I was going to wait till we painted the bathroom cabinets before revealing the new look in here, but it may be a few more weeks before those are done. Trying to let Mr. Savvy's back heal some more before we sand and paint the doors. I want him to spray them with his paint sprayer that he uses on his old cars.
The new wall color is the same color I have in the nautical guest room. It is Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore. I was afraid it might look dark, but it turned out perfectly. I am also waiting on two new rugs from Joss & Main to come in.
Here is the before look. The walls were Saybrook Sage by BM paint and I never did like it. It was too brown looking in here.
Ah, the new color is lighter, brighter and just plain fresher. You can see I changed the art and items on top of the newly painted hutch. All these things were brought from other places in the house.
I like the mix of contemporary and vintage.
I opened the hutch doors so you can see what I have placed inside. A few towels up top along with a piece of coral, a shell, and a jar of cotton balls. Other towels are stored below.
I love the color and finish of the inside.
I filled the silver revere bowl with natural loofahs.
These items did not change.
Here is a before of the artwork over the bath tub area.
I decided to place my huge bird picture in here. I think the size and colors are perfect in here.
Vignette in the corner below the bird print with a sea fan, candlestick, and bowl of soaps.
Here is a peak at the chandelier which I made some changes to, but will share a closer look at it another time. Still working on it.
The clock has been moved from beside the tub to over the door to the bedroom. This is so Mr. Savvy won't be late for work. Of course he won't fire himself if he is.
The old globes on the lights were a yellowish color, which you can't tell with them turned on, but believe me they were. They made everything look yellow including me.
I replaced them with clear seeded glass globes and boy oh boy what a difference. Our old eyes need this bright light. We can see good in here now.
And there you have it until we paint the cabinets.
Very nice; love that window!
I love the new fresh look. Your vintage touches are fantastic too Kim!
Love the color-looks great! What color are you painting your cabinets??
WOW Kim what a difference paint makes! The new color looks great and I love all the vintage touches you added. That picture over your tub was made for in there!
Your rooms are always so inspiring. I love the lighter, brighter color and the softness of it all, especially that hutch.
That wall color made a huge difference...it does feel so light and spa like now! I love the finish on your cabinet too, looks stunning with the wall color. Such a beautiful bathroom, looks like a showhouse!
It looks great! I love that bird picture!!
Love the changes! Revere Pewter is one of my favorite colors. I love the way it reads throughout the day. With my collection of perfume bottles that I shared here, you have to know that I'm in love with your tiny floral one. I have to know where you got it. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Kim - your bathroom looks so pretty, and may I say your faucets are the nicest I've seen - love everything!
As always... a beautiful transformation! Love the bird pic! He adds a touch of fun and personality! Beautiful job on the hutch too. I just got into Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and it's addicting!!
I love the new colors....very soothing!
Love the new color. It is soft and neutral. I like how you painted the inside of the hutch a darker color. Is that the same with out the wax? And I love that antique bird print!
Your bathroom is beautiful from your new wall color, to the tall cabinet which I absolutely love, to the tub area with the gorgeous window!
I love it!! It turned out so charming. I love how your hutch looks in there and your black chair.
The paint color looks so fresh and up to date. Love your styling here.
I love everything that you have done. It's so amazing how the new colors really updated everything! I really need to learn a few things from you for MY house!!!
Very pretty, Kim! I love the light look to the room, too. How great that you can fit that hutch in there. What a great storage and display piece!
Love the hutch in the bathroom and the window over the tub!
*** Good Monday Morning, m' friend!!!
And lastly, I LOVED the comment about your sweet hubby "firing himself"~~~ nobody loves an early a.m. chuckle more than me, so THANKS!!!
Hope your Monday is happy, fun, productive and blessed!!!
oh, Kim.. this is all so beautiful. LOVE the hutch, absolutely adore it. And all the touches you've put in the bath, truly you oughta be doing this for a living. No kidding.
Beautiful bathroom, I love everything!
I have bathroom envy....love the revere pewter color. Just gorgeous!
Looks wonderful, love the bird print and I still have a huge crush on that cabinet!
Beautiful color choice. Love the soft muted tones of the blue/gray hutch with the cream colored walls. Looks like a spa bath! Gorgeous!
What a beautiful transformation...I am really loving the blues.
Gorgeous Kim! I love the changes you made! I am in love with your stained glass window!
It looks beautiful! Love the wall color and the hutch is GORGEOUS!!!!
I'm in love with the wall colour and will stop at Benjamin Moore on my way home to have a look at a chip.
Beautiful update, Kim! Love your choice for the new lighter color and your large bird print!
Beautiful! I LOVE the cabinet, and the new wall color is perfect. I really like how you've pulled in elements like the silver bowl into the bathroom. Reminder that we don't have to use "traditional" bathroom decor. Great job!
Wow, I love the new colors! The hutch is amazing, and your accessories throughout the room are fantastic!
I have not decided if seeing myself in better bathroom light would be a good thing or not. Ignorance is bliss!
Beautiful transformation, Love the color of the walls and the new color of the hutch. You are the master at color combinations and distressing things just right. Love it all.
Just beautiful! I sure wish I had room for a great cupboard like yours in my tiny bathroom. How fun to accessorize!
Funny looking comment form~is this something new? Anyway it looks amazing in the bathroom! I am going to use this color Revere Pewter for a clients kitchen and entry hall~looking for a warmer grey that still lets woodwork pop. I love the hutch too.
The bathroom looks awesome, and I love that hutch. Everything is so pretty!!
I love the new look. The hutch is fantastic love the color and the pieces on top of it and I love the chandelier and the new wall color. Well done.
Love the new wall color and the bird picture. I like the hutch as it so will be excited to see how it looks after painting.
Very pretty paint color on the walls. It certainly does lighten it up in there. I adore your bird print. It's a little bit if unexpected fun!
Just gorgeous!!!! Love the pewter color - we have a very similar shade in our bedroom.
Can't wait to see the rugs!
What color are you painting the cabinets ??
It looks fabulous, Kim! The new wall color was the perfect choice to compliment your "pretties" in this space. It also works beautifully with your stained glass window, which I love! I finally finished my bathroom cabs, but need to start and finish painting in there. Ugh.
The cabinets will stay white. They just need to be redone after 16 years of use. You can't see how bad they are in the pictures.
Judy, the hutch is already done.
The new colors are wonderful Kim. Love the new look of the cupboard also.
Love the new globes on the lights! Funny what a small change can do to make a big impact! I adore all the new touches that you added too!
Beautiful! I love the new colors & of course you know how to pull a room together!
Your bathroom is so comfortable. The colors are great and I love all the little touches. Great job.
Those great glove lights made such an impact on your bathroom. I'm loving that window and the tubb is great. I specially love your vintage touches and arrangements Kim, very beautiful. Have a lovely week.
Oh my gosh, I LOVE that new wall color. Everything looks wonderful! you're making my painting hand itchy!
Love the hutch. I especially love your accents on top! Your arranged it so well and the wall color is perfect!
The changes are all lovely, Kim!
I love using a vintage piece of furniture in the bathroom. Your cabinet looks so lovely with all of the pretties. The colors are wonderful and so soothing.
love the new bathroom....much better!
It is absolutely gorgeous. I love the fresh and clean look it has now. Revere Pewter was a brilliant choice.
I love the new paint color, you have an amazing eye for color Kim. The bird pic looks wonderful as well. Love it all!
I can't add anything that hasn't been said. It's just amazingly beautiful.
It is perfect. I'm beginning to think my entire house is too brown. I still really love all my taupes...but when I see your blues and grays...I get that twinge of wanting to change things. Your bath is really lovely and looks so relaxing.
Hey, I love the new color and I think you painted your Santos doll too. I have one just like it.
All I can say is WOW. I love everything but the hutch and tub are stunning. You are so lucky to have the high ceilings. That makes such a difference in the feel of a room. Really pretty.
I adore each and every detail of your bathroom. So beautiful. You can tell how much heart and soul you put into that room..Love it!!
So fresh and beautiful!! What a gorgeous transformation, from paint to art work and accessories! Love that fabulous bird pic!
Lovely bath I love that hutch. Thanks for sharing.
What a HUGE difference changing your wall color to Revere Pewter made! Your hutch is beautiful and I absolutely love the treatment on the interior. Great job.
Oh Kim, the new look is gorgeous! The color makes a huge difference, really lightens and brightens the space. I love your cabinet there. I wish I had the space for one. Love your vignettes too. FABULOUS…….
Looking good. I like the new color. So glad you left the chamber pot.
Love it! In my book, you can do no wrong!
I love it, Kim. What could be more relaxing than a nice long soak surrounded by that beautiful bathroom.
Very pretty! It all looks great.
The Master Bath, looks gorgeous!
Love the paint colour...and the new glass shades on your light fixture.
The hutch fits perfectly on that wall, great ceiling height too!
Kim, it looks great! Love the new color.
.......and all the beautiful decorations..
Such a gorgeous bath, how do you ever leave???? I love the ironstone in here, so fresh and welcoming. Beautifully done!!
I love it! You've made some wonderful changes. I know you'll enjoy it all when you're completely finished.
Small changes....big impact! My kind of makeover:). Looks great Kim!
This is beautiful Kim! I love your vintage touches! Thanks for linking up. Hope his back is lots better soon!
ABSOLUTELY gorgeous! You have a great eye for the finishing touches.


