An ordinary meeting of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Neft took place on 25 February in St. Petersburg, during which the company's current business activities were examined.
The Board took notice of progress made in implementing measures for Gazprom Neft's exit from the oil service business.
The decision to spin off the oil service unit from Gazprom Neft's structure was taken by the Board of Directors in March 2010. A contract for the sale of Gazprom Neft's oil service unit Muravlenkovskaya Transportnaya Kompaniya was signed in January 2011. Gazprom Neft is planning to complete the spinoff from the oil service business in full by the end of 2011.
The supply of energy to Gazprom Neft's facilities was another item on the Board's agenda.
Gazprom Neft introduced an energy efficiency programme to counter the increases in expenditure on oil production energy supply. As a result, the total cumulative economic effect for the oil production unit will amount to 900 million rubles in 2009-2011 as a result of implementing the energy-saving programme in oil production.
Gazprom Neft's own share in energy production to supply upstream operations has increased from 4% in 2009 to 19%. This increase is a result of the development of local oil deposits and the commissioning of gas turbine power stations in the Yuzhno-Priobskoye deposit.
Energy efficiency programmes within processing operations will be carried during 2011 to 2013. Through reducing energy consumption by 4.8% by 2013, the anticipated economic effect at the Omsk Refinery will amount to 146 million roubles. Upgrades at the Moscow refinery will result in a saving of 47 million roubles.
Measures for optimising energy consumption will also be carried out in the Gazprom Neft Filling Station Network, with an estimated economic effect of around 50 million roubles to be achieved in 2011 to 2013.
The Board of Directors took notice of progress made in implementing a programme to utilise associated petroleum gas (APG) and increase its efficiency. The programme covers the following three main regional projects: in the Yuzhno-Priobskoye deposit, in the Vyngapurovsky group of deposits (the Noyabrski integrated project) and in the Shinginsky, Urmansky, Archinsky, Lower and West Luginetsky deposits (the Tomsk Integrated project).
In June 2010, Gazprom Neft announced the construction of a compressor station and an APG collection system in the Yuzhno-Priobskoye deposit. This will allow for around 500 million cubic metres of gas to be sent to the South Balyksky gas processing complex per year, bringing the level of use of APG at the deposit up to 95%. The utilisation of gas at the Noyabrsky integrated project is linked to the modernisation of the Vyngapurovsky compressor station, whose capacity could reach 2.35 billion cubic metres of gas per year in 2012 after expansion. The implementation of the Tomsk integrated project is linked to APG utilisation at the Luginetsky compressor station and the planned project to build the Barabinsky gas refinery. The Noyabrsky and Tomsk projects will require a need to build additional systems for the transportation of APG.


