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Geoffrey Wescott
Geelong Waurn Ponds
Deakin Alumni of the Year Award
Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Dr Geoffrey Wescott has made a substantive, long-term contribution to Victoria's coastal environments. In 2011 he won a Deakin Alumni of the Year Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the protection and management of Australia's marine and coastal environments.
Career path and highlights
Dr Wescott is an Associate Professor of Environment at Deakin, a founder of the Australian Coastal Society and inaugural Chair of the Marine and Coastal Community Network. He was also an inaugural member of the Victorian Coastal Council and played a pivotal role in devising the current Victorian Coastal Management Act.
Having studied in both Australia and the UK, Dr Wescott has published more than 100 articles on the environment and co-authored the popular field guide, Life on the Rocky Shores of South-Eastern Australia.
He is a sought-after public speaker on coastal protection and management issues, and has won numerous academic and community awards. He was made a Fellow of the Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand in 1999.
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We check in on the vineyard's progress at the end of May
The Pleasure of Discovered Bottles
Stepping out of Beaucastel's Shadow
It is time. After a decade of Esprit de Beaucastel, our flagship wines will bear a new name. Please welcome Esprit de Tablas, to debut this fall with the release of the 2011 vintage.
In early 2002, when we made the decision to put the Beaucastel name on our reserve-level bottling of the 2000 red and 2001 white, our business environment was very different. The California Rhone community was far less robust. The natural wine movement and its focus on wines of balance and place (and on organic and biodynamic farming) was restricted to the fringes. Blends were genuinely unusual and hard to sell. Paso Robles, for all its growth, still had fewer than 100 wineries and hadn't been "discovered" by the mainstream media; Robert Parker's first reviews of the area were published that February. I would routinely explain to customers that we were from Paso Robles and get the question "what part of Napa is that in?"
Tablas Creek was at a different stage, too, with only four vintages under our belt and little marketing presence. We hadn't yet opened a tasting room (coming in September of 2002) or started our wine club (first shipment, August 2002). We'd just started going out to represent the wines at public festivals and working with our distributors and the Vineyard Brands team that represented us nationally. I remember visiting wine shops with our distributors in 2001 and 2002 and seeing dusty bottles of Tablas Creek on the bottom shelf of the "other" section of the store. It was hardly surprising; very few people knew who we were, and we hadn't yet had much time to spread the word.
From the beginning we had talked with the Perrins about the possibility of putting Beaucastel on the label of Tablas Creek, but their opinion was that the vineyard really needed a decade or more under its belt before they'd consider it. They are, after all, rightly protective of the name that they've made for their estate in their five generations there. When they decided that the wines were ready -- in the fourth vintage of red and fifth vintage of white -- it was a powerful endorsement of the vineyard's status, and it really did help in the market. For consumers who had vaguely heard of Tablas Creek but couldn't remember why, the Beaucastel name placed the wine into context, and it started selling off of lists and shelves. And to the distributor, retail and restaurant partners who had followed and liked the wines from the beginning, the name gave them confidence that they would be able to sell it. Since 2002, the sales of our Esprit de Beaucastel (red and white combined) have grown steadily from around 3000 cases a year to some 5000 cases last year, even with the growth in the number and complexity of our other offerings.
Over time, as we've gotten more established, and as more people have come to know Tablas Creek for Tablas Creek rather than for our association with Beaucastel, having the Esprit de Beaucastel name on our flagship wine naturally places us in Beaucastel's shadow. It's a compelling and comforting shadow, to be sure. But we have known that ultimately, for us to achieve what we want for Tablas Creek, Tablas (rather than Beaucastel) must be the focus of our identity. We've been reducing the prominence of Beaucastel on our Esprit labels gradually over time (see right) and we and the Perrins agree that it's time for us to step out of that shadow and focus on our Tablas Creek brand.
The upcoming change isn't an indication of any reduction in the Perrins' involvement. Cesar Perrin recently finished a year here, and we've already had four Perrin visits this year, as well as a week with Claude Gouan, Beaucastel's cellar master since the 1970's. The Perrins are excited to begin developing the new parcel we purchased a couple of years ago. Nor does it signify a change in the way we're making our wines. The Esprits will continue to be our flagship wines, and will be consciously modeled after the Beaucastel red and white: blends based on Mourvedre and Roussanne, made in a classic style with native yeasts, aged in neutral foudres, showcasing our terroir, just as they have done since the beginning.
The Beaucastel name will not disappear from our marketing. We'll continue to talk about our Beaucastel connections, past and present, on the back label, on our Web site and in person. We're proud of the connection. But Beaucastel will resume its place as a part of our story, not a part of our brand.
And for all Beaucastel's significance, the key name on this label for us is, and has always been "Esprit". Its literal translation from French is "spirit" but it has a greater connotation than this. Webster's defines it as "liveliness of mind and expression". I think of it more as inspiration. For us, Beaucastel has been our inspiration for our Esprit wines, which is subtly different from them being our model. We're not interested in making a carbon copy, and because we're in a unique place we couldn't even if we wanted to. But putting the Tablas brand front and center is in its own way inspired by Beaucastel's example. Beaucastel has always been celebrated for its focus on its terroir. In stepping out with Esprit de Tablas we're doing exactly that.
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You don't care about who I am, you only care about what I have to say. You want to know whether the content of this book will improve your life and be useful to you.
Hence, I have to persuade you that the content of this book will be useful to you and worth your money. Because that is obviously what I want you to do; buy it and follow the advice it gives you.
You probably care deeply about various issues in society–homelessness, inequality, climate change–but need additional tools to better understand and more strategically tackle them.
You're ready and willing to learn because you know that merely talking about how awful things are isn't a very effective way of solving them. You're also tired of the malicious manner in which every societal issue is politicized, and you hate the toxic bickering between both sides of the political spectrum. You're desperate for a more level-headed perspective on these issues.
That said, you know that social change requires a lot of work, which leads you to believe that your efforts are too small to make a difference. You're afraid that you'll fail in achieving this goal, despite your positive intentions. You think that if you can't succeed in changing one huge existential problem in the world, it's not worth trying at all. If your contribution doesn't make a big-picture impact in the world, what's the point, right?
Chances are high that you've frequently fallen into the following trap: you read an amazing article about an issue in society, become inspired to make a difference… and then lose all that energy a week later, with few results to show for it.
Because of these challenges, Community Heroes will focus on community development, rather than global change. Guided by my experience in the nonprofit sector as an AmeriCorps VISTA member, I will help you focus on incremental change in your community, rather than transformational changes to the entire world.
Even though you hear people say that there are so many problems in society that you're powerless to create change, that ''the system'' is rigged against us, and that it's impossible to change it, I can assure you that these are not valid excuses to give up and do nothing to help your community.
''But there are no problems in my community!'' A painfully common misconception that is caused by people not looking closely enough. No matter how great your community is, it has many problems that need solving.
Community Heroes is for a range of audiences. It's for people that are about to become (or already are) nonprofit professionals, which specifically includes AmeriCorps VISTA members, but is certainly not limited to them. It's for those that care deeply about social impact, community development, and nonprofit work. Finally, it's for those of you that don't necessarily want to change the world but do want to learn how to change your communities.


