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Thai AirAsia posts Q1 net loss as COVID-19 pandemic continues to depress tourism
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Asia Aviation (AAV), the major shareholder of Thai AirAsia (TAA), said it posted a net loss in the first quarter of 2021 of 1.86 billion baht (US$59 million) on total revenue of 1.35 billion baht compared to a net loss of 671 million baht in the same period last year (absorbing the COVID-19 impact for the full quarter this year, which was different from last year when the impact hit only at the end of the quarter). During the quarter the airline recorded a load factor of 66 percent. AAV said it planned to taised at least 6.8 billion baht as part of a restructuring plan to keep the airline going until the COVID-19 situation has recovered.
CEO of Asia Aviation and Thai AirAsia, Santisuk Klongchaiya, said the first quarter of 2021 was impacted by a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and said the airline and AAV "have reviewed every aspect of the operations and have taken appropriate courses of action, including strict cost management, cooperation between executives and employees to voluntarily take leave without pay and furlough schemes, flight management processes and have also sought out new business opportunities, leveraging the group's digital transformation where it makes commercial viable sense".
During Q1 2021 Thai AirAsia operated 42 percent of the first quarter of 2020 domestic capacity while international flight services were not yet resumed. TAA optimised fleet utilisation by reducing the number of aircraft in operation to a total of 61 aircraft at the end of the quarter.
"Our most critical plan to overcome the negative effects of COVID-19 is securing the capital for sustainable growth in the future. We recently announced a restructuring plan last month. This plan will secure up to 6.825 billion baht for TAA to support its liquidity and business operation. The funds are to be secured from new investors and existing investors by TAA being listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, instead of AAV. All these decisions were made with due diligence and consideration to uphold the utmost benefits for our stakeholders," Santisuk said. "In view of the latest third wave that has materially impacted our business since middle of April 2021, denting the full resumption of domestic routes that TAA successfully managed to see at the end of March, we have taken further steps to reduce the cash burn from our operations including active capacity management, and the deferment of loan repayment and lease payments. With the aforementioned plans and supportive factors, we believe that we will return stronger than ever when the opportunity presents itself. We will continue to be ready to compete with our great value airfares and will maintain our dominant market leadership."
The company also said the third wave of COVID-19, which began in April 2021 in Thailand, would impact Thai AirAsia's second quarter of 2021. "These infections are more severe than the previous waves and affect tourism recovery in Thailand, leading to lower travelling demands," Thai AirAsia said. The airline said it would "rationalise capacity" and its network "to maximise profitability and maintain passenger load factors".
Thai AirAsia expects that international flights will resume in the fourth quarter of 2021 and ramp up to full capacity in the first quarter of 2022. "Thai AirAsia plans to fuel revenues from charter cargo flights and explore new initiatives for non-airline business such as selling hotel rooms, fresh food, and e-commerce."
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(BRF)Interview: Greece's interests are in full alignment with BRI: Greek FM
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by Yu Shuaishuai, Maria Spiliopoulou, Li Xiaopeng
ATHENS, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Greece's interests, as the country is building a new economic model in the post-bailout era, are in full alignment with the Belt and Road Initiative, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister George Katrougalos told Xinhua on Tuesday.
"We want to base the new economic model of our country to the comparative advantage that Greece has to be a kind of bridge between Asia, Africa and Europe," Katrougalos said.
The top diplomat made his remarks during an exclusive interview at his office in central Athens shortly before travelling to Beijing to participate in the upcoming second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation later this week, accompanying Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Katrougalos explained the reason he chose China to be among the first countries he visited as Greek Foreign Minister in March this year, is that the two countries enjoy probably the best ever level of bilateral relations and a full alignment of their economic interests.
For the upcoming visit, "I am going to discuss with my Chinese counterparts what Greece can do in order to promote the interests of both countries in this kind of mutually beneficial cooperation of ours," he said.
In recent years, the comprehensive strategic partnership between Greece and China has been deepened and expanded in many areas.
Greece values friendship with China, the Greek minister said. There is mutual respect between the two countries representing ancient civilizations and very important economic synergies developed especially around the port of Piraeus where China's COSCO Shipping has invested in the past decade, posting impressive results.
"We have the ambition to become the gateway of Chinese products to Europe ... We envisage our country as a hub of logistics and transports and the investment of COSCO in Piraeus is very much helping towards this direction," Katrougalos stated.
The investment in Greece's largest port is a huge success, because it is a win-win situation, the top Greek diplomat noted. The two sides have a common goal to see Piraeus becoming top port of the Mediterranean regarding transshipment of goods.
"We have made huge progress in gaining a very big part of the Mediterranean commerce. We have already agreed to additional investments of COSCO in extending the infrastructure of the port of Piraeus and it is clear that these new investments are going to give fruits to this common endeavor of ours to increase the commerce in the port of Piraeus. I think that this cooperation has bright future in front of it," he said.
COSCO's investment at Piraeus has also helped local society which has been hit hard by the decade-long economic crisis, he explained.
"I would like to stress besides the economic success the social success of this investment. COSCO with the encouragement of our government has completed collective agreements with the workers in the port of Piraeus so as to ensure not just profits for the economies of the two countries, but also very good working conditions for those working in the port of Piraeus," Katrougalos said.
"For us this is highly important exactly, because now we are exiting a very huge crisis that had an important toll to our citizens and we do not want just the numbers and the economic indicators to prosper, we want also our citizens to feel that now we are in a better position than before," he stressed.
Regarding plans for the future, Greece wants to associate the Belt and Road Initiative with the connectivity projects of the European Union, so as the port of Piraeus to be connected to central Europe and to the Balkans via railways, via auto routes, Katrougalos said.
"This is exactly how we envisage the role of our country. Our political home is the European Union. But we have the ambition to become the bridge between the European Union and China, because both sides, not just Greece, but the European Union as well and China believe in multilateralism, in having peaceful relations with respect of the international law. So we can build on that and I think that Greece can become a very good interlocutor between China and Europe," Katrougalos underlined.
For Greece, BRI is an example how the two countries should envisage the future relations of all countries regarding their economic prosperity, he said.
The BRI, proposed by China in 2013, refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and seeks to revive ancient land and sea trade routes to connect China and participating states via win-win trade exchanges, joint investments and infrastructure projects.
Greece believes in multilateralism and that international commerce is the best way of finding win-win combination of interests and ensuring mutual profit.
"We consider that the Initiative is a clear example on how different countries can work together in order to promote international commerce and achieve mutually beneficial for all sides gains," the minister stated. Enditem

