After dropping Quincy off at preschool this morning, Gabe and I drove to Fishersville's Valley Bee Supply Store to pick up our pre-ordered bees. It was a zoo when we got there as they had at least 100 3# bee packages ready for pick up that day. They are all Italian honey bees bred in Georgia that had been driven up last night from Georgia.
I took a ton of videos today with the intention of editing them all together, but iMovie has crashed on me and to be honest...editing is hard! I promise to deliver at some point.
The install was pretty straightforward. I'm a total neophyte/newbie/amateur so if a proper beekeeper is reading this, please forgive me.
We are just starting with one hive this year so we can learn about the bees and the time commitment. We are using the "controversial" Flow Hive. If you want to see a lot of wasted energy explode, google "Flow Hive." Again, we are new but from our perspective it was worth the experiment. We are taking this seriously and will do our best to be good stewards/beekeepers.
After spraying the bees with sugar water and letting them settle for half an hour while we set up the hive in the desired location, I got in my getup and walked them through the future orchard field to their new home.
Then I smoked them to further soothe them and confuse the alarm pheromones they release when someone is messing with them.
I chose to put the package directly into the hive which meant taking out 4 of the frames so the package would fit inside. I then wedged the queen cage, candy cork side up, so the bees could get familiar with their Queen Bee over the next few days. The candy cork keeps the queen separate for an adjustment period so the bees don't reject her out of hand and swarm off.
I released the bees (the scary part) and put the feeder (already filled) on top as well as the Flow Hive A-Frame roof which I think is pretty cute.
Of course I wasn't really messing with the bees much today.
In a week I'll have my first real test. I'll go to remove the package the bees came in from the hive, replace the frames, refill the feeder, and to search for the queen to verify she was accepted.


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Alhambra Palace and Fortress Complex, Granada, Spain
By Ørjan Wremertravels 22nd Mar 2021 ( 5 )
Alhambra is Spain's most visited monument, with approx. 2 million people visiting per year, and that breaks down to around 8500 people per day. The palace and fortress are situated in the city of Granada in southern Spain's Andalusia region.
Pre booking tickets is essential, and get there at your alloted time! Read more at Alhambra Official site
The Al-Hamra` palace was built in the mid-13th century by the Arab Nasrid emir Mohammed ben Al-Ahmar of the Emirate of Granada. It was converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.
The dramatic geometrical Arab patterns and inscriptions are everywhere in the interior of the palace.
The Fountain of the Lions alabaster fountain and basin with 12 marble lions to symbolize strength, power and sovereignty. At the edge of the fountain there is a poem written by Ibn Zamrak. This praises the beauty of the fountain and the power of the lions, but it also describes their ingenious hydraulic systems and how they actually worked, which baffled all those who saw them.
After the Christian Reqonquista in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella, and it was in this palace that Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition to sail the "wrong way" to India, and thus discovering the Americas.
The views from the top of Alhambra down towards Granada city are spectacular!
This is the Puerta de la Justicia (Gate of Justice), a massive horseshoe archway surmounted by a square tower and used by the Moors as an informal court of justice.
Access from the city to the Alhambra Park is afforded by the Puerta de las Granadas (Gate of Pomegranates), a triumphal arch dating from the 15th century. A steep ascent leads past the Pillar of Charles V, a fountain erected in 1554, to the main entrance of the Alhambra.
The Alhambra is one of those epic must sees of the world
Alhambra impressions and keeper of the keys "El Gato"
Categories:Europe, Spain, TravelTags: Alhambra, Andalusia, Granada, Spain, Visit Spain
Lookoom
22nd Mar 2021 • 4:50 am
I agree, one of the great places to visit in the world. Thanks for bringing back my memories.
Thank you, we loved Granada and Alhambra👍
A Short Visit To Granada, Spain – Wremer Travels
24th Mar 2021 • 1:07 am
15th Jun 2021 • 1:22 am
Agreed. The Alhambra is amazing! Great photos that bought back lovely memories for me! Cheers.
Thanks👍

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We are often asked about the quality of our maps. Are they really so much better than the competition's? How exactly does the download process go, and what do I get? So we decided to give some away for free, so you can judge for yourself. And, as we are at it, we want them to be maps you may want to have.
Our tribute to Stephen Hawking star map has had thousands of downloads, and it has the quality and resolution of all our maps. But it is not a normal design, and so it does not show how exactly our download process works.
The maps in this page, however, are maps as the ones you can buy, and the download page is the same to which you'll be directed after your purchase.
Is there a moment that you would like to see commemorated in one of our free maps? Please do tell us. Any event that receives sufficient support will get its free map, promise.
Trying to decide what moments to commemorate is incredibly difficult. We have started with three: one marking a turning point in history, one celebrating an amazing woman, and a more light-hearted one about a sports event.
One of the reasons why people love our maps is that they represent something that they have in common with others: the sky that we share unites us.
So it was not hard to decide on the first historical moment to make a map of: the fall of the Berlin Wall represents, like possibly nothing else in recent history, the breaking down of barriers.
On November 9, 1989 the East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in their relationship with the West: that midnight, people flooded through the checkpoints.
Please note that I have selected November 10th as the date, not November 9th: this is because the midnight of November 9th is actually 00:00 of November 10th.
And the button above will take you to the download page to which you would be taken after your purchase.
It was the first Nobel price received by a woman, who also was the first person and to win twice, and the only one who's ever won to Nobel Prices in two different sciences.
Marie Skłodowska has been voted the most inspirational woman in science; as such, she has had a huge impact in the opening up of the world of academia.
Her first Nobel Price was announced in Stockholm on December 10th, 1903. We don't know the exact hour, but we know it was before dinner, so we are going to go for 18:00.
When we turned for inspiration to Juan's sons, avid Barça supporters, they quickly came back with an idea: the legendary goal scored by Iniesta against Chelsea that won Barça a place at the Roma final that year. They were playing at Stamford Bridge on May 6th 2009.
The most difficult part of making the map was figuring out the exact time... luckily, the BBB knows: at 21:35. We decided on a Night Sky map as the design best suited for the occasion, and we build the map.
We hope you'll like it... and, if you happen to be a Chelsea supporter, please send over the moment you'd like the map for. We do want to make ammends.


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Chaetosciara ingrata är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Werner Mohrig 1999. Chaetosciara ingrata ingår i släktet Chaetosciara och familjen sorgmyggor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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The Boston New Balance Brand Experience store opened yesterday, right by the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
I've been shooting behind-the-scenes of the construction the last few weeks, and shot the Store interiors with the Global Creative Director Wednesday Night.
Stop in and support the only major athletic brand that still manufactures in the US.
Some of my f/w 2012 Catalog shots are already being displayed in-store….
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Those two pictures really touched my heart in a way. The light is special and cryptic… And it seems to me as if the man and the woman would like to tell me something. Fantastic shots!


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Five seconds of every No. 1 song from about 1956 to 1993
February 22, 2011 12:13 PM Subscribe
Five seconds of every No. 1 song from about 1956 to 1993.
posted by Cool Papa Bell (42 comments total) 28 users marked this as a favorite
Somebody make that Sporcle quiz, stat!
(Actually there probably already are a bunch along those lines.)
posted by kmz at 12:22 PM on February 22, 2011
Which five? What's this trying to show? Is it a comparison of the first five seconds of every song? Is it the five best or "most canonical" seconds from each song? Does it show a clear trend of some sort? Or is it just a thing to stick in my ears during [number] of minutes when I'm not sticking other things in my ears?
posted by Eideteker at 12:22 PM on February 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
Some details from the Ubu page:
The concept and term "Chartsweep" both originated in the late 60s with a syndicated radio show called "The History of Rock 'n' Roll." I listened to it on WOR-FM in New York and recorded portions of it on an old Wollensack reel-to-reel tape recorder. As you know, the 'sweep presented segments of every Billboard #1 single starting with "Memories Are Made of This" (Jan 1956). I don't recall where it stopped, but it was around 1968/69. Six years later I began teaching an American Studies course at the University of Maryland called "Popular Music in American Society." To provide a setting for each class I dusted off the concept, took it back to January 1950, added a number of songs based on Joel Whitburn's re-definition of #1 songs, and continued where the original had stopped. I added each new #1 until fall, 1991 when I stopped teaching the course. "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" was the 900th. At the start of each class I played a portion of the 'sweep that corresponded to the years we were covering that night. To accompany the tape I made 35mm slides of either the original sheet music, 45 rpm record sleeve or something similar, so that students could see as well as hear the pop music history. Copies of each night's tape went to the undergraduate library. I assume that an enterprising student or two made their own copies and it is a copy of a copy of a copy that remains in circulation. That's the story in a nutshell.
posted by theodolite at 12:22 PM on February 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
It's like a Time-Life collection for ADHDers!
posted by The Whelk at 12:23 PM on February 22, 2011 [13 favorites]
It's like one massive radio interstitial. Do they run a station identification at the end?
posted by Iridic at 12:24 PM on February 22, 2011
My girlfriend downloaded a chartsweep mp3 in maybe 2003 so it's been around awhile. We managed to compile a mostly complete chartsweep playlist, which is fun.
posted by ghharr at 12:24 PM on February 22, 2011
I liked it; it had a lot of good beats and I could dance to it.
posted by 2bucksplus at 12:25 PM on February 22, 2011 [4 favorites]
Next: the RIAA demands royalty payments for each included song.
posted by Joe Beese at 12:29 PM on February 22, 2011
It's the Reader's Digest Edition of the Dick Clark Show.
posted by lobstah at 12:29 PM on February 22, 2011
Thanks, theodolite. I came not to threadshit, but to criticize. I appreciate some more background than was in the FPP or on the linked page.
posted by Eideteker at 12:31 PM on February 22, 2011
I used to have this on my MP3 and the result of listening to it was usually that there were suddenly fifty records I hadn't heard in a while that I wanted to listen to again. It's similar to seeing a really good montage of great film scenes and suddenly my NetFlix queue gets bigger.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 12:31 PM on February 22, 2011
hardest. powerhour. ever.
posted by jermsplan at 12:33 PM on February 22, 2011
Best Rickroll set-up ever!!!