MP Magic Socks help you avoid the embarrassment of stinky feet with odorless, affordable, comfortable, and durable socks.
As with most trackers, you can set daily goals, monitor your progress, and track your activities both indoors and out.
This list highlights how VR has positives and negatives associated with it — like most things in the world.
The NookDesk features an optional triple-level workspace and plenty of customization options to suit most workplace setups.
Check back soon as we'll have reviews on some of these over the next month or two.
Earbuds add about nine decibels to sound output because they sit closer to your eardrum compared to over-the-ear headphones.
Seth Rogen. His friends. An outrageous comedy special. What could go wrong? Hilarity for Charity comes to Netflix this April.


feel like you've left your living room for a little while!
learn about the foods enjoyed in different regions, and you can even try the recipes that are included.
Maybe you'd like to add Irish soda bread or Lebanese tabbouleh to your family's menu.
to learn more about a topic.
What makes a country anyway?
they govern themselves and aren't accountable to any other nations.
recognition goes a long way toward helping a nation gain stability and good relations with its neighbors.
world's nations have not recognized Kosovo, however.
as a province of China, even though it has been independent for decades.
three territories–Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories.
An oasis is a place where plants grow in the desert, usually around a natural spring or a well.
then, unlike the desert lands of today, and the Numidians were well respected as cavalrymen.
boundaries of Algeria were set up by the Ottomans.
led to the Barbary Wars with America in the early 1800s.
➢ Algeria is the second largest country in Africa.
Algeria is divided into 48 provinces.
infantrymen who carried swords and shields.
nkuluntu, received an extra portion of the harvest.
known for providing ivory, copper, pottery, and cloth.
make gasoline and other fuels.
➢ Angola has just two seasons: dry and rainy.
April and is hotter than the dry season.
Angola is divided into 18 provinces.
for ships or even small boats.
➢ Benin is a little smaller than Pennsylvania.
Benin is divided into 12 departments.
until 1902 when it became a French colony. It was the last African kingdom to be colonized by Europeans.
contact with Europeans from France and Spain, the army was able to use modern weapons like rifles.
battle and sell them into slavery.
Forty-two different ethnic groups live in Benin. The three largest are the Fon, Adja, and Yoruba.
different cities. Today, Aja live in Benin and Togo.
highest rate of twin births among any people of the world.
diamonds, gold, coal, and copper.
➢ Botswana is just a little smaller than Texas.
in Botswana and are still grown there.
vegetables are also grown in the country.
be imported from other countries.
Botswana is divided into 16 districts.
In northern Botswana, land has been set aside as a wildlife refuge called Chobe National Park.
Chobe is home to elephants, hippopotamus, leopards, lions, giraffes, cape buffalo, and many others.
elephants here than in any other part of Africa.
that come to drink there. Birds like ibis, spoonbills, and stork can also be seen.
crust of earth was once Lake Makgadikgadi, which is believed to have been larger than Switzerland.
a haven for wildlife during the rainy season.
Flamingos, ostriches, pelicans, ducks, and geese can all be seen around the Makgadikgadi.
Antelopes, zebra, and wildebeest also migrate through the area when the rains bring fresh water.
White Volta, and Red Volta.
guiding light of their fight for independence.
➢ Burkina Faso has two seasons: rainy and dry.
sometimes brings dust storms with it.
Burkina Faso is divided into 13 regions.
believe, based on the oral tradition of the people, that the Mossi Kingdom began during the 1400s.
consults with the current Mogho Naaba on very important decisions.
reflection–good or bad–on his family.
in Burkina Faso's capital city. It's the largest event in all of Africa.
Yennenga and is given to the film that judges feel best represents the realities of Africa.
Burundi is divided into 17 provinces.
called Ruanda-Urundi from 1916 to 1924.
It became an independent nation in 1962.
include copper, platinum, and nickel.
Even so, the country remains very poor.
to share the sound of these traditional Burundian drums with others.
Cameroon is divided into ten regions.
groundwater, which is kept in place by a natural dam made of hard volcanic rock.
and burns on their skin.
Rwanda, are also saturated with poison gas and vulnerable to similar eruptions.
them are sandy, while the rest are rocky.
colonies on them in the 1400s.
➢ The Cape Verdean flag was adopted in 1992.
the surrounding ocean and sky.
Cape Verde is divided into 22 municipalities.
been completely expelled. Without the magma beneath, the ground falls and creates the depression.
Pico do Fogo has a caldera near its top, and the village of Chã das Caldeiras is actually inside it.
The people here grow grapes, apples, corn, peppers, and other crops.
governor of the new Cape Verdean colonies.
he stayed in Cape Verde or even where and when he died.
two of the country's rivers.
savannas with a few hills and a plateau.
cassava, and a variety of other tropical crops.
distressing story of the eastern African slave trade during the nineteenth century.
African Republic in just a little more than 200 years.
days of his village, the arrival of the Muslim Tuareg raiders, and the fighting and kidnapping that ensues.
Chad is divided into 22 regions.
animal hides and are covered in dust.
the Sahara desert in the north.
the French and Pan-African flags.
is made from the extract of hibiscus leaves.
from year to year affect the size of Lake Chad at any given time.
bogs, marshes, and mud banks and is home to a variety of waterfowl, crocodile, and hippopotamus.
million metric tons of dust every day during the winter months.
eastern United States and the Amazon rainforest.
Mwali, N'gazidja, Nzwani, and Mahore.
vanilla, coffee, ylang-ylang, and cocoa beans.
and Latin letters are used in different situations.
species are classified as endangered.
information for further study that will carry you through 35 weeks.
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several weeks, and then begin again later. Above all, have fun learning!
Read page 4 about Algeria.
Learn more about the Barbary Pirates.
Carthaginians and then as an ally of the Roman Empire.
Draw a picture of a desert oasis with a gateway. Do caravans visit your oasis?
Read page 5 about Angola.
the destructive and tragic conflict.
Read pages 6 and 7 about Benin and Botswana.
Dahomey, like other African kingdoms, is known for selling captives into slavery.
Chobe National Park, and the Makgadikgadi Salt Pan.
Read page 8 about Burkina Faso.
Take Quiz 1 on the next page.
3. Name the capital of each country.
Circle the countries that border the Atlantic Ocean.
Read pages 9 and 10 about Burundi and Cameroon.
Learn more about the Royal Drummers of Burundi and their karyenda.
Learn more about Cameroon's Lake Nyos.
Read pages 11 and 12 about Cape Verde and the Central African Republic.
Central African Republic as well as other African nations.
more about this often overlooked aspect of slavery in Africa's history.
Read page 13 about Chad.
Learn more about Lake Chad and the Bodele Depression.
source of fertilizer for the Amazon Rainforest.
reference, mark Lake Chad in blue and color the Boudele Depression in brown.
Rainforest in South America. Color the area of the rainforest green.
Read pages 14 and 15 about Comoros and Congo.
Read more about the Bakongo people of Congo.
Take Quiz 2 on the next page.
Comoros, and Congo on the outline map of Africa.
twentieth century. (b) What other modern country was also part of this colony?
2. Name the capital of each country.


Cassandra was a prophet in Greek mythology. A god who loved her gave her an unparalleled gift for seeing the future. The catch (there's always a catch) was, she would never be believed. I know how that goes.
A few months back, I published "The Top Five Red Herrings on the Trail of Meaningful Reform for U.S. Farm Policy," detailing the most dangerous dead ends and non-solutions for Congress as it struggles to build a new Farm Bill to succeed the disastrous 1996 FAIR Act (also known as "Freedom to Farm," "Freedom to Fail," "Freedom to Go Broke" and other variants).
Business as usual: The Big Lie of U.S. farm policy is that farm income will improve with more exports at discount prices.
All major agricultural commodities are now priced below the cost of production. Read my calculator: A loss times volume is just a greater loss!
Volume of major agricultural commodities did not increase over the past 25 years of export-based farm and trade policy, despite forecasts and promises by each administration.
"Value of exports to producers, in inflation-adjusted dollars, has declined by 30 percent – 40 percent for these commodities in that same quarter-century," I said.
Prices for producers for all major commodities suffered the greatest decline in history last month, but neither the House nor the Senate Farm Bill proposal restores price-impacting tools to agricultural producers.
Expanded role for insurance: Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) tried to recycle this idea in the form of a five-year bill, which would phase out farm programs altogether. Not one farm organization supported this proposal, not even those with major insurance holdings.
I was right – it did come up – but mercifully, this one is dead on arrival.
Fast track authority for the president: Now called Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), this bad idea is high on the permanent Republican wish list.
TPA would relieve Congress of much of its role in trade negotiations, limiting debate and allowing only up-or-down voting on deals negotiated by the president.
TPA would strip Congress of its power to examine trade agreements closely, to determine the interests of this nation and others, and to approve agreements that benefit Americans and uphold social and environmental standards for all parties.
Will the same war fever that gave the Attorney General expanded powers to wiretap and detain finally give TPA the momentum to succeed? Maybe not. TPA faces determined opposition from labor, human rights, and environmental concerns, as well as from progressive farm organizations.
Still, rust never sleeps. This one is not going away.
Counter-cyclical payments. An extraordinarily effective red herring. It looks very much as though Congress will go for this one.
The complex, cumbersome formula in the Senate Agriculture Committee Farm Bill proposal will still not secure agricultural producers their cost of production, much less a fair profit.
Making the Farm Bill into a conservation bill: The Senate Agriculture Committee Farm Bill proposal has some very good bits and pieces for the environment-a strong energy title, for instance, which stresses renewables, and some expanded conservation programs.
Another proposal, the much-ballyhooed Conservation Security Act, would tie the level of support to environmental practices. Absent a meaningful commodity title, however, all bets are off.
Several national environmental groups have spent the past couple of years cozying up to family farmers. The hope was that a coalition of consumers, environmentalists and family farm interests would hang tough to protect the nation's safe, reliable food supply and to support land stewardship by the two million farm families who produce that food.
This coalition has quietly evaporated, however. Farm organizations like Farmers Union and American Corn Growers answer to constituencies who are going broke and want a Farm Bill that will secure them a fair price for what they produce.
Many national environmental groups make their policy from the top down, have no real constituency, and are answerable primarily to a handful of grant-making foundations that set their agenda.
Environmental groups should not let themselves be used to hijack the Farm Bill.
These measures, without the other price-impacting tools farmers need, won't stop the hemorrhaging in rural America. The environmental community needs to know that no separate peace is possible in this matter.
Times change, but, unfortunately, bad farm legislation doesn't.
Sally Herrin is education and communications director of the Nebraska Farmers Union, an organization comprised of thousands of family farmers and ranchers in the fight for progressive farm policy.


