The Falls of Shin is a community owned visitor centre designed by local Architect, Catriona Hill, of CH Architecture. The facility has a cafe, shop, exhibition, children's play area and provides access to the well-known salmon leap waterfall and adjacent forest walks.
The previous building was destroyed in a fire in May 2013, and the former owner decided not to rebuild the facility. The local community, under the umbrella organization the Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust (KoSDT), approached the owner and offered to buy the site in 2014.
The project was entirely community lead by KoSDT, who successfully put together a funding portfolio. Seed funding was provided by HIE who financed the purchase of the land.
Development funding and capital funding was then sourced from Big Lottery Scotland through the Growing Community Assets fund. The local wind farm funds managed by SSE and EON both contributed considerable funds, as did HIE, Highland Council and the Roberston Trust and Highland Council. The overall funding package amounted to approximately £1.4million, which covered the capital build cost of £1.09million and revenue funding of circa £300k.
Since the facility opened in May 2017 an ongoing, two-year community project has been based at the building, which funds a development officer to organize and run a series of community events that increase footfall and provide engagement for the community. Most of these have an outdoor theme and take advantage of the building's rural setting. The most recent of these projects, the Christmas fair provided a forum for local traders to display and sell their produce.
The design of the new centre focuses on creating outside spaces, which foster a sense of ownership and pride and can be used by the local community for free. The facilities include a central plaza, which sits at the heart of the venue.
Public access has been greatly improved as the original facility discouraged 'non-paying' visitors. Under community ownership, all visitors are valued, and it is for this reason that picnics are welcome on the plaza and all the play areas can be used for free. Access to the river has also been improved with the path to the waterfall viewing point having been rebuilt so that strollers and wheelchairs can, with assistance, make it to the river edge.
Since the building was opened to the public on 15th May 2017, the door counter has monitored more than 100,000 visits to the café. Visitor surveys show that whilst many of the visitors are tourists, the vast majority of the visitors are local people who value the quality of the café and enjoy using the facility, for free, on a regular basis.
The visitor centre has been designed to be sustainable. In addition to being energy efficient it can expand and contract to suit user demand making it affordable to run. In busy times it can throw its doors open and use expansion space under the covered eaves. In quiet times it can contract and be run by a core staff of three.
The clever and engaging design of the building has provided the community with an asset which earns them money, increase visitors to the area and provides up to 15 jobs for local people.


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O marechal de campo FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1.º Barão Raglan, GCB, PC (Badminton, Inglaterra, 30 de setembro de 1788 - Crimeia, Império Russo, 28 de junho de 1855), conhecido antes de 1852 como Lord FitzRoy Somerset, foi um militar britânico. Foi ferido na Batalha de Waterloo, tendo-lhe sido amputado um braço. Foi o primeiro comandante-chefe britânico na Guerra da Crimeia (1854). Durante as Guerras Napoleónicas, Somerset serviu como secretário militar do Duque de Wellington. Foi duramente criticado pelas suas estratégias durante a Batalha de Balaclava.

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UK university students and leavers will have a boost in spirits after a leading recruitment body predicted graduate job vacancies will rise by 10.2% this year.
According to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), the number of graduate vacancies rose by more than 4% in 2013.
The professional body, which represents more than 750 organisations which recruit and develop graduates in the UK, also expects employers from the IT and telecoms industries to boost their hiring of university leavers by a whopping 40%.
"Given the upturn in the economy, and the slight increase in graduate vacancies recorded last year, we'd expect employer predictions to be fairly buoyant for the year ahead; so an expected rise of over 10% is welcome news," said Stephen Isherwood, the chief executive of the AGR.
He added: "There are some sectors - IT and telecoms, energy, and banking and financial services - looking at double digit growth for 2014.
"What this doesn't mean, however, is that graduates should be any less focussed on their career search. We know that, even though the darkest days of the recession, our members reported unfilled vacancies because they couldn't find graduates with the right mix of skills and attributes.
The organisation's survey, which questioned 202 AGR members, also said that the public sector would have a 20% increase in graduate job vacancies on last year and the banking and financial services will boost their hiring by an impressive 15.7%.
The research also revealed that more than half (54.7%) of the respondents, who used to solely offer graduate placements, are now offering job opportunities to school leavers.
"The substantial rise in the number of graduate vacancies demonstrates that confidence in the UK economy is growing and businesses really value the skills the UK's first-rate graduates can bring to their companies," said David Willetts, the Universities Minister.
He added: "A degree is still one of the best routes to a good job and a rewarding career. The increased number of graduates has been met by increased demand from employers which is why we have made the historic commitment to remove the cap on the number of people who could go to university by 2015-16."


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Prices on mugs generally vary from $25 to $50. Pie plates, whipcream bowls, spoon crocks, vases and dinner plates generally start around $50 depending on the complexity of the glazing.
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Scientists at Scripps Research have found that they can reverse the desire to drink in alcohol-dependent rats -- with the flip of a switch. The researchers were able to use lasers to temporarily inactivate a specific neuronal population, reversing alcohol-seeking behavior and even reducing the physical symptoms of withdrawal.
"This discovery is exciting -- it means we have another piece of the puzzle to explain the neural mechanism driving alcohol consumption," says Olivier George, PhD, an associate professor at Scripps Research and senior author of the new study, published March 18, 2019 in the journal Nature Communications.
"We need compounds that are specific to this neuronal circuitry," George says.
George and his colleagues have been hunting for the brain cells that driving drinking in an alcohol-addicted rat model. In 2016, they reported that they had found a possible source: a neuronal "ensemble," or group of connected cells in a brain region called the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA). This finding marked major progress in mapping the brain, but the researchers needed to characterize the identity of the neurons in this ensemble.
The researchers studied these neurons using optogenetics, a technique that involves the use of light to control cells in living tissue. Rats used in this study were surgically implanted with optic fibers aimed to shine light on the CRF neurons -- to inactivate them at the flip of a switch.
First, the scientists established a baseline for how much the rats would drink before they got addicted to alcohol. The rats drank little this point -- the equivalent of a glass of wine or one beer for a human. The scientists then spent several months increasing consumption in these rats to establish alcohol dependence.
Then the scientists flipped on the lasers to inactivate the CRF neurons -- and the results were dramatic. The rats immediately returned to their pre-dependent drinking levels. The intense motivation to drink had gone away. Inactivating these neurons also reduced the physical symptoms of withdrawal, such as abnormal gait and shaking.
"In this multidisciplinary study, we were able to characterize, target and manipulate a critical subset of neurons responsible for excessive drinking." says Giordano de Guglielmo, PhD, first author of the study and staff scientist at Scripps Research. "This was a team effort, and while we used challenging techniques, working with experts in the field and with the right tools, made everything easier and enjoyable."