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What's at Stake in the Special Election: 'We're Going to Learn a Lot'
Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D) addresses an enthusiastic crowd after declaring victory in the special Democratic congressional primary in February. Photo by Josh Kurtz
Officially, the special congressional election in Maryland's 7th District Tuesday pits former Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D) against conservative commentator Kimberly Klacik (R) for the right to finish the term of the late Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D).
But with the outcome likely a foregone conclusion in a heavily black and historically Democratic district, the real question about Tuesday's election is how state elections officials handle voting that is done almost entirely by mail — and what that portends for the state's June 2 primary, which will also largely be a vote-by-mail affair.
The special election will also test the ability of candidates and pro-democracy groups to turn out voters in the midst of a pandemic — by convincing them to embrace a method of voting that they may not be familiar or comfortable with.
"I do think we're going to learn a lot," said state Del. Brooke E. Lierman (D-Baltimore City), who hosted a webinar with voting rights experts Monday called "Voting During COVID-19."
State elections officials mailed out about half a million ballots to registered voters in the 7th District a few weeks ago. Voters need only put the return envelopes, which do not require stamps, in the mail for their vote to be counted — so long as the envelope is postmarked by Tuesday.
Each of the three jurisdictions in the 7th District — Baltimore City and Baltimore and Howard counties — will open one polling place, where voters can cast their ballots in person, though they have been set up mostly to accommodate people with disabilities or who are otherwise unable to vote by mail. Voters can also drop off their mail-in ballots at the three jurisdictions' local elections office, to ensure that their votes are tabulated.
With the COVID-19 outbreak in Maryland nowhere near abating, voting rights groups are advising voters to take advantage of the mail-in ballot — though they concede that that message is especially tough to deliver in the 7th District, whose current contours were roughly created after the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Black voters who came of age during the civil rights era are often inclined to want to vote in person due to the very symbolism of the act, said Nykidra Robinson, founder of the advocacy group Black Girls Vote.
"We don't want people to choose their health over democracy," she said.
Several Baltimore-area groups are working to spread the word that the way for voters to make their voices heard — in the race to fill Cummings' seat, which has gone vacant for half a year, and again in the upcoming primary — is to vote by mail.
The group Baltimore Votes has organized online training sessions about voting-by-mail and shared them with other community organizations.
"It's amazing how quickly folks have adapted," Sam Novey, the director of Baltimore Votes, said in an interview. "We've seen huge demand for our trainings."
Baltimore Votes has also cut radio and TV ads in recent days reminding people to vote by mail. A 30-second TV spot features Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County), University of Baltimore President — and former mayor — Kurt L. Schmoke, and former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, and a 30-second radio spot is narrated by retired U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D).
Both ads open with tributes to Cummings: "For 23 years, Representative Elijah Cummings fought tirelessly for Maryland's 7th congressional district," Jones and Mikulski say at the top of the spots.
"Now, more than ever, your vote is critical," Jones adds.
"Be safe. Stay home. And fill out the ballot," Mikulski exhorts.
The candidates themselves have also been trying to reach voters: Mfume through a tried and true network of ministers, seasoned political leaders, and community groups with whom he's worked for more than four decades; Klacik largely through social media.
Mfume's campaign website features a pop-up of a mailbox on the home page, with information on how to vote by mail. The top of Klacik's web page also reminds voters to "mail in ballots by April 28th," along with a campaign slogan just underneath: "I am the future! The past is the past."
That's a not-so-subtle reference to the age difference between the candidates — Klacik is 38, Mfume is 71 — and to the fact that Mfume, who is making his political experience a key selling point in the campaign, last served in Congress two dozen years ago.
"We could win this if everyone truly cared," Klacik tweeted Tuesday morning.
But the numbers do not look good for the Republicans, given the overwhelming Democratic registration advantage in the district. Of the 483,635 special elections ballots that went out by mail to 7th District voters, 327,868 went to Democrats. Through Thursday, Democratic voters had returned 50,743 ballots, Republicans had mailed back 17,659 ballots, and nonaffiliated voters or members of third parties had sent in 9,023 ballots.
Because ballots will still be arriving at elections offices for the next several days, a final vote tally will not be available until all the ballots are counted. Anyone who turns up at the three polling places and wants to take advantage of the state's same-day voter registration will be provided a regular ballot — unless elections officials have questions about the information they are providing or don't find their address in a database, in which case, they will be given a provisional ballot.
The state Board of Elections is expected to release results of the ballots that have been counted so far shortly after the polls close at 8 p.m. It's possible that the Associated Press or other media outlets may call the race on Tuesday night even without the final results, if the margin between the candidates is wide.
Mfume plans to address socially-distanced supporters at his campaign headquarters in downtown Baltimore around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday. Klacik informed supporters on Twitter Tuesday morning that she'll be communicating with voters via her social media accounts all day to provide "Election Day coverage minus the #FakeNews."
Voter turnout is hard to predict and already there are scattered, anecdotal accounts of voters who never received ballots. How many of those individuals will want to vote in person in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is anyone's guess.
The states that have widely used mail-in voting over a period of time — Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Utah — have seen a clear uptick in voter participation. But a report released Monday by the liberal Center for American Progress suggested that most states are ill-equipped to make the adjustments necessary to adopt vote-by-mail in the face of the pandemic.
In the report, Maryland was praised for being among several states that already worked to make it easier to vote by mail even before the outbreak of COVID-19 — in Maryland's case, by enabling voters to obtain an absentee ballot without an explanation. But the report noted that vote-by-mail in Maryland has traditionally been underutilized — until this special election.
Still, advocates in Maryland are cautiously optimistic about the outcome — and about their ability to take what they've learned from the special election and apply it to the June 2 primary and, if necessary, to the November general election.
"I think we're going to be OK," said the Rev. Kobi Little, president of the Baltimore City NAACP, "and I think in June we're going to be able to increase our voter participation."
In these uncertain times, we're here for you. We have a page dedicated to our reporting on COVID-19 in Maryland. We'll continue to report with an eye toward the humanity of our sources and a commitment to public accountability.
Stay informed by signing up for the Maryland Matters Memo — our daily morning news roundup, delivered to your inbox. Free.
And if you are able, please consider a tax-deductible contribution to support our nonprofit newsroom.
We're burning the candle at both ends — doing all we can to keep ourselves, and everyone else, as safe as possible — as we keep you informed.
Please take care!
Barbara Mikulski
Brooke Lierman
Kimberly Klacik
Kobi Little
Kurt Schmoke
Kwisi Mfume
Michael Steele
Nykidra Robinson
Sam Novey
Co-founder and Editor Josh Kurtz is the leading chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He later became an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, and spent eight years at E&E News, an online subscription-only publisher of news websites covering energy and environmental issues. For seven of those years, he led a staff of 20 reporters at E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill and in national politics. For 6 1/2 years he wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz has given speeches and appeared on TV and radio shows about Maryland politics through the years.
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Sixteen houses, each with their individuality, form an integrated whole which duplicate the typology of the neighbouring houses, smaller entities with gable roof on the Oude Baan and with a flat roof on the Varenbergstraat. The block is divided into smaller parts similar to the surroundings: they were slightly shifted to each other. Multiple entries were created, there is small scale and the residents get the feel of a private house and not the feeling of entering an apartment block. The entrances are also in the side walls, so that it is more diffuse how many entities exactly are in stack. By the play of the windows, different in size and position each home is different.
Each unit has its specific strengths. There are more intimate apartments, apartments facing the square … Because the formats are very different a fragmented frontage is also creates. The windows are placed inside the facade which gives the impression they are placed random and arbitrary. Inside the units can still be shifted without affecting the facades.
Although each type has its own character and view, it applies to all units that outside contact is easily possible. As many units as possible enjoy the inner area , or have a private garden. The views on these gardens from other units have been limited partly by pointing the houses in the Varenbergstraat to the square. Units which have no garden, all have a terrace. Six units have a large terrace on the roof of their lower neighbors, two units got a smaller terrace facing the square.
The parking spaces, covered with a carport structure with a green roof, were grouped in the middle of the inner area. The gardens touching the carports have a slope, so the carports are both integrated in the countryside and the parking lots are completely hidden from the top apartments. The internal structure is for acoustic reasons is build in masonry and concrete, the exterior walls are constructed in well insulates timber walls covered with masonry and tiles in the same color. The small side walls are made of plaster. This logic ensures that the volumes are both technically and visually separated.
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The frustration of doing everything right and still not seeing any results…. Nobody said this road to owning a small business would be easy but damn…Why can't I get more sales?
If you want to sell more of your stuff then you have to find the right people…… your people.
How many times have I asked startup founders who are they selling to and got some B.S answer?
Well many and trust me if you want to sell more of your stuff (Products & Services) then you better go after the right people….
The right people can make a world of difference in your life. They can…..
Remember that time you were lost in a place you weren't familiar with and you just happened to ask the right person for directions? That person gave you the right directions that got you to where you needed and wanted to be. But there is nothing like getting the directions from the wrong person. The wrong person gives you the wrong directions which sends you to places that you never wanted to go and makes your trip much longer than it should have been. Plus it very frustrating and sometimes it may even makes you late or causes you to just give up and find your way home. So if it's this frustrating to get the wrong directions from the wrong people. How do you think it might be to being marketing and selling to the wrong audience? If you're reading this it is because you want to increase your sales. Perhaps you already have a magic number in mind but no matter what new tactic you've tried you just can't seem to get to your destination. I'm here to tell you that you can get more sales for your business but first you have to stop….look and listen to your current audience. Are they the right people giving you directions as to what their burning pains are or are they the wrong people who you have been begging to buy your stuff? No fancy message or new promotion on Pinterest will get you more sales if you are going after people that don't want to buy your stuff in the first place. Trust me…. I should know. I have made this mistake myself and I want to keep you from making the mistake that many business owners have in the past so that you can get more sales and grow your business.
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News Release 9-Jun-2010
Oil from spill could have powered 38,000 cars (and more) for a year, UD researcher says
image: This is a summary of lost uses for lost oil in the Deepwater Horizon Spill, Gulf of Mexico. view more
Credit: Prof. James Corbett/University of Delaware
As of today (Wednesday, June 9), if all the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico had been used for fuel, it could have powered 38,000 cars, and 3,400 trucks, and 1,800 ships for a full year, according to University of Delaware Prof. James J. Corbett. That's based on the estimated spill rate of 19,000 barrels of oil per day.
Corbett, a professor of marine policy in UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, works on energy and environmental solutions for transportation. He has launched a website that reports the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in terms of lost uses of the lost fuel on a daily basis: http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/getinvolved/oilSpill.aspx.
Visitors to the website can choose the spill rate they believe is most accurate from a range of reported estimates, and the website will automatically calculate how many cars, trucks, and ships could have been powered for a year, based on Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Here are just a few of Corbett's findings:
By May 5 (15 days after the spill), the oil lost could have fueled 470 container ships serving New York and New Jersey ports for a year.
By May 25 (35 days after the spill), energy from the spilled oil could have provided a year's gasoline for all registered automobiles (about 26,000 cars) in Newark, Del., where UD's main campus is located.
By May 31 (41 days after the spill), the lost energy could have fueled one freight truck on 17 trips across all 4 million miles of U.S. highway.
Corbett says he developed the website to help put the oil spill in a perspective to which everyday users of petroleum, including most Americans, can relate.
Transportation activities consume about two-thirds of all petroleum in the United States -- more than 20 billion barrels per day, according to Corbett. Gasoline for automobiles accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. total transportation energy, diesel fuels power most of our goods movement, and most international containerized cargoes are delivered by ships -- the largest vehicles ever built.
"Energy resources offshore are being explored because each of us petroleum consumers is demanding more," Corbett says.
The website also may help us decide how to reduce risks of future oil spills.
"Drilling this exploratory well by the Deepwater Horizon was an extremely high-risk proposition," Corbett says. "At $75 per barrel of crude oil, the oil spilled would have been worth about $90 million in terms of spill oil value if extracted for refining. Some experts are now estimating damages from the spill to exceed $10 billion. That's a potential 100 to 1 loss, given the spill damage-to-value ratio."
Corbett's research collaborations focus on ways to improve the energy performance of transportation systems using ships, trucks, trains, and other vehicles. There are ways to reduce the need for offshore oil drilling, Corbett says:
If we improve automobile fuel economy to 35.5 miles per gallon (mpg), as proposed by the current administration, we would offset demand equivalent to the gasoline energy lost by 199 years of Deepwater Horizon daily releases.
If we add only 2 mpg to the fuel economy for trucks, as proposed by the Union of Concerned Scientists, we would offset diesel-driven energy demand equivalent to 12 years of Deepwater Horizon daily releases.
Rebalancing how we transport goods would achieve substantial energy savings. A shift from truck to rail for specific commodities/routes would require about 20 percent of the energy per ton-mile compared to trucking. Achieving this would require an investment in infrastructure and green logistics to facilitate intermodal combinations of trucking and rail rather than treating the modes as competitors.
Shifting passengers from single-occupant cars to car-sharing/carpooling and better transit also would produce important reductions.
"The wise use of petroleum and other energy resources is an opportunity for each of us," Corbett says. "We can reduce the need to drill deeper into environmental risk. Within a few miles of our communities, we can do a lot to reduce energy demand."
Tracey Bryant
tbryant@udel.edu
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http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/jun/corbett060910.html


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Borðoy is een eiland in het noordoosten van de Faeröer met acht woonkernen: Klaksvík (de tweede stad van de archipel), Norðoyri, Ánir, Árnafjørður, Strond, Norðtoftir, Depil en Norðdepil, en drie verlaten nederzettingen: Skálatoftir, Múli en Fossá, alle in het noorden van het eiland. Múli was een van de meest afgelegen plaatsen van de Faeröer (er was geen wegverbinding tot 1989, zodat goederen per helikopter of boot moesten worden aangevoerd), en de laatste inwoners vertrokken er in 1994. Er zijn vijf bergen op het eiland: Lokki (755 m), Háfjall (647 m), Borðoyarnes (392 m), Depilsknúkur (680 m) en Hálgafelli (503 m).

