So far three topics about the (positive) impacts of your Queal diet passed by. In the first blog post, we talked about how the usage of complete foods can contribute to the "freeing" of agricultural land. Then, we told you all about the term Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) and its importance and our last post was about time-management, stress and healthy meals.
Now it's time for another perspective on the positive impacts of your Queal or complete foods usage: the (saving on) food packaging!
Packaging and its developments has had an immense impact on the food industry. The first - and quite essential - need for developing packaging was, of course, to protect our food during transportation and keeping it fresh. Then over the years, along with industrial improvements in general, the packaging of our food and beverages became more advanced and we discovered many materials and techniques that can help us store, preserve, protect and/or transport in a better or more efficient way.
Next to these practical improvements, with developments in rules and regulations about nutrition and labeling, packing has been given an extra function. Last but not least, we cannot deny the massive effects packaging design has on today's food marketing.
Although these improvements - mainly the practical ones - have had major impact on how long we can store our food and beverages, i.e. food waste and the the loss of nutrients, it's safe to say that - in general - we've gone a little too far.
The problem? Well, first of all, a great part of the materials we use to (temporarily) store our foods in are made out of non-recycled (new) and or non-biodegradable materials. Then, after usage, we do or cannot recycle it. Or worse: we do not properly throw them away.
It's safe to say that plastics, although relatively cheap, and greatly applicable when it comes to the packaging of food, are the biggest problem. Plastics are derived from crude oil, which is - in the first place - a natural resource. Still, in order to become an eventual usable material, it has to undergo a lot of processes.
These processes cost a lot of energy and most of the eventual plastic packaging is either used for only a very short amount of time, non-recyclable on it's own (because of a mix of materials), thrown away and burnt as residual waste. Then, even worse, the main part of plastic materials are non-biodegradable so when waste does end up in nature (like with the Plastic Soup) it can take up to a 1000 years for it to decompose.
And we haven't even talked about over-packaging. This is when - for example - a bunch of cookies is already packaged safe and preservable, but then get packaged in a cardboard box again. Or when a bunch of bananas, in their skins (nature's own packaging), gets packaged in a plastic sleeve.
If we do not recycle our natural resources in the right way, they're ending. All materials we simply waste are never coming back. Or, at least, not in times of our own lifespan.
Something has to chance. We need to rethink, and most of all: we need to recycle.
What we have accomplished so far.
Let's set up a fun little experiment here, and image going shopping for a day worth of food. What do you end up with? Maybe a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, two apples, rice, chicken filet, broccoli and granola bars. Ok, great job! Now look at your basket, how many of the products are packaged? Probably all of them, right?
Now, compare your basket to a day worth of nutritionally complete Steady shakes. One pouch holds three 700 kilocalorie shakes, so that's one whole day of food in a single pouch. Of course, you might not be living entirely on our shakes or you use Ready instant oat meal or the Go bars instead. Still, compared to your basket of "regular" foods for a day, it's quite a win. Our awesome Queal customers together have reduced plastic waste by over 100 US ton so far. That's amazing, right?!
And what about the future? - We cannot tell you if the "regular food products" have recyclable packaging, either if you separate your waste and if the country you live in supports the recycling of a certain packaging. But what we can tell you is that we, as Queal, are working hard on improving our (already quite minimal) packaging and we have some great news to share when it comes to our (currently non-recyclable) pouches!
First of all: the reason they current packaging is not recyclable in every country yet. This is because we use a layered material containing both plastic and aluminium. The aluminium coating strengthens the film, and helps keep light out, which prevents the degrading of vitamins and minerals, an important protection for our nutritionally complete meals. Thanks to current innovations though, there will be a new type of opaque plastic pouches (PET 1 material) that are both light proof and suitable for recycling in most countries. We will start to use these new pouches in 2019, and will keep you updated via our improvements blog posts and improvements timeline.
By tracking your nutritionally complete meals in the customer dashboard, you can discover your personal stats on the saving of plastic by consuming Queal.