john greenwood just for fun. this is how i love that 10% of me that is never going to get it. No apologies. This is the soundtrack for one of "those" days. Favorite track: Addicted To The Blade.
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Slovenly Recordings is honored to present a new collection from one of our favorite punk rock stalwarts USELESS EATERS! Seth Sutton is the primary UE punk in question, and "Singles: 2011-2014" compiles the best tracks from their out-of-print singles from cool-assed labels like Goodbye Boozy (Italy), Tic Tac Totally and Nashville's Dead, to name a few.
The electrostatic shock of "The Moves" is here, and it sounds like the LSD is just about to take over, only you've been chewing on a tab that you never quite wrangled out of its aluminum foil wrapper. Fatter, lo-fi decimating sounds abound with tracks like "Bloody Ripper", and "I Hate The Kids" (feat. TY SEGALL) makes an appearance here as well. This is a fully realized set that somehow works even better than flipping through your Eaters' 7" stack which is likely incomplete anyway.


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Succeeding in science: Personal stories from 3 women
STEM remains a male-dominated field.
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Kara Perrow Research Fellow and Group Leader of the Targeted Therapeutics Research Laboratory, University of Wollongong
Amy Wyatt Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
Martina Sanderson-Smith Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology, University of Wollongong
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As children we are encouraged to dream big, and many young people – including young women and girls – aspire to a career in science.
While there are role models at the top tiers of science combating gender bias, the jump from PhD student to lead researcher may at first seem insurmountable for many women.
Students considering a career in science are told that competition for research funding is fierce, giving rise to short-term contracts and job insecurity. This sees scientists working overtime and weekends and that makes it harder to succeed if you are a female scientist and mother.
This outlook can leave students questioning their future in science. But there is a way to make a successful and rewarding career in science. Our own personal stories demonstrate this.
When Amy Wyatt completed her PhD at the University of Wollongong (UOW), she looked abroad to answer the question of where to next? Amy tested out an alternative career in science communication but returned to academia because the pull of discovery in science was too exciting to ignore.
A fellowship sent Amy to Cambridge, UK, for two years and then back to UOW. With her science communication skills, Amy won the UOW iAccelerate pitch competition in 2015, a small grant competition for innovative ideas, before securing federal funding.
Martina also ventured overseas after her PhD to a complete postdoctoral stint in Germany, and later the United States. She too decided to return to UOW. She felt this was a good environment in which to establish her independence, rather than be in the shadow of more senior, well-established researchers in her field. A key factor was the support she received from her PhD supervisor, who advocated for Martina as she set up her own research group.
Kara worked with researchers in Sweden and Denmark before taking a postdoctoral fellowship at her hometown university, UOW. She chose to further her career alongside neuroscientists, chemists and materials scientists to build new collaborations beyond her realm of cancer biology and expand her program of research in drug targeting and delivery.
As three early-career researchers, we have guided students through their undergraduate and PhD studies, many of whom are promising scientists but they are doubtful that they will find a way to establish themselves as independent researchers.
If you, or someone you know, is considering a career in science, here are some important lessons we have learnt in how to make it work.
Call on support networks
Gender equity is a particularly sticky issue for science. The choice to raise a family may be judged as a disruption to research output when scientists are assessed for funding. This is the point where many women choose to leave academic careers. The global nature of science also necessitates regular long distance travel, which is difficult for those with family responsibilities.
A strong local support network can make the task of balancing young children and the demands of research more manageable. Family networks can offer assistance when travel or extended work hours are called for and a supportive, collegiate ethos between co-workers can encourage and boost young postdocs.
Use small grants as a stepping stone
Small institutional grants offered by universities to early-career researchers can provide funding to kick-start research when returning from parental leave.
Small grants also allow researchers to develop new projects and obtain preliminary results to be competitive in major funding schemes. For Amy, who is the lead investigator on a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant on Alzheimer's disease, internal funding allows her to pursue side projects and build a broad research program.
Build diverse collaborations
A research institute with a healthy diversity of sciences can help young scientists make their mark through innovative projects. In our experience, when research diversity is paired with a collegial atmosphere that has researchers swapping ideas over coffee, unexpected collaborations can be fostered.
In her research, Kara designs drug delivery platforms to make sure that cancer drugs reach their target by encasing drugs in protective lipids that seek out breast cancer or immune cells, or producing drug-loaded scaffolds to implant for pancreatic cancer. Kara happens to share an office and work with a motor neurone disease (MND) research fellow, Justin Yerbury.
Combining their expertise in the fields of drug delivery and neuroscience, Kara and Justin won an ambitious grant from the US Department of Defense to improve drug delivery to the brain for MND. The idea for this research came about on a social mountain bike trip with Wollongong alumnus and friend, Darren Saunders.
Find an advocate
Networking is fundamental to building a career in science so that researchers can exchange ideas and call upon advisers. Finding an effective mentor is important for up-and-coming researchers and their professional development.
But finding someone who is prepared to advocate on your behalf is invaluable. To have someone nominate them for opportunities gives emerging scientists the confidence to back themselves.