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We had here recently shots of Moscow city at night by Letchik Leha, the guy who works as a pilot on a big civil airplane and is fond of making photos right from the plane's cockpit.
Today some other shots from him.
There is Eiffel tower in Paris, probably the most famous tower in the world. But for most of people living in Soviet Union there was another tower that they knew even better than Eiffel's one. It was a Moscow city Ostankino Tower.
Standing 1772 feet (540 metres) tall, it was the tallest free-standing structure in the whole world until in 2003 there was build another one, taller, in Canada. Still it is the tallest alone standing structure in Europe and Asia.
Burn, baby, burn! 🙂 No seriously, great photos. This thing is 540.1 meters high and makes MSU look small!
Why can't Russian's build anything higher? They don't have the engineers for it. And the Russian worker is a bad worker.
Cool photos… but the Canadian CN Tower was built in 1976, not 2003. Ostankino was tallest from 1967 to 1976.
2003? The CN Tower in Toronto was finished in 1975.
The CN Tower, in Toronto (Canada) became taller than Ostankino Tower when it was opened in 1976…it has been the tallest freestanding structure in the world for over 31 years…not 2003 as was noted.
Actually, the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada was completed on April 2, 1975 (not 2003!). At 553.3 meters (1815 ft) tall, it is still the tallest free-standing structure on earth.
The CN tower was actually built in 1976, not 2003.
The CN Tower, in Canada, which is taller, was built in 1976, not 2003.
Just a correction. Canada has had the tallest free-standing tower, the CN Tower, since 1976, not 2003. It is 553.33m tall.
Standing 1772 feet (540 metres) tall, it was the tallest free-standing structure in the whole world until in 2003 there was build another one, taller, in Canada.
Actually, Canada's CN Tower has been the tallest free-standing structure since '78.
Ostankino Tower is 540m tall and was built in 1967. The CN Tower, in Toronto, Canada, is 553m tall and was built in 1976, not 2003.
Ostankino Tower is still the 2nd tallest in the world, and the tallest in the eastern hemisphere.
Toronto's CN Tower was finished in 1975, not 2003.
Toronto's CN Tower ( 558 meters ) was completed in 1978 … close, you were only off by 25 years.
The CN tower was built in 1976, 9 years after the ostankino tower was completed, not 2003. I believe the 2003 claim is due to the poorly worded wikipedia article.
Well the pictures are nice but the story about the being the tallest until 2003 isn't.
The tower of which he speaks in Canada is the CN Tower in Toronto, which stands at 1,815 ft or 553M. It was completed, however, on April 2, 1975, not in 2003.
The CN Tower in Toronto Ontario Canada has been the tallest since 1975.
In soviet Russia, tower builds you!
LOL @ the 15 or so peoples that posted a "1976 not 2003" … not even able to look at the other comments before posting their comment… LOL again !
There's also some cool pics of the Toronto CN Tower (built in 1976) fogged up on BoingBoing.
PLD: Dude, you're obviously dumb (I never had a doubt about it) if you've taken my comment seriously. Very sad for you indeed. So much for being from a pathetic troll country I guess.
The later pictures of it in the sky look like something out of star wars. Quite amazing.
Reminds me of when I used to fly turboprop commmuter airplanes into LGA and JFK in the '80s and the WTC needle would penetrate the cloud tops.
Canadian engineers visited Ostankino for construction ideas. The Tower was the first of its kind and revolutionary in design as it had a very thin shaft and foundations only couple of meter thick.
CN Tower will be topped out by Ostankino some time in the future since it only 20m ('round there, anyway) higher, so a higher antenna would top the Tower out.
What is the smallest building in the world?
Have anyone mentioned yet that CN Tower was completed in 1975? If not then here it goes: it was completed in 1975.
And by the way the CN Tower was built in 1975, not 2003.
In addition to that, being the 70th poster here, I feel a strong urge to mention that CN Tower was built in 1975.
Los rusos seran muy comunistas pero hicieron una torre impresionante.
it's either real, or really good photoshop!
To be more precise, the tallest structure in the world was polish Warszawski Maszt Telewizyjny (Warsaw TV Pole), built in 1974. It was 646 metres high and it has collapsed during reparation in 1991.
Today, the tallest structure of this type is american KTHI-TV-Mast. It is 629 metres high.
Bahahaha, I love how many comments there are on when the CN tower was constructed and surpassed the Ostankino Tower, haha. Seriously though, when Japan build their X-Seed 4000, nobody will even bother trying…. except maybe the Americans, nothing can stump their arrogance. It'll be fun to see what's left forty years from now, after they've bombed everyone.