I used to be VERY nearsighted but I wasn't a candidate for LASIK. With the expertise and skill of Dr. Pit Gills he was able to perform an alternative surgery that has given me vision quality better than my glasses/contacts ever did. Along with the help of a retina specialist, Dr. Brian Phillpotts, he took extra steps to make sure it was as safe as possible and, not to mention, his multi-specialty facility made it very convenient for me as all of my appointments were at the same location. Words alone cannot express how grateful I am for my new vision!
Had a complete eye exam and was asked by Dr. Pit Gills if I had diabetes. I told him I didn't think so but he recommended I check with my physician. My doctor confirmed the diagnosis and I have changed my lifestyle and am on medications that are working. Because of the diabetes, I developed cataracts and Dr. Pit Gills performed a painless surgery and I now see 20/15. I could not be happier with the results, professionalism and pre-emptive diagnosis.
I have had several appointments at this center. All of the staff that I have encountered were friendly and welcoming. My eye exams have been extremely thorough.
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The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 10
Part of The Demon Prince of Momochi House
By Aya Shouoto
On her sixteenth birthday, orphan Himari Momochi inherits her ancestral estate that she's never seen. Momochi House exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms, and Himari is meant to act as guardian between the two worlds. But on the day she moves in, she finds three handsome squatters already living in the house, and one seems to have already taken over her role! Himari Momochi inherits Momochi House, an estate which exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms. Himari makes her way into the depths of Momochi House in search of a way to free Aoi. She is attacked but is saved by the Guardian of the Gate. Hoping to get his hands on the Momochi name, the guardian tries to get Himari to marry him. Naturally, Aoi has no intention of letting him have his way!
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (November 2, 2017)
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Kodiak man survives brown bear bite in Alasaka
// November 5, 2012
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) A Kodiak man managed to survive an encounter with a mother bear and her cubs by playing dead.
The man was walking a friend's dog in the area between Swampy Acres and Lake Catherine on Tuesday afternoon when he stumbled upon a sow and two cubs 20 feet ahead of him, The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported.
"It sounded like initially the bear started going the other direction, but the dog decided it wanted to sniff the cubs, and the mama bear didn't think that was something that she wanted to happen,'' said Larry Van Daele, regional wildlife supervisor for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
When the dog ran back to the man, the bear ran after the dog. As soon as the man saw the bear, he rolled up in a ball and played dead.
The man was not identified.
The bear reportedly grabbed the man's foot and pulled him a little bit, then checked on her cubs. When she came back to the man, she sniffed his head, bit his foot and ran off. The dog was on scene and barking the whole time, Van Daele said.
Van Daele said this was a worst-case scenario because the bears were likely unaware there were people around.
"It was a surprise because the wind was blowing so neither knew the other was there,'' he said. "From the description I heard, the bear had started to go the other way and would have gone off.''
Van Daele said the bear has not been marked for death because it was an accidental encounter.
"We all feel this was a surprise encounter and the bear acted defensively,'' Van Daele said. "If she would have charged him aggressively and if it had been a more severe mauling, then we would consider it one that crossed the line. All things considered it sounds like she did the right thing and he did the right thing, and they lived to tell about it.''
Signs have been posted around the area warning people of the attack. Van Daele said the bear and her cubs should be heading to their den for winter soon, but there is still a chance she could be around the area.
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A legislative deal announced Thursday means North Carolina elementary schools won't have to reduce class sizes this year that school officials said could potentially threaten art, music and physical education programs.
State Republican legislative leaders said they will phase in the smaller class sizes in kindergarten through third grade over the next four years instead of lowering them at once this fall. As part of the delay, lawmakers will include $61 million a year to help school districts pay for art, music and physical education teachers.
The deal comes after school officials around the state said they didn't have the thousands of extra classrooms needed and might have to fire arts and PE teachers to help come up with the money to hire additional K-3 teachers.
"What we have here is a good solution to a problem that I don't think anybody really anticipated but needed to be solved," Senate Leader Phil Berger said at a press conference announcing the deal.
The House could vote on the legislation by Tuesday. The class-size change is included in a bill with a potentially controversial proposal that would take $58 million tied to a key permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and distribute it to school districts in eight counties. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper now controls the money, which Republicans called a "slush fund."
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Stream while you steam: add a little spice to your cooking routine by bringing Netflix to the kitchen!
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This Thanksgiving Netflix is teaming up with chef Curtis Stone to create some fabulous recipes to go along with some of your favorite shows. The great thing about Netflix is that members can enjjoy their favorite TV shows and movies anytime, anywhere! Members can watch their favorite shows on an iPad in the kitchen, on a big flat screen in the living room, or even on their phones while they are waiting to pick up their children from school.
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Fill a rocks glass halfway with ice cubes. Add the Kahlúa, vodka, and Cointreau and gently stir to blend.
Pour the cream over so that it floats on top of the Kahlúa mixture. Using a fine grater, grate some orange zest on top. Serve immediately.
Now that you have a delicious beverage it's time to get thinking about holidays. I do a lot of baking and cooking during this time of year so I spend a lot of time in the kitchen prepping the meals. I get bored being in the kitchen by myself so I love that I can take my laptop into the kitchen and catch up on my favorite shows while I'm cooking. One show I can't get enough of is The Vampire Diaries. When I'm watching my shows and cooking the time just flies by and I don't even mind being in the kitchen for several hours at a time.
I also plan on watching Orange is the New Black while I'm working in the kitchen this Thanksgiving. I think it will be fun for my mom and I to watch together while we put together Thanksgiving dinner. Which show or movie on Netflix are you looking forward to watching while you're busy cooking in the kitchen?
After dinner I hope we'll have enough time to get together as a family and watch A Christmas Story. This is the one movie my family watches every year during the holidays. We enjoy watching Ralphie in this classic film together as a family. Do you have a favorite holiday movie? Which one do you watch as a family?
Don't forget to follow Netflix on Social Media to find out what TV shows and movies are coming out soon!
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Strolling, shopping, and sipping tequila along the Malecon boardwalk of Puerto Vallarta is the best way to kick off your vacation. Then hit the cobblestone streets of Old Vallarta to browse the flea market for handmade crafts. The calm, warm waters of the Bay of Banderas make for excellent diving, or you can just watch artists sculpt spectacular creations in the sand. The cluster of fine art galleries in El Centro are perfect spots to hit on a self-guided art tour.
Beautiful and beautifully prepared food. My short-rib and tenderloin entree was quite simply the best I've ever tasted. Desserts were delightful and truly inventive. Also, because it was my birthday, our servers surprised me with a rocket-like sparkler on a beautiful dessert tray with a birthday message in chocolate with a lattice caramel birthday cake that was an artful marvel, and some superb macarons as a final treat. So extravagant! The only moments less than perfect were my lukewarm soup appetizer (superbly delicious but cooled off too much in the transfer to and from the actual pumpkin shell) and my husband's lukewarm Nespresso coffee at the end. Still, it was a memorable night.
We had been getting our Al Pastor fix elsewhere on our latest trip to PV, but hubby was craving Pancho's so I agreed to line up.
We arrived around 6 and line took 30 minutes.
Once we were seated service great as we remember and the food ..... delicious. Worth the wait.
Al pastor is amazing and just as flavoursome as it was the first time I tried it here 7 years ago!
There's a reason for the line, and if you don't mind, it's worth the wait.
Casual outdoor patio close to Santander bank, in service from Tuesday till Sunday from 17:00 till 23:00. Looking forward to receiving you with many smiles and our fantastic food.
Not sure why they changed their name.
My mouth waters when I think of their pizza. I just paid 3x as much for a pizza at home that was not half as good. This is the real deal. With imported ingredients, and made with love, you can't beat the taste.
And the wine!!! Reasonable prices for very good wine.
In the midst of Puerto Vallarta's happening nightlife scene--and just a three-minute stroll from the town's primo beach--this inviting South Side eatery offers up generous servings of flavorful international food and drink.Amiable owner Michael Boufford & Edgar Bocanegra are no strangers to fine dining in a hip ambiance. Bravos' casual-chic artisanal experience enhanced by soft lighting and music, an extensive wine list and eclectic martini options. But the real deal here is the food: light and fresh, homemade and healthy, and always perfectly prepared.
Wanted to try Bravos on Saturday, without a reservation, but the wait would have been at least an hour, so opted to make a reservation for Sunday. It was a great decision!
Arrived a few minutes early and were greeted and seated very quickly. The interior decor is very nice and creates a very comfortable atmosphere.
Service was very friendly and attentive. We selected and enjoyed the Malbec house wine. Both the caprese and Caesar salads were better than outstanding, both in presentation and taste. Would return just for the salads!
Mains were pan seared white fish and rack of lamb, a special that was not on the menu. Again, the plates looked fantastic as was the taste and combinations with fresh vegetables and garlic mashed potatoes.
Even though we did not need it, the bread basket contained 4 wonderful light and fluffy dinner rolls which of course we just had to have.
Dessert choices were exciting. We selected the Churros with ice cream. It was a large enough serving to share but after the first bite, wished I didn't have to.
Overall, one our best dinners ever in Puerto Vallarta.
Temporarily closed for Summer Break from 31 July to 21 August.
Small place right next to Coco's Kitchen, good food at a good price, friendly staff. The spinach salad with citrus dressing was especially delicious.
Confirm when you arrive that their credit card machine is working or you may end up getting a cash-only surprise when you ask for the bill.
We had planned a return to Puerto Vallarta which included finding a good restaurant or three for lunch or dinner. Barrio Bistro had some very positive reviews so I emailed a request for a dinner reservation before we flew into town. The emailed response was prompt and we looked forward to a special dinner on our first full day in PV.
As it turns out the restaurant was less than a kilometre from our all-inclusive resort in the Hotel Zone. A short cab ride and we were greeted at the door by the chef/owner's wife and offered a choice of inside or outside. We decided to sit outside and were quickly ushered to a table. The menu is written on a chalk board daily and this is placed on a very colourful easel by your table so that the chef can summarize the dishes and answer any questions. A very nice, personal touch. When he was not showing the menu to new dinner guests he could be seen running the pass in the kitchen and tasting everything that went out. If any of the guests had a special occassion he would parade in with the staff, a special cake and 'the hat', everyone singing away.
Our waiter advised us that the portions are big so we opted to skip the appetizer, order our mains and split a dessert. I ordered the red snapper fillet with mashed spuds and mixed veggies, while my Sweety went for the pork chop in mango and arrayan berry sauce with sweet potato mash. My Sweety is normally very conservative in her food opinions and rated her meal as very good, which is high praise, indeed. The red snapper was also delicious and cooked to perfection. For dessert we ordered the churro, which is cooked to order and consists of a crispy golden churro in a swirl with chocolate drizzle and a dollop of vanilla ice cream. On the side was a very nice compote with pieces of fresh fruit. Once again scoring a very good from my Sweety.
Plating was all very artfully done, service is efficient, yet unobtrusive, and we really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere and al fresco dining. You never feel rushed and the atmosphere is very relaxing. There's quite a bit of artistic eye candy throughout the decor. Dinner for two with the dessert and a couple of Pacificos ran to a total of 680 pesos. So with tip we had a fine meal and a great time for the princely sum of $60 CAD. I highly recommend a visit to the Barrio Bistro. Don't be intimidated by the off the beaten track location of this hidden gem. We would certainly return.
We stayed at the Garza Blanca Preserve Resort & Spa and purchased the all inclusive package which entitles you to dinner at Hiroshi at the Hotel Mousai. The place was trendy, opened to the outside via balconies which we were seated at with an amazing view. This is the busiest and best of the restaurants on the resort property. The staff are very attentive and happy to make recommendations. Dinner started with popcorn shrimp and veggie dumplings. Then we had three orders of sushi with 8 pieces each of lobster, citrus salmon and veggie rolls. All of the food was fabulous, the best we had at the resort.
NOTE - They do enforce the dress code as we saw a guy wearing jeans and flip flops sent back to his room to change into shoes.