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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Atlanta Intown, Buckhead, Intown Arts
Intown at 20: Remembering Oxford Books
by Collin Kelley November 1, 2014 December 24, 2021
Gabrielle Smith's collection of Oxford Books mugs.
Atlanta natives and longtime residents still mourn the loss of their favorite retail spots: great department stores like Rich's and Davison's, buying vinyl records at Peaches or finding a great old film at Movies Worth Seeing. But for literature lovers, the one that truly got away is Oxford Books.
Opened in 1970 by Rupert LeCraw in Peachtree Battle Shopping Center, Oxford instantly became a mecca for readers. Upstairs was the city's first real coffee house – The Cup and Chaucer – where you could have a pastry with your cup of joe while reading a book or newspaper.
Oxford would expand to include a massive second location on Pharr Road, a used bookstore called Oxford, Too, Oxford Comics and short-lived locations on West Paces Ferry and in Sandy Springs.
The Pharr Road store in Buckhead (where Allure apartments are now located) became the flagship Oxford in 1992. Housed in a former Mercedes Benz dealership built in 1966 by Bruce Goff, the modern, space-agey feel of the two-story circular buildings was like no other in the city. Along with the miles of books, the Oxford on Pharr also had one of the largest magazine selections – from UK music monthlies, to underground literary zines to international newspapers. The store's video rental section was a go-to for foreign film fans.
The Pharr Road location of Oxford was a former Mercedes dealership. The site is now the Allure apartment complex.
For many years, Oxford had the distinction of being the largest independent bookstore in the southeast. The stores attracted some of the biggest authors of the time for book signings. Since it was open 365 days a year, you could wander in after Thanksgiving dinner or spend your holiday cash on Christmas day.
Oxford closed its doors in 1997, killed by a combination of a poorly set up loan, unsuccessful expansions and the onslaught of chain bookstores. Seventeen years later, bookstores in general teeter on the brink because of the rise of Amazon, big box retailers slashing prices and the popularity of eBooks.
Former employee Gabrielle Smith has set up a Facebook page for Oxford, which contains pages of memories from former employees and shoppers as well as photos.
Chris Morris and Gabrielle Smith at the Pharr Road location.
Jennifer Eve Bonder worked at the Peachtree Battle store and recalls chasing actor Kevin Kline around the store and bumping into Elton John, who was wearing a trench coat in July.
Oxford was a favorite stop for novelist Anne Rice, who would arrive for signings in a hearse or dressed as Cleopatra. INtown's historian Ann Boutwell remembers meeting late Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Lewis Grizzard at the Peachtree Battle store when he was signing Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes.
Dan Goldgeir, a writer at AdPulp.com, said he spent hours in The Cup and Chaucer working on ads and doing research, while insurance underwriter Jack Hammond misses "the different levels on Pharr and the groovy '60s architecture vibe."
Donna Bowling, COO at MindPower, said each store had its own special characteristics. "At Peachtree Battle, there was the aroma of coffee brewing, spiral staircases and library ladders. At Pharr, there was the octagonal-shaped buildings and the dueling smells of old, musty books versus freshly printed publications. Ahhh…the memories!"
Writer and artist Alicia Griswold worked at Oxford, Too, which had used books and magazines from floor to ceiling. "I worked in Oxford, Too from its opening and for a bout a year after saving for grad school," Griswold said. "I remember the long literature test we had to take to get hired. It made the GRE look like a Cosmo quiz." The Oxford, Too building is now home to Peachtree Battle Antiques and Interiors.
Oxford also employed some notable folks you might have heard of, including radio deejay Melissa Carter, noted artist Kara Walker and Bobby Mort, who recently won an Emmy for his writing on The Colbert Report. Many future Atlanta authors visited Oxford and dreamed of writing their own books
David Johnson checks out the stock at the Pharr Road location of Oxford Books.
Crime author Grant Jerkins (A Very Simple Crime and the forthcoming Done in One with Jan Thomas) vividly remembers Thom Wolfe's singing for A Man In Full at the Pharr store. "Not only was that his follow-up to Bonfire of the Vanities, but it was also set in Atlanta—so there was a massive crowd," he said. "They had him up on this makeshift elevated stage, complete in his sparkling white ice cream suit. When you finally got to the head of the line, there was no interaction with Mr. Wolfe. He was several yards away, just sort of looking down at you, and an intermediary would take your book up to him to have it signed."
Jerkins said Oxford, Too was his favorite store. "I would spend the entire day rambling around that place. It was rickety and creaky and sprawling. They also had a store-within-the-store just for book collectors. It was run by a guy named Grover and his assistant, Alek. That was my first exposure to the world of signed copies, Brodart dust jacket protectors, ephemera, first editions, and limited editions. I've been a collector ever since."
Jerkins also met legendary sci-fi author Ray Bradbury at Oxford, Too in 1996. "Not only did I shake his hand and chat with him, I went through the signing line three times (at his suggestion), and got my entire Bradbury collection autographed."
And while Oxford is no more, one vestige survives: Oxford Comics at 2855 Piedmont Road. Originally part of the Pharr Road store, the comics and games purveyor continues to carry on the legacy and stir up fond memories of what many Atlantans remember as the best book store ever.
For more memories and photos, check out the facebook.com/groups/OxfordBooksAtlanta.
Tagged: bookstore, Buckhead Reporter, Intown, literature, Oxford Books, Peachtree Battle, Pharr Road
Collin Kelley
Collin Kelley has been the editor of Atlanta Intown for two decades and has been a journalist and freelance writer for 35 years. He's also an award-winning poet and novelist. More by Collin Kelley
2 replies on "Intown at 20: Remembering Oxford Books"
Gabrielle Smith says:
Thanks for the nice writeup, Collin and Annie! I meant to write to you and tell you my favorite memory, but I kept forgetting. I managed the cookbook section (amongst others) at Pharr, have a huge collection myself, many of which I purchased there with my employee discount, and one day Julia Child dropped by to sign our stock of her books! I had watched her on public television growing up in the '60s and was a huge fan, so to have her in MY section, wandering through the shelves and talking with me about new cookbooks and fancy chefs who create unappetizing food was like a crazy dream! I made sure I bought every one of her books we had in stock, and she signed them all for me. Best day ever for a foodie.

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Undercrown's latest 'Child's Play' release is a homage to some of our favourite basketball flicks from the 1990s. Based on the wardrobe of 'Billy Hoyle', aka Woody Harrelson in White Men Can't Jump, and 'Kyle Lee Watson', Duane Martin in Above the Rim, this crispy crop of retro tees is available now online at the UNDRCRWN Store.
The line has been dubbed "Child's Play" because the inspiration comes from the idea and meaning of "Play" throughout ones life. From childhood joy to playground rivalries and coming-of-age tales- this collection covers it all. By channeling pop culture from some of the most influential games, movie characters and scenes in 90's film- the designs take on a life of their own while reminding you of all the moments you treasured as a kid, teen and adult.
Additional inspiration was drawn through the use of Primary colors (similar to the toys you 'played' with as a child)- while the vintage graphic treatments provide a grown-up mix of nostalgia and wearability.


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Q: Batch status - 'validating' after failed creation Hi i`m tryng to work with shipping batches, after i create batch like this:
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i get notification like this:
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what i don`t understand is - why status is still validating and why there is no error messages ?

A: So, for starters, the default status of a Batch object in Shippo is VALIDATING. So this is why it would persist to stay in that state, although it might be a little confusing when there is an unexpected failure (which is what appears to have happened here).
As mentioned in the comments there, this failure occurred due to trying to do a Batch purchase using a collection of Shipment object_id's. The Batch endpoint is actually supposed to allow you to create a collection of Shipment objects en masse, and then later you can Batch purchase the labels for your desired rates on those Shipment objects.
Rate retrieval is generally the more time consuming process, depending on how many connected shipping accounts you have. So Batch creation is intended to allow you to have Shippo retrieve rates for a lot of packages and simply check on them once they are done (or get notified of their completion via Shippo's webhooks).
So moving forward, make sure that you first try to create the Batch with a collection of Shipments (see here). Then you can proceed to create the labels for the shipment like so.

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A Festive Reception for the Heads of Delegations Participating in the Eurovision at Expo Tel Aviv
Representatives of delegations of 41 countries participating in the Eurovision Song Contest attended the ceremonious meeting
The Heads of Delegations enjoyed an exclusive and moving visit for the first time to see the main performance pavilion where the contest will take place and be broadcast by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN)
(Tel Aviv, March 12th, 2019) This morning at Expo Tel Aviv, a ceremonious gathering of the Heads of Delegations of 41 countries participating in the Eurovision Song Contest took place, which will be broadcast in Israel by KAN. This event was the opening note for the Eurovision 2019 events. During the visit the representatives of the countries toured Expo Tel Aviv, which will host all the delegations during the preliminary preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest and during the competition itself. The Heads of Delegations were joined by Jon Ola Sand, the European Broadcasting Union's Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Tobias Åberg, Head of Production and Zivit Davidovitch, the Executive Producer of the Eurovision in Israel.
The festivities began with a tour of Pavilion 2, where the main performance will take place, and Pavilion 1 where the VIP green room will be located. The Heads of Delegations were shown simulations of the venue as it will appear during the Eurovision. The tour ended with an official reception at the Rokach Plaza that included a performance given by the "Bikurei Ha'Itim" dance troupe, while flags from each of the delegations were put up around the plaza.
Expo Tel Aviv boasts 25,000 square meters of roofed exhibition grounds that are divided into eight pavilions of various sizes, alongside an additional 20,000 square meters of open exhibition space adjacent to the pavilions on grass lawns. Six pavilions have been reserved for the Eurovision Song Contest: Pavilion 2, which will be used for the semifinals and final concert will be reserved beginning mid-March for two and a half months, and Pavilion 1 as well as the remaining pavilions will be available for the production crew for the period of one month prior to the contest. The production staff will be able to work in all of the pavilions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, the temperature will be maintained at 21 degrees in all of the pavilions as part of the production requirements.
Tamir Dayan, CEO of Expo Tel Aviv spoke at the event: "The Eurovision Song Contest is the largest and most popular singing competition in the world, which allows for connections between nations, cultures and languages. I'm excited to see you all here and am looking forward for your next arrival together with your delegations. We at Expo Tel Aviv understand the weight of the responsibility bestowed upon us in hosting this event and are preparing ourselves at the highest standards in order to meet your needs and in order for you to enjoy your stay here with us".
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var ecstatic = require('../ecstatic'),
    fs = require('fs'),
    path = require('path'),
    he = require('he'),
    etag = require('./etag'),
    url = require('url'),
    status = require('./status-handlers');