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Thank Frankel It's Friday: Why Le Mans 1988 was the greatest
Columnists, Andrew Frankel
JUN 01st 2018
If for no-one else, today signals the start of a fairly momentous month for me, for it marks the 30th anniversary of me becoming a motoring journalist. It also therefore means it's been three decades since Autocar magazine diverted me from a life charging headlong towards ignominy, ruin and oblivion. I was broke but spending money I didn't have, as if I were still working in the city and not a failed law student with nothing in the diary save watching telly by day and drinking by night.
But I also remember June 1988 for another reason: Jaguar won Le Mans for the first time since 1957, and I was there to see it. I'd not been before, largely because it involved getting off my backside and doing some rudimentary planning – like buying a ticket – but a whole host of chums were going this time and I thought it might give me something to talk about when I started my new job at Autocar the day after the race. So, armed with nothing more than a few francs, the aforementioned ticket and a Renault 5 Campus hired from Charles de Gaulle, me and my mate Mark duly pitched up at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
It was quite a long time ago and I've been to most of the races held there since, but these are some of the memories my brain has chosen to retain for these last 30 years.
1. French beer with caps that actually unscrewed.
2. Everything being at least a two mile walk from everything else
3. Drunk Brits being appallingly rude to French waiting staff
4. Queues for every loo, at the head of which sat soured faced women selling loo paper by the sheet. Yes, you had to specify the number you wanted and if I'd had to spend my weekend selling bog roll by the sheet, I'd have been pretty sour faced too.
5. Spotting a private hospitality area with equally private, lavishly stocked and conspicuously vacant portaloos and realising that so long as I could put enough distance between me and the bloke on the gate to get in and lock the door behind me, there'd be damn all he could do about it.
6. Catching the keys of the Campus as they fell out of my top pocket while I was suspended upside down on the Ferris wheel, the only decent catch I've made in my life to date.
7. Being dragged by the aforementioned mates into a show where the young lady on stage kept on dropping her various veils until the final one fell revealing her to be not so ladylike after all.
8. Discovering the Grand Marnier pancake tent where you'd collect your crepe and then be allowed unattended access to the biggest bottle of Grand Marnier I've ever seen. The biggest bottle of anything I've ever seen in fact. You could have held it over your head and taken a shower in the stuff and no-one would have cared. I think I managed 17 pancakes over the 24 hours, but it might have been more.
9. Chafing, the unedifying consequence of too much walking and sweating in the French sun, combined with the Le Mans dust and dirt that got into everything.
10. Jaguar winning Le Mans.
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Actually I was trackside for most of the race as the battle between the more powerful but fuel-constrained Porsches and the stunning sounding Jaguars ebbed and flowed. I was there, sitting with my feet dangling over the edge of the old pits when Klaus Ludwig limped the lead Porsche into the pits on its starter motor and I'll remember the cheer from the crowd for the rest of my days. Porsche's 956s and 962s had won the last six Le Mans on the trot and even the French were bellowing for Jaguar. And I remember when it started to rain towards the end of the race and Hans Stuck in the very same car electing to stay out on slicks while everyone else dived into the pits for wets. I have an image of him on the grass, hammer down, decimating the Jaguar's lead and no longer having to keep an eye on fuel consumption. Had the rain stayed, the Ludwig/Stuck/Bell 962C would have won for, unbeknown to anyone else, the lead Jaguar of Wallace/Dumfries/Lammers was all out of gears. But it dried out, Porsche had to watch its fuel consumption again and Jaguar made out it was just slowing the car to avoid taking risks in the final laps.
I remember fans swarming onto the track, impossible traffic leaving the circuit, somehow catching the flight home and turning up to day one at Autocar exhausted, hungover and probably still stinking of beer and Grand Marnier.
Two weeks today I'll be heading back to Le Mans but there'll be no dodgy shows, no rides on the Ferris wheel and no queues for the loo, because in place of a ticket I'll be clutching the most prized possession of anyone lucky enough to work at Le Mans as a journalist: a pass allowing unfettered access to the enormous press room that takes up most of one floor of the building above the pits. It's full of desks, screens and computers, but that's not why we go there. We go for its generous number of immaculately clean washrooms for which you need to neither pay nor queue. Forget all the corporate hospitality we usually get too, when it comes to what's important to a middle-aged hack at Le Mans, free access to impeccably laundered facilities such as these trump the lot.
Photography courtesy of LAT Images.
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Famitsu this week has first details on the newly announced Ace Attorney 6 for 3DS.
While previous entries in the main series were set in Japan, Ace Attorney 6 is set in a mysterious foreign country, where religious temples for those who place their faith in the souls of the dead are erect in the center of town.
Ace Attorney 6 uses a new "Water Mirror" system. The Water Mirror show clues related to the case, bringing to the surface an image and text. Further details are still unknown.
The magazine introduces a new character named Bokuto Tsuani, a young boy and apprentice priest who works as a tour guide. He loves his country and tends to not be able to stop talking about it once he starts.
What's the theme and concept of Ace Attorney 6?
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See How Machine Gun Kelly Transformed Into Tommy Lee for 'The Dirt'
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Machine Gun Kelly had some pretty big shoes to fill when he took on the role of Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee for Netflix's recent biopic of the band, The Dirt. Now, the rapper-actor has shared a behind-the-scenes peek at what that process looked like.
The daily makeup routine MGK underwent to portray Lee in the film certainly looks grueling, especially considering Kelly's own extensive tattoos had to be hidden underneath stage makeup. Take a look below.
Indeed, it appears two layers of body spray were required to obscure Kelly's tats before he got crowned with a wig reminiscent of Lee's nostalgic mane. Not to mention the additional time it took to recreate the drummer's body ink.
"This process was everyday for four months straight filming The Dirt," Kelly shared in a time-lapse video of his daily makeup and wardrobe fittings. He added that the procedure took "even longer when we had to add Tommy's tattoos."
The Motley Crue movie, released on the streaming platform last Friday, was recently plagued by a legal issue when a crew member who was severely injured on the film's production sued both Netflix and the band.
Watch The Dirt trailer below.
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Recently I wrote a meeting report on the SENS3 conference for a very prestigious science journal, but finally it did not go through the filters. I knew that the chance for publication is small as the journal rarely publish such meeting reports and as it was in many respects an unconventional science conference. The standards… Continue reading Unpublished SENS3 conference report for mainstream scientists!
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If you are looking for some great elegant diaper cakes, you have just found them! Take a peak at our reader gallery to get some great ideas for your own diaper cake.
This elegant diaper cake was made with approximately 60 size 2 diapers. I started by rolling all of the diapers. They are held together by white elastics bands. The base of the cake is made of cardboard and covered in aluminum foil. It is 14" round. (These can be found at party supply stores.) In the center of the base I glued an empty paper towel roll to secure the diapers to. The bottom layer of the cake is made of 3 layers (rings) of diapers. Each one(ring) is secured with an elastic band. The middle layer has 2 layers(rings) of diapers around the paper towel roll and the top layer has one layer(ring) of diapers. To hide the elastics I used pink ribbon around the center of each layer. The same ribbon was used to make a bow and a small,white silk flower was put in the middle. The base of the diaper cake is decorated with white and pink lace and is also on the middle and top layer. The bottom and middle layers have silk rosettes on the outside ring . There is one in each diaper. The top of the cake is decorated with pink and white silk carnations to add height to the cake. I finished off by adding some pink curling ribbon to hang down the sides.
I started by taking infant diapers and rolling them up and holding them in place with rubber bands. To make a large cake, I had somewhere near 100 diapers to roll and secure. Then I arranged them on a plastic serving dish (another gift for the mom) and held the circular round in place (very tricky with only 2 hands) with a color coordinating ribbon to cover the rubber bands.
As I "tiered" the diapers, I stuffed goodies inside - like a present, making the outside look more elegant. Such items would include baby t-shirts, burp clothes, bibs, booties, blankies, baby powder, baby wash, etc. After the 3 tiers were assembled (just placing each layer right on top of the next) and "stuffed" I then decorated with color coordinating flowers and leaves (no needles, just stick the stems inbetween the diapers - yes they hold).
I then wrapped the whole cake (as to prevent from mishaps) in clear cellophane and tie with a pretty bow at the top. And that's that!
This cake was made for my sister in law. This is a 3 tier rolled cake. I used baby bottles inside the layers for support and hid cute baby items like lotions and onesies inside the diaper cake. I held each layer together with white curling ribbon. To finish it off, I used different shades of muted pink and burgundy silk flowers. The top flower is placed in a 4 oz baby bottle filled with a baby washcloth.
These were my first attempts at Diaper Cakes. I am hosting a baby shower for my best friend at our country club and I wanted them to be elegant and upscale looking! I can't believe how easy it was and how nicely they turned out. I used a styrofoam 'Frog" shaped like a column as the support piece for the first two layers. For the third layer I cut a paper towel roll in half, taped toothpicks to it, then pushed the toothpicks into the frog to secure the top layer. I used one box of 120 count pampers swaddlers size 2. There are about 60 diapers in each cake. Thanks for the great instructions! Can't wait for the shower!
As I "tiered" the diapers, I stuffed goodies inside - like a present, making the outside look more elegant. Such items would include baby t-shirts, burp clothes, bibs, booties, blankets, baby powder, baby wash, etc. After the 3 tiers were assembled (just placing each layer right on top of the next) and "stuffed" I then decorated with color coordinating flowers and leaves (no needles, just stick the stems inbetween the diapers - yes they hold).
This was my first attempt at an elegant diaper Cake. I am hosting a baby shower for my best friend at our country club and I wanted them to be elegant and upscale looking! I can't believe how easy it was and how nicely they turned out. I used a styrofoam 'Frog" shaped like a column as the support piece for the first two layers. For the third layer I cut a paper towel roll in half, taped toothpicks to it, then pushed the toothpicks into the frog to secure the top layer. I used one box of 120 count pampers swaddlers size 2. There are about 60 diapers in each cake. Thanks for the great instructions! Can't wait for the shower!
I started with size three pampers (the ones with little design on them). I used baby shampoo for the center base. I rolled and wrapped each diaper with an elastic until I had enough rows to make a strong base of the cake. I then repeated for the next layer, but one row short. I then used a bottle of gripe water and a bottle of baby wash to heighten the center of the cake and then did the last layer. I then put little yellow booties at the top to hide the bottles inside. I then tied a real crystal pacifier right in the center of the booties. I found beautiful yellow and white ribbon to hide the elastics. The bottom tier ribbon had very nice crystal beads hanging down. I then tied or tucked baby accessories throughout the cake and added yellow daffodil flowers at the end. All craft items were bought at Michaels and accessories at Walmart. A diaper cake is very fun and rewarding.
Yeah, my first diaper cake for my sister in law and it was so much fun! I accidentally bought diapers that had a print on them, and I felt that it was too busy to add the flowers I had bought. So instead, I wrapped each layer in white tissue to give me a clean slate to decorate. I added the ribbon, flowers, and then a poem.
I made this diaper cake with 72 size 1 diapers, 1 baby blue fleece blanket in the middle, and 1 russ baby bootie bank on the top. I made this for a nurse friend of mine for a baby shower she was attending...it was a huge hit!!
This was my first diaper cake and it went well. Everyone loved it.
I needed a quick nice unique gift for a baby shower this weekend. I happen to be a cake decorator, but the mother-in-law was making the baby shower cake, so I figured I'd put my creative spin on this diaper cake I kept hearing about!
To make this diaper cake, I rolled up disposable diapers, held together with rubber bands. Then I put baby lotion in the middle and diaper cream in the top. Decorated with ribbon and fake flowers. From afar people thought it was a wedding cake... was very elegant and a nice present for the happy couple.
I made this "cake" for my niece's baby shower to use on the gift table.
This is my first attempt at diaper cake making! I love it and look forward to making more!
This is my first diaper cake. I made it for my sister who loves footprints and flowers so I found a way to put them both on the cake.
I have a diaper cake I made from your video instructions and also have some cute onesie baby shower invitations I did.
2 Tier Elegant layered and rolled baby cake...Design I made for a gift basket company In Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada.
This is my first real diaper cake. Some others I made were not so good but this one turned out great. It is 45 diapers size 1 and 1 bottle and 1 receiving blanket inside.
I used 112 Swaddlers size 1 with 1 8oz and 1 4oz bottle. Each diaper was rolled. The only diapers with rubber bands are the very first row around the bottles. I then secured that with a rubber and placed each diaper with the open end against the last row placed. I continued this method until I had acheived my size cake. I then secured the ribbon around each layer tightly and removed the large rubber band. When complete I cascaded the flowers from top to bottom.
I rolled 58 size two pampers swaddlers diapers with clear hair bands. Then put them around an 8 oz baby bottle with a rubber band. The middle layer is also like that. I placed the three tiers on a white cake stand. Wrapped pink ribbon around each tier and attached silk pink roses on the ribbon. I also placed pink silk roses on the top tier in the baby bottle inside, it holds them like a vase. Lastly, I added white silk ribbon around the roses and had it flow down the sides of the cake.
Hi! Here's the baby shower diaper cake centerpiece I made. It was fun getting it all together (a little bit of work - but totally worth it). This is a 3-tier cake using almost a whole pack (78 Pampers Swaddlers #1) to get it complete. The top tier has 8, 2nd tier has 23 and the bottom tier has 41. I used smaller rubber bands to roll up the diapers and then larger (thin ones) to hold up the layers. This was my first attempt at getting one of these done and if given the opportunity, I would definitely do it again - lots of fun and pretty easy.
I have done 2 diaper cakes, and they get better and better! This pink and white cake was done with about 75 diapers (newborn size).
Here is my first diaper cake ever made. There are front views, side views and views from the top. thanks for looking.
This is the first diaper cake I made with cascading flowers. I made this one for a girl at work who is having her third child, but her first girl. I wanted it to be very elegant and the colors match her theme in the baby's room.
I loved your website and used a lot of the ideas mentioned to make this diaper cake for a shower I'm co-hosting this weekend. I couldn't find the crinkle cut paper to use as a border under each layer so I crinkled up tissue paper. I'm hoping to find some between now and then to change it out. This also helps hide the logos/coloring from the diapers that I didn't want to show. I noticed that huggies has a pale orange & green striped diaper out, that might have been a better choice for this theme. I used a whole package of size 1 diapers (50ct) and about half a package of NB (42ct). I rolled diapers individually using clear rubber bands for the centers then fanned out diapers to edge around and tied with ribbon. I bought the cardboard cake bases for each layer but then ended up only using one on the bottom (12in) and one under the 3rd layer (8in.) I found it too hard to hide the cardboard edge (the crinkle cut colored paper would help this). I bought 1 bunch of orange silk flowers and used wire cutters to cut a stem & flower to tuck into the diapers to hold them in place. Then bought a few little color coordinating items to tuck in here and there. Thanks for all your great suggestions!
Hi guys! My name is Meghan! I am 19 years old and I made a diaper cake for my friend Sierra's baby girl Miley. I basically went to Ben Franklin crafts and found all of the cutest things I could find -- flowers, polka dot ribbons, everything "girly"!
I honestly have NO idea how many diapers I used in my cake because I used a LOT. They were all held together by ribbon and safety pins. I used safety pins because they can be easily removed in case my friend wanted to use the diapers for her baby. I took the diapers and fastened them to three different layers of cardboard in which I bent to be in circle shapes to serve as the foundation for each layer of the cake. After each layer was put together, I stacked them on top of one another and used safety pins (once again) to fasten each layer to the other so that they wouldn't fall when the cake was being transported. I spent about $40 on the cake with all of the diapers and miscellaneous items thrown in to make it look cute! This is one of the most enjoyable projects I have worked on! My friend thought it was soooo cute, and I told her to use the diapers but she didn't want to take it all apart! Once finished, this cake stood about 3 feet tall! Thanks for reading!
Markina H. from Washington D.C.
Who did you make it for? The soon to be moms at the D.C. Birth Center.
Was there a theme or style you followed?I used my own creativity.
How many diapers did you use in your cake? There were 35 diapers in the cake.
What were the ingredients? There were socks, flowers, lollipops, wash clothes, tulle, baby powder, baby shampoo an curly ribbon.
How did you make it? I made the cake with rolled baby size 2 diapers an a baby bottle in the middle.
I decided to created this cake for the D.C. Birth Center because they are so loving and caring when it come to their patients. I really enjoyed having my 2 daughters under their care an would love to create a diaper cake as a way to give to the other moms who visit the center for their baby care an the prenatal classes.
Who did you make it for? My Branch Manager. I made it for a baby shower.
How many diapers did you use in your cake? There were 129 diapers in the cake.
What were the ingredients? I used diapers, flowers, baby spoons, 8 ounce baby bottle, sippy cup, lotion, vaseline and wipes.
How did you make it? I watched the tutorial on how to make a basic diaper cake, and then just added my own touch to it. I had 21 extra diapers, so I made a little pyramid to put to the side of the diaper cake, added some ribbon, some bells to the top of it, and topped it off with a cute bow.


