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- Most UK supermarkets falling short in fight against antibiotics crisis
- 25 C40 Cities Commit to Become Carbon Neutral by 205
- ASEAN nations agree to step up efforts to protect migrant workers
- Connected toys have 'worrying' security issues
- French minister turns up heat on EDF over shift to renewables
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Supermarkets falling short in fight against antibiotics crisis
Most of the UK's biggest supermarket chains are falling short on measures to reduce the use of antibiotics in the production of the meat and animal products they sell. Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, a pressure group made up of several NGOs, identified Lidl as the worst-performing of nine supermarket chains, with no publicly-available policy. The overuse of antibiotics on farms is a major cause of the growing resistance in humans that is giving rise to superbugs, which pose a huge and growing threat to human health. Waitrose was ranked as the highest-performing supermarket, with a clear policy statement and strategy for reducing antibiotic use. Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Tesco were ranked next. (Guardian)
25 cities commit to become carbon neutral by 2050
The mayors of 25 cities have pledged to develop and begin implementing more ambitious climate action plans by 2020 to deliver emissions neutral and climate resilient cities by 2050. All are members of C40, a network of the world's megacities committed to addressing climate change. The C40 member cities that have made the pledge are: Austin, Accra, Barcelona, Boston, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Caracas, Copenhagen, Durban, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, New York City, Oslo, Paris, Philadelphia, Portland, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Santiago, Stockholm and Vancouver. The plans will ensure the cities deliver on their share of emissions reductions required to realize the goals of the Paris Agreement. The plans will also demonstrate how each city will adapt and improve its resilience to climate-related crises and extreme weather events. (Sustainable Brands)
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ASEAN nations agree to step up efforts to protect migrant workers
Ten Southeast Asian countries have agreed to step up efforts to give better protection for the rights of migrant workers. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will present a concrete set of guidelines on how to treat migrant workers from fellow member-states. The action plan effectively implements the ASEAN Declaration on the protection and promotion of migrant workers' rights, signed 10 years ago. (Manila Bulletin)
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Connected toys have 'worrying' security issues
Consumer watchdog Which? has called on retailers to stop selling some popular toys it says have "proven" security issues. Hasbro and Vivid Imagination have come under fire for products including Furby Connect and the i-Que robot. Which? found that there was no authentication required between the toys and the devices they could link with via Bluetooth. The lack of authentication meant that, in theory, any device within physical range could link to the toy and take control or send messages. Hasbro said in a statement that it believed the results of the tests carried out for Which? had been achieved in very specific conditions. (BBC)
French minister turns up heat on EDF over shift to renewables
The French government is considering changing the governance of state-owned EDF to shift its focus from nuclear to renewable energy. Energy and Environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, said last week that France would aim to reduce the share of nuclear power from 75 to 50 per cent of total energy consumption by 2035, from 2025 previously. To meet this reduction, there are plans to close up to 35 of the 58 nuclear reactors it operates across France within the next 15 years. Whilst EDF has led France's nuclear power industry and provided cheap, low-carbon power for decades, the company is struggling under heavy debt and cost overruns on nuclear reactor projects in France, Finland and the UK. (Financial Times*)
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Management of Heart Failure (2014)
Heart Disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Malaysia. Most patients who survive a myocardial infarction or develop hypertension, will eventually develop heart failure. With ageing of the population, the prevalence of heart failure is expected to increase. Thus the publication of this Clinical Practice Guidelines on Heart Failure by the National Heart Association of Malaysia, Academy of Medicine and Ministry of Health is important and timely.
This Guidelines updates all health care providers on the latest developments in the field of Heart failure. This is the 3rd edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines. As in previous editions, it uses an evidence based approach and grades each recommendation accordingly thus allowing the physician in charge to apply the latest technology, knowledge and standard of care in the management of his or her patient. It provides a choice of therapy and thus allows the healthcare provider to adapt this to the local situation wherever possible.
For this Clinical Practice Guidelines to be a success, it must be acceptable to our local setting and must be used widely.
Lastly, I would like to commend the Expert Committee for their hard work and effort in updating the guidelines for the benefit of all practicing physicians.
Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Bin Abdullah
Director General of Health Malaysia
Ministry of Health Malaysia
Statement of intent:
This clinical practice guidelines (CPG) is meant to be a guide for clinical practice, based on the best available evidence at the time of development. Adherence to these guidelines may not necessarily guarantee the best outcome in every case. Every health care provider is responsible for the management of his/her patient based on the clinical picture presented by the patient and the management options available locally.
Period of validity
This CPG was issued in 2014 and will be reviewed in 5 years or sooner if new evidence becomes available.
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Xbox One May Update Coming Today; Brings Discord, 120Hz Video Refresh Rate, and More
Xbox One users can enjoy a package of new features like Discord and 120Hz monitor support in the update rolling out today.
Microsoft announced that the May system software update for the Xbox One which was released to insiders a while ago is rolling out today for all users.
The update will include several new features, starting with integration between Xbox Live and the popular gaming chat service Discord.
Gamers who have fancy 120Hz TV sets and monitors will also be able to take advantage of them at 1080p and 1440p resolutions, providing smoother gameplay and possibly lower latency.
It'll also be possible to trim your gameplay clips directly in the guide, and a few more goodies will be added to the family settings, and the Xbox Accessories app.
Below you can read the full breakdown.
Connect with Gamers Across Xbox Live and Discord
In response to your feedback, you now have the option to link your Discord account to your Xbox account, making it easier than ever to see what your friends are playing. Starting from the Discord app on PC or on a mobile device, you will see an option to link your Xbox account with your Discord account through the Connections tab under User Settings. Click on the Xbox Live option and sign in to your account. After enabling permission, your accounts will be linked. Starting from your Xbox One, open the Account Settings menu and select "Linked social accounts." Here, you will see a new option for linking your Discord account. Once you receive your unique code from Xbox, open the Discord app and insert the code within the Connections tab. After following these few simple steps, your accounts will be linked and your Xbox Live presence will be shared across Discord, enabling friends and users in your same Discord servers to see what you are playing on Xbox Live.
120Hz Video Refresh Rate Support
Console owners already enjoy variable refresh rates, the option of 1440p resolution, and auto low latency mode (read more about that here). In this update, we're adding support for additional panel refresh rates. Gamers using monitors and televisions that support a 120Hz refresh rate can now turn on 120Hz support for 1080p and 1440p output resolutions on Xbox One S and Xbox One X. This high refresh rate option means you can now take full advantage of displays with 120Hz capabilities. High refresh rate support can provide a smoother gaming experience and lower latency on some displays, and games may benefit from reduced tearing and stuttering via 120Hz output.