Hi guys!! It's October already and that means that one of the posts has to be about Breast Cancer Awareness. Naturally I am doing pink nails, but this time they will be without the famous pink ribbon. As some of you know my grand father had this cancer and this year my mother in law went through this struggle. They caught it early with her, but my grand father didn't have such luck :(. So you see, this cancer subtly sneaks in to every family, at least that's what I think.
So this subtle arrow represents the cancer. I have to remind you here to check yourself regularly and check your husbands, boyfriends too. They're not immune, just because they are men, you know. You don't have to panic or anything, but once a month is a good choice. You can see here how self examination should look. And detecting breast cancer early is the key to a successful treatment.
Now let's move on to my pink nails and how I made them. It's a very simple one. First I applied two coats of KBShimmer – Eyes White Open on thumb, ring and middle finger and Picture Polish – Fairy Floss on pointer and pinkie. I waited a bit so the polish was dry and then I dotted the dots with a dotting tool and Fairy Floss on ring and middle finger. I stamped the arrow (I don't know if that's an actual arrow, but I call it that way anyway :)) on my thumb with Fairy Floss and Bundle Monster plate No. BM-S305. You can also check my last year's mani: Going Pink In October, The Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
As always I sealed everything with a fast drying top coat.
Me and some of the Slovenian bloggers have teamed up for this occasion and you can check their posts about the Pink October down bellow.
Thank you guys for reading and I hope I did reach you with this post. If you hadn't included breast self-examining in to your monthly routine yet, I hope you will now.
Moje sožalje za dedka in čim prejšnje okrevanje tašči. 🙁 Naj bo to zadnji rak v družini.
Hvala Gabi ♥ Tašča je na srečo že v polnem okrevanju 🙂 In upam, da tako tudi ostane. Dedka pa že skoraj 20 let ni več med nami, ampak ja. Še vedno ne morem dojeti, da je imel to. Vedno sem mislila, da je to bolezen žensk. Pa ni tako.
Metka, res mi je žal da je vašo družino bolezen doletela celo dvakrat. Upam, da se več ne ponovi!
Jaz tudi upam, da smo statistiko zapolnili in da je ne bo več.
Lakec je pa super ja. Meni se zdi ravno prava roza.
Personally, I don't do nail art (too lazy for that…) but I do like this one, this soft pink change from all the bright ones.
Jaz tudi se sedaj ne morem verjeti, ampak mi je potem dr rekla, da priblizno 5 moskih pri nas zboli na leto. Kar se mi zdi ogromno. In hvala.


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Iconic images can become ubiquitous and with omnipresence comes monotony. The end of the year, when the holidays pile up like a multi-car crash on the Kennedy, is fraught with many such images, images which inhabit our imagination all too completely: bronzed turkeys, Father Time, Xmas trees, crèches, dreidels and...poinsettias.
Little did the American ambassador to Mexico, Joel Poinsett, realize that his innocent importation 195 years ago of Euphorbia pulcherrima would bring him immortality. Just how popular have these plants become? Over 61 million plants are sold retail in the US and even more world-wide. All 50 states produce poinsettias, with the Ecke Ranch in California, which has been at this for almost 100 years, supplying over 80 percent of poinsettias for the wholesale market. Sales of poinsettias are a world-wide concern as 90 percent of the plants grown in the US are exported. Immortality ensured. Lesson learned: if it doesn't have a name, name it after yourself. You never know.
For those few who think about them at all, poinsettias can bring out strong opinions which can be sorted into three categories: love (beautiful, nostalgia), hate (gaudy, nostalgia) or kitsch (equal parts love, hate and ironic nostalgia). But then most people don't ponder the poinsettia, they just consider it part of the flotsam and jetsam of the Christmastide. Nothing can be done to sway those whose attitudes have already solidified so I will address those of you whose ambiguity has made you lose sight of this interesting plant; for I was once one of you.
Interesting, how? Well, for starters, we've been deceived; all that flowers isn't a flower. Those red, pink, white, variegated, whorled, marbled, pointy petals aren't; they're bracts, a type of leaf with serious social-climbing issues. The actual flowers along with all their naughty bits are found in the center of the bracts. Still, those bracts have done their job well, acting as a lure to bees, birds and aficionados.
Secondly, you'd barely recognize your little potted poinsettia if seen in its natural environment. Deported back to its coastal, southern Mexican home and left to flourish it would soon join its progenitors as a 10+ foot tall, perennial bush. Try putting that under your tree.
Take them out of time and place; non-holiday poinsettias.
To your regimen, add monthly fertilization. In better weather - meaning above 50 F - set the plant outside where it will get plenty of sun but not the hottest, direct, afternoon sun. As it grows its trunk and stems get woody and you may prune it as desired; a friend has his 5-footer clipped into a standard form. Or let it revert to a bush. When transplanting, keep the pot small.
Once the plant has stored enough energy you may want to force the flower. And here is where the commitment comes in. In the wild, shortening days trigger the plant's bloom time. Hence their appearance on supermarket shelves during the holidays. Growers use artificial light and sun blocking shades in their greenhouses to fiddle with this process allowing them to time the bloom to the market. No greenhouse? I hope your poinsettia likes the closet as it'll need at least 15 hours of uninterrupted pitch darkness every night. The key word here is 'uninterrupted'. You can't walk into a room with a sleeping poinsettia, flip on the light and expect the plant to flower. It ain't gonna happen. How long does this have to go on before the bracts get the message? Two months. I told you it was a commitment.
Take them out of their comfort zone; poinsettias as cut flowers.
A poinsettia as a perennial blooming houseplant sounds great doesn't it? Fat chance, huh? Since the vast majority of people fail to keep their poinsettia alive much past the New Year anyway, why not give in to reality and use your beautiful poinsettia as the centerpiece of a cut flower arrangement? Besides it'll save you from the shame of breaking yet another New Year's resolution.
Practical tips: Poinsettia stems break at their nodes quite easily, sometimes too easily, but you can cut them wherever you deem necessary. If the stem is barky, smash it slightly. The sap of the poinsettia is a white and viscous fluid similar to milkweed sap and the cut plants will cloud the water it's placed in. However this is harmless and the sap will not cloud again when you change the water on the second day. You can prevent clouding on day one by first placing the stem in boiling water for exactly one half second.
Aesthetics tips: Tough call. Since the poinsettia is somewhat visually demanding, tone down the remainder of the plant mix in your arrangement perhaps limiting it to filler. Any competition from other flora may produce all losers. At minimum, contrast the color of the filler with the color of the bracts; light bract, dark filler; dark bract, light filler. Or mix light and dark poinsettias in the same arrangement. White or variegated green and white filler always works. A low dining table arrangement can be made by cutting the stem very short and setting it in water in a saucer or shallow glass; used this way the plant may not last as long but at least you'll be able to see across your table.
Take them out of your comfort zone; poinsettias given a new storyline.
I was asked to select the flower arrangements for the wake of an elderly woman who had died in mid December. She had loved Christmas (she was Roman Catholic - it's mandatory) and at that time of year the best flowers at the florists were poinsettias so... I found a florist with a greenhouse packed with poinsettias and selected enough plants - in various sizes, from pint sized to almost bushes and in various colors, from white to pink to red – to surround her in her repose. The family loved it. Plus, after the funeral, everyone got a plant - a living plant – to take home with them. They may never view poinsettias in quite the same way again.
So, how best to see the poinsettia anew? Make them your own. Start a new tradition. Take them out of their element. But whatever you do, don't ignore these unusual plants.
Haven't had enough? For further reference visit the U of I extension; Paul Ecke Ranch.
Through January 6th, the Lincoln Park Conservatory is having their annual Winter Plant and Train Show and through January 10th Garfield Park Conservatory is having their annual Holiday Flower Show. Both exhibits feature a number of poinsettias in full gaudy splendor. Park hours.
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I was recently invited to be part of the Beyond Sports Summit, in Philadelphia to help the audience answer one question – What is Social Enterprise? I want to give you an answer to that question too. It's a question that keeps coming up, and I don't think it's going away any time soon.
I've worked with several different social enterprise support services in London over the past couple of years, and had the privilege to know and work with a number of social entrepreneurs over that time. When the organising team contacted me to answer the "what is social enterprise" question, I knew it wasn't going to be easy.
Social Enterprises use financially sustainable business models to solve social problems.
I'm a big supporter of Social Enterprise. I've worked with several of the leading social enterprise support services in London. I love to introduce people to the fascinating world of business for benefit.
That's why I created the Hub Crawl – A four-hour guided tour of three of the best social enterprise coworking spaces in London – Hub Islington, Hub Kings Cross and Hub Westminster. I only run it on special occasions, but I want to describe it here to encourage you to learn more about social enterprise and these amazing hotbeds of social innovation.
You may still be wondering, what is a social enterprise anyway? Here's my short answer – it's an organisation that has both social and financial goals. What makes it different from a regular business? The social goals are at least equally as important as the financial ones.
What does social enterprise look like in action? It could be anything from a small group of committed citizens, like the team at Hub Westminster, to a large international organisation like the Big Issue.
And that's what's great about the Hub Crawl, you get the chance to see and meet people from both of these organisations, and everything in between.
Hub Westminster – Hug or Shake?
You're going to volunteer abroad, and you want to make sure you do a terrible job. Here's how.
In another country, you are a Super Hero. Your simple deeds will fix the world, probably in two weeks or less. Make sure everyone knows that you, and you alone can save them in their hour of need. You are not there to be of service, you are there to be the saviour, and of course should be treated as such. Expect local people to worship you and bring you offerings.
Make sure that you are not open to any kind of new experience. Demand that everything be exactly the way it is back home, otherwise you will leave. Do not be flexible and adaptable, and definitely don't try anything new.
You know best, and make sure every else knows it. You know how to do everything better, so make sure you tell everybody that what they are doing is wrong. Don't learn why they are doing things the way they are, just tell them what they should do. You are foreign, so of course you must know better than the local community, right?
Volunteering Abroad – Pay to join or do it yourself?


