Maybe it was because yesterday I was online booking our tickets to warm places in a few weeks… but suddenly I did not want any more winter.
Today I woke up to another dump of snow and bitter cold. Is there no end?
But, I was going through some of my personal photos organizing them and these caught my eye. Every year we do family photos as my Mother's Day gift. I get out the remote or self-timer and snap away. These were taken in the Spring of 2007 and I hadn't looked at them in awhile. Today I'm longing for these warm carefree days.
So, I'll post these to bring a little sunshine to your corner of the world too!
Yes, her hair is lopsided. ha ha – can't seem to get a straight cut on this girl!
Not sure why there are so many of Eden – I really do love both my girls. Maybe because she was having a good hair day.
This next series is my favourite.
Eden has the gift of sleep – if she's tired she can sleep anywhere. Madi took full advantage of her sleeping sister.
And one of Mark and I….
I love, love, love people's stories. How you met each other. How you came up with your kid's names. What your family was like growing up. And on and on.
Recently I connected with Barbara, a reporter at the Record in Kitchener-waterloo, and she is doing a series on couples and how they met and a bit of their stories. Love it. So I introduced her to Chris & Lexie (the "Wicked" themed wedding this summer) and Joel & Rachel (the "Dirty Dancing" couple last year) who both are couples I photographed and live in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
I just read Chris and Lexie's article HERE and Rachel and Joel's is soon to come! Thought you might enjoy a good story too!
At edison we LOVE to give back. We figure we have been blessed and likewise need to bless however we can.
One thing we have started to offer our wedding couples is a donation to the charity of their choice. Tonight's the night folks – and I got to say I'm feeling a bit giddy as I sit here looking up all the requested charities to make a donation to… Canadian Cancer Society, Alzheimer's Society, Inasmuch House, Sick Kids Hospital, MS Society and more. This is also when I'm sending the proceeds of our "hope" project to New Orleans. (check out this link to see more of our HOPE project).
And I still have to buy my canned goods from cans for comments – my vehicle was in the shop (got it back tonight) and I didn't think I could carry all the cans with two kids in tow if I walked to the store! Can't wait to go pick those up!
December 29, 2008 2009 Workshops?
I've had a number of requests for photography workshops – I got to say, I love doing any sort of teaching. It's fun to be able to encourage and help people grow. I am a strong believer in always learning and growing. I try to hit workshops offered by photographers I respect whenever I can!
So, just tossing this out there… anyone interested in workshops by little ol' me? Haven't held any in awhile and I miss doing them. If so – what are you most interested in learning?
Drop me a line (info@edisonphotography.com) or leave it in the comments here and we'll see what happens!
Christmas vacation starts… so let's build a fort!
And then I kick them outside to go play!
On Monday we had our annual "Goodson-Jefferyear" party with our good friends the Goodyear family. This year I made their kids PJ's – can't believe I forgot to make the dog something!
Then we went over to Christmas at the Casbah hosted by Jacob Moon - there is so much musical talent in Hamilton! This is a great annual event I love going to!
Then Tuesday night was our annual Christmas party with the Buceks and Martins – friends of ours for many years (I've known these gals since grade nine).
In this group – you pull out a book, and you're mobbed by little girls..
Then Christmas Eve my sister, my brother and his family and my parents all came over before church.
My parents gave out their presents on Christmas Eve. The adults were all in on it (as we needed to book time off) but the kids had no idea that my parents are taking us all on a cruise in February! My mom really wanted to use some of her inheritance to build memories… so off we go! Kids didn't get it at first but after we showed them photos of the boat on the internet and talked about it – they're pumped. I think I may be sick of hearing about the cruise by February! Here mom and dad had given each kid a summer outfit, a journal telling them where we're going and what we're doing and one US dollar for each year they're born ($4 for Eden, $6 for Madi and so on).
Christmas morning… Eden woke up and said "I got up because my heart is pumping so hard!" I think they were excited!
These next two – this is what you want to see on the face of a child when they open a gift. ha ha!
My parents and sister slept over Christmas Eve and since we were all here Christmas morning I made us all PJ's… but my sewing machine needle broke Christmas Eve so they're not hemmed… oh well!
All in all it was a great Christmas! Three gifts that really stand out are: Madi made a calendar at school where the teacher had them mimic a famous artist's style of painting (Warhol, Michaelangelo, DaVinci, etc.) – a great calendar and it taught Madi about art at the same time. She's so proud and I love it! And then the one thing I had asked for was for the girls to draw me a picture of our family. Madi drew a beautiful picture of the four of us. Eden drew a lovely picture of Madi and me, and then she drew Mark as a baby and herself as a robot. ha ha. And the other gift is a book my uncle had made of the history and stories of my grandparents. This December marks twenty years since my Grandma Hall passed away – and he did this in memory of her. Each of my dad's siblings (there are 8 kids) wrote reflections and stories and submitted photos. It is a beautiful keepsake!
I am a very sentimental person – and I love things like traditions and family history, hearing people's stories. Over the last few days we've been enjoying time connecting with some of our good friends. Last night as we sat around gabbing we got talking about what Christmas looked like at each of our homes growing up.