Trim Clips Directly in the Guide
With the April Xbox Update, we added a new sharing feature that helps gamers upload their captured screenshots and videos directly to Twitter. Now, sharing is getting even quicker! With the May update, you can trim your recent game captures directly from the Guide, so you won't need to switch to Upload Studio to make a quick cut to your saved clips.
Improved Family Settings
Xbox One continues to help parents keep their families safe with updates to family settings. We're adding a "Details" page where parents can easily find and manage all family settings on Xbox One. Parents will easily be able to tell which family and content settings are set up and configured. Important settings that are turned off or require attention will be flagged for parents, as well. Some settings, such as activity reports and Screen Time Limits, can only be accessed through the web: We'll identify those settings and provide links where parents can easily set them up.
New Intuitive Button Commands
Some of the button commands throughout the dashboard are being refreshed for easier navigation. For example, you can now use the "View" button on Home to edit the order of blocks or reorder items within Groups. Pressing the "View" button on the main tab of the Guide will also now display additional capture options. Note: If you group your collections in My Games & Apps by letter, you will now need to select a letter to view all groups.
Improvements to the Xbox Accessories App
The Xbox Accessories app has been modernized to make it easier to navigate, and to look and feel more consistent with the rest of the Xbox One dashboard.
If you still don't have an Xbox One X but want in on all the enhancements, you can purchase one on Amazon. If you prefer something less over-the-top, you can grab an Xbox One S.
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In the summertime, parents must be particularly watchful
Summertime is the time for summer fun. That means picnics, parties, barbeques, memorable vacations, concerts, fairs, festivals, and all kinds of outdoor sporting events. Unfortunately, summertime is also when people are most likely to put their health at risk when it comes to using alcohol and recreational and illegal drugs for the first time.


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At Alkalign we are fortunate to have a diverse set of instructors who bring their real, raw and human experiences to our studio. Our instructors range from college students to empty nesters to professionals to moms of little ones. We pride ourselves on community and our instructors are a key part of what makes it so great. If you've ever wondered if you can make teaching a part of your life, keep reading. We are so happy that Emily Travis of our Grand Rapids, MI studio is sharing her story with us. If you are interested in being an instructor, please contact us! We'd love to set up a meeting to see if we are a good fit.
My name is Emily and I am an instructor at our Alkalign Grand Rapids location in Ada Village. My husband and I are both West Michigan transplants and have fallen in love with the area, settling down with our daughter Madison, and our old boxer pup, Burton. We spend a lot of our time 'up north' and are truly Mitten mainstays! A few fun facts about me…I am a VERY passionate college football fan, I have two Bachelor degrees in Sports Medicine-Exercise Science & Nursing and I love a good thunderstorm.
When the opportunity to be an instructor came up, I wasn't sure if I had the time to commit to teaching. I had been a loyal client since the day the Ada studio opened in 2017 while pregnant in my second trimester with Madison. I was passionate about the practice and knew from my own body how much healthier and stronger I felt (pregnant or not). I went back to work for 3 months as a nurse after Madison's birth, but decided that stepping away from nursing for a while was the best decision for my family and I. This decision opened the door for me to seriously consider being an instructor at Alkalign. Becoming an instructor gave me the ability to continue to have a positive impact on people's lives. It's a professional outlet for me as an Exercise Science/Nurse junkie, it helps me in my own Alkalign practice and I can still focus on being "Mom." Most importantly, being an instructor helps me maintain "Me."
Some days I miss the impact I had on people as a nurse – helping people and being the best part of their day. Alkalign allows me to keep that feeling, but in a manageable way so that I can still be an important presence at home for Madison. Being an instructor and mom fits our lives! As an added bonus, it has helped me be more present when I am taking class. I've noticed as a mom that having true mind-body connection and focusing on myself for 45 minutes to an hour is so important. I am so much more present in my practice now than I was before becoming an instructor.
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After Superstorm Sandy hit New York in October 2013, power outages covered large swaths of the city.
Marianne McCune visited one public housing complex on the Lower East Side where, even on the third day with no electricity, some residents hadn't ventured out of their apartments.
Woman Emerges from the Dark won the Best News Feature award in the 2013 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. It was produced by Marianne McCune with editor Karen Frillmann for WNYC Radio.
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Administrative License Revocation Hearings - FAQ
So, you were arrested for DWI? What's next?
You have 15 (fifteen) days from the date of your arrest to request an administrative license revocation (ALR) hearing on your
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What's an administrative license revocation (ALR) hearing?
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Who oversees the ALR hearings?
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What is the DPS' burden of proof at an ALR hearing?
The DPS must show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that there was either reasonable suspicion to detain or probable
cause to arrest you. In addition, if you are charged with blowing over a .08, the DPS must prove that a valid breath test was
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can lock them into a story at the ALR hearing and then use that transcript to impeach the officers at the DWI trial.
An ALR hearing also affords an
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How hard is it to win an ALR hearing?
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How long will it take to schedule my ALR hearing?
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What if I lose at my ALR hearing?
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Obama Team Completes Review Of Contacts With Gov.
Ahead of President-elect Barack Obama's 5 p.m. ET news conference, where he will likely be asked about the still burgeoning scandal involving Illinois Gov. Rod. Blogojevich, the transition team released a statement with the results of their internal investigation into the matter. The key highlight is that the review found Mr. Obama's staff had no "inappropriate discussions" with Blogojevich or his staff. However, a full report won't be released until next week at the request of the U.S. Attorney's office.
Below is the full statement from Obama Transition Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer:
"At the direction of the president-elect, a review of Transition staff contacts with Governor Blagojevich and his office has been conducted and completed and is ready for release. That review affirmed the public statements of the president-elect that he had no contact with the governor or his staff, and that the president-elect's staff was not involved in inappropriate discussions with the governor or his staff over the selection of his successor as U.S. Senator.
"Also at the president-elect's direction, Gregory Graig, counsel to the Transition, has kept the U.S. Attorney's office informed of this fact-gathering process in order to ensure our full cooperation with the investigation.
"In the course of those discussions, the U.S. Attorney's office requested the public release of the Transition review be deferred until the week of December 22, in order not to impede their investigation of the governor. The Transition has agreed to this revised timetable for release," said Obama Transition Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer."


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In Courthézon village, this mural represents the street that it ornates, idealizing the former times, before those of the graffiti, the 'street art' and the tangled electric wires. Mount Ventoux is painted in the background, although actually situated right opposite the observer's point of view. Between the stallholders' display, old collection cars look smart and stylish. The red colour on this green model comes from reflections from a firemen's old truck and another red car.
