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Anheuser-Busch Stock Is Poised to Rise, Thanks to Hard Seltzer
Teresa Rivas
From Hot Girl Summer to tie-dye everything, there were plenty of trends vying for our attention last year. Yet we could arguably dub 2019 the Summer of White Claw—and unlike some other crazes, hard seltzers look like they have staying power and the ability to benefit big brands.
"Hard seltzers exploded into the minds of investors and into the throats of consumers over the summer of 2019, and since then, the category has continued to grow triple digits," writes Citigroup analyst Simon Hales.
Whether or not throat explosions are a good thing or not might be a matter of individual preference, but what isn't up for debate is the need for spirits makers to come to terms with this new market. In the four-week period ended June 13, hard seltzer continued to fly off the shelves, reaching 10% of beer, cider, and flavored malt beverage sales. That comes on top of 226% growth last year.
Hales notes that some investors will argue that hard seltzer is more of a fad, but there are a lot of factors that make him believe that the category really is here to stay, given that it's gender-neutral, popular with drinkers of all ages, works for a variety of occasions, and is conveniently packaged. It's also a low-sugar and low-calorie option for people worried about putting on the dreaded Covid 15. "As such, we believe the seltzer category has staying power in the U.S. beyond 2020," he writes.
Moreover, the coronavirus pandemic has increased adoption: Since the start of the outbreak, sales have been surging amid new product launches and shifting consumption habits. Overall, Hales writes, the category is seeing more customers, and "its core consumer is arguably more resilient than other areas."
While the rise of craft beers was difficult for big industry players to navigate, as it favored small operators, the high barriers to entry in the hard-seltzer category, along with more complex production, should allow established companies to dominate. Hales argues that while White Claw, a division of privately owned Mark Anthony Group, and Boston Beer's (ticker: SAM) Truly will stabilize with around 75% of the market share, No. 3 player Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) will garner about five percentage points of share this year, helped by Bud Light Seltzer.
"Elsewhere, we will keep a close eye on Constellation Brands ' [STZ] Corona Hard Seltzer, which has had a reasonably strong launch," Hales adds.
Other analysts have also been optimistic about the hard-seltzer craze, both during the pandemic and as life returns to some sort of new normal. That hasn't helped AB InBev's recent profits, but with some speculating the worst is over following a nearly 40% year-to-date stock decline, the shares are appealing to bargain hunters—and Hales. He has a Buy rating and a €52 price target on the company's Belgium-traded shares (ABI.Belgium), which closed Thursday at €44.11.
AB InBev's American depositary receipts were up 1.4%, at $49.60, in recent trading. The S&P 500 was up 0.1%.
Write to Teresa Rivas at teresa.rivas@barrons.com
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International Maritime Organization (IMO) advances key navigation protections for the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean
by Verner Wilson III, senior oceans campaigner
It was an honor to represent Friends of the Earth at the recent International Maritime Organization's Navigation, Communications, Search and Rescue (NCSR) subcommittee meeting last month. I was excited to head to London for the meeting, because the subcommittee was set to discuss new ship routing proposals near Saint Lawrence Island between Russia and Alaska, where my mother is from and Siberian Yupik relatives still live. After nearly a decade of studying and receiving public comments, the U.S. Coast Guard released their Bering Strait Port Access Route Study (PARS) that proposed a two-way shipping route and three Areas to Be Avoided (ATBA) in the Bering Sea and Strait for ships passing to and from the Arctic. One ATBA was for St. Lawrence Island, and I passionately wanted to let the international community know about the need to establish a no-go zone there for the safety of mariners as well as my people, who have depended on the region's rich marine life for millennia. FOE and our partners also submitted a paper to increase marine mammal avoidance by ships as part of the newly implemented Polar Code, which guides the international shipping community on environmental and safety measures in the Arctic.
Alice Rogoff of Arctic Today, Verner Wilson III of Friends of the Earth U.S., MP Andrew Rosindell of London, and David Croswell from the U.S. Delegation at the SDG Panel on the Arctic.
The subcommittee approved the two-way shipping route proposed by both the U.S. and Russia delegations — a milestone for the two countries ensnared in geopolitical conflicts. The Nunivak, King Island and St. Lawrence ATBA's were also approved. I was a little disappointed that the size of the Saint Lawrence Island ATBA was reduced — failing to include a large swath of marine area south of the island that is home to an important polynya (a biologically unique and productive ice-free area that supports a broad swath of marine life). Nevertheless, I was ecstatic that the entirety of Saint Lawrence Island is within the boundaries of an ATBA. Important sensitive coast habitat and subsistence use areas will be protected as a result. Since the NCSR subcommittee approved these measures, they will now go to the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) in May for final adoption, which appears very likely.
I also participated in two side events. One was about the marine mammal avoidance paper where my friends from Kawerak, WWF and National Research Council of Canada shared work being done to help mariners avoid marine mammals in the Arctic. Their presentation piqued the interest of different country delegations, who asked how their work could be incorporated into vessel data in the future, especially given the challenge of connecting to the internet on the high seas. I also was a panelist on "Sustainable Development Goals in the Arctic" in the Palace of Westminster that hosts the UK Parliament. Member of Parliament Andrew Rosindell invited me, along with Okalik Eegeesiak, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), and Alice Rogoff, who created the publication Arctic Today that features Arctic issues.
Proposed Bering Sear Routing measure as proposed by the U.S. and Russia that advanced to the Maritime Safety Committee which will consider its final adoption in May.
Proposed Bering Sea Areas To Be Avoided (ATBA) by the U.S. Nunivak and King Island ATBA advanced as proposed, but St. Lawrence Island (3.) was reduced.
St. Lawrence Island ATBA as agreed upon by NCSR.
Overall, my experience in London was incredible. I witnessed how country delegations debate proposals within workgroups. As someone with family and ancestral roots in the Arctic region who tries to inform their communities on such proposals, I was glad to be able to testify as a representative from Friends of the Earth. Securing the Bering Sea ATBA was a challenge during the workgroup, but being able to let the delegations from the Netherlands, France, Britain and other countries know why protections are needed was a fulfilling experience.
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Western, Central Gulf of Mexico Excluded From House Bills Banning Offshore Leasing September 11, 2019