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 12:36 PM on February 22, 2011 [4 favorites]
it had a lot of good beats and I could dance to it
If nothing else, it's an interesting way to document the evolution of drum recording.
Like that red-becoming-blue post that got axed earlier today: At what exact point do we lose the soft drum sounds of the 70s and get Phil Collins?
Even though the internet is a perfect platform for long form media, the likes of which would never work on broadcast television or radio, it constantly trends towards shorter and shorter means of self-expression. The internet is a huge immeasurable vastness of knowledge and experience, most of which is presented in underdone, unedited snippets by amateurs. Take a look behind the curtain of Wikipedia to see what I mean. This project is emblematic of the dialectic of hyperactive self-segmentation and unending boundless flow that makes up the stuff of the web.
The cherry on top here is that the entirety of the materia here is not the internet, but the end result 100% is.
"New Rap Song Samples 'Billy Jean' In Its Entirety, Adds Nothing". Borges was born a century too early.
posted by 2bucksplus at 12:44 PM on February 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
P. Diddy, on the other hand, arrived right on time.
IS THAT FREEDOM R-
posted by The Card Cheat at 12:45 PM on February 22, 2011
Things That Are Totally Obvious In Retrospect After Listening To This And Then Checking Wikipedia For Dates And My Own Pop-music pickled brain:
0. The domination of Mega Stars, even from the start. Some people are such hit machines.
1: How similar #1 songs are. Makes sense I guess, ballads really overwhelm the mix. But just things like BPM and rhythm. I'm sure this stuff has been researched to death by vast and cool intelligences already. Looking up the dates, dance stuff seems to get popular in roughly 7 year bursts.
2. How slowly the trends mix in and out, and how some genres just never appear - an the weirdness of a non-pop song hitting #1 where *everything* around it sounds totally different. Although you can trace out mini fads, like the brief burst in Caribbean-flavored pop in the mid 80s.
3. How many of them I instantly recognize despite not having heard them in an active way for years. Top Hits are like aural wallpaper, in so many commercials and played in such deathless repeat and they just always exist everywhere. I mean this thing kinda sounds like an XM radio channel - the only time my ears picked up was when Rick Asley came on cause I forgot ...he *was* a #1 hit and not just an internet meme....
4. it's strange when they come across a song I have never heard.
5. Man the 70s were fucking strange for pop music. It's the decade with the most amount of variety in #1 singles, it seems. Although the appearance of hip hop in the late 80s is the biggest one-off tone shift - although the the late 60s, and the completely vanishing of crooners from the top spot and all the stranger rock/pop/chamber fusions appearing seemingly out of nowhere is a close second.
6. Personal Whack-job theory: The worse the economy, the happier and faster the hits.
posted by The Whelk at 12:46 PM on February 22, 2011 [3 favorites]
ar what exact point do we lose the soft drum sounds of the 70s and get Phil Collins?
Per the link, on exactly February 9, 1981.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:51 PM on February 22, 2011
This reminded me of nothing so much as one of those ads for Super Hits of the Whatever Decade/Genre they used to run on TV all the time. I could almost see the blurry concert footage of Elvis and Chubby Checker with song titles scrolling past them.
posted by Copronymus at 12:55 PM on February 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
!50 HITS BY THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS
THAT'S WHAT I CALL EVERYTHING!
posted by The Whelk at 12:56 PM on February 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
5. Man the 70s were fucking strange AWESOME for pop music.
posted by mrgrimm at 1:01 PM on February 22, 2011
Here's another post where linking to the original source would be better. (then put buzzfeed in a via link). We should discourage content farming (imo).
Also, remember: Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.
posted by mrgrimm at 1:07 PM on February 22, 2011 [4 favorites]
I'm not sure how this project can be "emblematic of the dialectic of hyperactive self-segmentation...of the web" if it's from 1993.
posted by theodolite at 1:07 PM on February 22, 2011
This reminded me of nothing so much as one of those ads for Super Hits of the Whatever Decade/Genre they used to run on TV all the time.
Or Gordon Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written.
posted by Joe Beese at 1:07 PM on February 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
As mentioned upthread, this was first produced for the syndicated radio series The History of Rock and Roll by the Drake-Chenault company. The original version ended with You Light Up My Life, and the re-release a few years later added songs through I Love a Rainy Night. Somebody has added the songs after that.
That PM Dawn song marked a major change in the way the music charts were compiled. "Number one" refers to Billboard magazine's Hot 100, which for many years was compiled through a survey of radio stations for airplay, and music stores for sales of 45 rpm singles. Beginning with Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, they began using SoundScan data, which electronically tracks music sales and airplay.
This, combined with the death of the single, changed the shape of the chart completely. After that, it became very common for superhit songs that sat atop the chart for weeks and weeks at a time and you would almost never see a song hit number one for just a week or two.
If I recall correctly, radio shows like American Top 40 have switched to other charts with other methodologies that try to recapture the variety of music of the old days. Not sure how it's working out.
posted by evilcolonel at 1:34 PM on February 22, 2011
And if you're wondering why Chubby Checker's The Twist got in there twice, it's because the record was released, climbed to number one, dropped off the chart completely... then a year later re-entered and hit number one again.
"What a lot of people don't realize is that Bob Dylan actually wrote every popular song in the last thirty five years. Every single one."
posted by Iridic at 1:48 PM on February 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
SWAT!
Sorry. That was awesome. About as awesome as Welcome Back, Kotter.
These were No. 1s? Sweet.
posted by linux at 1:49 PM on February 22, 2011
I just found out the number one song on the day I was born was Funkytown.
I didn't need to know that :(
posted by unigolyn at 1:56 PM on February 22, 2011
Look up the #1 from 9 months earlier for a really interesting horrible mental image.
posted by empyrean at 2:10 PM on February 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
I just took my aforementioned advice and now I'll say DO NOT DO THIS. Oh God, I don't know which one is worse.
November 26 – December 2 1978 Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers 2 (1)
December 3 – 9 1978 Chic - Le Freak 5 (1)
December 10 – 16 1978 Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers 2 (1)
December 17 – 30 1978 Chic - Le Freak 5 (2)
posted by empyrean at 2:14 PM on February 22, 2011
It's like the longest Mystery Hunt puzzle ever.
Excuse me, I need to start a spreadsheet...
posted by maryr at 2:17 PM on February 22, 2011
"Look up the #1 from 9 months earlier for a really interesting horrible mental image."
My Sharona. I can live with that.
posted by unigolyn at 2:18 PM on February 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
Born in the U.S.A
posted by The Whelk at 2:22 PM on February 22, 2011
Just glad it didn't cut off at exactly 5 seconds (or it would have been almost unlistenable) but included all of the most identifiable 'hook' of each song (thus the mercifully short clip of "Strangers in the Night", but I would have picked the "Doobie doobie doo" line myself).
5. Man the 70s were fucking strange/AWESOME for pop music.
It was a great era to be doing a college radio station's "Dr. Demento clone" show, with such batguano insanity as "Candyman", "My Ding A Ling", "Hooked on a Feeling (Ooga Chukka)", "The Streak", "Kung Fu Fighting", "Convoy", "Disco Duck" and "Car Wash" briefly hitting #1 (the pattern for novelty records was a meteroric rise over 4-5 weeks, two weeks at the top and an equally meteoric drop) and such oddballs as "Junk Food Junkie" and "Dead Skunk" just falling short. And with the passage of time, so much of the borderline weird songs have fallen over onto the WTF side. Then a BeeGees/TSOP/KC-led Disco Domination of the charts did the impossible and made dance music boring. Donna Summer's earnestly absurd version of "MacArthur Park" put a small crack of irony in that wall of bad sound, then "My Sharona" provided an early ripple of the 'New Wave' (and inspired Weird Al's first memorable parody).
