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Quintin Chou-Lambert outlines why the newest UNA Youth branch – the SOAS UNA society – might become one of the liveliest
Welcome to the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – home to 5,400 students from over 130 countries and, now, to a new branch of UNA Youth. Founded in winter 2011, the SOAS UNA society aims to promote awareness and discussion on issues relating to the UN, through guest speakers, debates, special-interest films, UN-related career sessions and informal socials.
I founded the society along with Leticia Thomas and Rebecca Craig, two of my classmates on the MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development. We are delighted that SOAS faculty member Dr Dan Plesch – author of the groundbreaking book America, Hitler and the UN, and a member of UNAUK's expert advisory panel – has agreed to act as an advisor during our inaugural year.
We decided to start the branch to provide a platform for engaging directly, and critically, with UN-related issues. Our first event was a debate on the motion: "The UN does more harm than good for global security and development."
The World Bank's "World Development Report" in 2011 highlighted the devastating impact of intra-state conflict on development and suggests that the prevention of violence is as important for development as initiatives like the UN Millennium Development Goals. But preventing conflict often entails sustained engagement by a plethora of international, national and local stakeholders. We hope that our event fleshed out some of these challenges and provided a frank assessment of the UN's responses to them, especially in terms of legitimacy and credibility – both of which are crucial to the organisation's effectiveness.
Questions about the UN's performance are regularly voiced at SOAS, where perceptions range from interested to hostile.
We spoke to more than 100 students while scouting for members and it is clear that motives for engaging with UN issues can vary greatly. "I'm interested in a career with the UN but don't want to work for an organisation that could be having a negative impact … I'd like to find out more about the UN's effectiveness," says Lucile Kamar, a postgraduate student in human rights law.
James Burnett, another masters student, believes that attitudes towards the UN vary considerably at SOAS because of the school's international make-up and the different approaches within its academic disciplines. He believes that this makes SOAS a fertile hunting ground for our new society: "Many articles I'm reading in my Social Anthropology of Development course cast a critical eye over UN development interventions, so debating the UN's legitimacy and credibility is highly complementary to my studies."
Other opinions are less favourable.
"Critiquing the UN – I'm up for that!" says one undergraduate politics student, citing the UN's interventions in Côte d'Ivoire and Libya as examples of potential challenges to the organisation's legitimacy.
We hope that by engaging with a range of students with different opinions, we will be able to focus attention on global problems and where the solutions to them may lie. Despite the evolving consensus around the Millennium Development Goals and the 'responsibility to protect', their implementation remains controversial in many parts of the world, and among a significant proportion of the 40% of SOAS students who come from outside the UK.
Many of them will go on to careers that involve interaction with the UN system, either at field or head-office level. By offering them the chance to gain new perspectives on what the UN does, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it might be improved, the SOAS UNA society hopes to increase students' understanding of how the organisation contributes to tackling global problems, and what role they might play in pursuing the same end.
Quintin Chou-Lambert is President of the SOAS UNA Society and a member of UNA-UK's Young Professional Network
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Hot Docs 2018 Review: Transformer
Matt "Kroc" Kroczaleski had always been physically strong. He was a student athlete, a marine, and then served on the Presidential Security team under Bill Clinton. As a bodybuilder, a career he set out on post-military, he set the powerlifting world record in 2009 in the 220-pound weight class, squatting 1,003 pounds, deadlifting 810, and benching 738 for a three-lift total of 2,551. Few knew that Matt, while experiencing success professionally, was carrying another type of weight far removed from the gym. Everything changed on July 27, 2015, when YouTube user luimarco posted a video outing Matt as the Instagram user @janaemariekroc, a transgender woman.
Michael Del Monte's documentary, Transformer, introduces the world to Janae Marie Kroczaleski, who at the beginning the film is fluid, alternating between Matt and Janae. Matt's transition to Janae is complicated for a whole host of reasons and the film handles the journey with exceptional empathy and balance. The film essentially features two distinct people sharing one body and Del Monte is particularly effective at capturing who Matt and Janae are, and how the transition has weighed on them both.
The film isn't perfect and some key aspects underdeveloped, including the impact of the public outing, and the abrupt emergence of a sudden, potentially destabilizing obstacle at the very end. Nonetheless, Transformers is a straightforward, character-driven doc that is deeply personal. Janae "Kroc" Kroczaleski makes for a wonderfully entertaining and vulnerable subject and her story will surely resonate with festival audiences.
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The Cornerstone Rescue Mission will host a public Christmas meal on Christmas
By Cali Montana
Published: Dec. 23, 2020 at 4:39 PM MST
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - For more than thirty years, The Cornerstone Rescue Mission has hosted a public Christmas meal.
And that tradition will continue this year on Christmas day.
However, there will be some changes due to the pandemic. Masks are required, but guests can take them off when they eat. Social distancing will also be observed in the dining room.
The executive director for the Cornerstone Rescue Mission, Lysa Allison, says they typically feed about 300 to 350 people, but she doesn't believe they will see that many this year.
Allison says that anybody in the community who wants a meal is more than welcome to attend.
"For some of the people that live at the mission we are essentially their family and so we want to have a big family meal for the people that live there. But there's also a lot of people in the community that don't have family. Christmas can be a very lonely time and we just want to make sure everybody feels loved and feels accepted," says Allison.
The event starts at 1:30 pm at the Cornerstone Rescue Mission on Christmas Day.
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26.03.21 – House Church under attack in Guiyang
Guiyang Renai Reformed Church organized private meetings in a hotel room. After a police raid, three members and the elder were arrested.
Tibetan buddhists
25.03.21 – Diluting Tibetan Buddhism to cancel an entire people
Bitter Winter's review of the new report by International Campaign for Tibet. Destroying religion is the CCP's preferred road to destroying Tibet's culture and soul.
27.03.21 – Confirmed: CCP hackers target pro-Uyghur accounts on Facebook
A secret group known as Earth Empusa or Evil Eye is attacking the accounts of those exposing repression in Xinjiang.
19.03.21 – New tortures target Church of Almighty God members
Women and men are sentenced merely for being active in the church, and tortured and humiliated during their detention. Some suffer permanent harm.
15.03.21 – Christian mistreated, tormented for refusing to give up belief
In July 2020, Li Huizhen (pseudonym), a Christian of The Church of Almighty God (CAG), was finally got out of prison after she completed her 3-year sentence term for her belief due to the CCP cruel persecution.
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29.03.21 – 77-year-old Woman Sentenced to Four Years for Her Faith
After one and a half years of detention, Ms. Wang Xuezhen, 77, lost the ability to walk on her own due to the abuses in custody. She is now facing a dire situation after being sentenced to four years in prison on March 17, 2021, for upholding her faith in Falun Gong.
29.03.21 – Shandong man sentenced to seven years for his faith
A Dongying City, Shandong Province, man secretly sentenced to seven years for practicing Falun Gong was transferred to the Shandong Province Prison on March 9, 2021, without his family's knowledge
24.03.21 – Falun Gong: Police cracks down on "Nine True Words" meditation
Suggesting meditation to help dealing with COVID-19 is regarded as "use of a xie jiao" and punished with heavy prison terms.
25.03.21 – Yining (Xinjiang): 'Thanks to you, the church has not been destroyed. But Catholics cannot use it '
Thanks to the pressure exerted by AsiaNews, the church of the Sacred Heart was not demolished. Tensions in the country over the seizure of land. The faithful had already removed the furnishings and decorations. But the building cannot be used because water, electricity and other services have been cut off by the government.
22.03.21 – Vatican should speak up on China, scholar says
A Swedish scholar who studies China has called for the Vatican to speak up about human rights abuses by the Chinese government, noting that "dialogue on equal terms is not what is happening."
19.03.21 – Has the Vatican lost its voice in China?
2020 ended on a sad note for China–Vatican relations. News emerged on 30 December that two nuns from the unofficial Vatican office in Hong Kong were detained for three weeks in Hebei in May 2020. They were not allowed to return to Hong Kong and likely remain under house arrest.