In my family there were three of us kids. One of us would sit under the tree and hand out a present to each person – when everyone had a present we would open. And then look at what each person got before we continued on to the next present.
day to see what the siblings Mark is one of 11 kids – yes, eleven – and his parents do foster work so at anytime there could be countless amounts of kids on the house. Their opening gifts was a contest of opening as fast as you can! Each kid would make a pile of their gifts on their bed – and they would make the rounds to each other's bedrooms later in the day to see what had been received.
This is just one of the many examples of how we were all so different in our celebrations. As parents, we also shared the traditions we are building in our own homes now – and the values we're hoping to instill in our kids.
One tradition we have in our home – my favourite of the season! – is Christmas Eve after the church service Madi gets out our Fisher Price nativity set and tells the story of the First Christmas. This year Eden may tell it – Madi has been trying to teach her how to tell the story… we'll see if she's ready. ha ha.
I am full of anticipation – waiting to spend time with family and friends, waiting for the kid's reactions to gifts and surprises, waiting….
And I am reminded in this time of waiting of the anticipation for the King… and so glad He came and we can now celebrate this joy !!!
May you know the love and joy of the season today and always. Take time to experience the wonder of Christmas in the hustle and bustle!
Since Mark and I have dated (and we just celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary – so it's been awhile) we have wanted to see Stomp. But something always conflicts or we find out about it too late and it's sold out. Boooo. But this year Mark got us tickets as an anniversary gift for Stomp here in Hamilton – sweet! We weren't sure what to expect or if we'd be disappointed but… wow. It was phenomenal. I wanted to lean over to Mark and say "isn't this great?" or some comment… but I was too engrossed in the performance to take my eyes off of it for a second. And that's how the whole audience was – you didn't hear anyone talking during the whole 2hours of very high energy performance. Each set I'd think… okay this is my favourite one… then the next set would come out and I'd think, no this is definitely the best. And on and on. To see what they could do with match boxes, water bottles, plastic bags, garbage cans, and more… so amazing.
Our tickets were in the nosebleed section – but when we got there they upgraded us to the second row from the stage in the center. Could not ask for better seats!
Such a phenomonal show – highly recommend it!!!
December 20, 2008 Snow Day!
Today was to be the last day of school before Christmas holidays… but instead we had a snow day!! So the kids didn't get their Christmas parties at school.. but they do get an extra day of holidays. Sweet. In honour of a lazy snow day – here is a really random post of photos form today!
The girls and I braved the weather before it got too bad to go do some grocery shopping. It was dead – no one wanted to venture out! – so I let them play with my camera (try to always have my point and shoot with me). This is called – why I hate to go grocery sopping with the girls. If they are not running away from me this is what I have to push – along with all the groceries inside! Can we say arm workout? Ouch!
Or this video of Eden – the sound is horrible but she is saying is "here comes the food to you" as she hops to the cart pretending to be food. Strange kid.
Madi did some of her own photography as well.. here is the grocery store through the eyes of a 6 year old. Of course diapers are hilarious at that age.
Then we spent the rest of the day lounging around in our PJ's. Here are the girls cuddled in watching a movie.
But what would a snow day be without getting the kids to shovel – start them young! ha ha!
I love the snow!! So excited!
Today I had the opportunity to go to the Ronald McDonald House and photograph some of their families. This was such an amazing time – I loved it! Melissa – the amazing Child Life Specialist who was my contact person – gave me a tour of the place and told me lots of interesting facts about the house and also Sick Kids hospital. I loved the sense of family and community in the home!
This is Dan… his name is not actually Dan but I'm not sure how to spell his real name (pronounced Day-on) so this will be my nickname for him. Dan is twelve and has had cancer – and after about a year at Sick Kids / Ronald McDonald House… he's going home tomorrow!! Could there be a better Christmas gift?
As we were snapping away.. we were thrilled to have Dad arrive from Windsor in preparation for tomorrow's big departure!
I'd say they have lots to celebrate!
Practicing the big wave for tomorrow!
After Dan, Melissa and I went over to Sick Kids to visit the cutest little two month old twin boys! One boy is still in the cardiac ward for heart problems. You will notice the size difference between the boys – although they're different in size, they're both about the cutest things you've ever seen! Especially in their Santa outfits!
This is what I saw when I came in – it was love at first sight.
Big Sister Natalie loving her brothers!
Love the rabbit ears behind mom – ha ha!
And her mom asked Natalie if she'd like to hold her brother – and Natalie asked "While I'm standing???" she was in sheer delight holding him like a "big girl.
And then 16 year old Stephanie. She had a very exciting day too – half an hour before we did our photo shoot she arrived back from getting her new hair! The wig is made from real hair and you can even see the scalp through the hair. She looked stunning – gorgeous! I'm sure you'll agree!
Along with great kids – I met some amazing parents – like Linda here.
And Melissa what a great staff member and friend!
Then there is Ben – I wasn't scheduled to photograph Ben but how could you not? He's chatting you up and singing and laughing and following us… love this guy! He has had a heart transplant – hard to imagine!
And then the boys wanted some "gangster" photos with the staff – wearing Ben's hat.
And they wanted one with me too so I'll end this looooong post with this!