FARGO, N.D. — A first responder in Minnesota was charged with stealing money from two teens killed in a car accident back in June.
Authorities say 42-year-old Tara Lindquist admitted to taking the cash to pay her power bill.
In the midst of their daily, nightly swirling of grief, the Kvalvogs now learn an ems volunteer who responded to the crash that day is now facing charges that she stole money from the boys moments after they died on interstate 94.
"Probably just sadness that someone was violating my kids when they were deceased. That is just sad because we have had do much community support, people have been so nice to us," said Ray Kvalvog.
"It doesn't anger me at all, I guess what bothers me is that they were there to help my children, and did they help my children, could they have done something else besides worrying about how much money was in their wallets. And I guess that's where I think we need to say, this can't happen, because they do have a job to do and I don't know if they could have done more. I don't know," Kathie Kvalvog said.
It was the boys' father, Ray, who got this investigation going. He noticed cash was missing from the boys' billfold. Ray had given them money before they left for the basketball camp.
"You think, you are just getting up again, and you get another blow. That is pretty low." Kathie said.
"To have to think that something like that was going on, I cannot imagine how horrific that was, for them in addition to what happened," said Michelle Eldien an Otter Tail County attorney.
EMS volunteer Lindquist has confessed to stealing the money. Total amount is not known. But $200 was missing from the Kvalvogs and money was also taken from the two boys who were injured.
"All they had to do , was ask us, if they wanted the money, we would have given them some. It just, to take it like that from our children, not so good." Kathie said.
"You just feel like we have had enough tragedy, and I think it's like anything stolen out of their home or their car, you know how angry you get because you feel violated, and then take that times a thousand degrees. I mean it is just horrendous because there is enough pain and disappointment because people have been so supportive, and then to have this happen." Ray added.
This comes just days after the Kvalvogs learned the boys' truck may be part of a recall, involving steering.
On top of that, the seven airbags did not deploy. Someone this couple hoped would comforted their sons on the interstate that morning, instead will appear in court on charges, that many find hard to even imagine.


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Aesthetically an unusual combination, also because it is a real technical "tour de force". Opposite that attract: the classic solid, natural and warm, marries the shiny and transparent technopolymer, spokesman of modernity. The clean and soft line makes these elements insertable in every context. The availability of colors for the seat and backrest is undoubtedly a transversal proposal.
Born in Austria, he is a French citizen and currently lives in Milan. A graduate of the first course of " esthétique industrielle " at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, dedicated to the experimentation with plastic materials, at the beginning of the '70s he developed the first ski boot in thermoplastic material.
After many years of collaboration with the Italian Caber (later Lotto), he specialized in "sport design" working with all the most important multinationals in the United States, Asia, Japan and Europe.
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[May 13, 2014] One of the first commanders that I worked for shortly after my commission to Second Lieutenant was a great guy and family man. He was the kind of person you could have a beer with and enjoy watching the football game on television. However, as a leader he had one major flow; he could not make hard decisions that required moral courage. The problems that caused were incalculable.
Leaders exist at many levels in an organization and they report upward in what we call in the military a "chain of command." People tell us about how important good daily habits are for a successful and appreciated leader, but none will tell us how to separate the good from the great leaders … those that can make really hard decisions. Only the best can make difficult choices and do so with courage, compassion, and at the same time take care of their workers.
My commander made decisions and some of them required exceptional analytical skill and a clear understanding of our headquarters' directives. He could do this well. The problem was that if a tough decision was required, one that involved putting forth moral courage, he simply could not make a decision. Things would hang unsaid and undone for the unit. It was like a pause button had been hit and everything was on hold.
The soldiers considered him weak.1 Leaders in my unit were also frustrated by the indecisiveness on select issues. Nearly everyone has had this experience. We find leaders who cannot make decisions when they personally have something at risk and they fail because they fear losing their careers. This fear is difficult to overcome and some leaders cannot make the leap.
I was fortunate that my commander was eventually transferred to a staff position and we received a new commander; a captain who we all appreciated for his ability to be decisive and could make hard decisions regardless of the circumstances. All our junior leaders learned an invaluable lesson and that no decision sometimes means that a de facto decision has been made; one that they may not want.
The inability to make hard decisions that require moral courage is not only found at the junior leader level but can be found anywhere, including high ranking leaders. Later in my military career I had a Flag Officer as my commander who could not make hard decisions and a soldier died indirectly as a result. Such is the disheartening results when leaders fail to be decisive. People will suffer when there is indecision, the very thing those leaders are often trying to avoid.
 The unit was an Infantry Company and was composed only of men. Today, Infantry units remain a men-only occupational skill.


