told Bloomberg.
Notably, the bank's four-word omission follows last week's plunge in the ruble.
In that drop, Russia's currency erased nearly all of its 2015 gains, dropping below 60 to the US dollar for the first time since March.
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Boxwood Foot Measure
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A boxwood foot measure by George Barnsley and Sons (founded 1836) Sheffield. They were in Cornish Place on the Don and specialised in forge filing and cutting tools for leather workers and shoe makers. 9 inches long (closed) x 7/8th inch wide.
One George Barnsley was Master Cutler in 1883. English circa 1880.
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After 12 hours of research and testing as many kimchi brands as we could get our hands on, we can conclusively say that Tobagi is the best kimchi brand in the United States! With their fresh crunch, deep and full flavor, and throwback to Grandma, Tobagi earned a spot on anyone's table. If you've got rice, make sure there's some Tobagi close by.
The first thing my mother said upon tasting her first piece was, "hey, not bad". With that ringing endorsement we can confidently say that Tobagi is the best kimchi you can buy in the US. Texturally it isn't perfect, it is slightly over done, but there's definitely enough of a crunch that it won't be an issue. There is a low level of fermentation, which is nice in that it produces a subtle sour, tingly note that supports and brightens the hero here, which is the flavor. Tobagi was the only kimchi to rely heavily on guhchulee (거처리)… I'm pretty sure my spelling is incorrect… on both languages. Guhchulee is a seasoning mix that can consist of daikon radish, Korean pear, gochugaru (Korean red pepper flakes), scallions, what have you, and is stuffed between each leaf of cabbage. It is a more time consuming, tedious, and expensive way to make kimchi but the results are undeniable. The overall flavor profile of Tobagi is intense, complex, full, round, and rich; it hits all of the notes that kimchi is supposed to have with confidence. If you are a little unsure of how a kimchi can be described as savory or rich then look no further in your search.
1000 Year Kimchi nails it visually, even the jar and label is a great combination of traditional Korean aesthetic with a more streamlined, modern coat. Coming out of the jar the kimchi looks fresh, crunchy, vibrant, and the colors literally pop out from the plate. 1000 Year is a little on the sweet side compared to the other kimchis, but not distractingly so. Overall, I would have no problem having this on my table, the spicy crunch it provides is delightful enough. However, in the end it was overtaken by Tobagi, which makes even this flavorful kimchi seem a little bland.
Unfortunately, Tobagi and 1000 Year Kimchi is probably not easily accessible or available to you (unless you live in New York surrounded by Korean grocery stores like I am). There are a bunch of online options, which as you'll see later lag behind on the quality side. Seoul Kimchi was a pleasant surprise, made and packaged to order (probably a huge factor in separating themselves from the rest of the online crowd), and if you need some fresh, quality kimchi delivered to your door don't bother trying anyone else. They do go a little strong on the ginger and it was a little too sour at the tail end of the bite, but it was just so great to realize that this better than decent kimchi was packaged, handled, and shipped, and still came out looking and tasting like we had bought it in a store. Now, it won't knock your socks off, but for an online kimchi to blend into the crowd of good, jarred, store-bought kimchis is an accomplishment.
Chongga is a very popular kimchi brand so I was a little surprised to see it come in fourth. There was nothing really… wrong or bad about it, they do a fairly decent job and the kimchi is "edible" as my mom put it. My mother correctly predicted (we checked the ingredients list after) but they don't add any sugar. That's really what is missing here, some sweetness to liven up and bring out the rest of the flavors. A lot of kimchis use pear, apple, or straight up white sugar and Chongga does have some fructose, but definitely not enough to lift their kimchi above the rest.
This was the biggest disappointment and surprise to me out of all of the kimchis we tested. I love Mother in Law's Kimchi's labeling and concept but I wouldn't want anyone to put something like this out and say it was from my mother. They definitely have their fermentation process down, they just need to put their kimchi out for sale earlier then they do. This is sour and funky past what you would even want to make kimchi jjigae with. It is also very spicy, which is fine, but I think it was more the overwhelming sourness that was making me sweat more than the heat. My mother immediately said "out" on her first bite (I kept trying to explain to her that we weren't eliminating kimchis but she was adamant).
Honestly, this one is shame on us, this is really "How Have You Not Done Kimchi Yet?". I won't go into the history of kimchi and its importance to Korean culture (all of it would be from Wikipedia anyways), but just like [insert cultural group] and [insert food], kimchi transcends narrow stereotypes and culinary trends. Any food that a group of people has the collective experience of watching their grandma make as children sinks into the very bones and soul of your own cultural identity. Much like tortillas, meatballs, biscuits, schnitzel, what have you, kimchi is much more than a food product, flavor, or condiment. Kimchi is grandma's house, running around a forest as a kid with your best friend, snuggling under a big blanket on a cold winter's day; kimchi is warmth, kindness, life, and love. It definitely doesn't hurt that kimchi is the perfect condiment for when you're eating mountains of fatty pork, sizzling beef, and rice.