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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ascend2, a leading market research firm, in partnership with Verse, today unveiled a new survey of more than 250 marketing and sales professionals, The State of Lead Conversion in Marketing and Sales. The report brings new insights to the challenges and opportunities that organizations face in today's modern communications landscape, as well as the technologies that they currently use in order to optimize their sales operations.
The full research report is now available here: https://verse.io/the-state-of-lead-conversion-in-marketing-and-sales/.
"Today's digital marketers continue to innovate in lead generation, with many adopting marketing automation software, conversational marketing apps, and other methods to improve targeting, engagement and click through rates, said Todd Lebo, CEO and Executive Partner at Ascend2. "Yet, only 12% are currently very satisfied with their lead conversion abilities."
According to the new survey, companies continue to struggle with establishing contact, qualifying and effectively following up with the leads they spend so much time and money to generate. Lead conversion is challenging, but the inability to improve lead conversion rates has a number of significant, negative downstream impacts: wasted marketing budget, wasted sales team time, and significant lost revenue opportunity.
"Verse calls this the Lead Conversion Gap, and we believe closing it is the next frontier for marketing and sales," said David Tal, Verse co-founder and co-CEO. "By outsourcing their lead management operations to Verse, companies can be assured that 100% of their leads are being engaged, nurtured and converted according to cutting edge best practices and their own customer experience and brand standards."
The State of Lead Conversion Study also found that many organizations are not communicating with prospects in the way they would like. While 89% of consumers prefer to communicate with businesses by text/SMS, only 6% of survey respondents said that text is one of their most used channels for follow-up with leads. And the most common follow-up sequence is phone call, email, phone call.
Here are four key takeaways from the report:
Companies need more lead qualification data. The ability to collect enough qualifying data on leads is ranked a top challenge for successful lead conversion. Only 39% of businesses are using lead qualification criteria in their lead generation process.
Companies struggle to establish fast initial contact with leads. Research shows that 24/7 speed of response to a lead inquiry is critical for improved conversion. 41% of companies feel following up with leads quickly is a challenge, especially given that a significant number of leads come in after regular business hours.
Communication capabilities matter. Email and phone calls account for the majority of most companies' follow-up communications with leads. Recent studies show a growing consumer preference for live 2-way text to start conversations with companies.
Companies are challenged to conduct effective follow up. 44% of respondents say sales staff is too busy to follow up, yet only 25% of businesses report using a lead conversion solution.
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Media Be Damned: Trump's First 100 Days Were Excellent
President Trump is trying to defend his first 100 days in office, but it's an exercise in futility. He could have made good on every single one of his campaign promises and the media would still be calling his presidency an abject failure. Hell, the more of his agenda he accomplished, the worse the reviews would be. He should stop worrying about satisfying the press, which is filled with liberals who want him to fail. He's doing a fine job, and he should be proud of what he accomplished.
Hell, if the only thing he did since taking office was nominate Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, his first 100 days would already be a smashing success. Anything on top of that is gravy, especially considering the kind of expectations the political press had for him when he was elected.
But he didn't just nominate Gorsuch. He also signed two executive orders intended to limit immigration from terrorist havens like Libya and Yemen. Yes, those orders were blocked by liberal judges, but we haven't heard the last on that. Trump is to be held responsible for an activist judiciary?
Okay, so you want to talk about the repeal and replacement of Obamacare? Fair enough. On this issue, it's true; Trump – or at least the GOP Congress – fumbled the ball. But there's still time for a comeback. And let's face it: By doing absolutely nothing, Trump and the Republicans have still done much less damage to our nation's healthcare system than Hillary Clinton and the Democrats would have done, so it's hard to complain too loudly.
Let's talk about foreign policy as it pertains to Syria and North Korea. After eight years of inaction – or bad action – on the part of the Obama administration, Trump is finally letting these rogue nations know what's up. He is telling them that it's a new dawn in American politics, and this bright, early morning has no room for dictators who threaten their citizens – and the entire world – with disaster.
Trump has also signed an order that allows for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, proving his commitment to furthering America's energy interests in a big (league) way. And while he hasn't yet found a way to fund and begin construction on the border wall, statistics show that crossings along the Mexican border are down nearly 90% since he took office in January. That's an enormous accomplishment that shows you just how powerful it is to have a president who's serious about illegal immigration.
As Trump has said, the 100-day scorecard is an arbitrary and meaningless goalpost, and today's bad headlines will be forgotten by the end of the week. As long as he keeps his eye on the ball and keeps his ear free from the bad influences in Washington, he'll be just fine.
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Bernice Murphy Cunningham, 81, of Hamburg, died Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Cunningham was a native and resident of the Milo Community outside of Hamburg for many years and a former resident of Bastrop, Louisiana for 32 years. She was a 1956 graduate of Hamburg High School. Mrs. Cunningham was a homemaker, and worked at Summerland Lane Nursing Home and Whit's Pharmacy in Bastrop. She was a member of the Judson Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Cunningham loved spending time with her family, mostly her grandkids and great-grandkids. She enjoyed cooking sewing, decorating, traveling, and everything she did, she did with everyone else's happiness in mind.
She is preceded in death by her first husband, Billy Giles Word in 1981; her parents, Hugh Buck & Feddie Amos Murphy and four brothers, Billy Faye Murphy, Robert Dennis Murphy, James Edward "Dick" Murphy, and W.E. "Hoss" Murphy.
She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Robbie Cunningham of Hamburg; her children, Billy C. Word and wife, Beverly, of Oak Ridge, Louisiana, Dana Word Maddox and husband, Stephen, of Marianna, Florida, Keith Cunningham and wife, Janet, Steve Cunningham and wife, Laura, all of Hamburg, David Cunningham and wife, Susan, of Benton and Teresa Cunningham of Hamburg; four brothers, Ed Murphy of Hamburg, Jerry Murphy and wife, Linda, of Albany, Georgia, Harold "Sugar" Murphy and wife, Shirley, of West Monroe, Louisiana and Doyle Murphy and wife, Beverly, of Bastrop, Louisiana; 21 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are 10 a.m., Saturday, July 13, 2019, in the Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Steve Franklin officiating. Burial will be in the Dailey Cemetery. Pallbearers are Junior Jeffers, Wade Pennington, Roy Murphy, James Cunningham, Jonathan Ezell, and Mickey Amos. Honorary pallbearers are Frankie White, Jeff Foote, Ken Byers, Ronnie Livingston, William Moffatt, and Mike Murphy. Memorials may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Friday at the funeral home.
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Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature
by Leonard S. Marcus
Pub Date: May 7th, 2008
Who really decides what American children read? Children's book historian and critic Marcus (A Caldecott Celebration: Seven Artists and their Paths to the Caldecott Medal, 2008, etc.) answers this question by deftly tracing the evolution of American children's literature from colonial primers to Harry Potter.
The author approaches the story from the little-known perspective of the publishers, librarians, critics, educators and booksellers who shaped the genre over three centuries. Beginning with American publisher Isaiah Thomas, who in 1779 offered American children pirated copies of London bookseller John Newbery's toy books, Marcus shows the gradual shift from didactic, moralistic texts to illustrated books that entertained as well as instructed. He tracks the 19th-century emergence of entrepreneurial publishers in Boston and New York who recognized the potential kid-lit market in Jacob Abbott's popular Rollo series and Samuel Goodrich's Peter Parley tales. He chronicles the post–Civil War competition among children's magazines like Our Young Folks, Riverside Magazine for Young People and St. Nicholas, which led to publication of high-quality stories and illustrations from the best authors and artists. Marcus provides an in-depth look at the impact of powerful children's librarians like Anne Carroll Moore, such creative female editors as May Massee and Louise Seaman Bechtel, and emerging critics like Horn Book founder Bertha Mahony Miller. He explores the effects of Children's Book Week, the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott prizes and the increased mass-marketing of popular culture in comic books, Golden Books, Disney spinoffs and series like Nancy Drew. Marcus notes the rise of multiculturalism, new realism, overseas printing, independent bookshops and single-editor imprints as evidence of the profound social and technological changes in late 20th-century America and astutely parallels trends in children's books with movements in the larger culture. Throughout he features insightful anecdotes about such luminaries as Mary Mapes Dodge, Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Wise Brown, Robert McCloskey, Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss), E.B. White, Ursula Nordstrom, Maurice Sendak, Margaret McElderry, Robert Cormier and John Steptoe.