D. Woods of DANITY KANE is set to release her debut solo single Legalize Me. Its an up tempo Pop / RnB track… take a sneak peek at the video and the audio link is below.
The video kinda reminds me of J-lo – Waiting for tonight & TLC – Hands Up…. Watcha think??
Thierry Mugler has designed Bwyonce's costumes for the "Beyonce I AM…Tour".
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Q: Node serial port write error [Error: Writing to COM port (WriteFileEx): Invalid handle] error occoured while write second time Iam trying to write in EDC using node serial port when i start and write first time it is success but the second try its return the error and 3rd try success same behaviour continuing
Error:
[Error: Writing to COM port (WriteFileEx): Invalid handle]
Error [ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED]: Cannot call write after a stream was destroyed
at onwriteError (internal/streams/writable.js:389:22)
at onwrite (internal/streams/writable.js:426:7)

And i have attached the log which i got from write execption
[Error: Writing to COM port (WriteFileEx): Invalid handle]
Error [ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED]: Cannot call write after a stream was destroyed

Iam closing the port (port.close()) after every transaction and and i initialize the node serial port object at the begining of every transaction
Code:
const port = new SerialPort(serialPortConfig, { baudRate: parseInt(baudRateConfig) }).setEncoding('hex');

const parser = new Readline();
port.pipe(parser);

port.write(data, (writeError) => {
  if (writeError) {
    console.log('[inside writeAndDrain write error::', writeError);
  }
 })

port.drain((drainError) => {
  if (drainError) {
    console.log('[inside writeAndDrain drain error::', drainError);
  }
});

port.on('data', function (data) {
  console.log('[response]:', data)
  port.unpipe(parser);
  port.destroy((destroyError) => {
      console.log('[destroyError]:', destroyError)
    })
  port.close();
})

Can anyone give me the solution for this?

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Welcome to KLA Schools of Prospect. KLA Schools was founded 10 years ago in South Florida, with schools now throughout the country.
KLA Schools of Prospect follows the Reggio Emilia teaching philosophy and commitment to providing the highest quality in Early Childhood Education. KLA Schools focuses on providing resources to ensure KLA Schools of Prospect continues to grow pedagogically, and has the best furniture, materials, and equipment ensuring that the children at KLA Schools of Prospect are offered an education of excellence.
KLA Schools of Prospect is excited to be a member of the KLA Schools family and share their commitment to excellence that inspires KLA Schools.
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KLA Schools of Prospect is where joy, wonder, and imagination foster life-long learning in children ages 6 weeks to rising kindergarteners. Over the past 10 years, we've become Kentucky's leader in the world renowned Reggio Emilia inspired teaching philosophy with a curriculum and enrichment programs proven to foster more above-average students.
The area's only independent preschool to earn accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools AdvancED.
A beautiful wooded campus with a large field for games and a separate playground space with climbing structures, sensory tables, and a covered area for gathering.
We hold a high retention rate with our committed teachers and a supportive learning community. Master teachers hold degrees in education, are state certified, or bring a minimum 5 years of teaching experience.
A variety of classes offered in our enrichment programs that enable children to expand their math, science and literacy skills.
We value a close relationship between parents and understand ongoing communication between home and school is essential to your child's healthy development. We encourage families to take an active role in their child's school experience and invite you to participate often.
Prospect has been so much more than a daycare or preschool for our daughters. For 5 years, the school has been a second home and extension of our family. Our children have developed life long skills that prepare them for elementary school and beyond–problem solving, inquiry, cooperation, and compassion. The teachers and administrators offer a warm and welcoming environment in which young children can thrive. We are so thrilled to have had the opportunity for our children to attend KLA Schools of Prospect.
I've had the pleasure of sending all three of my children to Prospect. Having my children attend Prospect since 2008 and having one still enrolled, I can tell you that Prospect is a truly special place. You feel the warmth as soon as you enter the front doors. The children are happy and I have seen them grow emotionally, physically and educationally over the years. The staff are very competent and caring professionals who treat each child as if they were their own.
Our experience and my son's educational growth at Prospect is leaps and bounds ahead of any other program in the area! From the front office… The warm greeting we get each morning from Susan and Meredith starts out our day on the right foot. And, our teachers are absolutely amazing! They have the patience, education, organization, and warmth that our child needs and excels from. My son comes home and teaches me! The school is just fabulous. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate our experience at the school a 12!
My husband and I are very pleased with the education our daughter receives at Prospect. There is no doubt she is a step ahead in her knowledge and social development. We especially take note of the difference when we see her interacting with her peers that attend "daycare". The school setting provided by Prospect and use of Reggio Emilia techniques truly allows the children to explore their natural curiosity. This ignites a passion for learning!! The teachers are exceptional with a genuine interest in seeing their students succeed. We believe Prospect is an extension of our family. We have no concerns about our daughter's safety or wellbeing during the day. We appreciate and honor the Christian values of Prospect. Our investment in education has and will continue to payoff for years to come as our daughter's core foundation has been built upon helpful tools taught and nurtured through the program.
My husband and I are so happy with KLA Prospect. One of the top things we love is the communication the school provides regarding our child. We know that if we have any questions or concerns, the teachers and staff are available through email, and/or phone and are prompt in their response. We love the weekly newsletters that are filled with information on what our child is learning in school. It is also comforting to know that all teachers have a degree, are CPR certified and make sure that our child's safety is a high priority. The amount of knowledge our son has learned since attending Prospect is phenomenal. It is amazing to hear him talk about the exciting things he has learned from school and fun to see all the projects he brings home. We personally feel that he will be very well prepared for kindergarten and have KLA Schools of Prospect to thank for that. Our son has adjusted really well and has an amazing time hanging out with his friends at school. We definitely feel we made the right decision in choosing Prospect.
Prospect has been a great fit for our two sons who could not be more different. The school was a safe, loving and nurturing environment for our rule follower and our rule breaker. The school prepared our older son well for an elementary school with a rigorous and challenging curriculum. Our youngest son is finishing his last year at Prospect. We have been so fortunate to have spent 6 years as part of the Prospect family.