I kind of equate this dilemma to students of a language having a better grasp of grammar than the native speakers. Growing up speaking a language you don't spend too much time thinking about it, you just speak. Same with kimchi, most Koreans and Korean Americans having grown up eating kimchi just know when it's good or bad. I've never actually sat down and parsed through the reasons why and what the specific components were.
Almost 90 and still leading the way.
If you ask me, great kimchi is when you're eight years old squatting next to your grandma while she's making a big batch and periodically takes a big piece of spicy, salty cabbage and drops it into your awaiting mouth… the pat on your cheek after leaving some gochugaru behind helps too. Unfortunately, everyone has their own specific food memories, and those who have never eaten kimchi can't really rely or draw on them. So we're looking for an objective evaluation that can apply to everyone and anyone.
Due to our insecurity in reducing such a universally well known and loved food product to some kind of numerical evaluation we decided to enlist the help of a few heavies… essentially the older folks in our families. They won't really care or their feelings won't be hurt by some strangers on the internet disagreeing with their opinions.
Fermentation: this is not just how sour the kimchi is (while that is important), the fermentation process leaves a subtle tingly sensation on your tongue that actually adds to the overall 'freshness' of the kimchi. So while we do not want the kimchi to be really sour and funky we do need some fermentation to be present for the carbonated, vibrant, tang that is unique to kimchi.
Texture: like any good pickle, the crunchier the better. We won't be evaluating the leafy bits of kimchi as those won't be crunchy regardless of technique or quality, but more so the thicker, more robust stems of the cabbage. I want a nice level of crispness and crunch, just like how the 'snap' of a great hot dog enhances the overall experience.
Spiciness: I assume most consumers come to kimchi for the heat, and it is true that kimchi jjigae is considered one of the spiciest dishes in the world, but that's not all kimchi is. Of course I want some warmth and a good kick, but kimchi is not meant to be eaten alone and it's not supposed to be the only thing you taste when eating Korean food. Chili peppers actually originated in Mexico and did not reach Korea until well into the 16th century. That means for thousands of years kimchi was made without that trademark heat, only within the past four to five hundred years have the more popular hot versions existed.
Salty: kimchi is made with a lot of salt, there's no way to get around it, it's a huge part of the eventual flavor profile that comes out through the fermentation process. That's why it takes a lot of skill and experience to produce a great kimchi that isn't too salty. It's key that kimchi does not actually taste salty, but that there's plenty of salinity in there to bring out the complex and subtle flavors.
Flavor: obviously much of the above could fall under this umbrella but we want to use flavor here as a catchall for the complexity, richness, full bodied nature of the product aside from the standard spicy and sour dichotomy. Kimchi is so much more than a spicy pickle and this is where the rest of the flavors shine: ginger, garlic, seafood paste (shrimp, oysters, anchovies, etc), apple, pear, etc. There is a huge need for sweetness and umami to round out the full kimchi experience.
So with those five components in mind we dive into the world of kimchi, let's see what these kimchi brands have to offer.
I promised never to bring canned kimchi into her house again… also please don't tell her that I posted a picture of her online.
As this is our first kimchi post we are going with the basic, standard, ubiquitous Napa cabbage kimchi. There are tons of different uses for kimchi that all depend on different stages of the fermentation process. We decided to go with the table side banchan, which I'm pretty sure is how everyone is introduced to kimchi. My earliest food memory is probably my mother placing an extra cup of water between my brother and I for us to dip our kimchi into (we weren't used to eating spicy just yet, we were four or five chill out). Similar to why you wouldn't want to use a freshly made kimchi to make kimchi jjigae (in that scenario you need a much older, much more sour, much funkier kimchi), what you want on your table during dinner is a specific product on its own.
So we're going with the first and original form of cabbage kimchi, we went through Amazon's offerings to see what was available online as well as perused the aisles of the many Korean grocery stores in Flushing, NY (where I live at the moment) and grabbed all the kimchi brands we could get our hands on.
We started off with a good stable of kimchi brands here, but we definitely need to add more to round out the rest of the competition. We will journey through the treacherous aisles of your local Asian market and get as many jars, packs, bags of kimchi that our fridges will allow. Look forward to more spicy Korean goodness in the days ahead… and I'm not talking about Shin's hairstyle.
It was a lot of fun coming to a product that I've grown up and lived with and thinking of it in a completely different way. Evaluating and thinking critically about kimchi these past few weeks has deepened my appreciation of the product, verified some of my preconceived notions, and surprised me as well. It's clear that the results from taking the time to produce a full kimchi (with guhchulee) are hugely impactful and noticeable. Getting your kimchi from a store is your best bet for a quality product (unless for some ungodly reason it is in a can), and the hurdles of making a kimchi, packaging, and shipping it (while it's still fermenting!) is extremely difficult. Props to Tobagi for doing things the right way and to Seoul Kimchi for doing their best to make fresh kimchi available to anyone in the US.
Couldn't be happier to have you!
Thanks for the review, on the east coast, North Jersey, they have an awesome H-Mart and picked up some Tobagi and since I don't know much abt purchasing store bought Kimchi this was helpful!!!