module.exports = function (opts, stat) {
  // opts are parsed by opts.js, defaults already applied
  var cache = opts.cache,
      root = path.resolve(opts.root),
      baseDir = opts.baseDir,
      humanReadable = opts.humanReadable,
      handleError = opts.handleError,
      showDotfiles = opts.showDotfiles,
      si = opts.si,
      weakEtags = opts.weakEtags;

  return function middleware (req, res, next) {

    // Figure out the path for the file from the given url
    var parsed = url.parse(req.url),
        pathname = decodeURIComponent(parsed.pathname),
        dir = path.normalize(
          path.join(root,
            path.relative(
              path.join('/', baseDir),
              pathname
            )
          )
        );

    fs.stat(dir, function (err, stat) {
      Iif (err) {
        return handleError ? status[500](res, next, { error: err }) : next();
      }

      // files are the listing of dir
      fs.readdir(dir, function (err, files) {
        Iif (err) {
          return handleError ? status[500](res, next, { error: err }) : next();
        }

        // Optionally exclude dotfiles from directory listing.
        Iif (!showDotfiles) {
          files = files.filter(function(filename){
            return filename.slice(0,1) !== '.';
          });
        }

        res.setHeader('content-type', 'text/html');
        res.setHeader('etag', etag(stat, weakEtags));
        res.setHeader('last-modified', (new Date(stat.mtime)).toUTCString());
        res.setHeader('cache-control', cache);

        sortByIsDirectory(files, function (lolwuts, dirs, files) {
          // It's possible to get stat errors for all sorts of reasons here.
          // Unfortunately, our two choices are to either bail completely,
          // or just truck along as though everything's cool. In this case,
          // I decided to just tack them on as "??!?" items along with dirs
          // and files.
          //
          // Whatever.

          // if it makes sense to, add a .. link
          if (path.resolve(dir, '..').slice(0, root.length) == root) {
            return fs.stat(path.join(dir, '..'), function (err, s) {
              Iif (err) {
                return handleError ? status[500](res, next, { error: err }) : next();
              }
              dirs.unshift([ '..', s ]);
              render(dirs, files, lolwuts);
            });
          }
          render(dirs, files, lolwuts);
        });

        function sortByIsDirectory(paths, cb) {
          // take the listing file names in `dir`
          // returns directory and file array, each entry is
          // of the array a [name, stat] tuple
          var pending = paths.length,
              errs = [],
              dirs = [],
              files = [];

          if (!pending) {
            return cb(errs, dirs, files);
          }

          paths.forEach(function (file) {
            fs.stat(path.join(dir, file), function (err, s) {
              Iif (err) {
                errs.push([file, err]);
              }
              else if (s.isDirectory()) {
                dirs.push([file, s]);
              }
              else {
                files.push([file, s]);
              }

              if (--pending === 0) {
                cb(errs, dirs, files);
              }
            });
          });
        }

        function render(dirs, files, lolwuts) {
          // each entry in the array is a [name, stat] tuple

          // TODO: use stylessheets?
          var html = [
            '<!doctype html>',
            '<html>',
            '  <head>',
            '    <meta charset="utf-8">',
            '    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">',
            '    <title>Index of ' + he.encode(pathname) +'</title>',
            '  </head>',
            '  <body>',
            '<h1>Index of ' + he.encode(pathname) + '</h1>'
          ].join('\n') + '\n';

          html += '<table>';

          var failed = false;
          var writeRow = function (file, i) {
            // render a row given a [name, stat] tuple
            var isDir = file[1].isDirectory && file[1].isDirectory();
            var href = parsed.pathname.replace(/\/$/, '') + '/' + encodeURIComponent(file[0]);

            // append trailing slash and query for dir entry
            if (isDir) {
              href += '/' + he.encode((parsed.search)? parsed.search:'');
            }

            var displayName = he.encode(file[0]) + ((isDir)? '/':'');

            // TODO: use stylessheets?
            html += '<tr>' +
              '<td><code>(' + permsToString(file[1]) + ')</code></td>' +
              '<td style="text-align: right; padding-left: 1em"><code>' + sizeToString(file[1], humanReadable, si) + '</code></td>' +
              '<td style="padding-left: 1em"><a href="' + href + '">' + displayName + '</a></td>' +
              '</tr>\n';
          };

          dirs.sort(function (a, b) { return a[0].toString().localeCompare(b[0].toString()); }).forEach(writeRow);
          files.sort(function (a, b) { return a.toString().localeCompare(b.toString()); }).forEach(writeRow);
          lolwuts.sort(function (a, b) { return a[0].toString().localeCompare(b[0].toString()); }).forEach(writeRow);

          html += '</table>\n';
          html += '<br><address>Node.js ' +
            process.version +
            '/ <a href="https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic">ecstatic</a> ' +
            'server running @ ' +
            he.encode(req.headers.host || '') + '</address>\n' +
            '</body></html>'
          ;

          Eif (!failed) {
            res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/html" });
            res.end(html);
          }
        }
      });
    });
  };
};

function permsToString(stat) {

  Iif (!stat.isDirectory || !stat.mode) {
    return '???!!!???';
  }

  var dir = stat.isDirectory() ? 'd' : '-',
      mode = stat.mode.toString(8);

  return dir + mode.slice(-3).split('').map(function (n) {
    return [
      '---',
      '--x',
      '-w-',
      '-wx',
      'r--',
      'r-x',
      'rw-',
      'rwx'
    ][parseInt(n, 10)];
  }).join('');
}

// given a file's stat, return the size of it in string
// humanReadable: (boolean) whether to result is human readable
// si: (boolean) whether to use si (1k = 1000), otherwise 1k = 1024
// adopted from http://stackoverflow.com/a/14919494/665507
function sizeToString(stat, humanReadable, si) {
    if (stat.isDirectory && stat.isDirectory()) {
      return '';
    }

    var sizeString = '';
    var bytes = stat.size;
    var threshold = si ? 1000 : 1024;

    if (!humanReadable || bytes < threshold) {
      return bytes + 'B';
    }

    var units = [ 'k','M','G','T','P','E','Z','Y' ];
    var u = -1;
    do {
        bytes /= threshold;
        ++u;
    } while (bytes >= threshold);

    var b = bytes.toFixed(1);
    Iif (isNaN(b)) b = '??';

    return b + units[u];
}

  Code coverage
  generated by istanbul at Tue Aug 09 2016 13:31:02 GMT-0400 (EDT)


Together with its parent company Tetenal Ltd, beauty and hair care brand OnZen is contributing to this year's Photographic Stylist. The yearly competition is hosted by the National Hairdressing Federation (nhf).
As a worldwide leading name in the photographic business, Tetenal is excited to form part of this year's edition. The company will sponsor a special prize for each of the four winning contestants. Each winner will be honoured with a high-quality 16" x 12" print of their winning photograph. Presented in a frame this will give winners the perfect opportunity to promote their business to customers.
Together with OnZen, Tetenal will also be part of the nhf's Britain's Best event. They will present OnZen Hair and OnZen Home Spa tablets to professionals from the hairdressing industry. The event takes place on Sunday, 13th November at the Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire.
© OnZen 2016 - Official UK distributor of OnZen Bath and Shower Tablets.