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PL30593: Latin America in the global economy
[Page last updated: 15 October 2020]
Owning Department/School:	 Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
Credits:	 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours:	 120
Level:	 Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Assessment Summary:	 CW 30%, EX 70%
Presentation	(CW 15%)
Write up	(CW 15%)
Exam	(EX 70%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take MN30085
The aim of this unit is to build on the ideas explored throughout the degree programme, concerning the economic, social and political impact of globalisation on Latin America. Theoretical and historical frameworks will be applied by students to specific national or regional case studies to allow them to assess the multi-dimensional impact of globalisation.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
* evaluate the nature and impact of globalisation on Latin America;
* apply knowledge to analyse the opportunities and limitations globalisation represents for different regions and countries;
* critically evaluate the link between economic, social and political global developments;
* discuss issues raised in Spanish.
Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument, teamwork and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are developed and assessed in this unit.
The course will focus on Latin America in the global context, tracing its insertion into the global economy from colonisation to the present day. It will focus on the political and economic causes and consequences of liberalisation and structural adjustment from the 1980s. Special emphasis will be placed on the roles of the World Bank, WTO and IMF, and the issues of trade and debt, and the social implications of neoliberal restructuring. With the shift to the left in the 2000s, it will explore how countries respond to the consequences of such restructuring. These processes will be examined through theories of globalisation.
PL30593 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
UXXX-AYB06 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2020/21 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2021/22 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2020/21.
Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
Undergraduates: Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
Postgraduates: Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Happy Book Birthday! The Teacher's Pet and Fall is for School!
As the school year comes to an end for us in New England, it's time to start thinking about next year! The Teacher's Pet, by Anica Mrose Rissi, and Zachariah Ohora and Fall is for School by Robert Neubecker are both incredible back to school books.


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Q: At the risk of sounding dumb: I want to make an HTML audio player that uses  for interaction. Thoughts? Basically I am attempting to make an HTML5 audio player but want to do the majority of the controls with canvas. Why? I want to try something new while learning something new. I have gotten everything working so far - that is, a seekable timeline, play/pause buttons, etc. - by essentially using mouse coordinates to decide what the user is clicking on.
Im mainly curious what the more experienced web developers out there think of this. Is it dumb? Is there an issue you think I may not foresee?
I'll post some code if anyone is really interested, but I havent had any issues so far so I dont really need and troubleshooting.
Thanks!

A: For a learning experience?  Great!  You've clearly figured out how <canvas> works, how to manipulate objects on-screen, and how to make those objects interactive.
In a production app?  Not a chance.  What immediately comes to mind:

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*It's not accessible.  <button> has a semantic meaning that a screen reader can take advantage of.  A canvas means nothing; in your example, a blind user has no idea there even are play/pause buttons, much less how to activate them.

*You're reinventing the wheel for no real gain.  Let the browser handle the details of whether an object was clicked.  Have you accounted for zoom?  Keyboard interaction?

*You lose out on a wide array of pre-baked widgets.

*Your implementation is guaranteed to have a bug somewhere.  A <button> is guaranteed to be a  button.

A: There is nothing inherently wrong with this idea, especially if you're doing it to try something new. What I would add is that <canvas> is generally not that suitable for interactive widgets, although there are exceptions. I suspect you will find that in the end you're better off using HTML/CSS/DOM and maybe some small <canvas> elements sprinkled around as needed.

A: I don't believe there is any benefit in using canvas for some buttons and a moving seek bar. Groovshark and Pandora using divs ant it's totally fine and working great. I can understand that you want to do something experimental but IE8 will be around for next 5 years. So thinking of a canvas only solution is recommended for commercial product.

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Reality Clash, an augmented reality first person shooter mobile game, has launched in the UK
Reality Clash, dubbed as the world's first augmented reality first person shooter, has officially launched in the UK for iOS and Android
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Reality Clash's first mobile-based first person shooter has officially launched in the UK and will be continually updated throughout the year.
The Reality Clash Twitter account announced the news, revealing UK residents can now play the mobile game which is already available in New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, Russia, Spain, Italy and the Philippines. The game is billed as "the world's first AR (augmented reality) combat game" and is partially based on real events.
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The blockchain phenomenon began in 2008 with an "unknown entity" known only as Satoshi Nakamoto. Since its creation, billions of cryptographic calculations have been made in a race to resolve each block in turn. However in 2017, an individual hacker called 'Multis' discovered a glitch in a node which allowed him to access an undiscovered reality.
He uploaded an avatar of his physical form through the access node and began to build a new world call "The Sim". The player's objective is to fight for control of The Sim – competing against each other.
The game relies on 'Reality Clash Gold Coins' which are Ethereum-based utility tokens that serve as the primary trading currency within the game.
They are unique items used against in-game enemies, but will also be used for trading purposes when the market goes live. The website notes that traders will be able to profit on speculation while gamers can collect exclusive items to "show off".
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Nation Current Affairs 04 Nov 2017 Chennai: Relief camp ...
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Chennai: Relief camps opened, food packets distributed
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J.M. RUDHRAN BARAASU
Published Nov 4, 2017, 7:41 am IST
Updated Nov 4, 2017, 7:42 am IST
Officials said nearly 3,250 people came to the centres to receive food packets on Friday, as they were not able to cook in their homes.
Workers pump out the water in Ripon buildings. (Photo: DC)
Chennai: As low-lying areas in north Chennai were inundated due to the incessant rains that lashed the metropolis, Greater Chennai Corporation has thrown open 15 relief camps for affected people where food packets and other materials were distributed. As many as 140 people living in several areas sought refuge at the relief centres being run by the corporation on Thursday night and returned to their homes by Friday afternoon after rainwater had receded. Officials said nearly 3,250 people came to the centres to receive food packets on Friday, as they were not able to cook in their homes.
"Due to the apprehension of the flood and its implications, the corporation has decided to have its flood relief camps ready. Now 15 such relief has been made functional," a senior official of the Chennai corporation told Deccan Chronicle.
The city on Thursday evening witnessed a heavy downpour for hours that left the roads and low-lying areas inundated. With floods gushing into their houses, the residents found shelter in relief camps that were set up in Corporation school buildings and in community halls.
"Even though everyone left for their houses after the water receded on Friday morning, we provided them with food. Nearly 3,250 residents were given Pongal for breakfast and the numbers decreased as the day progressed. If the situation worsens, Chennai corporation is ready to open more such camps," added the official. Food is being prepared in Chintadripet common kitchen to supply to the camps. Minister for municipal administration and rural development S.P. Velumani inspected the kitchen and other flood relief works in the city, the civic body said in a press release.
A resident of Chintadripet who sought refuge at a shelter said that her house was flooded with rainwater. "Corporation provided us food and we hope that this flooding and hardship cease," she said. M. Govinda Rao, Deputy Commissioner (Works), Chennai corporation, said the list of relief camps and common kitchens have been displayed prominently on the civic body's website.
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ЦЕФЛ лига 2013. је осма сезона ЦЕФЛ лиге. У лиги учествује четири клуба. Два клуба су из Србије, a по један из Словеније и Мађарске.