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Legal Requirement of Non Consent
There is no obligation to disclose the absence of consent. In R. v. Malone [1998] 2 Cr App R 447, the Court of Appeal confirmed that the actus reus of rape did not constitute an obligation on the complainant to demonstrate or communicate to the accused the absence of consent. What is needed is evidence that must be presented to the jury in the absence of consent, and the nature of that evidence depends on the circumstances of the case. This evidence may include that the complainant was unable to consent or to know what was happening because of the influence of alcohol or drugs. States that set a minimum age for the accused usually also have minimum age requirements for the victim. Often, the age of the accused is only relevant if the victim is over the minimum age. Paragraph (g) (7) (C). Hrsg. 114–328, § 5430(b)(4)(C), deleted "The absence of consent may be inferred on the basis of the circumstances of the offense" at the beginning and "or if a person did not resist or ceased to resist solely because of the actions of another person" before the expiration of the time limit. In each case, the courts considered the applicant`s sexual autonomy and found that the applicant had not consented to sexual activity within the meaning of section 74 of the 2003 Act, i.e.
she had not consented voluntarily and had the freedom [and capacity] to make that choice. Section 75 lists the circumstances in which rebuttable presumptions of proof of lack of consent apply. If the defendant committed the act in question within the meaning of article 77 (the sexual activity referred to in articles 1 to 4) and one of the circumstances referred to in article 75, paragraph 2, was present and the defendant knew that they existed, then: (i) it must be assumed that the plaintiff did not consent and (ii) it is presumed that the defendant did not reasonably assume, that the complainant has consented, unless, in both cases, sufficient evidence is presented to prove otherwise. 17 Under the offence of "debauchery of a minor", it is unlawful to denigrate or corrupt morality by obscenely deceiving a person under the age of 17 into knowing another person in a carnal manner. The High Court and the Court of Appeal have considered the application of section 74 of SOA 2003 in the above-mentioned cases where the alleged consent was found to be erroneous. The judgments identified three instances of circumstances in which consent to sexual activity could be erroneous if the "condition" was violated. Although the three cases listed above purportedly give rise to the "development of the concept of conditional consent" and are discussed together in the Guidelines in this context, they actually concern different situations. Assange and F are cases in which the complainant has set a certain condition for giving consent to sexual acts. It is in Assange that the attacker would have to wear a condom throughout sex and in F that he would not ejaculate into the vagina during sex. McNally, on the other hand, concerned a deception that the perpetrator had committed during the acts of penetration (and even for some time before), namely that she was a man. While the Assange and F cases concerned an explicit condition, the McNally case concerned material deception of sex by the suspect. which was considered to be erroneous consent.
Consent must be carefully weighed when deciding not only which crime to charge, but also whether the prosecution is in the public interest. Sometimes consent is given or appears to be given, that is, superficial consent, but it is not true consent in the particular context in which the offence was committed, such as in cases where a young complainant was taken into care. It is important to distinguish between consent and mere submission, acquiescence or compliance. 