I was born to the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas" by Mitch Miller (but dammit, I was born in OHIO), and conceived to "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes (#1 the day my parents married and for 8 weeks after... I was born 10 months after their wedding - it's obvious they had trouble staying awake... but one 'cycle' earlier, I could've been born to Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock"... okay, TMI)
posted by oneswellfoop at 2:27 PM on February 22, 2011
Whoever wrote that soundtrack needs to win an award of some kind. To all the many many wonderful, under-appreciated people who perform it: thanks for all the best, you've all changed my life for the better.
posted by Twang at 3:24 PM on February 22, 2011
I remember listening to and recording this "Time Sweep" on New Year's Eve 1980. The last song played was Eddie Rabbit's "I Love a Rainy Night." I played and replayed this time sweep so many times that listening to Part One of this post I not only knew each song in order, I also mentally inserted the original commentary ("The Staple Singers winding up this portion...."). Thanks to the OP for posting this post-1981 Time Sweep.
I used to regularly listen to Casey Kasem's American Top 40 until the early 1990s, and I noticed a trend that started about the time of Saturday Night Fever - around that era, any time the Bee Gees belched, it became a number one hit. The trend continued with Hall and Oates, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, and Madonna. Whomever was the flavor of the day was guaranteed a number one no matter how bleah the tune was. I stopped paying attention to the singles chart around 1994, so I don't know whether or not this trend continued.
posted by Oriole Adams at 3:32 PM on February 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
"Ghostbusters." Yes. The theme from "Ghostbusters." Fucking kill me.
posted by dixiecupdrinking at 4:43 PM on February 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
Just glad it didn't cut off at exactly 5 seconds (or it would have been almost unlistenable) but included all of the most identifiable 'hook' of each song
True. However, I do find myself wishing for a pro-rated version in which the length played is proportortional to the length the song was at #1.
posted by HeroZero at 5:04 PM on February 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
GEMINI. Mercury is ascending in Pisces. Protecting your interests is likely to be high on your agenda. You will listen to a chartsweep. The bits from the years where you first noticed the opposite sex through to when you started uni will be awesome, but everything else will suck.
CANCER. The moon is in conjunction with Jupiter in Virgo. Silver and 'moon' colours together with gem-stones might have a special role to play. You will listen to a chartsweep. The bits from the years where you first noticed the opposite sex through to when you started uni will be awesome, but everything else will suck.
LEO. Pluto is transiting the band of the Milky Way. You might feel you need to tackle a task that someone you're very fond of finds daunting. You will listen to a chartsweep. The bits from the years where you first noticed the opposite sex through to when you started uni will be awesome, but everything else will suck.
posted by obiwanwasabi at 7:35 PM on February 22, 2011
I do find myself wishing for a pro-rated version in which the length played is proportortional to the length the song was at #1.
You'd get ten minutes of "And IIIIIII-EE-IIIIII-EE-IIIIIII WILL ALLLWAYYYYYYS LOVE YOUUUUUUUU." No one ever said the Billboard charts accounted for taste. See example one, Chuck Berry's only number one song. (One week, October 1972)
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The Russian model who cheated death by hanging off the 1,000ft-tall Cayan Tower in Dubai was given a sound telling-off by her parents and made to swear never to be so reckless again.
Viki Odintcova, 23, said she ignored her own 'fear of heights' to risk her life by clinging to a man by the hand with no safety harness.
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As of May 31st, 464 Early Stage Firms Had Applied for the Future Fund
June 5, 2020 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois
The Future Fund, a UK government initiative to support startups and early-stage ventures – many of which are not profitable, reported 464 applications for the program as of May 31st. As part of a weekly update, HM Treasury quantified the number of applicants – a number that is anticipated to grow over the coming weeks.
Opened for applications on May 20, 2020, the Future Fund process is expected to take 21 days from the initial application to funding being awarded – but it seems approvals may be moving faster than expected.
Designed to support the robust startup sector of the UK economy, the Future Fund will match up to 100% of the amount provided by investor(s), up to a maximum of £5 million.
A business applying to the Future Fund must have a minimum of £250,000 of equity capital within the past five years, a key requirement.
The loans will have a minimum of 8% per annum (non-compounding) interest rate. The interest can be higher, depending on the specifics of the deal. The interest is not payable on a monthly basis and instead will accrue until the loan converts. The loans will mature after 36 months, the interest will either be repaid or convert in equity – thus issuers may never need to pay it back but may give up an equity stake in the firm. These issuers may end up having the UK government as a part-owner of funded companies.
At least initially, £250 million has been allocated to the Future Fund. This amount will remain "under review." The British Business Bank has published a website dedicated to the program with all the information necessary for applicants.
Crowdfunding platforms are able to participate in the program as they are regulated as investment companies. Seedrs appears to have been first out of the gate and currently lists several Future Fund offerings.
The following companies are each tagged as Future Fund issuers:
Assetz Capital – a peer to peer lender that is also a CBILS accredited lender that has raised capital via crowdfunding several times.
Tech Wills Save Us – An educational platform that helps children learn about technology.
Killing Kittens – A sex-focused platform and "female empowerment brand."
UnderTheDoormat – A home accommodation business, offering guests the quality of a hotel in the comfort of homes.
Fore Fitness Group – The operator of easyGym and PACK45 brands.
Knoma – A "payment solution enabling lifelong learning as the global economy shifts to one where digital skills are critical for career success."
GUNNA Drinks – A craft soft-drink firm.
Ripple – A clean energy ownership platform.
Stem + Glory – a plant-based food firm is in registration mode.
Some of the offerings are conditional on Future Fund approval. Several issuers have already been approved by the Future Fund, according to Seedrs. These include GUNNA, Ripple, Tech Will Save Us, and Stem + Glory.
As of today, it does not appear that Crowdcube has listed any Future Fund issuers but that can change at any time.
Having the government as an owner in risky ventures is always a topic that foments debate. Effectively, UK citizens are shareholders. But the argument in support of early-stage ventures is compelling. The Coronavirus is a once in a lifetime crisis (hopefully) that has impacted all businesses. The UK has developed an enviable entrepreneurial ecosystem, including the hot Fintech sector, but many of these companies are operating at a loss and may end up closing without access to sufficient capital. Keeping people employed and businesses up and running is a key policy objective. Other programs, such as the CBLIS and Bounce Back Loans, are designed to backstop a sliding economy. The Future Fund should help accomplish the same for the innovation sector.
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Jackson lashes out at Mexican President
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has criticized Mexican President Vicente Fox's comment, that Mexican immigrants to the United States take jobs "that not even blacks want to do."
Jackson called the remark "a spurious comparison" with "ominous racial overtones that were unwitting, unnecessary, and inappropriate."{{more}}
The Mexican president's office issued a statement on Saturday May 14 which emphasized that Fox has "enormous respect to minorities whatever their racial, ethnic, or religious origin may be."
Meanwhile, Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Derbez defended Fox, and stressed that his comments were interpreted negatively, and his statement was not meant as an insult. Derbez said, "The president didn't make a declaration in the racist sense; of course there are those who interpret it in that way."
According to Derbez, Fox was making the point that Mexican migrants are making great contributions in the United States and that their role is a positive role. "They've been able to improve the conditions of life not just for themselves but also for the communities in which they settle and, by the same token, the president made the comment in this context to say that a large quantity of the jobs taken by Mexicans are jobs that in the U.S. society aren't being filled."
The Foreign Relations Secretary further stated, "I think that what we have to be very clear about is that the statement made by the president was in no way motivated by racism."
Rev. Jackson however told CNN in a telephone interview that Fox "should not confuse the need for sound legal immigration policy between the two countries, which is important, and the border disputes between the two countries, with a spurious comparison. The comparison is diversionary from the issue of a workable immigration policy between the U.S. and Mexico."
Jackson said that he has worked "for the citizenship rights of immigrants and Mexican Americans" and wants steps taken to avoid making the United States "hostile toward immigration policy."
Jackson, who said he has never met Fox, planned to call the Mexican president, said Fox's comment about "blacks" seemed to be about a stereotype but that most poor Americans are not black, they're white.
Fox made the controversial comment on Friday May 13 to a group of Texas businessmen meeting in Mexico. He criticized recent steps the United States has taken that the Bush administration said were aimed at curbing illegal immigration. Fox discussed the role that many Mexican immigrants occupy in the U.S. economy.


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Q: How to install Ubuntu on a USB stick Can I install the whole OS on the USB stick, not just a live test?
I mean, make it so that the USB stick acts like a HDD on which Ubuntu is installed. Does anyone have an idea?

A: It is possible to do. You begin by continuing. your Ubuntu installation on your computer as normal, until you reach this screen:

Then tik Something else and continue.
Now in this screen, you will see that the installer lists both your Hard Drive and your USB. Your USB's name should be dev/sda2. Alternatively, your can see that it will show in the free space bar the drive with the matching amount of space.

Select your drive from the list of devices and again from the list that says Device for boot loader installation and click Install now
You will now be installing Ubuntu on a USB. One thing to note, I will take at least three times as long as it is to install on a USB drive, than on a Hard Drive.
Of course, this will depend on if you are using USB 2.0 vs. USB 3.0, as well as the brand, as some Drives are faster than others. Be Patient.
Another thing, running Ubuntu from a USB will be again, at least three times slower than usual, so I would avoid resource-hungry processes.
With that said, have fun.