A well-documented, thorough history.


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Shenyuan Scenic Spot Lu Xuns Hometown
Shenyuan is a national 5A scenic spot, located in Chunbolang, Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City. It is a famous garden in Song Dynasty. Shenyuan has a history of more than 800 years. Shenyuan, also known as Shen's Garden, was built in the Song Dynasty by a wealthy businessman surnamed Shen in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was first built on a large scale and occupied 70 mu of land. Garden pavilions, small bridges flowing water, shady trees, scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. Shenyuan is a national 5A scenic spot, and is the only Song-style garden in many classical gardens in Shaoxing.
Shenyuan is divided into three major parts: the monument area, Dongyuan and Nanyuan. There are Guhe Pavilion, Half-wall Pavilion, Shuangguitang, Bayong Tower, Songjing, Shooting Garden, Wenmeishi, Chaitou Fengbei, Qintai and Guangyizhai. In 1963, it was designated as a cultural relic protection unit in Zhejiang Province.
Lu You left the famous poem "Chai Tou Feng" here. Words in the wall, talk about the pain of "leaving the rope". Tang Wan's feelings were desolate, and soon he died of depression. In his later years, Lu You visited Shenyuan several times and wrote poems to express his feelings. In 1192, he visited Shenyuan again and wrote a poem: "There is Shen's small garden in the south of Yuzhi Temple. Forty years ago, he tasted the inscription on the stone and read it in dismay."
According to the historical features or the cultural connotations of Shenyuan, the landscape of Guhe Pavilion, Half-wall Pavilion, Shuangguitang, Bayong Tower, Songjing, Shooting Garden, Wenmeishi, Qintai and Guangyizhai in Shenyuan Garden are orderly distributed in the three districts of Shenyuan, forming a "sad song of broken clouds", "love of poetry", "horror of spring waves", "relics of ruined walls". Ten scenes, such as lone crane's lament, blue lotus reflecting the sun, palace wall complaining willow, stepping on snow to ask plum, fragrant poems and books, and magpie bridge affection.
The night of Shen Yuan
Shenyuan Night is a night tour scenic spot. It has specific activities such as "Reception at the Wharf, Night Market in the City, Garden Opening Ceremony, Poetry Tour Garden, Drinking Ceremony in the Country, Gift Cakes, Launching Plays and Ringing gongs". Provides seven services: Jiading Gong Waiting, Song coin exchange, housekeeper greeting, maid's explanation, cakes and drinks, folk music accompaniment and hall performance. After participating in the opening ceremony of large families in the Song Dynasty, visitors can accompany their maids in downstream gardens, enjoy the grand operas, get drunk in the flowers, the moon, the lights, the wine, and experience the sad and beautiful love stories of Lu You, a patriotic poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Tang Wan, his cousin. Appreciation hall performance "Shen Yuan Qing", feel the strong Shaoxing local culture.
Lu You Memorial Hall
Lu You Memorial is located in the south of Shenyuan Monument Area. It is composed of Lu You's historical sites display (Anfeng Hall), stele gallery, Wuguantang and sculpture. A large number of handwriting, photographs, pictures, good books, rubbings, physical models, etc. are displayed in the museum, reflecting Lu You's patriotic concern for the people and his brilliant achievements as a literary hero of the generation. The exhibition is divided into three parts. The first part is patriotic ambition; the second part is patriotic childhood; the third part is love tragedy.
Shuang GUI Tang
Shuangguitang is a courtyard imitating Song Dynasty architecture, courtyard architecture, two roofs, elegant and quiet. There are two Osmanthus trees planted in the courtyard, one is Jingui and the other is Yingui, so it is called Shuangguitang.
Gourd pool
The gourd pond was originally called the lotus pond, but because it resembles the gourd in shape, the folk call it the gourd pond. During the archaeological excavation in 1985, a drainage ditch of Hulu Lake was found on the west side of the pond. Many typical relics of the Song Dynasty were found in the same stratum of the drainage ditch.
Lonely crane
Guhe Xuan, also known as the "lone crane whine" place, is Lu Fangweng's self-image. Lu You, a great patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, was so fatuous that his ambition could not be realized. He uttered the lament of a lone crane. He described himself as a lone crane, metaphorically describing the ups and downs of the poet's life in which he lost his companion, failed to serve his country in his career, was guilty of loving the people and was repeatedly demoted. There are "Tingchi" sites in the pavilion, where Tang Pavilion and Ming Dynasty rockery and fish pond sites were found during archaeological excavation in 1985. "Guhe Xuan" plaque is divided into inside and outside two parts. The inside plaque is inscribed by Xie Zhiliu, a famous calligrapher and painter and cultural relic appraiser, and outside the pavilion is written by Dakang Jingshu.
Well Pavilion in Six Dynasties
The well pavilions of the Six Dynasties are many architectural sites such as pavilions, brick wells, ponds and rockeries in the Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties. They are physical witnesses of Shenyuan's long history. There is an ancient well in the "Six Dynasties Well Pavilion". The sky can be seen in the middle of the well pavilion. The top of the pavilion is hollow, which can make the well inherit the dew and symbolize the poet's desire to harvest the water. The hollow "accepting the sky light" can solve the rainwater activity and lighting, so that people can express their desire for a bright and free marriage.
Broken dolomite
At the entrance of Shenyuan Garden, Lu You once wrote the poem "Break Cloud and Dream" and "Break Cloud" homonym "Break Margin", which was broken between the stones, but reluctantly separated, telling people about the love tragedy of Lu You and Tang Wan, pointing out the theme of Shenyuan Garden.
Shenyuan has three relatively independent and distinctive gardens, namely, the monument area, Dongyuan and Nanyuan. The Huluchi and Xiaoshan in the monument area are still the relics of Song Dynasty, the rest are mostly restored on the basis of archaeological excavation; Dongyuan, with an area of more than 6000 square meters, is located in the eastern side of the monument area, also known as the Lover Garden, showing the characteristics of gardening in the south of the Yangtze River; Nanyuan, with an area of more than 6000 square meters, is located in the southern head of the monument area, mainly by Shen. Garden Night Performing Arts Theatre and Lu You Memorial Hall.
In terms of layout, water is the theme of each landscape combination of the three "gardens in gardens" in Shenyuan. Apart from the commemorative landscapes of Wuguantang and Anfeng Hall in Nanyuan, the three courtyards in Shenyuan are still natural garden courtyards. At the same time, the gardens respond to each other and borrow from each other to create more beautiful pictures and more fun.
On the basis of the free layout, the landscape of each courtyard is arranged in an inward "aggregation" situation, that is, all the buildings of the courtyard are facing the water surface, and the arrangement of all the scenery also has a tendency of falling from outside to inside from the height. This is the "inward" layout commonly used in water-centered gardening in Jiangnan gardens. Point.
In addition to ensuring the basic space for garden activities, the water body, architecture, mountain body and vegetation (flowers and trees) are reasonably allocated in Shenyuan. There are not many buildings in the whole Shenyuan Garden. It is full of green shade, dug ponds and piled hills, planted pine and planted bamboo, and built Xuan in Linchi. It is very simple. The perfect combination of the four elements of gardens, coordinate with each other, create an artistic conception close to the mountains and forests, highlight the theme atmosphere of the various gardens.