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The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – Sir Paul Hasluck
Prime Minister – Gough Whitlam
Deputy Prime Minister – Lance Barnard
Opposition Leader –  Billy Snedden
Chief Justice – Sir Garfield Barwick

State and Territory Leaders
Premier of New South Wales – Sir Robert Askin
Opposition Leader – Pat Hills (until 17 November), then Neville Wran
Premier of Queensland – Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Opposition Leader – Jack Houston
Premier of South Australia – Don Dunstan
Opposition Leader – Bruce Eastick
Premier of Tasmania – Eric Reece
Opposition Leader – Max Bingham
Premier of Victoria – Rupert Hamer
Opposition Leader – Clyde Holding
Premier of Western Australia – John Tonkin
Opposition Leader – Sir Charles Court

Governors and Administrators
Governor of New South Wales – Sir Roden Cutler
Governor of Queensland – Sir Colin Hannah
Governor of South Australia – Sir Mark Oliphant
Governor of Tasmania – Lieutenant General Sir Edric Bastyan (until 30 November), then Sir Stanley Burbury
Governor of Victoria – Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe
Governor of Western Australia – Major General Sir Douglas Kendrew
Administrator of Norfolk Island – Edward Pickerd
Administrator of the Northern Territory – Frederick Chaney (until 10 December), then Jock Nelson
Administrator/High Commissioner of Papua New Guinea – Les Johnson

Events
 10 February – Australia's first casino, the Wrest Point Hotel Casino, opens in Hobart
 28 February – The federal voting age is lowered from 21 to 18. The state of New South Wales had already enacted such a change in 1970.
 2 March – Wellington Street bus station in Perth is opened by western Australia's premier John Tonkin
 8 March – Whiskey Au Go Go fire
 1 June – The first General Dynamics F-111 aircraft is delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force
 25 August - Disappearance of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon
 20 October – Sydney Opera House officially opened by Elizabeth II
 1 December – Papua New Guinea is granted self-government prior to independence
 31 December – AC/DC perform their first major gig in Sydney Australia.
 Removal of "White Australia Policy".

Arts and literature

 Patrick White is announced as Australian of the Year
 21 September – The Jackson Pollock painting Blue Poles is controversially purchased by the Whitlam government for US$2 million (A$1.3 million).
 "No award" was made for the Miles Franklin Award

Film
 Alvin Purple

Television
 Certain Women (TV series) commences
The novel Seven Little Australians adapted for television (10 part series)
The New South Wales Rugby Football League negotiates its first television deal with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Sport
8 September – Derek Clayton wins his fourth men's national marathon title, clocking 2:12:07.6 in Perth.
 15 September – Manly-Warringah defeated Cronulla-Sutherland 10–7 in the 1973 NSWRFL season Grand Final, claiming their second straight premiership. Penrith finish in last position, claiming the wooden spoon.
 Gala Supreme wins the Melbourne Cup
 Western Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
 Helsall takes line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Ceil III is the handicap winner
 Australia defeats South Africa 3–0 in the Federation Cup

Births
 8 January – Jason Stevens, rugby league player and sportscaster
 17 January – Chris Bowen, politician
 22 January – Abi Tucker, actor and singer
 31 January – Portia de Rossi, actress
 4 February – James Hird, Australian footballer and coach
 5 February – Luke Ricketson, rugby league player
 6 February - Chris Wilmore
 15 February – Sarah Wynter, actress
 20 February – Kimberley Davies, actor
 26 March – Matt Burke, rugby union footballer
 13 April – Tammy Cole, field hockey defender
 19 April – George Gregan, rugby union player
 26 April – Stephanie Graf, middle distance athlete
 29 May – Malcolm Allen, swimmer
 12 June – Darryl White, Australian rules footballer
 21 June – Alyson Annan, field hockey player
 24 June – Matt Drummond, film director, screenwriter and visual effects supervisor
 27 July – Gorden Tallis, rugby league footballer
 2 August – Susie O'Neill, swimmer
 14 August – Kieren Perkins, swimmer
 20 August – Scott Goodman, swimmer
 22 August – Mark Hickman, field hockey goalkeeper
 2 September – Matthew Dunn, swimmer
 5 September – Jennifer Whittle, basketball player
 18 September – Louise Sauvage, wheelchair athlete
 22 September – Craig McRae, footballer
 8 October – Toby Haenen, swimmer
 14 October – Steven Bradbury, speed skater
 18 October – Stephen Allan, golfer
 23 October – David Beard, volleyball player
 31 October – Andrew Constance, politician
 6 November – Greg Warren, politician
 20 November
 Sav Rocca, American football player and Australian rules footballer
 Matthew Smith, field hockey player
 4 December – Steve Menzies, rugby league footballer
 24 December – Kerry Nettle, politician
 28 December – Alex Dimitriades, actor
 (Date Unknown) – Rodger Corser, Actor
 (Date Unknown) – Ann Shoebridge, milliner
 date unknown (1 January) – Catherine Freeman, athlete