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The Turkish dictator Erdogan (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) has just been deposed by a military coup. The military said that it took over due to "rising autocratic rule and increased terrorism".
In recent years [Erdogan] has alienated many Turks with his increasingly autocratic ways, cracking down on freedom of expression, imposing a significant role for religion in public life and renewing war with Kurdish militants in the country's southeast.
Many secular Turks, no doubt, will welcome the military's intervention, even as it was far from clear by early Saturday morning if it would be successful.
"The people tried to stand up against President Erdogan, but they couldn't, they were crushed, so the military had no choice but to take over," said Cem Yildiz, a taxi driver who said Friday night that he would spend the rest of the night car-pooling to make sure people got home safely.
Like many Turks, he has blamed Turkey's policy on Syria for the terror attacks. Early in the civil war there, Turkey supported rebel groups fighting against the Syrian government. Many of the fighters who traveled through Turkey to Syria joined the Islamic State, and critics have blamed Mr. Erdogan for enabling the group's rise.
Seyda Yilmaz, a teacher who was out in Istanbul on Friday when the news broke, said, "The country is in chaos, and Erdogan needs to be put in his place ….


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Q: How can I make my TextField starts from Top-leading in SwiftUI? I have a simple code of TextField, which has a frame and background, the Text starts from Center-leading which I want it start from Top-leading, how can I do this? thanks
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France to sale 12 used Rafale fighter jets worth $1.2 billion
Croatia has agreed to buy a batch of used fighter jets from France, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday, in a deal worth one billion euros ($1.2 billion).
The twelve Rafale planes will replace Croatia's Russian-made MiGs in the country's biggest arms purchase since its 1990s war of independence from Yugoslavia. The EU member chose France's package over bids from Israel, Sweden and the United States and expects to get the first six planes by 2024. Plenkovic told a cabinet session the French offer to supply the planes for 999 million euros was the best deal. "For the most favourable price, Croatia gets the best rated and best equipped plane," the prime minister said.
Critics had suggested the government should be focusing its efforts on helping the pandemic-hit economy to recover rather than spending on weaponry. But Defence Minister Mario Banozic told local media earlier on Friday the decision to buy the jets was not about giving the military "new toys". "These planes are simply the basis of our security," he said.
Croatia joined NATO in 2009 and the European Union four years later. Croatia spends slightly less than $1 billion each year on defence, according to NATO figures, falling just short of the alliance's recommendation that members spend two percent of GDP. But Plenkovic said the jet purchase would take Croatia's spending beyond the two percent threshold.


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Local woman hopes to reunite photo album with family
PHILADELPHIA (WTXF) - A local woman is on a mission. She wants to find the relatives pictured in a photo album she found.
Brenda Quick, of Lansdale, is in awe of the old photographs some of them 140 years old dating back to 1877. Brenda found the photo album in the basement of her friend's house on Unruh Street in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia. She was helping Alicia MacDonald clean out her home and came across this incredible piece of family history. The photos are in pristine condition.
"Instantly something came over me, you have to reunite these pictures with the family," she told FOX 29."The pictures were speaking out to me- put me back with my family."
Alicia says the photos had been in her basement for some 20 years and before that in her father's home. Alicia knew they were not her relatives. She knew Brenda wanted to find the family but didn't think much about it until we showed the photos to her again today.
That is when Alicia realized they were photographs of a close family friend Mary Wallander's relatives from days gone by.
"I just got the chills everywhere. I loved these people. They were so good to me when i was a kid," Alicia said.
The oldest pictures are of Adolph and Amanda Wallander and their family members. They lived in Mount Vernon but obviously we now know there is a Philadelphia connection.
Mary Wallander is deceased; however, these two women are hoping a long lost relative sees these remarkable images from the past and comes forward.
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Procurement in China
Stéphane Roche
How should you go about procurement in China? There is no simple answer to this question, however one thing is certain: the ideas behind buying and selling differ greatly from one culture to another. We are often tempted to go with the cheapest option, but have we given enough thought to what people's true motivations are during negotiations?
Stéphane Roche offers the following anecdote to highlight the impact of cultural differences when buying in China and the need to know the culture well to avoid mistakes concerning your contacts' true intentions.
Procurement in China. Gone Wrong.
The manager of a Swiss company based in China which markets thermoformed plastic packs was looking for a new manufacturer. He contacts several Chinese companies, negotiates and finally chooses the least expensive of them which is also geographically the closest. He is very pleased with the deal he has just obtained.
Things Start off Well
The Swiss company delivers the mould to the Chinese manufacturer enabling it to produce the first batch of packs. Three weeks later he receives them: they are of the right quality and delivered within the set deadlines.
But Go Down Hill Quickly
Two months later, the Swiss company places a second order, but this time, the manufacturer does not deliver within the set deadline. The manager sends his contact an e-mail but receives no reply. He then calls but is unable to speak to his contact. As the manufacturer is located just a few hundred kilometres away, he decides to go there in person.
When he arrives, he is stupefied to find his mould stored outdoors in the company's yard among all the other waste. He is extremely shocked, because this type of mould costs several thousand euros and he asks to immediately see his contact.
Eventually, the Deal Crumbles Completely
The Swiss manager is told that his contact isn't there. He insists on seeing a manager. Finally, a young woman greets him in the hall and explains that they no longer wish to manufacture the packs at that price. The manager expresses his indignation at their lack of transparency and above all at the negligent way they stored the mould in the courtyard, with no protection. The woman tells him that she doesn't know anything about this but refers him to another staff member who comes to see him in the hall and tells the manager that he can take his mould away with him.
The Intercultural Explanation
Unfortunately the Swiss manager's attempt at finding the lowest cost supplier resulted in a situation where neither party really benefited. The key issues here were:
Profitability – The Chinese contact was not necessarily aware of his company's production costs, and Management Control (often a poor relation to the other departments) didn't step in. The manufacturer therefore put in a very low price to win the business, and it was only after the first batch was produced that he realised that he had struck a bad deal.
Lack of Ties – The Swiss manufacturer had not sought to forge close links with the supplier. The manufacturer therefore abruptly broke off the few links which had been established, without seeking to renegotiate or even to inform the Swiss company that their business relationship was now over as this would have obliged the Chinese manufacturer to provide explanations and to display his lack of professionalism in the field of management control, which would have caused him to lose face.
The moral of this story is, when planning to do business with any supplier:
Build up a relationship based on trust and confidence,
Identify a track record of professionalism beforehand,
And, do not always look for the lowest price.
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Stéphane Roche has worked for 15 years in international companies, mainly in the European and Asian markets. He has spent 7 years in China and Hong Kong. Today he assists leaders, managers, and teams on the challenges related to the internationalization of markets and organizations.
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Growing up, I LOVED sugar.
I never ever seemed to tire of it.
I would love to tell you that eating Keto and Trim Healthy Mama has completely changed my tastes and I don't even want sugar anymore, but that wouldn't be true. I have an unapologetic sweet tooth, so over the years I've gotten very creative with making up new recipes to mimick some of my old, sugar-laden favorites.
And that's what I want to share with you today!
Magic Cookie Bars were something I used to make with my aunt for special occasions. They were an old Betty Crocker Recipe that involved starting with a graham cracker crust, topping it with chocolate and butterscotch chips, pecans, and coconut, and then drizzling sweetened condensed milk over the whole thing and baking it. Everything melted together and became a dessert that I dreamed about.
Don't forget to visit my Keto Recipe Index!
I'm and SO not kidding.
But I have GOALS for 2018, and sugary cookie bars don't fit into them.
So here we are today, with the most fabulous Keto Magic Cookie Bar recipe I've ever seen!
They're super easy to make, even the crust is simple – it does take 35 minutes to bake – but the Caramel sauce is the easiest one I've ever made. Ever since making the switch to Swerve I've been finding baking even more enjoyable and easier than ever.
**Quick Note: a previous version of this recipe contained my recipe for Butterscotch Chips (keto, of course) but those need a few tweaks still, so I took them out. For now, I'll let them live here without the buttescotch chips!
Whisk together almond Flour, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl. Beat the egg and stir in along with melted butter.
Turn the dough out onto a large piece of parchment paper or silicone baking mat, pat into a rough square, then place another piece of parchment paper on top. Roll out until it forms a square 1/8″ thick. Remove the top parchment paper.
Place the parchment on a large baking pan and bake for 35 minutes until they start to brown. Remove from the oven and let cool.
Increase oven temp to 375.
Melt the 1/2 cup butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, then add in Swerve and whisk until well combined. Boil for 5-7 minutes, stirring constantly, until the mixture starts to darken in color. Remove from the heat and whisk in the cream, caramel extract, and vanilla.
The sauce will bubble furiously, but mix it and it will settle down.
Take the cooked cracker base off the parchment paper and move it into a square pan. You may have to break some of the edges.
Top the cooled cracker base with 1/2 of the caramel sauce.
Then, layer on the Chocolate chips, pecans, and coconut. Drizzle the other half of the caramel sauce on top.
I like to cut these into square while they're still warm, but you can also wait until they're cooled to cut them.