Good storage and house-keeping practices are always important to ensure a safe workplace. Where possible, fertilizers should be stored in a closed, secure storage place to protect the product from the weather (sun, rain etc.).
• A clean environment, free of dust/dirt.
• A dry, well-ventilated and sheltered place with the bags on pallets.
• Protected from moisture, which can cause lumps and dust, influencing dissolving capabilities.
Opening fertilizer product containers, measuring amounts, and transferring fertilizer to the delivery system involves some level of risk from spills. Secondary containment should be used for fertilizer stock tanks routinely; spill clean-up materials should be used for liquids (e.g., absorbent materials) and solids (e.g., shovel, dust pan, broom and empty and/or buckets) should be available within the general area.
Wear Gloves. Prolonged skin contact may cause some irritation.
Wear Masks. High dust concentrations of air-borne material may cause irritation of the nose and upper respiratory tract with symptoms such as sore throat and coughing.
Wear Goggles. May cause eye irritation following contact.
Always wear chemical goggles and adequate skin coverage.
Inspect equipment before each day's work and correct any abnormal conditions.
Wear protective gloves when handling big bags.
Bags should not be re-used after emptying. Dispose of them in an approved waste processor.
Clean up any spills immediately and make sure that no spilled product ends up in the water or sewage system.
• Flush/irrigate eyes with copious amounts of water for at least 10 minutes.
• Obtain medical attention if eye irritation persists.
• Drink water or milk.
• Obtain medical attention if more than a small quantity has been swallowed.
• Remove from source of exposure to dusts.
• Obtain medical attention if ill effects occur.
• Wear suitable gloves when handling the product over long periods.
• Use suitable dust respirator if dust concentration is high.
• After handling product, wash hands and observe good hygiene practice.


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Petter Palander
random thoughts on random subjects
Top 10 Restaurants in Malmö - On Google, TripAdvisor, Yelp, Facebook & Foursquare
While I was playing around with the Restaurants Nearby in Google Maps today I got really curious about what restaurants would be the Top 10 in Malmö on the major discovery platforms. What do people see when they search for something to eat in Malmö? I logged out of my…
2014 in numbers
Since the very day Martin Thörnkvist showed me The Feltron report back in the summer of 2008, I've been intrigued by life logging and the quantified self movement. I'm by no means extreme and way too lazy to do any manual work to track some things properly…
iPhone MacBook * Mount
A bit more than a year ago I started to work on a iPhone / MacBook mount. I started by making some very simple prototypes, iterated to some more advanced 3D modelled & 3D printed versions. I wanted it in aluminum or some kind of metal, to match the MacBook and…
My Music Year 2014
2014 was a very special music year for me, I went on a music discovery journey. I've always listened to a lot of music, in 2014 I listened 42,698 minutes just on Spotify. That's 711 hours and about 2 hour average per day. And I would say…
2014 in review I've never done this kind of year in review before but I was inspired both by Björn Jeffery who's review I read every year, and by the automated Facebook year review that has passed through my facebook feed. When I looked at my own…
The New Foursquare
The essence of what Foursquare is to me, and has always been. Our tastes are different, so why should we get the same search results? The new Foursquare learns what you like and leads you to places you'll love …
24 Apr 2014 on moves, location, facebook
Moves moves on
Today's We're delighted to be acquired letter is coming from Moves who's been building an amazing health / location tracker up until now. Now they join Facebook to work and improve "their products and services". They say the app will live on, but the question is for how long. It tend…
Entrepreneurship To Me
Entrepreneurship to me is about making the changes you want to see in the world. It's about giving a shit. It's about making a difference. It's about taking a stance. It's about making things better. It's about helping others. It's about creating a better society, and a better reality for…
Sexual Omnivores
Interesting, and probably a radical lecture in some people's eyes, by Christopher Ryan. It's about monogamy and the history of our species from a sexual standpoint. Christopher argues that the current Victorian norm of relationship and sexuality is a relatively recent phenomena of humans and maybe we aren't at all…
24 Feb 2014 on MalmöFTW, MalmoStartups
#MalmöFTW
Malmö & Minc in two recent articles about the startup scene as a place to be and to look at. Aron Solomon writes in BetaKit as one of five tops to the Canadian tech scene to look elsewhere than to Silicon Valley and points to Sweden and Malmö: I'm…
All content copyright Petter Palander © 2013 • All rights reserved.