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Bubble Wrap & Our Future
December 22, 2020 December 24, 2020 / Organikos	/ Leave a comment
It is not light reading. Nor short. But before you order anything else on Amazon you might want to at least skim this report:
Amazon has a plastic problem. Oceana analyzed e-commerce and packaging market data1 as well as a recent scientific report, published in Science about predicted growth in plastic waste, that projects plastic pollution of aquatic ecosystems by country2 and found that Amazon has a large and rapidly growing plastic pollution footprint. Continue reading →
Big Wins for Marine Conservation in Belize
Ray Jacobs (left) hands over his gillnet to Janelle Chanona, Oceana's Vice President in Belize. Also pictured is Fidel Audinett (center), a Belizean fisher who had been petitioning the government to ban gillnets since 1997. Photo Credit: © Oceana/Alex Ellis
Wonderful news out of Belize!
Tackling a triple threat: Belize banned bottom trawling, offshore drilling, and now gillnets
For a country that's slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Massachusetts, Belize boasts an inordinate number of ocean wonders. It's home to the world's second longest barrier reef, which Charles Darwin once described as "the most remarkable reef in the West Indies." Here, you'll find more than 500 unique fish species – enough to give every Belizean island its own mascot and still have about 50 left over.
Because this little Caribbean country has a lot worth protecting, it has enacted some of the strongest ocean conservation laws in the world – and they just got even stronger. Following hard-fought victories that banned all trawling and offshore oil drilling in Belize's waters, the country has now outlawed gillnets, a fishing gear that kills turtles, manatees, and many other marine animals.
In addition to implementing a nationwide gillnet ban, the Belizean government signed an agreement with Oceana and the Coalition for Sustainable Fisheries to help licensed gillnet fishers transition to other jobs. As a result, Belizean resources and livelihoods will be protected well into the future.
As Janelle Chanona, Oceana's head in Belize, put it: "This is a historic moment for Belize, her people, the Caribbean Sea and, most importantly, for everyone who depends on the country's marine resources for their livelihoods." Continue reading →
Obsessively Eliminating Protections To The End
November 29, 2020 December 2, 2020 / Organikos	/ Leave a comment
A sea bird is reflected in the water during low tide at Cardiff State Beach in Encinitas, California, U.S. October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake
No special prognostication talent was required to know this was coming, if you have been paying attention for the last four years. Environmental, among other protections, have been gutted constantly since shortly after this administration's inauguration in 2017. The only important question is how quickly some of these protections can be restored by the incoming administration:
Trump administration moves forward with gutting bird protections
The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will likely perish as a result.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published its take on the proposed rollback in the Federal Register. It's a final step that means the change — greatly limiting federal authority to prosecute industries for practices that kill migratory birds — could be made official within 30 days. Continue reading →
Beware Of "This Is Big" & Other Snappy Catchphrases
The Miniature Science series of ads, created last year by the very talented folks at BBDO on behalf of their client ExxonMobil, are snappy.
By now most people who pay attention to climate science are aware of ExxonMobil's active role in creating doubt about the emerging facts that their own scientists established about mankind's impact on climate. In addition to actors like that giant petrochemical company, there are also behind-the-scenes, complicit creatives who have provided essential messaging to strengthen the deception. In a new essay, Bill McKibben turns his attention to those folks, and expects accountability:
If money is the oxygen on which the fire of global warming burns, then P.R. campaigns and snappy catchphrases are the kindling. Illustration by Lia Liao
When "Creatives" Turn Destructive: Image-Makers and the Climate Crisis
Past sins are past no more: an overdue historical recalibration is under way, with monuments being pulled down, dorms renamed, restitution offered. People did things, bad things; even across the span of centuries, they're being held to account, and there's something noble about that. The Reverend Robert W. Lee IV, for instance, recently backed the removal of his famous ancestor's statue from Richmond, Virginia. The memorial, he wrote, "is a hollow reminder of a painful ideology and acts of oppression against black people. Taking it down will provide new opportunities for conversations, relationships and policy change." Such a response raises an uncomfortable question: What are we doing now that our descendants will need to apologize for? Might we be able to get ahead of the sin this time? Continue reading →
Brilliant & Ominous
When you genuinely smile and then recoil a moment later, you are responding to what this artist wants you to see and then understand. The animation is brilliant and its short message on how ocean litter/marine plastic is harming marine life is ominous. The Artist Statement that accompanies it is not required reading, but it is there for the taking:
Two years ago, an experience on a small island inTaiwan changed my life. It was the closest I'd lived to the sea, being only a ten minute drive away. Everyone can enjoy the beach with its white sand and turquoise ocean. At the time, I went snorkeling almost every week. Seeing such alluring tropical fish and coral reefs still lingers in my mind. However, I also cannot forget the scenes of tons of human waste lying around the shore as if it was a part of nature. Continue reading →
Puzzling Palm Positivity
August 29, 2020 August 29, 2020 / Crist Inman	/ Leave a comment
I saw this photo while skimming the headlines in the Environmental News section of the Guardian's website. I have been skimming that section most mornings since July, 2011. Out of 3,000+ times skimming and always finding at least one news story to click through to read, today was the first time I ever clicked on an image that I could see was part of a paid advertisement. I landed on a screen filled with this:
Our Palm Positive Plan
Mars is on a journey to transform how we source palm oil.
Today palm oil is used in more than half the world's packaged goods, across both food and personal care items. And, when produced sustainably, palm can deliver value through the entire supply chain. But, the old way of doing things – buying the lowest cost commodities – just won't do if we are to address and ultimately fix a broken supply chain. As buyers, we have an opportunity to drive social and environmental change that can make things better for people and for the planet that we share.
Our 'Palm Positive Plan' aims to deliver 100% deforestation-free palm oil by the end of 2020 and advance respect for human rights across our suppliers' extended supply chains.
There was a bit more text after that, followed by more images with boldface messages:
I have replicated as best I can what I saw, including the links to the messages embedded behind each of the images. The images of palm plantations are so pretty. The messages are so positive.
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Perils In The Great North
June 28, 2020 August 6, 2020 / Crist Inman	/ Leave a comment
In the summer of 2005 I worked in Yakutia (officially known as the Republic of Sakha). My strongest memory is a week on a boat going from Yakutsk up into the Arctic circle. I can still feel the intensity of the August sun through my sunglasses at midnight, while freezing air pierced my fleece. My project assistant, who was also my translator, helped me understand from the boat's captain and two crew members that our passage on the Yana River toward the Laptev Sea was getting easier and easier each year. They had all been Soviet naval crew on this river long ago and could remember plenty of Augusts when the northern stretch of this passage was not possible.
I was aware of climate change as a distant calamity that required urgent action, but did not have a clue what it might eventually mean for this location. The funding for our tourism development strategy came from a natural attraction discovered in the permafrost. Our assumptions about attracting nature tourism to this region were clearly rooted in the permafrost. For the following decade, projects we worked on in the region continued with these assumptions, which seems ignorant now.
In Siberia in late May, thawing permafrost caused an oil-storage tank to collapse, leading to the largest oil spill ever to occur in the Russian Arctic. Photograph by Irina Yarinskaya / AFP / Getty
We have linked out to some of Carolyn Kormann's various smile-inducing environmental stories, as well as more serious ones. A Disastrous Summer in the Arctic goes darker than her previous darkest, but is a must-read for keeping current on the impacts of climate change in faraway places.
The remote Siberian town of Verkhoyansk, three thousand miles east of Moscow and six miles north of the Arctic Circle, has long held the record, with another Siberian town, for the coldest inhabited place in the world. The record was set in 1892, when the temperature dropped to ninety below zero Fahrenheit, although these days winter temperatures are noticeably milder, hovering around fifty below. Last Saturday, Verkhoyansk claimed a new record: the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic, with an observation of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit—the same temperature was recorded that day in Las Vegas. Miami has only hit a hundred degrees once since 1896. Continue reading →
Eliminating Fish From The Diet
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) off the coast of Madeira Island, Portugal. PAULO OLIVEIRA / ALAMY
Of all the ways to transition to vegetarianism, which I am on snail's pace doing, I just realized that the one form of animal protein that I have completely eliminated without thinking about it is fish. I cannot remember planning on doing this, but at this moment I cannot remember the last time I ate fish. It may have been 2016. But I have been conscious of the sensation every time I am grocery shopping that I avoid the fish.
Sushi was my favorite treat of a meal years ago, and while living in India we were as much pescatarian as vegetarian. But that changed with a growing awareness of the challenges related to regulating the world's seas. So I quit eating things from it. Jennifer E. Telesca, writing in Yale e360, does not make me feel any better about this–as a data point I am exactly of zero relevance compared to the total market size–but I am gratified to see a book on a topic that will help me better quantify the reasons why exiting the market for fish is a priority:
How Global Regulators Are Selling Out the World's Largest Tuna
The international commission responsible for managing Atlantic bluefin — prized for high-quality sushi — is failing to protect this magnificent fish. The regulators' focus on fishing industry profits points up the need to change the way we view, and value, the lives of wild creatures.
In 2010, after years of global headlines highlighting the runaway harvest of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the international regulatory agency managing this endangered fish capitulated. It cut the total allowable annual catch to 12,900 metric tons, the lowest level recorded. For the world's most valuable fish, coveted as the most succulent sushi on the planet, a return to plenty looked promising. Continue reading →
Really, California?
The executive order does not affect cities and counties that adopted their own ordinances banning or regulating single-use plastic bags.(Frederic J. Brown / AFP/Getty Images)
It's been some months since we added to our "Really?" posts–which is definitely a good things– and California has usually been on the applaud side of our commentary. It's a sad situation that the plastic industry is able to exert these pressures to take advantage of the current health crisis.
Coronavirus prompts Gov. Gavin Newsom to suspend California's plastic bag ban
SACRAMENTO —
Gov. Gavin Newsom has suspended California's ban on grocery stores providing single-use plastic bags amid concerns that clerks may be at risk for exposure to the coronavirus if shoppers are required to supply their own reusable bags to carry their purchases home.
Newsom announced Thursday that he signed an executive order to suspend the 2016 plastic bag ban for 60 days after hearing concerns from the California Grocers Assn. about shoppers bringing reusable bags from home that are handled by store clerks filling them with groceries.
"We are being cautious to make sure there is no transmission of the virus," said Dave Heylen, a vice president for the grocers' group. He said the grocers will go back to abiding by the plastic bag ban when the order expires.