Bon rétablissement et à très bientôt.
Hope all going well in Brussels!
Amazing and much more impressive than the Hooper procedure given that yours was performed entirely in French. After all, Flaubert often took two weeks to write a sentence, and to reduce such a complicated procedure originally written in English to something that can now be done in a few hours is miraculous. Very smart these doctors.
Spoke to Rosie few days ago, she told me you had the surgery, bonne santé or more colloquially lechyd da as the Welsh have it. Now you will get immediate attention at airport security.
Great to have your input (medical, literary, linguistic and aviation-related…), looking forward to more??


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The art of VFX for a comedy show
By Ian FailesPosted on April 30, 2020 May 16, 2020
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FuseFX on their futuristic effects for Amazon's 'Upload'
While FuseFX visual effects supervisor Marshall Krasser was working on Upload, the Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks, and Recreation) comedy that just started streaming on Amazon Prime Video, he tackled an issue with a particular VFX scene and its place within the series, which is set in a future where people can be 'uploaded' to a digital afterlife.
The shot was for a scene in a mini-mart store in the 'real world' and featured a cashier robot – computer-generated by FuseFX – that interacted with one of the characters.
"I said to one of our animators, let's have some fun with this," relates Krasser. "We came up with something that was really funny. We were laughing our heads off and we showed it to Greg and his team and they all had a big laugh, too. Then Greg said, 'Guys, I hate to do this to you. Even though this is great, we're getting laughs where I don't want them. This scene is more about the actress, and the robot is upstaging her a little bit."
Krasser says they took that on board and scaled things back with the robot. "I think that was really good guidance from Greg. We had something they liked but then we could rein it in."
Still, that robot shop assistant scene still generates several laughs, as do many other moments in which visual effects played a key hand in Upload's storytelling.
For example, in the show's pilot episode, there's a dramatic decapitation scene as the central character, Nathan, gets uploaded after a self-driving car accident. FuseFX, which actually came on board after initial VFX had been done for the pilot, enhanced the startling effect. "There was a dramatic reaction of the characters in the scene watching it," notes Krasser. "So we had to have something that was a little traumatic – but hilarious – there."
Robbie Amell as Nathan (left) with 'Upload' creator Greg Daniels.
Another visual effects task – part of FuseFX's 1400 shots for the series – related to a talking dog. Dogs in the digital afterlife act as therapists. Yep, therapists.
"The real dog's name was Rowdy, but he was far from Rowdy on set," reveals Krasser. "Whenever he's talking, it's a computer-generated muzzle. With talking dogs, sometimes a little bit less is more because if you got too cartoony, it starts looking cartoony. It was a matter of finding that fine line between realism and cartoon that would tell the story."
Later in the series, there's a moment when Nathan tries to shop around for a different, and cheaper, digital afterlife. He is shown options via something called 'IR', which adjusts the room he is standing in, also generating plenty of laughs.
Andy Allo as Nora and Matt Ward as Bryon film a self-driving car scene.
To film those scenes, production built twin office sets; one with the full furnishings and the other completely blue. FuseFX could then change what was on the walls of the office to suit the 'virtual heaven shopping.'
"Greg had a really cool way of showing us what he wanted for this scene," says Krasser. "He actually built a little tiny green screen set and he got these little dolls and he put them in the room and shot some photos of it and then took that and put other photography in behind it. It wasn't meant to be a holodeck, more like a lame virtual world."
Then there's a visual effect that's possibly one of Upload's simplest, but again it plays into the comedy/VFX cross-over. On being uploaded, Nathan's 'angel' gives him a persistent cowlick in his hair that pops up no matter how much he tries to pat down.
A scene is filmed in Nathan's digital afterlife bedroom.
"The hairstylist actually had it in his hair on set," explains Krasser. "So when he's pushing it down, we basically had to paint out, and then we had to just animate it popping back on. It's the reverse of what some people might think. It's a fun little thing."
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That show was a unexpected surprise.
I went in with some doubt after all the Netflix fodder, but Prime surprised me and now I'm hoping for a quick return of S2 😉
Thanks for the article, love these articles! 🙂
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Naver adopts disaster damage assessment feature to elderly care call service
Park Sae-jin Reporter(swatchsjp@ajunews.com) | Posted : January 9, 2023, 11:00 | Updated : January 9, 2023, 11:00
SEOUL -- South Korea's web service giant Naver has adopted a disaster damage assessment feature to its elderly care call service. Naver's artificial intelligence-based assistants will make their routine phone calls to elderlies and check up on them by starting a natural conversation. AI assistants will ask how old people are coping with disastrous situations.
The number of single-person households has been rapidly increasing in South Korea with a population of about 52 million. Data released by the national statistics office in 2021 showed that 1.6 million households were single-person households aged 65 or older. The proportion of old people who live alone is gradually increasing from 16 percent in 2000 to 19.6 percent in 2020. 43 percent of people who died of a lonely death in 2019 were elderly people.
South Korea with a rapidly aging population has various AI-based call services that are used by private sectors and local administrative bodies to call and check the condition of elderly single households. Naver has Clova Care Call service which uses AI to make routine phone calls to single-person households to check their well-being.
Naver said that the company adopted a purposeful conversation feature to its care call service so that the super-scale can recognize disaster-related notifications sent out by local governments and ask people how they are coping with the situation. For example, Naver's AI could start an oral conversation by saying through a phone call: "The weather has been really cold lately. How's your condition?"
"It is important for people to check up on the damage which the vulnerable people received through natural disasters and let them know of safety counteractions," Naver said in a statement on January 9. The tech giant said that the company will increase the number of topics covered by AI on the phone by cooperating with local governments.
Smart stethoscope to be used for elderly health management in Seoul's southern satellite city
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Hancom With embarks on 3-year project to build 3,000 high-tech elderly daycare service centers
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Thirtyseven is an American pop punk band. They come from Dallas, Texas. The band started making music in 2010. The band released a studio album, This Is What I Want, in 2013, with Blood and Ink Records. They have disbanded as confirmed by Dylan Russell in April of 2020. Band Member Dylan Russell has left the band since and now works on Social Cues and his YouTube channel, YuB, which has over 1 million subscribers.