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You Could Be In For A Nasty Shock This Easter
April 10, 2017 Procurious HQ
What's "shrinkflation"? It's the practice of selling a smaller product at the same price, and it's increasingly common in the chocolate industry. Procurious looks at three big stories about Chocolate supply management that have hit the news in the past week.
Regulation impacts complexity, complexity impacts costs, and costs impact the size of your chocolate bar.
Shrinkflation: Why Brexit means Cadbury chocolate bars will get smaller
It might be time to panic-buy your favourite Cadbury chocolate bars in bulk, because Cadbury UK's parent company (Mondelez International) has warned that Brexit could lead to higher prices, or shrinkflation.
What's shrinkflation? It's the practice of selling smaller products for the same price. Mondelez has done this before, when its new-look Toblerone was revealed to have wider gaps between its iconic chocolate triangles, reducing the weight from 400g to 360g but selling at the same price. A pack of six Cadbury Creme Eggs – an Easter favourite – was also reduced to five eggs with only a slight decrease in the recommended retail price, from £3.05 to £2.85. The company has pointed to rising commodity costs, the falling value of the pound and an increase in cocoa prices, while Brexit is expected to make it increasingly costly to do business with other countries in the future.
Mondelez's UK boss Glenn Caton told The Guardian that his organisation is watching the Brexit negotiations closely. "First of all [the Government] needs to make sure we have a stable and thriving U.K. economy," Caton said. "If the economy is growing, all businesses benefit from that. Secondly, ensuring there is no new, more complex regulation and that there is free movement of goods and minimal barriers to trade. Regulation impacts complexity, complexity impacts costs, as do trade barriers and tariffs."
Mondelez has invested more than £200m in Cadbury UK, including £75m on modernising manufacturing at Bournville in Birmingham, the home of the 193-year-old Cadbury brand. Bournville is also home to the global R&D team, which has grown from 25 to 250 people since Mondelez took over in July 2013.
Mars reinvests US$70 million in US supply chain while president warns of protectionism
Mars is re-shoring its manufacturing operation in a move that will mean over 95% of its chocolate products sold in the US are made domestically.
The investment of $70 million will add approximately 250 new jobs to production sites across the US, including a Mars Food factory in Greenville Missouri which will receive a $31 million injection. Last year, Mars poured US$52 million into its chocolate factory in Ontario, Canada.
The announcement was made on the same day that Mars Good President, Fiona Dawson, told the American Chambers of Commerce to the EU that protectionist trends worldwide are "threatening to undermine global trade and make the world less connected".
"The absence of hard borders with all their attendant tariff, customs and non-tariff barriers allows for an integrated supply chain, which helps to keep costs down. The return of those barriers would create higher costs, threatening that supply chain and the jobs that come with it.
"If Britain ends up trading with the EU on the basis of WTO rules, 'Most Favoured Nation' rates would come into force. In the area of confectionery that alone would mean tariffs of around 30%."
Prince Charles seeks to halt chocolate-industry deforestation
HRM Prince Charles, a keen environmentalist, convened a meeting with global cocoa and chocolate companies to target deforestation in the cocoa supply chain. Delegates from twelve major companies, including Hershey, Mars and Nestle, met with senior government representatives from two of the world's leading cocoa-producing countries, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.
In his speech to the attendees, Prince Charles noted that aside from environmental damage, "The most powerful direct reason for action is that deforestation threatens to undermine the very resilience of the cocoa sector itself, and with it the livelihoods of the millions of smallholders who depend on it, due to the increased climate variability that follows forest loss."
The meeting resulted in a Collective Statement of Intent to end deforestation and forest degradation in the cocoa supply chain.
That's more than enough about chocolate. In other procurement news this week…
UK Grocery Chain Waitrose introduces trucks powered by rotten food
Waitrose has partnered with bio-fuel company CNG Fuels to place an order for 10 flatbed trucks that will be powered entirely by rotten food.
The fuel will be sourced from unsold food at supermarkets across the UK. Globally, an estimated one-third of all food, or 1.3 billion metric tons of produce – goes to waste every year.
The new biomethane trucks have an average range of nearly 500 miles, with the biofuel to cost 40% less than diesel fuel. The biomethane emits 70% less carbon dioxide than diesel.
Read more on Konbini.
Boeing's VP Supply Chain nominated for US Deputy Secretary of Defence
The White House has nominated Boeing's Patrick Shanahan as Deputy Secretary of Defence, with a view to tap Shanahan's knowledge of the business side of military aircraft procurement.
In December, Trump rattled Boeing management with a Tweet complaining about the high cost of replacing the presidential plane (Air Force One) and threatening to cancel the program. Since then, the relationship between the White House and Boeing appears to have improved.
Under new ethics rules, Shanahan will be required to recuse himself from any Boeing-related procurement contract decision for the next two years.
Read more on Seattle Times.
Brexitcost savingsprocurement regulationsprotectionismretail strategyskrinkflation
Big Ideas Summit, Procurious News
A Futurist, An Economist, A Professor, A Psychologist and a CFO Walk Into A Bar…
A Futurist, An Economist, A Professor, A Psychologist and a CFO Walk Into A Bar…It may sound like the start of a terrible joke, but in fact, this is the stellar line-up of experts featuring in Even Bigger Ideas. And alright, they didn't actually walk into a bar, it was more of a podcast series…
Whether you love learning on the go, at your desk, on your lunch break or from the comfort of your own sofa, Even Bigger Ideas is made for you! The series is free for all Procurious members and can be found in the learning section of the site.
Why not spend 15 minutes with each of our procurement power-players as they highlight the trends disrupting business. Here's what you can expect:
1. Make Sure You Still Have A Job In 2020
Futurist Anders Sorman-Nilsson warns that unless procurement pros act now, there's a good chance they'll find themselves unemployed as early as 2020. It's time to embrace the gig economy, learn to speak the language of digital and invest in our education.
Listen to Anders' podcast here or read more here.
2. The Unpalatable Update On Thinking The Unthinkable
It turns out that thinking the unthinkable in the current climate is becoming a rather unpalatable affair. Nik Gowing, BBC Broadcaster and Visiting Professor at King's College, explains why leaders must learn to recognise and handle impending unthinkables or risk going out of business.
Listen to Nik's podcast here or read more here.
3. How Do You Know When Your Idea's Got Legs?
Creating an encouraging environment for intrapreneurs in the biggest organisations can be tough. Rio Tinto CFO, Chris Lynch, offers advice on fostering innovation and some top tips on assessing when an idea has legs. How do you know if it's worth investing time, and money, into someone's idea and what can the biggest companies do to encourage and motivate their employees to think big.
Listen to Chris' podcast here or read more here.
4. Unleash Your Creative Genius In Fifteen Minutes
Innovation is now firmly on the agenda for businesses worldwide. According to Creative Change Agent James Bannerman, there's no such thing as a lost cause when it comes to unleashing creativity. It's simply a matter of re-educating ourselves and learning some tips and tricks to unlock our creative potential.
Listen to James' podcast here or read more here.
5. Trump & Trade: Hope For The Best & Plan For The Worst
Dr Linda Yueh, a renowned economist, broadcaster and Adjunct Professor of Economics for London Business School, discusses how supply managers can prepare for the major shifts in globalisation, trade and protectionism under Trump. With any luck the potential impacts on our global supply chains are over-exaggerated!
Listen to Linda's' podcast here or read more here.
even bigger ideaspodcast
Procurement Rising Stars: What Got You Here Won't Get You There
April 7, 2017 Karen Morley
Karen Morley realised very early on in her career that her workplace experience would be somewhat different from her male counterparts. Drawing on her wealth of knowledge she offers three key pieces of advice to procurement rising stars.
Join our Women in Procurement group, Bravo, here.
Quite early in my career, it became clear that my overarching purpose was to help leaders realise their full potential (although I may not have articulated it quite as clearly as this at the time!). I have a huge and on-going curiosity about people and their motivations. I became a psychologist to explore that further, and my studies and professional identification fed my purpose.
As a young woman starting out my professional life, and with an ambition to succeed and achieve well, I was a keen observer of who in my organisation was given the best opportunities and who was promoted, and it didn't take long for me to conclude that there wasn't a level playing field for equally talented men and women. This was a big surprise to me and it was disappointing to know that equality efforts still had a long way to go.
And so my purpose has developed over time to include my passion for ensuring women are provided equal opportunity to grow and succeed, and for working with organisations to promote strategies that increase gender balance, and diversity and inclusion in general. To any procurement rising stars, I offer three key pieces of advice:
Rising Stars: What got you here won't get you there
This phrase, which comes from Marshall Goldsmith, is a very powerful one. Continuing to do more of what you're good at is seductive, but limiting, at least if you want to keep rising. And not all organisations are good at making this clear to their newer leaders.
While we know that new roles and increased seniority require new skills and perspectives, I also speak with the leaders I coach about what they need to give up. You need to give up a lot of what you have been recognised for and been good at, once you're managing a team.
Create strong foundations that will serve your entire career
Notwithstanding that you need take on and give up certain skills and perspectives as your career grows, there are a couple of related foundation skills for leaders that help regardless of the size and shape of your job. I think these are some of the toughest things to manage, but worth it in terms of the payback:
Manage your attention – disciplined attention is the currency of leadership. To be successful you need to pay attention to the things that matter most, and sustain your attention on those things in the midst of many distractions.
At increasingly senior levels this intensifies and focusing strategically and productively becomes ever more challenging. How to zone out the minutiae of everyday demands and keep attention on the big picture? You've got to be a bit ruthless with your attention and give up any need you might have to be all things to all people, or to be the one who has the right answers. Instead, prioritise what matters most and excel at it.
Manage your perspective – being able to manage your attention helps you to manage your perspective taking. And managing your perspective taking helps with important things like enabling others to do their work, and managing complexity.
The only effective way of dealing with complexity is being able to take different perspectives. Instead of managing for certainty, we need to lead for possibility. That can be challenging, and anxiety-provoking, in organisations where the drive is towards certainty. Seeking out the perspectives of people who are different from us, irritate us, or who stretch us beyond our comfort zones, can unlock enormous creativity and power. What questions do/would they ask? Build them into your repertoire to develop greater flexibility in your thinking.
Know your story, and tell it well
How do you want the world to know you, and to understand the leader you are becoming? Spending time crafting your storylines is of critical importance firstly in gaining your own clarity: what's your leadership purpose, your values and motivations to lead? How readily and clearly can you articulate these?
When you're growing and developing, your stories may become a little confused, and some of them are changing. You may need to discard some, and find new ones. Working out how to articulate them clearly can help you gain clarity on what they are. Win:win!
I find that women in particular may be reluctant to tell their stories; I often hear 'I don't think I have anything interesting to say'. But everyone does. And a story should only take 60 to 90 seconds to tell.
No-one else will be clear about what you stand for if you're not. Your stories serve to prime you for success. As you tell your stories people come to better connect with you, understand the authentic you, and appreciate your intentions. Help them to see you as the leader you want to be known as.
My Top Tips On Reducing Gender Disparity
To be successful in shifting the representation of women in senior roles and start to nurture those rising stars, it's important to nail these four things:,
Sincerely champion the value of women in senior leadership, and publicly commit to change; Giam Swiegers, Global CEO of Aurecon, is a wonderful example of this
Develop an inclusive culture and supporting practices, including promoting inclusion as an organisational ideal, promoting inclusive practices such as flexible working for everyone, and changing hiring and promotional practices to make them merit-based
Collect the right data, make it transparent and hold managers to account; Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce and Lara Poloni, CEO AECOM A&NZ are outstanding examples of organisations that transparently reviewed pay data, found gender-based differences, and adjusted the salaries of affected women
As a leader, recognise the impact and pervasiveness of unconscious bias, seek to understand it, and improve decision making practices to reduce its impact
Procurious has launched Bravo!, a group that seeks to celebrate and promote women working within procurement. Get involved here.
bravocareer tipsdiversityequality in procurementgender biasgender equalityinclusionleadership skillsprocurement leadershipwomen in procurement
Tender Of The Year? Bidding Opens For US-Mexican Border Wall
Tuesday 4th April marks the deadline for companies to submit papers detailing their proposals to build the Trump Administration's "big, beautiful, powerful" Mexican border wall. But will the massive construction project ever win the funding it needs?
US Customs and Border Protection has issued two 130-page RFPs, offering a glimpse into the Trump Administration's vision for the 2,000km barrier designed to stop illegal immigration and cut off drug-smuggling routes. More than 1,100 kilometres of the border has already been fenced, but the existing walls are nowhere near as imposing as those detailed in the RFPs.
The RFPs indicate a massive construction project, with specifications including:
A 9-meter-high reinforced concrete barrier, extending 2 meters underground to prevent tunnelling.
A similar barrier made from durable, see-through material.
The wall must be "cost-effective to build and repair".
The barrier must be "physically imposing" and capable of resisting almost any attack by "sledgehammer, car jack, pickaxe, chisel, battery-operated impact tools, battery-operated cutting tools [or] oxy/acetylene torch for a minimum of one hour."
At the same time, the wall must be "aesthetically pleasing", reflecting Trump's campaign promise of a "beautiful wall". Reports note that this requirement only applies to the North-facing side of the wall.
Features to prevent anyone from scaling the barrier or attaching grappling hooks to its summit.