As the main landscape body of Shenyuan Garden, although the overall area is small, the proportion of water in each garden is relatively large. In order to give full play to the advantages of water landscape, buildings, rockeries and corridors are arranged around the water surface, which enlarges the actual control range of the water surface of each garden, and increases the garden sentiment and fun. There are two kinds of water surface treatment in Shenyuan, namely, dispersed water use and centralized water use. Beiyuan and Dongyuan belong to dispersed water use, dividing the water surface into several water surfaces with different structures and sketches, which is based on the hydrophilicity of human beings and makes rational use of the open space in the garden, and has an inherent connection; while Nanyuan belongs to concentrated water use, the water surface is not dispersed, maintaining the overall uniform effect, and the scenery is distributed around. The dead corner of the garden is used rationally.
The relationship between "seeing and being seen" has always been an important link in classical garden landscaping. The architectural configuration in Shenyuan Garden has solved this problem fairly well. The layout of the buildings in the park makes good use of the characteristics of large areas of water, basically in a better viewing position, such as Lengcui Pavilion, Guhe Xuan and Qintai. While viewing, it takes itself as an integral part of the landscape and plays an embellishing role.
Mountain body
In Shenyuan, the ground undulates slightly. In order to shape the quiet mood of mountains and forests, stone scenery is used in many places. Dongyuan and Nanyuan piled up rockeries, but Dongyuan used exquisite and porous Taihu stone, which was small and elegant, symbolizing the delicate and sentimental love between Lu You and Tang Wan, while Nanyuan was a thick and rigid yellow axe chopping stone, which metaphorized Lu You's pride and irreverence. The two mountains have their own characteristics, which set off the theme of each garden.
There are two rockeries in the south of Bayong Tower in Beiyuan Garden. There are "Leisure Cloud Pavilion" and "Mingchi", which is the highest point of the whole park.
There are 68 kinds of plants in Shenyuan, including trees, shrubs, vines and aquatic plants. The planting density is larger in Dongyuan and Beiyuan, which are mainly used to supplement the open area in the garden to make up for the gap between elevation and plane caused by the small number of buildings on the line. A small Chinese fir forest belt is also set up in Dongyuan, which is dense and sparse, enriching the depth of field and elevation landscape.
Shenyuan was built in the Southern Song Dynasty and occupied more than 70 acres at the beginning of its construction. Because Shen Yuan's original owner's surname is Shen, but the specific name has no way to verify, so it is called "Shen's Garden".
In 1151, Lu You and Tang Wan met again in Shenyuan and wrote "Chai Tou Feng".
Around 1199, Lu You visited Shenyuan again and wrote two poems of Shenyuan.
In 1205, Lu You visited Shenyuan at night and wrote "A Night Tour of Shen's Pavilion Garden on December 2".
From Yuan Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, it experienced many changes and changed its name to Xu's Garden.
When Shaoxing was liberated, there was only one corner, about 4.6 mu. When Mr. Guo Moruo visited Shenyuan Garden in 1962, he was still desolate. He once wrote "Chai Tou Feng" to describe the scenery in the garden. The word "Shen's Garden" at the entrance of Shen Yuan was the topic of Guo Moruo in 1962.
On March 11, 1963, Shenyuan was announced as the second batch of key cultural relics protection units in Zhejiang Province by the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government.
In 1985, in order to restore the Shenyuan Garden, 7.2 Mu old site on the west side was archaeologically excavated, and relics such as ancient wells of the Six Dynasties, buildings of the Tang and Song Dynasties, pools and tiles of the Ming Dynasty, dripping water, ridge ornaments and lake stones were found.
It was expanded twice in 1987 and 1994, and the total area of the garden was restored to 18.5 mu. Inside the park, new imitation Song buildings such as Shibeifang, Lengcui Pavilion, Six Dynasties Jingting Pavilion, Bayong Tower, Guhe Xuan, Shuangguitang, Xiaoyun Pavilion, Half-wall Pavilion and Fangweng Bridge have been built, rockery has been built, peach, plum, willow and bamboo have been planted, the inscription wall has been rebuilt, and the Ci of "Chaitoufeng" has been re-visited on the land, so as to show the original appearance of the park.
In May 2001, Shenyuan Garden added new scenery, mainly including three major parts: Lu You Memorial Hall, Lianli Garden and Lovers Garden. More than ten scenic spots covered 57 mu.
Lu You, a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, had many twists and turns in his life. His career was not only frustrating, but also his love was unfortunate. Song Gaozong Shaoxing fourteen years, 20-year-old Lu You and his cousin Tang Wan tied up as partners. The two men are green plums and bamboo horses. After marriage, they are in love, respectful and affectionate with each other. But it caused Lu Mu's discontent. She believed that Lu You was addicted to the gentle countryside, did not want to make progress, missed his future, and the two had not been able to support themselves for three years after their marriage. So Lu Mu forced her filial son to divorce his wife on the grounds of "Lu You's love and tiredness after marriage, and her official career and fame were mistaken; Tang Wan was unable to bear children after marriage, and her sacrificial incense was mistaken". Although the two feelings are very deep and can not bear to be separated, under the pressure of feudal ethics, despite all kinds of complaints, they finally reached the stage of "holding hands and looking at each other in tears".
Despite all kinds of helplessness, Lu You eventually succeeded in his mother's intention to marry Wang Shicheng, and Tang Wan was forced to marry Zhao Shicheng, a famous Yuezhong scholar. Even with all kinds of affection, he eventually ended up dividing the laborers from the swallows.
Ten years later, in the spring of 1151 A.D. (the 21st year of Shaoxing in Southern Song Dynasty), Shen's Garden was opened to the outside world. Lu You went alone with a melancholy mood, but unexpectedly met Tang Wan and his husband Zhao Shicheng. Although ten years passed between them, their heartfelt affection remained in the deepest part of their emotional world. Just as Lu You was planning to leave gloomily, Tang Wan, with the consent of Zhao Shicheng, sent him drinks and vegetables. Lu You touched the scenery and was sad to write the title of "Hair Head Phoenix" on the wall. Tang Wanzhi was so impressed that he couldn't get sick. He ended up feeling sad and depressed. In the course of illness, Tang Wantie wrote and wrote the words "Haitoufeng Shiqianbo".
After that, Lu You went north to fight against the Jin Dynasty and transferred to Sichuan and Shushu. After decades of hard work, he was still unable to dispel the poet's attachment.
When Lu You was 63 years old, someone sent a pillow bag sewed by chrysanthemum flowers, touching objects and grieving. The old man remembered that when he was 20 years old, he married Tang Wan's newlyweds. They collected chrysanthemum flowers and dried them as pillow cores and sewed a pair of "chrysanthemum pillows". For this reason, Lu You wrote a poem of "chrysanthemum pillow" as their couple's new marriage and love. This is recorded in his "Jiannan Poetry Draft": "In the remaining 20 years, he still wrote chrysanthemum pillow poems. Picking chrysanthemum and sewing pillow sac, the fragrance is full of room life." Although it was widely read at that time, unfortunately it was not passed down. At this time, when I saw the pillow of chrysanthemum, I couldn't help feeling mixed. I wrote two sad poems about the pillow of chrysanthemum, which were inscribed as follows: I came back occasionally to sew the pillow bag of chrysanthemum and felt sad. Shi Yun:
The yellow flowers are picked as pillow sacs, and the deep cover of Quping is dull and fragrant. Call back forty-three years of dream, no one said broken intestines!
A few days ago, he wrote chrysanthemum pillow poems, and compiled scraps of silk. Everything in the world has passed away, only the fragrance is as old as the old one! uuuuuuuuuu
After Lu You was 66 years old, he lived in seclusion in his hometown and lived a simple and quiet life in the countryside, but he could not forget his emotions when he was young.
When Lu You visited Shenyuan again at 67, he saw the broken wall on the half of the inscription "Chai Tou Feng", touched the scenery, felt emotional, and wrote poems: south of Yuji Temple, there was Shen's small garden. Forty years ago, I tried to talk about the walls of Xiaotian. Once in a while, the garden has changed ownership three times, and it is sad to read.
At the beginning of maple leaf, the leaves of quercetin are yellow, and the new frost of Heyang is sad and fearful. When Lin Ting looks back on the past, who says that the Spring Road has broken its intestines?