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Remove Kodak NTB2 nuclear emulsion from fridge and place at 42oC for around 30-60 mins (until melted).
Make up the developer and the fixer and place in the darkroom ready for later (only if developing the same day). The developer should be a 1:1 dilution in water. The fixer is 30% (w/v) of sodium thisulphate.
Place slides in a dark box and carry to dark room. Also take a slide rack, tweezers and the emulsion.
Switch on the red light and switch off the main light.
Working with the red light, unwrap the foil from the emulsion. Place the emulsion in the slide rack.
As quick as possible dip a slide into the emulsion with the tweezers. Place the slide in the slide rack to dry. The quicker the slide is dipped, the thinner the coating of emulsion and the better the visualisation later.
Switch off the red light.
After around 30-60 minutes the slides will be dry. If you don???t want to wait in the dark for half an hour make sure to place a note on the darkroom so people know not to enter.
After the slides are dry, re-enter the room but??don???t turn on the light. Working in the dark, place the slides into the dark box and wrap in foil. Also wrap up the emulsion.
Working in the dark, place the slides in a slide holder and immerse the slide holder in D19 developer from 3 minutes. Time with a countdown timer as you won???t be able to tell the time.
Immediately place the slide holder in the fixer. Leave for 3 minutes again.
Turn on the main light.
Wash the slides with running tap water for around 5 minutes.
1) Set the hood so that it can vent outside.
2) Mix the two chemicals above together (in a jam/coffee jar, so it can be thrown away) in the hood, wear gloves and a face mask.
N.B.:??Potassium permanganate is a??strong??oxidising agent while paraformaldehyde and formaldehyde vapour are??extremely??toxic.
3) Add 50ml water and mix.
4) Quickly place the front door of the hood in position, and tape over the joints.
5) Leave overnight and then switch on hood for at least 1 hour prior to use.
We regularly reuse our large 25×25 cm plating trays; initially, however, we were plagued by gross microbiological contamination when reusing the trays. Various combinations of cleaning with a laboratory dishwasher, ethyl alcohol, and UV irradiation still resulted in a lot of contamination, particularly yeast. After examining several disinfection methods, the following procedure was determined to be the simplest and most effective way to control microbiological contamination of previously used plating trays.
1. Scrape out the old used agar/agarose into autoclave bags. Autoclave and discard. Adding a spoonful of baking powder prior to autoclaving is reputed to significantly reduce the sometimes foul smell that occurs before and after autoclaving [recommended by D. Stout in a letter to ASM News, 59(#2) : 51 (American Society of Microbiology, 1993)]. Try using approximately two tablespoons per 10 liters.
2. Wash the empty, dirty plates under the tap, bottoms and tops, using a soft sponge (no scouring pads or abrasives!) to ensure debris is removed from the plates. Be careful to ensure that any yeast or other visible unwanted material is removed.
I also keep a large plastic beaker nearby with 95% EtOH and a wad of paper towels or a cloth, for removing marker pen markings from the plates as I am washing them at the sink. After washing the plate, wash off any ink with the EtOH, then wash away the ink/EtOH with a final rinse under the tap.
3. Stack the plates neatly at the side of the sink as you finish washing them.
Note : Always ensure that plates are neatly vertically stacked and aligned. The weight of a stack of poured plates (200-250 grams/plate) is considerable, and any misalignment when they are stacked will eventually lead to cracked lids, due to pressure points bearing the full stack weight load. For the same reason, I try to limit stacks to 20 plates or less. Of course, another potential disadvantage of improperly stacked plates is warpage (particularly if the plates are heated – see item #8, below).
4. Once you have a suitable number of tap water-washed plates, transfer them to a pre-cleaned (scrubbed to remove obvious debris) sink, filled with room-temperature water containing approx. 1% bleach (Clorox; hypochlorite). For our sink, I fill the sink about 3/4 full (approximately 50 litters) and add 500 to 1000 ml Clorox. (500 ml gives a final concentration of about 1% bleach). I let the plates soak in the dilute bleach solution for approximately 1/2 hour or so (while I am scrubbing another set of plates under the tap). Our sink holds roughly 40 plates at a time, standing vertically, with the lids in place over the bottoms. I am careful to ensure that the plates are completely submerged, and that there are no bubbles shielding any of the plate surfaces from the bleach.
Notes : (a) I strongly recommend the use of a lab coat, gloves and eye protection while working with concentrated and dilute bleach solutions. (b) Halogens will slowly eat away at stainless steel, as anyone with HPLC experience should already know (columns are flushed free of halogens at the end of the day). Therefore, I would recommend rinsing the sink with tap water, after use with bleach solutions.
5. After the plates have soaked, grab a small stack of about 4 or 5 plates (with the lids in place over the bottoms), and let the bleach drain into the sink. Gently shake excess bleach from the plates, holding the stack of 4-5 plates together with the lids in place. Place them on a trolley. Fill the sink with the next set of plates to be bleached.
6. Rinse the bleached (disinfected) plates with Millipore NANOpure 0.45um-filtered ddH2O (I use the water from our ddH2O storage/wash tank next to the sink). Rinse the bottom plate first under flowing ddH2O (both sides), then rinse the corresponding lid and place it over the bottom plate. The ddH2O rinse (of course) is to wash away residual debris and sodium hypochlorite.
7. Again, once you have a stack of 4-5 bottoms with the lids in place, grab them and shake out the excess ddH2O. Keeping the lids on the plates will help minimize airborne contamination.
8. As a test, I let several of these plates (4) sit overnight, then poured bottom agar. They all seemed fine. However, for most of my plates, I further incubate the plates at 70C overnight (in stacks of 20, unbagged), taking care to ensure that the plates are perfectly aligned vertically (no pressure points). The 70C bake may not be necessary in terms of disinfecting, but it is a quick way to dry the plates. The plates appear to survive baking at 70C with no adverse effects.
9. Stack the plates until ready for use (pouring bottom agar) on the bench; I cover mine with plastic, to minimize airborne contamination (I have not examined whether this helps or not).
10. Pouring the bottom agar – as per usual methods. After the bottom agar has solidified, I invert the plates (bottoms up), set the bottom aside, and wipe excess condensation from the lids using 'giant' lint-free KimWipes. This helps prevent water droplets (rivulets; rivers) on the agar surface and at the edges of the plates, minimizing the spread of random contaminants on the agar surface (some low level random contamination will occur if you pour plates on the bench; while this will be minimized if a laminar flow hood is used, in our experience it is unnecessary). Incubate the plates at 37C overnight. Carefully check the for microbiological contaminant growth (there should be very little). Bag the plates (into clean bags) and keep them on the bench (up to several days), or refrigerate until use.
Notes : (a)The procedure of wiping the lids with KimWipes doesn't appear to introduce any significant degree of contamination. (b) I would recommend using the plates within a few days of pouring, the sooner the better. (c) After an overnight incubation at 37C, there may be a few colonies on some of the plates. This is likely random contamination introduced during the pouring of the plates on the bench in a busy lab. Contaminants can be very easily and effectively removed using a flame-heated stainless steel spatula to scoop out the offending matter. This is extremely effective, provided the contaminant is not touching a plate wall (in which case it is impossible to aseptically remove it), and greatly extends the number of usable plates. Contaminants on the bottom of the plate (i.e., under the agar) are left in place. (c) I have found that if plates are used the day after pouring (after pre-incubating overnight as a test for sterility), contamination is of minimal concern.
11. Of course, wiping the lids again after the top agarose/cells/phage have been poured, prior to incubating the plates overnight, greatly decreases rivulets/rivers due to excess condensation. Parenthetically, I have noted that plates that are poured at the bottom of a stack tend to have droplets of condensed water on the agar surface (by virtue of resting on the 'cool' counter). These can be inverted, with the bottoms resting on the lids rotated 45 degrees, for about 20-60 minutes allowing the excess moisture and droplets to evaporate, before incubating these plates with the rest. Alternatively, have a 'dummy' (empty) plate at the bottom of a stack.
Good sterile technique is the first and most important step in insuring consistent results when employing recombinant DNA and protein expression techniques. Sterile technique refers to procedures by which cultures may be manipulated without infecting the worker or contaminating the cultures or the laboratory environment.
Because contaminating bacteria are ubiquitous and are found on fingertips, bench tops, etc., it is important to minimize contact with these contaminating surfaces. When students are working with the inoculation loops and agar plates, you should stress that the round circle at the end of the loop, the tip of the pipetter, and the surface of the agar plate should not be touched or placed onto contaminating surfaces.
The flaming of lips of tubes and flasks must ALWAYS be done whenever culture liquid is to be poured from a container (e.g., pouring plates). Flaming should be routinely done when caps are removed from tubes during transfer of cultures. The purpose of flaming is not to sterilize, but to warm the tube and create warm air convection currents up and away from the opening. This "umbrella" of warm, rising air will help to prevent the entrance of dust particles upon which contaminating bacteria reside.
Petri dish lids prevent dust from falling directly onto plates but allow diffusion of air around the edges. There are no direct air currents into the plate, and to enter, dust particles would have to rise vertically more than a centimeter. This does not often occur because of the density of the particles. Whenever the lid is removed, it should be held over the plate as a shield. Do not place the lid on the bench top. Do not leave plates uncovered. Do not walk around the room with an open plate.
When working with cultures in testtubes, work as rapidly as is consistent with careful technique. Keep the tubes open a minimum amount of time. While the tubes are open, hold them at a 45 degree angle so that dust cannot fall into the open tube. Hold the tubes away from your face while transferring.
The testtube is held in the left hand (for a right-handed person).??
The instrument (loop, pipet, or needle) is held in the right hand.??
The testtube cap is grasped by the little finger of the right hand, and removed.??
While continuing to hold the cap with the little finger, the tube is lightly flamed and the instrument is manipulated appropriately, and withdrawn.??
The cap is replaced on the testtube and the testtube is put back into the rack.
Label all cultures with the name or number of the organism, and your name.??
Always clean all work areas (your bench, balance area, sink area, gel area, etc.) thoroughly before leaving the laboratory! The last step before leaving the lab is to wash your hands thoroughly.
These are guidelines. You may find a set of techniques that best suite your working style. This is fine as long as you adhere to the basic concepts of good sterile technique.
Aseptic techniques used by Cell Culture specialists in handling products from and/or mammalian cells.
To describe aseptic techniques used by Cell Culture specialists in handling products from and/or mammalian cells.
Protect eyes, mucous membranes, open cuts and wounds from contact with biohazard material.????Use gloves, goggles, mask, and protective clothing as necessary.
Laminar flow or biological safety hood as appropriate to the hazardous nature of the project.
4.??????????Pipets, sterile, of appropriate size.
1.??????????Carry out all culturing operation is a laminar flow hood.
2.??????????Disinfect all surfaces prior to use with a disinfectant solution.
3.??????????Swab down the working surface liberally with 70% ethanol.
4.??????????Periodically spread a solution of 70% ethanol over the exterior of gloves to minimize contamination.????Replace them if torn.
5.??????????In case of any spill, spread a solution of 70% alcohol and swab immediately with non-linting wipes.
6.??????????Discard gloves after use and do not wear them when entering any other lab area.
7.??????????Bring into the work area only those items needed for a particular procedure.
8.??????????Leave a wide clear space in the center of the hood (not just the front edge) to work on.????Do not clutter the area to prevent blockage of proper air flow and to minimize turbulence.
9.??????????Swab with 70% alcohol all glassware (medium bottles, beakers, etc.) before placing them inside the hood.
10.????Arrange the work area to have easy access to all of it without having to reach over one item to get at another (especially over an open bottle or flask).
11.????Use sterile wrapped pipets and discard them after use into a biohazard waste container.
12.????Check that the wrapping of the sterile pipet is not broken or damaged.
o????????T-flask – Must be free from visible contamination or breakage, or lack container identification. The plastic covering the flask must be intact.
o????????Bottles – Check for cracks, expiration dates.
o????????Spinner flasks – Check for cracks, expiration dates, and proper assembly.
14.????Discard any biohazard or contaminated material immediately.
15.????Never perform mouth pipetting.????Pipettor must be used.
16.????When handling sterile containers with caps or lids, place the cap on its side if it must be laid on the work surface.
17.????Make sure not to touch the tip of the pipette to the rim of any flask or sterile bottle.
18.????Clean the work area when finished by wiping with 70% alcohol.
This protocol makes 1000ml of 40X TAE.
Per 1L of YEPD liquid, add 20g Agar.
Mix, pH to desired pH with HCl or NaOH, autoclave in 100ml bottles.