The executive order signed Wednesday does not affect the more than 100 cities and counties that adopted their own ordinances banning or regulating single-use plastic bags.
Another Victory Favoring Earth, We Hope
Demonstrators protested against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the National Mall in Washington in 2017.Credit…Al Drago/The New York Times
In 2017 two separate stories by Lisa Friedman were featured in the same post we titled Victory Favoring Earth, We Hope. The title fits the article she has published today, which gives a bit more hope:
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Wins a Victory in Dakota Access Pipeline Case
WASHINGTON — In a significant victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered a sweeping new environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The pipeline, which runs from North Dakota to Illinois, has been carrying oil for nearly three years and has been contested by environmental groups and Native American tribes who live near it. President Trump sought to keep the project alive.
The ruling by United States District Judge James E. Boasberg found that the pipeline's "effects on the quality of the human environment are likely to be highly controversial" and that the federal government had not done an adequate job of studying the risks of a major spill or whether the pipeline's leak detection system was adequate. Continue reading →
Listen To Workers, Especially On This Topic
Amazon workers lead a walk out to demand that leaders take action on climate change in September. Photograph: Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images
We hope someone in the upper ranks of Amazon is listening:
Hundreds of workers defy Amazon rules to protest company's climate failures
Employees 'needed to stand up for what's right' despite policy barring workers from speaking about business
Hundreds of Amazon employees defied corporate policy to publicly criticize the company for failing to meet its "moral responsibility" in the climate crisis.
More than 340 tech workers at Amazon used the hashtag #AMZNSpeakOut in public statements that condemn the company for not taking sufficient action on the climate crisis. Continue reading →
The Largest Environmental Change You Never Heard Of
A 3-D model of the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. Most of what we know about its topography has been gathered by sonar. Only three crewed expeditions have reached the bottom. (Data Design Co)
Our goal of highlighting stories mostly about solutions to environmental issues is being challenged more and more, here being the latest example:
History's Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin
It's underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.
Unless you are given to chronic anxiety or suffer from nihilistic despair, you probably haven't spent much time contemplating the bottom of the ocean. Many people imagine the seabed to be a vast expanse of sand, but it's a jagged and dynamic landscape with as much variation as any place onshore. Mountains surge from underwater plains, canyons slice miles deep, hot springs billow through fissures in rock, and streams of heavy brine ooze down hillsides, pooling into undersea lakes.
These peaks and valleys are laced with most of the same minerals found on land. Continue reading →
Stop Funding Arctic Drilling
January 3, 2020 January 3, 2020 / Organikos	/ Leave a comment
'The Arctic refuge is not just a piece of land with oil underneath. It's the heart of our people; our food security, way of life and very survival depends on its protection.' Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Thanks to the Guardian for this op-ed by Bernadette Demientieff:
Goldman Sachs agreed to stop funding Arctic drilling. Will other banks join them?
If banks destroy our homeland, they'll have the Gwich'in Nation, and the millions of Americans who stand with us, to answer to
Last fall, I traveled more than 4,000 miles from my home in Alaska to meet with major banks and urge them to help protect the Arctic national wildlife refuge from destructive oil drilling and exploration. In all the years I've worked to defend this place, we've been focused on trying to make our voices heard by leaders in the White House or in Congress, and I never thought I'd be sitting in a conference room on the 43rd floor of Goldman Sachs' global headquarters in downtown New York, talking about the Arctic refuge. Continue reading →
More Plastic Is The New Plastic
December 20, 2019 December 20, 2019 / Crist Inman	/ Leave a comment
I am holding one such bag, made from recycled newspaper, in a post from 2011
In Kerala, India between 2010 and 2017 we tackled the issue of plastic in the hospitality operations we were responsible for. We started with the elimination of plastic bags, as Michael and our other interns Allegra and Sung reported at the time. With success on that front we moved on to the elimination of plastic water bottles, and the investment that required was much more substantial, not least because tourist guide books always warned travelers to India to only drink from plastic water bottles. We made progress, which was very particular to that place and time, but still this news reported by Beth Gardiner in Yale e360 is particularly frustrating:
The Plastics Pipeline: A Surge of New Production Is on the Way
A world awash in plastic will soon see even more, as a host of new petrochemical plants — their ethane feedstock supplied by the fracking boom — come online. Major oil companies, facing the prospect of reduced demand for their fuels, are ramping up their plastics output. Continue reading →
It Bears Repeating
A bald eagle in Tongass National Forest, Alaska. MAURO TOCCACELI/ALAMY
These are times that test our patience. Obvious, right? So is the subject of this essay. And yet, it bears saying, and repeating, precisely because of the times we find ourselves in. So thanks to Mr. Heacox for saying so and to Yale e360 for publishing it:
Let It Be: Why We Must Save Alaska's Pristine Tongass Forest
At 17 million acres, Alaska's Tongass is the largest U.S. national forest and the world's largest remaining temperate rainforest. Now, the Trump administration wants to resume large-scale logging in the Tongass, one of several initiatives threatening some of Alaska's wildest lands.
Fog rises from forest near Ford's Terror, a narrow fjord in the Tongass. WOLFGANG KAEHLER / LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES
When the railroad tycoon Edward H. Harriman fell ill from stress and too much work, his doctors recommended that he take a sea cruise. Unable to do anything in a small way, Harriman filled a ship with America's foremost scientists, artists, and writers, and sailed the coast of Alaska for two months in the summer of 1899.
A forest view in the Tongass, the world's largest remaining temperate rainforest. WOLFGANG KAEHLER / LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES
The expedition, which also included the renowned preservationists John Muir and George Bird Grinnell, found two Alaskas wherever they went, one for the taking, one for the saving. Each at odds with the other. Foremost among the places for saving was the great coastal rainforest of the Southeast Alaska panhandle, a wondrous world of mountains, ice fields, tidewater glaciers, rock-ribbed fjords, coastal brown bears, bald eagles, and 11,000 miles of shoreline.
Eight years later, in 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt took a bold step in that direction by creating the 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest, the largest national forest in the United States. Today, the Tongass contains two national monuments and 19 designated wilderness areas. It also has countless undammed rivers and streams, and some of the world's last great runs of wild Pacific salmon. Continue reading →
Capsules = Pods = Waste
The greatest trick companies ever played was making us think we could recycle their products. The New York Times
My most recent reference to pods could have been the last. Enough said. But my eye was caught by the title of this item yesterday, and all day I kept wondering whether I need to know more about the confidence game that has been, and is, recycling. Deciding this morning to click through I was rewarded with an update on my favorite coffee scandal. Insult on top of injury. Surprised by that? Nope. My thanks to Tala Schlossberg and Nayeema Raza for this creative op-ed video, and accompanying text:
The Great Recycling Con
The greatest trick corporations ever played was making us think we could recycle their products…
Foods For Thought
Composite: Alamy/Getty
Thanks to Clare Finney, writing for the Guardian, for a reminder, and some cases surprises, about foods we may love but should consider the consequences of:
To eat or not to eat: 10 of the world's most controversial foods
From beef to cod to avocados to soya, many of our best-loved foods raise big ethical and environmental questions. What do the experts say?
Deforestation. Child labour. Pollution. Water shortages. The more we learn about the side-effects of food production, the more the act of feeding ourselves becomes fraught with anxiety. How can we be sure that certain foods are "good" or "bad" for society and the planet? As Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University of London and the co-author of Sustainable Diets, puts it: "When you come to 'judge' food, you end up with an enormous list of variables, from taste to health outcomes to biodiversity." Here are some of today's most controversial products – and some thoughts that may help you when shopping. Continue reading →
The Word Is Out
Oxford said the choice reflected the rise in climate awareness and the language we use to discuss it. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP
These annual declarations are often silly, but even when silly they say something about what we are thinking and talking more about. This is not exactly good news, except that it beats the alternative (not thinking or talking about it):
Oxford Dictionaries declares 'climate emergency' the word of 2019
Usage of the term increased 100-fold in the space of 12 months, dictionary says
Oxford Dictionaries has declared "climate emergency" the word of the year for 2019, following a hundred-fold increase in usage that it says demonstrated a "greater immediacy" in the way we talk about the climate.
Defined as "a situation in which urgent action is required to reduce or halt climate change and avoid potentially irreversible environmental damage resulting from it", Oxford said the words soared from "relative obscurity" to "one of the most prominent – and prominently debated – terms of 2019." Continue reading →
Beware The Cryptocurrency Footprint
Computer screen listing cryptocurrencies (stock image). Credit: © Colin Cramm / Adobe Stock
Thanks to Science Daily for this summary of Environmental cost of cryptocurrency mines – Monetary price of health and air quality impacts:
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero — the names of digital-based 'cryptocurrencies' are being heard more and more frequently. But despite having no physical representation, could these new methods of exchange actually be negatively impacting our planet? It's a question being asked by researchers at The University of New Mexico, who are investigating the environmental impacts of mining cryptocurrencies.
"What is most striking about this research is that it shows that the health and environmental costs of cryptocurrency mining are substantial; larger perhaps than most people realized," said Benjamin Jones, UNM Researcher and asst. professor of economics. Continue reading →
Convenience & Connivance
'I think we've taken convenience and just turned it into a monster,' said Shaymah Ansari.
Photograph: Francis Gardler/AP
I acknowledge it has not been easy to eliminate plastic from my life. Plastic is everywhere. It is ubiquitous in developing economies as well as in more developed economies. But since recycling is costly, then at least radically reducing its use is important. So consider how seductive convenience is, and how conniving companies can be:
US recycling event is cover for enormous volume of plastic pollution, say critics
America Recycles Day promoted by EPA is brainchild of not-for-profit backed by companies that produce plastic products
Packaging for plastic food items that cannot be accepted for recycling. Photograph: Emily Holden/The Guardian
America's government-backed national recycling awareness day is being used as cover by large corporations that are churning out enormous volumes of plastic that end up strewn across landscapes, rivers and in the ocean, critics have said.
The second annual America Recycles Day event on Friday is being vigorously promoted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a way to encourage Americans to recycle more.
But critics point out that the initiative is the brainchild of Keep America Beautiful, a not-for-profit founded and backed by large companies that produce vast quantities of plastic products that end up as pollution.
Current backers include Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Pepsico, and Altria, the tobacco giant formerly known as Phillip Morris. Decades of campaigns by the group have emphasized individual responsibility for plastic recycling, which data reveals to be a largely broken system. Continue reading →