For Martina, it was her PhD supervisor who put her name forward when approached by international collaborators and said that she was the best person to speak to. Work from these collaborations led to her NHMRC project grant successes to study Group A Streptococcal bacterial infections. Martina now follows suit as a supervisor to raise the profiles of her students and postdocs.
This can be challenging, as the pervading message to early-career scientists is that you have to promote yourself, but we admire the leaders who build up those around them.
Diversity in the leaders that we promote can reveal new pathways for young scientists.
Advancing a career in science is challenging, especially for women. But it can also be deeply rewarding. We hope our experiences, and the lessons we learnt from them, can encourage and assist other young women to embark on a career of discovery in the sciences.
Kara Perrow, Research Fellow and Group Leader of the Targeted Therapeutics Research Laboratory, University of Wollongong
Amy Wyatt, Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
Martina Sanderson-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology, University of Wollongong
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Funny Car Summer (1974)
G | 1h 28min | Documentary | August 1974 (USA)
This documentary chronicles a summer in the life of "Funny Car" racer Jim Dunn and his family.
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Funny Car Summer is a nice example of 1970s cinema verite, very much of its time, and capturing the spirit of the decade in a strangely poignant way. Watching a film like this in some ways shows how works of this style have gone on to influence modern cinematography's efforts to represent the 1970s and its values.
Significantly it's worth focusing on what it isn't - it's not an adrenaline fuelled rush down a quarter-mile of tarmac with a clear plot - and I'd argue it's the better for it - put it next to more recent attempts to address motor racing (Days of Thunder, Driven, Michel Vaillant...) and Funny Car Summer's merits start to become clearer. Equally, it's not the Speed Merchants, either in terms of production values, pace, or the way it hangs together, but does form a useful counterpoint to Keyser's film of two years earlier. There's a tired almost tawdry feel to Funny Car Summer which shows that motor racing, in most forms, has nothing to do with the glitzy spectacle of 21st century Formula 1. If nothing else a work like this serves an admirable function in stripping away the illusions and preconceptions of what can often seem a very artificial world.


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Not only does obesity shorten your life, the toll it takes on your quality of life is even greater. If you have a BMI of 35 or above, you are at high risk for the chronic diseases that go along with obesity: cardiovascular disease and diabetes, among other debilitating conditions, severe wear and tear on your joints. Even a BMI of 30 is associated with increased risk and shortened lifespan. You can reduce your risk by increasing your physical activity and adopting a healthy pattern of eating on a regular basis.


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Tropical sea urchins move from a marine lab in Leeuwarden to the Rotterdam Zoo
March 27, 2021 News
At Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (HVHL) in Leeuwarden, the sea urchin Diadema antillarum has been cultivated to help restore the coral reefs around Saba and St. Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands). The first young urchins bred in Leeuwarden were released on March 24th to the Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp). The ultimate goal is to also breed this species on Saba in order to give the sea urchin populations there a helping hand. These sea urchins keep algae growth under control, giving corals more room to grow. During this project, researchers worked closely with students from the Coastal and Marine Management program.
Juvenele Diadema, the squares in the background are 1×1 mm.Repopulation of sea urchins for reef conservation
Diadema antillarum sea urchins were the main grazers of Caribbean coral reefs until over 95% of sea urchins were killed by an unknown disease in 1983. Without sea urchins grazing, algae became the dominant group on the coral reef, outcompeting coral. Today, nearly 40 years after their mass death, sea urchins have still not recovered. HVHL is working with the RAAK PRO Diadema project (2019-2023) along with project partners for the restoration of this species on Saba and St. Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands).
Long awaited breeding method
For the past 40 years, researchers have been trying to breed Diadema in captivity, but unfortunately have only had limited success. Breeding as been found to be very difficult. Larvae of this type of sea urchin float along sea currents for the first 50 days of their life and are sensitive to water quality and nutrient availability. However, in 2020 researchers and students from HVHL in Leeuwarden managed to develop a method for stable and consistent breeding of young Diadema.
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It is difficult to transport these animals on a large scale to Saba or St. Eustatius, so the first group of young urchins will find a nice new home in the Rotterdam Zoo starting on March 24th. The next step will be to breed urchins on Saba so that they can be released into the wild, strengthening the populations and helping to restore the coral reef.
For more information about this project, visit the HVHL website. For a video about this project, please visit our YouTube channel. Follow the project on Facebook for updates.
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Jan Maraea Khan (born 25 April 1958 in Rotorua, New Zealand) is an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.

Personal life
Jan is of Pakistani descent through her father, and of Yugoslav and Maori descent through her mother. Both she and her sister Marina Khan are the daughters of lawn bowler Millie Khan.

Bowls career
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal in the women's fours event. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she again won a bronze in the women's pairs event with her sister Marina Khan.

She has won five medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, of which three have been gold medals.

Khan won the 2010 singles title and the 1997, 2000 & 2001 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Beckenham Bowls Club.