The 'Autumn Festival' rather looks like a carnival, with music, fantasy and colourful processions.
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On 29 January 2014, the European Commission published a legislative proposal for a Regulation on structural reforms to the EU banking sector (the "Proposed Regulation"). The Proposed Regulation advances the recommendations set forth in a report published in October 2012 by the EU High-Level Group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector chaired by the Governor of the Bank of Finland, Erkki Liikanen (the "Liikanen Report") (available here).
In summary, the Proposed Regulation aims at improving the resilience of the EU banking system by requiring banks, in particular banks that are deemed to be "too big to fail", to implement structural reforms. The key structural reforms proposed include: (i) a ban on speculative activities i.e. proprietary trading; and (ii) a requirement to separate certain trading activities, such as market making, from a deposit taking entity if the trading activities of the bank exceed certain thresholds.
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Awards case study: Standard Life achieves differentiation through real-time social media marketing
Find out how B2B marketing agency, The Crocodile, helped Standard Life differentiate its brand and achieve its highest B2B engagement levels to date through a real-time social media campaign
Standard Life is a long-term savings and investment business, employing 6500 people globally. It looks after over four million clients in the UK, managing over £300 billion assets. The UK strategy is to become customers' first choice for their life savings. Customers are acquired through the two main channels of financial advisers and workplace pensions.
Challenges and objectives
With significant pension reformsanticipated in the annual UK Budget, Standard Life wanted to reach and engage with the adviser market. A strategic campaign framework fuelled by data, technology and creative was devised to cut through the noise and deliver reach and engagement above and beyond the competition. Working with The Crocodile, The 'Advisor voice' campaign differentiated Standard Life by championing the views and opinions of advisers (rather than purely product messages) to deliver massive reach, the highest levels of adviser engagement on Standard Life B2B social to date, and win the share of voice battle (85%) against Aviva (9%), Royal London (4%) and Scottish Widows (2%).
The requirement was for social media activity that would deliver targeted reach and engagement, and highlight how Standard Life is listening to and supporting advisers in an evolving and uncertain landscape. The primary objectives were to:
- Be front of mind with advisers and secure share of voice on social media.
- Differentiate Standard Life from competitors by bringing the conversation up a level.
- Increase 'in platform' engagement with the adviser audience to build more meaningful relationships.
Media, channels or techniques used
Twitter was chosen as the primary RTM and conversational channel for the Budget 2016 'Adviser voice' campaign to hammer home the above advantage achieved by superior social followers over its competitors.
Facebook was included for its ability to deliver reach and engagement cost effectively and at speed. A small investment was made in targeted LinkedIn activity to deliver a final burst of traffic and ensure the Adviser Voice campaign reached as wide an audience as possible.
- Twitter - keyword and follower (I06k-159k)
- Facebook - job title and interest (140k)
- LinkedIn - job title and industry (30k).
Tweet engagement and post engagement advertising formats (ad units optimised for engagement) were used for the main part of the campaign to support the objective of achieving high levels of in-platform engagement. Website Click formats were used post event to promote wrap-up content including a webinar and opinion piece, and to drive traffic to Standard Life's new CPD learning hub. Sponsored updates on LinkedIn were introduced during the final stage to drive additional clicks.
Insight led strategy
To prepare for the real time marketing activity on the day of the Budget, Standard Life undertook scenario planning, working with The Crocodile to identify and scope possible outcomes and content opportunities. Central to the success of this initiative was the company's ability to monitor existing and past conversations, analyse the topics being discussed and measure resulting engagement and share of voice using Crimson Hexagon to deliver the depth and breadth of conversation and sentiment analysis required to achieve actionable insights.
Key ingredients
- Messaging, scenario planning, and an activity plan for organic and paid social
- A team including subject matter experts, advisers, compliance, PR and social, came together on the day to form a Budget 'war room'
- Tech-enabled approach with the ability to listen to the conversation, create content, and execute with immediacy
- A clear process framework as the Chancellor delivered relevant Budget announcements, the war room process kicked in and The Crocodile reached out to the adviser panel for their opinions. The resulting interviews were turned into a series of compliance approved formats and posts.
The campaign comprised of 41 individual pieces of content. The top five performing pieces of content in terms of impressions and engagements all featured adviser opinion – validating the approach. Impressions, engagement rate and reach (Facebook only) were used as the main metrics for the campaign.
- Daily impressions: 27,500
- Daily engagements: 200
- Engagement rate: 1.5%
- Reach (Facebook only) 35,000.
Actual results
- Daily impressions: 42,310
- Daily engagements: 426
- Average engagement rate: 2.53%
- Reach (Facebook only) 42,256.
In total, the campaign achieved 423,108 impressions and reached 42,256 people on Facebook, delivering massive reach into the adviser market.
Finally, Adviser Voice secured an 85% share of voice (compared to 31% in 2015), beating competitors Aviva (9%), Royal London (4%) and Scottish Widows (2%).
"The Budget 2016 campaign had a fantastic outcome for Standard Life – both in terms of creating differentiation in the market by delivering great experiences, engagement and sustainable relationships, and using a completely new approach of real-time marketing and user-generated content.
"By listening to our customers, being innovative, organised and capable of applying a focused and purposeful real-time model, we dominated during a key event over the competition with a share of voice of 85%." Susie Logan, head of business marketing and digital, Standard Life.
B2B Marketing Awards 2016
This case study was submitted as part of the judging process for the B2B Marketing Awards 2016. It won the Award for Best use of social media: 'Budget 2016 – Advisor voice' for Standard Life by The Crocodile.


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Mapping the heavens and charting a career in science
Professor Priya Natarajan was the first woman in Astrophysics to become a Fellow of Trinity. Now at Yale, she she has returned to Trinity to give the inaugural Women of Trinity Lecture, as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of women's arrival at the College. Here she talks about the challenges and rewards of pursuing a career in science.


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How often do you take a break at work? Once or twice a day? How many of those times are spent doing exercise? It may seem strange to do exercise whilst at the work place, however research has shown that exercise is able to provide ample benefits helping you power through a hard days work. A study at Bristol University showed that:
Employees who can exercise at work are "more productive, happy, efficient and calm."
Whether its taking a small jog around the block or doing a routine workout, anything that increases your heart rate and blood flow counts. Sometimes space confinement is seen as the major excuse for not doing exercise. A solution for this problem is to adapt your exercise according to your surroundings. One of my previous blogs 'Exercise on the plane' gives perfect exercise techniques for very confined spaces.