Deaths
 5 April – John Coleman (born 1928), Australian rules footballer
 21 April – Arthur Fadden (born 1894), former Prime Minister
 8 July – Arthur Calwell (born 1896), politician

References

Australia
Years of the 20th century in Australia

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Badamtam tea estate, which produces the best Darjeeling Teas, was first planted by Christine Barnes in the year 1858 and was commercially started by Lebong Tea Company in late 1860s.
Badamtam Tea Estate is located in the LebongValley, 17 kilometers west of the Darjeeling town, facing the Himalayan range, the mighty Kanchenjunga which is also one reason why this tea estate produces one of the best Spring teas in the world. The tea estate starts from the end of the two estates viz., Bada Ging Tea Estate and Chhota Ging Tea Estate, till the Majhi Tar basin in Sikkim across the RangitRiver where a suspension bridge over Rangit river links the Badamtam tea garden to Sikkim.
The estate is situated at an altitude ranging between 305 metres to 1830 metres above sea level.
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The Darjeeling Teas produced from Badamtam Tea Estate are of excellent qualities delighting all Darjeeling tea lovers with its unique characteristics . Its first flush teas are globally popular and are highly prized globally.
Badamtam Tea Estate is managed and owned by Goodricke Group Limited, which was recently ranked as number one Darjeeling Tea Brand in Kolkata by Nielson for the second quarter of 2012.
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Large cutting mat & rotary cutter.
This is my sewing room. It is not very large but I spend many happy hours here. This was once my son's bedroom. Now it has a guest bed & my sewing machine & supplies. At first I had a folding card table in one corner to cut my fabric. Then my cousin, a carpenter, built my cutting table and the cabinet above it. Now my cutting surface is firm & I can make more precise cuts. as a result, my quilts have improved.


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The So-Called Alien Megastructure Just Got Even More Mysterious
Maddie Stone
Last fall, a little-known star called KIC 8462852 became our planetary obsession when astronomers said that its erratic flickering could be the result of an alien megastructure. Further observation of Tabby's Star yielded no signs of aliens, but the sudden dips in luminosity continue to defy explanation. Now, things just got a bit weirder.
In an unpublished paper posted today to arXiv, Caltech astronomer Ben Montet and Joshua Simon of the Carnegie Institute describe the results of a new photometric analysis of Tabby's Star, which was first flagged in the Kepler Space Telescope's database by citizen science astronomers.
By carefully examining all the full-frame images collected during Kepler's observational campaign, Montet and Simon discovered something astonishing: Not only did the star's light output occasionally dip by up to 20 percent, its total stellar flux diminished continuously over the course of four years.
"We spent a long time trying to convince ourselves this wasn't real. We just weren't able to."
For the first 1000 days of Kepler's campaign, Tabby's Star decreased in luminosity by approximately 0.34 percent per year. For the next 200 days, the star dimmed more rapidly, its total stellar flux dropping by 2 percent before leveling off. Overall, Tabby's Star faded roughly 3 percent during the four years that Kepler stared at it—an absolutely enormous, inexplicable amount. The astronomers looked at 500 other stars in the vicinity, and saw nothing else like it.
"The part that really surprised me was just how rapid and non-linear it was," Montet told Gizmodo. "We spent a long time trying to convince ourselves this wasn't real. We just weren't able to."
This isn't the first time astronomers have claimed that Tabby's Star is fading. Earlier this year, Bradley Schaefer of Louisiana State University decided to examine the star in old photographic plates of sky dating back to the 19th century. He found that over the past 100 years, the star's total light output has diminished by a whopping 19 percent. But shortly after publishing his claims, other astronomers started poking holes in them, saying that the observed dimming was the result of flawed data. Schaefer pushed back, and things got a little bit ugly.
The controversy over Schaefer's work is what prompted Montet to look for long-term trends in another way. "We realized that in order to settle this, you needed either a long baseline, or high precision data," Montet said. "Kepler has the latter." Montet added that the rate of dimming he measured in the Kepler data is about twice what Schaefer found, which "is different, but not necessarily inconsistent."
"None of the considered phenomena can alone explain the observations."
Jason Wright, the Penn State astronomer who first suggested that Tabby's Star might be the site of a vast alien construction project, agreed that the new analysis lends credibility to Schaefer's claim of century-long dimming. "The new paper states, and I agree, that we don't have any really good models for this sort of behavior," he said. "That's exciting!"
Keivan Stassun, an astronomer at Vanderbilt who disputed the idea of long-term dimming, said that Tabby's star continues to defy explanation. "[Montet's] intriguing new findings suggest that none of the considered phenomena can alone explain the observations," he told Gizmodo. "In the end, figuring out this puzzle may require accounting for a combination of effects."
Some of the most credible explanations to date include a swarm of cometary fragments, the effect of a distorted star, or the remnants of a shattered planet. Certain things can explain long-term dimming while others can explain short-term flickering, but as Montet put it, "nothing nicely explains everything."
What's clear is that we aren't going to solve this mystery until we get a better look at this star, which is exactly what Tabby Boyajian—the astronomer who first discovered it—is gearing up to do.
Following a successful crowdfunding campaign to secure time at the the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Boyajian is going to observe her namesake star for a full year, with the hope of catching it in the act of flickering. If that happens, other telescopes around the world will be alerted and swiftly mobilized. We'll be able to watch the star wink at us across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, and hopefully, decode its message.