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Media Decoder | In a First, F.T.C. Settles With App Developer Over Children's Privacy
In a First, F.T.C. Settles With App Developer Over Children's Privacy
By Tanzina Vega
August 15, 2011 10:54 am August 15, 2011 10:54 am
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced a $50,000 settlement with a developer of mobile applications for children. The developer had been charged with violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting information from children who used the apps without their parent's permission.
The case was the commission's first to involve mobile applications, or apps. The charges included collecting and storing children's e-mail addresses and allowing children to post personal information on public message boards.
The company, W3 Innovations, which owns Broken Thumbs Apps, created mobile games and apps for children including Emily's Girl World, Emily's Dress Up and Emily's Runway High Fashion. According to the commission, the apps were downloaded more than 50,000 times by children under 13. In addition to the $50,000 penalty, the company will be required to delete the personal information it collected.
In a statement, Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the commission said, "The F.T.C.'s COPPA Rule requires parental notice and consent before collecting children's personal information online, whether through a Web site or a mobile app. Companies must give parents the opportunity to make smart choices when it comes to their children's sharing of information on smart phones."
The settlement comes at a time when the mobile technology and advertising industry is increasing privacy protections on devices in order to fend off potential federal regulations.
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Kirby WC. Intercultural Contacts and International Relations: China's Relations with Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States, 1927-1944. In: Heng-yü K, Leutner M Deutschland und China. Münich: Minerva ; 1994. pp. 225-252.


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Systematic Classification of International Law
The Online Public Access Catalog includes bibliographical references to books, periodicals and articles that are available in the Peace Palace Library. The Library possesses an in-house systematic classification, modernised and updated as of 01-01-2016, which is used to classify books, essays and articles. Originally created in 1916, the systematic classification supports your search with regard to content and is divided into five sections.
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The Library instructions will help you make the most of your visit to the Peace Palace Library. It explains how to do research at the Library, by using all the resources available in the most effective way.
The history of international law examines the evolution and development of public international law in both state practice and conceptual understanding. Since 1913 the Library has acquired a historical legal collection representing the various periods of thinking about international law, dominated by the Spanish, French or English schools. From the 16th century: Bodin, Ayala, Vitoria, the 17th century: Grotius, Gentili, Pufendorf, Zouche, and 18th century: Bynkershoek, Wolff, Vattel, and 19th century Bluntschli.


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Selyvanivka  (ucraniano: Селиванівка) es una localidad del Raión de Podilsk en el Óblast de Odesa de Ucrania. Según el censo de 2001, tiene una población de 222 habitantes.

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The commercial version of the APE is called Quadrics. Description of the hardware of this SIMD parallel computer. Currently, there are two Q16 and one Q1 machines operating (see also: technical details).
Previously called APESE. The own (Fortranish) language of this machine.
These postscript files are slightly out of date but give you a good first impression of the machine architecture and its programming language.
APE page from Rome University "La Sapienza" with papers on the machine and various applications.
Index of papers from Rome, including work done at DESY.
For friends of the Italian language: I Calcolatori Paralleli APE dell' INFN, the project description from Universita' di Pisa.
The YCPS at Yale, and the CICA in Indiana, are one out of many places pursuing research in parallel supercomputing. See also: Lots of information on distributed and parallel programming collected by Jonathan Wang, lattice computing, FreeHEP parallel tools, and other HPC research groups.


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It's time for our final scheduled official club meeting of 2017. This month we'll meet at the Crossroads in Sturgeon Bay at 6:30pm on October 24th.
Feeding, Treatments, Varroa mites, American and European Foul brood, Nosema, Mice, Temperature control, Blankets, Polystyrene, Pillows, Built-more board.
Paul Kenyon, local beekeeper geek, will show how to use the club owned Oxolic Acid Vaporizer. Build your confidence and understanding in utilizing this tool in controlling the varroa mites in your apiary.
Ivan Bissen, experienced beekeeper, will share his beekeeping journey and his top 5 lessons he's learned along the way. Ivan's 8 hive apiary is in Southern Door where he has been keeping bees for 11 years.
Our monthly meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, July 25th.
5:30 HIVE DIVE at the Ag Research Station (4312 HWY 42 in Sturgeon Bay).
Meet at the Garden Door. Max will do a quick hive dive just to show you the new and upcoming pest for bees in Door County – Small Hive Beetle.
6:30 CLUB MEETING at Cross Roads at Big Creek.
Mary has been a bee keeper since 2010 and has 6 hives in her apiary. She has Italians, Russians, and Carniolan honey bees. Lots to view. Look for our DCBK flag at her entrance to the driveway. You will be driven out to the bee yard on an ATV for the hive dive. Bring your own bee clothing and wear boots, as the ground is wet.
Our May meeting on the 23rd will be at the Peninsula Agricultural Station in Sturgeon Bay.
This month we welcome Dan (the "old" bee inspector) and April (the new bee inspector). They will be doing a hive inspection and possibly a hive split at the research station (weather permitting). We will meet at the station and carpool to the hive in back.
Hopefully you all got a chance to look at your bees in the warm weather and reverse the Brood Cambers and clean out the dead bees.
Regarding bee that have been ordered, the last I heard is the first few days in May for delivery.
Our April meeting is tonight, April 25th. Becky Masterman will be providing a great informational talk, and if you have questions she will have the answers and probably not just make stuff up like you know who!!! Hope to see you at the meeting.
Our April meeting on the 25th will be at Crossroads At Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay.
The topic will be: Keeping Bees Healthy: Updates on Bee Research, Management and Mite Check.
Pot Luck at 6:00pm: Come and join your fellow bee keepers over a pot luck gathering as a prelude to our monthly meeting.
Meeting Presenter: Dr. Becky Masterman, Associate Program Director University Minnesota Bee Squad, will present bee management tips with the latest research from the UMN and other Bee Labs. The Bee Squad communicates the latest bee research to audiences that are passionate about helping bees. Becky will share why the Varroa mite is considered by many to be the number one threat to honey bees and how we can work together to address the issue. Come learn more about bee research and the outreach mission of the Bee Squad!
Just wanted to let you know what I am doing with my hives now that we are in the middle of March.
I have hard sugar on all my hives and will be adding a half pound Ultra bee patties to all the hives. I will be putting this on top of the my queen excluder where my hard candy is.
Hope your hives are doing well and see you all on the 28th at Crossroads!
It's time for our February meeting on the 28th at 6:30pm at the Ag Research Station in Sturgeon Bay.
The topic will be: Preparing for the bees arrival.
If you have some unique equipment or bee clothes or plastic foundation black or white, bring it along. A few new members that are first time beekeepers will want to get to know you. If you want to bring a treat to share, they are always welcome.
This coming Tuesday it is supposed to get up to 30 plus degrees!! I will be lifting the tops of my hives just to be sure the bees have enough food!! Lift your hives or tip them to see if they feel like there is food in the hive yet. If not buy or make some hard sugar bars to put on top of the frames or put on a queen excluder and lay the sugar chunks on top of that. What I mix for the hard candy is 8 lbs of sugar, 2 cups of water, 1.5 lbs of caro syrup and ¼ tsp cream of tarter. bring to a boil until it reaches a temp of 252 degrees F. Pour into a cookie sheet let cool, break up and put on hives that are low on food. Good Luck!!