13 Sexual intercourse with a woman under the age of 18 is illegal, regardless of the age of the accused. However, sexual acts that do not constitute penetration are legal in certain circumstances if the victim is at least 16 years old. The majority of reporting obligations relate primarily to child abuse. While these laws also address neglect, child abuse and non-sexual abuse, this report focuses only on those sections of the laws that deal with sexual abuse. In addition, the report indicates where the applicability of States` reporting obligations is limited because of the victim-accused relationship (e.g. cases where the accused is a person responsible for the care of the victim). In a case where a vulnerable or immature person has been treated, the question of whether genuine or appropriate consent was given is normally put to the jury, unless the evidence clearly demonstrates that appropriate consent was given. R v Hysa [2007] EWCA Crim 2056 27 Although reporting requirements in many states relate to one or more state statutory rape laws, California is an exception in that reporting requirements are included in the same section of the laws (the Penal Code) as the criminal laws dealing with sexual activity involving minors.
Sexual consent is an agreement to participate in sexual activity. Before you have sex with someone, you need to know if they also want to have sex with you. It`s also important to be honest with your partner about what you want and don`t want. Consent toolkits are designed to help investigators, prosecutors and lawyers review consent issues and assess evidence in a case. In Catholic theology, the Decalogues (or Ten Commandments) are numbered so that the sixth commandment is: "Thou shalt not commit adultery." The Catholic Church`s interpretation of the sixth commandment is much broader than adultery (sexual relations outside marriage) and concerns a series of so-called "offenses against chastity." The revised sexual offence provisions flow from this broad interpretation of the sixth commandment. The provisions of canon 1395 §3. are based on coercion, as they require proof of the use of "force, threats or abuse of his authority", while canon 1398 §1. describes sexual offences for which the victim has been found incapable of giving consent (because she "habitually has an imperfect use of reason"). There is no voluntary sexual consent for those considered capable of consenting. [76] The issue of capacity to consent is particularly relevant when a complainant is intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. Prosecutors need to know a number of key cases on the subject. Assuming that the complainant has both the freedom and the capacity to consent, the crucial question is whether he or she voluntarily consents to the activity.
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) of the United States Armed Forces contains a definition of consent and examples of illegitimate consent in Section 920. Article 120 "Rape and sexual assault in general" (g) 7 and 8: Minimum age. In 27 states that do not have a uniform age of consent, laws set the age at which a person cannot have legal sex, regardless of the age of the accused (see second column of table 1). The minimum age in these states ranges from 10 to 16 years. The legality of sexual intercourse with a person over the minimum age and under the age of consent depends on the age difference between the two parties and/or the age of the defendant. Most often, however, all acts are illegal (with the same age requirements), but the severity of the penalty differs depending on the type of sexual activity. In Kentucky, for example, sexual activity with children under the age of 12 is illegal, regardless of the age of the accused. If the activities involve sexual contact, the accused is guilty of first-degree sexual assault (Class D felony); if it is sexual intercourse, the accused is guilty of first-degree rape (a Class A felony). In States where the definition of child abuse does not explicitly refer to legal rape, discrepancies between the legality of certain sexual activities and whether they are reportable crimes are more frequent. Consider the following examples: The law sets out the offences that require the prosecutor`s office to prove lack of consent in sections 1 to 4. These include: While in many cases the complainant`s testimony may be decisive on the issue of consent, there may be situations where he or she may have a limited or distorted appreciation or understanding of his or her role in the sexual relationship and the true nature of what was happening.