To cut these bars: because they're Keto and different than your typical magic cookie bars, cutting takes a little bit of finesse. Don't let that scare you thought! Simply take the bars out of the square baking pan and cut them with a large chef's nice for pretty, even cuts.
Turn the dough out onto a large piece of parchment paper or silicone baking mat, pat into a rough square, then place another piece of parchment paper on top. Roll out until it forms a square ⅛" thick. Remove the top parchment paper.
Melt the ½ cup butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, then add in Swerve and whisk until well combined. Boil for 5-7 minutes, stirring constantly, until the mixture starts to darken in color. Remove from the heat and whisk in the cream, caramel extract, and vanilla.
Top the cooled cracker base with ½ of the caramel sauce.
Then, layer on the Chocolate chips, pecans, and coconut.. Drizzle the other half of the caramel sauce on top.
Wow these look delicious! What are the macros on these?
I roughly calculated this, the hardest part was figuring out the chocolate chip content since everywhere gives it in grams.
I have roughly 297 cal, 29.2 fat, 4.5 net carbs, 5.0 protein per one serving.
These have always been my favorite desserr! Do you have the macros for this recipe? I did not see them posted. Also, do you have a suggestion for another soy-free choc chip? …I am allergic to gluten and soy.
Is this heaven cream or heavy whipping cream?
I would like answer to this question, I used the same sweetner and it actually burned, it was smoking really bad!!!!
I don't know about the sweetener part but I slowly worked my mixture to a bubble. And was pretty much whisking is most of the time. Once it was bubbling I slowly worked my temp down just enough to keep it boiling because I didn't want it to burn. I mainly did this because I have an electric stove which I hate. I miss gas. I used erythriotol- the NOW brand.
I added a little Xanthan gum to my caramel sauce. It set up perfectly.
This sounds much simpler. What size pan did you use?
This is what I do too. I coat my hands in coconut oil so it doesn't stick and I spread it with my hands a little. Then I use this little rolling pin with a handle- I used to use it for sugarcookie bars. I also coat that in coconut oil and finish rolling it out even. I use a 9×9 Pan. Got it at Walmart. I also like the pan with parchment paper.
"Then, layer on the Chocolate chips, pecans, coconut, and butterscotch chips." Butterscotch chips? I don't see those in the list of ingredients?
I haven't tried this yet, but wanted to check on that ingredient. Thank you.
Hi Adria – a previous version of this recipe contained my recipe for Butterscotch Chips (keto, of course) but those need a few tweaks still, so I took them out. For now, I'll let them live here without the buttescotch chips! Hopefully I'll get the butterscotch chip recipe done soon!
I made these today and they are delicious. Well worth the expensive natural caramel extract I purchased. My question is about the caramel sauce. It was really thin – not like caramel at all. What did I do wrong? I used confectioners style Swerve. Perhaps I should have used granular?
I made these and I LOVE them! I'm anxiously awaiting your butterscotch chip fix so I can add them in next time. Thank you for the recipie!!!
What is the best way to store these? Frig or not?
If you leave them on the counter for a week and they don't get eaten in my house…I need to question how good they actually are!!!! lol Getting ready to try these yummy's! I hope they don't last a week….
Looks delicious! What is 2 t of butter? 2 table spoon? Thank you!
I made these today. They were very good. I couldn't find caramel extract so used 1.5 tsp vanilla instead. Froze most of them so I would only eat them once or maybe twice a week.
I added a pinch of cinnamon and one truvia packet to the dough. Made it taste like graham cracker. Perfect recipe for a sweet tooth!
What are the nutritional facts on these? I just started the Keto diet and I didn't see how many carbs are in these.
Yes, that's correct, they are about 200 calories per serving. High fat foods are naturally higher in calories, and yes I cut them into small bars because it's not good to indulge in large-size treats each day.
WHAT is the macros on the 7 layer bar ?
What are the macros for the 7 layer bar ?
How many total carbs per serving? sounds too good to be low carb!
the caramel sauce is SOOOOO good!!!!!!! I will use it on other things!!!!
I made these today with Splenda and maybe that's where I went wrong. But, I wasted a lot of money and ingredients. The sweetner turned to a hard rock and separated from the butter. Very disappointed.
LOVE this recipe ! It just turned out amazing and was a great treat over Christmas for us. Thank you !
The sugar alcohols in Swerve upset my stomach. Any suggestions for a replacement?
Just got through making these. May I just say, this is just fabulous. I absolutely loved them. My husband said, "How many can I have?" I am looking at the pan longingly. Yes they are filling, a good thing, with something this decadent, but I could have eaten a whole entire line of these in the pan. I don't know, maybe half the pan. At any rate, I like them better than the sugar-laden 7 Layer Bars, as they were too sweet for me. I did, although, increase the sugar (and I used powdered Erythritol) to 3/4 cup. I think I will add a tablespoon to that even next time. A reviewer mentioned adding Xanthan Gum to the caramel to have it thicker. Yes, the caramel is a little thin and I hadn't thought of that, but it is a great idea, as it would thicken in cooling. I bought the caramel extract online and It added to the recipe to make it taste more like a caramel. I would recommend springing for the extract. Again, this was a terrific recipe and I thank you so much Gretchen for sharing. I will make this often.
OMG I LOVE 7-layer bars and its is the one weakness I have worked very hard at staying away from since keto. I cannot wait to try this new delicious spin. I hope to try your butterscotch chips too!!!
I normally don't post or comment on websites but I just had to let the person who posted this recipe know how much I appreciate you. "Thank You" these were amazing, so good! Best Keto recipe by far. So yummy!


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Roy Morgan says…National governs alone, again.
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:00 am, November 15th, 2015 - 45 comments
For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy).
Tinfoilhat 1
15 November 2015 at 8:38 am
Deepest sympathies to the families and friends of those killed in Paris and indeed our thoughts are with all of France.
Wairua 2
This reads like a plot from 'Day of the Jackal' by Frederick Forsythe.
DeGaulle reputedly survived ~50 assassination attempts when he
took France out of NATO and Algeria, all thwarted by the French services.
Hollande is not DeGaulle – but the common factor is large defence establishments facing defeat in colonial wars.
Frederick Forsythe could not publish all he knew at the time ..
The Chairman 3
Can we expect rights and freedom to be lost in the state retaliation to this attack?
Kevin 3.1
+1. Exactly.
r0b 3.2
Note that yet again mass surveillance has failed in its stated purpose.
Chooky 3.2.1
Tory 4
So the liberal policies that have seen mass immigration into Europe have resulted in direct related terrorism.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/14/paris-attacks-european-leaders-link-terror-threats-to-immigration
Rightly or wrongly and in the words of Maximus Decimus Meridus ' On my command unleash hell'.
savenz 4.1
@ Tory. I don't think 'liberal policies' are the problem, France are targeted because of their airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
"They attacks came despite France – one of the founding members of the US-led coalition carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria – being on a high state of alert for possible terrorist attacks in the run-up to a global climate conference later this month."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/14/syrian-greece-refugee-paris-attacks-killers
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/14/french-intelligence-under-scrutiny-paris-attacks
"A further reason for the lack of violence in France was the success of its political class in distancing the country from the US-led war on terror and its almost universal opposition to the war in Iraq.
Those defensive advantages, however, have now evaporated. "We can't close our eyes to it," Trevidic said. "We are now in the eye of the hurricane. The worst is yet to come."
+100 "France are targeted because of their airstrikes in Iraq and Syria."
…and what about Sarkozy, Cameron , NATO and Libya?…a once economically thriving Libya with a very good standard of living for all Libyans is now a disaster area…with floods of refugees leaving the country
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/1983/france-libya-attack
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage/11548171/Nigel-Farage-David-Cameron-directly-caused-Libyan-migrant-crisis.html
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/02/libya-intervention-nato-imperialism/
Chooky 4.1.1.1
"The failed state of Libya has become easy prey for ISIS. The terrorist organization has announced that it is planning to use Libya as a gateway to Europe…
The whole of Libya is in danger of being overrun by ISIS"
'ISIS Sets Sights on the Mediterranean'
by Peter Martino
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5301/islamic-state-libya
…"As a failed state, Libya has become easy prey for ISIS, which so far only controlled territory in Syria and Iraq. Libyan military sources say that the terrorist organization also has a huge training camp of up to 4,000 jihadists near Sabratha, just 45 kilometers from the border with Tunisia, and less than 70 kilometers west of Tripoli, the Libyan capital. The fact that ISIS has managed to secure coastal territory in Sabratha in the west, in Sirte along Libya's central coast, and in Derna in the east, indicates that the whole of Libya is in danger of being overrun by ISIS.
( now why did NATO bomb Libya again?….and why was Sarkozy so keen to support this bombing?…and get rid of Gaddafi?)
Colonial Viper 4.1.1.1.1
worth remembering that France and Hollande have been major funders of the fighting in Syria, financing groups attacking Assad's government.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/07/france-funding-syrian-rebels?CMP=twt_gu
mary_a 4.2
@ Tory (4) – you state the following – "So the liberal policies that have seen mass immigration into Europe have resulted in direct related terrorism."
WHAT??