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New Zealand people of Pakistani descent
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FrightFest Review – They Look Like People
Posted by kimnewman ⋅ August 26, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment
They Look Like People A melancholy, creepy little psychodrama that riffs on the Body Snatchers/They Live syndrome, as a disturbed character comes to believe that inhuman duplicates are taking over the world and he's receiving cellphone messages of warning from some secret underground or taunts from the new masters. It's also an affecting study of an enduring but strained friendship between two guys on very different life paths. Christian (Evan Dumouchel), an ostensibly affable guy, has plainly made an effort to turn his life around after troubles – he works out at the gym, listens to motivational tapes and is seemingly doing well at his job, but it has taken him months to ask out his supervisor, Mara (Margaret Ying Drake), who kind of likes him, and it gradually emerges that he's suffered a serious breakdown in the last few years and tried to kill himself. And he's the 'normal' one. Wyatt (MacLeod Andrews), his friend since school, is a bearded, homeless-seeming sad sack who winds up crashing at Christian's NYC apartment – which has roofspace and a basement ('it's for killing people or raping animals') – and tagging along on Christian and Mara's first date, which gets sidetracked because Christian asks Mara to bring a friend, Sandy (Elena Greenlee), who falls over before the couples have even got together and so they all spend the evening sitting around in hospital. We get flashes of who the guys used to be as they play one-on-one basketball and Christian pre-emptively brags about being in shape to finally win a game with Wyatt, and then they indulge in credibly childish knockabouts ('blobby wars') under sheets chanting their significant shared favourite song 'Johnny, We Hardly Knew You'. All the while, Wyatt receives almost-certainly-imaginary messages but, knowing exactly how crazy his story will sound, tries to keep his delusions from his friend, only to start the awful warnings when he can no longer bear the idea that Christian doesn't realise that the invaders are a threat to him. Wyatt hides weapons in the basement and tinkers with a nailgun for sniper use … and Mara, who is genuinely warming to Christian, tactfully has to 'let him go' in an excruciating sequence. 'Good job dominating everyone' reads a post-it note on the boob's computer as all his workmates look away while he clears his desk. There's always an echo of Repulsion in the mad-retreat-into-an-apartment story, though this falls into a sub-category (along with Dead Ringers and Bug) where two people with overlapping neuroses and manias wind up in a decaying flat and are perhaps a threat to each other as they feel besieged by phantoms. Writer-director Perry Blackshear and a small cast work hard to create complicated characters and a tangle of a central situation which becomes suspenseful in the sense that we become involved with all three of the principles and genuinely don't want to see terrible things happen to them even as their cross-purposes feelings and beliefs make an unhappy outcome more likely. Blackshear layers in sounds and distortions and odd elements that convey Wyatt's vision of a world full of impersonators, with very sparing use of CGI to make Mara look briefly like an alien.
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Livestock Producers Fight for Fairness with Meatpacking Giants
DES MOINES, Iowa - The U.S. Department of Agriculture soon will release new regulations that livestock and poultry producers hope will better protect them from what they see as unfair competition in the highly consolidated meatpacking industry. The Packers and Stockyards Act was enacted by Congress ...Read More
PacifiCorp's Long-term Power Plan to Impact WY Coal Plants
KEMMERER, Wyo. - Cheaper renewable energy and storage, along with early retirement of coal-fired units in Wyoming and Utah, could save utility customers in Wyoming and five other western states upwards of $500 million over 20 years, according to a recent analysis by PacifiCorp. The power company's ...Read More
SNAP Changes: Latest Threat in Fight to End Hunger
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio already has a high rate of food insecurity, and during this Hunger Action Month, there are concerns it could become an even bigger problem if eligibility changes for SNAP benefits. An estimated 61,000 Ohioans could lose their food assistance if what is known as "categorical el ...Read More
Report Calls for State-Level Action on PFAS Crisis
MADISON, Wis. - A new report from the National Wildlife Federation calls for elected leaders in Wisconsin and other states to confront what it calls a "PFAS crisis." The toxic chemical is linked to certain cancers and other health problems, and has been detected in drinking, ground and surface wate ...Read More
Census: Counting All Kids Critical for PA
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Counting every child will ensure that Pennsylvania gets the federal aid it needs. That's the message advocates for children are sending in the lead-up to the 2020 census. Federal funding for programs from health insurance to school aid depend on how many children are counted in th ...Read More
Groups Urge State, Feds to Step Up Regulation of PFAS
LANSING, Mich. - A new report offers a road map to clean up toxic PFAS chemicals from waters in the Great Lakes region and makes an urgent case for stepping up the pace. The National Wildlife Federation report calls for action on the local, state and federal level to combat PFAS pollution from mili ...Read More
Class Helps Frustrated Baltimore Commuters Make a Difference
BALTIMORE - Many in Baltimore face transportation barriers that make it hard to get to work and school, but there's also something unique they can do about it. A class to help people support better transportation access in the area is being offered by the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, a ...Read More
Seniors Make Up Growing Segment of Arizona's Homeless
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Two birds, one stone: A fast, yet lightweight, indexing scheme for modern database systems
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Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, School of (CIDSE)
IAFSE-CIDSE: Computer Science and Engineering
Classic database indexes (e.g., B+-Tree), though speed up queries, suffer from two main drawbacks: (1) An index usually yields 5% to 15% additional storage overhead which results in non-ignorable dollar cost in big data scenarios especially when deployed on modern storage devices. (2) Maintaining an index incurs high latency because the DBMS has to locate and update those index pages affected by the underlying table changes. This paper proposes Hippo a fast, yet scalable, database indexing approach. It significantly shrinks the index storage and mitigates maintenance overhead without compromising much on the query execution performance. Hippo stores disk page ranges instead of tuple pointers in the indexed table to reduce the storage space occupied by the index. It maintains simplified histograms that represent the data distribution and adopts a page grouping technique that groups contiguous pages into page ranges based on the similarity of their index key attribute distributions. When a query is issued, Hippo leverages the page ranges and histogram-based page summaries to recognize those pages such that their tuples are guaranteed not to satisfy the query predicates and inspects the remaining pages. Experiments based on real and synthetic datasets show that Hippo occupies up to two orders of magnitude less storage space than that of the B+-Tree while still achieving comparable query execution performance to that of the B+-Tree for 0.1% - 1% selectivity factors. Also, the experiments show that Hippo outperforms BRIN (Block Range Index) in executing queries with various selectivity factors. Furthermore, Hippo achieves up to three orders of magnitude less maintenance overhead and up to an order of magnitude higher throughput (for hybrid query/update workloads) than its counterparts.
https://doi.org/10.14778/3025111.3025120
43rd International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, VLDB 2017 - Munich, Germany
Duration: Aug 28 2017 → Sep 1 2017
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Yu, J., & Elsayed, M. (2016). Two birds, one stone: A fast, yet lightweight, indexing scheme for modern database systems. Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 10(4), 385-396. https://doi.org/10.14778/3025111.3025120
Two birds, one stone : A fast, yet lightweight, indexing scheme for modern database systems. / Yu, Jia; Elsayed, Mohamed.
In: Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2016, p. 385-396.
Yu, J & Elsayed, M 2016, 'Two birds, one stone: A fast, yet lightweight, indexing scheme for modern database systems', Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 385-396. https://doi.org/10.14778/3025111.3025120
Yu J, Elsayed M. Two birds, one stone: A fast, yet lightweight, indexing scheme for modern database systems. Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment. 2016;10(4):385-396. https://doi.org/10.14778/3025111.3025120
Yu, Jia ; Elsayed, Mohamed. / Two birds, one stone : A fast, yet lightweight, indexing scheme for modern database systems. In: Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment. 2016 ; Vol. 10, No. 4. pp. 385-396.
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Proteins are an important component of our diet. They do not only help supply our metabolism with amino acids. During digestion, when proteins are broken down, peptides are created. These peptides have all sorts of physiological activities. Peptides can induce feelings of satiety, they can have opioid or endocrine effects, they can influence intestinal permeability and they can effect blood pressure and the intestinal immune system, the energy management system, etc., or can sometimes cause allergic reactions. Changes in quantitative and qualitative protein intake could lead to changes in these physiological effects. 'Good, Bad or Risky' (GBR) aims to map these changes by connecting relevant in vitro models to human trials.
Human trials are 'the golden standard' for assessing health effects of food. The development of healthy products always has a long and complex preliminary stage, which includes the choice of raw materials, processing methods and product development etc. During this stage scientists are required to make many choices that will have an effect on the final bioactivity of the product. These decisions cannot be supported in human trials, for practical, financial and ethical reasons. This is why it is important to supply food producers with simpler tools that help them make the best possible decision during every stage in the development process.
GBR anticipates this by connecting human trials to in-vitro methods to estimate health effects. By connecting the outcomes of these studies to similar products, proteins in this case, the in vitro tools can hopefully improved to such an extent that, even though they are not a perfect model for a real and complex organism, they can give a reliable estimate of the health effects and can help food producers with the development of new products.