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Frank Eugene Hawkins, 85, passed away April 15, 2021. A native of Greer, son of the late William R. and Ressie Bagwell Hawkins, he was a United States Army Veteran, retired from Hoechst Celanese and a member of Praise Cathedral. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, June "Runt" Galloway Hawkins of the home; two daughters, Tina Swafford (Van); Renee Hawkins (Mark); very special brother, Marion "Straw" Hawkins all of Greer; five grandchildren, Steven Hawkins (Leslie), Kacie Marcus Rupert (Deanne), Blake Swafford (Sara Ashleigh), Chase Marcus (Alex), Brooke Lacell (Richie) and five great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held 3:00 pm Sunday, April 18, 2021 at Praise Cathedral conducted by Pastor Jerry Madden, Pastor Tommy Harvey and Tony Tipton. Burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. Visitation will be 1:30 pm- 2:45pm Sunday, April 18, 2021 at Praise Cathedral before the funeral service. Pallbearers will be Steven Hawkins, Blake Swafford, Chase Marcus, Richie Lacell, Jason Galloway and Charles Templeton. Memorials may be made to Praise Cathedral- Building Fund, 3390 Brushy Creek Road, Greer, SC 29650. The family would like to give a special thank you to Crescent Hospice for all of their love and care. Online condolences may be made to www.thewoodmortuary.com.
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Senators of the College use the title "Lord" or "Lady" along with a surname or a territorial name. Note, however, that some Senators have a peerage title, which would be used instead of the senatorial title. All Senators of the College have the honorific "The Honourable" before their titles, while those who are also Privy Counsellors or peers have the honorific "The Right Honourable".
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The Centre has proposed to amend the rules for central deputation of IAS officers.
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Sardar Patel envisioned the creation of the All-India Services to preserve unity between Centre and States.
He championed the creation of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS) as "All India Services" (AIS) whose members would be recruited and appointed by the Centre and allotted to various States, and who could serve both under the State and the Centre.
Under Article 309 of the Constitution, the Centre and states are empowered to erect and maintain services for running their administration.
Unlike a central service or state service, an All-India Service is compositely administered under Article 312.
What are the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules?
A unique feature of All India Services (Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service) were created under the AIS Act, 1951, is that the members of these services are recruited by the Central Government and are placed under various State Cadres.
It is incumbent upon the members of service to serve both under the State and the Centre.
To ensure service of IAS officers at the Centre, suitable provisions have been made under the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954.
What is current rule on deputation?
Central deputation in the IAS is covered under Rule-6 (1) of the IAS (Cadre) Rules-1954.
As per the rules, AIS officers are made available for central deputation through a consultative process involving the Centre, the States and the officers concerned.
In case of any disagreement, the matter shall be decided by the Central Government.
Every year, the States would prepare an "offer list" of officers who had opted for central deputation and the Centre would choose officers only from among those "on offer" from the States.
What are the amendments the Centre has proposed for the rules?
The proposed changes are in Rule 6 (1), which deals with Central deputation.
It also provides that in case of any disagreement, the matter shall be decided by the Centre and State or the State Government concerned shall give effect to the decision of the Central Government.
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Following a phenomenally successful, Insulin Safety Week (ISW) 2019, the campaign is back. Insulin Safety Week 2020 will take place across the UK and Ireland, raising awareness in a bid to reduce insulin errors among healthcare professionals.
The campaign aims to raise awareness of insulin safety among healthcare professionals. It will take place from July 6 to 12 and follow the same format as Hypo Awareness Week. Register and you will also receive a printed resource pack, including posters, balloons and t-shirts to bring your campaign to life as well as an online resource pack containing graphics, templates and guidelines.
A total of 343 sites took part in the inaugural, nationally-organised ISW last year, which built on interest generated by successful local campaigns across the country, including in Leicester, Hastings, Eastbourne and Southampton. Interest in the campaign increased in 2019, with 531 sites taking part.
This year Trend Diabetes is supporting Insulin Safety Week 2020 this year through its Insulin Safety Campaign, providing a substantial amount of leaflets, crib cards and also an educational PowerPoint slide deck.
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A hospital trust has staged a week-long campaign to improve insulin safety. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust staged Insulin Safety Week from Monday, April 24, to Sunday, April 30. It was organised to reduce the number of serious incidents relating to the drug, with 46 per cent of patients treated with insulin in hospitals nationally...
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Leicester's Insulin campaign gets safety message across
An Insulin Safety Week staged in Leicester in June 2017 reached more than 1,000 staff members. Leicester's Hospitals have been staging Insulin Safety Week this week in a bid to educate nurses, doctors and other healthcare staff about insulin and the need to understand the drug and use it safely. Members of the diabetes team...
Southampton uses Insulin Safety Week to launch flowchart
Southampton General Hospital stage an Insulin Safety Week in November 2017 campaign to launch a new assessment tool for the self administration of the drug. University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is running an Insulin Safety Week from Monday, November 13, to Friday, November, 17. The diabetes team has used the opportunity to roll out the self-administration...
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A rendition of a Dua Lipa song by a Hull diabetes consultant with new words conveying the message of insulin safety has won a prestigious national award. The Inpatients Diabetes Team at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust came up with its own version of the hit-song 'New Rules' named 'Insulin Rules' during Insulin...
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Escaping Covid-19
by Carmen Freeman-Rey
It was March 11th 2020, Hans and I were on board a flight from LAX to London Heathrow with a plan to spend time in the UK. The plane doors were locked and passengers belted, as we waited to taxi when the Captain announced news of a travel ban for people coming from Europe into the U.S. At this point it didn't include the U.K, but for how long?
There were anxious rumblings from many passengers on board as permission to disembark was given people to those that wanted to. We had to make a decision fast, to stay on board or go, we chose to go.
It turned out to be the right decision.
By Friday the ban had indeed been extended to Great Britain, by Sunday California was ordered to shut down bars. Soon restaurants, offices, schools and non-essential travel would follow. Beaches were closed as well as local parks, trails and National Parks. Two days before Hans and I had discussed renting an RV and doing a working road trip. The plan was to visit some states with beautiful scenery and do some shoots along the way. Well that plan didn't work out either. At least not yet.
Fast forward after several weeks of the "stay at home order", we were going a bit stir crazy, so when travel restrictions were lifted, we thought that it was time for a change of scenery and to get away from crazyville. The beaches seemed more packed than ever and the trails the busiest we had ever seen them, there was little chance of socially distancing outdoors, so we decided to head to the wild west.
Our route would take us from California, to Nevada, then Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Utah again. We rode bikes, hiked National Parks and visited some friends in an ever-changing landscape with jaw dropping vistas.
I feel that we appreciated this sense of freedom, open road and change of scenery even more after being confined for so long.
Along the way it would turn out that we would experience extremes in temperature from 98F with searing sunshine at one end and sub-zero with snow at the other. Kobe our West Highland Terrier, having Scottish genes loved the snow, he wasn't so keen on the high heat though, but fortunately we were rarely far from a natural water source, whether it be a stream, river or lake.
Loaded with bikes, gear, food and enough beer and wine to sink the Titanic, we set off for our first destination, Las Vegas. A quick overnight pit stop and we were on the road again headed to Monument Valley UT.
It was quite a long drive, but we managed to reach our first camp before the sunset on the magnificent monalyths poking up from the horizon. As the sun disappeared it was replaced with the most stunning orange moon, the landscape was washed in deep pink. A stunning sight, but it was so hot.
It was also Hans' birthday, so we celebrated under the stars with a perfect dinner in a perfect setting.
The following day started with a stop at Gooseneck Bends, a series of horseshoe shaped rocks carved by the Colorado River. We stood on the edge of the canyon, which fell away steeply in front of us. We decided to take some shots, so Hans unhitched his GT Force from the back of the van. Honestly I was terrified as he rode so close to the edge, one false pedal and it would be game over. As he rode closer and closer and jumped from one protruding rock slab to another, all I could do was set my camera up, close my eyes and click. I couldn't bare to watch him.
Because the stay at home order had only just been lifted, many of the National Parks were not fully open. But we were able to drive the Valley of the Gods loop, a bit sketchy in an RV, some warned us to turn back, but we made it along the rutted exposed switchbacks.
Hans decided to get his bike out and ride a few lines, we had spent a long time sitting and he was itching to spin his wheels, if only for a short time. The backdrop was majestic and so wide open with sandstone buttes rising like fingers around us.
Next we were headed to our old friend and fellow Rad, Bill Freeman's abode, he lives in Mancos, Colorado. Bill is an excellent photographer and has worked with Hans many times over the years. He relocated from California a few years ago and here at the end of a long dirt road he built himself a house at the top of a hill with a huge deck that afforded a most incredible view of the mountains and Mesa Verde.
After a BBQ on the deck and an incredible lightening show, it was time for sleep with a plan for a ride the next day.
Hans and Bill rode the trails at Ramparts whilst I took the Kobe and Bill's dog Jasmine for a hike on the same route. The hike/bike was along a stunning trail, starting from the top of a Mesa and circling down before heading back up again. Miles of Aspen tree forest cut through by clear sparkling streams that meandered along with the switchbacks. The delicate leaves dappled in the sunlight as the tall slim trunks swayed in the wind. There were a few obstacles thanks to the storm the night before, many trees had fallen and quite a few lay across the trail. No problem for Hans and Bill, they just popped over them. They had a blast and Bill took some great shots along the way.
Another day and another ride, this time the renowned Phil's World trails system near Cortez. Hans and Bill had arranged to meet up with a couple of local riders and trail dog Honzo. Hans was incredibly impressed with Honzo, the way he kept up and kept out of the way and figured out how to make up time by cutting the course and taking a straight line at the switchbacks. The trails had something for most level of riders, from rocky and loose, steep and technical to smooth dirt with flow.
After two nights with Bill it was time to head to Telluride CO. This former mining town is now a famous ski destination in the Rocky Mountains. During Covid "shut down", Telluride closed itself off from the rest of the physical world; it was easy for them to do since t
hey are at the end of the valley. They had opened the road to visitors again a few days before.
Our day ended at the Sunshine Campground, we slept like hibernating bears and woke up to a gloriously sunny day. Two fun rides followed, the first was up Bear Creek Trail, a wide multi use track, this ran parallel to the river most of the way, along with meadows and minor waterfalls, the riding required some concentration since the ground was a mass of fist sized loose rocks and wet slicked slabs.
The next was a switch back heavy ride up towards Trico Peak and Ingram Falls. The falls were really spectacular, we ended up pretty soaked through; the ride back down to town offered us another incredible view. For me one of the highlights of the day was mastering my phobia of riding through rivers, I did it several times and managed not to fall off my bike. Of course Hans can wheelie them, I complain that he has helium in his front tire.
From there we headed to the next valley over and there the sunshine was replaced with snow. Our destination was Ouray, which turned out to be the most quaint and lovely historically preserved town on our whole trip. The next day the sun burnt through the fog and gave us white snow caps along the horizontal ridges of the red mesas. Particularly pretty against the now bright blue sky.
We were headed back to Utah again, this time Moab and a visit with Greg Herbold, known to most as HB. HB is a former downhill world champion and he calls Slick Rock his home trail. Hans and HB were known for their comedic roles in the classic MTB movie Tread that was partly filmed here in 93'. Slickrock is world famous, a trail on solid rock, the way marked by dots of paint. It is not for the feint hearted, with steeps, sudden dips and exposure, it requires skills as well as stamina. Hans took his e-bike, the GT E-Force, since e-bikes are allowed there they figured a little help on the endurance side would leave more energy for extra fun challenges. It's a bit of an oxymoron, but the rock isn't slick at all, it's actually super grippy.