Head underground to negotiate London's labyrinth of tunnels whilst completing a series of questions and challenges.
This exciting and unique challenge will see teams racing around London's iconic tube on an amazing voyage of discovery answering themed questions, tasks and challenges to test their knowledge and creativity. Resurfacing at London's historic mainline stations teams will be tasked with additional challenges to earn valuable points.
The key to coming out on top with this challenge is methodically planning your route and avoiding tube delays! Will you follow hot on the heels of the other teams, who you are able to track on the interactive map, or will you choose to forge ahead in another direction?!
Teams will be presented with a variety of questions, trivia and team challenges to encourage them to work together. Photo and video challenges of the teams in action will be shown at an event wrap-up session making for a fun and often hilarious finale!
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On the day, our event staff will be on hand to deliver an event briefing; offer guidance and support (but no clues!) and after the event to provide an eagerly anticipated wrap up presentation.
Head underground and explore London's iconic network of tube lines.
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Arthroscopy is performed through small incisions. During the procedure, your orthopedic surgeon inserts the arthroscope (an instrument with a small camera the size of a pencil) into your knee joint. The arthroscope sends the image to a video monitor. Your surgeon can see the structures of the knee with great detail on the monitor.
If you decide to have a knee arthroscopy, you may need a complete physical examination; the orthopedic surgeon may ask for preoperative examinations. These may include blood cell counts or an EKG (electrocardiogram).
Almost the entire arthroscopic knee surgery is performed in outpatient care.
The first task of your surgeon is to properly diagnose your problem. If surgical treatment is necessary, your surgeon will insert tiny instruments through another small incision. These instruments may be shavers, scissors or lasers.
This part of the procedure generally lasts from 30 minutes to a little more than an hour.
Recovery from knee arthroscopy is much faster than from traditional open knee surgery. You should follow the surgeon's recommendations and ask someone to accompany you for the first night at home.


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**BLOG TOUR** The Space Between by Nikki Mathis Thompson
The Space Between by Nikki Mathis Thompson Publication Date: March 17, 2015 Genres: Chick Lit, Romance, Women's Fiction
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Synopsis: Georgia Bristol's life hasn't turned out the way she'd imagined…but it's a good life. Despite that fact, she finds herself yearning for something she can't define. Haunted by the choices of her youth. Regrets. Everyone has them. What if? Everyone wonders at times. Lost in town a few heartbeats shy of deserted, Georgia encounters a mysterious woman who gives her a second chance to regain the life she thought she missed out on. Some say getting lost is the best way to find where you're going. And sometimes everything must be stripped away before you realize that what you have, is what you wanted all along. The Space Between is one woman's unconventional journey to regain what she holds dear, filled with heartbreak, friendship, and love. A thought provoking tale that will have you relating to her struggles and celebrating her triumphs.
Georgia sank into the soft ground, crossing her bare legs. The bark of the large oak she was leaning against felt rough through the thin cotton material of her tank top. On the left, the lake glistened like ink in the darkness, and to the right, bright yellow flames sputtered and cracked. Her curtain of light brown curls shielded her from curious glances—some filled with pity and others, contempt. She hoped folding herself over her drink and keeping to herself would keep anyone from approaching her.
So far, so good.
The dirt covered ground surrounding the bonfire was full of bodies—mingling, flirting, and drinking. She heard a shrill squeal and splash behind her. Why was she here again? Why wasn't she under her covers reading, where she could be living Elizabeth Bennet's life? In theory, she should be enjoying herself. She was college bound after all, leaving the dregs of this podunk town far behind. But recent events had shaken her confidence. Recent events had made her question whether she had the strength to make it on her own, in college and a new city. A city that had more than a Shell station and a Dairy Queen.
This new self doubt was grating on her nerves. She'd been dreaming of going to college since she was five. She'd walk around with the toy medical kit her aunt had given her for her birthday. Braids down her back, she'd wrap her stuffed animals in toilet paper and take their temperatures, a badge reading "doktr gorja" pinned to her favorite horse pajamas. When she turned thirteen, she begged the town's only pediatrician to let her help him after school. He turned her down at first, but when she returned the next day with a chart proving how hiring her would improve his efficiency, he relented.
Her recent jilted status was the the talk of the town, much to her utter humiliation. Brady Carmichael was her boyfriend. Was, as in past tense. Everyone admired him. He was an above average athlete, kind to old people and dogs. A regular boy scout—a very tall and good looking boy scout. He also made excellent grades. In fact, he'd missed Valedictorian by only half a point. Georgia knew that because she'd been the one to beat him by that half point. They'd always had a friendly rivalry when it came to grades. It started when they met sophomore year in honors Chemistry. It was as if the sea of mediocre minds had parted, and there he was.
Yep, Brady was going places…She'd thought those places included her. In fact, they were accepted into the same University eight hours away from their small town. She didn't apply because of him. The school had the best pre-med program in the state, her boyfriend attending was just a comforting bonus. So, why was she second guessing everything, simply because the love of her young life had broken up with her? She'd hoped she would have been above such feelings. Turned out she was as shallow a teenage girl as the rest. He'd been kind when he told her. That was one consolation, if one could be found.
It was a Friday evening. They were lying in the bed of his truck watching the sunset. It was the cusp of spring and summer, so the air was just on the side of hot. Brady's long muscular legs were hanging off the tail gate and Georgia was curled into his side—content. Her life was just how she wanted it, the love she'd always wanted. Everything was going according to plan. That should have been her first sign that the other shoe was about to drop.
She was kissing his neck below his ear as her leg inched over his thigh. She brushed her hand below his shirt. His warm skin felt good against palm.
"G…"Brady grabbed her hand and squeezed her fingers. She paused her kissing and lifted her head, marveling at the sparkle of gold in his brown eyes and the full plump of his lower lip. The breeze ruffled his dark hair and her thin cotton dress."I've been thinking about college next year. About you and me." He paused, looking grim. "I just…I just think it would be best if I had a fresh start, you know? No distractions…I plan to double major, maybe join a fraternity."
"Distractions? What are you trying to say, Brady?" She sat up and frowned.
"I'm afraid…ugh, I don't know how to say this…I just don't think I'll be able to give you the time and attention you deserve." He kissed her on the head, breathing in the scent of her curls. Then whispered, "I love you, Georgia. Please don't hate me."
It took her a moment to realize she was getting dumped.
She was stunned into silence—the seemingly romantic moment crushed under his out of the blue confession. She rested her chin on her knees, looking away from him. She found herself unable to speak, the lump in her throat was so thick she could barely swallow. The only movement was the tremble of her lips.
The tears and pleading came seconds later, but to no avail. He'd stood firm in his decision and once that happened there was no going back. She humiliated herself for weeks; sending texts, baking him three dozen oatmeal chocolate chip cookies—his favorite, leaving a Hallmark store worth of mushy cards under his windshield wiper.
The peak of her groveling happened just three nights before. She'd snuck over to his house in the middle of the night. Her outfit, minimal, her plan, devirginization. She cringed at the thought now. How low could one person go? Trying to sex your ex into taking you back. What was she thinking? He politely turned her down, saying it wouldn't be right. Damn him and his chivalrous gentleman tendencies.
That was the moment she'd officially hit rock bottom. She decided she'd done enough begging and hadn't contacted him since. And shocker, no incoming calls or texts from him either. Maybe he lost his phone, or maybe he was out of the country and had no signal…or maybe, and more likely, he was done with her.
Well, maybe she was done with him, too. She took a long drink, cringing as she choked it down.
Getting drunk in a dark corner, way to stick it to him.
She rolled her eyes at her idiocy.
The party was starting to get rowdy. There'd already been one fight—testosterone and alcohol driven. One break up—cheating asshole driven. Apparently Aiden Hayes was caught making out with Jen Roberts. His girlfriend Sarah didn't appreciate that, of course, especially since Jen was supposed to be her best friend. Sarah would've garnered more sympathy if it wasn't a well known fact that she'd been messing around with Anthony Davis since the day he'd arrived home for summer break.
Georgia thought it was all ridiculous. The most ridiculous was her hiding in the shadows like a bridge troll—legs covered in dust and a large stick threatening to impale her backside. She grabbed said stick and threw it into the water just as her prayer for invisibility was at last thwarted.
"Hey, Georgie Porgie. I thought you looked lonely over here all by yourself."
She tried not to roll her eyes at the nickname she'd been saddled with since the second grade, nor the invasion of her private self-loathing session.
"Hey, Nate," Georgia replied without turning her head. Nate Bristol. Nice guy, handsome too, if you liked blue eyes and sandy blond hair, most girls did. But she preferred dark hair, brown eyes, no, not brown, that would be a paltry description. More like melted caramel…Holy hell, she needed a twelve step program.
She knew she wasn't being very friendly, but she was is no mood to be cheered up. She wanted to wallow in her self doubt and pity. Talking would only cut into the nice buzz she'd been working on for the past two hours. Oh, yes, that's why she was here—to get blissfully inebriated. Everyone else seemed to enjoy getting wrecked with alarming frequency, so she thought she'd give it a whirl. If she could only get past the horrid taste. But interestingly enough, with each cup, she minded it less than the one before. And when 'The Reason' started playing from someone's stereo speakers she didn't have the urge to cry like she usually did.
Yay, alcohol.
"You need a refill?" Nate asked. That got her attention. It was time to have some fun.
She vowed that Brady would play no part in tonight's festivities, imaginary or otherwise. She gave herself a mental high five and took another swig.
"Now that you mention it, I would love a refill, Nate. Thanks."
"Why don't you come with me? I heard Bingham's scored a bottle of tequila…If you think you can handle it."
Georgia looked at him for a moment. He had a really nice smile and intense blue eyes. There was a swirl of green in there too—almost like the Caribbean Ocean she'd seen on the Travel Channel. She'd been mesmerized by the patchwork of blues and warring shades of aqua…That was it, Nate had Caribbean blue eyes.
Drunk.
"What?" he asked, amused. "Do I have a hanger?" His soft twang was adorable.
She laughed. "No, you're all clear. I was just thinking how pretty your eyes are. I'm sorry to say I've never noticed before."
"Uh, that's okay. You only had eyes for another guy's eyes…Shit, you know what I mean." She liked that he could laugh at himself. Brady took himself and life very seriously, that's not to say he didn't have a sense of humor per se. He was intelligent and that's all that'd mattered to Georgia. He was the only boy she knew who could quote Lord Byron, hell, the only one who even knew he was.
He would wrap her in his arms and whisper, "She walks in beauty, like the night. Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright. Meet in her aspect and her eyes."
Then…swoon. Now…spew.
The thought of Brady and his poetry regurgitating handsomeness made her jab her nails into her thighs. She was trying aversion therapy. So far, it hadn't really worked.
She stood up, brushed off her backside, and with a smile, offered him her hand.
Revenge was looking pretty hot at that moment. Really hot.
"Come on, Nathaniel. Let's go do some shots."
"Uh, it's Nathan, actually."
She waved her hand in the air. "Tonight you shall be Nathaniel." Her voice taking on a slight accent.
He laughed. "Darlin, I'll be whoever you want."
Alcohol and a broken heart proved to be a toxic combination. In the months and years that followed she'd often wonder how her life would've been different if she'd stayed home or turned Nate down and kept to the shadows of the oak tree that night. But pondering the events that had already come to pass was an act of futility and never offered her anything other than frustration.
Playlist / Soundtrack
1.The Reason- Hoobastank (Bonfire)
2.Three Libras- A Perfect Circle
3. No Surprises- Radiohead
4. Why Georgia- John Mayer (On the road)
5. Sleeping Lessons- Shins
6. Save Me- Muse
7. Sheep in Wolves Clothing- Little Hurricane
8. Bad Dream- Keane
9. Side- Travis
10. Meant to Live- Switch Foot
11. Shake it Out- Florence + The Machine
*Bonus Track*
The Space Between- Dave Mathews Band
Nikki Mathis Thompson spent her formative years singing, dancing and creating her own world of make-believe. From an early age she developed a love of reading that has grown exponentially to near addiction. She has a business degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her degree looks great in the frame, but hasn't been utilized in years. She gladly left the cubicle life behind to raise her daughter and a son was added to the mix some years later. You can find her devouring a book while drinking a glass of wine, doing her part to save the planet or lip-synching to her favorite songs while running through her suburb. She lives outside of Dallas with her family.
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China to launch atomic clock in space that would lose only 1 second in a billion years
The clock will be the world's most accurate timekeeper and will help Beijing in civilian and military purposes.
By Vasudevan Sridharan
China is poised to launch a landmark "cold" atomic clock into space that would help Beijing in both civilian and military purposes. The clock is said to be so accurate that it would lose only one second in a billion years making it a pioneering event in China's changing space industry.
The device, known as the Cold Atomic Clock in Space (Cacs) is believed to be world's first such initiative as earlier attempts by US and European agencies were stonewalled due to budget cuts.
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"It is the world's first cold atomic clock to operate in space... it will have military and civilian applications," professor Xu Zhen, a researcher involved with the Cacs project, told the South China Morning Post.
The Cacs is claimed to be several thousand times more accurate than the clocks that are used in GPS satellites. The Cacs will be fitted in Tiangong-2, Beijing's second space lab, when it takes off from a launch-centre in Inner Mongolia on Thursday (15 September).
Cold atomic clocks are usually considered more accurate than hot ones since colder atoms, which move slowly, provide longer probe time for researchers to arrive at a more precise result.
The idea of deploying an atomic clock into space was first mooted by European space-experts in early 90s, but their space agency's project Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (Aces) was met with several delays. The Cacs, can be carried by two people, is relatively smaller in size compared to Europe's Aces and US's NIST-F2.
"When I heard of the Aces project, I was still a student. Now we've scooped them, it is understandable that some might feel a bit sour," Xu was quoted as saying. China also has plans to expand its space ventures in the coming years including the setting up of a fully-fledged international space station in 2020.