Evidence of bats colliding with wind turbines has been available from the US and Europe since the early 2000s and there is now evidence of this from the UK.
Direct impacts of wind farms can include collision and barotrauma (damage to tissues from air pressure changes around turbines); indirect impacts can include habitat loss (roosts, commuting routes and foraging areas) and fragmentation.
The Bat Conservation Trust supports the development of sustainable energy, including wind, but in line with Eurobats resolutions stresses that it is imperative that the potentially harmful impacts on bats and other wildlife (both direct and indirect) are taken into account through ecological impact assessments for all wind projects. These should be carried out before deciding on the siting of onshore and offshore wind turbines and wind farms, large and small. Where impacts are predicted avoidance and mitigation measures and monitoring should be secured through robust planning conditions. We would also like to see monitoring of existing wind turbine sites and remedial action where any issues are identified.
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Young Wallander: Filming Begins on Netflix's Kurt Wallander Mystery Series
by Jessica Pena, September 11, 2019
Kurt Wallander is returning to the small screen. Netflix just announced production has begun on their upcoming TV show, Young Wallander.
Based on the novels by Henning Mankell, the mystery series see the "iconic detective Kurt Wallander investigate his gripping first case. The story focuses on the formative experiences – professional and personal – faced by Kurt as a recently graduated police officer in his early twenties." The cast includes Adam Pålsson, Richard Dillane, Leanne Best, Ellise Chappell, and Yasen Atour.
Young Wallander is set to debut on Netflix in 2020.
Read more info below:
September 11, 2019 — The filming of Young Wallander has just begun – the new Netflix original series based on Henning Mankell's best-selling Kurt Wallander novels. The cast includes Adam Pålsson (Kurt Wallander), Richard Dillane (Superintendent Hemberg), Leanne Best (Frida Rask), Ellise Chappell (Mona) and Yasen Atour (Reza). The series is created by Yellow Bird UK, a Banijay Group company, and the producer of the Swedish Wallander franchise at TV4 as well as the successful BBC series Wallander from 2008.
I couldn't be more honoured and thrilled to have the opportunity to play the young Kurt Wallander, and to explore the defining events in the life of this complex, driven protagonist, created by the brilliant Henning Mankell. With a terrific cast and creative team, I have every confidence that our new version will resonate both in Sweden and with audiences worldwide," says Adam Pålsson.
Berna Levin, Creative Director, Yellowbird UK says: "In revisiting the beloved character of Kurt Wallander, we searched for an actor of great calibre and integrity. Someone who could carry the mantle previously worn by some of the most legendary actors of our time, honouring their brilliant past performances while also bringing in his own unique and contemporary take on this iconic role. Adam's impressive body of work and uncompromising dedication to the role made him the obvious choice. Standing with an amazing cast, we have no doubt that together, they will take Wallander to new heights and enthral audiences all over again."
The English-language drama series is told over six serialized episodes and is set in contemporary Sweden. Young Wallander sees Henning Mankell's iconic detective Kurt Wallander investigate his gripping first case. The story focuses on the formative experiences – professional and personal – faced by Kurt as a recently graduated police officer in his early twenties.
Young Wallander is directed by Ole Endresen and Jens Jonsson and produced by Berna Levin. Screenwriter is Ben Harris. Casting is made by Sophie Holland CSA (The Witcher) and the cast also includes Charles Mnene, Jacob Collins-Levy, Alan Emrys and Kiza Deen.
Young Wallander will launch exclusively on Netflix in 2020.
Adam Pålsson (Kurt Wallander)
Adam Pålsson achieved widespread recognition and acclaim in the SVT drama Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves. He played the leading role in the TV series Moscow Noir, and has appeared in such shows as The Bridge, Code 1525 and Before We Die. He also portrayed the title character in the feature Ted- For Love's Sake about the legendary Swedish pop star Ted G�rdestad.
Richard Dillane (Superintendent Hemberg)
Richard appeared in the Oscar-winning feature Argo and the multi-award-winning Oranges and Sunshine, as well as The Jacket, The Edge of Love and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. Among his numerous television credits are Wolf Hall, Poldark and Peaky Blinders. His stage work includes seasons at the RSC and National Theatre.
Leanne Best (Frida Rask)
Leanne's TV credits include Line of Duty, Ripper Street and Black Mirror, as well as major roles in Tin Star, Home Fires and the BAFTA-winning Cold Feet. She portrayed the title character in the feature film Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death and appeared in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, alongside Annette Benning and Jamie Bell. Her stage credits include the Pulitzer Prize winning Sweat at the Donmar Warehouse.
Ellise Chappell (Mona)
Known for her leading role as Morwenna in BBC's BAFTA winning Poldark, Ellise also starred in Sky's The Last Dragonslayer and the Danny Boyle/Richard Curtis feature film Yesterday.
Yasen Atour (Reza)
Yasen will have a leading role in the upcoming feature film Small City. He has also appeared in the recent features Ben Hur and Robin Hood. He has also had television roles in ITV's Dark Heart and Marcella, as well as Peter Kominsky's critically acclaimed miniseries The State.
Charles Mnene (Bash)
Charles's TV credits include The Widow, The State, Misfits and Silent Witness. He has also appeared in the feature films The Informer and NW. He will play the leading role in the upcoming feature Riding With Sugar by award-winning director Sunu Gonera.
Jacob Collins-Levy (Karl-Axel Munck)
Known for his leading role as King Henry VII in the Starz miniseries The White Princess, Jacob has also appeared in episodes of Pure and Doctor Who. He will appear in the upcoming feature adaptation of the Booker Prize winning True History of the Kelly Gang, directed by Justin Kurzel.
Alan Emrys (Gustav Munck)
Alan is a recent graduate of Drama Centre London. Since graduating Alan has appeared in Johnny English 3 and 4Stories.
Kiza Deen (Mariam)
Kiza's TV credits include Hollyoaks and Silent Witness. On stage, she earned rave reviews for her solo performance in debbie tucker green's random at the Leeds Playhouse."
What do you think? Are you a Wallander fan? Will you watch the Netflix series?
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KenGalb
I loved the original Wallander series and was sad when it finished. So looking forward to this new series
I'm really looking forward to this series! Loved the original Wallander, it will be great to see how Kurt's early years were.
PaquiXochitl
Can't wait to see it!


