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February 6, 2015 / 7:53 PM / CBS/AP
MOSCOW -- Talks among the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on a peace initiative for Ukraine were described as "substantive and constructive," according to Reuters.
The news agency spoke with a source within French President Francois Hollande's office after the negotiations ended early Saturday with an announcement that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart would discuss a proposal to end the fighting in a four-way telephone call this weekend.
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The planned discussions Sunday involving Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the leaders of France and Germany came amid urgent shuttle diplomacy to halt the recent intensification of fighting in Ukraine and suggested that a cease-fire proposal was still on the table, although there was no firm announcement of progress.
Even getting the arms to fall silent would be a significant diplomatic breakthrough. The resurgent fighting has fueled fears the conflict is threatening Europe's overall security and has prompted the U.S. to consider giving lethal weapons to Ukraine, an option opposed by European nations.
Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel came to Moscow on Friday on the second leg of a hastily arranged trip to try to halt the spiraling conflict. They had met with Ukraine's president the previous day in Kiev.
The contents of their proposal have not been revealed, but it is aimed at salvaging a peace plan agreed to in September in Minsk, Belarus.
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Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said efforts were moving forward.
"Work is currently under way on drafting the text of a possible joint document on the implementation of the Minsk agreement, which would include the proposals made by the president of Ukraine and President Putin," Peskov said after the talks in the Kremlin ended.
He said Merkel, Putin, Hollande and Poroshenko would hold discussions by telephone on Sunday. A similar four-party conversation took place in mid-December, before the recent upsurge in fighting.
The urgent diplomacy comes as Western anxiety over the conflict grows and sanctions bite down ever harder on Russia's economy. More than 5,300 people have been killed since fighting began in April, according to a U.N. tally, and the bloodshed has markedly increased over the past two weeks.
In Washington, the meeting was viewed with skepticism.
"I'm not going to say it's a positive sign that they're listening," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said of Russia. "They've been listening. They just haven't been acting."
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The United States and other Western countries contend Russia has supplied troops and equipment to the separatists in eastern Ukraine who have been fighting Ukrainian government forces since April. Russia denies the claims.
A cease-fire deal was reached in September, but both sides have repeatedly violated it and the fighting has risen sharply in the past two weeks.
"Everyone is aware that the first step must be the cease-fire, but that it cannot suffice. We must seek a global solution," Hollande told journalists in Paris before heading to Moscow.
The top NATO commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, said Thursday that Russia continues to supply the separatists with heavy, state-of-the-art weapons, air defenses and fighters.
In Berlin, Merkel said she and Hollande would use "all our power with direct visits to Kiev and to Moscow today to stop the bloodshed as soon as possible and to fill the Minsk agreement with life."
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"We are convinced that there's no military solution to this conflict," Merkel added. "But we also know that it's completely open whether we will manage to achieve a cease-fire with these talks."
She rejected reports that she and Hollande were prepared to offer more territory to the Ukraine separatists, saying, "I will never deal with territorial questions over another country."
In Brussels, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden questioned Putin's willingness to seek peace.
Putin "continues to call for new peace plans as his troops roll through the Ukrainian countryside and he absolutely ignores every agreement that his country has signed in the past and that he has signed," Biden said.
Biden insisted the 28-nation European Union and the United States needed to stand together and support the government of Ukraine with financial and political aid.
Biden was to join U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Poroshenko, Merkel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other top world leaders for a three-day security conference in Munich that is expected to be dominated by the conflict in Ukraine.
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The head of the conference, former German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger, called Merkel and Hollande's trip to Moscow a "last, resolute attempt to implement the Minsk cease-fire agreement."
"All sides know that fighting over every square meter won't help anyone. What's needed now is calm so there can be negotiations," Ischinger told German public broadcaster ZDF.
Speaking to The Associated Press on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg described the current situation in Ukraine as "critical," and said every effort must be made to support the diplomatic initiative undertaken by Merkel and Hollande.
Noting that the previous cease-fire agreement "was undermined and violated by the separatists," he said observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe must be be allowed access to monitor the implementation of any new agreement.
Meanwhile, on the ground in eastern Ukraine, the rebels and the Ukrainian authorities briefly halted hostilities Friday to evacuate civilians from Debaltseve, a besieged key railway hub between the two main rebel-controlled cities of Donetsk and Luhansk.
A woman reacts as she waits for humanitarian aid in front of a delivery point in the Ukrainian forces-controlled town of Debaltseve, Donetsk region February 6, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Dozens of buses drove in from both rebel-held and government territory to carry away residents who had been trapped in the crossfire without power, heat or running water for two weeks.
Authorities expected to evacuate about 1,000 civilians from the town Friday, offering them the choice of going to either rebel- or government-controlled territory. One rebel spokeswoman, however, said only about 50 people left on the rebels' 20-odd buses.
Several residents didn't know the evacuation was taking place until the buses arrived and could not bring family members to the collection point in time. Many looked exhausted. Bags of rice, noodles and canned goods were handed out to those staying in the town, and arguments erupted in the food line. One woman noticed that some of the canned goods had expired years ago.
To the west, artillery duels between the rebels and government forces rumbled through Donetsk, where one disenchanted resident had little hope for the new European peace initiative.
"I don't expect anything. I'm so tired of this. It has been going on for so long," said retiree Esfira Papunova.
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As promised, here is the first in a new series of updates. These photos are from a trip to Oweynagat Cave in County Roscommon last summer. It is somewhat a different theme from usual as this cave is of much archaeological and folkloric significance. I hope you enjoy!
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US Treasury Department "targets suspected Russian state hackers in cyberattack"
Hackers believed to be working for Russia have monitored internal e-mail traffic at the US Treasury Department and an agency that decides Internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter.
There is concern in the US intelligence service that hackers targeting the Treasury Department and the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Service used a similar tool to break into other agencies, according to four people informed.
People did not say what other agencies, but late on Sunday in Austin, Texas-based IT company SolarWinds said software updates released in March and June this year may have been manipulated in a "very sophisticated, targeted and manual supply chain. nation state. "
SolarWinds ended by saying that the hack on Treasury occurred through them, but two of the people who were familiar with the investigation said that the company is believed to be the channel through which the hackers entered.
A representative of SolarWinds did not immediately send messages to comment.
SolarWinds says on its website that its customers include most of America's Fortune 500 companies, all ten of the top US telecommunications providers, all five branches of the US military, the State Department, the National Security Agency and the President of the United States.