The old problem of the bad wall is desert and dusty, and the dream of breaking clouds is vast. The delusions of the past years have been eliminated and returned to Pugong.
At the age of 75, Tang Wan died 40 years ago. Lu You revisited the old place. "Every time you enter the city, you must climb the temple to look at it, but you can't win the feeling." Write down the two absolute sentences of Shen Yuan:
"After 40 years of fragrance-breaking, Shen Yuanliu was not flying, and he was still hanging his tracks as a monk in the mountains."
"On the city, the oblique sun paints a sad corner, and Shenyuan is not an old pool terrace. Chunbo Green under the sad bridge was once a shocking image.
In his later years, Lu You would go to Shenyuan every spring to pay homage to Tang Wan. He would express his feelings in poetry or ci. Later, he lived near Shenyuan.
At the age of 81, Lu You sleepwalking in Shenyuan, and waking up, lamenting in "Sleepwalking in Shenyuan":
"The road is close to the south of the city, and Shen Jiayuan is more hurt. Plum blossoms in passenger sleeves, green dipping pool bridge spring aquatic.
"The small streets in the south of the city are in spring again, but the plum blossoms are invisible. Jade bone long into the spring under the soil, ink marks still lock the dust between the walls.
At the age of 82, Lu You still missed Tang Wan and wrote:
Southern pavilions and pavilions are locked in idle houses. When a lone crane returns, he only injures himself. Dust moss invades several lines of ink. Who is the one who flies the decadent wall?
At the age of 84, Lu You visited Shenyuan one year before his death, regardless of his old age and infirmity. Writing poems of Spring Outing:
The flowers in Shen's home are like brocade, half of them were Shifangweng at that time. Believe that beauty is the ultimate soil, can not afford to dream too quickly!
Day time: 8:00-17:00 (16:30 stop selling tickets);
Night (Shenyuan Night): 17:30-22:00
Shen Yuan (daytime): 40 yuan, half price ticket
Shenyuan Night A Block 138 yuan, B Block 118 yuan, C Block 80 yuan;
Shaoxing Old City 13 scenic spot tickets (including Shenyuan daytime only, valid for 2 days) 120 yuan, Shaoxing Old City 14 scenic spot tickets (including Shenyuan daytime + Shenyuan night, default C seat, valid for 3 days) 140 yuan.
The vouchers for children under 1.2 meters, the elderly aged 70 years and above are free, and the vouchers for children aged 1.2-1.4 meters, students and the elderly aged 60-69 years are half-price (the admission tickets for Shenyuan Night are only for children).
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Story telling in Beijing dialect with drum accompaniment
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Luodai Ancient Town is located in Longquanyi District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, with a total area of more than 20000 square meters. Luodai Ancient Town is a national historical and cultural town and one of the five "Dongshan five fields" in Chengdu..
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Lots of people have heard that rent control, or rent regulation, exists in some counties in Europe, or in some states in the US, but very few are aware that it has also existed at various times in Australia.
For the most part governments have been forced to reign in private landlords during times of economic and social crisis.
Rent control was first introduced in New South Wales during the First World War in 1916, as part of the Fair Rents Act. This Act was amended in 1928 to wind back rent controls, but during the Great Depression rent controls were reintroduced with the Reduction of Rent Act (1931). This resulted in a 23% reduction in rents and restrictions on evictions.
The powers-that-be once again ended rent control with the Landlords and Tenants (Amendment) Act in 1932. This chopping and changing mostly coincided with changes of government at the New South Wales state level.
At the beginning of World War Two, 50% of all households were tenants of private landlords. The Commonwealth, under its defence powers, introduced the National Security (Fair Rents) Regulations 1939. This gave the states the power to freeze rents and establish Fair Rent Boards.
A form of rent control existed in most states across Australia and continued until August 1948. At this point there was a constitutional challenge against the government's right to continue wartime price controls.
These controls were kept in the context of social unrest, strikes, communist agitation and the recent experience of the Great Depression. The constitutional challenge led to an unsuccessful referendum, where the Chifley government attempted to gain back rent and other price control measures.
The Landlord and Tenants Act 1948 maintained rent control in New South Wales beyond this, in order to provide security of tenure to all tenants. This was because of the dire need for accommodation following the war.
In 1954 however, all newly constructed buildings were exempted from the Act, and by 1956 a premise could be 'decontrolled' when vacated if registered with the Fair Rent Board.
In 1960 there were still 207,000 controlled dwellings, which amounted to two thirds of all private rental properties. In 1968, 'wealthy tenant provisions' were introduced to bring rents up to market value, winding back rent control further.
By 1974 there were only 20,000 rent-controlled tenancies in New South Wales and by 1986 no new protected tenancies could be created. The exception to this was 'inheritance', where if tenant died then a spouse or dependent could continue the lease.
A similar story played out in Victoria, where the Landlord and Tenants Act 1958 restricted the application of rent control provisions to 'prescribed premises'.
In 1956 there were 180,000 protected tenants, but this was slowly whittled away. The Residential Tenancy Act 1980 aimed to remove rent control on the remaining premises over a period of two years. It was estimated that up to 10,000 pensioners still had rent control at that stage, and this Act caused a massive increase in rents for those least able to afford it.
In place of rent control, a new system was established in Victoria where a tenant could complain to the Residential Tenancy Tribunal if an increase in their rent was considered excessive. This was nowhere near as effective as proper government regulation.
Western Australia commenced the decontrol of rent in 1951. In Tasmania, rent control ended in 1955. In Queensland, protected tenancies were abolished in 1970 and in South Australia in 1962.
Today renters face renewed financial pressures, with millions once again suffering from rent stress. This is a direct consequence of landlords, developers and speculators making billions of dollars from people's intrinsic need for a place to live.
As it stands, the rights of renters in Australia have been severely curtailed. There is a desperate need to build a movement of renters to pressure governments to overhaul the laws and grant renters much improved rights.
Rent control and other reforms have been won in the past, they can be won again. Let's renew the fight!
Rent control is a form of regulation limiting the amount of rent a private landlord can charge. It can also include putting limits on the size of rent increases, or how often increases are allowed to be implemented.
The Renters Fightback campaign calls for private rents to be capped at 20% of a tenant's income, in addition to a requirement for landlords to be forced to maintain rental properties at a high standard. Tenants should also have the right to demand long-term security of tenure, including infinite leases.
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El Galleon Beach Club is ably manged by Alla Nash, an Australian national who took over in 1994, when the resort only had 7 rooms. Today, the resort has 31 rooms set in a vast, steep area covered with lush vegetation. The property is at one end of Small La Laguna Beach just beside Sabang Beach — a location which offers wide views of the Bay of Batangas, facing the setting sun.
The traditional architecture of the building, using mainly nipa, bamboo and rattan is particularly well done, integrating the surroundings and distinguishing the resort from its neighbors. At the entrance, near the sea, is a building with stone pillars and nipa roofing that houses the reception, the restaurant, a conference hall, a reading corner and a billiard table. A lone coconut tree, saved during the construction of the resort passes through the ceiling.
Behind the main building, in a tiled patio by the pool and a nice fan tree, is a two-story building with 20 rooms. There are bamboo cottages bordering Small La Laguna, some of which have a nice views of the ocean. Stone steps under an arch of foliage lead to two rooms with private terraces, another two spacious rooms that are connected to each other by a balcony, a family room that is a little cramped and the honeymoon suite. An elevated structure perched at the hill's summit houses four more rooms. It is naturally not recommended for the elderly.
A circular balcony overlooks the garden and the ocean, Despite the absence of air-conditioning, these rooms are very popular because they open out on two sides. The interior decoration is simple but pleasant: whitewashed walls with fish paintings, wicker-braided ceiling and furniture in bamboo, rattan or wood.
The cuisine, deliberately French, is excellent and Antoine, the French chef from Marseille, is quite a personality. He will surely tell you about his Mindoro Island tour on foot and by bicycle.