That morning we had visited Arches National Park and hiked out to Delicate Arch, here riding is absolutely forbidden, but the drive through the park was one breath taking view after another and the hike was pretty special. I couldn't believe just how much traction the terrain had, you could walk at an almost vertical pitch, which I found extremely useful the next day.
We said goodbye to HB and his wife Deborah and drove out to Wilsons's Arch. This huge golden natural arch is not in the park and so Hans decided it was time to pop out the trials bike for an Instagram moment. We hiked up the incredibly steep grade, me struggling a little under the weight of my camera pack, which pulled me backwards.
The spectacle was so worth it and I took some of my all time favourite shots there. When I was lying on my back, or teetering on the edge and trying to keep my balance, I was so grateful for the grip of the rock.
Hans never ceases to amaze me on a bike, he is fearless and nothing seems to faze him, whether riding on a precipitous edge, hopping from one jagged rock to another with hundreds of feet below him or pulling 180s on a skinny spine high above the valley below. When I looked at the photos afterwards, I was very chuffed that I had a "model" that could pull the moves that did justice to the immense, unique beauty on our road trip.
From Moab to Marble Canyon and Lees Ranch, which lies beside the Colorado River. Our original plan had been to go to Vermillion Canyon, but as it turned out the road was unsuitable for anything but a 4 x 4. It turned out to be a good omen, when we changed our minds last minute. That night a terrible bush fire raged in Vermillion and that road as well as the main highway was closed; fate gave us a lucky escape.
Historic Lees Ranch is now a museum, here was once the site of a chain ferry that crossed the Colorado River, before being replaced by giant steel bridges. Approaching the ranch we walked through an orchard full of trees groaning with fruit. From there we followed a trail to the Paria River, passing abandoned machinery and an ancient truck. Kobe was hot and decided that the trail wasn't for him, so he jumped into the river and stayed there, forcing us to do the same as we waded through water and mud, the cool reprieve from the heat was welcome.
That night we parked just before the Paria River joins the Colorado River, at a place where it was as calm as a mill pond and so clear you could count the stones on the river bed. The water was a perfect temperature and here we sat and splashed around enjoying another gift from nature. We sat outside as sunset gave way to dusk and dusk merged into moonlight. Another perfect ending to another perfect day.
Our final destination was going to be Zion National Park, Utah, which was another long drive. We decided break the up journey and camp out at Lone Rock Beach campsite on Lake Powell, Arizona. We arrived just as night was about to set in.
The next morning we were ready to head on to Zion, which is not far from Virgin, home to the Redbull Rampage.
That night was one of my favourites; we found a dry site on BML land on top of a Mesa a stone's throw from the Rampage location. Again we could park anywhere and although there were other people there, they were so far away that we felt as though we were totally alone. Bliss. I had wanted to camp somewhere in the wilderness with zero light pollution to diminish the stars and this I got. It was awe inspiring; the sky was littered with the brightest stars and planets that created a blanket of lights that seemed so close that you could almost touch them.
In the morning we headed to Zion, on the way we dropped Kobe off with another old friend and Rad from California, Steve Peterson. He and his wife Linda have an absolutely stunning home on the banks of the Virgin River with a view from their terrace of the highest peak in Zion National Park. It is hard to describe in words the absolute beauty of the light as it set on those red rocks and casted a rose glow all around.
We headed to the park on our e-bikes, Hans on the GT E-Force and me on the E-Verb, both with the Shimano Steps drive units; it was recommended to us as the best way to see the park. It was ideal.
Our day was full, with a hike up to Emerald Pools and then The Narrows, a slot canyon, which was a challenging trek through the Virgin River the whole way. We thought that the hike would be alongside the river and not actually in it. Luckily we found two driftwood sticks, which aided our balance as we waded on slippery rocks in waters sometimes waist deep. It was so much fun and again, we were so glad for the refreshing cool waters as the temperature hit 95F.
That night we parked our camper at Steve's house and enjoyed another sunset in another beautiful location.
Hans has always wanted to ride the Grafton trails around Zion, but never had the opportunity. Now he did and what better way than with a local as a guide. He and Steve set off after making the difficult decision about which loop to ride when there were so many to choose from.
In the end they decided on Wire Mesa to Grafton, with a few extra side loops along the way. Hans described Wire Mesa as a fun technical single track with slick rock and in places, sand. It isn't for beginners, requiring skills and experience, but not as much so as with Gooseberry Mesa. Grafton was similar, but with quite rocky sections in places, mostly moderate, but also with some difficult sections in places.
When Hans returned, I can honestly say that I have never seen him as exhausted after a ride as he was after this one. He stumbled into the RV, his face black with dirt, dizzy, dehydrated and wobbly legged. He said he was so close to bonging. My quick fix in these circumstances is Coca Cola. This he took along with an ice pack on the back of his neck. Followed by more water and pasta, he started to feel more human again. But not human enough to drive, he left that to me as we set off again for the home run back to California.
It was a working road trip, but also a much needed break from be closeted at home and the tensions that a pandemic brings to the world. We felt a million miles away form all of this as we travelled the wide-open road and allowed the landscape to swallow us.
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I'm writing this on St David's Day, so I must start by wishing everyone Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus!
2018 so far has been crazily busy, and I have not had time to blog, but I feel I need to share some of what has been going through my mind.
January 24 is an important day in our family. It's my mum's birthday. This year, though, it was significant for a different reason. The long-awaited Additional Learning Needs and Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 was passed by the National Assembly for Wales. This might be seen as a formality, since the Bill had already been passed in December 2017, but the expectation of change has been hanging over Wales for years.
Expectation. In the beginning, there is hope. I remember the positive expectation and enthusiasm in a room full of like-minded practitioners when we attended training to prepare us for the changes in England. It was 2012, and we were eagerly waiting to learn how the new SEND Code of Practice would improve things for our learners and their families, how the framework would clarify things for us as educators, how funding would be simplified, and everything made more accessible and democratic. I had not been involved in any way in education when the previous SEN Code of Practice came into force in 2001, so I had no preconceived ideas – it did not occur to me that the new Code would not come into force until 2014, or that the much vaunted Education and Health Care Plans would not be expected replace all existing statements only by April 2018.
By 2015, we were moving back to Wales. I had been aware that terminology around inclusion in Wales was changing, that policymakers had been observing events unfold in England, seeking to learn. Wales's first devolved and still current SEN Code of Practice had come into effect in 2004. It is very similar to England's 2001 Code. How would Wales's new Code of Practice build on a decade of devolved experience and the benefit of this view across the border? The expected new terminology was already in use in many schools, adverts for the role of Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator could be seen. Things appeared to be moving apace, with open consultations, much discussion and a great deal of optimism.
We have a word in Wales; hiraeth, it's usually equated to a peculiar sort of homesickness, a rose-tinted longing for some better version of home (Wales) or the past… Everyone says it's not translatable, but (always ready to find another angle, and with my Brazilian childhood), it makes me think of the Portuguese word saudade – a melancholic longing for a much-loved something or someone. We are so focused on this ideal provision, ideal access, ideal funding, this new, improved version of the Code, that I worry we have lost sight of what is really important here: the children and young people that the Bill, the Act, the Code are supposed to be about.
Over the past year or so, I have met numerous parents in Wales who have been told not to apply for a statement of SEN for their child, because the new system will supersede this. I have met parents who have been told by their schools that there is no point in pursuing local authority assessment because the system is in flux. So I'd like to make something clear…
Things are changing:
As in England, the new Code of Practice will include children and young people from birth to 25 years
New terminology
Additional Learning Needs replaces SEN (compulsory school age) and LDD (FE)
Individual Development Plan (IDP) replaces both statutory statements and IEPs
Learners' views must be sought and taken into consideration
Multi-agency collaboration should become standard
Services at all levels must be available in Welsh
However, things have not changed yet. Some schools have already adopted elements of the draft Code of Practice. The 2004 SEN Code of Practice remains in effect and should still be followed. The new Code of Practice is subject to revisions and is not expected to come into force until 2019. IDPs will be officially introduced in 2020 following the implementation of the new Code of Practice. Existing statements are intended to be transferred to IDPs by 2022.
I know of schools that have begun creating Individual Development Plans and sending them home, without involving the parents or the students in their creation. Such erratic cherry-picking of elements from the draft Code, without regard to current laws and rights, adds insult to injury. Parents are left not knowing who to believe or where to seek correct information.
I have even spoken with a parent who has been told by a senior figure in the Welsh Assembly Government that they should wait for the new Code of Practice before beginning to seek assessment and support for their child. If they were to follow this advice, the earliest they could hope to obtain a statutory IDP would be 2020.
Despite the flaws in the current system, and despite the acknowledged need (I'd like to say right) for school staff to receive ongoing training, both to remain current and to deepen subject and pedagogical understanding, there is no intention to add even a single INSET day to provide training. Given the pervasive nature of the misinformation already circulating, I sincerely hope that this oversight is fixed.
There are huge positives in the new system as it is envisioned. The draft code refers directly to the 2010 Equalities Act. The provision of templates and use of IDPs should ensure consistency and continuity. If decisions really are made at the most local level possible, and if the system is "simpler and less adversarial" as planned, then this will be a great improvement. I look forward to 2022 fulfilling those hopes, the hiraeth I have experienced sine 2012. I'll be thrilled if the implementation of the new Code includes something as accessible and meaningful to our children and young people as this wonderful initiative from Children's Right Wales.
Back to Saint David…
Along with many claimed miracles, he is credited with making the leek our national symbol. This was perhaps one of his less saintly acts, as it was, allegedly, his idea that Welsh warriors should wear leeks into battle, in an early effort to avoid 'friendly fire'. Nowadays many choose instead to wear a daffodil on Saint David's Day. Some say this is a linguistic confusion between the Welsh words for leek, cenhinen, and for daffodil, cenhinen Bedr (literally, Peter's leek). Others say it is due to Lloyd George's habit of wearing a daffodil on 1st March. Still others say the leek gave way to the daffodil to avoid offending the English descendants of those ancient Saxon adversaries. Maybe it's just a less pungent and more decorative way of celebrating.
Let's hope neither the daffodil nor the ALN Act is just dressing something up to make it seem more palatable. There's a saying in France, plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose… I'd prefer we took Saint David's dying advice, "Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd" and do the little things that can make a big difference for our learners, every day,
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R The undifferentiated R lineage is currently found in India, Pakistan, and Central Asia at intermediate frequencies.
R1 The undifferentiated R1 lineage is quite rare. It is found only at very low frequencies in Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia. This lineage possibly originated in Europe and then migrated east into Asia.
R1a The R1a lineage is believed to have originated in the Eurasian Steppes north of the Black and Caspian Seas. This lineage is believed to have originated in a population of the Kurgan culture, known for the domestication of the horse (approximately 3000 B.C.E.). These people were also believed to be the first speakers of the Indo-European language group. This lineage is currently found in central and western Asia, India, and in Slavic populations of Eastern Europe.