Three of the people familiar with the investigation said that Russia is currently believed to be behind the attack.
Two of the people said the breaches were linked to a broad-based campaign that also involved the recently uncovered hack on FireEye, a large US cyber security company with public and commercial contracts.
"The United States Government is aware of these reports and we are taking all necessary steps to identify and remedy any issues related to this situation," said National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot.
The hack is so serious that it led to a meeting of the National Security Council in the White House on Saturday, said one of the people familiar with the matter.
The Ministry of Commerce confirmed that there was a crime against one of its agencies in a statement. "We have asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to investigate, and we are unable to comment further at this time."
'Huge cyber espionage campaign'
The crime poses a major challenge to the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden as officials investigate what information has been stolen and try to determine what it will be used for. It is not uncommon for large-scale cyber surveys to take months or years to complete.
"This is a much bigger story than a single agency," said one of the people familiar with the matter. "This is a huge cyber espionage campaign aimed at the US government and its interests."
Hackers broke into NTIA's office software, Microsoft's Office 365. The staff's emails at the agency were monitored by hackers for several months, sources said.
A Microsoft spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Nor did a spokesman for the Ministry of Finance.
The hackers are "very sophisticated" and have been able to trick the Microsoft platform's authentication checks, according to a person familiar with the incident, who spoke on anonymity terms because they were not allowed to speak to the press.
"This is a nation state," said another informant.
The full extent of the infringement is unclear. The investigation is still at an early stage and involves a number of federal agencies, including the FBI, according to three of the people familiar with the matter.
A spokesman for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said they had "worked closely with our agency partners on recently discovered activities on state networks. CISA provides technical support to relevant entities as they work to identify and mitigate any compromises."
The FBI and US National Security Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
There is some evidence that NTIA's e-mail compromise dates back to the summer, although it was only recently discovered, according to a senior U.S. official.
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7 Uplifting Novels to Boost Your Spirits!
We could all use a few feel good novels to help guide us through these uncertain times. And since we are all practicing social distancing, what better time to find a new author than now! We have compiled our 7 favorite feel good novels, all promising to deliver that happily ever after we are all searching for.
With Debbie Macomber's trademark charm and wisdom, Sweet Tomorrows brings to a close the journeys of cherished characters who feel like old friends. Macomber has created an enchanting place in the Rose Harbor Inn that readers will never forget.
As their bonds of friendship deepen against the beautiful backdrop of Mischief Bay, Gabby, Hayley and Nicole will rely on good food, good wine and especially each other to navigate life's toughest changes.
Look for another compelling story in the Mischief Bay series, The Girls of Mischief Bay by Susan Mallery.
The Lost Years is the story of the bond between sisters, of mothers and daughters and of finding the courage and strength to leave the past behind and welcome what lies ahead, even when it looks vastly different than what was expected. Ultimately, The Lost Years is a story of hope, love and connection in the face of fear and despair.
Join Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River and Thunder Point series, as she explores the healing powers of rural Colorado in a brand-new story of fresh starts, budding relationships and one woman's journey to finding the happiness she's long been missing
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New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins welcomes you home in this witty, emotionally charged novel about the complications of life, love and family
From New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, comes a novel about the many ways family can fill our lives with love...if they don't kill us first.
Stacey Ritz is a bestselling author and award winning writer. An empathetic and compassionate storyteller, Ritz wrote for a plethora of local and national news outlets, magazines, blogs, and websites (copywriter), prior to becoming a novelist. Her book, Covered in Pet Fur has gained attention from RIVA Media and Animal Planet. She is the Executive Director and co-founder of Advocates 4 Animals, Inc. – a 501(c)3 non-profit animal welfare organization that has saved more than 11,000 lives (and counting). You can interact with Stacey online via Stacey's Book Blog and on Pinterest
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The Oxford English Dictionary defines digitisation as the conversation of text, pictures or sound into a digital form that can be processed by a computer. The word refers to a process of transforming something that's analogue – a variety of values, continuous, chaotic (some might say) – into digital form, which is binary (ones and zeros), orderly, straightforward. When it comes to art and culture, this gap between analogue and digital couldn't seem wider. As a person who sees beauty in both, I appreciate and value the similarities and connections more than the differences.
In my role at Axiell Middle East, I get to combine my expertise – software development and management – and my passion – culture and art. I help organisations choose and customise different tools to manage their collections. My work involves a process that takes the analogue – the works of art, the books, the archives – and transforms it into digital records. While many may understand why this is important for the external environment (education, marketing), I would like to start by providing some behind-the-scenes facts about the importance of digitisation.
According to a recent study by Axiell, 48% of museums invest in digitisation of the collection – a growing trend. One organisation which adopted digital transformation was The Autry Museum of the American West. Until 2003, Autry staff manually noted each object (half a million items in total) in a collection move in written form and entered the information into the system later. This time-consuming, error-prone process was changed with a one-dimensional barcode platform which was integrated with Axiell's Mimsy XG collections management system, thus meeting different needs of the various departments. Digitisation supports the exploration of the valuable potential of each item and allows everyone in the organisation to express ideas and share them internally and externally.
The deposit room of a museum can be just as fascinating as its public exhibition spaces. Valuable pieces are stored away from the spotlight for various reasons: research, preservation, temporary display. Managing the on-display collections, temporary exhibitions and stored-away items can be a daunting task without a thorough system in place. The London Natural History Museum for example has only a small percentage of its 70 million specimens on display – and only a very few of them are dinosaur-related, one of the most popular exhibits. 400 scientists are working hard in researching, analysing and understanding the course and development of nature. The institution has integrated EMu, an Axiell collections management system, and this has resulted in enhancing certain collections in ways not possible in an analogue system, and enabled the curators to deliver better results.
While as visitors we measure the greatness of a museum in the number of hours we can spend admiring its collections, for the teams managing the collections, all is summed up in different types of numbers: dates, materials, dimensions, etc. From thousands of items to maybe millions, the items can be placed into categories and each might be managed by different systems. This can lead to lack of synergies or difficulty in the operational process and can affect the way the collections are displayed. The Van Gogh Museum used 26 different systems before adopting Axiell's Adlib. The change to Adlib meant that all 200 employees could efficiently manage all functions and all types of information about the items in the collection. The result was a creative way of arranging the items in the museum, creating new connections between them and providing a better experience for visitors.