The hospitality and service at El Galleon is of high quality and Asia Divers, the dive school is very professional Even if a beach is almost non-existent on the resort, you can swim and snorkel just the same. Moreover, the sheltered cove of Big La Laguna, known to be exceptional for snorkeling, is just 10 minutes away on foot. The resort can also arrange for a banca to go to the white beaches dotting the coastline, or to snorkel at Coral Garden or Long Beach. Reservations for a jeepney to go to the countryside can be arranged from Sabang, 10 minutes away on foot.
Resort banca, one hour from Batangas harbor.


Day trading is, as the name suggests, a form of stock trading in which deals and transactions are done and dusted in the course of one business day. It's a bit of a minefield, as you have to be quick and bold, but also far-sighted and in control of your nerves and your feelings.
There is a massive wealth of resources – on the Internet and in "real life" – for new traders; every expert has his or her special methods and philosophies, but some stock trading tips are universal. The best advice on day trading is so simple most people overlook it: start off with a small amount of stock. If you can't afford to lose it, don't risk it. You're almost certainly not going to make a fortune overnight, so be patient.
Make friends (or at least contacts) in the industry. There will be other traders like you, who are new or who trade part time, and they'll be more than happy to share tips and exchange trading advice. You should also keep a close eye on high-selling stocks – buy them and then sell them quickly before they plateau and begin to fall. This strategy should work most of the time, but sometimes it won't; another invaluable piece of trading advice is not to take losses personally.
At the other end of the spectrum, you shouldn't let big gains make you over-confident. If you have a strategy, stick to it – don't get cocky and double the amount you were planning to spend on a commodity that day. Having said that, the short time-span of day trading is ideal for trying out different strategies and learning from them fast.
" Among the many ways to invest money, the vast majority of people invest money in the currency of their country, which can be done through forex trading."


The St. Clair river forms the boundary between Canada and the USA. This image shows the delta of Lake St. Clair, which is primarily agricultural, in Southern Ontario (east) and Michigan (west). Lake St. Clair frames the image to the south and the tip of Lake Huron shows to the north. This image comes from a dual (HH, HV) polarized RADARSAT-2 scene in Standard mode. Standard mode scenes are 25 m resolution with a scene size of 100 km x 100 km. The image a color composite (Red-HH, Green-HH, Blue-HV).


I'm part of my Environmental team at work.
It's one of the advantages to working for a multi-national – they've got the money to invest in seemingly altruistic endeavours. Really, they're into it at the moment because clients and prospective clients are becoming increasingly conscious of the environmental impact of doing business. Many clients are insisting that the companies they do business with have ISO 14001 certification, or are working towards it. So country by country, office by office, my company is doing just that.
Not in Brisbane though. We're not big enough. So we started our team to tackle the environmental issues we face at work.
It started nearly six months ago, when a Brisbane-based woman from another section of the company gave a presentation on how the company is getting or has received ISO certification in several offices. There was an awesome video, showing offices with sensor lights in Bangalore, water reduction in London, recycling in Madrid. I was inspired.
I was also hoping for promotion, and thinking I needed to do something that made me look brilliant and caring, since apparently doing great at my work wasn't getting me anywhere. (You can see I'm as altruistic as my company). Having resigned myself to organising team bonding events or something equally thrilling, it suddenly occurred to me; maybe I could do something that would make me look good and make me feel good. There mightn't be an environmental action team for Brisbane yet, but there could be. The woman presenting was a place to start.
We already had paper recycling, but now we've set up a series of regular recycling bins in the Brisbane offices. They take plastic, glass, aluminium, tin, paper, cardboard, paper cups and so on. We're having a little trouble with getting the big central bin set up, though. Currently it's hiding in a storage room cos the basement security guard won't let us put it with the the other bins in the caged off area downstairs. We're contacting the building owner to find out if it's policy, if we have to rent bin space, or if it's just the the basement guy playing God. So far it seems to be working well – the recycling bin is full everyday, and the regular bin seems to have less rubbish in it. My job recently has been to create some posters to encourage people to recycle. We already have some to ensure people recycle correctly.
Apparently the recycling company can provide statistics of how much we send them, so that, coupled with how much stuff we order (how many bottles of milk, how many paper cups and so on) should enable us to provide results to our colleagues to reinforce the message that recycling rocks!
I was mentioning in the meeting today though that I think after we've gotten through the recycling bit, we should talk about reusing. Cos while recycling is good, reusing is better. I know, it's my catch-cry right now. Don't think I'm not into recycling though, I am. Our recycling bin always has more in it than our regular bin.
Twenty aluminium cans can be recycled with the same energy required to produce one new can from raw materials.
Recycling one aluminium can saves enough energy to run a television for three hours. Is TV what we want to use the energy for though?
In 2002, Australia recycled over 31,000 tonnes of aluminium drink cans – that's 63% of the cans used that year, or around 2 billion individual cans.
Making plastic from recycled materials uses only 30% of the energy required to make plastic products from fossil fuels.
Roughly 117,000 tonnes of recyclables are contaminated in Australia each year (as of 2006), and end up as landfill.
In 2006, methane from landfill accounted for 13.5% of Australia's total emissions, with an estimated 710,000 tonnes of methane being released into the atmosphere annually. One tonne of methane has the same effect on global warming as 24.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Making recycled glass uses less energy and makes less than making new glass because crushed recycled glass melts at a lower temperature than the virgin components of glass (essentially, sand).
Well-run recycling programs cost less to operate than waste collection, landfilling, and incineration. The more people recycle, the cheaper it gets.
Brutal wars over natural resources, including timber and minerals, have killed or displaced more than 20 million people and are raising at least $12 billion a year for rebels, warlords, and repressive governments. Recycling eases the demand for the resources.
i love this blog. only cos it reminds me of the little things i could do to help. i've been slack lately so i shall endeavour to be better. even if it means just putting one extra tin can into the recycling bin 🙂 good work ho ho!
I still love that Uncle Sam poster!! And not just because I'm a Yankee.
It's my favourite too – although I like the facts on the fact one.


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It has been reported that some RQH rounds conducted have been run contrary to the rules. The Agility Committee has also failed to receive results from some clubs in the prescribed time making it difficult to keep the cumulative scores updated prior to the next round.
Trial Secretaries should ensure when contracting judges to officiate at RQH's that they are aware of the rules of these events.
This is particularly important when contracting interstate Agility Judges.
The following information should be sent to any interstate Agility Judge who is contracted by the club to officiate at an RQH event.
the Jumping Dog of the Year will continue to be designed as a twenty obstacle course. The course set is to be of a standard equivalent to that of the Open Class consequently, it will be mandatory to include the Weaving Poles in a Jumping RQH course.
The Regional Qualifying Heats in both Agility and Jumping will be differentiated from a normal Open Course in that there will be no Distance Handling Challenge in the course. The courses for both Agility and Jumping will be judged according to the ANKC Rules for Agility. Thus, in both RQH events (Agility and Jumping), wrong course will incur a disqualification.
The latest version of the RQH rules in its entirety on this web site and Clubs should ensure that these rules are adhered to.
Then also submit an unmarked final catalogue and the original RQH Judge's Score Sheets.


Insect kill jars are an essential piece of equipment for anyone making an insect collection and allow the collector to quickly and easily dispatch the insects they find in the field. While it is possible to make a very simple kill jar that contains only a paper towel soaked in a killing agent, it is nice to have a more permanent jar so you're not getting the fluids all over your bugs. You can buy pre-made jars from entomological supply companies such as Bioquip (bioquip.com), but they're cheap and easy to make yourself!
Note: I use different jars and different chemicals depending on the age of the people I am going to work with. The set of instructions presented here are for children 12 and older and adults. Instructions for adapting the jars for safe use by younger children are included in the notes section at the end.
To make the jar easy to see into, it's best to remove the label if your jar has one. Soak the jar in warm water for about 30 minutes to soften the label, then peel it off and scrub away any leftover adhesive. Wash and dry the jar.