Титулу победника ЦЕФЛ лиге освојили су Вукови Београд који је у финалу са 42:0 победили Крагујевац вајлд борсе.

Систем такмичења
У регуларном делу сезоне игра се двоструки лига систем, свако са сваким по две утакмице, укупно сваки клуб одигра по шест утакмица. Два првопласирана клуба пласирају се у финале. Предност домаћег терена има екипа која је била прва у регуларном делу.

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OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "dsf" returned message "[Devart][ODBC][Salesforce]Unknown column 'Col1050'".
Cannot execute the query "SELECT "Tbl1003"."Id" "Col1050","Tbl1003"."Name" "Col1051" FROM "Account" "Tbl1003" ORDER BY "Col1050" ASC" against OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "dsf".
Didn't understand relationship 'Pursuit__r' in field path. If you are attempting to use a custom relationship, be sure to append the '__r' after the custom relationship name. Please reference your WSDL or the describe call for the appropriate names.
if I copy the code above and use it in ODBC it works WITHOUT the WHERE clause. If i keep the where clause (Channel__c) then I receive the same error as the ODBC error on top.
1. "Devart SSIS Data Flow Components for Salesforce" and "ODBC Driver for Salesforce" are two separate products. Could you please report the issue with "ODBC Driver for Salesforce" at viewforum.php?f=55 ? Also specify the link to this thread in the new report. Thank you.
It works in both cases "Preview Data" and runtime within VS2015.
a) what does running "SSIS TASK" mean? How are you running your SSIS package to reproduce the error (in VS2015 OR in SQL Server Agent from SQL Server Management Studio OR in dtexec.exe, etc)?
c) does the issue persist with other custom objects?


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Good Idea's Upgraded Water
December 9, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
LARKSPUR, Calif. — If a diabetes educator could give one single piece of advice, it would probably be to replace sugary sodas and energy drinks with water. Good Idea could be described as an upgraded version of water that makes a switch both easier and more efficient.
Good Idea is a carbonated, naturally flavored water with a blend of five amino acids and chromium. It is clinically proven to balance blood sugar after a meal by reducing the blood sugar response by, typically, 25%.
"With a more balanced blood sugar, the typical post-meal slumps and sugar cravings can be avoided," explains Elin Östman, chief scientific officer of Good Idea and one of the inventors behind Good Idea. "This means that Good Idea helps us consume less sugar in two ways. It replaces the energy-dense soda as a mealtime drink, and also makes it easier to withstand the sweet treats that so many of us crave for, especially after a rich meal."
For the increasing number of people in the risk zone of developing type 2 diabetes, Good Idea can be of help, since recurring blood sugar spikes and lows put a strain on the body´s system to manage the energy from food. This also leads to constant high levels of insulin and glucose in the bloodstream, a condition classified as prediabetes.
"Today, close to 90 million Americans are prediabetic, and this represents a ticking time bomb challenging the whole health care system," says Östman. "There's a strong call for solutions that will help prevent and even reverse the course of disease instead of treatment and medication when the damage is done. Foods and drinks like Good Idea, with preventive properties, have an important role to play in that context."
The general idea behind Good Idea is to include proven healthy properties in a product that fits into established lifestyle patterns, thus making it easy to embrace. The upgraded water is available in three mild and natural flavors — lemon-lime, dragon fruit and orange-mango — that all pair very well with any kind of food.
Östman wants to see Good Idea as a part of a healthy lifestyle. "Ideally, people would change their eating habits to include more fiber, veggies and slow carbohydrates. But it´s a fact that most of us tend to love foods like white bread, pizzas and burger meals that make our blood sugar spike. Good Idea can make those meals a little healthier, both by reducing the number of calories in the meal and by its unique blood sugar balancing function."
Good Idea is the result of many years of research at the Food for Health Science Center at Lund University in southern Sweden. Fifteen years ago, Östman´s research group discovered that a blend of five amino acids could reduce the blood sugar spike that usually follows after a carbohydrate-rich meal. When a small proportion of chromium was added, the effect was even more pronounced, and less insulin was needed to transport glucose from the bloodstream into the cells.
Today, Good Idea is available on Amazon and in more than 400 convenience stores across the U.S. The clinical studies — so far nine in Europe and the U.S. — have all been performed in healthy, nondiabetic individuals. Östman is now interested in studying possible effects in prediabetes and type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
"We do get interesting feedback from people with diabetes claiming that Good Idea has helped them in different ways. But we need clinical studies to find out more about possible mechanisms behind that. It is a highly interesting research field."
Good Idea has its best blood sugar balancing effect when about one-third of the 355 ml serving is consumed a few minutes before a meal and the rest with the meal.