Digitisation increases the value of the analogue through optimisation of the internal processes, ensuring more effective management of items and creating synergies among departments. The positive impact of digitisation is powerful not only internally, but externally as well. More on this in my future post.


Comedian Carrot Top will perform at Spotlight 29 Casino on Saturday, March 24.
Laugh with Carrot Top or have breakfast with John, Paul George and Ringo at Southern California casinos this weekend.
Longtime radio personality Chris Carter is bringing The Beatles to life at Morongo Casino, Resort and Spa at his weekly live broadcast of "Breakfast With The Beatles," which airs on 95.5 KLOS FM every Sunday morning and features Fab Four music, history and trivia. A version of the show is also on Sirius XM every morning on The Beatles Channel. Admission to the Morongo event includes a brunch buffet and two glasses of sparkling wine. Carter broadcasts from Morongo once per month.
9 a.m.-noon, Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa, 49500 Seminole Drive, Cabazon. $39. 21 and older. 951-849-3080, morongocasinoresort.com.
Known for an array of props, muscles and wild red hair, comedian Carrot Top has been making people laugh for more than two decades. The self-deprecating comic will bring his wacky stand-up routine to Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella on Saturday, March 24.
8 p.m. Saturday, March 24, Spotlight 29 Casino, 46-200 Harrison Place, Coachella. $25-$45. 760-775-5566, spotlight29.com.


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Sypniewo – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie wielkopolskim, w powiecie chodzieskim, w gminie Margonin. Wieś leży na zachodnim brzegu Jeziora Margonińskiego. Znajduje się w niej hotel z restauracją i ośrodkiem jeździecko-tenisowym.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość należała administracyjnie do województwa pilskiego.

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Ecólogicos Lola
Organic Mandarin Marmelade 285g
Organic Green Olive Paté 120g
Organic Black Olive Paté 120g
Getting to know Ecológicos Lola
"It's clear that consumers are increasingly turning to organic products and ecological produce, and that's exactly our niche," says Alfonso de Cabo Moreno, managing director of Ecológicos Lola from Córdoba, Andalusia, in an exclusive interview with Colono: "Our products are about roots, memories, tastes, smells and people who taught me the most important things in cooking, like my two grandmothers." The company's top products not only delight gourmets, but they have also already found their way into the kitchens of fine-dining restaurants.
About two and a half years ago, Alfonso de Cabo Moreno took over the traditional cooperative Ecológicos Lola, which was founded 25 years ago around five women in a garage, selling typical Andalusian dishes in jars. From now on, De Cabo Moreno relies on purely ecological organic products of the "premium" category, with agricultural suppliers from the immediate surroundings, keyword "zero kilometres": The classics, such as the "Gazpacho andaluz" and the "Salmorejo" cordobés or the equally cold-eaten "Ajoblanco", made of water, almonds, dry white bread, and garlic are simple and delicious. In addition, there are other ready-made dishes in a jar or from a bottle, or that "can be eaten with a spoon", as they say in Spanish: The Spanish ratatouille "pisto", gourmet vegetable cream soups or lentils with paprika sausage, chorizo, all "eco" of course, and excellent. But also, the fried artichokes "a la amontillada", in sweet wine sauce, are a delight! And finally, gourmet spreads like hummus variations, among others light-sweet, with Pedro Ximénez, exquisite olive tapenades, and spreads made from dried tomatoes. As well as citrus fruit and blackberry-aloe jams, with maximum fruit and minimum sugar content. But Ecológicos Lola also offers sauces: in addition to the spicy "Salsa Brava", they now also have eco-premium ketchup, all sugar-free and in a vegan version.
Question: I am very pleased that you have come all the way to Granada and that we can find the time to talk about Ecológicos Lola. I have to say first, your products are an asset, and top quality. I have rarely, or never, tasted such a good tapenade of black olives, for example, or the spread of green asparagus, which is as intense as it is harmonious. Congratulations!
Answer: Our tapenades, the Patés de Aceitunas - we currently have four in our assortment - the ones made from green olives or the ones made from black olives, ripen on the tree until they are processed, which means that of course we don't use any chemicals in the production. Our olive grower leaves them on the tree as long as it takes to get this taste. That is our secret! And he always takes the risk that they will all be shaken to the ground during a thunderstorm. This way of drying olives on the tree is also very common in the Arab world. Another paté is made from green olives and dried tomatoes, you have yet to try it. But my "love" among the tapenades is, if you can put it that way, "green olive and artichoke", a delicacy, without a doubt. Very fine, and still "without family", is also our spread made of green asparagus - I agree with you - but this one will soon get some "siblings", I promise!
Question: You rely on "zero kilometres", which means suppliers of vegetables and other ingredients from the immediate vicinity. Which significantly reduces the CO2 footprint ...
Answer: That's right! For example, we get our olives, like almost all ingredients, from a farmer 30 kilometres away. From a village called Montalbán, from there also comes the famous fermented "black garlic", of La Abuela Carmen. And they are the same olives that will now be added to Colono's range. We also get our vegetables from this area, one of our farmers is also only 300 metres away from our farm. Only the tomatoes we buy from Almeria or Badajoz in the Extremadura, I must admit. Because only very few are grown in the province of Córdoba, and they are only ripe once a year, in season. This also affects the price, which is too high for our products.
Question: Dried tomatoes are not so common in Spain, what made you decide to market them in spreads?
Answer: We also realised that dried tomatoes are very popular, especially in France, but also in German-speaking countries and Italy. That's why we also created vegan spreads, five variations, half a world tour on the palate if you like, the pure, normal basic version, once Mediterranean, with capers and basil tastes very Italian, a central European one with mushrooms, spicy Mexican with fresh coriander and cayenne chilli, an oriental one, with a spice mixture like Ras-al-Hanut, and an "Atlantic" one, which tastes strongly of the sea, of cockles or seafood, an intense, surprising taste, which our combination of certain types of seaweed give to the vegan spread. Sometimes, rarely though, I get bored and then ideas like this come to me (laughs).
Question: Your hummus creations also stand out clearly, from the "mainstream", but also in terms of the purist variants of origin in the Middle East and the Arab world. Very light, airy, almost a mousse, and both garlic and tahina can only be tasted very subtly ...