So what you are saying is that desperate migrants, escaping a war zone, have been crossing border after border with their families, including young children and babies in Europe, loaded with weapons of mass destruction tucked away in their paltry possessions?
ONE Syrian passport found in close proximity of a dead suicide bomber in Paris this weekend is not enough evidence to support your statement!
It seems as more information is emerging, this was an inside job, with the Da'esh stamp all over it!
What many commentators here in NZ do not understand is the increasing level of distrust and anger that residents of Western European countries are feeling. This is highlighted in articles such as this,
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/editorial-on-anti-refugee-sentiment-in-germany-a-1062442.html
While the liberal left sit here in the safe comfort of their quarter acre section and bungalows, calling for open boarders in Europe, residents in countries such as Switzerland, Germany and Denmark are seeing massive influxes of refugees that are bringing huge social problems and anxiety not seen for decades.
The outcome of what we are seeing will be similar to the crusades where east verses west will result in bloody conflict for decades. There is no answer as both sides are diametrically opposed to each other's values so get used to it. The only bright light through all of this is the increase in arms manufacturing and the war machine will keep us all out of recession.
One Anonymous Bloke 5.1
God you're full of shit.
A Belgian citizen and a French citizen have been implicated in the murders. How many refugees were trying to get into Europe when the staff at Charlie Hebdo were murdered?
No, what we have here is a racist, who will twist any event to his racist narrative. MI5 have made it plain: racists like Tory are part of the problem.
tc 5.1.1
Yup tory gets a new angle to fan the fire from. Expect more.
Psycho Milt 5.1.2
These Belgian and French citizens were Belgian and French in citizenship only. It's similar to when UK media reports about "Britons" fighting for Da'esh – mostly they're referring to Pakistanis who were raised in the UK but are about as British as chipotle. Allowing mass immigration into Europe by people who consider themselves Muslims first, whatever their ethnicity is second, and citizens of whatever country they end up in a very poor third, can be seen in hindsight to have been a recipe for trouble. Much as it pains me to agree with the fascist commenter above, the current doubling-down on mass immigration by Muslims is suicidally stupid.
One Anonymous Bloke 5.1.2.1
Prejudicial nonsense – the same sort of prejudicial nonsense that blames "cultural norms" for sexual assault by Afghani cops.
Refugees, for the most part, are fleeing people like Tory.
marty mars 5.1.2.1.1
+ 1 Exactly!
Psycho Milt 5.1.2.1.2
15 November 2015 at 12:00 pm
True but irrelevant. The refugees are mostly fleeing people like Tory, and it constitutes mass immigration by Muslims.
One Anonymous Bloke 5.1.2.1.2.1
…looking for a better life, and being harrassed and discriminated against by people like Tory while doing so, which fosters more bigotry. It's the bigotry and personal character of the Tories of this world that is the problem: religion is a convenient excuse.
Foreign Waka 5.1.3
You are wrong, it is true that the Europeans will close the boarders as you need to understand that this conflict between the east and west, between different religions and cultures, is 100's of years old.
NZ had the Moa roaming whilst the Islamist stood at the walls of Vienna, having made it further into central Europe with every attack. There was no ambivalence there, they wanted to conquer Europe. Full Stop. This desire has not abated.
This is not to say that today's asylum seekers are not also victims of radical behavior.
However, what is happening now is the precursor of a defense mechanism that works every time and everywhere. To presume that Kiwis "would be above this" is plainly not true. I know that we all belief that we are better educated, intellectually on a better approach but alas – if you and your family is being threatened, you will defend. I am certain of that.
As for the citizen of Brussels and France, it would be interesting to know, whether they were originally immigrants from Africa or Middle East or descendant? Because every asylum seeker and immigrant is taking up citizen ship to gain access to the welfare system – this you need to understand.
By the way, it was just confirmed that ISIS has taken responsibility for the attack.
You are wrong…
That may very well be so: it wouldn't be the first time. That said, your comment doesn't address the point I made at all: bigots and wingnuts on both sides are the problem.
Foreign waka 5.1.3.1.1
I doubt any of us will ever be able to. What we do know is that in times of relative prosperity dialog prospers. The question is in whose interest it is not to have this taking place.
I doubt any of us will ever be able to.
On the contrary: democracy, human rights and the rule of law – modern progressive values – are the only things that have ever succeeded in reigning in the atavistic instincts of the Right.
Foreign waka …
Enlightenment certainly will do that but look around the globe and tell me, how much democracy has been established with all the war that is going on? How many times will the Amnesty International or UN reports be ignored as human rights become less important than the political bonds. In relation to NZ Australia, ref the current Christmas Island issues.. As for the rule of law, every country has their own laws but this does not mean justice is being done.
So I wish that the atrocities, injustices and inequalities would go away but it is not in the interest of the money moguls. The first world is only the first world because there is a second and third…
One Anonymous Bloke …
The rule of law is not a matter of having laws, it is a matter of who is required to obey them.
The Kurds in Northern Iraq established democracy during wartime. Likewise in Syria.
If the money moguls have any sense of history they know that peace is more profitable than war.
Robert Glennie 5.2
I think this could be the E.U.'s defining hour. It will make or break under the refugee crisis, which will test the patience of its member states to the limits and possibly beyond. Will they be able to hold it together as a bloc or will internal rifts tear it to bits?
I think the E.U. might be in the early stages of coming apart. Its member nations need to accept their colonial past and the horrors that they inflicted on their former colonies, especially those in the Middle East and north Africa. Unless and until they do, the atrocities of the last few years caused by I.S.I.S. and Boko Haram in Africa, will continue.
I think you need to come to grips with History. Most of the Euro countries were once Monarchies and 2 WW have done away with them. France had their own gruesome revolution taking care of the "guilty" of colonization via the guillotine.
savenz 6
Under TPP is you are worried about 'opening borders' – what do you think massive immigration and buying up of land here in NZ is going to do? It is not the 'liberals' that are advocating immigration here in NZ it is the Torys, while also advocating sending NZ military over to Iraq to be 'part of the club'. Saudi Arabia, Russia and many others are keen to 'invest' here and our government can't wait to welcome anybody in here, no questions asked (just bring your cheque book). The joke is that Saudi Arabia is probably funding a lot of the terrorist operations and our government is giving them 11 million in sheep bribes and are a 'friend' of the US. Inspite of most of the 9/11 terrorists being from Saudi. Guess those Charter schools have a lot of answer for in the US. Saddam was against the Muslims and ISIL never existed before the US invaded.
Meanwhile here in NZ, SIS is busy with Dotcom and Hager smearing Phil Goff, and probably targeting environmental groups like Greenpeace and the Unions who might want a 'living' wage. Now that is a Crime, certainly many in Wellington seem to think so by suing the council.
Having mass surveillance does not work – if anything it makes security forces complacent, being used politically and not going back to basics. Likewise you should be encouraging public discourses from any suspected terrorists instead of sending them underground where they are harder to watch.
+100 savenz
veutoviper 7
On this sad day, I think we all need some good news.
Pip Keane, former producer of Campbell Live, is rejoining John Campbell at RNZ; along with Catherine Walbridge, producer of Nine to Noon for four years and more recently a producer for The Nation.
A formidable team.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/289592/keane-joins-checkpoint-with-john-campbell
ianmac 7.1
Though on Media RNZ this morning the new program won't start until January 18th. There is hope yet with such a great team. But will Key find a way to cut the funding or fire some key people?
Hami Shearlie 7.2
That is GREAT NEWS!! I can't wait for his programme to start!! My mother will be listening to John and watching the captioned "The Chase" quiz show at the same time – Ladies do multi-task so well – the knitting might even come out too! – Boy, how TV3 has sunk like a stone since John left! Who watches that channel now?
Robert Glennie 8
So, we have the Paris attacks, and the whole world is reporting it.
But months ago we had the Garissa University attack which killed as many people and barely a word was said.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32169080?SThisFB
And nary a word has been said about an attack in Lebanon hours before the Paris attacks.
The media clearly have a pro-western bias.
RedBaronCV 9
I know it's of much lessor importance at the moment but looks like the local body elections are off and running. There are a steady flow of articles in the MSM dissing non right wingers.
In weekend Stuff-Dompost Duncan Garner has written an opinion about how Wellington has not been well served by its current mayor.
Trouble is Duncan G appears to live in Auckland not Wellington- so just why is he doing this? Why does he suddenly have this huge negative opinion about someone he would rarely encounter and no doubt does not pay rates for?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/columnists/74003038/duncan-garner-on-yer-bike-celia-the-city-needs-a-bolder-better-mayor
Rosemary McDonald 9.1
"Now her council is embroiled in an unnecessary and expensive legal scrap over a ridiculous decision to pay a living wage to council contractors."
Question….Is Duncan Garner being paid the minimum wage or living wage when he writes propaganda like this?
RedBaronCV 9.1.1
DG could also have added but didn't "and this legal scrap has eminated from a group whose directorate includes someone from Westpac bank and other similar large organisations" not yer local corner dairy then. Plus
"A group prepared to waste other ratepayers money on legal fees which will doubtless top anything that will ever paid over on the living wage"
But I do feel that there is a certain lack of shall we say equality of opportuniy here. The council resolution could perhaps have gone on to say "and no other employee of the contractor can be charged to the contract at a rate exceeding say 10 times the living wage rate" and then they would have to argue both legs in court.