So too in life must we not make excuses for doing something that could potentially benefit us. As said in the Bible we should not make excuses for not following God's will (Luke 9: 59 – 62):
To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." And Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home." Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."


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Show Notes
Additive manufacturing – https://www.spilasers.com/application-additive-manufacturing/additive-manufacturing-a-definition/3D printing in space – Made in Space
Space Station 3-D Printer Builds Ratchet Wrench To Complete First Phase Of Operations
3D Printing In Zero-G Technology Demonstration (3D Printing In Zero-G)
3D printing in space: The next revolution?
Can You 3D Print Metal Parts in Space? Of Course
Combination 3D Printer will Recycle Plastic in Space
Full Circle: NASA to Demonstrate Refabricator to Recycle, Reuse, Repeat
Asteroid-Mining Company 3D-Prints Object from Space Rock Metals
Planetary Resources & 3D Systems Reveal First Ever 3D Printed Object From Asteroid Metals
Archinaut – Made In Space
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Fraser: Astronomy Cast, Episode 509, 3D Printing. Welcome to Astronomy Cast, your weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos, where we help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know. I'm Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today. With me, as always, Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior scientist for the Planetary Science Institute, and the director of Cosmo Quest. Hey Pam, how are you doing?
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Pamela: Yes.
Fraser: The technology of 3D printing is taking off from tiny home-based 3D printers to larger manufacturing. And of course, 3D printing is going to space with the International Space Station and beyond. Pamela, you keep talking about 3D printers. You are a total 3D printer nerd.
Pamela: Well, and the weird thing is, I actually kind of avoid using them personally because I know my luck. I am the person that defines the tail end of the galaxy and distribution of luck. And it's on the bad side. Someone has to be there. It's me. And I know if I tried to print something, it would inevitably look like it had been left in the sun too long, it had been created by a drunk octopus.
Fraser: Yeah.
Pamela: But I love what everyone else is doing with 3D printers.
Fraser: I gave my wife a 3D printer for, I think, her birthday one year. There is a little 3D printer you can get from Monoprice. And it's very inexpensive, very small, but produces little 3D printed objects. She printed the little cat that comes with it and hasn't used it since. We passed it along to my son. He hasn't 3D printed anything with it.
Pamela: Oh no.
Fraser: They are still not ready for prime time. These things are complicated. They are hard to set up. They are hard to align everything perfectly and find the objects that you want to print, and make sure it works with your computer. And anyone who tells you that we are ready is a super 3D printing nerd, because it is still very much about – it's an early adopter enthusiast kind of world right now.
Pamela: So, I have to admit, I don't generally use our laser printer either, but the Glowforge, the Glowforge and I are one.
Fraser: Oh, yeah?
Pamela: So, subtractive printing I'm pretty good at.
Fraser: Like hacking things off of stuff.
Pamela: Yes.
Fraser: Just not adding things together. But you picked additive manufacturing and other 3D printing. So, where did you want to go with today's episode? Because I've done a bunch of videos about some of this stuff, so I know quite a bit about it, about the state of it in terms of space exploration.
Pamela: Well, I feel almost like I should be interviewing you, then. I wanted to do an update now that the International Space Station has had its printer for more than two years. And we're at the point where they are starting to get through that shakeout process of manufacturing things in space. Then they are actually shipping them back down to Earth to quality assess them. And so, tell us what you know, Fraser.
Fraser: Sure, yeah.
Pamela: And we'll just flip the dial.
Fraser: Oh, great. Well, you were engineering this episode while I am in Hawaii. So, it makes sense. Yeah, so, the idea of 3D printing in space is one that actually makes a ton of sense when you think about it because there is only so many things that you can send to other worlds, that you can send to the moon or Mars or to the astronauts onboard the Space Station. And if they need some specific gadget, they can't just go down to the hardware store and buy the appropriate wrench and then go back and work on it.
And if you've ever done any kind of home renovation, you know that experience. We're like, no, I don't have this kind of tape. That kind of a part. And then, you just go down to the hardware store and you pick up the replacement, and you go back, and you use it. And they don't have that ability. They've got to prepare in advance every single thing that they are ever gonna do. So, they added a gadget to the International Space Station, which is a 3D printer, but it's designed to work in space. And it was created by a company called Made In Space.
And that's been a couple of years in operation now. And that exact situation came up. An astronaut needed a specific kind of wrench. They didn't have one onboard the Station. They printed it in the 3D printer and were able to use it to be able to make a fix onboard the Station. And since then, the company – they own the printer and they lease it out to NASA, but also, other people can print objects on the Station as well. So, if you've got like jewelry that you want printed in space, or people are wanting to test out creating say, medical devices and things like that. The 3D printer onboard the Station now is open for business.
Pamela: And that first tool that they put together was a 3-inch, 1-pound ratchet wrench. And part of what they are trying to figure out is, what even are the policies and procedures that you have to go through with 3D printing things in space. What are –
Fraser: That might have gone down.
Pamela: – the safety concerns? So, they have each plan before they print them, getting signed off on by a variety of different people, including the safety office, to make sure that well, they don't do anything crazy up there.
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Fraser: And this was the real question because here on earth, when you 3D print things, additive printing, you're kind of relying on gravity. You are layering, you are aligning the object that you want to print with the force of gravity here on earth, and you're layering up from there, layer after layer after layer. And then when you're finished, you pull this object out. And one of the unknowns was, would this even work in microgravity. And it turns out they were able to come up with a solution that actually did.
Right now, the printer is a fairly standard 3D printer that you're accustomed with, but what people are planning as the future of 3D printing in space is pretty amazing. And I'm not sure where you want to go with this, but in terms of there is plans to build structures on the moon and Mars using 3D printing, and in fact, even assemble space telescopes and space stations in space using 3D printing.
Pamela: And the thing that really got me and made me want to do this episode at this point in time is, we now have a recycling 3D printer, which essentially means meh, don't need this thing anymore. That's okay. We'll reuse the parts.
Fraser: Yeah.
Pamela: And in space, you have a very limited number of resources. And this offers the opportunity to say, oh, huh, I need to have 3-inch imperial units wrench instead of a 3-centimeter metric wrench. And they know those things are nowhere near in size. And you can just recycle one into the other with admittedly leftover bits.
Fraser: Yeah, yeah. And again, that is absolutely going to be the future is this idea that you don't know what you're going to need. You know you're gonna need parts. Things are gonna break. And all you do is you send the raw material. You send up a jug of plastic pieces, of the little beads that will become the feed stock for your 3D printer. And then you're set. And then, of course, as they develop new technologies, as they learn how to 3D print different things, being able to 3D print metals, being able to 3D print plastics, glass, all kinds of different structures, then you're well equipped to be able to handle whatever you're going to need.