Answer: Our hummus is a tribute to our past, our roots, our land. It is made from local organic chickpeas that have been grown around Cordoba for many centuries, a legacy of the Arab era in Al-Andalus. And we refine our hummus variations with de-alcoholised sweet wines, Montilla wine, Pedro-Ximénez, vermouth and now a local craft beer. Also, since alcohol is taboo in Islam, we wanted to show sensitivity here. The hummus with Pedro-Ximénez surprises you because it has a sweet note.
Question: Now I must ask you: Who at Ecológicos Lola comes up with the ideas for the products, innovations, and recipes?
Answer: In most cases, I do it myself (laughs). But we also work with certain chefs from time to time. And of course, we have a person in charge of production who is a real genius. On the other hand, we also follow the motto of the cooperative, "recipes from grandmother". Some of our new creations come from my grandmother. However, sometimes it is quite difficult to get certified organic products. For example, we will launch stockfish with chickpeas and spinach, typical dish of Lent before Easter in Spain, the "Potaje de vigilia", and beans with prawns. But here with fish and seafood, it's not easy. Sustainable fishing yes, but organic is another matter. There are producers in Latin America who have an organic label, but the importer in Europe does not recognise it. Our products are about roots, memories, tastes, smells and people who taught me the most important things in cooking. And my two grandmothers have had a significant influence on me here. And with these products I want to pay tribute to them.
Question: What are your most important sales markets? Gourmet shops, large supermarkets, chains? Gastronomy?
Answer: We sell most of our products through small shops, organic and delicatessen shops. We are also negotiating with three or four large distribution chains for the whole of Spain. And there are some restaurants, of a higher category mind you, in Madrid and in Córdoba, which offer our pisto and our artichokes and our ajoblanco to their guests. One restaurant in Córdoba uses our green asparagus paté as the basis for the fideuà, for the stock, tastes brilliant! Even before we entered the business, 60 per cent of sales were to a single buyer, which created an immense dependency. And with the crisis, the customer dropped out and Lola was left with nothing. But we are still in business with this customer. And we have conquered new markets in new countries. Just for example, at Colono they ordered about 30 kilos of total goods from us in the beginning, the last delivery was over 300 kilos. That is a significant increase. In the beginning, there were only three products, but now I think there are nine. And of course, consumers are looking for organic products and ecological produce, which as I said is our niche. And Colono, of course, is also increasingly focusing on "organic".
Question: I know the former products of the cooperative from big supermarkets, and found it in many pantries of friends and their families ...
Answer: ... indeed, in the past big supermarkets were the base for "Lola". It is a traditional cooperative that was founded over 25 years ago by five women - and one man, but he only lasted three months (laughs)! - were founded. It has gone well, for almost 15 to 20 years. The five women joined together in Villarrubia back then after losing their jobs over the crisis at the time. They did training in the food sector, and decided to start their own business. With a small canning factory, and like some of the big technology companies: in a garage. They grew, innovated, and were the first, or among the first, to launch gazpacho and salmorejo soups in jars. There was nothing like it at the time, it was a pioneering achievement. Plus, the homemade, and the handmade. They still crushed the tomatoes for the soups by hand. Because at the beginning they didn't have the capital to buy machines, like big, powerful pureeing machines. It was all manual labour, almost unbelievable. At that time, almost all but three were conventional products, that is, not "organic".
Question: Where does your interest in the kitchen, cooking, and gourmet products come from?
Answer: I am an entrepreneurial spirit, but my father always said that I am a little unconscious, I often just say "yes", and that is also courageous at the same time when I tackle things. I've always been interested in the kitchen, not just in terms of food, as you can see from my girth (laughs). 30-35 years ago, I was already following the long-famous TV chef Carlos Arguiñano, I already had one of his first cookbooks when I was a teenager, and I would copy them. Once a week I cooked for my mother, always on Sunday. During and before my studies in economics, I cooked for acquaintances for baptisms, communions and parties, real caterings, for over 100 or even 150 people. And I had a great desire to work in a restaurant, and a good friend of our family has one of the best restaurants in Cádiz. I helped once, catering for the participants of a big regatta, and the cook dropped out. So, I ran the kitchen that day, and everything went well. A lot of things were new to me as a 22-year-old at the time, but the 600-650 guests were all satisfied. The boss wanted to hire me, for one of his three restaurants, and the catering. I was about to accept. But my father told me: When your friends go out, you work. And when you go out, your friends work. The working hours in the kitchen are just like that. So, I went on to study, economics. After graduating, I worked for some international companies and came back to Córdoba. As an independent consultant and advisor, and I turned to ecological agricultural projects, like Bodegas Roble from Montilla, the first ecological bodega in Andalusia. And also, for the owner, I cooked every now and then for events he organised.
Question: What finally made you take over the cooperative?
Answer: The cooperative was in a bad economic situation. For 15 years they didn't bring a new product to the market, there was a lack of decisions towards innovation. Then two of the five women retired, and things went downhill. They had big supermarket chains as distributors, like Corte Inglés or Carrefour, among others. But that was not enough. In addition, no one in the cooperative was familiar with the new possibilities offered by the internet. They were accumulating losses, and at that time I was already thinking about starting a similar project when I came across Lola. And that they would either sell or close the cooperative. I told this to two friends, also since we were all a bit foreign to the sector, whether to get in. They gave me the responsibility, and so did my wife. So, we entered two and a half years ago, and after analysing the market, we knew that we only had a chance, a niche, in the organic and ecological sector. All our products, 97 percent, except for an orange marmalade, which I will tell you about later, are organic or ecological, with the seal. And I will also get the seal for the orange marmalade, I am sure of it!
Question: How was your start with "Lola"?
Answer: We had to change almost everything, and rethink. Even the recipes for the gazpacho and salmorejo were a bit outdated. We spent many hours tasting other products to make ours stand out. We tasted 22 gazpachos from other producers. 90 per cent are sold chilled, which is possible thanks to a cold pasteurisation machine under high pressure, but this machine costs 600,000 to 700,000 euros, which small producers cannot afford. Ours is heated before it goes into the jar. But the heat changes the taste of the tomato a little, towards "tomato frito". But we use a mixture of vegetables that contrast this. Our gazpacho therefore tastes almost like a chilled one. In the blind tasting with chefs from Córdoba, whom I have known for a long time, ours reached the top of the field, around 80 points. And our "gazpacho andaluz" is made entirely without water, as very, very few suppliers do. The liquid is pure from the tomatoes and the cucumbers. On the other side of the cold soups, our "salmorejo cordobés" is very thick, with dry white bread, as is customary in our province. And you eat it with a spoon, with cubes of Serrano ham and a chopped hard-boiled egg.