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The 2005 Moorilla Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts and which was part of the Tier V category of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 10 January until 14 January 2005. Unseeded Zheng Jie won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles
 Zheng Jie defeated  Gisela Dulko, 6–2, 6–0
 It was Zheng's first singles title of her career.

Doubles
 Yan Zi /  Zheng Jie defeated  Anabel Medina Garrigues /  Dinara Safina 6–4, 7–5

References

External links
 ITF tournament edition details
 Tournament draws

Hobart International
Moorilla Hobart International
Moorilla Hobart International


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Assange: How 'The Guardian' Milked Edward Snowden's Story
Posted on Thursday, Apr 23, 2015 7:30AM Friday, December 8, 2017 by Zujaja Tauqeer
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange investigates the book behind Snowden, Oliver Stone's forthcoming film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Nicolas Cage, Scott Eastwood and Zachary Quinto. According to leaked Sony emails, movie rights for the book were bought for $700,000.
Julian Assange in Newsweek:
The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man (Guardian/Faber & Faber, 2014) by Luke Harding is a hack job in the purest sense of the term. Pieced together from secondary sources and written with minimal additional research to be the first to market, the book's thrifty origins are hard to miss.
The Guardian is a curiously inward-looking beast. If any other institution tried to market its own experience of its own work nearly as persistently as The Guardian, it would surely be called out for institutional narcissism. But because The Guardian is an embarrassingly central institution within the moribund "left-of-center" wing of the U.K. establishment, everyone holds their tongue.
In recent years, we have seen The Guardian consult itself into cinematic history—in the Jason Bourne films and others—as a hip, ultra-modern, intensely British newspaper with a progressive edge, a charmingly befuddled giant of investigative journalism with a cast-iron spine.
The Snowden Files positions The Guardian as central to the Edward Snowden affair, elbowing out more significant players like Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras for Guardian stablemates, often with remarkably bad grace.
"Disputatious gay" Glenn Greenwald's distress at the U.K.'s detention of his husband, David Miranda, is described as "emotional" and "over-the-top." My WikiLeaks colleague Sarah Harrison—who helped rescue Snowden from Hong Kong—is dismissed as a "would-be journalist."
I am referred to as the "self-styled editor of WikiLeaks." In other words, the editor of WikiLeaks. This is about as subtle as Harding's withering asides get. You could use this kind of thing on anyone.
Read the full piece here.
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The cap of C. atramentaria is 3cm to 6cm in height and has a conical tip (Image 1). The base of the cone can be as wide as 10cm in diameter. Gray to light brown in color. The gills are white but can turn into a black slurry or "ink". The stem is 8-15cm high and 6-12cm in diameter.
Spores are 6.5-10.5 × 4-6.5 µm and have an ellipsoidal shape(Image 2). Spore print is black in color. Clamp connections are present.
Widely distributed in North America.
Can be found in clusters or solitary often growing on roots or stumps. Grows on decaying organic matter like rotting wood and wet grasslands.
Solitary to clustered, in grass, often near rotting wood; fruiting from fall to spring, although specimens can be collected any month of the year that moisture is available.
Coprinoid mushrooms, like C. atramentarius, all have distinct "inky caps" that is a result of gills that turn to a black color and can liquefy.
This mushroom is edible but should not be consumed if alcoholic beverages are consumed up to several days before. The compound corprine, found in C. atramentaria, can cause symptoms of nausea, facial flushing, and tachycardia when consumed with alcohol. Symptoms can arise withing 20 minutes to 2 hours. No fatalities have been recorded from poisoning.
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The name of the professional association in Czech is: Technologická platforma "Udržitelná energetika ČR", in English the following name is used: Technology Platform "Sustainable Energy for the Czech Republic" (hereinafter referred to as the Platform).
The registered office of the Platform is Husinec-Řež, indication number of the building 130, postcode 250 68.
The mission of the Platform is to support activities associated with research, development and the introduction of technologies which can be used for sustainable development in the generation, transmission and consumption of modern energy forms in the Czech Republic.
The Platform contributes to the coordination of activities of those subjects engaged in the research and development of energy technologies and the producers and suppliers of the available energy and in connection with domestic and foreign programmes and financial resources.
The Platform defines, represents, supports, defends and enforces the justified and common interests of its members, aiming at the creation of a suitable environment for the use of modern technologies in the sustainable development of the energy industry.
The Platform strives to involve its members in the European Industrial Initiatives and in the technology platforms being formed within their frameworks and that deal with research, development and the introduction of technologies for sustainable development of the energy industry.The establishment and activities of the Platform are in line with the initiative of the European Commission dated 16 June 2004 regarding the "technology platforms", published in COM (2004) 353 final, and in line with the Innovation Union in the framework of Strategy Europe 2020.
The Platform maps systematically developments in the area of research, development and introduction of technologies for sustainable development of the energy industry in the EU, USA and other economically developed countries.
The Platform monitors and assesses activities in the area of research, development and the introduction of technologies for sustainable development of the energy industry in the Czech Republic.
The Platform monitors systematically possibilities for acquiring resources in the Czech Republic, EU and elsewhere in the world that can be used for financing the research, development and introduction of technologies for sustainable development of the energy industry.
The Platform provides mutual information regarding the subjects operating in the Czech Republic in the area of research and development of technologies for sustainable development of the energy industry.
The Platform prepares projects dealing with sustainable development of the energy industry in the Czech Republic and applications for their financing and provides consultancy services to the entities implementing them.
The Platform also promotes abroad the activities associated with the development of Czech technologies in the area of sustainable development of the energy industry in a suitable form.
Membership in the Platform is voluntary.
The decisions of the bodies of the Platform concerning the fulfilment of its mission and the manner in which such tasks should be fulfilled, including the policy statement, are to be regarded by members of the Platform as standpoints, recommendations or suggestions and are binding solely upon its bodies.
The Platform does not intervene in the internal affairs of its members.
The Platform is a professional association of legal entities founded in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Civil Code, which obtains legal capacity by being entered into the Register of Associations maintained by the Regional Authority of the Central Bohemian Region. The Platform is a legal entity.
The termination of the Platform, including through liquidation, the appointment of the liquidator and the distribution of property are decided on by the general meeting.
For liquidation of the association, the provisions of Law No. 513/1991 Coll., the Commercial Code, as amended, concerning the liquidation of business organizations are used accordingly.