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11.2.17 11.2.17
Motorcycle Industry Icon Tom White Passes Away At 68
by D. Randy Riggs
Orange County, CA (November 2, 2017)—Tom White, famed motorcycle racer, business owner, philanthropist, and historian, has passed away after a courageous battle against cancer. He was 68.
Tom was raised near the ocean in Huntington Beach, California, where he grew up surfing before discovering his life-long passion: motorcycles. He soon found his niche in flat track racing, eventually earning national No. 80 as a professional.
In 1976, White founded Tom White's Cycle Specialties, which would later become White Brothers Cycle Specialties when White partnered with his twin brother, Dan. Over the next 25 years, White Brothers would grow into a nearly $40 million-a-year company that employed nearly 200 employees at its peak. White sold White Brothers in 2000, and turned his attention towards restoring and collecting vintage motocross bikes.
Over the next decade, White's collection grew to more than 170 motorcycles, including a variety of unique models from brands such as Husqvarna, CZ, Maico, Bultaco, BSA, and others. White believed his efforts were but one piece of a greater industry initiative to ensure the history and legacy of motorcycle racing in the United States remained intact and relevant for future generations of racers and fans.
White's Early Years of Motocross Museum, located on his family's private property in Orange County, California, is not open to the public, but it has played host to motorcycle industry events including product launches, professional racing media gatherings, as well as numerous charity fundraising efforts.
In addition to his role as a motorcycle historian, White discovered another passion over the past few decades: announcing motorcycle races. White became the announcer of the weekly REM motocross series at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California, one of his greatest joys. In 2017, White was honored with a monument along Glen Helen's Walk of Fame. White also served as the announcer for many professional races throughout the United States, reveling in the thrill of all disciplines of motorcycle racing.
In 2014, White was inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame. And in 2018, White is due to receive the prestigious Dick Hammer lifetime achievement award from the Southern California Trailblazers Motorcycle Club.
"While we mourn the loss of an incredible human being, we also celebrate his life, his achievements, his passion for motorcycles, and his love of friends and family," says the White family. "We hope that Tom's life story serves as inspiration to everyone that fierce determination and good will can yield a life extraordinarily well lived."
Tom White passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family, along several of his favorite motorcycles. He is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, dear friends, and motorcycle enthusiasts around the world.
White will be honored in a memorial service to be announced at a future date.
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Bond money funds parks progress
Forsyth County News
Loving Forsyth community food distribution
By: Jim Dean
Other action
Also at the meeting Tuesday, the county's parks and recreation board:
* Considered adopting a cold weather policy for athletics. Staff proposed a certain temperature threshold at which activities would be scrapped. The board plans to revisit the matter at its next meeting.
* Discussed possible projects for the county's next 1-cent sales tax. The current tax ends in 2013.
* Recognized Wayne Maddox, manager of the athletics division, for receiving the Amateur Softball Association James Farrell Award of Excellence for a Labor Day tournament.
* Honored Matt Pate, outdoor programs manager, for receiving the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association professional of the year award.
-- Alyssa LaRenzie
Eight parks, a campground and a multi-use trail in Forsyth County received improvements last year.
A recreation center grew and a park popped up, waiting to open.
The county's parks and recreation board took a look back on 2010 during a recent meeting, finding slight gains in attendance and revenue.
The department, however, is still looking for places to trim or delay projects that may not be undertaken for years, if at all.
Parks and recreation uses several different revenue streams to build or improve facilities. Among them are 1-cent sales tax money, impact fees charged to developers and a $100 million parks, recreation and green space bond.
Just one funding source -- the county's general fund -- covers the department's operating costs, salaries and other similar expenses. In 2010, that fund forced many departments to cut those costs.
Special local option sales tax money, commonly known as SPLOST, and impact fee collections have dwindled in recent years, adding little to parks and recreation progress.
The bright spot would seem to be the parks bond, which voters approved in 2008 for a variety of projects.
"If it wasn't for this bond, we'd be pretty much shut down from adding anything," said Jerry Kinsey, the county's director of parks and recreation.
Some big projects benefitting from that money in 2010 included the construction of the Central Park Recreation Center Addition for $2 million and Fowler Park, which will open next month, for $15.4 million.
"Of course, the other challenge is, when you build these things, we've got to raise more revenue to operate these facilities," Kinsey said.
In 2010, the department collected about $1.9 million, or about the same amount as the year before, Kinsey said.
Of that total, the athletic division brought in about $882,000, an increase of more than 9 percent from 2009, said Wayne Maddox, manager of the division.
He also reported that participation in youth sports has increased or leveled out.
"I don't know of any football program in our area that has experienced the kind of growth that we have," Maddox said.
He cited the economy as the reason participation in other youth sports, such as baseball and softball, stopped growing.
Adult participation in athletics fell slightly over the past year, but Maddox attributed that to the department cutting the winter softball season.
Overall, if revenues don't rise enough, then expenditures must go down.
Kinsey said the department has been more conservative in using materials and electricity.
Beginning in April, the Central Park Recreation Center will slash some hours and booster clubs will take on additional duties, such as lining their own playing fields.
Progress will continue for the county's parks since the bond still has about $26 million left to go toward particular projects.
Nearly all of the $36 million set aside to acquire green space has been spent. The county plans to complete the conceptual master plans for those properties this year.
Kinsey said they'll begin gathering input from the public in the spring.
"All the land we've purchased is great," Kinsey said. "I think people are excited about the green space, passive parks and nature trails."
He said the response to the county's recent park offerings, especially the popular Big Creek Greenway, also has been strong.
The department has many plans for the future, Kinsey said. When those projects will get completed, however, depends on money.
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It wasn't always about FC Bayern. Originally, 1.FC Köln were the early forerunners in the Bundesliga, with periodical performances from Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburger SV, and Borussia Dortmund keeping Bayern at bay. Even though they have never won the division, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have usually been at the forefront of the Bundesliga.
If we don't look at the Bundesliga titles only, and focus on the German championship in all its former forms, FC Bayern München is still a long way in front, though, with 24 league titles. FC Nürnberg have won 9 titles, whilst Borussia Dortmind have won 8. Schalke 04 have won 7 titles, whilst Hamburger SV have 6. Stuttgart and Borussia Mönchengladbach each share 5 titles, whilst SV Werder Bremen and 1.FC Kaiserslautern both have 4 titles to their name.
The league season
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The 18 teams which currently feature in this season's Bundesliga include FC Augsburg, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern München, BV Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 1.FC Köln, 1.FSV Mainz 05, SC Paderborn 07, Schalke 04, VfB Stuttgart, SV Werder Bremen and VfL Wolfsburg.
The biggest teams in the division are FC Bayern, Leverkusen, Schalke, and Borussia Dortmund, although admittedly, the latter are having a difficult year, stuck in the middle of the table. The reigning champions are (surprise, surprise), FC Bayern München.
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After the completion of the Bundesliga season, the team which finishes in first place is declared the champion. The top three finishing teams all qualify automatically for the UEFA Champions League, whilst the fourth placed team must qualify from a play-off, in order to make the Champions League. The fifth and sixth placed teams in the division must make do with qualification for the UEFA Europa League, instead.
At the bottom of the Bundesliga table, the teams finishing seventeenth and eighteenth are automatically relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. The team finishing sixteenth must play a two-legged match against the third-placed team in the 2. Bundesliga, with the winner getting the final spot in the Bundesliga for the following season.
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Q: rsyslog high performance: get maximum message per second I'd like to optimize rsyslog in order to have a maximum amount of messages per second.
I work with The rsyslog 8.27.0. With my current configuration ,it offers me about 72k messages /second.
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#include "flagcolumn.h"
#include "gamedatareader.h"
#include "columntypes.h"
#include "dwarfmodel.h"
#include "dwarf.h"
#include "viewcolumnset.h"
#include "dwarftherapist.h"
#include "caste.h"
#include "viewcolumncolors.h"