We're still a long way away from the more complicated electronics and things like that, but even some versions of that are now in the works as well. And so, you can imagine. And then, you match that with acquiring your resources in space – so, mining an asteroid, pulling metals, pulling various minerals off of these asteroids and bringing them back to refill the supply hoppers for your 3D printers that are operating on your space station. And you can envision this future where as new devices are invented down on Earth, the designs are uploaded to the space station, and they are able to start printing them.
So, I sort of imagine this future where the Martian children can still stay – they can get the 3D spinners, their little spinners. And they can get various – whatever the new kids are – the Rubik's cubes because they will just come out of their 3D printers at the same speed that they are showing up for the Earth children.
Pamela: And this is some really cool applications in terms of when we think of the Apollo 13 emergency where they were trying to figure out how do we rescue ourselves. And if you've seen the movie, they come out with that box of stuff and dump it out, and are like, okay, folks at NASA, go through this box of stuff and brainstorm the solution.
Well, now, you're not limited on what you're able to use. You're limited on what materials you're able to use, but you can make them into any shape you want.
Fraser: Yeah.
Pamela: So, future mistakes are going to have much easier solutions.
Fraser: And the other part of the future of this is that the actual construction – when a space craft has launched from here or when a space telescope is launched – a good example of this is the James Webb Space Telescope. The whole space telescope, they've had to design it and a lot of the cost overruns and the issues that they've had is because you have to build the thing down here on Earth. You have to make it be able to fit within an existing rocket ferry, and you have to be able to have it withstand both the gravity of Earth, the rigors of the launch, and then be able to unfurl itself while it's in space to be able to perform its actual mission.
Well, again, Made In Space, the same people who built the 3D printer for the space station, are developing this new gadget called the Archinaut. And what it is, is awesome. It is this three-armed little spacecraft that will propel itself around. And it is equipped with the raw material for 3D printing. So, it's gonna have jugs of the various parts that are required. And then, it spins out of a extruder nozzle the various girders and it can extrude girders of almost any length, as long as – it just sort of pulls them out of its mouth, like a magician. A magician is constantly pulling out handkerchiefs out of their mouth.
So, imagine a little spacecraft that is extruding girders out of this print part. And then, it pulls out one of those parts, and then it pulls out all of the attachment fittings, the nuts, the bolts. And then it uses these three arms to move over and attach it to the other part that is already done and screw in the attachment joints and away you go. And so, it totally changes the way we have to think about building a structure in space because up until this point, we have to build these things here on earth. They have to be able to survive the rigors of space flight, and they have to be able to deploy.
What if you have parts that you just assemble together in space that never have to deal with the rigors of earth, attach a bunch of solar panels, attach a bunch of computers, cameras, whatever you need. And now, you've got a structure that can perform some kind of mission in space. And that is just around the corner. We should see Archinaut launch in just a couple of years now.
Pamela: I love how the imagery you use is Archinaut vomiting all of the future structures used in outer space.
Fraser: Yeah, like a magician, making them appear wondrously.
Pamela: Yeah. No, it's gonna hairball out.
Fraser: Exactly, yeah. Yeah, it's gonna cough out another girder.
Pamela: Now, one of the complaints that a lot of people have about 3D printing is the rate at which it takes. And so, when you're sitting there waiting for your wrench, and it takes it a couple of hours to many hours to print out that wrench. And you're thinking, I could have just driven to Lowe's and driven back, except you're at the ISS, so maybe not.
But we don't actually think in our day-to-day lives about how long it takes for the things that we deal with to actually get made. We don't think about the time at the assembly plant, the time for the injection molding, the time that goes into these things. And one of the cool things that's being discovered is as they're starting to use 3D printing to create house. With structures like houses, it's actually way faster to 3D print them. And you get these amazing organic-looking buildings.
Fraser: Yeah, yeah. So, here on earth, people are starting to test out some of these ideas. I've seen some 3D printers where they build – it's almost like a crane that sits in the middle. And it has an arm and it reaches out in a circular area. And it can create a circular house. And spraying down layers of concrete. As long as it is kept fed with the raw materials, it can build up the structure in a surprisingly short period of time, and have all of, as you said, fairly complicated structures.
It will have room for all of the electrical sockets, all of the windows, the doors, all of the parts that are gonna need to be put in after the fact. And you can actually build a structure surprisingly quickly. And this same method is being considered for the moon. So, the European Space Agency has been doing a lot of experimentation with 3D printers to use simulated lunar regolith, lunar rock that's there to be able to take this stuff, grind it up, and then mix it with another couple of chemicals to create a kind of a concrete. And then be able to spray this down.
And they should be able to make roads and walls and habitable structures on the surface of the moon just using the raw materials that are available to them. And similar experiments have been done with Mars as well. So, you can imagine again, this future where you send perhaps days, weeks, years in advance, a spacecraft, a 3D printing rover that shows up, uses sunlight to start gobbling up the Martian regolith and then vomiting out houses and greenhouses and rocket pads, and roads, and all kinds of stuff, bit by bit, based on the energy that's falling on its solar panels. It's pretty exciting.
Pamela: And one of the really cool things, especially with the moon, is it was realized many years ago by folks doing research down in Tennessee that lunar regolith has the unique characteristic that when you heat it up using microwave light, it solidifies. It basically melts into this really cool, hard ceramic surface. So, we're in a position where we can extrude things out in the shape we need, zap them with microwave, and end up with an especially fine, smooth, solid surface.
And with 3D printing, it's also really easy to do double-walled structures. You simply have two extruder nozzles side by side, and you can fill between the walls with whatever you need for radiation protection, for insulation here on Earth. And it's a new way of thinking about design that is kind of made for the modern future of well, let's just hide everything in walls.
Fraser: It was interesting, if you read the book Artemis by Andy Weir, author of The Martian, the lunar colony that's built up is done using the aluminum oxide that's found on the surface of the moon. And Andy Weir did the calculations and found that you had an enormous excess of oxygen as you used up the aluminum that was in these rocks.
And so, you can imagine, again, you can imagine bringing in the rocks, heating them up, extracting the aluminum out of it, outgassing the oxygen, using that for breathing and mixing it with hydrogen to make water and so on. And at the same time, building structures out of all of this aluminum that's just sitting there on the surface of the moon in this pounded-up powder that you can just use. So, I think once we understand this 3D printing technology better, once we get a chance to actually automate more and more of this, we're gonna discover how much of the solar system we are able to start reshaping to our own needs.