Rosemary McDonald 9.1.1.1
" "and no other employee of the contractor can be charged to the contract at a rate exceeding say 10 times the living wage rate""
But that would have made the Council dirty little Trotskyites…:-)
Why is there so much opposition to paying all workers a living hourly rate?
(That's a rhetorical question by the way….before the protagonists on the right leap in to answer. Are they paid by the word by any chance?)
RedBaronCV 9.1.1.1.1
Trotsky or not – it would have been interesting watching the justification lines:
"increase to living wage may cost ratepayers more"
"but there are large savings on executive salaries "
"that doesn't count ratepayers need to pay the executive wage."
I ask myself just how popular would be a move to cap local body, CCO, CEO and government salaries at say $350k right across NZ. I'm guessing it would be about 80% yes!
alwyn 9.2
You have apparently come up with an interesting complaint.
Should we have a rule precluding anyone who does not live in an area from commenting about the things that go on there?
May we take it that when Kelvin Davis, who I believe to be a resident of New Zealand, comments on Australia and Christmas Island the only appropriate comment we should make is –
"You don't live there so STFU!"
Grim 10
I play chess, game of kings you know.
Knowing a pawn is a piece on the board manipulated by an invisible hand, misled by loyalty to it's ruler in no way reduces the pawns threat.
Opposing Pawns are the immediate enemy, you don't hug them and expect them to hug you back. They are the enemy of the day, and must be addressed.
Those that see the game, place the blame with the 1 percent, but even they still only see the game as being on the board, focusing only on the pieces presented to them.
In reality all pieces on the board are pawns.
The trick is to stop looking down at the chess board, the enemy is a little higher up.
They seek to control the board, to finally become safe and untouchable, as gods.
In Chess if both sides don't move and stay on their squares there is no conflict to be exploited, the hidden hand is powerless and any move it makes becomes visible to all.
Anyone who seeks to impose their will on others does the work of the hidden hand.
Anyone who transgresses against another does the work of the hidden hand.
Those that render themselves defenseless and make themselves victims do the work of the hidden hand.
They want the board, a one world government, I say no, stand your ground, defend your square, retain sovereignty, Fuck the TTP and Fuck John Key and Fuck liberal traitors.
alwyn 11
In other news Kelvin Davis denounced the management and staff at Paremoremo Prison.
"All the employees there should be dismissed. Serco are completely incompetent and none of their staff should be retained. They should be prosecuted for failing to protect the saintly persona of a man from my electorate.
It is a total disgrace and the people running the prison should be prosecuted".
When it was pointed out to him that the prison was run by the Corrections Department he immediately complained that he had been misquoted and that everything at the prison was being run superbly and the prisoner must be a rat-bag trying to frame the prison officers.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/74047341/stabbing-in-auckland-prison-at-paremoremo
te reo putake 12
Hmmm, a false quote and an inconsequential link. It's almost like you're making it up, Alwyn.
alwyn 12.1
Me? Make it up?
How could you possibly think such a thing? I am truly hurt that you could even consider such a possibility.
Am I not to be allowed a little bit of creative writing?
It is only a tiny little bit exaggerated, surely?
Alwyn…..give us the link which confirms what you say Davis said. It would be extraordinary were he to truly understand that Paremoremo is run by Serco. You can assist here.


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Trump administration moves to keep failing coal and nuclear plants open, citing national security
Published Fri, Jun 1 2018 10:55 AM EDT Updated Mon, Jun 4 2018 2:45 PM EDT
Tom DiChristopher@tdichristopher
The Trump administration is moving to keep coal and nuclear plants open by turning to rarely used federal powers.
The administration argues that the plants are necessary in order to protect national security.
The move comes after regulators rejected an earlier effort by the Energy Department to subsidize coal and nuclear plants.
Justin Solomon | CNBC
The Trump administration is preparing to keep ailing coal and nuclear plants online, potentially by turning to rarely-used federal powers and justifying the move by arguing that the facilities are critical to national security.
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to "prepare immediate steps" to prevent any more of the plants from closing.
"Unfortunately, impending retirements of fuel-secure power facilities are leading to a rapid depletion of a critical part of our nation's energy mix, and impacting the resilience of our power grid," the White House said in a statement.
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If the administration follows a leaked draft proposal from the Energy Department, that would mean the administration will force electric grid operators to buy power from plants that have become uncompetitive and are at risk of closing. It was not immediately clear whether the White House would take that path.
The plan drew criticism from a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including the organizations that operate the nation's grids and competitive power markets, energy industry groups and environmentalists.
The Administration's draft plan to provide government assistance to those coal and nuclear power plants that are struggling to be profitable under the guise of national security would be unprecedented and misguided
Todd Snitchler
American Petroleum Institute market development group director for the
The unprecedented move essentially amounts to a second attempt to bail out coal and nuclear power plants. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry proposed a rule last year that would require regional markets to compensate coal and nuclear plants for the reliability they provide to the grid. However, a bipartisan group of five regulators unanimously rejected that plan.
The White House memo, made public on Friday, shows the Trump administration is now turning to a familiar strategy: pushing through a policy on the basis of national security. The White House has also invoked that argument to justify slapping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum and proposing duties on imported automobiles, including against key allies Canada, Mexico and Europe.
"To promote the national defense and maximize domestic energy supplies, federal action is necessary to stop the further premature retirements of fuel-secure generation capacity," the report says.
Coal and nuclear power plants are retiring ahead of schedule, primarily due to competition from natural gas-fired facilities and renewable solar and wind farms.
The plan is to tap Section 202 of the Federal Power Act, which gives the secretary of Energy the authority to keep plants running in times of war or emergency. The department will also cite the Defense Production Act, which gives the president wide-ranging power to "influence domestic industry in the interest of national defense," according to the Congressional Research Service.
The scheme would be in place for two years until a study on the U.S. grid's reliability concludes. During that time, the administration will direct organizations that run the nation's regional grids to purchase enough electric power from generators to prevent them from retiring, decommissioning or deactivating.
The White House and Energy Department did not return multiple requests to verify the authenticity of the draft proposal, which was first reported by Bloomberg News and later posted online.
Reviving the coal industry was a core promise President Donald Trump made to voters, but the long-term trend of coal plant retirements has continued under his watch. Since Trump was elected, 36 coal plants have retired and 30 have announced they will close, according to a count kept by the environmental group Sierra Club.
If implemented, the administration's proposal would bolster Trump's energy industry allies like Robert Murray, the chairman and CEO of coal miner Murray Energy, who asked Perry to invoke emergency powers to keep coal plants from shuttering.
Sec. Perry: Bringing back nuclear energy
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Getting the U.S. nuclear power industry back on track has also become a priority for Perry. Here, there are also challenges. Two dozen plants that together generate 33 gigawatts of energy across the United States have plans to shutter or will not make money through 2021, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Several states have recently passed subsidies to keep nuclear power plants online because they produce power without creating climate-warming emissions.
Trump plan criticized
PJM-Interconnection, which operates the grid in all or part of 13 states and Washington D.C., on Friday said there is no threat to its system from planned nuclear plant closures. It warned that Trump's proposal could lead to higher power prices for Americans.
"Markets have helped to establish a reliable grid with historically low prices," PJM said in a statement. "Any federal intervention in the market to order customers to buy electricity from specific power plants would be damaging to the markets and therefore costly to consumers.
Environmental groups came out against the plan immediately.
"This is an outrageous ploy to force American taxpayers to bail out coal and nuclear executives who have made bad decisions by investing in dirty and dangerous energy resources, and it will be soundly defeated both in the courts and in the court of public opinion," Mary Anne Hitt, director of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, said in a statement.
Industry groups representing oil, natural gas, renewable energy and energy storage sectors also slammed the proposal.
"The Administration's draft plan to provide government assistance to those coal and nuclear power plants that are struggling to be profitable under the guise of national security would be unprecedented and misguided," said Todd Snitchler, market development group director for the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's main lobbying group.
Reliability versus resilience
The notion that the United States is in the midst of an electric power emergency is at odds with a grid reliability report produced by the Energy Department last year. The agency concluded, "reliability is adequate today despite the retirement of 11 percent of the generating capacity available in 2002, as significant additions from natural gas, wind, and solar have come online since then."
The White House memo acknowledges that the U.S. grid operates reliably and that most outages are caused by the problems with the network of transmission and distribution lines rather than power plants.
However, it says there are security and resilience concerns raised by "high-impact events cause by state actors, terrorists, or natural disasters" that "go well beyond the conventional bounds of reliability."
At the heart of the argument is an ongoing debate about reliability versus resilience. By reliability, energy analysts typically refer to the ability of the grid to deliver energy under normal circumstances. But resilience refers to the grid's capability to withstand extraordinary circumstances, like a powerful storm.


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La Encarnación
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¿Why is it worth visiting Los Alcazares?