FlagColumn::FlagColumn(QString title, int bit_pos, ViewColumnSet *set, QObject *parent)
    : ViewColumn(title, CT_FLAGS, set, parent)
    , m_bit_pos(bit_pos)
{
    init_states();
    refresh_color_map();
}

FlagColumn::FlagColumn(QSettings &s, ViewColumnSet *set, QObject *parent)
    : ViewColumn(s, set, parent)
    , m_bit_pos(s.value("bit_pos", -1).toInt())
{
    init_states();
    refresh_color_map();
}

FlagColumn::FlagColumn(const FlagColumn &to_copy)
    : ViewColumn(to_copy)
    , m_bit_pos(to_copy.m_bit_pos)
{
}

void FlagColumn::init_states(){
    ViewColumn::init_states();
    if(m_bit_pos != FLAG_CAGED){
        m_available_states << STATE_PENDING;
    }
}

QStandardItem *FlagColumn::build_cell(Dwarf *d) {
    QStandardItem *item = init_cell(d);

    item->setData(CT_FLAGS, DwarfModel::DR_COL_TYPE);
    item->setData(0,DwarfModel::DR_STATE); //default

    QString info_msg = "";
    QString info_col_name = "";

    short rating = 0;
    if(d->get_flag_value(m_bit_pos))
        rating = 1;
    //check to fix butchering pets. currently this will cause the butchered parts to still be recognized as a pet
    //and they'll put them into a burial recepticle, but won't use them as a food source
    ViewColumn::CELL_STATE state  = STATE_TOGGLE;
    if(m_bit_pos == FLAG_BUTCHER){
        if(d->is_pet()){
            info_msg = tr("Pets cannot be slaughtered!");
            state = STATE_DISABLED;
        }else if(!d->get_caste() || !d->get_caste()->flags().has_flag(BUTCHERABLE)){
            info_msg = tr("This caste cannot be slaughtered!");
            state = STATE_DISABLED;
        }else if(rating == 1){
            info_msg = tr("This creature has been marked for slaughter.");
            state = STATE_PENDING;
        }else if(d->trained_level() >= Dwarf::unknown_trained){
            info_msg = tr("Captured wild animals cannot be butchered!");
            state = STATE_DISABLED;
        }else{
            state = STATE_TOGGLE;
        }
    }else if(m_bit_pos == FLAG_GELD){
        if(d->get_gender() != Dwarf::SEX_M){
            info_msg = tr("Only males can be gelded!");
            state = STATE_DISABLED;
        }else if(d->has_health_issue((int)eHealth::HI_GELDED,0)){
            info_msg = tr("This creature has already been gelded!");
            state = STATE_ACTIVE;
        }else if(rating == 1){
            info_msg = tr("This creature has been marked for gelding.");
            state = STATE_PENDING;
        }else if(!d->get_caste()->is_geldable()){ //check last as it's the most expensive
            info_msg = tr("This caste is not geldable!");
            state = STATE_DISABLED;
        }else{
            state = STATE_TOGGLE;
        }
    }

    item->setData(state,DwarfModel::DR_STATE);
    info_col_name = get_state_color(state).name();//item->data(Qt::BackgroundColorRole).value<QColor>().name();

    item->setData(rating, DwarfModel::DR_SORT_VALUE);
    item->setData(m_bit_pos, DwarfModel::DR_OTHER_ID);
    item->setData(m_set->name(), DwarfModel::DR_SET_NAME);

    QString tooltip = QString("
%1
%2%3")
            .arg(m_title)
            .arg(QString("%2").arg(info_col_name).arg(info_msg))
            .arg(tooltip_name_footer(d));
    item->setToolTip(tooltip);

    return item;
}

QStandardItem *FlagColumn::build_aggregate(const QString &group_name, const QVector<Dwarf*> &dwarves) {
    Q_UNUSED(dwarves);
    QStandardItem *item = init_aggregate(group_name);
    item->setData(CT_FLAGS, DwarfModel::DR_COL_TYPE);
    item->setData(m_bit_pos, DwarfModel::DR_OTHER_ID);
    return item;
}

void FlagColumn::write_to_ini(QSettings &s) {
    ViewColumn::write_to_ini(s);
    s.setValue("bit_pos", m_bit_pos);
}


Let's start with the basics — these sour pickles are perfect for pairing with a sandwich or burger. Simmer vinegar, salt, and water and pour the heated mixture over sliced cukes, spices, garlic, and plenty of dill. Let the jar sit for 48 hours and enjoy!
We had no idea (until now) that you can pickle fruit! When combined with vinegar and red onion, bluebs are more savory than sweet. Pair these sweet-tart berries with cheese, fish, meat, or other sandwich fillings for a hit of complex flavor (hint: they'd also be bomb-diggety delicious on a cheese plate).
Pickled Mini Bell Peppers via Let the Baking Begin!
This recipe's a bit more complicated than the others, but the results are well worth a little extra elbow grease. Roast mini bell peppers (or sliced regular-sized ones) and then marinate them overnight with vinegar, onion, garlic, and herbs.
This speedy recipe is a guaranteed way to add flavor to tacos, sandwiches, burgers, omelettes, or pretty much any other savory dish. Simmer spices, vinegar, sugar, lime juice, and salt together, then pour the combination over red onions and let the whole container chill out for an hour. That's all, folks!
Strawberries, mint, vanilla, honey, sugar...and vinegar? Yep, this isn't an extremely tardy April Fool's joke. Pickling sweet strawberries turns them a little bit savory, making them perfect for sandwiches or cheese plates.
A smoothie is the perfect solution for busy school or work mornings when everyone's dashing out the door. These blended concoctions are loaded with fresh fruit and veggies, protein, and fiber to keep you going until lunch. While there's nothing wrong with a classic flavor combination (strawberry-banana is always popular at Greatist HQ), these five recipes are a little bit off the beaten track with ingredients like lime juice, carrots, acai, and and cucumbers. So plug in the blender, whip one of these bad boys up, and get moving!
Any smoothie that sounds like a summery dessert is a winner in my book. In addition to being delicious, this drink is also super healthy — it's loaded with bananas, Greek yogurt, and coconut milk.
The name may be a bit of a tongue-twister, but it's worth the effort. This superfood-laden mixture is loaded with antioxidants in the form of dark leafy greens and berries. Add some healthy fats and protein with hemp protein powder, chia seeds, and ground flax seed.
This bright-green beverage is basically a produce aisle in a glass. It gets its Nickelodeon Slime color from a kiwi, an avocado, an apple, spinach, a cucumber, and mint.
This speedy smoothie — which tastes like a slice of chocolate-chip banana bread — proves that comfort food doesn't have to be unhealthy. Oats, bananas, chia seeds, cocoa nibs, yogurt, and cinnamon are a sweet way to fuel up in the morning.
This bright beverage only has six ingredients — and one of them is ice! Combine carrots, a mango, yogurt, honey, and almond milk to make this flavorful and inventive smoothie.
Labor Day is coming up, and with it, the unofficial end to summer. As much as we love fall flavors (pumpkin and cinnamon in particular), we're still hanging on these last warm days. This week, we're celebrating the season with warm weather-influenced cocktails made with fresh berries, melon, cool cucumbers, and plenty of limes. They're a perfect way to toast the end of summer. Cheers!
Mint juleps (fun fact: they're the official beverage of the Kentucky Derby horse race) are ideal for sipping on a porch on a hot afternoon. Pureed grilled watermelon gives this drink plenty of summery flavor.
Muddled cukes and blueberries give this pretty gin cocktail a slightly sweet yet complex flavor. A splash of lime juice, simple syrup, and gin rounds it out.
Start this ruby-colored cocktail by smashing blackberries and mint leaves. Add sugar (or simple syrup), rum, lime juice, and then pour club soda over the whole concoction. Give it a stir and you're good to go.
This drink is basically sunshine in a glass. Combine grapefruit juice, orange liqueur, vodka, and a splash of lemon-lime soda. If soda's not your thing, sub in seltzer water, a bit of simple syrup, and a lime wedge.
Nothing says summer quite like a chilled margarita in a salty-rimmed glass. This version has a pretty short and sweet ingredient list — just lime juice, sugar, tequila, and soda water.
In the bottom of a mixing glass, muddle peach chunks and simple syrup. Add spirits and lime juice and shake vigorously with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or small rocks glass garnished with a fresh picked sprig of mint. Spritz with club soda.
Shake and fine strain over fresh ice in a double rocks glass.
Garnish with a strawberry heart.
Top with fresh heavy whipping cream that has been whipped up with French vanilla flavoring.
Shave some dark chocolate on top.