Background
Thirtyseven is a pop punk band from Dallas, Texas. Their members include Moses Campos, a guitarist, Dylan Russell, a vocalist and bassist, and background vocalist and drummer, Brandon Culpepper.

Music history
The band commenced as a musical entity in 2010, with their first release, Get What You Deserve. This Is What I Want, a studio album, was released on August 6, 2013, from Blood & Ink Records.

Throughout the production of these songs, Dylan made many vlogs of the band's life and performances, which can be seen on his YouTube channel YuB.

Members
Current members
 Moses Campos – vocals, lead guitar
 Dylan Russell – vocals, bass
 Brandon Culpepper – drums

Discography
Studio albums
 This Is What I Want (August 6, 2013, Blood and Ink)

Demos
 Get What You Deserve (2010)

References

External links
 Facebook page
 Blood and Ink Records

Musical groups from Dallas
2010 establishments in Texas
Musical groups established in 2010

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Korean War and Second World War Veterans Share their Stories with The Memory Project
Saskatoon veterans participate in a national digital archive initiative
Saskatoon – October 1 - Local Second World War and Korean War veterans gathered today at the Saskatoon Inn hotel to participate in a nation-wide oral history project.
With more than 2,500 Second World War veteran testimonials recorded to date, The Memory Project Archive recently expanded its collection mandate to preserve the experiences of Canadian veterans of the Korean War, so that they may never be forgotten.
"We are honoured to be in Saskatoon to capture the experiences of Canada's veterans from this great city," said Alex Herd, The Memory Project Manager. "Their voices represent essential chapters in our history that should never be forgotten, and we are proud to share them with Canadians everywhere."
An initiative of The Historica-Dominion Institute, The Memory Project Archive is creating an unprecedented record of Canada's participation in the Second World War and Korean War as seen through the eyes of thousands of men and women who were there. It is providing every living veteran with the opportunity to preserve their memories through recorded interviews and digitized memorabilia. Their stories are available, in both official languages, at www.thememoryproject.com.
The Memory Project Archive is made possible by a contribution from the Government of Canada through the Celebrations and Commemorations Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
The Historica-Dominion Institute is the largest independent organization dedicated to history and citizenship in Canada. Its mandate is to build active and informed citizens through a greater knowledge and appreciation of the history, heritage and stories of Canada. Visit www.historica-dominion.ca.
Davida Aronovitch
416-506-1553; 416-460-3284
daronovitch@historica-dominion.ca
Alex Herd, PhD
Manager, The Memory Project
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Success on social networks involves creativity, fan interaction
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The rapid growth of social media is old news by now. However, in sports, using this medium in a productive and meaningful way still may be intimidating and foreign to many.
There is a growing disparity between properties that embrace social media and others that hold involvement in sites like Facebook and Twitter at arm's length.
The NBA's number of Facebook fans is almost triple what the NFL's is, and yet pro football dominates TV ratings and overall popularity. The L.A. Lakers lead U.S. teams with more than 5.6 million Facebook fans. Meanwhile, the New York Knicks, who play in the No. 1 media market and were recently ranked atop the Lakers on the Forbes NBA team values list, have fewer than 400,000.
The total number of Facebook fans or Twitter followers is not a lone indicator, but it does help illustrate the gap. Some properties are taking chances, others are dipping their toes in the water, and many are waiting on the sidelines.
Finding success
The NHL and its teams are aggressively utilizing social media. This is not surprising when you consider hockey's younger, more tech-savvy fan base. The Guardian 30 Match-Up, where fans voted on Facebook throughout the month of January for newly created team superheroes, is a great example of how to appeal to younger fans while generating interest leading up to the All-Star Game, where the 30 characters were showcased.
The Los Angeles Kings ran a promotion called "50,000 Strong."In addition to increasing their exposure on Facebook, the campaign included a sweepstakes overlay. Fans were encouraged to list the Kings as their favorite team on their profile page. Once the Kings reached their goal of 50,000, one lucky fan was selected to win a VIP ticket package, autographed jersey and a meet-and-greet with team President Luc Robitaille.
To support the Winter Classic game on New Year's Day, the NHL and NBC launched an integrated campaign using Facebook, Twitter and on-air promotions.
Other factors clearly played a role in the successful ratings, including the switch to a prime-time airing because of the weather and the HBO "24/7" show in the weeks leading up to the game. In addition to generating a positive TV rating, in the two weeks between Dec. 29 and Jan. 11, the NHL's total number of Facebook fans increased by more than 50,000 and Twitter followers by approximately 11,000.
These numbers may seem arbitrary and are not as easily quantified as TV ratings in terms of dollar value. What is a Facebook fan or Twitter follower worth to a team or a brand? Typically, online media is measured and purchased by impressions, but placing a monetary value against a fan on Facebook is elusive. We may not be able to answer this yet, but we do know social media provides a vehicle to reach and interact with consumers. It allows fans to take ownership by becoming personally vested while at the same time helping spread the word to their network.
Every team owns a Facebook page and Twitter account, but how properties utilize these assets and communicate with their fans will separate the leaders from the pack.
Sheer volume of Facebook fans may just be a byproduct of a team's popularity, but what are they doing to engage these fans besides game recaps, injury updates, etc.? The quality of interaction, feedback from fans and influencing behavior will be the ultimate measurement.
For those who are reluctant, the best thing to do is to jump in and get immersed in this space. Look at what other teams and brands are doing. Many are hiring full-time personnel, such as a director or manager of new media, to oversee this endeavor.
There are probably several younger staff members at every organization, regardless of what department they work in, who could be a valuable resource. Social media is most likely second nature to them and a big part of their everyday lives.
Getting sponsors involved
If sponsors are not asking for social media assets already, they soon will be. There is tremendous value here, but don't look to nickel and dime them on this. In some cases, they may be much further ahead in their efforts and could provide reciprocal support to the team. Brands such as Coca-Cola (22 million) and Red Bull (15 million) have millions of "likes" on Facebook.
Open the dialogue by asking sponsors what they are doing and find ways for integration. Make social media a major piece of a sponsor promotion in addition to the usual TV or radio drop-ins. Create a post and link to a sponsor sweepstakes from the team Facebook page or send out a tweet informing fans about a player appearance at a retail partner. It's pretty simple, doesn't cost anything and will go a long way.
For team marketers, ask fans for feedback about events, promotions and in-stadium experiences. Teams are often afraid of receiving negative comments for the public to see. However, social media provides an opportunity to respond and show someone is listening. Be part of the conversation, offer a solution and you may even change someone's opinion. This can become a team's instant exit poll or customer survey.
This is a great time to be creative, progressive and expansive in your efforts. At a minimum, you can learn more about your fans or customers. Most importantly, you can create a one-to-one connection and hear what they are saying. The risk should be minimal, and by doing nothing you may be left behind.
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An exciting literary debut: the unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe and to America.
But Darling has a chance to escape: she has an aunt in America. She travels to this new land in search of America's famous abundance only to find that her options as an immigrant are perilously few. NoViolet Bulawayo's debut calls to mind the great storytellers of displacement and arrival who have come before her--from Junot Diaz to Zadie Smith to J.M. Coetzee--while she tells a vivid, raw story all her own.