Incorporation of electronically controlled gates for vehicles and pedestrians.
Customs and Border Protection intends to award multiple contracts based on responses to its request statement. The selection process begins with an initial elimination round, after which the contestants will submit more detailed technical proposals. After a second round of eliminations, finalists will gather in San Diego, California to construct a small-scale "mock-up" of their wall design. Sledgehammer-wielding government representatives will then "test and evaluate the anti-destruct characteristics" of the designs before awarding contracts.
What will the wall cost?
During his presidential campaign, Trump estimated that construction would cost $12 billion, citing his personal involvement as a factor in driving costs down. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has estimated $15 billion, while a US Department of Homeland Security internal report indicated the wall would cost as much as $21.6 billion and take over three years to build. A preliminary version of the president's budget for fiscal 2018, beginning in October, includes $2.6 billion for the first phase of construction.
While the RFPs appear to require a highly-visible and physically imposing barrier, some companies have proposed hi-tech solutions to border security that could provide a 90% saving to the government. Examples include having two chain-link fences with a "no man's land" in between and intrusion detection systems in place. Other invisible or "virtual" wall proposals would use AI software to analyse satellite and surveillance imagery and alert border guards to area where activity is detected.
An alternative idea for a physical barrier put forward by a Florida architecture firm is to use shipping containers as the building blocks for the wall. This could be a cost-effective and sustainable solution, particularly as the U.S. has a surplus of shipping containers due to the slowdown in global commerce.
Will the Mexican border wall ever be funded?
While Donald Trump famously promised his voters that "Mexico will pay" for the border wall, the Mexican Government has repeatedly stated that it would not do so. The Trump administration is yet to reveal how it would compel Mexico to pay. The budget request for $2.6 billion to begin construction was seized upon last week by Graco Ramirez, the leader of Mexico's national governors' association, who claimed this proves that U.S. taxpayers will foot the entire bill.
The proposal is likely to face fierce opposition in Congress, where Democrats and fiscally-conservative Republicans are expected to block expenditure on this scale, particularly if estimates blow out to $21.6 billion.
Who will build it?
Ironically, although Trump may be unable to make Mexico pay for the wall, he could end up paying Mexican businesses to do the work. A report by Quartz found that "of the roughly 700 firms that have expressed interest in building prototypes for the wall, about 10% are Hispanic-owned" or based in Mexico. However, the Mexican government has warned Mexican businesses that it would "not be in their best interests" to participate in the construction of the wall, while the Catholic archdiocese of Mexico issued an opinion that participating would be "immoral" and those involved "should be considered traitors to the homeland". The considerable political pressure notably caused Mexico's largest cement firm, Cemex, to announce that it would not be providing quotes for the vast amount of cement the project would require.
As far as U.S. construction firms go, few of the large, multinational corporations that would actually have the capacity to carry out the $21 billion project have indicated interest, presumably due to public opposition to the wall and the difficult path through Congress to funding it. Meanwhile, state representatives and lawmakers are putting in place boycott measures such as California's "Resist the Wall Act", essentially a divestment campaign to ensure no Californian money goes towards building the wall.
In other news procurement news this week…
Shocking lack of digital transformation strategies in procurement organisations
The Hackett Group's 2017 Procurement Key Issues research has discovered that nearly 85% of procurement organisations believe digital transformation will fundamentally change the way they deliver services over the next 3-5 years.
Despite this, only 32% currently have a formal digital strategy in place, and only 25% have the resources and competencies in place to meet the digital transformation challenge.
The research gathered data from executives across 180+ large companies globally, with an annual revenue of $1 billion or greater. Areas expected to grow most dramatically are the use of cloud-based applications, advanced analytics, cognitive computing and robotic process automation.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says robot job displacement "50 to 100" years away
In an interview with Axios last week, Mnuchin said the concern about artificial intelligence taking over human jobs is "not even on our radar screen". When pressed, Mnuchin estimated that concern might be warranted in "50 to 100 more years".
This estimate is significantly out of touch with machine learning experts, who are increasingly vocal about the imminent "national emergency" that will see up to 50% of jobs at risk due to advances in automation.
Mnuchin's apparent disinterest in the AI jobs crisis could be due to an inability to "think the unthinkable" – a phenomenon introduced by Professor Nik Gowing at Procurious' Big Ideas Summit. It may also reflect Mnuchin's falling into line with politicised assertions that foreign workers and cheap pay, rather than automation, are responsible for job losses in former factory towns over the past decade.
Read more at Business Insider.
U.K.'s Crown Commercial Service slammed by Public Accounts Committee
The U.K.'s Crown Commercial Service (CSS) was set up in 2014 to centralise all purchasing, eliminate duplicate and act as a single entity for central government procurement. It replaced the Government Procurement Service and was expected to manage £13 billion spend across 17 departments.
However, a recent report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found that the CCS has only managed £2.5 billion spend across 7 departments, with PAC Chair Meg Hillier calling the results "a dismal showing that calls into questions exactly how willing government departments are to accept the authority of the Cabinet Office in this area".
A CCS spokesperson has responded to the report, saying: ""With an experienced senior leadership team now in place, we are confident in our ability to deliver even greater value for the taxpayer moving forwards through the centralised procurement of common goods and services."
Read more at Computer Weekly.
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by Lisa Santonato | May 19, 2016
Introducing the Eastern Pacific Gray Whale
The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is one of the largest and oldest mammals on earth. In the family of baleen whales, it is the last of its species, descending from the Eschrichtiidae, a family of filter-feeding whales that originated during the Oligocene over 30 million years ago. Baleen whales have long, plastic-like teeth which trap food in the whale's mouth, allowing water to filter out. For thousands of years, hunters killed the gray whale and used its flesh and bone for meat, oil, and tools. Baleen in particular was considered useful for many commodity purposes, and up until the rise of the plastics and petroleum industry, baleen was commonly used to make products like combs. Among indigenous peoples today, baleen whale oil is still used for subsistence purposes, like making soap, and lighting lamps.
When the early European settlers arrived in the new world, gray whales were quickly observed to be a rich and plentiful source of oil. As Nancy Shoemaker (2005) describes in Whale Meat in American History, the practice of mass whaling soon reached industrial proportions, entrenching colonial settlements along the coastlines of America, providing the foundations for new trans-Atlantic capitalist enterprise. As Shoemaker states:
"All the usual suspects necessary for a coherent narrative about the global rise of capitalism are present in whaling history, making the history of whale hunting look, at first, like just another example of how European capitalism reached out and brought the Americas, Asia, and Africa into its net, all the while turning raw resources into market commodities" (271).
Shoemaker further describes how, in addition to whale oil, in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s, entrepreneurs – hoping to further capitalize on the whaling industry – marketed whale meat to American consumers, without success (276-282). Meanwhile, the American whale hunt increased in scale, driving the gray whale to near-extinction, until oil sourced from the ground superseded whale oil in industrial manufacturing (270).
In 1946, whaling activities became regulated as the League of Nations formed the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to conserve whales for industrial resource production. This international regulatory body established a quota system for member nations, with prohibitions against whales classified as endangered (Shoemaker 282). Following the start of the environmental movement and "save-the-whales" campaigns, in 1972 the United States instituted the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, which legislated the federal government's protection of whales and other marine mammals (283). Shoemaker states: "Petroleum and the invention of plastic made the American need for whale oil and whalebone obsolete and meant that, when an environmental conscience intent on saving whales emerged in the 1970s, Americans could embrace this particular cause without suffering any loss" (272). Ten years later, the IWC revised its policies from conservation to preservation with a 1982 moratorium on whale hunting; the moratorium included exceptions for indigenous peoples who traditionally rely upon whale meat for subsistence practices (283). Today, the whale hunt continues to be a traditional subsistence activity of the Northwest Coast natives and Inuit, with whales figuring prominently in indigenous customs, diet, crafts, and folklore.
With the neoliberal turn and the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, new trade regulations opened up new sources of revenue. As borders opened for capitalist ventures between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, remote regions became economically bolstered tourist destinations. Capitalizing on conservation ethics, travel destinations began to widely market whale-watching excursions for tourist entertainment, and gray whales became reconceived as a tourist attraction in their breeding grounds. In Closing the "Great Divide", Michael Goldman and Rachel A. Schurman (2000) draw from David Harvey's (1996) Marxist interpretation of the built environment. Summarizing his argument, they state: "nature is so mediated by capitalist structures and practices that there is no other way to think of nature as currently experienced except as a product of capital" (567).
Following the 1982 moratorium, the Eastern North Pacific gray whale population has reached what is estimated to be its original (pre-contact) population of 20,000. Traveling a 16,000 km long migration route, the gray whale crosses geo-political boundaries along the Pacific Coast of North America, reaching Arctic feeding grounds in Alaska and the Beaufort and Bering Seas during April to November, before migrating south to its summer breeding grounds in the lagoons of the Pacific Coast of Baja California, Mexico, between December and April (NOAA Fisheries). Salvadeo et. al. (2015) identify Bahia Magdalena, San Ignacio, and Ojo de Liebre as three key lagoons in Baja where the gray whales breed in particular (2). These lagoons are popular ecotourism sites for southern whale watching tours, as multiple user-generated videos uploaded to YouTube demonstrate (see map: Pacific Migration and Interspecies Connections).
For a further analysis of the political ecology of the gray whale, and the relationship between NAFTA and the making and unmaking of borders, please see NAFTA and the Political Ecology of the Gray Whale (next page).
Michael Goldman and Rachel A. Schurman (2000) Closing the "Great Divide"
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetaceans/graywhale.htm
Salvadeo et. al. (2015)
Nancy Shoemaker (2005) Whale Meat in American History
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Companies Are Hiring More Autistic Workers
By William Vogeler, Esq. on January 03, 2017 | Last updated on March 21, 2019
Autism might now look good on a resume, depending on how you look at it.
While most employers do not seek out workers who have an autism spectrum disorder, some leading companies are looking for them. Microsoft, for example, is recruiting autistic people for jobs in software engineering and data sciences.
"In order to build the best products for everyone, we need to have a diverse and inclusive workforce across all abilities," Microsoft says on its website. "For example, in the case for autism, we know there is an untapped pool of talent with skills aligned to the work we are doing every day at Microsoft."
Prospective v. Perspective
With advances in medicine and law, providing more understanding about autism and the rights of autistic people, job opportunities are increasing. However, the vast majority of autistic adults are unemployed.
"The number of employment initiatives today for adults with autism is far more than ever before," says Michael Bernick, a California lawyer and former state employment director. But, he says,"They're reaching a very modest number of people."
The problem may be as complex as the condition, which only recently has been broadly defined as "austim spectrum disorder." In the past decade, the autistic spectrum has increased to include Attention Deficit Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, and Autistic Disorder. The symptoms increase along the spectrum from mild to severe, but share common symptoms such as repetitive behaviors and lack of social connections.
Less May Be More
"These are people who may not be able to pass an initial interview or screen because their social skills might not be 100 percent in line with what's expected in a typical interview, but what amazing talent are we missing as a result?" said Microsoft's Mary Ellen Smith, who announced the company's program on World Autism Day before the United Nations. "There are unique minds being underused and overlooked."
Some very creative people have suffered with autism. Mozart, Lewis Carroll, and Andy Warhol, for example, had autistic symptoms. Actors Dan Aykroid and Darryl Hannah are others.Troy Crumrine, an attorney with the Autism Unveiled Project, is another.
In the American workplace, "neurodiversity" is the catchword for employing people with autism and similar conditions. EY, formerly known as Ernst & Young, has a program to employ people with autism to tap people with different cognitive abilities.
"This program leverages the skills that people with high functioning autism often have: looking at data, dealing with mathematical concepts, attention to detail, the ability to focus over long periods of time, and looking at large bodies of information and spotting anomalies," explains Lori Golden, who led the pilot program.
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Great spin. Have a stealth 2 gizmo on the lid with footage from the spin but not sure where to host/upload it.
That will be good mate Bob, Gary (xtz750), & myself had a Norfolk weekend back in April. I never got round to posting it though as not really any pictures of note.
Pat (the wife) and I have just got back from a VMCC event...Hereford on the Edge, held on Sunday 24th at Ross on Wye, 8:00am start and 1st back (4:15pm) with a gold award.
We probably covered 500 miles doing the event and the trip there and back.
The old DR's perfect for the nadgery single track roads we encountered during the event...great for a 30yr old bike.
Any of ye get out?
Headed out myself and enjoyed the spin the last couple days. Bike going well thankfully.
Beautiful spot in good weather.
All backroads, 3rd and 4th gear 30 to 60 mph mostly. Dr is nice to explore these old roads.
So where did you go yourself?