Working quickly, mix the plaster of paris and water in the disposable cup using the disposable spoon or knife. Follow the directions on the plaster package or use about 1.5 parts plaster to 1 part liquid. I've found that using slightly wet plaster makes better jars than using thick plaster because it traps air inside the plaster and makes it more porous, but it does take longer to dry. I usually start with about 1/2 cup of plaster and add water, stirring gently, until the plaster is pourable, about 1/4 cup.
Carefully pour plaster into the jar until the plaster is about 1/2 inch deep. If you get plaster on the sides or top of the jar, wipe it off as soon as possible if you don't want it to remain there permanently.
Allow plaster to dry. If your plaster package says you can microwave it, you can speed the drying time by microwaving for one minute and allowing it to cool, then microwaving and cooling two more times or until dry.
Dribble your killing fluid into the jar and allow it to soak into the plaster to charge your jar. Depending on how thick your plaster was when you poured it, this may take some time. There are several options for killing fluids. See the note below for more information to help you choose the fluid that's right for you and the amounts you might want to use.
After the killing agent has soaked into the plaster, add a paper towel, a tissue, or a small wad of toilet paper to your jar. This gives the insects a place to hide and helps keeps them from eating one another or beating against one another inside the jar as they expire.
Use your new jar. If you've never used a kill jar before, never fear! I'll post a tutorial on how to use a kill jar soon.
There are several different fluids you can use as your killing agent. The one currently favored by many entomologists is ethyl acetate. It kills insects very quickly without having to use a ton of fluid. However, it is also mildly toxic (don't breathe it in if you can help it) and not readily available in local stores. If you wish to use ethyl acetate, you can purchase a big bottle of it from scientific supply companies such Fisher Scientific (fishersci.com) or VWR (vwr.com). It's expensive though ($350 or so for a 4L bottle), so if you only need a small amount, purchasing it from Bioquip (bioquip.com) is a lot cheaper. They sell it in a little squeeze cap bottle (pictured in the image of me charging the jar above) that is easy to use and won't break the bank. Note that ethyl acetate is a solvent and it can strip color off of some surfaces. It's best to keep the ethyl acetate off your insects, so let the fluid completely soak into the plaster before you use the jar if possible. It won't discolor most insects, but it can discolor some of them.
There are also other options for killing agents that are more readily available. Acetone-free nail polish remover is mostly ethyl acetate and works fairly well, though a bit more slowly than pure ethyl acetate. It is also mildly toxic due to the chemical mixture and may discolor some of your insects. Rubbing alcohol will also work, though you will need to use a lot more of it to make it work (a few tablespoons as opposed to a half teaspoon to a teaspoon of ethyl acetate or nail polish remover) and it also takes longer to kill your insects. The latter may be problematic for some people, especially children, because the insects struggle for much longer before they die. It also allows the insects time to thrash around inside the jar as they die, which can destroy delicate parts. On the plus side, rubbing alcohol is relatively safe to use, very inexpensive, and available almost everywhere. I've purchased it in tiny little general stores in towns of fewer than 100 people!
Bioquip has other killing agents available, but I have not used them and can't comment on how well they work.
Glass and small children don't mix. Ethyl acetate and small children also don't mix. If you want to create jars for use with small kids, here's how to make them safe for use.
First, use a plastic jar with a screw top rather than a glass jar. You can buy these from grocery stores, stores like Target and Wal-Mart, and kitchen supply stores. They're often available at craft stores as well. Plastic containers don't break as easily as glass when you drop them and are less harmful if they do, so they're better options for use with children.
If using a plastic jar, you can't use ethyl acetate because it will disintegrate the plastic over time. Besides, it's better if kids aren't sniffing ethyl acetate (you know there's a kid in every group that does this sort of thing!). With kids, I prefer to use rubbing alcohol. It doesn't work as quickly as a killing agent, but it won't destroy a plastic jar and it's much safer for use with children.
All of the killing agents I suggested are volatile and they evaporate a little every time you open the lid of your jar. Thus, you will need to recharge your jar often to keep it working at peak capacity. I recharge mine before every trip by adding more killing agent to the jar. If you use your jar for several hours, you might need an additional recharge. If you know you're going to be out for more than a few hours, bring some extra killing agent with you and recharge your jar in the field.
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This looks like a really cool kill jar! When I first read the title of this post I thought it was going to be about those plastic bottles that people use to catch bees and wasps. This one is cool too!
Hi! I am a biology student in the Philippines and I am about to do an assessment of dragonflies and damselflies as part of my thesis. Uhm…it will be my first time doing this kind of study and I am having a problem of what type of aerial net should I use in order to capture them or what size is most preferable ( the diameter of the opening and the length of the handle). Moreover, which chemical should I use to collect and kill them and which is best in preserving most of their colors seeing that their color, from what I read, easily fades off once killed .
I am a novice and lacks experience on this..so I really, really do need some help from experts like you. I believe that you may be able to help me on this study of mine. And if possible, that is, that I could ask for a few more of your assistance in the future in identifying them…I would really, really appreciate it so much! Thank you, thank you so much! As in!
I am not familiar with the dragonflies that live in your area though, so I am not going to be a good person to ask for help with identifications. I don't have the proper books and tools to identify the things from your part of the world. I also don't know of any odonate researchers in your part of the world because I am focused on my giant water bug work at the moment. My best suggestion is that you sign up for the Odonata-L listserv (sign up at https://mailweb.ups.edu/mailman/listinfo/odonata-l) and ask the people on the listserv if anyone might be able to give you the assistance you need. I am not going to be able to provide it. Sorry!
Oh, it's alright! I really do appreciate the extent to which you were able to help me. And yeah, there isn't much studies about odonates in our place…so I have limited informations about them. You, providing me which sites to visit and ask for further assistance is already a very big help to me. Thank you so much for your help and spending a few moments of your time to read my request. Salamat (thak you)!
Ethyl acetate degrades some types of plastic, but works fine in others. I don't know exactly which ones, so I just recommend that people use glass jars. That way they don't have to worry about whether the plastic they've chosen is going to degrade over time or not.
Try my kill Jar. It is better and cheaper to make if you don't have to pour out the freeze dried coffee. It kills with alcohol. It is two parts the catch jar has holes drilled in the lid and it is placed upside down on an 18 oz cup with a paper towel. The design of the Folgers jar makes a seal as it is put down in the tapered cup. If you catch something in a net you can position the net over the cup with the insect in the center and push the 8 oz. coffee jar down on the net. This helps with the big wasp. I killed a butterfly and the net held the wings spread and it died in decent shape. It was the silver spotted skipper posted on my site. The cow killer was caught and died in the jar.There is never danger of the insect getting into wet fluid if you keep the condensate dried out of the jar between uses.
thank you sooo much very helpful im doing a arthropod project for honors biology and i was going to buy a kill jar but i researched how to make one and your site was the best!!!!
If you're just going to use it once or a few times, any container you can seal the vapors of your killing fluid inside long enough to kill the insect should work. A lot of the killing fluids will eat through plastic or rust metal coffee cans though, so you certainly wouldn't want to use something like that long term. Of course rubbing alcohol works pretty well as a killing agent and doesn't dissolve plastics, so you could always use that. It does take longer to kill your bug, however.
Great article and well explained, thank you!
Just a note about using plastic jars: low- and high-density polyethylene (identified by the recycling codes '2' or '4') and polypropylene (recycling code '5') are safe to use with ethyl acetate or acetone. Other plastics including PVC, polystyrene and PET are not.
Yes! Thank you for adding this! It always seems easier just to mention that plastics don't always work with ethyl acetate than to go into the specifics, but I appreciate your adding this note.
Just beginning to take an interest in collecting and preserving insects. You mentioned in the notes section about posting a "How To Use". I can't seem to find it, did you end up doing so and if not what is the proper method? Thank you!
The link's on my educational materials page: https://thedragonflywoman.com/educationalmaterials/ Good luck in your collecting!