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Colts add two more assistants to coaching staff
Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich has added Matt Raich and Jerrod Johnson to his coaching staff.
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Raich will serve as special defensive assistant-assistant defensive line coach while Johnson becomes the team's offensive quality control coach.
Raich has spent most of the past two decades in the NFL, making stops at Pittsburgh, Arizona, Detroit and Cincinnati. He most recently served as co-defensive co-ordinator and linebackers with the XFL's St. Louis BattleHawks.
Johnson worked with the Colts last season as part of the league's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship initiative. He also worked with San Francisco's quarterbacks in 2017 as part of the same initiative.
Johnson played with Dallas, Baltimore, Chicago, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia in the NFL as well as the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL and the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He coached at St. Thomas High School in Houston from 2015-18.


The governance of a global network organization like WONCA is a huge and unusual challenge. Our Council meets only once every two years - many members are new, and attend Council only once in their careers. Indeed the President only chairs WONCA Council once in their tenure! Executive will account there for the financial situation, and make proposals based on predictions for what is needed to help WONCA survive and thrive.
Estas últimas semanas, la WONCA ha estado bastante tranquila en términos de encuentros, mientras se va acercando el Congreso Mundial de Seúl, el próximo mes de octubre.
The WONCA President has written to Member Organizations encouraging them to take up a major opportunity in the next four months to influence the World Health Organization's strategy for strengthening primary health care over the next 10 years. It is the fortieth Anniversary of the Alma Ata Declaration, and a new Declaration is expected in October. Family medicine needs to be part of that new Declaration.
For our CEO, Garth Manning, it has been an especially busy period of late, with the World Health Assembly closely followed by the WONCA Europe conference, in Krakow, which was then followed immediately by the WONCA Executive meeting in Warsaw. Meanwhile, having also been at the WONCA Europe conference, I reflect on the great enjoyment of attending WONCA Conferences.
The submission deadline of the 1st Distinguished Research Making Family Medicine Shine Award has been extended. The aim of this award is to recognize the distinguished research conducted by WONCA colleagues which has been published in high-impact journals in the field of medicine or health sciences and to honor and award them at WONCA 2018 Seoul.
Prof Chris Dowrick, Chair WONCA Working Party on Mental Health reports on the 2016-18 Activity Plan. Our three objectives for 2016-2018 are to improve internal structures; to offer mental health guidance for WONCA members; and to provide global leadership on primary mental health care.
Latest open access journal article from Education for Primary Care.
Enrique Barros, chair of the WONCA Environment provides a report on the working party activities of the past year.
Val Wass OBE, Chair, WONCA Working Party on Education provides a report on the working party activities over the past year including considering outcomes achieved and plans for the future.
A report on the First national Course on Quaternary Prevention (P4). Sponsored by the WONCA SIG on Quaternary Prevention and Overmedicalization, it was held in the city of Lima.