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Recommendations for APA Items 3, 5 and 6 as they relate to the market-based measure established by ICAO
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Global markets, Aviation
Prepared for the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement, Second Part of the first session, COP 22, 7-14 November 2016
Carbon Market Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the APA discussions[1] as they relate to the market mechanism agreed in October 2016 at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 39th Assembly and adjustments needed to accurately harmonize the climate measure with ongoing work in the UNFCCC.
Parties to ICAO recently adopted a 'GMBM scheme in the form of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)' to offset annual increases in CO2 emissions from civil aviation above 2020 levels. The scheme will be voluntary through 2026 before a mandatory phase including all countries with the exception of Lead Developed Countries (LDCs) Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) unless they volunteer to participate.
The structure of the scheme is still undefined as monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV), offset criteria, registries and the constitution of a technical advisory body have yet to be established.
Nevertheless, the Resolution does make a clear reference to the eligibility of UNFCCC credits provided they meet the offset criteria to be established in an ICAO technical working group:
"Decides that emissions units generated from mechanisms established under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement are eligible for use in CORSIA, provided that they align with decisions by the Council, with the technical contribution of CAEP, including on avoiding double counting and on eligible vintage and timeframe;"
With a clear link established between the UNFCCC and the ICAO market based measure, guidance under the Paris Agreement must ensure that the CORSIA contributes to the goals of the Paris Agreement and does not undermine the achievement of nationally determined contributions (NDCs). To this aim, it is imperative to ensure that rules are in place to transparently communicate the aviation sector's progress towards the long term goal, avoid double counting by adjusting NDCs to account for UNFCCC units used under the CORSIA, strengthen public access to information, and ensure that progress under ICAO feeds into reviews such as the synthesis report, the facilitative dialogue, and the global stocktake.
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TOSS GRILL BAKE SHAKE LOOP LOVE YEAH
Giving Back/Max's Story
OUR STORY IN A NUTSHELL
The Loop first opened in 1981. Since then, our business model has been continually refined resulting in a detailed blueprint for success that can be duplicated in cities large and small across America. Our systems and processes, combined with our beloved brand identity, stand strong against the competition.
While we're obviously proud of our past and present, we are most excited about what lies ahead. Few franchise opportunities are better poised for the future than The Loop Restaurant. The fast casual restaurant segment is among the hottest segments in the industry with no sign of slowing down. Our approach to fast casual continues to be lauded by industry experts and most importantly our diners who affectionately dub themselves "Raving Loop Fans."
Those looking for a time-tested concept with real profit potential should look no further. Loop franchises don't get lost in the crowd. They become part of the community. They are neighborhood hubs where families, church groups, young singles and baby boomers meet up time after time after time.
The Loop Restaurant Franchise Information
What does The Loop provide to Franchise Owners?
1. Site selection guidelines 2. Real estate leasing guidelines 3. Interior and exterior design specifications 4. Comprehensive training program 5. Furniture, fixtures and equipment specifications 6. Products and supplies specifications 7. Pre-opening development manual 8. Step-by-step operational manual 9. Pre-opening marketing manual 10. Local store marketing manual 11. Ability to purchase food and supplies through a national distribution agreement 12. On-site pre and post opening corporate trainers 13. Profitability analysis and improvement techniques 14. Administration and accounting support 15. On-going research and development
What does the financial investment include?
— Initial Franchise Fee: $35,000 (Paid to franchisor at signing of the agreement). — Architectural Fees: $15,000 to $25,000 (Paid to franchisee's architect prior to opening). — Real Estate and Lease Hold Improvements: $150,000 - $340,000 (Paid to various vendors and/or landlord unless amortized over the term of lease. — Equipment, Fixtures and Signage: $175,000 - $250,000 (Paid to various vendors prior to opening). — Initial Inventory: $10,000 - $15,000 (Paid to various vendors prior to opening). — Insurance: $4,000 - $13,000 (Paid to insurance company prior to opening). — Training Period Expenses: $0 - $10,300 (Paid to restaurants, hotels and travel vendors during the training period). — Prepaid rent and security deposits: $10,400 - $17,000 (Paid to landlord and utilitie companies as stipulated in lease). — Pre-opening employee expenses: $7,000 - $14,000 (Paid to vendors and employees as incurred). — Grand Opening Marketng Expenses: $10,000 (minimum) (Paid to advertising vendors). — Additional funds: $10,000 - $25,000 — Total expenses: $431,400 - $754,300
What types of franchises are available?
Two types of franchises are available: A direct franchise for an individual unit, and a multi-unit franchise and area development agreement providing for multiple Loop franchised restaurants within a geographic area.
How much is the franchise fee?
The franchise fee for a single Loop franchise is $35,000. The fee is payable at the initial execution of the agreement. For the multi-unit franchise, there is an negotiated initial fee followed by payments at the opening of each unit located within geogrphical boundaries covered by the multi-unit agreement. The fees are determined based upon the number of units and schedule of openings determined for the specific geographic area. The franchise fee pays for the initial license to use The Loop name trademark and logo, as well as for training, site selection assistance and other pre-opening services including full access to The Loop's extensive operations manuals and comprehensive marketing and promotional brand strategies.
What are the financial qualifications to become a Loop Franchisee?
A personal net worth of $1,000,000.00 with a minimum liquidity of $250,000.00
What are the advertising costs?
Each franchise unit is required to spend 3% of their gross reciepts in their specific geographic area. In addition, they are required to contribute 1% to an audited national advertising fund.
What is the term of The Loop franchise agreement?
The initial term of The Loop franchise agreement is twenty (20) years, renewable for succesive terms of ten (10) years provided each franchsie meets the criteria.
What form of continuing guidance and support will I recieve?
As a Loop franchise owner, you will recieve periodic visits from a Loop Field Consultant to answer questions and provide operational support and guidance. As The Loop operations and marketing manuals are upgraded and refied, you will recieve the most current versions.
How long does it take to open a restaurant?
Once the franchise agreement is executed and you have paid your initial deposit, finding and finalizing a site usually takes three (3) to four (4) months. Construction and pre-opening activities usually take three (3) months.
What is my next step? Whom do I contact?
Submit a Contact Request and we will contact you to answer any additional questions you may have. You will then be asked to complete and submit a franchise application. Once you have ben pre-qualified, we will arrange a personal meeting with the Loop's Chief Operations Officer. In the interim, if you have any questions you may call The Loop's Corporate Office at (904) 268-2609 ext. 211.
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Författargruppen Fyrskift var ett svenskt författarkollektiv som bestod av Kjell Johansson, Hans Lagerberg, Gunder Andersson och Reidar Jönsson.

Bibliografi
1985 – Vägarbete: berättelser
1986 – Författargruppen Fyrskift
1987 – Vägval: om realismens möjligheter

Priser och utmärkelser
1990 – Ivar Lo-priset

Referenser

Noter

Övriga källor

Svenskspråkiga författare
Svenska författare


Chewster discovers that Landsharks + Chili Peppers = REGRET!
Today's Inktober drawing has one of my favorite renditions of Chewster that I have drawn so far, up on the top left. I may need to make that one a sticker!
Hope you are enjoying my Inktober drawings! And don't forget to check out my October Only 'Inktober Special Reward' on Patreon, where you can get prints of all my Inktober 2016 drawings (including this one), and digital copies of all my comics!
I will be back again tomorrow for more Inktober, this time with PIE!


Covering 1,116 acres with five miles of trails, the Cerrillos Hills State Park began as a popular Santa Fe County Open Space. Today it's open year-round for day use, located just off the Turquoise Trail.
Journey back through more than a millenia of mining history, learning from interpretive signs at safeguarded mining shafts. You'll also take in spectacular views of the Galisteo Basin and Sandia, Ortiz, Jemez, and Sangre de Cristo mountain ranges.
The park has a busy year-round schedule of educational, recreational and nature-based programs including bird watching, landscape photography, star gazing, lunar facts and lore, geology and more, led by the park ranger and guest speakers.