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Q: Fade In and Fade Out text inside a div I have a div with a CSS style to show it as a button:

Word 1

And CSS styles:
.btn {
    display: inline-block;
    background: url(btn.bg.png) repeat-x 0px 0px;
    padding: 5px 10px 6px 10px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
    text-align: center;
    border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}

.green      {background-color: #CCCCCC; color: #141414;}

I want to fade out text inside div, change text, and then fade in text again. But I don't want to fade in and fade out div.
If I use this javascript code:
$('#Word1').fadeOut('fast');

I will fade out div and text inside.
How can I do that?

A: You want to wrap the text in a span then fade that out:

TEXT!

and you don't want to use fadeOut because that will change the size of your button as the text will disappear once fadeOut ends and no longer take up space.  Instead animate the opacity:
$(".button").click(function(){
    $(this).find("span").animate({opacity:0},function(){
        $(this).text("new text")
            .animate({opacity:1});
    })
});

http://jsfiddle.net/8Dtr6/
EDIT: Slight correction, as long as you immediately fade back in it does not seem to be an issue to use fadeIn and fadeOut, at least in chrome.  I would expect maybe in lesser browsers to see a slight flicker, but could be wrong.
Possibly a bit cleaner using queue to avoid callbacks:
$(".button").click(function(){
    $(this).find("span")
        .animate({opacity:0})
        .queue(function(){
             $(this).text("new text")
                    .dequeue()
        })
        .animate({opacity:1});
});

http://jsfiddle.net/8Dtr6/2

A: Try using the contents() function. And wrap() the Contents with another element. such as
$('#Word1').contents().wrap('
').parent().fadeOut('fast');

Here is a simple demo http://jsfiddle.net/7jjNq/

A: html

Word 1

js
$('#word555').fadeOut('fast');
hope it helps

A: You could put the text "Word 1" inside a span or div, like so:

Word 1

Then, inside of your WordClicked() function do:
$("#Word1Text").fadeOut("fast", function()
{
  $("#Word1Text").html("New Text").fadeIn("fast");
});

A: You'll need an element inside the #Word1 element that is faded out/in.  It doesn't need to be a
.

A: promise() is useful here, but you'll need to wrap the contents as well. This example creates a span but also removes it after animation. So you won't have to change your markup, nor does it change after the animation is complete.
var v = $('#Word1');
$('').text(v.text()).appendTo($(v).empty()).fadeOut('fast').promise().done(function() {
    $(this).text('Word 2').fadeIn().promise().done(function() {
    v.text($(this).text());
        $(this).remove();
  });
  });

example: http://jsfiddle.net/niklasvh/jkaYr/
edit or... could have just done it with the fade callbacks. Still useful if you intend to add more animation effects to it though.
var v = $('#Word1');
$('').text(v.text()).appendTo($(v).empty()).fadeOut('fast',function() {
    $(this).text('Word 2').fadeIn('fast',function() {
    v.text($(this).text());
        $(this).remove();
  });
  });

example: http://jsfiddle.net/niklasvh/jkaYr/15/


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James Francis "Jimmy" Durante was an American singer, pianist, comedian and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. His jokes about his nose included referring to it as a "Schnozzola", and the word became his nickname.
Durante was born in Brooklyn, New York, the third of four children born to Italian-Americans Bartolomeo Durante and Rosa Durante. He served as an altar boy at New York City's Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church also known as the Actor's Chapel. Durante dropped out of school in the eighth grade to become a full-time ragtime pianist. He first played with his cousin, whose name was also "Jimmy Durante." It was a family act, but he was too professional for his cousin. He continued working the city's piano bar circuit and earned the nickname "Ragtime Jimmy," before he joined one of the first recognizable jazz bands in New York, the Original New Orleans Jazz Band. Durante was the only member not from New Orleans. His routine of breaking into a song to deliver a joke, with band or orchestra chord punctuation after each line, became a Durante trademark. In 1920, the group was renamed Jimmy Durante's Jazz Band.
Durante became a vaudeville star and radio personality by the mid-1920s, with a trio called Clayton, Jackson and Durante. Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson, Durante's closest friends, often reunited professionally. Jackson and Durante appeared in the Cole Porter musical The New Yorkers, which opened on Broadway on December 8, 1930.
By 1934, he had a major record hit with his own novelty composition, Inka Dinka Doo. It became his theme song for the rest of his life. A year later, Durante starred on Broadway in the Billy Rose stage musical Jumbo, in which a police officer stopped him while leading a live elephant and asked him, "What are you doing with that elephant?" Durante's reply, "What elephant?", was a regular show-stopper. Durante also appeared on Broadway in Show Girl, Strike Me Pink, and Red, Hot and Blue .


Published: March 12, 2013 at 08:06 a.m.
Updated: March 12, 2013 at 12:26 p.m.
Special teamer David Reed is back with the team on a two-year deal, according to a report from The Baltimore Sun. It's the first deal of Tuesday's free agency frenzy (the new league year starts at 4 p.m. ET).
Reed missed 11 games last season coming off a torn anterior cruciate ligament injury, then caught five passes in the regular season. He's a decent option for depth, but it's hard not to think about the Ravens' thin wideout depth chart after they dealt away Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday. At this point, Jacoby Jones is the team's No. 2 receiver; Tandon Doss and Reed are next up.
The Ravens were smart to be unsentimental in trading Boldin, but they also need to re-stock the receiver position with younger talent.