The liquidation of the association being completed, the liquidation balance distribution is performed. The individual association member's share of the liquidation balance is determined in proportion according to the paid contribution of the given association member.
For founding members, membership of the Platform commences by signing the minutes of the establishing meeting and becomes effective on the Platform being entered into the relevant register.
The Platform may be acceded to. Members of the Platform (hereinafter referred to as "a/the Member") may be legal entities that pursue or prepare activities in the area of sustainable development of the energy industry or support it either financially or by personnel.
It has not been expelled from the association.
The acceding Member documents its fulfilment of the conditions stipulated in Paragraph 3 by an affidavit signed by the authorized representative or by an empowered representative.
The Members may use the designation of "Member of the Technology Platform 'Sustainable Energy for the Czech Republic'".
Membership of the Platform has two levels, which differ in the degree of the Member's influence over the organizational operation of the Platform and in the amount of membership dues. They do not differ in the extent of access to information of professional or popular nature.
A regular Member of the Platform has the possibility to influence the Platform's organizational structure and its strategic management. A regular Member is entitled to take part in the general meeting with a right to vote and its representatives may be elected onto authorized bodies of the Platform – the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. The admission of a regular member is decided on by the general meeting.
An associate member of the Platform is informed about the results of negotiations of the authorized bodies of the Platform and may take part in their meetings in an advisory capacity. The Executive Committee decides on the admission of an associate member and its participation in negotiations of the bodies of the Platform.
Membership of the Platform commences as of the date of the decision of the Platform's general meeting on the admission of a regular member, or as of the date of the decision of the Executive Committee on the admission of an associate member.
Should a Member act against the interests of the Platform, the relevant authorized body may decide on expelling the Member from the Platform.
An expelled Member or a Member which has cancelled its membership has no entitlement to any return of membership dues already paid.
The settlement of possible liabilities of a Member, or of the Platform, following especially from Article 3, Paragraphs 6, 7 and Article 8, Paragraph 4, will be resolved in accordance with the individual contract made between the Member and the Platform for these activities.
The activity of the Platform is financed from income including admission and annual membership dues.
Membership dues fall into admission and annual dues. A Member pays an admission due in the year of its admission and annual dues in the following years. The amount for admission and annual dues is determined by the "Admission and Annual Membership Dues" document approved by the general meeting.
Admission membership dues are payable within thirty (30) calendar days of the acceptance of the application for membership of the Platform. Annual membership dues are payable until 10 February of the relevant year.
The financial means acquired from the resources mentioned in this Article are used within the framework of the Platform's approved budget, especially for the payment of costs associated with the implementation of the Platform's purpose of activity and for the further development of the activity of the Platform.
The Platform's property consists of things, rights, fixed assets, current assets, receivables, financial property and other property values created during the whole time of its activity. The Platform manages this property independently.
Financial management of the Platform is governed by the Platform's budget.
The Platform's budget includes anticipated income as well as expenses for fulfilling tasks and affording balanced coverage of the needs of the Platform in the given budget year.
The income of the Platform's budget consists especially of: subsidies from budgetary means of the Czech Republic, subsidies from development programmes of the European Union, membership dues paid by the members, income from its own activity and from participation in the business activity of legal entities and natural persons, income from donations, income from its own property, income from organizing different events. Where projects are implemented with the use of funds from the EU or the Czech Republic, obligations of the individual members of the Platform may be specified by individual contracts.
The expenses of the Platform's budget are spent to accomplish the Platform's objectives and other expenses approved by the Executive Committee of the Platform.
The Executive Committee of the Platform is responsible for fulfilment of the Platform's budget.
Budgetary means may be used in the relevant budget year only and for the purposes for which they have been allocated by the Platform's budget. Unspent means are transferred into the basic capital of the Platform.
The management of budgetary means and budgeting is controlled by the Board of Directors of the Platform.
Should the need to make a payment not included in the budget arise during the year, it may be ensured by a more economical implementation of other tasks or by deferring or limiting another less urgent task within the framework of the individual types of budgetary expenses, or by transferring budgetary means between the individual types of budgetary income and expenses. Such measures are approved by the Executive Committee.
The Platform keeps accounts in accordance with the relevant accounting regulations as well as records of the administered property and management of the Platform.
The financial statement for the relevant accounting period is approved by the Platform's general meeting, following the statement of the opinion of the Board of Directors.
If, during a financial year, the prospect becomes imminent that the expense part of the budget will exceed by more than 50 per cent the amount of membership dues for the given year, the Executive Committee shall be obliged to convene a general meeting within twenty (20) days.
The Platform's members are obliged to observe the Constitution of the Platform.
Each Member has the right to take part in the decision making of the general meeting as governed by Article 11 of the present Constitution, to participate in other events of the Platform, and the right to take part in decision making about the Platform's activity.
Each Member has the right to advocate its opinions and thus influence the creation of the Platform's standpoints.
Any Member of the Platform is obliged to inform the Platform about its activities relating to energy technologies in the manner determined by the Platform's Director. Information from the existing relevant databases will be used, where possible.
Each Member has the right to submit its proposals for changes and alterations to the basic documents of the Platform and the content of its programme and nominations for candidates in elections of the Platform's representatives.
Each Member has the right to comment on the activity of the Platform and its bodies and to request an explanation of all the Platform's decisions from the bodies of the Platform.
Each Member has the right to take part in the Platform's activity through work in interest sections and teams of experts.
All Members, bodies of the Platform and employees of the Platform are obliged to protect the Platform's good name and not to discredit the good name of the Platform by their behaviour. If a Member acts on behalf of the Platform, it advocates and explains the programme objectives and standpoints of the Platform.
Each Member is obliged to notify the Platform of any change in the data required for keeping membership records, and to provide the Platform's bodies with the information necessary for carrying out the mission and activity of the Platform, with the exception of classified information.