Ó Murchú immediately began researching the provenance of the tapes. From 1935 to 1971 the Irish Folklore Commission (Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann) sent recording units around Ireland to document speech and music. Notable collectors included Séamus Ennis, Alan Lomax and Robyn Roberts. Ó Murchú discovered that the Commission recorded Pádraig playing with friends Dáithí Ó Cinnéide and Eamon Breathnach sometime during autumn 1952. The results were considered too eccentric for broadcast and the tapes languished in the archive of the Commission until they were discovered by Ó Murchú over half a century later. Further research unearthed the immigration records of Pádraig's parents, Maggie Leary and Michael Murray (lines 5 and 30 in the ship's manifest shown here). Both from Cork, Maggie and Michael immigrated to New York in 1921. They were married in New York in 1923, and the following year Maggie gave birth to their first and only child Pádraig. After Michael's death from tuberculosis in 1950, Maggie and Pádraig returned to Ireland, living in Cork until they passed away in 1978 and 1992 respectively.
Michael was a gifted folk musician, his primary instrument being the uileann pipes, an instrument which he taught his son to play. Michael's death affected Pádraig very deeply, and he never played the pipes after the passing of his father. The structure of the pipes seemed to be in his blood, however, most significantly the instrument's focus on fixed drones.
DORDÁN: Pádraig Mac Giolla Mhuire will be released by Radio Telefís Éireann on CD in 2015. RTÉ have supplied the printer's proof of the CD cover and excerpts from several different tracks.
Dordán excerpt 1 (1952) by Pádraig Mac Giolla Mhuire, Dáithí Ó Cinnéide and Eamon Breathnach.
Dordán excerpt 2 (1952) by Pádraig Mac Giolla Mhuire, Dáithí Ó Cinnéide and Eamon Breathnach.
Dordán excerpt 3 (1952) by Pádraig Mac Giolla Mhuire, Dáithí Ó Cinnéide and Eamon Breathnach.
Dordán excerpt 4 (1952) by Pádraig Mac Giolla Mhuire, Dáithí Ó Cinnéide and Eamon Breathnach.
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Memorial services for Frances (Armbruster) Hunker, 93, Gaylord, Mich.,will be at St. Mary Cathedral in Gaylord. The Rev. John McCrackenwill officiate with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery in MontgomeryAla. Nelson Funeral Home of Gaylord is in charge of the arrangements. She died Wednesday, May 19, 2004.
Memorial services for Frances (Armbruster) Hunker, 93, Gaylord, Mich.,will be at St. Mary Cathedral in Gaylord. The Rev. John McCrackenwill officate with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery,Ala.
Nelson Funeral H ome of Gaylord is in charge of the arrangements.
She died Wednesday, May 19, 2004.
She was born in Stanton on Oct. 30, 1910.
Survivors include her children and their spouses, Mary Jo and RichardRief of Gaylord, Fred and Edith Hunker of Montgomery; sevengrandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Hunker.
30 OCT 1910 - Birth - ; Stanton, Nebraska.
1928 - Graduation - ; Stanton High School, Stanton, NE.
BET 1931 AND 1937 - Occupation - Taught in Dodge Co. School System.
Death 07 NOV 1947 Norfolk, NE.
Marriage 06 OCT 1897 to Matilda Sturbaum at St. Leo''s Cath., Snyder, NE.
Death 20 JAN 1960 Norfolk, NE.
Marriage 06 OCT 1897 to Godfred (Fred) Armbruster at St. Leo''s Cath., Snyder, NE.
Death 02 APR 1980 Manitowac, Wisc.
Death 13 APR 1998 Stanton Nursing Home, Stanton, NE.
Death 24 MAY 1997 St. Francis Memorial Hospital, West Point, NE.
Death 29 JAN 1964 Brunswick, NE.
Marriage 24 JUN 1930 to Ellen O''Gorman at Sacred Heart Ch., Norfolk, NE.
Death 04 JUL 1982 Omaha, NE.
Marriage 26 DEC 1936 to Helen Dobney at Sacred Heart, Norfolk, NE.
Birth 30 OCT 1910 Stanton, Nebraska.
Marriage 18 APR 1939 to Joseph Hunker at StPeter''s Cath., Stanton, NE.
Death 14 NOV 1969 Omaha, NE.
Marriage 23 MAR 1951 to Marvin Steinbaugh at St.Peter''s Cath., Stanton, NE.
Marriage 18 APR 1939 to Frances Cecilia Armbruster at StPeter''s Cath., Stanton, NE.