Every now and then we have a strong emotional reaction about something which makes no sense to most of the world.
For blokes, it might be football or rugby. For film fans, it could be a movie coming out. This year, for me, it has to be hands-down the launch of a new collection of makeup, a collaboration between YouTube creator and makeup artist Violette and Estée Lauder. The collection has seven pieces and is called Poppy Sauvage. To help you understand why this is more than just a makeup launch to me (I WILL review the products too - see below or watch the video here), I need to take you back with me to my love of la vie de France.
I can't remember where I first got the idea that French 'plus chic' compared to most other things, but I do know it has been with me since I was young, possibly wrapped up in the old Hollywood films I used to watch with my family. The quintessential French femme is Audrey Hepburns 'Funny Face', or Jane Birkin, unquestionably chic and beautiful, in 'Evil Under the Sun' (even though she was actually English!). My mother always had worn Dior or Chanel perfume and I grew up with a reverie, and always told I really needed to study French at high school, like the girls in my favourite Enid Blyton books. Thus, the idea of the elevated nature of France was implanted in me before I'd even ever visited.
An appreciation of all things French feels like connecting at a deep level with the DNA of my mother and happy family travels. As a girl when I visited France, I remember my mother telling me over and over how much she loved Paris. My brother and I were taken to the Musee D'Orsay and Louvre and shown the iconic works of Manet, Degas and Seurat, and shown how the impressionists made light dance across a canvas by using many varied colours. The magic didn't stop, even when we returned to Wellington: Some of my fondest memories will always be having an almond croissant with mum at Bordeaux Bakery before I had to go to school, especially during times when I felt like making friends was hard. Later when I visited Paris again, I got it. It was about the legacy, something New Zealand really isn't as able to pull off unlike an old city like Paris. You truly can be Parisian, wherever you are.
As I've grown up, into my teens and then twenties, when I sought to ask 'Who am I?' I looked for the answers in self-help or diet books with a French twist. I found French women had the best life advice, when I felt down, because everything could more or less be solved with a good glass of wine, a red lip and some blue cheese. First, there was 'French Women Don't Get Fat' and its multitude of sequels (which was less a diet book and more a guide for life). Caroline De Maigrets 'How to be Parisian wherever you are' and the well pawed magazines I had tucked under my bed, with snippets of Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou Doillon and Brigit Bardot calling to me, with their scruffy fringes and sooty eyes.
So when my friend Elle showed me a YouTuber with a modest sized following called Violette_FR (ironically discussing an anti-French woman myth piece online). I saw her videos, and liked the look of it.
However, life being what it is, I got busy and didn't watch them properly until after the Christmas break last year. Alone in my bed, snuggled down, I soon devoured every single artfully directed video, and was following Violette closely, a confirmed fan. Even more exciting was that she was working as the creative director for Estée Lauder. In particular, I liked that her videos focused on colour, art (Violette trained not in makeup but in fine art in Paris) and food. Violette is my ideal French friend incarnate, updated for 2018. She always come across as approachable, and has a sense of humour which is playful and flirty. Just the way you want to feel wearing makeup.
The love was sealed, at least on my side, when she personally replied to a few Instagram messages I mentioned her in. I was bouncing with excitement as I told my best friends (it was during our trip to Nelson). You might scoff at an admiration for someone I'd never met, and likely never will, but if we could never be inspired by others what a dreary world it would be. (Violette, if you're reading this, I hope I don't sound like a love crazed stalker. Because I am almost sure that is how this is going to come across).
This year Violette released her first collection with Estée Lauder. As a makeup artist, she adores colour and leaving certain things undone – an 'Instagram makeup' professional. Estée Lauder New Zealand, knowing how much I admired Violette, kindly said they're send me some PR pieces from the collection because I am one of their blogger collaborators in Wellington (as a limited edition collection, they could only spare a couple). On receiving the first two pieces, a bright red liquid lipstick 'Pure Colour Envy Paint-On Liquid LipColour in Poppy Sauvage', and the heavenly eyeshadow palette 'Les Nudes de Soleil', I was blown away – and I suddenly realized that it wouldn't be enough. The feeling was addiction *ironically for a collection based on poppies* - I needed MORE!!
Products in the Poppy Sauvage collection includes a blush duo (which I bought), a bright red liquid lipstick (sent as a PR sample), lipstick two lipsticks (I bought one), one eye crayon (I bought this too), an eyeshadow palette (PR sample) and a lip and cheek pot situation (again, guilty as charged). So, in short, I have the entire collection bar one lipstick. So why did I flip out?
Violette's red is the perfect shade for all. You will not need Ruby Woo ever again (I know!!), because this is the ideal all-rounder red, and is much, much more hydrating. These lippy's stay put and it really make any look pop. I love this and will be keeping it close whenever I am out and about from now on. As you can see above, I am smitten.
What struck me about the collection is how easy it is to make your makeup look amazing with it. In particular, the eyeshadow palette is some kind of wonderful. It is so buttery and soft, and applies immediately without any fall-down. The range of red-ish shades is evoke the Spring poppy fields in the south of France, and the burnt grass at sunset, and combine together harmoniously. It is a mix of matte and shimmery shades and the pearly colour is a great highlight for nose and cupids bow. This palette is my new go-to and is perfect for day to day and also more special times and is very blendable. If you only buy one thing, buy this (and the liquid lipstick).
This blush duo looks simple, but in fact packs a real punch. The bronze Soleil Doré shade is perfect to warm the face and use as a contour while the pink posey tone of Camélia is warm while also remaining very crisp and not muddy or too orange. Again, Violette has nailed the colours, and they really are very malleable, blurring together seamlessly.
Could be the answer for the girls out there who have never been sure about eyeliner. It is as smooth as silk yet stays on tough through the night. The shae is Terre d'Or and it has a shimmer that looks like burnt earth in Summer heat. I love applying this to finish the eyeshadow and tie in with a mascara.
Finally, today I got my fourth and final order (the collection is only available at www.smithandcaughey.co.nz sadly – not in physical Wellington stores), the soft glow which is supposed to evoke the dew on the flowers. It is hydrating and can be applied as a gloss to the face or on the lips as a balm.
This is probably the one item I could give or take a bit. It is a beautiful pink lipstick but could be interchanged with another non-Violette lippy. However, it is very hydrating and really lovely for day wear or when the red might get a wee bit messy.
If we don't share our passions, we might not open others eyes to beauty which they're yet to see. The collection is a triumph in my humble opinion and one that any girl should invest in. Violette is such a great inspiration for me personally, and is a modern French icon. It is always a little silly to be extremely passionate about something, especially when others might not understand. I recall when Matt and I first met, I would often remark on the amazing Wellington sky. "Look at the sky" became my catch phrase. At first he laughed at my enthusiasm and seeing something remarkable in the plain old sky which came and went every day. And then, after a while, he stopped laughing, and started looking. He too understood, the beauty of colour, hue and why some things are worth taking a moment to appreciate, even if it is as simple as seemingly the perfect shade of red, delivering a dash of joy.


It's an interesting dilemma for new grads these days. Assuming you're lucky enough to score a job, you'll find yourself thrown into a workforce for which you've (probably) received little or no formal training. Sadder still, you probably won't receive much on-the-job training either. If you work for a large corporation, my guess is they'll send you to an off-site orientation with other new hires where you will get a condensed overview of company culture and operations. These programs are usually pretty good and you should go with the mindset of learning all you can. However, if you start in a small business or an organization without a training program (like I did), you have to be a bit scrappier about how you acquire knowledge. Either way, there's a few things you must understand about the workforce before you can really hit the ground running. Let's start with wardrobe malfunctions. At the beginning of my career, I made some choices that were regrettable to say the least. (The knee-high patent leather boots come to mind… ) In a continuation of my college mindset, I chose outfits based on what "looked cute" rather than what "looked credible," and I paid a price for it at the time. Clients and colleagues didn't take me seriously, so I stumbled a bit coming out of the gate. These days, however, I'm very careful about the impression I want to make and I use clothes – strategically – to reinforce that image. You should too. Moving on from something you can control (your clothes) to something you can't, let's talk about how to prepare for the inevitable information overload. Ever heard of the phrase "sipping through a fire hydrant?" If not - get ready - because as a new professional, that pretty much sums up your life for the next couple months. From the location of the supply closet to the details of the Topeka Project, you are going to have A TON of information thrown at you in a very short period of time. In fact, for most of you this will be your only training. So don't get flustered or visibly overwhelmed by the avalanche. Just expect it, hunker down, take good notes, and bring your A-game. Everyday. Finally, The Wall Street Journal recently surveyed 479 college recruiters to discover what new grads needed to improve most these days. The result? Critical thinking skills. In a recent article, the WSJ stated new grads are being held back professionally because they "can't turn their isolated observations about a client's business into a strategy." Right or wrong, it seems the consensus is today's grads are adept at completing tasks, but many lack the ability to tie those tasks back to their organization's big-picture goals. Enjoying this article? Here are 9 flawless reasons to subscribe to our blog. For advice on how to sharpen your own critical thinking, plus six other skills you'll need to shrink the learning curve at work, I hope you'll join me for the upcoming webinar, "7 Things Your First Boss Wants You to Know on Day One." We're going to dive deep into what you're expected to know when you show up for work on the first day… but no one ever told you until now. So if you're a student thinking ahead to your first job or even a recent grad who feels "held back" at work, this webinar is a must-attend. Sorry, this event already happened! Please go to our webinar page to review our upcoming FREE webinars. You can also check out our past events in the archive section. Emily Bennington is coauthor of "Effective Immediately: How to Fit In, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real Job" (Ten Speed Press, 2010). She is a contributor to The Huffington Post, Monster.com, and a frequent speaker to college students and organizations on the topic of career success. Bennington also hosts the Professional Studio 365 blog, which helps new professionals successfully navigate their first year in the workforce. She can be reached via email at ebennington@msn.com or on Twitter @EmilyBennington. The photo for this article is provided by Shutterstock.