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Past Exhibitions 2018-19
Design in Motion
Eleanor Lambert: Empress of Seventh Avenue
Minimalism/Maximalism
Paris, Capital of Fashion
Image: Halston, evening gown, 1972, USA, Gift of Lauren Bacall, 74.107.30
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As the "original fashion publicist," Eleanor Lambert was a defining character of twentieth century American fashion. Over her seventy-five-year career, Lambert helped establish a number of organizations and initiatives that shaped the American fashion landscape, including the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the International Best Dressed List, the Coty American Fashion Critics' Award, and Press Week, which evolved into the current New York Fashion Week. Lambert worked to elevate the American fashion designer to celebrity status, and her clientele included such influential designers as Stephen Burrows, Halston, and Claire McCardell. Eleanor Lambert: Empress of Seventh Avenue was the first exhibition to explore her tireless work in establishing New York as an international fashion capital, while simultaneously pioneering the profession of fashion publicist.
Read more about Eleanor Lambert: Empress of Seventh Avenue.
Image: The Runaway. Choreography by Kyle Abraham. Costume design by Giles Deacon.
Design in Motion: A New York City Ballet Fall Fashion Gala
The Museum at FIT Lobby
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) presented highlights from the exhibition Design in Motion: A New York City Ballet Fall Fashion Gala Retrospective, which provided an up-close look at the incredible artistry of the New York City Ballet (NYCB) Costume Shop, and showcased costumes from NYCB's Fall Fashion Galas, which were designed by some of the fashion world's most visionary designers.
Originally presented in the Fall of 2019, in partnership with INTERSECT BY LEXUS-NYC and curated by NYCB Director of Costumes Marc Happel, this was the first-ever collaboration between NYCB and MFIT, New York City's only museum solely devoted to fashion. Design in Motion uniquely complemented the museums current exhibition, Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse. This was the first large-scale exhibition to illustrate the profound and enduring influences of classical ballet and its most celebrated practitioners — ballerinas — on modern high fashion, which was on view through April 18.
This exhibition of highlights from Design in Motion featured nearly 30 original costumes, designed by 25 of the world's leading fashion designers and spans eight years of NYCB's Fall Fashion Gala from 2012-2019. Designer sketches and performance videos, commissioned by INTERSECT BY LEXUS – NYC, were also on view.
Read more about Design in Motion.
Image: Participating artist, Medina Alisultanova
December 21, 2019 – February 8, 2020
How do our surroundings shape us? From the neighborhoods we grew up in, to the natural world we inhabit and the community of people around us, our environment can greatly influence our perspective, outlook and artistic practice. In the age of the internet and global inter-connectivity, to what extent does our geographic location still inform our sense of identity?
In Homegrown, student artists of FIT's Urban Studio club explored these concepts of home, environment, and culture through various media and artistic approaches. While visiting this exhibition, the viewer is invited to ponder their own history and reflect on what home means to them.
Exhibition creatively conceived by Urban Studio President Mariel Tepper, Fine Arts BFA Advisor: Melissa Starke/Fine Arts Department. Read more about Homegrown.
Image: John Galliano, ensemble, spring/summer 1992, England, museum purchase. 2017.80.2
Special Exhibitions Gallery
September 6, 2019 – January 4, 2020
Paris, Capital of Fashion explored how and why Paris became the international capital of fashion. It featured approximately 75 fashion ensembles, dating from the 18th century to the present, as well as accessories. Curated by Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT, this major exhibition was accompanied by a book and symposium.
The introductory gallery placed Paris within the global fashion system. After the Second World War, Paris was repeatedly challenged by new fashion centers, such as London, Milan, and New York. The first section of the main gallery focused on the rise of the Paris fashion system in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The court at Versailles was the official epicenter of fashion, but fashion professionals were based in the city of Paris and foreign visitors were amazed by the Parisian "mania" for fashion. The second section explored the growth of the Paris fashion system with its many métiers de la mode and its increased focus on feminine fashion. Particular attention was paid to the development of the haute couture, which transformed dressmaking from a small-scale artisanal craft into big business and high art. Today, globalization and technology have transformed the world of fashion. Yet Paris remains a unique fashion city.
Read more about Paris, Capital of Fashion.
Image: #DESIGN, Gallery FIT
We are living through a fundamental workforce transformation during which digital technology has begun to alter the skills companies are searching for. Inspired by FIT President Dr. Brown's Workforce of the Future initiative, FIT's Advertising & Digital Design (A&DD) BFA, Creative Technology & Design (CT&D) subject area, and Center for Continuing and Professional Studies (CCPS), worked closely with our industry partners to create a series of specialized credit courses and noncredit certificate programs that are career-driven and forward-thinking. In addition, CT&D also initiated a wide range of Guided Experiential Learning (GEL) projects and career development events in collaboration with some of the most well-known companies and brands in the world.
To celebrate the 8-year anniversary of the CT&D subject area, this year's annual exhibition, #DESIGN, showcased some of the most exciting industry collaboration projects and award-winning design projects. CT&D's mission is to initiate a transformative journey for creatives worldwide so they can enter some of the most rewarding careers in the age of digital media. We believe designers are innovators, activists, and visionaries, and our goal is to nurture the next generation creative workforce that will design digital content, products, platforms, experiences, and other solutions that leverage technology to solve business problems and to improve people's lives. We believe the year of 2020 will be the beginning of an exciting new phase of our Creative Workforce of the Future initiative.
Image: Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, dress, spring/summer 2014, Madrid, gift of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada. 2014.44.1
Fashion & Textile History Gallery
May 28 – November 16, 2019
Fashion is a world of extremes, where sartorial expression ranges from minimalist to maximalist aesthetics. Some designers may identify almost exclusively with one over the other; Calvin Klein, for instance, was known for fashion minimalism. However, the cyclical nature of fashion moves us through design periods alternately dominated by a minimalist or maximalist aesthetic, re-affirming Isaac Newton's third law of motion: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
In fashion, minimalism and maximalism define two extremes along the design spectrum. Minimalism, the aesthetic of less-is-more, is based on a reductive approach to design, and celebrates purity and restraint. Maximalism, on the other hand, accentuates the beauty of excess and redundancy. While these may be considered aesthetic opposites, both seek to challenge perception, and as forms of expression, they serve as indicators of the sociocultural and economic zeitgeist of the given time period. Minimalism/Maximalism explored the interplay between minimalist and maximalist aesthetics as they have been and continue to be expressed through fashion. Beginning in the eighteenth century, the exhibition examined how these aesthetic viewpoints were expressed over time and moved fashion forward.
Read more about Minimalism/Maximalism.
Image: Courtesy of Daniella Liguori.
Reflections was an exhibition featuring work by ten student artists from the Photography and Fine Arts departments of FIT's School of Art and Design. Under the guidance of Professor Curtis Willocks, the students put together an exhibition of photography, drawing, and mixed media collage. Reflections offered the visitor a look at artistic explorations and interpretations of summertime thoughts and experiences.
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Q: using modal message/window to display database record I'm displaying tabular data populated via loop from a database.
I know that I could edit/delete etc in the usual manner, where
    Edit Record