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Home > Publications > Working papers > A systematic review of the impacts of climate variability and change on electricity systems in Europe
A systematic review of the impacts of climate variability and change on electricity systems in Europe
Produced as part of the Understanding green growth and climate-compatible development CCCEP research programme theme
Understanding the impacts of climate variability and change (CV&C) on electricity systems is paramount for operators preparing for weather-related disruptions, policymakers deciding on future directions of energy policies and European decision makers shaping research programs. This study conducted a systematic literature review to collate consistent patterns of impacts of CV&C on electricity systems in Europe. We found that, in the absence of adaptation and for current capacity, thermal electricity generation will decrease for the near term to mid-21st century (NT-MC) and the end of the 21st century (EC). In contrast, renewable electricity generation will increase for hydroelectricity in Northern Europe (NT-MC and EC), for solar electricity in Germany (NT-MC) and the United Kingdom and Spain (NT-MC and EC) and for wind electricity in the Iberian Peninsula (NT-MC) and over the Baltic and Aegean Sea (NT-MC and EC). Although the knowledge frontier in this area has advanced, the evidence available remains patchy. Future assessments should not only address some of the gaps identified but also better contextualise their results against those of earlier assessments. This review could provide a starting point for doing so.
Working Paper 259 - Bonjean Stanton et al (PDF)
Muriel Bonjean Stanton
Suraje Dessai
Jouni Paavola
Vulnerability, adaptation and resilience