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Monthly Archive for: "October, 2018"
Home » Archives for October 2018
By Kit Dobson
In Book Reviews
Welcome to the Anthropocene
Welcome to the Anthropocene is a virtuosic, challenging book of poetry by Alice Major, who served as Edmonton's first poet laureate. This collection is by turns a lament, a dirge and a [...]
By Jamal Ali
The Irrelevance of Space and Other Stories
The world is always in movement," wrote V.S. Naipaul, the late British novelist and travel writer. It's an apt description for the themes and characters—the "restless feet and wandering [...]
By Sarah Carter
Women Who Dig
In this beautifully written and lavishly illustrated book, journalist Trina Moyles addresses the links between patriarchy and agriculture in Canada, the US, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba, India and [...]
By Jay Smith
The Figgs
The Figgs are a family ripe with dysfunctionality—all adult children live at home, working dead-end jobs, and their bickering is full of profanity. Yet parents June and Randy Figg remain [...]
By Rod Ruff
Public Deliberation on Climate Change
Alberta—and the planet—has a "super wicked" problem. First described in 1973, wicked problems defy "rational" policy responses, such as a cost/benefit analysis, in part because they have multiple [...]
By Trevor Tombe
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Trade in the Trump Era
Canada's prosperity depends on trade; Alberta's even more so. The province exported over $100-billion worth of products last year, generating roughly one of every three dollars earned by [...]
By Kevin Van Tighem
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The Pipelines We Need
Read any of Alberta's daily newspapers and you will know that our province's only hope is new pipelines. Nothing else will save us. I took some convincing, but I'm in. In fact, I'd like to [...]
By Jen Gerson
In Cities
Going to Pot
The windows of the former flower shop are still papered over, but soon customers will mill about in a very different kind of store. The floors will be polished concrete, and the dated [...]
By Fred Stenson
In Columns
Even humorists feel dark about the world at times, and when I do I force myself back to the basics: food and family. Don't worry, I'm not going to lecture on why food and water are essential to [...]
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Alberta's $15 Minimum Wage
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Q: How do i query on primary key field I have a entity extending the AbstractPersistable class from JPA.
import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.AbstractPersistable;

public class Test extends AbstractPersistable<Long> {
    ...
}

Further I have a Specification looking like this:
public static Specification<Test> gt(final Long id) {
    return new Specification<Test>() {

        @Override
        public Predicate toPredicate(Root<Test> root, CriteriaQuery<?> query, CriteriaBuilder cb) {
            return cb.gt((Expression) root.get("id"), id);
        }
    };
}

My repository:
@Repository
@Transactional
public interface TestRepository extends JpaRepository<Test, JpaSpecificationExecutor<Test> {}

If I query the repository
testRepository.findAll(TestSpecifications.gt(1);

I get the following error:
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unaware how to convert value [1 : java.lang.Integer] to requested type [java.io.Serializable]
at org.hibernate.jpa.criteria.ValueHandlerFactory.unknownConversion(ValueHandlerFactory.java:258)
at org.hibernate.jpa.criteria.ValueHandlerFactory.convert(ValueHandlerFactory.java:286)
at org.hibernate.jpa.criteria.predicate.ComparisonPredicate.<init>(ComparisonPredicate.java:94)
at org.hibernate.jpa.criteria.CriteriaBuilderImpl.gt(CriteriaBuilderImpl.java:482)
at com.domcollect.javalib.data.filter.DefaultSpecifications$8.toPredicate(DefaultSpecifications.java:127)
at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.SimpleJpaRepository.applySpecificationToCriteria(SimpleJpaRepository.java:537)
at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.SimpleJpaRepository.getQuery(SimpleJpaRepository.java:488)
at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.SimpleJpaRepository.getQuery(SimpleJpaRepository.java:473)
at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.SimpleJpaRepository.findAll(SimpleJpaRepository.java:355)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.executeMethodOn(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:442)
at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.doInvoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:427)
at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.invoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:381)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor$1.proceedWithInvocation(TransactionInterceptor.java:98)
at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:266)
at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:95)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
at org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.invoke(PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.java:136)
... 84 more

The problem is, that the ValueHandlerFactory does not check that the value is already a instance of Serializable.
Is their any solution?