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Holidays in Jamaica
Jamaica is a land that sways to its own 'riddim', an island with a vibe that's very different to that of its Caribbean cousins. The third-largest isle in the Caribbean, it's big enough to offer far more than rum punch, sun-drenched sands and calypso beats.
Jamaica does offer brilliant beaches and fine hotels in spades but its character runs deeper, brimming with culture, history and adventure. Hiking routes vein its interior patchwork of coffee plantations, banana groves and mountain forests, a remote land punctured by gushing waterfalls and cerulean pools; thankfully, you don't need Usain Bolt-like fitness levels to explore it. Elsewhere, the north shore is renowned for excellent snorkelling and diving, while its charming towns are only one reggae note away from erupting into a party – Jamaica did give us Bob Marley, after all.
However, leaving some time for rest and relaxation is an unofficial law when you're on a luxury holiday in the Caribbean and Jamaica has an abundance of splendid sands – particularly Ocho Rios and Negril – to relax on, with the sounds of jerk chicken sizzling on barbecues never too far away. However, Jamaica is about the bigger picture, savouring all the elements of its captivating culture. Here, you really experience the Caribbean.
Jamaica highlights
Named after the azure haze that hangs over this chain of emerald peaks, the Blue Mountains are Jamaica's oldest feature and twinned with its rugged neighbours, the John Crow Mountains, they form the country's only national park. It's a remote sprawling wilderness that is a thrill to explore, thanks to its winding 4x4 tracks and wild walking trails. Witness untouched beauty stretching as far as the eye can see, a rainforest home to a rich horde of wildlife, including the western hemisphere's largest butterfly, the giant swallowtail. Its lower slopes are now swathed in coffee bean plantations that are world-famous thanks to the gourmet Blue Mountain coffee brand, while higher up lies a history of former settlements and hideaways built by the Maroons, a group of escaped enslaved Africans. While the sunrise view from its highest peak, Blue Mountain, is the signature sight, any outlook over this wild land is extraordinary.
It's one of Jamaica's most iconic places but Dunn's River Falls really lives up to its billing. A stunning stepped cascade encased in pristine rainforest, take on the exhilarating climb up its unique sculpted limestone tiers for an epic view over its entire majesty as it empties into the sea directly below. Several lagoons and pools make for ideal pit stops as you ascend the Falls, each perfectly cooled by the surrounding shade of the trees. Even at busy times, this is a Jamaican icon you simply have to see for yourself.
Eat at a Scotchies restaurant
Like reggae, jerk is part of the make-up of Jamaica. There's no better place to savour its spicy notes than at one of the famous Scotchies restaurants that dot the island. Food lovers come for the mouthwatering plates of jerk chicken and pork they serve up and when it's the locals sniffing out its sizzling barbecues, you know it's going to be good. It's a charming environment to eat in; the casual rustic thatched huts give a real local feel and the authentic outdoor atmosphere is filled with the smells of open-air cooking and sounds of happy diners. If the spice gets too much, cool your tongue with another Jamaican staple: Red Stripe beer.
Beaches aren't the whole picture in Jamaica, but they're still out of this world. The pick of the bunch is Seven Mile Beach in Negril, a faultless golden curve fringed on either side by swaying palms and turquoise waters. It's the ideal place to flop but for those with energy still to burn, there's plenty of activities to keep you busy, from jet skiing to snorkelling, catamaran cruising to kayaking and even trotting along the sands on horseback. Food shacks and reggae beats only add to the atmosphere of this slice of Jamaican paradise.
GoldenEye Resort
If you want to feel like a film star, then look no further than the former home of James Bond creator Ian Fleming. While 007 had a licence to kill, at GoldenEye you have a licence to chill. It's hard not to, either, with beautiful beach huts and villas sprinkled across silken sands in a serene cove that invokes a sense of relaxation. If it inspired Fleming to pen all 14 of his Bond novels here, then it's good enough for us…
Where to stay in Jamaica
The best time to visit Jamaica
Jamaica has a tropical climate year-round that's blessed with plenty of sunshine, with temperatures averaging around 27-30°C throughout the year.
December to April are the driest months, with only brief afternoon showers interrupting glorious sunshine, making it an ideal time to go on holiday. Trade winds – affectionately known locally as 'Doctor Breeze' – make for cool, pleasant evenings as well.
The rest of the year, from May to November, sees temperatures and humidity rise, with August and September often the hottest months. Rainfall is also more frequent but still only comes in sporadic showers, which can be a nice antidote to the heat! They're also an excuse to head to the bar for another rum punch – you are on holiday after all! The traditional hurricane season in the Caribbean runs from June to November but peaks in Jamaica during September and October, where it's very humid and storms can be heavy.
Jamaica travel essentials
Do I need any vaccinations for Jamaica?
No vaccinations are recommended for Jamaica but the country is regarded to have a risk of contracting the Zika virus. However, please consult your GP at least four to six weeks prior to travel for current advice.
What is the time difference between Jamaica and the UK?
The time difference is GMT -6 hours (-5 hours October-March).
How long is the flight to Jamaica?
The flight time from London to Kingston is around 10 hours.
What is the currency in Jamaica?
The currency is the Jamaican dollar.
Do I need a visa for a holiday in Jamaica?
British passport holders don't need a visa to travel to Jamaica.
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Otto Leopold of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord zu Gemen and Raesfeld, was born in 1688 the son of Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum.

He became lord zu Gemen in 1704 at the death of his father, and remained until his death in 1754.

He also inherited from his grandfather Alexander IV count von Velen zu Raesfeld the Lordship of Raesfeld.

He married in 1706 countess Anna Elisabeth von Schönborn (born 1686, died 1757) and they had issue:

 Friedrich Karl, count of Limburg Styrum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord zu Gemen (born 1710, died 1771);
 August Philipp Karl, Prince-Bishop of Speyer, count of Limburg Styrum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord zu Gemen (born 1721, died ¼1797);
 Charlotte Amalie, who died ca 1713.

Otto Leopold
1688 births
1754 deaths
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Its a matter of days now. The official launch date may be on 28 April 2010 but work has started and Sri Aman town is abuzz with activities in preparation for Pesta Benak 2010 (Tidal Bore Festival 2010). Everyone involved in the organising the event, spearheaded by the Pesta Benak Organising Committee chaired by the Resident of Sri Aman will be zig zagging around to put in the finishing touch. The Festival has not been held for the past two years. Reason being, the infrastructures for the event namely the Tidal Bore Observation Station and the Batang Lupar Riverine Park were under construction. With its completion, Sri Aman is set to show off its latest landmark to partner the occurrence of the tidal bore phenomenon along Batang Lupar River. Which is why the main goal of the event this year is to label Sri Aman as the Benak Town of Malaysia. Friday the 16th of April 2010 a press conference was held by the Resident of Sri Aman to kick off the final programmes of the event. Its the same as clicking the All Systems Go button and we are off to running around the whole part of Sarawak if not the whole country to invite everyone here- it will be the biggest in Sri Aman this year.
Press Conference on the Pesta Benak 2010 by the Sri Aman Resident Abang Shamshudin Abang Seruji. various events beginning 28th April 2010 to 2 May 2010 are being announced.
With this, Nadai Nama Nama welcomes everyone to Sri Aman, the Benak Town in Malaysia. It will be the best time to witness the various cultural events lined up plus the an opportunity to taste the best cuisines Sri Aman has to offer. This is because there the 'Sri Aman Kitchen' will be one of the features along the riverfront whereby the locals will showcase the best food that is uniquely Sri Aman. Mari Mari to Sri Aman (Come to Sri Aman)!
5 0r 6 years back, i was in Sri Aman for the Pesta Benak Expo too... manning the booth. Gosh, the town was flooded with manusia and it was hot!! May be going for it this time too...jadi tourist.
hmmm great. but i am currently occupied on that day. the last time i was in sri aman for pest benak was when it was held together with hari peladang penternak dan nelayan.
so many people. crowded but its a good way to increase economic activity to the people there.
I know that that is the only river have wave. but never been there.
the festival is good to boost tourism.