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Penn State Shuts Out Rutgers 28-0 On Senior Day
Michael Tauriello | Onward State
By Connor Krause
Penn State football (7-4, 4-4 Big Ten) took down Rutgers (5-6, 2-6 Big Ten) 28-0 Saturday afternoon at Beaver Stadium on Senior Day.
After tallying just one first down in the first quarter, an injured Sean Clifford entered the locker room as James Franklin turned to newly named second-string quarterback Christian Veilleux to assume the reigns under center.
The poised Canadian showed no signs of unpreparedness, completing 15-of-24 passes for 235 yards and three touchdowns in just three quarters of action. On defense, Brent Pry's unit pulled together its second shutout of the season, sparked by a red zone fumble caused by Arnold Ebiketie.
How It Happened
Rutgers won the coin toss and elected to defer its choice of possession until the second half, giving the Nittany Lions the opening drive on Senior Day.
The Scarlet Knights booted the matchup's opening kickoff out of bounds, giving Mike Yurcich's offense favorable starting field position at the 40-yard line. After a six-yard Sean Clifford completion over the middle to Theo Johnson on first down, the Nittany Lions stalled their next two plays, resulting in a three and out to start the game.
Jordan Stout pinned the Scarlet Knights inside their own 20-yard line, giving Greg Schiano's offense its first series within the teeth of the student section. In three plays, the Rutgers attack chalked up one yard on a screen blown up by Brandon Smith, resulting in the Nittany Lions taking over at their own 41.
Keyvone Lee jumpstarted the Penn State offense on its second showing of the matchup with a 17-yard reception on a slip screen, moving Yurcich's unit past midfield. Shortly ensuing the gain, Clifford threw three straight incompletions, killing Nittany Lions' early momentum. Once again, Jordan Stout took charge of the field position battle by downing Rutgers at the Penn State three-yard line, an area where Brent Pry's pass rush has thrived in all season.
Without much confidence in quarterback Noah Vedral, play caller Sean Gleeson drew up three straight rushes, including two quarterback keepers, resulting in a total of five yards from scrimmage. Jonathan Sutherland cleaned up the series with a timely hit on Vedral, resulting in yet another three play possession.
Clifford and company stalled once again on its third opportunity of the game, but Penn State's stout defensive line, courtesy of a Derrick Tangelo tackle for loss, picked up the slack by forcing another Rutgers punt. With six punts in the game's opening 10 minutes, both punters proved to be crucial in what became an early field position struggle.
In a common theme, Penn State's next possession ended with another punt after a short, three-play stint. After a quarterback draw set up 3rd and 6, Clifford was shaken up following a scramble upended by Aaron Lewis. The hit sent the veteran signal caller into the injury tent, a spot Clifford has become all too familiar with since his removal in the second quarter during midseason action in Iowa City.
Towards the end of the first quarter, the Rutgers offense finally found its footing, and made its way out of the shadow of its own end zone courtesy of a pass interference penalty called on Joey Porter, Jr. The call began a spree of flags thrown at the Nittany Lions' expense, including a late hit on Ji'Ayir Brown and an ensuing offsides penalty on Brandon Smith, bringing Rutgers up to midfield.
From there, freshman Kalen King took care of business by ending Rutgers' set of downs with a hit and a pass defended on 1st and 2nd down, respectively. After no gain on 3rd down, the Scarlet Knights downed the Nittany Lions at their own 12-yard line, where freshman quarterback Christian Veilleux would see his first semblance of meaningful action.
Veilleux's command brought life to Yurcich's group, as the freshman quarterback immediately picked up a 1st down with a smooth 14-yard scramble. The following play, Veilleux delivered a confident 15-yard strike to seemingly pump the first signs of momentum into Penn State's offense. But, the product of two-straight first downs transformed into another punt, following a fumble on a 3rd-down snap by the young gunslinger.
Both offenses began to shake off the slow start, as Rutgers trotted back onto the field and put together an 8 play, 28 yard drive expending nearly four minutes off the game clock. Although highlighted by a 18-yard connection from Vedral to Victor Konopka, the drive once again concluded with a Rutgers punt, setting up Veilleux's second series.
During his second possession at the helm, Veilleux once again tried to create positive yardage sequences with his legs. After a serviceable scramble setting up 2nd and 5, he attempted to deliver the first deep ball of his young career, but overthrew a go-route intended for Cam Sullivan-Brown at the Rutgers' 30-yard line. On 3rd down, Veilleux once again tried to move the chains on a keeper, but was stopped short of the line to gain.
Following another mundane three and out for the Scarlet Knights highlighted by a forced fumble out of bounds by Coziah Izzard, the Penn State offense returned back to command. After a much-anticipated wait, a combination of fortunate calls and an established rushing attack finally propelled James Franklin's bunch into enemy territory.
Three-straight runs, including two carries for 17 yards credited to Noah Cain, set up the first installment of the Christian Veilleux arm talent show after crossing the 50-yard line. The poised freshman went 3-for-3 for 34 yards on the drive, capped off by an accurate eight-yard touchdown strike on the far sideline hauled in by Jahan Dotson.
That's Christian Veilleux's first-career touchdown for Penn State ?
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— Onward State (@OnwardState) November 20, 2021
Dotson's 10th touchdown of the season with 1:03 remaining in the opening half carried the Nittany Lions into the locker room with a narrow 7-0 advantage, with the Scarlet Knights set to take over after the break.
The Nittany Lion defense picked up right where it left off on the first possession of the second half. On three plays, the group forced the Rutgers offense to negative six yards of production, turning the ball right back to Penn State's attack.
After picking up an initial first down through Keyvone Lee on the ground, Veilleux's arm was unable to generate a second movement of the chains following an incompletion intended for Parker Washington on 3rd and manageable. An abnormal 41-yard misfire from Jordan Stout pushed Rutgers to its own 33-yard line.
Similarly to its first possession of the half, Rutgers was unable to conjure any kind of momentum, resulting in a punt after a five-play sequence. Ensuing a short sequence on the sideline, Veilleux returned to action and immediately made his presence felt by completing a 30-yard pass to Dotson, setting the Nittany Lions up in prime position at midfield.
Two plays later, the Canadian completed a 13-yard screen to Washington, giving Penn State another set of downs in opposing territory. Two incompletions forced the drive to close shop at the Rutgers' 30, resulting in Stout's sixth punt inside the 20-yard line.
The struggles for the Scarlet Knights offense continued to mount, as the squad's next possession lasted just three plays, for a measly duration of 1:22. Then, Veilleux commanded his most complete drive of the day. Three rushes of 17 yards allowed the Nittany Lions to take shots down the field, and the Ontario native did just that.
An eight-yard, 1st down completion to Tyler Warren allowed Yurcich to dial up a deep ball for Veilleux on the next play, and he delivered. On the Rutgers 17, Veilleux lofted a beautiful ball, allowing Washington to position himself in front of the opposing corner for the second Nittany Lion touchdown of the day, extending the lead to a 14-0 clip.
What a throw. What a catch ?
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An electrified Beaver Stadium crowd propelled Pry's defensive unit to a four play, 11-yard stop, handing the ball back to the confident freshman behind center. After assuming position at the Nittany Lions' own 30, Veilleux pulled together his third scoring drive of the day in just 42 seconds. Rolling out to his right, the underclassman delivered a bullet to fellow Canadian Malick Meiga, who took the deep route 67 yards for team's third touchdown of the afternoon, extending the margin to 21-0.
That Canadian Connection
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While the third touchdown pass almost certainly put the game out of reach for Rutgers entering the fourth quarter, Vedral's leadership didn't waver. The two-time transfer completed passes of 11 and 34 yards, moving the Scarlet Knights down to the Nittany Lions' 15. As the red zone defense has all season, it held the visitors to zero points on a 4th-down forced fumble by Arnold Ebiketie, giving possession back to the offense.
In methodical fashion, Penn State continued to pour it on by embarking on a 16 play, 85 yard scoring drive. After two consecutive incompletions, Veilleux found his footing and finished the possession 3-for-5, including a 29-yard jump ball brought down by Tyler Warren. Finally, Keyvone Lee took an outside counter seven yards for the team's fourth touchdown of the day, bringing the lead to a 28-0 mark.
Rutgers relieved Vedral of his daily duties with just over seven minutes left on the game clock, but were unable to find any improvement with Gavin Wimsatt under center. On just his third play, Wimsatt tossed an interception to Jonathan Sutherland, who set the Nittany Lions up in plus territory yet again in the second half.
Mason Stahl took over for Veilleux late in fourth quarter, and pulled together a 9 play, 35 yard drive with just 29 seconds remaining on Senior Day. With that, the Scarlet Knights took the final knee, concluding the 28-0 shutout in Penn State's final home stand of the campaign.
Christian Veilleux could be the future at quarterback, folks. The last time No. 9 took over for No. 14 behind center, the Trace McSorley era was born on New Year's Day in 2016. In relief of Clifford for the last three quarters, the poised 19-year-old went 15-for-24 through the air, for 235 yards, and 3 touchdowns. Additionally, the Canadian was the first Nittany Lion true-freshman to throw a touchdown pass since Christian Hackenberg in 2013. With Sean Clifford's future as a potential fourth-year starter hanging in the balance along with five-star Drew Allar's impending enrollment in Happy Valley, Franklin might have a legitimate quarterback controversy on his hands entering the offseason.
Jordan Stout is a legitimate weapon on special teams. The Ray Guy Award semifinalist pinned Rutgers inside the 20-yard line six times, and seemingly flipped the field possession after possession for the Nittany Lion defense. Additionally, with two boots of over 50 yards, Stout amassed an average of over 40-yards-per-punt for the 11th time this season.
For the second time in conference play, the Nittany Lions pitched a shutout performance on defense. Jaquan Brisker led the way with seven tackles and one pass breakup, while Ebiketie once again forced a clutch fumble in the red zone, paving the way for another contest with zero-points allowed. While the offense has certainly had its fair-share of inconsistencies in 2021, the defense has proven to be one of the most disruptive forces in the country throughout the campaign with stout short-yardage play.
Penn State will close out its regular season next Saturday on the road against Michigan State. Kickoff from East Lansing will either begin at 3:30 p.m. on ABC or ESPN, or 4 p.m. on FOX.
Connor Krause
Connor Krause is a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania double majoring in journalism and business. He is a lifelong Penn State football and basketball fan and enjoys rooting for Pittsburgh sports teams. In his free time, Connor can be found playing golf or pick-up basketball. You can follow his Twitter and Instagram @ckrause_31.
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Figure of the day: 275,000 Swarovski crystals on the first look at the Victoria's Secret show
par Alexandre Marain, translated by Helena Baron 14 novembre 2017
After unveiling the show highlight Fantasy Bra earlier this month, the lingerie label has today released the first look for the show, to be worn by Elsa Hosk.
Victoria's Secret has just revealed the first look of their upcmoming show, taking place in Shanghai at the end of November. The flamboyant outfit in vibrant red is embellished with 275,000 multi-colored Swarovski crystals, 200m of ribbon and a pair of wings by designer plumassier Serkan Cura. Victoria's Secret veteran Elsa Hosk will wear the exceptional look, joining Angel Lais Ribeiro, chosen to showcase the Champagne Nights Fantasy Bra 2017, estimated at $2 million.