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England's red squirrels are being struck down by LEPROSY as species battles for survival
A study conducted by Professor Anna Meredith of the University of Edinburgh has revealed that symptoms such as fur loss and severe skin ulcers are a result of leprosy
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Leprosy has been identified as the mystery illness affecting endangered red squirrels at one of their last remaining homes in England.
Naturalists have been left baffled for the past 50 years after finding gruesome lesions on red squirrels living on Poole Harbour's Brownsea Island in Dorset.
Laboratory tests on the corpses for known viruses have always come back clear to the bewilderment of wildlife experts.
But a study conducted by Professor Anna Meredith of the University of Edinburgh has revealed that symptoms such as fur loss and severe skin ulcers are a result of leprosy.
And after being contacted by the island's nature reserve manager, Prof Meredith set up a makeshift laboratory in a bid to find out how the infection spread.
Penguins are being wiped out by malaria epidemic in zoos across the UK as mosquitoes and midges strike
Red squirrel have been found with lesions (
Brownsea is one of the last locations in England still to have red squirrels, with the vast majority of the 120,000 which remain in the UK living in Scotland.
Prof Meredith said the National Trust owned island, which is home to 200 of the animals, provides the ideal location for the three-year project as it is completely contained.
She said: "They are an icon of endangered British wildlife cherished both for their rarity and their beauty. But there is cause for concern in this red squirrel haven.
"Some have been spotted with a peculiar and disturbing illness - fur loss, swelling, ulceration - it is painful to even look at.
"These symptoms have been identified in a small number of squirrels for almost 50 years but the cause remained a mystery until a recent discovery 500 miles away.
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"Two years ago our team at Edinburgh University discovered that Scottish red squirrels had leprosy. We didn't know it at the time, but we had also solved a decades old mystery on Brownsea Island."
Prof Meredith now plans to humanely catch red squirrels, take blood and other clinical samples before microchipping them so that any evidence of the infection can be monitored over a long period.
She added: "It is really important that we try and understand a bit more because it's never been described in squirrels before, and we want to know where they're getting it from and how they are possibly spreading it to each other.
"Then we are taking the samples to test and work out what is going on here because they are an endangered species and we want to do the best conservation management we can."
Prof Meredith stressed that although the leprosy impacts red squirrels in almost exactly the same it does on people, there is no threat on Brownsea Island to human health.
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Chris Thain, who has lived on Brownsea Island for 16 years and is its nature reserve manager, said the number of red squirrels affected by the leprosy is small and those that do have it live a normal life and rarely die as a direct result.
He said: "This is only affecting a very small proportion of the red squirrels on the island, and it is important to stress that it presents no risk to human health.
"We think we can trace it back to the 1970s, but it could have been here for centuries."
The population of red squirrels in the UK has fallen drastically in recent years to just 120,000 from a high of 3.5 million a few centuries ago.
Experts believe that this, in part at least, has been due to the introduction of non-native grey squirrels which compete with reds for food and carry a disease which is fatal to their native cousins.
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Episode 10 Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu; Trailer And Summary
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In the end episode; Alparslan, who witnessed Akça, whom he had begged for help and said farewell to as he left the camp, being shot and dying at the scene of the collision. The new 10th episode trailer of Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu has been released! What happen in the episode on January 24th?
The 10th episode trailer of Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu, the record-breaking TV series of TRT1 screens, starring Barış Arduç, Fahriye Evcen and Ulaş Tuna Astepe, which deals with the state structure of the Great Seljuk Empire, its political events, wars and the life of Sultan Alparslan, has been released. It is wondered what will happen in the new episode of the Alparslan Great Seljuk series, which came to the screen with its latest 8th episode. Here is Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu new 10th episode trailer...
The new episode trailer of the series, which tells the sections of the life of the Sovereign Alparslan, described by the channel, who likes to narrate the lives of history and old Turkish rulers, as "Oghuz descendants of the Turks who are lovers of the truth, from the Kınık tribe, the father of the conquest, the patron of the oppressed, the nightmare of the oppressors, and the shadow of Sultan Muhammad Alparslan," has been released. 'Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu' is among the most ambitious productions of the season with its cast and story. So what awaits us in the 10th episode of Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu?
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Kekavmenos was caught in a scenario he had not anticipated when he fell into the trap he had laid for Alparslan. Dukas, Evdokya, and Diogenes, who refuse to accept Alparslan's demands in exchange for the antidote, look for other options.
Yinal, who is regaining her strength, takes measures to destroy Alparslan, who has taken control of the headquarters. On the approach to the headquarters, the Karmatis attack the caravan, which includes Akça, Aknay, and Gevherin. Who is behind this assassination attempt that Alparslan foiled at the last moment? Bozan or Kekavmenos?
Will Göktu betray Ynal by negotiating a deal with Evdokya, who is closer to him than Alparslan? How will Emir Bozan, who has already lost one of his closest soldiers, Shaddad, defend himself against the Seljuks who have become aware of the Karmati threat, and keep the arrows away from himself?
Alparslan, who witnessed Akça, whom he had begged for help and said farewell to as he left the camp, being shot and dying at the scene of the collision, will seek out those responsible, and the clues he receives will bring him face to face with a world he never expected.
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success stories Community Program Teaches D.C. Residents How to Be Their Own Best Advocates
Healthy, Accessible Food and Drinks Health Equity
Where there's a will, there's a way. And if by chance there isn't a way, there's Beatrice Evans.
Evans, who's affectionately known in her community as Miss Bea, may be retired, but the 67-year-old lifelong D.C. resident says her work is only just beginning.
"Everyone has something they can give, and every little bit helps," said Miss Bea. That mentality is at the core of the way she lives her life.
When she saw community members struggling with food and nutrition insecurity, she organized a Produce Plus Program registration session. By the end of the event, more than 50 people had signed up for the program which provides fruits and vegetables to D.C. residents who can't always get fresh, healthy food.
When she recognized the disadvantage her neighbors without internet were at, she arranged to have a Wi-Fi hotspot installed on each floor of the senior living apartments where she lives. Now every person in her building has access to the web.
When she spoke to other seniors in the area who had not received their COVID-19 vaccines due to mobility issues or a lack of transportation, she scheduled an on-site clinic to visit and vaccinate those most vulnerable.
"I look around me and I see so much need," she explained. "When you see that something needs to be done, if you're capable, you should step up to help. That's why I advocate for people in my community, especially seniors. And some of the things we're advocating for haven't ever been done before, so we're carving the path as we go."
Helping her carve that path is DC Greens, an organization dedicated to advancing food justice and health equity in the nation's capital. Through the nonprofit's Community Advocates program, D.C. residents take a series of classes where they learn about the tools, connections, skills and information they need to build power in their communities and create the change they want to see. One of the first tasks Miss Bea took on when she graduated from the Community Advocates program – to create her apartment building's first tenants' association.
"It is critical to have community voice in any policy initiative," said Winnie Huston, the food policy strategist for DC Greens. "You must have community buy-in to help shape the policy, advocate for the policy, and implement the policy. But sometimes the people most passionate about an issue don't always know how to get started. The Community Advocates' program teaches them the skills and provides them with the support they need to be successful."
Funded by a grant from Voices for Healthy Kids, Community Advocates teaches small groups of participants the ins and outs of being a spokesperson, understanding the city budget, advocating for food justice, giving testimony at city hearings, and becoming community organizers.
"This is all about helping people find their voice," Huston said of the program. "We also meet people where they are. What that means is we do our best to have the capacity – be it time, emotional space or financial stipends, for example – to support each person. We've found that if you give people resources, they'll succeed time and time again."
Now Miss Bea is passing those resources on to others in her community. While she's currently helping residents at a neighboring building create their own tenants' association, she hasn't forgotten about her advocacy work close to home. Up next Miss Bea hopes to have the curb cut at the entrance of her apartment building fixed.
"When I see injustice, I have to do something," Miss Bea said. "My friends, neighbors and community have always wanted better. What's changed is that now we have the tools and skills we need to make those improvements."
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