Question: Did you continue to employ the cooperative team?
Answer: Of course, that was one of our main concerns, to keep the jobs that were there. When we started, there were three of the founders, and the husband of one of the women. Today, the four of them still work for us. We were always aware that the machines, some of which are 25 years old, can and will break down. But you can replace a machine. The knowledge, experience, and skills of a person in the kitchen, and in the preparation, you can't just replace that. For me, buying the company without continuing to employ the staff was never an option. It was an absurd thought for me. All in all, we are currently working with a team of only six people. Four from back then, me and another colleague in charge of sales.
Question: In German-speaking countries, three indispensable basic recipes of Spanish cuisine are still not very well known: "Tomate frito", "Sofrito" and the "Pisto" ...
Answer: "Tomato frito" is a classic of Spanish cuisine, which we prepare very traditionally and gently by hand in a very large pan. We cook the fresh organic tomatoes down to about 50 percent of their original volume. It depends on the season how much water the tomatoes contain. In summer they have more liquid than in winter. Our tomato frito is one of the few that is completely sugar-free, like hardly any other product on the market. We sweeten it with a little organic honey. Of course, we don't add any citric acid either. The "Sofrito" is the practical thing to always have in the house, I use it even more than tomato frito. You can use it for so many things, for pasta dishes, for meat, in an "empanada", the typical dumplings, to rice dishes, for example for paella. One of our customers in the USA markets it, like Colono, as a "paella base". And then there's "pisto", the Spanish ratatouille. A warm pisto and an egg on top, some bread for dipping, and that's all you need.
Question: But the spreads, patés and jellies from Ecológicos Lola are not just for bread or picos, they are also popular with chefs, I have been told ...
Answer: ... as I said, I have always liked the kitchen, cooking and gastronomy. And I like to experiment. That's why it's also important to me that our products are not just spreads but can be used in a variety of ways. The Mexican-style dried tomato spread, for example, is just as ingenious and delicious on a pizza as it is on pasta. Yesterday, my children made an "empanada" with the spread and canned tuna, and the result was excellent! I always try to create new products that are simply good, and you can taste that, but they should also be able to find their use in the creation of dishes and meals. This is especially evident in our "family" of spreads, which you can not only smear on bread, but for me they are enrichments for dishes. Ideal to have in the pantry. If you use them for refinement, you come up with extraordinary taste creations. Like our jelly made from wormwood, for example, which tastes unbelievably good on a fish with white meat in the tube or pan, spread on the fillets just before serving. Simply delicious! Or the Pedro Ximénez jelly, which is also delicious with desserts or cheese. Or with foie.
Question: You can also spread your jams on bread ...
Answer: I think our organic tangerine jam, which we make entirely without gelling agents, and which reminds us a little of bitter orange, is very successful. We use part of the peels, and very importantly, the seeds, which we remove by hand. Because they contain a natural gelling agent. And we have an olive jam that is something completely new, something, surprising, you should try it! As well as a jam made from huckleberries and aloe vera, which we also quite liked, because it hardly tastes of aloe (laughs), which has a slightly bitter note. I personally don't like aloe either (laughs), but it harmonises excellently with the huckleberry. But the combination allows us to have a fruit content of 85 percent! And that's why we hardly had to add any organic cane sugar.
Question: How did the idea to produce organic ketchup and vegan ketchup "Premium" come about?
Answer: Personally, I was disgusted by ketchup. But my colleague in the commercial sector, we were in Germany at an organic fair, and we tasted handmade, organic ketchup, and that was the turning point for me. And we decided to make an outstanding premium ketchup. Again, countless tastings, and our team of chefs gave us top ratings again. We go for top quality, upmarket in price, but if you look at the quality, the price-quality ratio is right.
Question: Have you failed with any product?
Answer: We have a wide range of products, and with the hummus and the dried tomato spread, we have a basic mixture that we then refine. With the hummus, for example, the one with Pedro Ximénez is undoubtedly the best-selling. With the dried tomatoes, the oriental flavour doesn't go down so well, perhaps that's also due to the region we cover. In any case, these are processes of what I call natural selection. What doesn't work is taken out of the range. We made 500 units, we sold 250 in one and a half years. No problem, the shelf life is three years. What was more of a real challenge was to start in the middle of the pandemic. Just after one, one and a half years, when everything really started to take off, we came back from a tour to Bordeaux, Belgium, Barcelona, and Pamplona to some organic fairs. We were just in Pamplona at another fair when Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the first lockdown at midnight on 13 March. We went straight back to Córdoba. But we weathered the crisis well, and without much distribution, supermarkets among other things. We saved face, and profit. And it now looks extremely good for the current quarter.
Question: What are the ideas for future creations at Ecológicos Lola?
Answer: After reaching an agreement with the Mezquita-Catedral of Córdoba, we have made on the Patio de los Naranjos, to produce a jam from the bitter oranges, which will soon be on the market. 98 orange trees grow there in total, 97 of which are bitter oranges. Only one carries sweet ones. For the project, we are working with a social inclusion NGO through Caritas. We sweeten the organic jam only with organic cane sugar. It would be absurd to just let the oranges go to waste every year. This is how we create something special. New gourmet soups and vegetable cream-soups, we are producing now, a tomato soup with Montilla sweet wine, courgette soup with roasted leeks, and some Oloroso sweet wine, cream of pumpkin, and another one made of spinach with kale. We'll soon be launching a cream of courgette soup, a spinach soup, and a cream of pumpkin soup with oranges, just in time for the season, which is starting now. And we've developed vegan mayonnaises, based on organic soy, another we're making with sunflower oil and one with olive oil. And: At the end of the year, we will add a small family of kombucha drinks.
Thank you very much for the interview and your time, and continued success!
Alfonso de Cabo Moreno is the managing director of Ecológicos Lola S.L. in Villarrubia near Córdoba. The entrepreneur and business consultant took over the tradition-rich cooperative two and a half years ago, and since then has focused exclusively on organic products from purely ecological production and vegan products in "premium" quality for gourmets. The married father of two has always been an enthusiastic cook himself, loves to experiment and create new, surprising taste creations. With success!
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Cadogan Hall is a Grade II listed Building in Chelsea, London SW1.