It's a pretty amazing time. And it's one of those exponential technologies. Once you can build a rover that can build most of another rover from the raw parts that it finds on an asteroid, then those two rovers build four rovers, and then build 16 rovers, and then extract resources and bring them back to Earth. So, we are, I think around the corner, within the next few decades of a whole new revolution in resource extraction from the solar system.
Pamela: And this is one of those things that, unlike last week, where we talked about ion drives and how the way ion drives get used in the Star Wars universe, for instance on TIE Fighters. Actual ion drivers just aren't gonna get you going that fast with that high of a mass in zero to everything all at once. But with 3D printing, it really feels like we are on the way to accomplishing the things that we're finding in science fiction. There are candy manufacturers that are making food out of 3D printing. There are other kinds of manufacturers that are making less appetizing food out of 3D printing.
We have the homes, the toys. It feels like we're only a breath away from Cory Doctorow's vision of 3D printers printing 3D printers, where the real issue becomes who owns the right to what and how do inventors get paid for their inventions. This is gonna change how we think about copyright law and at the same time, it's gonna be a great equalizer that really makes it possible for anyone to have anything.
Fraser: But it really provides this equalization. So, you can imagine people who are living on an asteroid, or people who are living on the moon or Mars and they are far away from Earth. And they do have to wait a long time for any supplies to make it to them. That the moment a new discovery is made in manufacturing, the moment a new design is invented, a new toy, whatever, that information propagates at the speed of light throughout the solar system, and everybody gets to start creating those objects on their own 3D printers, because the raw materials that are here on earth, there is nothing special about the Earth.
All the same raw materials that are available on Earth are available throughout the solar system. It's just the configuration. It just happens to be that life on Earth has happened to configure these things into trees and oil and so on. And it's a matter of us just cracking each one of these different chemical structures in a way that we can reproduce them. It's totally Star Trek.
Pamela: And it's actually totally Bobiverse where we have a good idea of the factory ship going out and settling down on our resource-intense world and shooing out sister ships and going on and continuing the exploration one replicator at a time.
Fraser: Yeah, as long as you've got enough raw material, you can keep generating more versions. And of course, the sort of extrapolation of that, you've talked about the Bobiverse, this idea of Von Neumann probes that you create a spacecraft that is designed to make more versions of itself, 3D printing more versions of itself. It moves to a new star system, finds the asteroid belt, sets up its factories, builds more copies of itself. Those copies are sent to other worlds where they make more copies of themselves. And that's how you explore the entire galaxy one star system at a time. You just do it 100 to 400 billion times.
Pamela: And this is where we're gonna be looking at a new economy, a new way of thinking, and a new way of not being limited in what we have access to. I, for one, welcome our 3D printer overlords. What's the first thing you're really hoping to see go mainstream with 3D printers?
Fraser: Well, I think, like you said, I'm most interested in their applications in space, obviously. And the exploration of space will be funded by the resource acquiring from space that we won't become a truly solar system-spanning civilization until we have started to make mining in space profitable. But the second it is profitable, then it's this virtual cycle that just goes and goes and goes.
And I really do love the idea, like I think that I'm with Jeff Bezos on this, that the future of humanity depends on us learning to master space because we are pooping where we live. We're here on earth and we're going to the bathroom, and then we're drinking it. And then, we're breathing it. And then, we're – and I mean that in the – with our pollution, and with our industrial waste, and with what we're putting out into the atmosphere. All these things. And we're doing this because we want stuff, and things, and cars, and airplanes. And we want to be able to do all the stuff.
Well, what if we can have all of that stuff. We don't have to dig up coal from the ground. We can have solar panels that were manufactured out in space that are beaming energy back to earth. We don't have to go and strip mine the side of a mountain. We can have a ball of platinum be brought back through the atmosphere gently. And then use that to manufacture something.
So, I think – and space, who cares? Space is just – you can pollute space all you like. It's big. It can handle it. It's Earth, where Earth does one thing, which is – all we know – this is the best place in the universe for life. And so, I really can't wait until we start to see those first glimpses that the future is here, that we are making more money than it costs us to be able to extract resources from space itself.
And when that starts to happen, then I think that's when this sort of bold future begins. And we have no idea what the end of that is. What about you?
Pamela: I was just gonna say I want a nice 3D-printed house in the woods somewhere.
Fraser: That would be cool.
Pamela: So, this has been great, Fraser. You enjoy Hawaii. You get out.
Fraser: I will.
Pamela: You enjoy the volcanoes. Do not get eaten by the lava.
Fraser: There is no liquid lava on the island right now for like the first time in 100 years.
Pamela: Okay.
Fraser: So, you don't have to worry about me.
Pamela: And we will be back next week.
Fraser: All right, maybe. We'll have to talk about that. I might be in transit next week.
Pamela: Okay.
Fraser: All right.
Pamela: We'll sort. Okay.
Fraser: Thanks, Pamela.
Pamela: Bye-bye.
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A question of design
22 October 2019
Is the circular economy the answer to looming resource scarcity and an overwhelming production of waste?
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged chemical leasing, circular economy, developing countries, e-waste, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, International Resources Panel, Kai Bethke, Lancet Commission on health and pollution, remanufacturing, resources, Stephan Sicars, UNIDO, waste
Old computers – new business
7 December 2009
Microsoft's SEAN NICHOLSON reviews the commercial possibilities presented by e-waste.
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I Love My Honey & Oats
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"Love drips like honey from the hive, constant, sweet, precious, into your heart each and every moment, if you let it."
– Amy Leigh Mercree
A great gift for her, each item in the I Love my Honey and Oats basket was selected with care to create an experience of personal indulgence and luxury. This mini spa includes a handmade face cloth and scrubby, oatmeal & honey soap to cleanse and exfoliate skin, as well as honey hand & body lotion to moisturize and soothe. The honey lip silk provides a slick finishing touch to the spa experience. Six delicious old fashioned oatmeal cookies round out this basket for the ultimate indulgence.
It's well documented that Cleopatra, one of the most revered and powerful female leaders in history, cared for herself with honey-milk baths and oatmeal exfoliants. Honor the Cleopatra in your life with this gift basket featuring honey and oat themed all natural body products, and succulent edible treats.
What's In a Honey & Oats Gift Basket?