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Q: Schema design for products with multiple variants/attributes? I'm using MySQL. The idea is similar to shopify with a different concept, so users are going to add their own products with multiple types of variants and attributes.
From all the research I've done this seems the most likely solution for me and I'm just wondering if there's anything wrong with the following schema and what are the upsides/downsides?
Thank you
Table: products
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| ID | ProductName           |
|----------------------------|
| 1  | Leather Wallet Case   |
| 2  | Jeans                 |
| 3  | Power Bank            |

Table: products_variants
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| ID | ProductId | ParentId | Variant  | VariantName | SKU  | StockTotal | WholeSalePrice | BuyPrice | OnSale | OnSalePrice |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1  | 1         | null     | model    | iPhone5     | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2  | 1         | null     | model    | iPhone4     | null | null       | null           | null     | null   | null        |
| 3  | 1         | 2        | color    | Red         | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |
| 4  | 1         | 2        | color    | Blue        | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5  | 2         | null     | size     | M           | null | null       | null           | null     | null   | null        |
| 8  | 2         | 5        | color    | Black       | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |
| 9  | 2         | null     | size     | XXL         | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |
| 10 | 2         | 9        | material | Cotton      | null | null       | null           | null     | null   | null        |
| 11 | 2         | 10       | color    | Red         | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |
| 12 | 2         | 10       | color    | Blue        | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |
| 13 | 2         | 9        | material | Casmir      | null | null       | null           | null     | null   | null        |
| 14 | 2         | 13       | color    | Green       | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |
| 15 | 2         | 13       | color    | Brown       | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 13 | 3         | null     | null     | null        | SKU  | 10         | 3              | 10       | null   | null        |