But I would really like to do this using the modal-message feature of jquery.
However, what I can't seem to figure out is how to indicate to the modal-message window/div the correct record number from the database (whereas in php, I'm simply using the print function.
Is it feasible to set maybe an onClick event that sets a variable ($id) to equal whatever the $row['abstract_id'] number is?
The idea being that when I click on the Edit button, I can put php within the div and it will call up the correct record.
EDIT for clarity: I don't want to actually edit it, it's to pull up the text of the abstracts, which are too big to fit in the tabular format (but there are too many abstracts to give each submission its own page).
The key here is how I can pass the record id from the database/php side to the javascript side even if it's setting/resetting some variable. I thought about using .load(read_abstract.php) but then realized that I don't think that .load(read_abstract.php?id=' . $row['abstract_id']') would work- and don't know what the JS equivalent would be (or if it exists).

A: You can move the id into a data attribute in the HTML tag:
echo 'edit'

Then in the modal, you'll be able to reference it with:
jQuery('.edit-button').click(function() {
     id = jQuery(this).attr('data-abstract-id');
});

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One of the biggest contributors to waste is the disposable coffee cup. In Australia we throw away over 3 billion takeaway cups and lids each year and they aren't commonly recyclable so they find their way to landfill. This is a really easy problem to fix if you have your own reusable coffee cup. Many coffee shops now accept reusable coffee cups and some even give you a discount for using them.
Responsible Cafes is a website that lists cafes and coffee shops seeking to make a difference. At Flora & Fauna we have reusable coffee cups from KeepCup, Cheeki and 321 Water.
Eco friendly coffee cups: A smart and simple way to protect the planet.
Here in Australia, we drink a lot of coffee, much of it in disposable plastic cups. This presents a problem: what happens to these coffee cups after we have used them?
Every year, Australians throw over 3 billion takeaway cups away. As these cups are not easy to recycle - and as many local authorities simply don't have the resources necessary to process this waste - most of these 3 billion will find their way to landfill sites. And there they stay. The materials used to make coffee cups do not biodegrade. This is great for holding hot liquids in a container for a long period of time, but not so good when it comes to breaking down after use. To put it frankly, disposable coffee cups are choking Australia's environment and eco systems.
So what is the answer? Reusable coffee cups. At Flora & Fauna, we are proud to provide one of Australia's biggest ranges of reusable coffee cups, covering many of the major brands. Read on to learn more, or browse our product pages and find what you need. Together, we can take steps towards a healthier, happier, more sustainable world.
Durable and hard-wearing: These cups are eco-friendly items which do not compromise on usability. The cups you purchase from Flora & Fauna will be strong and robust enough to last for many years to come.
Available in a range of smart styles: Want to reflect your own unique personality and sense of style? Reusable cups help you to do just that. Take a look at our website and discover the wide range of styles on offer.
Helps the environment: There is more work to be done, but selecting a reusable cup is a serious step in the right direction when it comes to the environment in Australia and beyond.
Well-insulated for a long lasting coffee: Far more sturdily and innovatively designed than their disposable counterparts, these cups will keep your drink warmer for longer.
These are just a few of the benefits the cups provide. Get in touch with the team to find out more.
KeepCup have a broad vision of sustainability and environmental responsibility. This is reflected by their global scope, as the company has offices in Melbourne, London, and Los Angeles.
All of Cheeki's products are designed here in Australia. The homegrown ethos is key to what Cheeki provide to consumers and to the environment.
321 Water are a small team with big dreams. Their company ethos is that minor changes, when they occur collectively, have a major impact on the world around us.
JoCo make beautiful glass reusable coffee cups so if you want a cup with style we love JoCo.
After Buying a Reusable Coffee Cup, What Comes Next?
After buying your reusable cup, there is still more you can do to safeguard the planet. One of these things is to only work with cafes, coffee shops and restaurants who have a commitment to utilising only eco friendly, reusable cups. To help you decide where to go, take a look at this handy list of Responsible Cafes. Do you have any questions or queries about our any of the brands we work with? Please don't hesitate to get in touch.