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8 Adventurous Ways to Earn Your Comfort Food this Winter
Winter is in full swing and while it might be oh-so-tempting to wrap up in a blanket and hibernate all winter long we're here to tell you that winter is in fact the perfect time to go on adventures! What better way to spend a crisp winter's day than adventuring around stunning South Africa? There are tons of things to do around the country – whether you want to get your blood pumping or bask in the beautiful scenery. Don't believe us? Local low-cost airline, Kulula has put together just a few activities around SA that will get you moving and help earn you those decadent winter comfort foods!
We'll admit it's not always easy to drag yourselves out of bed on a Saturday morning, especially if the weather is less than appealing. These fun, energising activities will surely warm you up in time for a rewarding hot cocoa or warm dessert when you're done.
1. Gravity scooters at the Jonkershoek Mountains
Gravity scooters are non-motorised pushbikes that are typically used on the slopes of the Swiss Alps during summer months. With chunky wheels for extra grip, these scooters are specifically designed for barrelling down mountain slopes and trails. If you're in Cape Town you can explore the Jonkershoek Mountain trails on one of these fun vehicles, taking in the joy of the serene views and adrenaline-pumping slopes as you go.
For more details, visit the Scooter Tours website.
2. Stand-up paddle boarding at V&A waterfront
The world's fastest-growing water sport, stand-up paddle boarding is something that anyone can try! The great thing about this sport is that you can choose your level of exertion, making it just as ideal for kids as it is for teens and adults. You can cruise around Cape Town's canals at the V&A Waterfront as a fun way to explore the area and sneak in an easy workout.
For more information about stand-up paddle boarding visit the Sup Cape Town website.
3. Learn to surf without the beach at The Wave House
For those who prefer a more strenuous activity without the stress of having to learn in massive waves, The Wave House at Gateway allows you to learn the sport in a more controlled environment. Choose from two simulated standing waves that'll teach you a combination of surfing, snowboarding and wake boarding skills. There are also a variety of water slides in the park for younger kids.
For more details about The Wave House visit their website.
4. Walk beneath the waves at uShaka Marine World
uShaka Marine World offers you a totally unique experience: stroll safely around the seabed beneath the water's surface with the Open Ocean exhibit. Here, you'll wear a modernised version of an old brass diving helmet that'll allow you to breathe underwater and enjoy the gorgeous aquatic life.
For more information visit the uShaka Marine World website.
5. Zip-line at Adrenalin Addo
At 500m long, the twin ziplines at Adrenalin Addo are described as the fastest, longest and highest ziplines in Africa. You'll travel at a speed of around 60km/h to 80km/h over the Sundays River allowing you to take in the view while making your adrenaline pump. Sit down and enjoy refreshments onsite when you're done too.
For more information visit the Adrenalin Addo website.
6. Horse back riding at Sardinia Bay
Sardinia Bay's scenic beaches are the perfect place to enjoy a leisurely stroll on horseback. Heavenly Stables are pros at matching your ability with their noble steeds, who will take you on an adventure through nature. You'll experience rich wildlife and organic beauty in the nature reserve – perfect for a date!
For more information visit the Heavenly Stables website.
7. Get up close and personal with nature at Montecasino Bird Gardens
The bird gardens are home to over 60 marvellous bird species, most of which are housed in a walk-through aviary with raised walkways to allow guests to view the spectacular animals. Here, you'll also find the world's longest snake along with a variety of mammals like lemurs and sloths.
For more information visit the Montecasino website.
8. Bounce around at Bounce!
Bounce offers you a network of 50 connected trampolines for daredevils to safely try their hand at gravity-defying acrobatics. The park is tailored to suit all ages and levels of experience, and also offers fitness classes as a fun way to workout. Check out the obstacle course at the X-Park if you dare…
For more information visit the Bounce website.


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Introduction to Action Guides
This year's Respect Life Program focuses on providing parish resources that are actionable and ready-to-go. The materials are designed to complement existing parish life and manifest that the Gospel of Life is part of the very fabric of the Gospel itself. This year's materials put a renewed emphasis on integrating existing resources into the life of a parish, school, or ministry.
To assist you in doing this, five new action guides have been developed to help leaders take advantage of opportunities to highlight and integrate Respect Life themes throughout the year. Liturgical celebrations and other annual calendar occasions provide natural opportunities to help build a culture of life.
The action guides are structured around five main calendar occasions: Respect Life Month (October 2019), the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children and related events (January 2020), the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord and the 25ᵗʰ Anniversary of Evangelium vitae (March 2020), Divine Mercy Sunday (April 2020), and Mother's Day (May 2020).
What is an action guide?
Each action guide focuses on a specific occasion that relates to respect for human life and gives natural opportunities for building a culture that protects, cherishes, and celebrates life. The guides feature tools to help you build such a culture in your own parish or school. They contain sample timelines, "simple steps," activities, sample announcements and intercessions, and homily helps. Each contains ways to help you integrate your efforts into regular programming, so as to reach the greatest number of people in a given parish, school, or ministry—all without having to plan separate events. (Although, ideas for separate events are also included).
Who are the action guides for?
While the action guides have been developed primarily with parish leaders in mind, they also offer ideas for adaptation for use in schools, ministries, and even by families at home. These action guides can be used by diocesan, parish, school, and ministry leaders, as well as anyone who desires to build a culture of life in their particular faith community.
How do I use these action guides?
The action guides are intended to help leaders integrate respect for human life into their respective work and/or ministries. While specific dates and general timelines are often provided, they are only included as suggestions. Any of the ideas and activities included in the action guides that you find helpful can be used at any time. We also encourage leaders to build off the 2019-2020 theme, "Christ Our Hope: In Every Season of Life." A reflection is provided at the front of this resource guide to help unpack the theme.
The Respect Life Program is meant to be brought to life by you! And the action guides are no different. While suggested action steps are provided, you are encouraged to adapt each guide as needed to best serve your parish, school, or ministry. When implementing these action guides, always remember to follow local policies and procedures, especially regarding safe environment guidelines. If you have any questions about local policies, consult your diocese, parish, school, or ministry staff.
The provided action guides are meant to serve as basic frameworks and jumping off points for your own creative ideas. Don't be afraid to make these plans and activities your own. As always, we'd love to see how you use the action guides in your specific ministry. Let us know what you're doing by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com, or tag us on Facebook (@peopleoflife) or Twitter (@usccbprolife). Thank you for your dedication in building a culture in which every human life is cherished!


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Floral design is a difficult task. I myself come from a graphic design background and I truly believe understanding the principles of good design helps me in all aspects of my life, for example de-cluttering my house, enjoying things that are aesthetically pleasing, and much more. But when it comes to Design Principles in Floristry, it can be incredibly challenging to create a bouquet that looks good and gives the feel you are after.
- Do you want to be different?