A: This is just the info from @lesandru reply, I really find it very useful, so credits to him and @sahalMoidu
Applying normalization to your problem the solution is as given. Run and see it on Fiddle
Fiddle
CREATE TABLE products
    (
     product_id int auto_increment primary key,
     name varchar(20),
     description varchar(30)

    );

INSERT INTO products
(name, description)
VALUES
('Rug', 'A cool rug'  ),
('Cup', 'A coffee cup');

create table variants (variant_id int auto_increment primary key,
                       variant varchar(50)
                       );
insert into variants (variant)
values ('color'),('material'),('size') ;
create table variant_value(value_id int auto_increment primary key,
                           variant_id int ,
                           value varchar(50)
                           );

insert into variant_value (variant_id,value)
values (1 ,'red'),(1 ,'blue'),(1 ,'green'),
        (2 ,'wool'),(2 ,'polyester'),
        (3 ,'small'),(3 ,'medium'),(3 ,'large');

create table product_Variants( product_Variants_id int  auto_increment primary key,
                            product_id int,
                            productVariantName varchar(50),
                            sku varchar(50),
                            price float
                            );

create table product_details(product_detail_id int auto_increment primary key,
                             product_Variants_id int,

                             value_id int
                             );

insert into product_Variants(product_id,productVariantName,sku,price)
values (1,'red-wool' ,'a121',50);

insert into product_details(product_Variants_id , value_id)
values( 1,1),(1,4);

insert into product_Variants(product_id,productVariantName,sku,price)
values (1,'red-polyester' ,'a122',50);

insert into product_details(product_Variants_id , value_id)
values( 2,1),(2,5);

A: Database Schema for Multiple Types of Products
Solution is here:
 http://www.codingblocks.net/programming/database-schema-for-multiple-types-of-products/

A: I've found a similar and better solution on this answered question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19144200/designing-a-sql-schema-for-a-combination-of-many-to-many-relationship-variation

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On the day that I officially stopped custom orders, I was inundated with guess what.....yep, custom orders. I always thought that I was quite a strong minded person, one that could not be easily swayed, but I soon found out what a wimp I actually was. I found it so, so hard to just say "no" to these lovely customers and ended up taking on a few extra.
Anyway for this next and almost last one of the year I was asked to do a series of six design for two little girls who LOVE ladybirds. The brief I was given was for the design to be modern, obviously include ladybirds in red, white and pink. This did excite me a little bit as I have done one ladybird design before and wanted the opportunity to explore these gorgeous little bugs some more. As I started cutting and pasting and rearranging shapes I soon realised that I needed to do some completely new designs to suit this order.
Yesterday whilst tidying the girls bedroom, I found this beautiful book in my daughters book box and everything fell into place. A secret garden was now in my thoughts, filled with woodland creatures, pretty flowers and picturesque cottages.


I think it is important to do a creative year-end review in addition to any other regular life year-end review you do. This snapshot of your creative year and of what you value, what you tried, what you explored, what you discovered, what stood out and what you loved… can be a wonderful freezeframe to look back on later and to compare with other years.
My goal with questions like the ones that make up this "creative year-end review" is both a summary of my creative self in this year and a set of answers that I can look at and compare to last year and then to next year. I will also use some of these answers in thinking about my new year and any creative goals or hopes I have for the new year.
Where did you focus your (creative) energies in terms of medium or type of art?
What themes or subjects did you explore throughout the year?
What was your favorite (creative) tool this year?
What was your favorite color or palette this year?
What was your favorite (creative) discovery this year?
What classes or workshops did you take this year?
What is your favorite social media stream for your creative pursuits and connections?
How do you validate your creative self or keep yourself accountable?
What changes did you make in this year in support of your creativity?
What do you wish you had done more of (creatively)?
What (creative) project have you put off that you really want to do?
What does your (creative) life look like?
What do you wish your (creative) life looked like?
How did you do this year with sharing your work?
Gonna do these in my diary!
Wonderful, iHanna! Happy New Year and cheers to a wonderful and creative 2019!


Here you will discover 5 great Fire phone arcade games you are gonna love and get addicted to (most probably).
There are almost 3000 arcade games for Fire phone available in Amazon Appstore. That's a pretty huge number to make sense of and sift through even for a regular user and gamer, isn't that?
Fortunately, I've already done all the dirty job for you (you know I am a Fire phone geek addicted to all sorts of games and apps) and all you have to do now is enjoy the games I am about to show you.
Ready to start your journey into the world of the best arcade games on your Fire phone? Great!
Short description: This is without doubt one of my favorite arcade games for Fire phone and Android out there. Here you are an exceptional free runner who has to escape because he doesn't want to be held down by the system (you are in the totalitarian world where freedom or individuality don't exist).
You decided to break free so now the "Big Brother" is chasing you and you have to run, climb, vault and use the amazing techniques of Parkour to escape.
Short description: If you are a fan of zombie games and arcade games in general, you are going to love Stupid Zombies. I've discovered this game only recently but I fell in love with it instantly.
As it's the case with most zombie games, your task is to kill incoming hordes of zombies. You have to kill as many of them as you can with as few shots as possible.
The game and how you play it is similar to Angry Birds. You can angle each shot so that you can kill as many zombies as possible with each shot you take (you have limited ammunition) to move to the next level.
That's the game for weeks (if not months) because you have 720 levels to complete!
Short description: This is another great arcade game for Fire phone I first played on my Android phone. This time your task is not to kill anyone, but to dig deep in your Pocket Mine to find treasure, artifacts and trigger chain reactions.
You will be using dynamite, drills, bombas and power-ups to move your way down even more. To boost your digging potential and reach its maximum, you can build your deck of booster cards.
Short description: This is in my opinion of the best best Fire phone arcade games of all time. I also know this game from Google Play (I used to play it on my HTC One) and I am so happy I can play it on my Fire phone too.
Extreme Road Trip 2 is the sequel to Extreme Road Trip (you can download both below). You task is to drive for as long as you can, collect coins and complete missions. This is, however, a very fast drive because your gas pedal is stuck so be ready to do stunts, flips, clams, wheelies and many others.
Short description: That's yet another very addictive and funny arcade game for your Fire phone. This time your task is extremely simple: to flick wads of paper into the office trash can (in many different locations like the office of your boss, airport, warehouse, bathroom and more).
You can also use other tossables like bananas, brenages, tomatoes or flaming paper balls if you want more excitement during your boring work hours. What's more, you can throw them at other co-workers or even your boss!


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HCI wins Lotto
Cape Town -based empowerment giant Hosken Consolidated Investments (HCI) – which already holds valuable casino and gaming assets – looks set to win considerable influence at national lottery level.
HCI controls casinos like SunCoast in Durban, Montecasino and Gold ReefCity in Johannesburg as well as holding influence at the Grand West casino in Cape Town. The group also owns sprawling limited payout machine operations and electronic bingo outlets.
HCI's involvement in the national lottery harks back to 2015 when it funded new lottery operator Ithuba to the tune of more than R340 million. Ithuba, readers may remember faced a legal challenge by the then lottery operator Gidani, and was consequently struggling to secure funding from banks.
The story is somewhat convoluted – but essentially HCI objected to Ithuba paying back all of its debt (including interest) in late September 2016. HCI argued the funding contract did not allow for the early repayment of loans with court papers reflecting financial director Kevin Govender's views that the empowerment group did not look to make short term investments – and that, in general, investments were made for five years or longer. "In the present case it was expected that the investment would run for a number of years, most probably for the entire duration of the new (national lottery) licence."
HCI's latest annual report showed that the loan to Ithuba was unsecured and was to be repaid in instalments of R50 million each on 29 April 2021, 29 April 2022 and 29 April 2023.
It bore interest at a rate of 38.99% (calculated as a 25% nominal annual interest rate compounded monthly, accrued daily and grossed up at the income tax rate of 28% applicable to companies).
The dispute has raged for years, but eventually it was decided to take the matter to arbitration.
The arbitration process ruled at the end of July…very much in the favour of HCI.
The arbitrators ruled that HCI loan had not been re-paid and stipulated settlement should now be undertaken via the originally envisaged re-payment terms (with interest). What's more HCI were given management oversight and will also receive a management fee of 1% the national lottery's monthly gross revenues.
It seems the arbitration process did not sit well with some parties with HCI reporting a nasty protest outside its offices in Cape Town last month.
In a statement HCI said it appreciated the frustration felt by those vested in the arbitration case. "The fact remains, however, that it is the unanimous view of all three arbitrators (all retired High Court Judges) that HCI was entirely within its rights to exercise its step in rights when it did and to advance various other financial claims against Ithuba and others."
HCI added that the arbitrators expressly rejected all arguments put forward by Ithuba in defence – which they found were completely without any merit.
"The protest action, follows this decision, and is yet another effort made to resist and frustrate the lawful claims of HCI. The time has come for Ithuba, and the others, to do the right thing: respect the decision of the arbitrators and stop their wrongful and unlawful conduct."
HCI further pointed out that it had put up the majority of the money needed to set up the business of Ithuba – "at the time not a single bank or funder was prepared to do so and take the risk in the face of an application by Gidani to set aside the licence awarded by the Minister in favour of Ithuba."
HCI argued that Ithuba would unquestionably have lost that licence if HCI had not rescued it.
HCI urged Ithuba and its consultants to do the right thing. "Comply with the award. The award is final and binding on all the parties and puts an end to all disputes. The time has come to get on with running of the national lottery to benefit good causes."
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Wladimir Fedossejewitsch Rajewski (, wiss. Transliteration ; geb. 1795; gest. 1872) war ein russischer Dichter, Publizist und Dezembrist.