The Dragon Slayers are people who use Dragon Slayer Magic, a form of Lost Magic.
Dragon Slayers are a unique type of people who utilize a form of Lost Magic, Dragon Slayer Magic. Each Dragon Slayer has their own form of Magic, just like each Dragon is a master of their own element. In addition, they also have the ability to consume the element which they wield, just as long as it is not created from their own Magic. Doing so rejuvenates them and enhances their abilities. Dragon Slayers are known to possess keener senses than those of normal humans such as in smell, sight and hearing, as well as distinctive characteristics and features such as slitted pupils and noticeably sharper teeth.
Furthermore, if a Dragon Slayer manages to successfully kill a Dragon, they become stronger after bathing in their blood. However, Dragon Slayers can transform into Dragons themselves through excessive use of their Magic; the most famous example of this is Acnologia, who not only killed nearly every single Dragon in existence, but as a drawback was transformed into a Dragon who was also "not quite a Dragon". The only known way to prevent this "Dragonification", as it were, is for a Dragon to enter the body of a Dragon Slayer via a secret art and sleep there, creating antibodies as they do so. After enough time has passed from the point of their creation, the Dragon Slayer is almost guaranteed to never turn into a Dragon.
When a Dragon Slayer is attracted to someone they love by the opposing gender, both individuals' bodies begin to imprint on the person of their affections.
There are two generations of Dragon Slayers: the First Generation, who learned their Magic from actual Dragons; the Second Generation; who have had Dragon Lacrima implanted into their bodies.
It seems that, for some reason, all Dragon Slayers of an advanced "level" suffer from severe motion sickness. At lower "levels", this isn't much of a problem, as shown with Gajeel prior to the year X791, having rode on both the Super Mage Giant Phantom MK II and the ship to Tenrou Island with ease. However, after three months of intense training, he, too, became vulnerable to motion sickness, having trouble running on a chain of vehicles during the Chariot event. Unless the vehicle is specially designed to accommodate Dragon Slayers, or if they believe the transportation is more of an ally than a vehicle, they will almost definitely experience motion sickness.
The First Generation Dragon Slayers were the original Dragon Slayers, who learnt their Dragon Slayer Magic from an actual Dragon. In most cases, the particular Dragon Slayer's teacher was also their foster parent.
Those from the second generation of Dragon Slayers have had Dragon Lacrima implanted into their bodies, granting them the ability to use Dragon Slayer Magic. Because they were not taught their abilities by a Dragon, they are considered artificial Dragon Slayers.
Dragon Slayers heralding from this generation have both been taught their Magic by actual Dragons and have had their bodies implanted with Dragon Lacrima.


Remember at the beginning of the month, I promised some love stories from my Grandparents? Well, I have one of them for you today!
I had a list of Questions that I emailed to my Grandma, thinking I would turn the answers into a type of story to make it fun to read. However I received a surprise when Gran emailed me the answers. The answers were so fun and how she referred to grandpa was just adorable. So with a little editing, here is a love story that has lasted nearly half a century!
After The Girl graduated in '61 she headed out to California with four others. The five stopped in KS for the night and the friends there quickly called in some YF (young folks/youth group) to meet us. Mr. Wonderful came in with a girl in slacks. Hardly anyone wore slacks back then. Then they left and came back with another girl. One of the guys would tease Mr. Wonderful about The Girl and he would chase him out the door. They would ride away on a motorcycle for a little, then come back. The Girl was 18 at the time and Mr. Wonderful was 16.
Do you remember what your first impression was of grandpa?
The Girl thought he was cute. And she liked the way he looked at her.
The next year Mr. Wonderful and The Girl met again at the church conference. (refer to this post, about the church conference) On Sat night 3 guys drove by where The Girl and 2 of her friends were. One of the guys was The Girl's brother, one was Mr. Wonderful, and one was the driver. The 3 girls rode with them to get a bite to eat.
Split company, of course, but The Girl helped Mr. Wonderful eat his fries. Then he ordered more to share, they shared several orders of fries that night! The next evening at the yf gathering, The Girl noticed Mr Wonderful watching her a lot.
When the girls got in a car to go to where they were going to spend the night, a group of boys came over and lifted the car up so it wouldn't move. One of the guys tried to get the keys. The driver pulled the keys out quickly and threw them in the back. They landed in The Girl's lap. To have some fun, She threw them over the car to where Mr. Wonderful was standing. Everyone was standing around and nothing was happening. The Girl realized that Mr. Wonderful may not not have seen them. So She got out of the car, went around the car and asked Mr. Wonderful if he had them and he didn't. So the guys pushed the car backward, and then forward to shine the car lights where Mr. Wonderful had been standing when The Girl threw the keys. Then everyone looked for the keys until they found them.
The next day when The Girl got to the conference, it seemed like everyone she met said, "Someone is looking for you!". Mr. Wonderful did find The Girl before church started and they went in together ( sign that you are dating) They also went to services together in a meeting house that evening and then out for a snack.
How often did you get to see each other?
Summer Mr Wonderful came to VA. The Girl went to KS on Thanksgiving, He went to VA on Christmas and She went to see Mr. Wonderful at Easter. Then Mr. Wonderful drove by himself to VA to get married on the tenth day after his 18th birthday.
Many trips were made by train (fun!) And The Girl's brother, often helped out with traveling as well.
We did a lot of phoning and wrote letters almost every day.
How did he "pop the question"?
Mr. Wonderful came to VA in the summer with Kendra's husband's great Uncle Alvin and The Girl went to Ks right before Thanksgiving.
What was going on in the world/your lives while you were dating?
The drug thalidomide is recalled when it became linked with birth defects (minus arms or legs) in thousands of children worldwide.
John Glenn Was the first American in orbit and circled the earth three times.
Thanks to internet for these, although The Girl knew about John Kennedy, John Glenn and Polaroid. Thalidomide was learned later as well as silicone implants.
What was something you really enjoyed doing while you were dating?
What advice would you give couples who are just starting their lives together?
The best advice I could give anyone is to know and love the Lord and make sure their to-be does too. Praying together and reading the Bible together before marriage would be a must in my book, with promises to continue praying and reading at least once a day after marriage. Without missing!
I also asked her if they had a photo of their first car.
We actually didn't have a car at the time of our marriage. Mr. Wonderful's dad had bought a brand new 62 Chevy and the '55 that he had, he let Mr. Wonderful drive, and then gave it to us after we were married.. The value of that car at that time was nothing like what one like it would cost today if it was in good shape.! Dimes have changed.
I have been known to link up to these totally cool and awesome linky parties! Why don't you see which ones you can link up with today?
Oh, I LOVE THIS Kendra!!!!!! I LOVE THIS! You also reminded me to finish our love story too! Totally going to get that done to be ready for next week! And where in VA did your grandparents get married????
This is amazing! So happy to hear about couples who have lasted.
Thanks Kate! I feel so blessed that I can share these stories.
This is so sweet to read. Thanks for recording your grandmothers memories!
Stopping by from Beholding the Glory.
Hi Melanie, I really do enjoy her stories!
Cute story… Finding a lot of posts about the "stories" of our lives (as I wrote too)on this linkup 🙂 Sacred echoes??