Protection of the intellectual property of each Member during the Platform's activities will be secured by a special contract between the Member and the Platform, represented by its Director, unless otherwise agreed by the Members.
If need be, the Executive Committee may establish temporary bodies necessary for ensuring the Platform's activity, especially interest sections and teams of experts.
The term of office for members of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors lasts three (3) years and ends on the day of the next general meeting after the term has expired. Also, the term of office of those members of the said bodies who have been elected in special elections or have been co-opted onto bodies on the basis of the present Constitution ends as of this date. Re-election of a member of the said bodies is possible.
The general meeting is the highest body of the Platform. The general meeting consists of the regular members represented either by their authorized representatives or by persons who have been awarded the power of attorney.
Each member has one vote in the general meeting.
If, for any reason, the general meeting does not adopt rules to determine the amount and payment deadline of membership dues, the existing rules governing this area remain valid until a new decision of the general meeting.
The members of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors take part in the general meeting in an advisory capacity. The Director and the guests invited by the Executive Committee of the Platform also participate in the same capacity.
Decides on other questions which have been included onto the agenda on the basis of a proposal from the Executive Committee, Board of Directors, or members representing at least one third of all members.
Decides on the amount and method of payment of membership dues.
Decides on the Platform's joining other organizations and on property interests in them.
Decides on further questions which it has reserved for itself or about which it decides pursuant to the present Constitution.
The general meeting takes place at least once a year.
The general meeting shall be convened in writing and the letter of invitation shall be sent twenty (20) days at the latest before it is held. However, members of the Platform can waive this deadline (approval of all members is necessary).
The agenda of the general meeting and source materials for its negotiations shall also be sent along with the letter of invitation. The general meeting may discuss matters not previously included on the agenda only where a proposal to table such a matter for discussion is accepted by at least two thirds of the votes of members present.
The Executive Committee may convene a further general meeting on its own initiative and is obliged to convene it on the basis of a proposal of the Board of Directors or on the basis of a written request from members representing at least one third of the membership.
The general meeting is deemed quorate if members representing an absolute majority of all votes are present. The general meeting decides by an absolute majority of the votes of the members present, unless the present Constitution requires a qualified majority.
The general meeting decides on all the Platform's expenses exceeding CZK 2,000,000.
The Executive Committee is the authorized representative of the Platform and its highest body in the period between two general meetings.
The members of the Executive Committee are elected by the general meeting from representatives of the Platform's regular members. The members of the Executive Committee elect the Chairperson from their midst, who convenes and chairs the meetings of the Executive Committee, and further the Vice Chairperson, who acts as the Chairperson's deputy if they are not present or for any period when they are unable to execute their functions. The Executive Committee has five members.
If the seat of a member of the Executive Committee is vacated during the term of office, it may be taken by a member who is co-opted by the Executive Committee; co-opting is approved by the next general meeting. The co-opted member's term of office ends at the same time as the term of office of the other members of the Executive Committee.
If a member of the Executive Committee cannot participate in a meeting of the Executive Committee for serious reasons, they may delegate a representative.
Decides on establishing teams of experts and interest sections within the framework of the Platform.
For time reasons, decisions of the Executive Committee may be executed in writing.
The Executive Committee convenes for meetings as required; however, once a year at least.
The Chairperson of the Board of Directors or the member of the Board of Directors appointed by him/her has the right to be present at meetings of the Executive Committee in an advisory capacity.
The Executive Committee decides on the expenses of the Platform up to CZK 2,000,000.
The first Executive Committee of the Platform is elected by the founding members of the Platform. This is accomplished by bare majority of the founding members present at the establishing meeting of the technology platform "Sustainable Energy for the Czech Republic".
The Board of Directors has seven or nine members.
Members of the Board of Directors are elected by the general meeting from representatives of regular members of the Platform and representatives of state agencies for a period of three (3) years. Re-election is possible. If the seat of a member of the Board of Directors is vacated during the term of office, it may be taken by a member co-opted by the Board of Directors. Co-opting is approved by the next general meeting. The co-opted member's term of office ends at the same time as the term of office of the other members of the Board of Directors.
The members of the Board of Directors elect a Chairperson from their midst, who convenes and chairs its meetings, and further the Vice Chairperson, who acts as the Chairperson's deputy if they are not present or for any period when they are unable to execute their functions.
Supervises the financial management of the Platform and administration of the Platform's property.
The Board of Directors convenes once a year at least.
The first Board of Directors of the Platform is elected by the founding members of the Platform. This is accomplished by bare majority of the founding members present at the establishing meeting of the technology platform "Sustainable Energy for the Czech Republic".
The Director of the Platform is the Platform's employee and is appointed and removed by the Executive Committee.
The Director is responsible especially for ensuring of the organization and activities of the Platform and managing its general operation, including its financial management. The Director acts and signs on behalf of the Platform under authorization given by the present Constitution of the Platform.
The Director directs the secretariat of the Platform, executes the rights of the employer on behalf of the Platform in accordance with the relevant generally binding legal regulations, especially engages employees and terminates employment contracts.
If not a member of the Executive Committee, the Director takes parts in its meetings in an advisory capacity.
The Director is authorized to decide on expenses of the Platform up to CZK 100,000.
Interest sections are established for the long-term (repeated) resolution of specific problems monitored by the Platform. Delegated representatives of the Members constitute an interest section.
A team of experts is established to solve specific problems lasting for a limited time period. A team of experts consists of delegated representatives of the Members.
The representatives of interest sections and teams of experts may, based on the decision of the Executive Committee, participate in its meetings in an advisory capacity.
The Constitution of the Platform can be altered on the basis of a decision of the general meeting only.
The present Constitution of the Platform was approved at the establishing meeting of the Platform on 21 May 2009.
The representatives of the founding members of the Platform agree to the wording of the Constitution of the Platform and in witness whereof the said parties hereto attach their signatures.