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Burly Men at Sea review: A pretty, but sinking ship (PS4)
September 12, 2018 September 12, 2018 ~ Tyler Anderson
(Image courtesy of Brain&Brain)
(This review will contain minor spoilers.)
Burly Men at Sea (2016) is the tale of three bearded, burly Scandinavian brothers who set off in search of untold adventures. It's very much an interactive storybook experience, with the player acting as a sort of hands-on narrator for the branching storylines. Countless charming animations, a simple color palette and a soundtrack full of toe-tapping tunes thoroughly immerse the player in this cute and thoughtful experience from husband-and-wife duo Brain&Brain. But is charm enough to warrant the two-or-three-hour playtime when the controls are finicky and the branching storylines culminate in very little?
Out to Sea
The premise of Burly Men at Sea is simple: three brothers set sail from their small fishing village, and the player is responsible for guiding them from encounter to encounter. There are two constants in this branching story — the beginning and end scenes — and though they're brief, you'll quickly tire of them.
What happens in between these two is where the meat of the story lies. The folklore of the Arctic is explored in the form of the various people and creatures one will encounter. There are mermaids, friendly seals, the Kraken and a fossegrim (a fiddle-playing troll-pixie-man), all of which add to the charm (there's that word again) of the adventure. Each encounter is brief, but impactful in its own way. A childlike mountain golem with a penchant for scraggly trees might just make your day.
But just how long do these hold one's interest? For this reviewer, not long. They are charming (!) and cute, but there's not much substance. For gaming experiences of this length, one expects a more involved story. Or at the very least, more depth. What's present isn't terrible – just not engrossing. And to bookend each storyline with the same opening and ending scene – which amounts to about a fourth of the playtime – is taxing on one's patience. If you temper your expectations for in-depth commentary on the human condition, you'll mostly enjoy what's present.
The asking price for this game is worth it for the art and music alone. (It is available for $10 on the Nintendo eShop at the time of writing, but PS Plus members can regularly grab this title for under $5.)
Quirky, seafaring tunes produced by Plied Sound LLC chronicle the misadventures of the trio of bearded brothers. The minimalist nature of the whole experience bleeds over into the soundtrack as well. The opening ditty, "Rubbish in the Nets," is a simple tune punctuated by flutes, metallophones and strings which ends with the call of a hunting horn. "Mischief, Aweigh" is an appropriate send off each time the brothers leave the seaside village — the hunting horn and cheerful singing quickly dissipate on the salty, sea air as the tro is engulfed by their surprisingly punctual whale friend. Each track is dripping with childlike mysticism. And Plied took the sound effects a step further, as all of the effects are mouth sounds the team distorted one way or another.
Perhaps what Burly Men at Sea was praised for most upon its release was its visuals. The papercraft characters and environments are undeniably gorgeous. Animations are crisp and the frame rate never dipped. Even the scenes players are forced to sit through over and over are still admittedly charming (number 5? 6?) after having played through all the storylines. (And yes, this reviewer is aware that once a trophy is unlocked, there's an option on the pause menu to teleport straight back to the village. More on this at the end.)
The color palette enlivens the simple and beautiful environments. Bright oranges and yellows of the village always pop against the tranquil blue-greens of the water. Gray-browns of stormy skies reflect in the sea, glazing the water with a muted blue. In a world full of monochromatic miseries – looking at you, Dark Souls – Brain&Brain has blessed us with something special.
Getting Your Sea Legs
In a non-combat, mostly point-and-click game, one would expect the controls to be tight. Unfortunately, they're not, and it weights the experience down. The PS4 touchpad is almost too sensitive when used to move the cursor. The joysticks aren't much better as the cursor becomes inconsistent in its responsiveness.
And sometimes it's not even entirely clear how to progress the story or trigger a certain reaction. For example, when the brothers are wrangling the Kraken, it took more than one go at it before it became clear holding the cursor down on the tentacles triggers a different reaction than simply clicking on them. Lack of a visual cue didn't help. In a game this simple all interactions must be intuitive or they fall flat. The latter was the case on more than one occasion.
Is She Seaworthy?
Burly Men at Sea is buoyed by its visuals and music, but anchored down by a shallow story and unintuitive controls. Some of the scenes are repetitive and the duo at Brain&Brain must've recognized this as they implemented a feature to skip some by whisking the brothers back to the start. The shallowness of the narrative would be less glaring if they had simply crafted more endings instead of working around the issue.
As one may have noticed, the easiest way to describe this experience is "charming." That's not wholly a bad thing, there was just more which could have been explored. There's a large focus on the journey as opposed to the destination; the journey just isn't all that exciting. Burly Men at Sea is much more fitting as a single storybook as opposed to a video game, and one can purchase a physical copy of the brother's adventures via the Brain&Brain website. Though more costly, the story of the bearded brothers may be best experienced on the page instead of the screen, at least for young children. Much of the older audience will likely appreciate the game for what it's worth then promptly forget about it.
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Q: How are the Gem values worked out? In the Steam Auction, every Steam item (card, booster pack, background and emoticon) has a gem value, which is awarded when the item is "recycled" (user clicks the Turn into Gems... button).
How is that gem value worked out?
Is there some sort of biasness for rare items? Valve-made items?
I've noticed that all the sale emoticons/backgrounds are worth 100 gems each, along with items from Valve games^, free-to-play games and sales, while all other games only reach a maximum of 80.
^CS:GO somehow fits this rule, but Half-Life 2 doesn't.

A: There seems to be a "complicated" way to do this. WARNING: The following might differ for some games and versions. This is an estimate by this wikia.

Similarly, the gem value of a set's emoticons and backgrounds appears to be equal to the number of cards in the set * the gem value of normal cards / 2, rounded up to the nearest multiple of 20. The value of a foil is ten times (10x) the value of the normal card. This applies to all sets. The value of an emoticon is equal to the value of a background crafted from the same set.
Emoticons and backgrounds associated with Valve (Valve games and summer/winter sale trading cards) are always worth 100 gems. Free-to-play games (which drop cards based on how much one pays) generally have high-value items as well. In general, the more cards in a set, the lower the value of the items and cards themselves. The inverse is also true. Only trading cards, emoticons, and backgrounds can be turned into gems. The process is irreversible.

So to sum this up:

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*Only trading cards, emoticons, and backgrounds can be converted into gems

*Emoticons and backgrounds that deals with Value will always be worth 100 gems.

*The gem value of a emoticon/background is based on the number of the cards in its respective set times the gem value of normal cards then divided by two and finally rounded to the nearest multiple of 20.

*The gem value of a foil card is 10x of its normal version
Formulas could be found in the wikia link above as well as more information. For cards:

Assuming that n = # cards in set, c = value of single card, g = value of emoticon/background, and b = gems to craft booster, any one of the four can be calculated if any two other values are known. This doesn't hold true for every game, but is accurate for the vast majority:

n = 6000/b
n = 2g/c
c = bg/3000
c = 2g/n
g = 3000c/b
g = n * c/2
b = 6000/n
b = g/3000c

A: Cards:
$0.08 - 15 Gems
$0.09 - 15 Gems
$0.13 - 24 Gems

Background:
$0.10 - 100 Gems

Emoticons:
$0.03 - 20
$0.07 - 100

I actually found a webpage where they had a conversation about this so, if you go here and read the back and forth comments,  they explain really well why steam created the gem system and how it all pans out.
Or just go to Reddit and look up gem values if you don't like to click links.