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Official Trailer Released For 'Antlers' From 'Hostiles' Director Scott Cooper, Producer Guillermo del Toro
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Back in August we saw a teaser trailer for Antlers, a new horror from director Scott Cooper (Hostiles, Black Mass) and producer Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth).
Now Fox Searchlight has released an official trailer for the movie, which stars Keri Russell (Felicity, Waitress), Jesse Plemons (Fargo, The Irishman), Jeremy T. Thomas (Lore, The Righteous Gemstones), Graham Greene (The Green Mile, Wind River), Scott Haze (Venom, Midnight Special), Rory Cochrane (Dazed and Confused, Argo), and Amy Madigan (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck).
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Trailer Released For Upcoming Horror 'Antlers' From 'Hostiles' Director Scott Cooper, Producer Guillermo del Toro
By The Movie God | @ | August 22nd, 2019 at 10:00 pm
Fox Searchlight has released a teaser trailer for Antlers, a new horror directed by Scott Cooper (Hostiles, Black Mass, Out of the Furnace, Crazy Heart) and produced by Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Crimson Peak).
The movie stars Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, JT Corbitt, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, and Amy Madigan, and is based on Nick Antosca's short story "The Quiet Boy."
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Albert Gustaaf Putscher/Putcher (Paramaribo, 18 mei 1868 – aldaar, 28 januari 1951) was een Surinaams ambtenaar en politicus.

Hij werd geboren als zoon van Jacob Hendrik Putscher en Johanna Helena Wois. Vanaf 1885 was hij surnumerair bij de algemene dienst en in 1890 volgde zijn benoeming tot commies bij de belastingen. Vijf jaar later werd hij commies 3e klas en begin 1896 werd hij gepromoveerd tot commies 2e klas. Anderhalf jaar later werd hem de rang hoofdcommies 2e categorie toegekend en vanaf 1901 was hij hoofdcommies 1e categorie. In 1905 werd hem voor de periode van een jaar buitenlands verlof verleend. Hij volgde in 1916 J.C. Nakken op als visiteur van de belastingen waarna Putscher in 1920 ontslag werd verleend.

Na tussentijdse verkiezingen werd hij in 1921 de opvolger van het Statenlid P. Westra die in 1922 periodiek zou aftreden. In dat jaar werd Putscher niet herkozen maar in 1926 lukte dat wel. Bij de verkiezingen van 1938 behaalde hij onvoldoende stemmen om herkozen te worden als lid van de Koloniale Staten.

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Met Police Fed Poll Reveals 95% Of Officers Want Spit Guards
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According to a press release published by the Metropolitan Police Federation, an overwhelming majority of police officers in London believe they should carry a Spit Guard.
The poll, by the Metropolitan Police Federation, reveals that almost 95% of officers surveyed feel all Metropolitan Police officers should be issued with a Spit Guard whilst on duty – after they have undergone appropriate training.
More than 5,500 Met Police officers responded to the survey on spitting and biting in the capital, which ran for more than two weeks in September.
As well as indicating that more officers should carry a Spit Guard, the results showed that 2,331 Metropolitan Police officers had been spat at on duty in the past two years – that's over 3 police officers each day, every day.
And 562 respondents said they had been bitten on duty in the past two years.
However, only just over half (57.75%) of officers who said they had been spat at or bitten on duty said they reported the incident to the force – meaning more than 42% of attacks went unreported.
Results also show that 92.32% of respondents (5,133 officers) would be personally prepared to carry a Spit Guard following appropriate training.
Ken Marsh, Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said the results showed that officers believe Spit Guards are a crucial piece of personal protective equipment.
Ken said:
"Being spat at is abhorrent. My colleagues do not in any way deserve to go to work and be assaulted in this manner.
"Colleagues have told us they have been spat at in the face far too often. That's horrific. It can go into your eyes, into your mouth, you could get infections and have to undergo a course of medical treatment.
"Officers protecting the people of London should not be subject to this sort of disgusting assault when they are carrying out their duty."
Ken added:
"It is also interesting to note that more than 40% of officers surveyed said they did not report incidents of being spat at or bitten to the force. The danger and frequency of this disgusting act against my colleagues is clearly happening more often than the force suspected.
"Anecdotally we knew that officers were being spat at far too often on duty, but now we have the evidence the Commissioner has asked for to back up these stories. We have enjoyed a progressive conversation with the Commissioner on the results – and hope to have more news on this soon."
Ken concluded:
"Our message is simple. If you don't want to be placed in a Spit Guard, don't spit at a police officer."
Respondents to the survey were also given the opportunity to tell their stories about being spat at or bitten on duty.
Metropolitan Police Officers said:
"I was spat at in custody suite. I had two weeks of drugs with side effects, which meant as a precaution I couldn't hold my newborn daughter. It broke my heart."
"I was spat at in the face and it contained blood when I was on response team. I underwent 6 months of HIV prevention and it was horrific."
"I was bitten on the ear by a female who said that she was HIV positive. I had to have anti-HIV medication for a number of months and regular blood tests."
"My colleague and I had to take PEP and were violently ill for a number of weeks."
"We have a baton, CS spray and Taser to protect us from knives and fists. It is only right that officers can protect themselves from saliva and blood'.
95% of Metropolitan Police officers say they want Spit Guards. See the full results from our survey of members here https://t.co/8EBc5qxkeR pic.twitter.com/6wDxDlNAR4
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What's Next: Will health care industry, individuals act on the lessons learned?
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Michigan Medicine Vineet Chopra, M.D., consults with Michael Mageli, R.N. (center) and Katherine Klug, R.N., at University Hospital in Ann Arbor last spring.
Special Report: What's Next
In this special report, Crain's takes a look at what we've learned, what's still uncertain and what to watch on a variety of topics in a changing world.
Education: Schools' future likely will be a game-time decision.
Health care: Lessons learned as industry prepares for the next wave — or next virus.
Real estate: Worst forecasts have not come to pass, at least not yet.
Nonprofits: Battling for survival — and not all organizations are going to make it.
Automotive: Motor City's driving engine will depend on broader economy's resilience
Venture capital: Startup investment keeps chugging; will deals keep getting done?
City of Detroit: Economic crisis, racial reckoning underscores disparities.
C-suite survey: Work from home is here to stay, but it sure isn't sitting still
COVID-19 has challenged the U.S. health care industry like no other pandemic, disaster, regulatory or payment change in modern history.