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Rate the U: So much winning
Fafa Picault and C.J. Sapong sparked the offense and the defense kept another clean sheet in Washington D.C. Wednesday night
By Matthew Ralph@MattRalph_tBG Aug 30, 2018, 1:26pm EDT
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This winning thing sure is fun, isn't it?
The Philadelphia Union kept up their winning ways, picking up their fourth straight league win. their fifth away win and 12th win of the season with a 2-0 win over D.C. United to match the club's best ever single-season marks in all three categories with eight MLS matches and an Open Cup final remaining.
C.J. Sapong stole a lot of the headlines for cleaning up a rebound off a Cory Burke shot and setting up the second goal, but Fafa Picault deserved a lot of credit for the heavy lifting he did in the Union attack on Wednesday night. It was his ridiculous pass to C.J. in the middle of the park that started the attack that eventually led to the goal and his strike that forced D.C. United to have to futilely chase the game.
Borek Dockal picked up his 13th assist of the season to draw within one of Kaku for the league lead and was sharp all night moving the ball around the field. Alejandro Bedoya and Haris Medunjanin were also clicking again.
Seriously, who is this team right now?
The Union didn't just win in D.C. Wednesday, they looked good doing it and while D.C. was able to move the ball well through the midfield and Wayne Rooney created a couple dangerous chances, their final ball was nowhere to be found. Andre Blake was barely troubled. When was the last time that's happened; the Union won a game and Blake didn't have to make any highlight-reel stops to do so?
All this to say, Keegan Rosenberry's steady play should not be overlooked and how can we fuss about the partnership of Jack Elliott and Auston Trusty when they keep shutting teams out?
Elliott was perhaps fortunate to not give away a penalty when the ball hit off his hand in the box late in the first half but those are the kind of breaks that have been going the Union's way during this win streak. Instead of mulling missed opportunities like they were too often early in the season, the Union are benefiting from the other team's near misses and poor finishes while inching toward what seemed like an impossibility only six weeks ago: hosting a playoff game.
What did you think of the performances in Wednesday night's win? Weigh in with an up or down vote for each player (and head coach Jim Curtin) on the Ranker website or below.


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Hatch Presses CMS and IRS on Readiness for Filing Season
800,000 Individuals Received Incorrect Tax Information
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today sent a letter to the Administration questioning their ability to properly implement certain ObamaCare provisions for the ongoing tax filing season. On Friday, the Administration revealed that 800,000 individuals who had purchased insurance on the federal exchange were provided incorrect tax information regarding plan premiums. In the letter, Hatch presses the Administration on why they chose to announce the error after close of open enrollment and what procedures are in place for affected taxpayers that have already filed their return. The letter was sent to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen.
"These mistakes will impose an unnecessary burden on affected taxpayers. All taxpayers who received incorrect information must now wait for the Treasury Department to provide corrected forms. Additionally, CMS estimates that about 50,000 taxpayers who received incorrect forms have already filed their taxes using incorrect information, and must now wait for corrected forms before filing amended returns. This process will delay the processing of returns for 800,000 taxpayers, postpone expected tax refunds, and further add to what Commissioner Koskinen has called a "miserable" tax filing season," Hatch wrote.
The text of the letter is below and a signed copy is available here.
The Honorable Marilyn Tavenner
The Honorable John Koskinen
1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Dear Ms. Tavenner and Mr. Koskinen:
Late last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services disclosed that an estimated 800,000 individuals who purchased health insurance on the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) received tax forms with incorrect information regarding premium costs. As CMS noted, this represents approximately 20% of the total number of people who purchased insurance on the FFM in 2014. CMS gave no explanation for the errors, noting only that the affected taxpayers "will soon receive an updated Form 1095-A."
These mistakes will impose an unnecessary burden on affected taxpayers. All taxpayers who received incorrect information must now wait for the Treasury Department to provide corrected forms. Additionally, CMS estimates that about 50,000 taxpayers who received incorrect forms have already filed their taxes using incorrect information, and must now wait for corrected forms before filing amended returns. This process will delay the processing of returns for 800,000 taxpayers, postpone expected tax refunds, and further add to what Commissioner Koskinen has called a "miserable" tax filing season.
As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, I have repeatedly expressed concerns about the preparedness of CMS and the Internal Revenue Service to implement provisions of ObamaCare in the coming filing season. These recent developments demonstrate why all responsible agencies must be transparent about their progress in implementing this law and the obstacles they have encountered. When mistakes are made, Congress and taxpayers are entitled to more forthright explanations than those offered in the blog post announcing these mistakes.
I ask that you provide answers to the following questions, as well as the documents requested, by no later than Monday, March 2, 2015. In complying with this request, please respond by repeating the enumerated request, followed by the accompanying response.
Describe in detail when and how your respective agencies discovered that Forms 1095-A had been incorrectly populated and issued.
Provide all documents, including but not limited to e-mails, related to the discovery of the issuance of the incorrect form.
Describe in detail how this error occurred, including:
The source of the errant data and the names of any contractors or agency offices tasked with populating these forms;
A description of the processes that were in place to populate the forms, and how these processes failed; and
How many total taxpayers were sent the incorrect forms, and what steps have been taken to ensure that all mistaken forms have been detected and that all affected taxpayers have been or will be contacted?
Why did you decide to wait until the close of open enrollment to announce this mistake?
Provide all documents, including but not limited to e-mails, regarding the timing and manner of announcing this error.
Of the estimated 800,000 affected taxpayers, how many received second lowest cost silver plan (SLCSP) information that was lower than the correct SLCSP? How many received SLCSP information that was higher than the correct SLCSP?
Does the IRS concur with CMS's estimate of 50,000 affected taxpayers who have already filed their returns?
What procedures are in place for affected taxpayers who have already filed their tax returns? Does the IRS plan to expedite processing of amended returns for these taxpayers?
What effect will these mistakes have on the IRS's administration of the 2015 tax filing season? What is the expected number of FTE hours for IRS employees to remedy these mistakes?
If you have any questions about this request, please contact Committee staff at (202) 224-4515.


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My Boo Lyrics by Usher
My Boo Lyrics
My Boo Info
[Usher intro:]
There's always that one person
That will always have your heart
You'll never see it coming
Cause you're blinded from the start
Know that you're that one for me
It's clear for everyone to see
Ooh baby ooh you'll always be my boo
[Alicia intro:]
I don't know bout cha'll
But I know about us and uh
We know how to rock
[Usher Verse:]
Do you remember girl
I was the one who gave you your first kiss
Cause I remember girl
I was the one who said put your lips like this
Even before all the fame and
People screaming your name
Girl I was there when you were my baby
[Usher:]
It started when we were younger
You were mine my boo
Now another brother's taking over
But its still in your eyes my boo
Even though we used to argue it's alright
I know we haven't seen each other
In awhile but you will always be my boo
[Alicia:]
I was in love with you when we were younger
And I see it from time to time
I still feel like my boo
And I can see it no matter
How I try to hide my boo
Even though there's another man who's in my life
You will always be my boo
[Alicia Verse:]
Yes I remember boy
Cause after we kissed
I could only think about your lips
The moment I knew you were the one
I could spend my life with
Even before all the fame
And people screaming your name
I was there and you were my baby
My oh, My oh, My oh, My oh, My Boo
[Alicia & Usher:]
My Boo Info:
• This song won a 2005 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
• The music video was directed by Chris Robinson and was filmed in a New York City subway.
• Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Jr., Adonis Shropshire, Alicia Keys, & Usher Raymond share writing credits on the song. Jermaine Dupri produced the track for the album 'Confessions (Special Edition)'
• The single was released on September 28th, 2004, certified double platinum by the RIAA, and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart from October 30th, 2004 to December 4th, 2004. It also topped the Canadian Singles chart.


Tea got to explore the sea as well as land on their trip to Australia. This colorful Graphic Baby Dress features design inspired by the lush sea scenery of the Great Barrier Reef that lies just off the coast of Australia. In a bright yellow ground, this dress is so summery and irresistibly cute!


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