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Baasa, ou Baésa ou Baécha (hébreu בעשא), roi d'Israël de -909 à -886.

Présentation
Il fut d'abord général du roi Nadab, fils de Jéroboam. Il conspira contre lui, le tua au siège de , usurpa le trône, qu'il occupa de 942 à 919 av. J.-C. (ou -909 - -886), et extermina toute la famille de Jéroboam. Il se souilla de crimes et se livra à l'idolâtrie, ce qui lui fut reproché par le prophète Jéhu. Asa, roi de Juda, menacé par Baasa, appela à sa rescousse le roi d'Aram Ben-Hadad Ier qui conquit tout le pays de Naphtali. Son fils Éla lui succéda.

Notes et références
Bible : 1Rois XV,27-XVI,7

Articles connexes
 Liste des rois de Juda
 Liste des rois d'Israël
 Royaume de Juda
 Royaume d'Israël

Voir aussi
 Liste des personnages de la Bible

Roi d'Israël du Xe siècle av. J.-C.
Meurtrier dans la Bible
Roi d'Israël du IXe siècle av. J.-C.


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Word that means "relating to spiders"
What is a word that means "relating to spiders" in the same way that arboreal means "relating with trees"?
My first instinct would have been something like arachnean but apparently that's not a word.
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theonlygustitheonlygusti
The word is "arachnidan". – Graffito Mar 8 '17 at 16:49
@Graffito I thought that that was a noun, singular Arachnida. – theonlygusti Mar 8 '17 at 17:51
@theonlygusti: "Arachnidan" can be a noun or an adjective. When used as a noun, it has the regular plural form "arachnidans." "Arachnida" is a separate word that is the name of of a taxonomic class, and therefore is only used in one grammatical number in English. (I don't know whether it is singular or plural in Latin.) – herisson Mar 8 '17 at 17:54
Please note that the preposition you should have used is "to" not "with". "With" would imply talking to them or being sympathetic towards them, which I don't think is what you intended. I've changed it. – David Aug 9 '17 at 19:50
Adjective: arachnoid u'rak,noyd
(zoology) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida
arachnidian, spidery, spiderlike, spiderly
-- WordWebOnLine
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I haven't been able to find a fully satisfactory word meaning "relating to spiders" that is in common use. Drew's suggestion of arachnoid and Graffito's suggestion of arachnidan are probably the two best options, if you must use an adjective. (In attributive position, it's often possible to use a noun in English, e.g. we can just say "spider habits" to mean "habits related to spiders.")
It sounds like you are looking for a word derived from Latin or Greek. I used Wiktionary to check the words in these languages for "spider." It says they are "aranea/araneus" and "arachne" respectively.
Then I used OneLook Dictionary Search to look for words starting with arane- and arachn-. Here are some candidates that I found:
araneal has apparently been used by someone at some point, but it is extremely rare. Only one of the dictionaries indexed by OneLook gives a definition: Wordnik ("Pertaining to or resembling the spider.") It's not listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, it doesn't show up on the Google Ngram Viewer, and I can't find any indication that the hypothetical Latin ancestor "aranealis" was ever used (although there is some species named Mesochorus aranealis). So even though it is the word I found that is most similar in formation to arboreal, I would be cautious about using it. However, one advantage to using a word like this that is almost never used is that it hasn't developed other conflicting specialized meanings, like the following words.
araneous also exists. However, it seems to have a specialized meaning of "resembling or full of spiderwebs" (it seems "spiderweb" was another meaning of Latin aranea). So it might not be a good choice for you. A variant form is araneose.
arachnoid, oddly enough, has the same specialized meaning as araneous. It often refers to fibrous materials that are like spiderwebs, rather than things that resemble or pertain to spiders themselves. But it can have the latter meaning. My sense is the the -oid suffix sounds more natural when used to mean "resembling" rather than "pertaining to," which biases me against using this word to mean "pertaining to spiders."
Wiktionary itself has an Appendix:Animals that suggests that arachnidan and araneidan are the adjectives corresponding to "spider. However, there are minor issues with each of these.
Arachnidan may refer to a larger class than "spiders." It is derived from the word arachnid, and may be applied to any animal of this type, which includes scorpions, ticks and mites in addition to spiders. The variants arachnidean, arachnidian would have the same problem.
Araneidan usually refers to a subset of the spiders: the araneids, spiders that belong to the orb weaver family. The variant araneidal would have the same problem.
There are also a few possibilities for adjectives derived from the English word spider. Spidery is relatively common (compared to any of the Latinate words), and generally has the sense "resembling a spider", although in some cases it seems closer in meaning to "resembling a spiderweb". Spiderish is less common than spidery, but to me it seems that spiderish has a somewhat vaguer meaning. Spiderlike is an adjective that more explicitly conveys "resembling a spider (or part of a spider)". Spiderly seems to be more or less a synonym of spidery.
herissonherisson
Without exposing to much ignorance, I feel saying "Arachniphile" would be a justifiable construction and a generally translatable insertion into conversation. "Philia"(Arachnaphile) being a strong tendency toward and "Phobia"(Arachnaphobic) being an aversion to, they appear to be suffixes in opposition.
AceAce
"-phile" does not mean "relating to". As you say in your answer, it means "strong tendency towards". This therefore is a very poor answer. – AndyT Aug 9 '17 at 15:33
Arachniphile sounds like somebody who loves spiders. – Kevin Workman Aug 9 '17 at 21:02
@Andy It seems you simply wish to impose your will. Language is malleable and develops with interpretation. I for one, though not an English major, would not want to sit in on a lecture of yours. Reread your denoted material and I'm sure you'll find more than your single bit "strong tendency toward", hangin' you on your own Petard. – Ace Aug 10 '17 at 13:22
@Andy, You might also want to correct your spelling as the five letters "phile", you built into your spirited assault cannot be found in any modern Western dictionary, available on my Google page. – Ace Aug 10 '17 at 13:37
@ Andy, I must apologize, but I twice attempted to start a new paragraph and the enter tab sent, the above excerpts, into play. I was hoping for a single long winded snap at your correction and instead got these parsed elements. As an aside, I admit to not reading the query as the author had intended, but that in no way relieves you of your irresponsible, misspelled, non-existent, quoted, and perfunctory jab with the use of "-phile" as your introductory word. – Ace Aug 10 '17 at 13:46
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