Hospitals have streamlined over the past 40 years to efficiently deliver care at the highest possible quality, but also to maximize profits or stretch limited resources. They have drilled on emergency preparedness plans.
But the COVID-19 pandemic upended cost-saving approaches and exposed weaknesses in hospital staffing strategies designed to limit nurses and other health care workers to daily inpatient volumes.
The failure of hospitals to be prepared for COVID-19 in March and April is a systemic problem that has been criticized for years by nurses and health care unions. The "short staffing" of critical departments often leads to employee dissatisfaction, burnout and resignations.
COVID-19 exposed many hospitals' lack of personnel and supplies to adequately treat the hundreds and thousands of patients requiring critical and intensive care. Of the nation's nearly 1 million hospital beds, only 10 percent are reserved for intensive care.
The federal government also was woefully unprepared, with insufficient reserves of ventilators, respirators and other personal protective equipment. A national emergency coordination plan for COVID-19 testing, use of face masks and stay-at-home orders in regions of high viral spread also failed to materialize.
Governments have underfunded public health systems for decades. As county hospitals have closed, public health clinics have been used to provide free or low-cost services for the under-insured or uninsured.
Nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and behavioral health providers also were caught flat-footed. The pandemic sliced through many long-term care facilities predominated by seniors in their 70s, 80s and 90s, many with multiple chronic diseases and weakened immune systems.
Nearly 25 percent of the deaths to COVID-19 in Michigan were at nursing homes.
Long-term underfunding of post-acute care facilities and of behavioral health care also has played a role in unpreparedness in Michigan for the influx in COVID-19 patients and community impact.
So far in Michigan, more than 84,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 with more than 6,200 deaths. Probable cases and deaths are about 5 percent higher than those totals. The infection rates and deaths also are much higher in the minority population with 26 percent of Blacks and 8 percent Hispanic groups affected, indicating to federal officials social and health inequities.
What we've learned: Within one week of the first COVID-19 positive case on March 10, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the shutdown of a number of businesses, including theaters, bars, casinos and indoor restaurant dining, to limit community spread. She has issued more than 170 executive orders and directives related to COVID-19.
Still, some question whether the state response was quick or strong enough, given that Michigan ranked in top three states for positive cases and deaths into June. As of Aug. 3, the state ranks No. 8 in death rates by population at 65 per 100,000.
Hospitals have been shoring up supply chains by investing in American companies for personal protective equipment and rethinking "just-in-time" supply and staffing strategies.
They also have reorganized medical departments to quickly pivot to critical and intensive care uses if COVID-19 volume increases.
Physicians, dentists and other outpatient health care providers are preparing for a new normal that includes social distancing patients and using telemedicine and other technologies.
Doctors of COVID-19 patients now closely watch for blood clots, place ventilated patients on stomachs and monitor organs such as lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and brain.
Unanswered questions: Big ones are when will vaccines be available; how effective will they be and how long will they last. In 2019, the influenza vaccine was 45 percent effective but only about 65 percent get inoculated. More will be needed to stifle COVID-19.
What's next: Experts say the world must be prepared to more quickly contain and then coordinate a response to the next pandemic. Doctors and hospitals are preparing for a possible second wave this fall. They say they are more prepared now than in March and April. They have stocked up on personal protective equipment, ventilators and oxygen support machines and medicines known to minimize the virus' inflammatory effects. They also can quickly reopen intensive care units designed for COVID-19 patients and more appropriately triage and isolate patients.
Rapid and widespread viral testing and vaccine development must be perfected as a first line of defense.
But the bottom line, say experts, is that after public alerts are given and containment and protections are put in place, it is up to individuals to accept shared safety rules to reduce community spread and deaths.
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Photos will be uploaded when I make it down to the office..... Working from home as after a short break away in the Kruger Park, where we had THE most wonderful sightings,(although one has to keep reminding oneself that these are Wild animals and not farmyard ones) - especially not a good idea to stroke the lion as it bumps against the car door! I digress, working from home as the day after our return, heading out to see the snow I slipped off the Toyota running board and broke my ankle in three places. I seems to take forever to do things with only one good foot and hands occupied on crutches.


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By Jason BroughApr 12, 2012, 12:48 PM EDT
It sounds like the Los Angeles Kings aren't too happy with whoever was responsible for last night's tweeting from the official club Twitter account.
From the Globe and Mail:
Mike Altieri, the Kings' vice-president, communications and content, did not go into details about the matter. But he said in an e-mail message "we are addressing" the situation.
The most contentious tweet followed LA's 4-2 victory in Vancouver that read, "To everyone in Canada outside of BC, you're welcome."
Another suggested Canucks forward Ryan Kesler took a dive after mixing it up with Mike Richards.
Upon further review, perhaps the Kings didn't feel those were appropriate comments for their official Twitter feed to make.
Or, perhaps they didn't feel they should be making them after Game 1 when they haven't won a playoff series since 2001.
In February, the Calgary Flames retracted a tweet from their official account that mocked Edmonton's signing of Ales Hemsky.
We'll see if a retraction from the Kings is forthcoming or if they stand by them. Because let's be honest, a lot of Canadians want the Canucks to lose and Kesler was embellishing last night.
Ryan Kesler had his fair share of critics last night


One often overlooked beauty of analogue radio is the possibility of tuning through a waveband without finding a station but to encounter the most interesting noise patterns. Any form of digital broadcasting will forsake this opportunity. Ersatzrauschen is an imagined tuning through an empty waveband on the dial, offering the rather unlikely chance for the listener to stumble across it whilst hopping through discrete internet streams. The sound source for the piece is not radio but a malfunctioning 8-track digital data tape recorder made by Bell & Howell. A built in self-test function produced variable noise patterns on the eight individual outputs which I used to perform a real-time mix.
Knut Aufermann, born 1972 in Hagen (Germany), studied chemistry at the Universities of Hamburg and Potsdam. In 1998 he moved to London to study audio engineering and in 2002 gained a Master degree in Sonic Arts from Middlesex University.
From 2002–2005 he was the station manager of Resonance104.4fm, London's unique radio art station and has produced dozens of shows for the station. Besides this he plays improvised electronic music in groups such as Tonic Train, The Bosch Experience, London Improvisers Orchestra, as well as solo and other ad hoc combinations, with hundreds of concerts across Europe. In 2004 he curated and played in the UK tour Feedback: Order from Noise, featuring a.o. Alvin Lucier and Otomo Yoshihide.