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Dynamic, seasoned, and constantly in-demand Santé excels in every aspect of his career, whether he's igniting dancefloors across the world, or producing a diverse discography full of hits, and running a label that has become a go-to for many of the scene's connoisseurs.
A consummate professional, Santé has transcended the club world to create soundtracks for film and advertisements, lending his skills to the moving image with panache. Currently going back to his roots to explore a deeper, more nuanced sound, Santé continues to evolve and move forward with a strong focus on longevity.
With unwavering passion, commitment and determination, this is an artist whose talent, dedication, and personal growth put's him in a class of his own.
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Name: Santé
Location: Lisbon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/santemusic
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Alias/Producer name: Santé
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My last 3 releases:
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What music did you listen too as a child?
My father is a huge Jazz fan, and has a big collection of vinyl records. He has around 5000 records, and we would also go to Jazz brunch every Sunday, so I guess that was my first kind of festival experience and probably is where I got hooked to music in general.
When was the first time you saw a DJ in a club?
A friend of mine was working in a record store, and he introduced me to house and techno! We also went out together when I was like 15 or 16, and he was 17 or 18, and was a resident DJ in a club in my hometown. I got to see lots of famous house DJs play there, like Tiefschwarz, Milk and Sugar, Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez, Masters At Work, and many many more.
Which producers/artists/acts inspire you?
Definitely one of my favorite producers out there are Daft Punk! When I heard their first album, I totally fell in love with house music. They used the perfect combination of samples and synthesizer music in their productions.
What was the last album that you downloaded/bought?
James Blake – Assume From
What releases do you have on the horizon?
In this COVID-19 breakdown I've been making a lot of music, so I'm not sure exactly of what I will be releasing, but I will definitely release a few tracks of them on my own label. Can't say exactly what will be coming out, but expect lots of new music.
Where can we hear you perform?
Due to this COVID-19 situation there won't be any club shows or tours for a while, but you can always hit me every month on our radio show on Soundcloud.
Tell us more about the podcast you made for Balance?
This mix contains a lot of fresh house tunes, minimal and a little bit of tech house. There are also some exclusive tracks from myself, which are not released yet. I want to showcase the wide diversity from house to techno and it contains stuff I really like to play. I recorded live on two CDJ, and one Allen & Heath mixer.
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The end of Pippa, the beginning of Claire
by Toni Jordan
SHE WASN'T ALWAYS like this. Starched and furrowed. She was still young, or youngish. She had everything, people said: delicate good looks, family money, a big brother to ruffle her a little and stop her becoming too prissy, a mind that could think about the world and her place in it. She might have evolved differently. But childhood is another country on the other side of vast oceans and we cannot visit and each year our memories grow paler. Different people live there.
AS A CHILD, Pippa was fearless. There were no monsters in her dark, no dead mothers or dead animals or bad dreams. She was slight, blonde and popular, in love with movement, with the speed her slender body could generate. She was fond of running through the halls of the grand house, tearing about corners arms wide like a banking aeroplane. She played elastics with her many friends, bouncing over the taut barrier to delight in the power in her calves and the spring in her knees. She climbed trees barefoot, monkey toes pressed into cracks and crevices, arms scrambling ahead of her pulling her small weight vertical until she could see over the wall onto the street. Then she would perch on a branch, her back leaning against the scratching bark and wave with her whole arm at cars and passers-by.
Resilience shone on her skin; if she received no return wave she shrugged and waved all the harder next time. She had a grand room on the first floor painted pale pink, with bluebell wallpaper along the cornices and a matching white Queen Anne set of bed, dresser, wardrobe and chair that she treated lightly, sticking posters to the inside of the wardrobe with sticky tape, shoving the drawers of the dresser closed with a swing of her hip.
She was blessedly oblivious to the meaning of the word 'antique'. She was given toys to fill her room: a miniature three-storey house imported from England and dolls of every variety, from majestic brides in white satin to tippy-toed career girls with their own convertible; embroidery kits, painting sets, a miniature plastic stove with plastic frypan and plastic eggs.
She even had a nickname, her parents having been so thoughtless as to provide a single-syllable name (how can children shorten Claire to show their affection? Clai? Cla? or just Cl?), so at school she was known as Pippa, because at least her surname, Piper, provided some room to move. Her family mostly called her Claire, except for Nicholas, who called her Bear-head (Bear-head, Bear-head, you are a fat head), and her grandfather, the late Douglas Servent, who called her Pips.
IF YOU'RE THINKING this freedom is at odds with her family and her legacy and the position her mother held in society, you'd be right, yet this was how Eveline and Hugh allowed her to grow until she reached her teenage years. Let's assume the best: let's assume it was a calculated act of kindness. Perhaps their own lives showed them the burden Pippa would face, and this tousled and gentle childhood was a gift to a youngster who would all too soon feel the bridle in her mouth and the weight of the saddle. Or let's assume the worst: perhaps they never really noticed her until she stood at the edge of puberty, ready (in their minds, if not in hers) to become a Piper and carry her fair share of the Piper burden.
In the end, Eveline and Hugh didn't need to calm her down, send her to deportment classes or lecture her about responsibility. Circumstances took care of that. And, like everything in Claire's life, or indeed, almost everything in the entire world, Claire's moment of transformation was entirely her own fault.
CLAIRE COULD NEVER escape her memories of that moment. She thought of it often, reminded at least three months of the year while shopping for groceries or watching television. Her memory of it intruded at the oddest times: once, on the train home from work, Claire gave up her seat for a woman holding the hand of a small girl, a child of perhaps seven or eight. (Claire was a compulsive seat-giver-upper: thirty-something women, young men, teenage girls and even boys were shocked when she stood, gesturing toward her seat, insisting they sit. Claire might have discontinued this habit had she realised it had the opposite effect from the one she intended. The victims of her thoughtfulness thought they must look dreadful: pale and possibly ill. She was unknowingly responsible for three resolutions to give up smoking, seven new hair colours and, in a 24-year-old man, the determination to give up wearing women's clothes for good.)
On the train that day, the girl wore a long pink dress with thin straps tied on top of her shoulders. From the depths of a handbag the woman produced a chocolate Easter egg, its tinfoil wrapping gaudy red and vibrant pinks and oranges, and handed it to the child who held it for a while in her white hand before cracking it against a seat, peeling and eating it. Sitting there on the train, watching shreds of shiny paper float to the floor of the carriage, Claire again remembered the child she used to be. It was still two months to Easter, she thought. We should just give up any idea of seasons or special days. People don't want to wait for seasons to change, or special times to begin and end. They want every day to be any day.
The moment that Pippa became Claire had happened one Easter. She didn't pay enough attention in class and that was where the trouble began.
At school, she doodled, she dawdled, she fiddled. She stared out the window, entranced by the colours of leaves and the shapes of clouds. She played games with her own fingers, cat's cradle with string, swung her feet so hard her heels kicked the underside of her chair. When Mrs McCrae told the class they would be raising money for those less fortunate with an Easter raffle, Pippa had not been listening. These things were common: raffles, cent auctions, jam drives. The sums of money raised were never very large: more important was the sense of service that well-bred young girls were expected to wear like the polished school badge on their woollen blazers.
On the morning when all the girls were to bring in their contributions to the raffle, Pippa's first class was history. Mrs McCrae would be continuing their discussion of the French Revolution.
There was no Pimpernel-esque sympathy for the aristocrats from Mrs McCrae, who still couldn't quite believe that her working two part-time jobs through teacher's college, her days as a student activist, heading up street marches, handing out flyers for the Communist Workers' Party, all her idealism to change the lives of children through education, had led her here to this overindulged bunch of stuck-up princesses. (It was never her intention, but had been a suggestion from her much older, strictly-hush-hush lover, a university professor, who mentioned casually in his locked office that subverting the bourgeoisie by infiltrating the minds of their children would be the greatest act of class warfare a teacher could perform.) All children are used to being the smallest and the least powerful, but they are not resigned to it; it gives them a built-in loathing of tyrants and an acceptance of violent justice. Girls especially, before they realise that such fantasies are unsuitable, dream of becoming sword-wielding angels of vengeance, dream of power, dream of right.
Mrs McCrae was a good teacher, a natural orator with a beguiling Scottish accent and fine features. The girls were captivated by her stories of the handsome French people, beaten and starving, rising up, up, up, pure of heart, with swords that sung. It would be much later, when the girls became suburban wives and conservative mothers, before they would question this strange residual sympathy. It would become embarrassing and incomprehensible to them, a relic of their childhood that had no place in their lives. They would wonder where it had come from.
Pippa hadn't blinked when Thomas dropped her off at school. She struggled out of the back seat of the Mercedes carrying an enormous hooped cane basket she could barely lift, open on one side and high-backed on the other. It held a blue tinfoil-covered egg almost a foot tall that must have been laid by a dinosaur. Clustered around this egg on all sides were dozens of smaller ones, then scores smaller still, some truffle-filled, some liqueur-filled, artfully nestled in straw. There were frills and flounces and chocolate bunnies and foil baby chickens, all piled high in a tooth-aching display of the finest European couverture. On the top was a stiff blue bow and dozens of smaller blue ribbons cascading down the side of the basket.