Because of its beaches
Located at the Mar Menor shore, it offers 7km seacoast from Los Narejos to Punta Brava. It has a series of 7 beaches, adapted sothat the whole family can swim and they are upgrades for handicapped people. Besides the sea water are quiet, not very Deep and with a nice temperatura during several months in a year, not only in the summer. These are the 7 beaches:
Las Salinas Beach
Los Narejos Beach
Las Palmeras Beach
Espejo Beach
Manzanares Beach where you can find La Encarnacion, near Mar Menor Yatch Club
Carrión Beach
La Concha Beach
La Hita Beach
Because of its protected natural areas
Hita Beach is a protected area too and it is shared with the nearby town of San Javier, since it is a wetland formed mainly by redes (phragmitesaustralis) and some kind of birds like stork, Little Tern, European reed warbler or Grey Heron live and nest.
Carmoli Marina, in the south of the town and along the Mar Menor Riverside and shared with the city of Cartagena, is a salting in the north of the hill Carmoli, covered with some vegetation adapted to salting soil. It stands out because of its uniqueness, the landscape of the salt steppes and in the ponds that arre formed, we can find an endemic fish in the Mediterranean coasts which is endangered: Farlet (Aphaniusiberus).
Because of its history and cultural heritage
The origin of the town is the Arabic period. It owes its name to the arabic term "Al Kazar", which means palace or aristocratic house. They are buildings that the aristocracy built for the Murcian Islamic aristocracy holidays and rest. Besides, the ruins are a national monument since 1931.
The Muslims found out the excellent properties of Mar Menor sea water, which they enjoyed in the ancient Roman baths from the place that they re-used and which will be the future La Encarnacion Spa. With the Christian resettlement, Los Alcazares stands out as an important port and mooring point for the fishing fleet, which entered from the Mediterranean sea into Mar Menor by the Manga cymas, due to its excellent strategic position.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the inhabitants of the Murcian orchard started to come to this town in August to have the famous "novenarios"( a series of 9 baths). At the sea shore, you can find a mute witness of the town's explosion, our beloved La Encarnacion hotel Spa, was built in 1904 and it keeps the idiosyncrasy from the begginings of the last century.
The visit continues with the Aeronautic Museum, where all the information, photographs and materials of the history of the Alcazares base are shown from its origins as an aerodrome in 1915 to the present time.
Nearby you can find the Rame Medival Tower, located in a landscape full of palm tres, with some changes from 16th century, it keeps its original structure.
Because of its sport port and marina
Los Alcazares have an own port for fishing and boats to enjoy the sea in the Mar Menor Marina, where the fishermen's catch of prawns, golden, mullets, bass, grey mullet, sargo and croakers, etc., from the Mar Menor and Mediterranean sea come too.
To practise sailing or rowing in the village Los Narejos, you can finde the High Perfomance center "Infanta Cristina", a facility where different federations, clubs or teams meet during pre-season or competition periods, mainy for the teams and high-level athletes, although the town hall makes summer activities for children and all kinds of levels.
Because of its gastronomy
Los Alcazares tries to use products which come from the crops of the nearby towns to obtain fruits and vegetables of the best world quality and exports a big amount of production to Europe.
In addition, there are many products from the sea, as we have mentioned before: prawns, golden, mullets, bass, grey mullet, sargo and croakers, among others.
One of the native dishes that you can't leave without tasting it is Caldero, rice fish with a ver intense flavour very typical from Cartagena, especially in Mar Menor. The name of the dish comes from the pan we cook with, which is a pot that fishermen used. Traditionally, it was used in all the elaboration stages of the dish. It was hanged in an structure made with three rods tied in the upper part and it was put on the the fire on the beach. To make the soup, we use several kinds of fish like golden and grey mullet, including small fish, which are thrown away later. Rice and fish are served separately.
For more information visit: www.losalcazares.es and www.murciaturistica.com/los_alcazares/
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Scotiabank standing by ailing Caribbean operations
Kevin Carmichael
Scotiabank CEO Brian Porter speaks to media during the company's annual general meeting in Kelowna, B.C., April 8, 2014.BEN NELMS/Reuters
Bank of Nova Scotia chief executive officer Brian Porter rejected the suggestion that the bank's international business was sputtering, saying flat revenue numbers are being skewed by the Caribbean's failure to rebound from the financial crisis.
Quarterly profit from Scotiabank's operations outside of Canada has been stuck at around $410-million for the past year. Mr. Porter said in an interview that the stagnation is the result of the stunningly weak economic recoveries in places such as Jamaica, Belize and Puerto Rico.
"Those are extremely difficult operating environments," Mr. Porter told the Globe and Mail in Washington Friday. "So people look at it and say, 'Gee, international is struggling.' It's not."
Overseas profitability is a sensitive topic for Scotiabank. About a quarter of Scotiabank's profits came from personal and commercial banking at its non-Canadian operations in the most recent quarter, while about a third of the institution's profit comes from lending to Canadian households and businesses. But there is more at stake than the bottom line. Scotiabank proudly bills itself as Canada's "most international bank" by virtue of its presence in more than 55 countries. Therefore, the institution's reputation is tied closely to its success away from home.
Mr. Porter, who is a few weeks shy of his anniversary as chief executive, has used his first year to concentrate Scotiabank's firepower on international markets where he sees the greatest opportunity for success. Importantly, he has put an extra emphasis on Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile, fast-growing Latin American economies that have free-trade agreements with Canada and co-operate with each other in a trading arrangement called the Pacific Alliance.
For some investors, the elevation of a handful of Latin American countries above all others raised questions about Scotiabank's commitment to other emerging markets. Mr. Porter insists there is no plan to retreat.
He was in Australia on business ahead of his arrival in Washington for weekend meetings of the Institute of International Finance, an international association of financial institutions. Mr. Porter expressed contentment with Scotiabank's business in Thailand. He even said he is keeping an eye on India, a traditionally difficult market for international banks, but one where the country's new prime minister and influential central bank governor have indicated they will overhaul regulation to encourage international investment.
"It's not exactly bank friendly," Mr. Porter said of India. "We like to see a loosening for [international] banks to be on a more level playing field."
Scotiabank's profits in Asia and Latin America are growing at double-digit rates, Mr. Porter said. Losses in the Caribbean essentially match those gains. Scotiabank bought a failed bank in Puerto Rico on the assumption the U.S. territory's economy would strengthen in lockstep with America's recovery from the financial crisis.
The U.S. recovery was much slower than Scotiabank expected and Puerto Rico suffered. So has the rest of the region. The International Monetary Fund divides the Caribbean nations into commodity producers – Belize, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago – and tourism magnates, a group that includes Jamaica and Barbados. Gross domestic product of the four commodity producers increased by 2.9 per cent in 2013; GDP in the tourism-dependent group increased on 0.9 per cent last year and barely at all in 2012.
The IMF predicts economic conditions will improve only marginally in the region this year and next. The economies of Britain and the U.S. are doing better, suggesting more of their citizens may flock to the tourist countries. Yet many of the region's governments have run up heavy debt burdens, and there are worries about the strength of the financial system.
Despite all this, Mr. Porter said Scotiabank was sticking with the region for the long haul. "We've become the pre-eminent bank in the Caribbean," he said. "We've seen a lot of people leave or shrink their operations. That's not what we're doing."
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What is the perfect solution for preserving a rose using - H2O, Sodium Hypochlorite, and Acetic Acid?
I am trying to create a solution to preserve a rose in a globe for around 30 days. I am trying to mix water, with Sodium Hypochlorite, and Acetic Acid. I can not get the mixture correct. Any idea on the ideal amount of those three ingredients? I know that can be a dangerous mix and do not want to make chlorine gas. Any help would be great!
It's not clear why you wish to use this approach to preserve a rose but assuming you have reason to believe this will work and simply want to know how to arrive in an optimal condition for producing a small amount of hypochlorous acid, Then I suggest you use pH as a basis for determining the optimum ratio of ingredients. I suggest you adjust the pH to 8.5 of the hypochlorite solution with acetic as this will put the pH into a range where roughly 10% of the hypochlorite will be in the form of hypochlorous acid. This should provide a significant reservoir of acid without causing catastrophic outgassing. Once the pH as been adjusted, then dilute this mixture as required with water to achieve the necessary properties.
You are not clear in what it is you are trying to do. You are trying to preserve a rose in a globe - do you mean just the flower, or the flower with a stem? The approach you are mentioning here is similar to what flower distributors do with the water they put cut flowers in, but it is intended to discourage bacteria, mold and fungus from growing in the stem and blocking the xylem from passing the water up the stem thus making the flower wither. Greenhouse & Floriculture: Harvesting and Handling Cut Flowers | UMass Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment If you are trying to preserve a rose flower immersed in a globe of water I am not sure this would work given that the hypochlorite might actually degrade the petals themselves if the concentration is too high. This discussion thread I found mentions dipping the flower in wax first before putting it in the globe. That would make more sense to me - to coat the sensitive petal material in some coating before putting it in the bleach solution. As Christopher detailed above you could make the bleach solution (which would be a good disinfectant to help keep the water clean for a while) but I would try to coat the petals before I exposed them to the bleach if you are trying to immerse it.