I wanted to share these awesome pillows I made this weekend. I created artwork of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn and had them printed on fabric.
There are some great places to ANYTHING printed on fabric; photos, artwork, text – as long as you can get it digital. Karmakraft.com has the best fabric selection, Spoonflower.com has great organic cotton, and fabricondemand.com has $5 shipping. I've tried them all and everytime my prints came out perfect.
I bought some 16×16 pillow inserts, sewed my fabric together, inserted the pillows, sewed it all up and voila super chic decorative "hollywood" pillows. Oh and I added studs for their earrings and marilyn's beauty mark.
We had a blast this October during Bay Ridge's Third Avenue Festival. Our booth was to promote the Fashion Class and people could choose between t-shirts, scarves, leggings, yoga pants, back packs, totes, and much more to tie dye!
Our Tie Dye "barkers" show off some of my fabulous creations!
Overall the event went well, I'm now a tie-dye expert, and I look forward to next year!
We've been creating and decorating tote bags!
Our first project of the Fall semester was to sew and design a tote bag. Students were each given a yard of canvas fabric. They decided what kind of bag they wanted and what size. Some created totes, and some created trendier long strap bags. After totes were sewn, the corners were mitered and straps were attached the students got to decorate their bags with a Bedazzler, lace, ribbon, and spray paint!
Backstage at the Ruffian fashion show!


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Mark Bates es un deportista canadiense que compitió en triatlón. Ganó una medalla de plata en los Juegos Panamericanos de 1995 en la prueba masculina individual.

Palmarés internacional

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Triatletas de Canadá


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