He is currently active across Europe as a lecturer, musician, organizer, writer, curator and consultant. Recent engagements include workshops for the Dutch Art Institute, productions for Kunstradio in Austria and remote performances for TKU university in Tokyo.
Together with Sarah Washington he runs the project Mobile Radio (http://mobile-radio.net) investigating alternative means of radio production. Their works have been broadcast in 12 countries. He is also a founder member of the international Radia network of independent cultural radio stations (http://radia.fm).


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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise – but wait, does it really?
Science says, not necessarily so. There are countless among us who identify with the struggle of waking up early every day. Alarm clocks, buzzers, calls from your girlfriend and the most potent weapon of all, parents turning the fan off, all seem to be ploys designed to keep you away from your one true love – those five minutes of extra sleep.
Never mind that you possibly spent all of the last night researching a cure for cancer or creating the next Mona Lisa, the whole world and its mother, even your mother, will lecture about how sleeping late is harmful to health and an obstruction in achieving your fullest potential.
It isn't hard to see why. Societal constructs are often biased against those who like staying up late and sleeping in. After all, the world pretty much functions on a 9 to 5 schedule. Schools, colleges, offices, for that matter, even the time that people socialize in, are all organized around this clock.
So, is the adage 'the early bird catches the worm' gospel truth or mere urban legend? This is where science comes in, to the rescue of us night owls. Recent research suggests that while sleeping early definitely has some very real health benefits, sleeping late has its own advantages too.
1. Creativity Calls
The idea of musicians and artists who sleep through the day and work late into the night isn't just a stereotype peddled by movies and literature; it has an actual basis in fact. Various studies have reported that people who sleep late almost always outshine their brethren, the early birds, in multiple standardized creativity tests.
2. Sleeping In Is A Good Idea
No, really. Research by the Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Centre has found that sleeping even two hours more than the accepted average of eight helps in being more efficient and mentally alert.
This makes sense because before the invention of modern lighting, our forebears depended on daylight hours for work. In its absence, they slept, thus establishing a sleep cycle significantly longer than what we're used to now.
In fact, according to tests carried out by The Scientific Fundamental, night owls might just be more intelligent than the early risers. They noted that participants with an IQ lower than 75 went to bed early while those with a higher IQ, 225 and above, stayed up considerably late.
3. Procrastination Is A Good Idea Too
Yes, you may tell your mother I said that.
You might think that an early bird has tremendous energy at the beginning of the day, but that is not the case. In fact, their energy levels begin to dip by mid-day and come night time, they're utterly exhausted. Conversely, night owls feel refreshed as the night approaches, enabling them to be more productive through it.
Studies too have shown that an hour after waking up, both groups of people perform equally well. Ten hours later, however, night owls perform significantly better than their counterparts who sleep early.
4. No Fuss, No Muss
Along with being highly creative and intelligent, night owls are also generally seen to be more laid-back than those who sleep early. And now, science may have an actual explanation for this.
It has been noted that the stress hormone cortisol peaks in the bloodstream at around 7 am. Meaning that if you were to wake up early, you would actually be giving yourself additional tension. Don't!
P.S.- You may tell your mother I said that too.
Ultimately, it doesn't really matter what time of the day you choose to wake up or sleep at, your coffee is sure to smell the same anyway!
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This is the big one. The most outrageous and insanely huge pattern I've found anywhere on the internet. It's a combination of the first 5 generations of Pokemon, using generation 5 sprites. It's basically a combination of the separate 5 epic pokemon generations cross stitch patterns we posted last week.
It's a massive 798,000 stitches, with the finished piece well over a meter wide and tall on 14 count (almost 1.5m x 2m). If you attempt it, I salute you!
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Hi, started this a couple a days ago, and now their seems to be some mistakes in the links for the different parts of the patterns. Just wanted to let you, and thanks for making this!
And while I would love to take credit for the pattern, it was originally made by Nimby on the SpriteStitch forums.
The program was REALLY pushed when it was making it, so it did some weird things. One of those is that is sometimes makes the letters appear in white, when they should actually be in black. I spoke to Jeff (program creator) and he advised me that the white text comes in the same color as B5200. But, don't worry! Generally the rule is "j" or B5200. But in some cases, like page 31 you can see blocks of "i". I would use color "i" (BLANC) here.
If you look on page 37 you can also see that some of the other colors have this too (like "a") but are easier to see.
Sorry I couldn't give you a firm answer! Sadly the original conversion files have been lost to time so I can't even reproduce them.
Hi! I love this so much but I would love to have all the patterns in b&w. Any chance that you have the two that are here in color as black and white? Thanks!
I see that you were having issues making the entire pattern PDF in color. Do you have the patterns themselves in a stitch program format instead of PDF?
We do, but sadly they're so unstable sending them over email fries them. We're in talks with the program creator and we're getting somewhere (all be it slowly).
So I've really wanted to start this but after looking over the details of each section the symbols and their colors don't match each other. EX: take the top right and left. The symbol for color 3371 isn't the same and this discrepancy is frequent enough between the four sections to cause concern. I'm afraid to invest the time and money into this without knowing for sure that this isn't an error of some kind.
The size of the pattern meant that it had to be split up to fit into each 'section'. The colors match up, however the symbols are different between all of the pdfs.
Thank you! I'll give it a shot.
I'm afraid the program used to create the image can't handle the export, so for now its black and white only. Sorry!
Craft stores rarely stock aida of this size. Instead you should try fabric stores. They normally have only white, but they have massive lengths of it.
Well, I'm officially throwing my hat into this race. I'll have to look at setting up a progress blog (or maybe just use DeviantArt, I've got an old account there that'll do for starters). I just got the fabric today, and if I didn't have a time-limited project I'd start getting the floss and basting and going at it. I'm doing this on 36 count Modina (so the project will fit all on one piece) and going 2 over 2.
This looks amazing. Kudos to the stitcher! I just discovered cross stitch about two weeks ago, and as a complete newbie I've been looking for some cool patterns, and stumbled on this site. This one looks so time consuming, but like it will be worth the effort when they finish! What are they stitching on? It seems big enough to be a blanket, but I don't imagine snuggling up to Aida or even Linen would be all that comfortable unless you spent a TON on the special hand-dyed soft stuff.
Why were those DMC threads discontinued?


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