When class began she took her seat, the basket on the floor beside her. She didn't remember her thoughts in those last few moments of her previous life. She didn't notice that the only donation within sight was hers. She only remembered Mrs McCrae asking everyone to bring their contributions to the front, and watching each and every girl walk forward with a solitary egg nestled in her hand. All at once Pippa was conscious of the basket at her feet, like an enormous birthmark or a stain on her clothing. She remembered freezing in her seat, Mrs McCrae calling her name twice, feeling a dread of movement so unlike herself. Just let me be still, she thought for a moment, shutting her eyes. But she could not be still. She remembered finally rising from her seat. She remembered walking up to the front of the class, basket in hand. Mrs McCrae scooping the other eggs to one side with an ostentatious curve of her arm. Pippa placing her basket on the teacher's desk amid the two-dozen normal, egg-sized eggs. Walking back to her seat, feeling the eyes of every classmate upon her.
'Well, well,' said Mrs McCrae, one hand lifting the basket by the handle, gauging its weight. 'Let them eat cake, Miss Piper?'
At the morning break, the other girls gathered in twos and threes, giggling behind their hands and looking at her with peeking eyes. The rest of that day, the rest of the week, the rest of the year, the other girls called her Marie-Claire Antoinette. Overnight, she saw herself as others must see her, and she was amazed she had never considered herself as an object before, as a physical body, as the target of opinions and chatter and observance. Soon she was pleading with her mother to let her catch the bus instead of having Thomas drop her off. She scuffed all new shoes before wearing them to school, begged for clothes from chain stores instead of the boutiques her mother favoured. She studied hairstyles, sock lengths, earrings. She made things worse. She fooled no one.
Soon there were no friends, no games. She was no longer Pippa. Now she was Claire. At school, when she appeared unexpectedly from around the corner of a corridor, the other girls took an involuntary step backward. There was no jostling in stairwells or in the queue at the bag racks. Other girls came from families just as wealthy, or almost so. It wasn't that. It was the desperation that seeped from her pores. It made the other girls wary and alert in the way a pack of animals smell weakness in their midst.
It was around this time that even her body began to betray her. The shining limbs that ran and climbed and jumped were still the same, still straight and fine, but Claire began to develop breasts, unwelcome protrusions that did not belong, that swelled instead of smoothed. They were immodest. They ran the nasty risk of drawing attention to her. She couldn't find the words to speak of this with her mother, who spent long hours on the board of the children's hospital and the opera, and who Claire had never seen in her underwear. Eveline was not the kind of woman to use the word 'breasts' but, in a case of grave necessity, alone with her doctor, perhaps might have said 'bust' or 'bosom'. Eveline did not notice Claire's strange preference for bulky knits on the warmest days, nor her sudden disdain for swimming. Claire did not tell her mother that she could no longer run without holding her arms tight in front of her like a deformed bird, or that her chest ached if she jumped, became uncomfortable if she lay on her stomach in bed at night. Now Claire found solace in stillness, instead of speed. Stillness did not betray her. She studied hard, she read. She still dreamed of running sometimes, and always in these dreams she was a small child running toward her grandfather. Doug Servent had died some years before. In Claire's memories his arms were always outstretched toward her.
Finally, when Claire was thirteen and Nicholas fifteen, Eveline was on her way out to a meeting of the church auxiliary, through the kitchen toward the garage, when a silver back fell from her earring. The pearl caught on her blouse and she retrieved it easily, then she knelt on the kitchen floor and felt for the back with both hands outstretched; it was invisible against the white marble. She had already said goodbye to the children. They thought she had already left. She could hear them talking in the sitting room.
'Hey Claire,' Nicholas's voice was clear, echoing down the hallway. 'Who's your favourite dead politician?'
'Get lost.' Claire's voice was thinner, like the sound of fine china striking a hard surface.
'I'm asking a simple question. It's for a school assignment. Who's your favourite dead politician?'
'Get...get...leave me alone.'
Eveline almost went to them at this moment to remonstrate with Claire, to discipline her for speaking this way to her brother, but if she left now she might never find the back of her earring and then she would have to go back upstairs for another pair and then she would be late for her meeting. She stayed in the kitchen, kneeling out of sight.
'I know. I know who your favourite dead politician is.'
'I said leave me alone,' said Claire.
'It's Booby Kennedy, isn't it?'
Claire didn't reply. Nicholas's laughter echoed down the hall, bounced around the hard tiles and appliances of the kitchen.
'And who's your favourite eighties singer? Booby McFerrin? And Claire, I've been meaning to ask you, what do they call policemen in England? Come on, Claire. You know that, don't you? You must know that.'
That was it, the end of the conversation. There was no more sound from Claire, no more from Nicholas. There was a muffled thud a few seconds later that might have been Claire slamming her door. Nicholas might have gone to his room also, or to the library to watch television. Eveline stood. She held the back of her earring tight in her fist.
A few days later, she took Claire to a large department store in the city where Eveline waited on a Queen Anne chair in an anteroom while Claire, in her school uniform, was ushered in to a curtained alcove. A matronly woman in black asked Claire to take off her blouse, then wrapped a tape measure around Claire's ribcage like she was gauging a length of timber for a shelf. Eveline was at her kindest that day; she took Claire for lunch afterwards at a pleasant bistro where they both ordered Caesar salad and Claire was allowed a slice of lemon tart, and a cappuccino. This unexpected treat of time with her mother and lunch at a fashionable restaurant made everything clear for Claire. This was a consolation, a salve on her open wound, an act of contrition. That was when Claire realised that her childhood was over, that womanhood was not a phase but would be permanent. Eveline drove them home after lunch and Claire looked out the window of the car and did not speak, just watched the traffic: women driving, women walking, women tram conductors.
Claire came home that day with a bag of thick-strapped sensible tan harnesses and struggled into one each morning, twisting her arms around her back at unnatural angles until they could click the impossible hooks in place. She threw out her filmy sundresses with straps that tied on her shoulders and her shirts that were too sheer. She was yoked now. She was ready for work.
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§16-22B-1. Legislative findings; intent; purpose.
§16-22B-2. Birth score program established.
§16-22B-3. Determination of birth score; referral to physician.
(a) The Legislature hereby finds that until 1984, West Virginia had one of the highest rates of postneonatal mortality in the United States, which is defined as infants dying between one month and one year of age. In the early 1980s, studies in West Virginia showed that infants at greatest risk of dying during the first year after birth had poor attendance at regular physician visits and often received minimal health care. The system for assessing infants at risk for postneonatal mortality, debilitating conditions and developmental delays was erratic and many West Virginia physicians were poorly trained about risk assessment. Uniform guidelines for at-risk infants to enter care did not exist.
(b) In 1985, the birth scoring system, a cooperative effort between the division of health and the West Virginia University department of pediatrics was initiated. The goals of the scoring system were: (1) To identify newborns at greatest risk for death between one month and one year of age; and (2) to link high risk infants with physicians for close follow-up during the first year of life.
(c) Since its inception, the birth scoring system has been expanded to identify and link infants at risk for debilitating conditions and developmental delays with necessary and available services. The program has been greatly successful in identifying at-risk newborns and in obtaining appropriate medical care for those infants.
(d) With the success of the birth scoring system at reducing postneonatal mortality rates in the state, it is the intention of the Legislature to establish the birth score system as a universal, preventive program to be enacted at the delivery of each newborn in the state. The purpose of this article is to ensure that all of the state's birthing hospitals and facilities adopt and implement this prevention program.
(a) The division of health within the Department of Health and Human Resources is hereby authorized to establish and implement a birth score program designed to combat postneonatal mortality and to detect debilitating conditions and possible developmental delays in newborn infants in the state.
(2) Linking these infants with physicians for close follow-up during the first year of life.
(c) The birth score of a newborn infant shall be determined pursuant to the program established by the division of health by trained hospital or birthing facility personnel immediately after the infant is delivered.
(a) Any hospital or birthing facility in which an infant is born, any physician attending the infant, or any other person attending the infant if not under the care of a physician, shall require and ensure that a birth score is determined for the newborn infant in order to assess the level of risk for postneonatal mortality, debilitating conditions and developmental delays: Provided, That no birth score shall be determined or birth score program implemented if the parent or guardian objects to the birth score program on the grounds that it conflicts with their religious tenets and practices. Any infant delivered at a nonlicensed facility, including, but not limited to, home births, shall have a birth score determined by the child's primary physician within ten days of birth, subject to the exception set forth in this subsection.
(b) When any infant receives a high risk birth score, as determined by the program established by this article, the parents shall be informed of the birth score and its implications, and then linked with a local primary care physician for a recommended six visits in the first six months of the infant's life.
(c) The division of health, in cooperation with other state departments and agencies, may provide necessary medical and other referrals for services related to infants determined to be at high risk for postneonatal mortality and other debilitating conditions and developmental delays.
On or before June 30, 1998, the division of health shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code as may be needed to establish the program, ensure compliance and assess penalties as needed to implement the provisions of this article.


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