Leben und Werk
Er wurde in einer adligen Familie geboren. Wegen seiner frühen Verhaftung unter dem Vorwurf der revolutionären Agitation unter den Soldaten und Kadetten gilt er als der 'Erste Dekabrist'. Nach jahrelanger Untersuchungshaft wurde er nach Sibirien verbannt.

Neben seinem schriftstellerischen Leben sammelte er auch militärische Erfahrung, wobei er mit gegen Napoleon kämpfte und am Krieg ab 1812 teilnahm.

Er war Mitglied im Wohlfahrtsbund. Er wurde am 6. Februar 1822 wegen revolutionärer Propaganda unter Soldaten in Schulen für gegenseitiges Lernen unter dem System des englischen Pädagogen  Joseph Lancaster verhaftet. Er wurde in der Festung Tiraspol inhaftiert, wo er bis Januar 1826 blieb. Am 21. Januar 1826 wurde er in die Peter-und-Paul-Festung gebracht. Ab August 1826 war Rajewski in der Festung Zamość in der Woiwodschaft Lublin inhaftiert. Am 15. Oktober 1827 wurde Rajewski zu Entzug von Rang, Adel und Verbannung nach Sibirien verurteilt, wo er für den Rest seines Lebens blieb.

In der sibirischen Verbannung in Olonki (in der Oblast Irkutsk) hatte er als Bauer und Getreidehändler gearbeitet und dort eine Schule gegründet.

Sein Grab befindet sich im Dorf Olonki, wo auch sein Garten erhalten geblieben ist und sich heute ein Museum auf seinem Anwesen befindet.

Dem Autor Ja. L. Garbusenko  zufolge Rajewski setzte die Tradition der Dichter der neoklassischen Schule von N. I. Gneditsch und P. A. Katenin fort. Die Satire Ich lache und weine erinnere an die denunziatorischen Monologe von Tschatskij in Wehe dem Verstand von A. S. Gribojedow. In denselben Jahren verfasste er journalistische Werke: Über die Sklaverei der Bauern und die Notwendigkeit einer raschen Umgestaltung in Russland undÜber den Soldaten, in denen Rajewski die Leibeigenschaft schärfer verurteilte als die Dekabristen. Rajewskis beste Werke wurden in einer Festung geschrieben: Der Sänger im Kerker / Певец в темнице (1822), An meine Freunde in Kischinew / К друзьям в Кишинев (1822); sie wurden über Kopien verbreitet. Der Protest gegen Willkür und Gewalt wird in ihnen mit einem Aufruf zum Kampf und zum Heldentum verbunden.

Siehe auch
 Dekabristenaufstand

Literatur
 Я. Л. Гарбузенко: Раевский (KLE)
 Jost Meyen: Auf den Spuren der Dekabristen: Ikonen der russischen Geschichte.  2018 (Online-Teilansicht)

Weblinks

 Museum-estate of the first Decembrist

Einzelnachweise und Fußnoten

Autor
Literatur (Russisch)
Militärperson (Russisches Kaiserreich)
Literatur (19. Jahrhundert)
Dekabristen
Russe
Geboren 1795
Gestorben 1872
Mann

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We just launched our new collection, The Wonder Cabinet Collection. This mosaic is all inspired by those cabinets. Visit ArtMind's blog to see more mosaics and join the fun!
Cabinets of curiosities (also known as Wunderkammer, Cabinets of Wonder, or wonder-rooms) were encyclopedic collections of types of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history (sometimes faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art (including cabinet paintings) and antiquities. The Kunstkammer was regarded as a microcosm or theater of the world, and a memory theater. The Kunstkammer conveyed symbolically the patron's control of the world through its indoor, microscopic reproduction. (Images and information are taken from WikiPedia).
Very,very cool new creations! These are my very faves of all your things!
I love this new series--genious pure!
Wow they are wonderful! Have you just started playing with resin? I heard it can be really messy to work with?
Hi Malene, no we have been working with resin for years, it is messy and tricky and easy to mess up your work.
Great mosaic and a stunning new collection! Big congrats & I hope it will be a big success!
I love the new line Estella !! It's a splendid idea !!
Oohh I love your new collection! So beautiful!
I absolutely love your new line of work. Your creativity is amazing. I just love the natural objects preserved in resin.
In Berlin there have a collection of dead fetus which all kind of disease (like the 'mermaid disease' or Siamese twins). They all were collected in the 19th century with no real purpose.
your wonder cabinets are genious!
somehow I associate their atmosphere to the works of 17th century Dutch painters.


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Lacedelli is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Antonio Lacedelli, Italian ski jumper
Giulia Lacedelli (born 1971), Italian curler
Lino Lacedelli (1925–2009), Italian mountaineer
Maria-Grazzia Lacedelli (née Constantini, born 1943), Italian curler
Roberto Lacedelli (1919–1983), Italian alpine skier

Italian-language surnames


I Caught A Squid, Now What?
My ideal fishing trip sees me catching a few squid for dinner. Unfortunately I am terrible at catching squid 🙂 . Occasionally I get lucky but mostly resort to bartering a few table fish for them with my mates.
These lovely looking squid rings came out of Owen Anchorage just south of the port of Fremantle, Western Australia on a recent fishing trip.
I want to share some of the tips I have picked up thanks to my mates and also a bit of experimenting in the kitchen.
We all want to avoid being covered in black goupy squid ink when retrieving squid into the boat. Let the squid have a few squirts in the water whilst still on the jig. If you have a net, scoop it under the squid and let the net contain the ink squirts. Once they have calmed down a bit bring them on board.
I was recently given two tips that not only stop the squid from inking the inside of your eski (and the rest of your catch) but also treat the squid humanely.
Tip 1 – Take a knife and spear the squid behind each eye. This will instantly kill them and you know you have done it right when the squid completely turns white. Here is some more information on the technique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikejime.
Tip 2 – Pop any squid you have caught in a plastic bag before adding them to the eski. I reuse the plastic bag on several fishing trips, cleaning them after each use.
My friends have been testing the use of scaling bags, towed behind the boat at slow speeds, to clean their squid catch. These pictures were taken after only a few minutes using the bag and the results are even better if you leave it out longer. You can see the hoods are nice and clean and the skin and wings have been removed.
My brother in law has also given me a few tips for cleaning squid the old fashion way.
Tip 1 – Work your thumb into the hood and work the cuttlebone (it runs the length of the hood) loose with your thumb until the whole lot comes out in one piece. This way you won't (hopefully) break the ink sac when you pull the head and tentacles out of the hood.
Tip 2 – If there is some ink stains and like me you want nice clean squid rings, don't bother trying to fight the whole hood. Nor do you have to attempt the near impossible task of turning it inside out to clean it. Simply cut the hood into several pieces, each as long as your thumb. This makes them easier to clean under the tap but still allows you to make nice thin rings later.
I pop the head, tentacles and wings into a snap-lock bag. Now frozen, they are ready for the next fishing trip as bait or berley/chum.
Tip 3 – I also freeze the rings before I cook with them as I have it on good authority that this will help make them tender due to the freezing process breaking down the fibers.
Once coated in an egg batter and Panko breadcrumbs (or a salt, pepper and flour dry coating) they will shallow fry quickly for that melt in your mouth texture.
Tagged with:bait, catching, catchit, ingredients, recover, reuse, seafood, squid, sustainability.


"Computer and Information Systems Manager"
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