- Do you want to create contemporary and elegant bouquets?
- Do you want to have the knowledge to back up what you have create and understand why it works?
- Do you sometimes not know why things look good?
- Do you sometimes struggle to come up with new and interesting bouquets?
- Do you sometimes struggle to make things look good and have the right feel you are after?
- Do you sometimes struggle with colour, shape and form of your bunches?
I know I do!
Here's some ideas that help me with that. Maybe they'll help you too?
The Elements and Principles of Design
There are many but here are a few that are relevant to floral design:
Scale relates to the size of an object and its relationship to other objects in a floral design. Each part of the floral design, the container, and the floral design as a whole must relate proportionally. Additionally, the total floral design must be in scale with its surroundings.
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Good scale is created by balancing size and proportion of the individual materials. Each large item should be balanced with an equally large item. Each small item inserted should be balanced with one equally small item. In summary, the design should demonstrate an excellent use of scale and visual proportion with its use of sizes to balance. The example bunch below shows great scale.
Submitted by Alice McDonald from Flowers By Alice, Myrtle Bank, SA www.flowersbyalice.com.au
Strong visual harmony is created by arranging appropriate flowers and colours to fit a container within its setting.
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Harmony is the effective matching and blending of materials in a floral design. Compared to music, where individual sounds combine to make a pleasing composition, harmony in design is the combination of materials, colours and textures to create a composition that is pleasing to the eye.
The example below is a great example of visual harmony.
Submitted by Youki of Sugar Bee Flowers, Gold Coast, www.sugarbeeflowers.com.au
Dramatic lines and sharp curves create a strong and bold sense of rhythm. Rhythm is repeated by the continued placement of one line directly below another, almost like a ripple of water.
Rhythm allows the viewers eye to take a trip through the arrangement. It carries the eye from one point to another, separate yet blending. Rhythm gives the design the appearance of motion and holds the viewers attention.
The floral design below is a great example of visual Rhythm.
Submitted by Diana Simon, Gympie, www.dianasimondesignerflorist.com.au
Vibrant purple Kale and dark violet delphinium create an elegant and bold decadence. The room's elegance and bold use of colour and heavy accessories create unity with the arrangement created. Warm candlelight and dark colour use also adds to the drama and ties into the fashionable look.
Unity is the oneness of purpose: that all of the parts including vase, foliage, flowers and colours belong to the arrangement. Combining all of the materials for a singular purpose creates unity.
The floral designs below are a great example of visual unity.
Submitted by Liz Smith from A Sculpted Leaf Florist, Sunshine Coast, Qld, www.asculptedleaf.com.au
Asymmetry of colours and flowers create an effective design.
Balance is achieved when the arrangement conveys a feeling of both physical and visual stability. Physical stability means that the arrangement stands upright and will not fall over. Visual stability means that the arrangement does not look like it is going to fall over. There are two fundamental types of balance; Symmetrical and Asymmetrical.
The floral design below is a great example of Symmetrical Balance.
Submitted by Jenny Kershaw from www.floriginality.com.au, The Gap
The bunch below is fabulous. It highlights many of the principles of design we have just describe, hence the reason for it being pleasing to the eye.
Submitted by Kate Dawes from South Bank, Brisbane www.katedawesflowerdesign.com.au
Want to Learn More?
Here is a really good visual introduction to the principles and elements of design.
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From the new Sensual Collection, the Fiore Piccante stockings have a beautiful woven floral motif on a sheer 20 denier leg, complemented by trendy thin plain tops.
Fiore says (and it's worth reading this one): "It takes candles, a bottle of red wine and a spicy aphrodisiac to make the evening special. We say no more about the rest of your chilli-flavoured & cinnamon-scented night, spent in our stockings with a red, fiery motif. It's your arcanum, don't you ever disclose it!"
If anyone knows what an arcanum is, please send us an email.
We send parcels WORLDWIDE from our warehouse in the UK. Most orders leave the same day or next working day. All orders are sent in plain packaging. Standard delivery is just £1.75 for the UK, £5.95 for Europe and £7.50 for the rest of the world. Standard delivery is FREE on UK orders over £25.
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Lori Napoleon has been an integral part of the Brooklyn DIY scene since moving from Chicago over ten years ago. A resident DJ at countless warehouse parties across the city, her performances are an exploration of acid-laced techno, shimmering electro and gloomy atmospheres.
Stepping into production under the alias of Antenes, Lori has released music on both Ron Morelli's LIES imprint and Silent Season, with her most recent effort in the form of three-track EP Antemeridian for New York party-turned-label The Bunker, a project designed to showcase her more "melodic synthesizer compositions".
Lori's studio obsessions run further that most, as her twisted techno and tough-edged dancefloor experiments are constructed by rebuilding vintage telephone equipment and old machinery into modular synthesisers and sequencers.
A talent that has seen her invited to create an installation for Moogfest and one she regularly teaches at workshops to young teenage children, Hyponik kindly requested access inside Lori's laboratory, where she details some of her approaches and techniques to her imaginative instruments.
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Based on the run time data, I see a possibility that the light steps down aggressively when reaching 60 C to the 1100 lumen mode (for the Nichia version), and stays there until batteries are depleted. So there is no feedback control for output as a function of temperature. If so it's a bit unfortunate that there is no 2500~3000 lumen mode where the light can sustain output fairly continuously.
This is my concern as well, after five or ten minutes this great big light won't be much brighter than a single xml2 light.
Why wouldn't they add a few more modes to it? When they added the 1100 mode they also dropped moon. If it was because doesn't have enough memory for more modes why not get rid of one of the flashy modes? Why handicap the design that way in the first place?
The board Lexel designed will add a lot of functionality to the light but how much heat will the driver make with all those 7135's when making 2500 lumens? Is eighteen led's wired 2S9P on a single channel reliable over the long term? Its hard to say how matched the led's are and if thermal runaway will happen when running the light hot for a long period of time.
A version of this light that made 7500 lumens max would be so much more useful.


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This October, Alphabet Playhouse @ East Coast is pleased to bring to you our "Sports" themed open day event!
While the children have fun at our various stations featuring sports such as Tennis, Baseball, Hockey and Golf, the parents are welcome to join us for a personalised school tour and consultation to learn more about the comprehensive curriculum that Alphabet has to offer! Moreover, we are also offering an exclusive fees promotion just for the event!
Admission to the event is free, interested parents may start to register through our online form listed below!
Date : Saturday, 22 October 2016
Time : 9.30am – 12.30pm
Locations : 440A Upper East Coast road, Singapore 466497
*For half-day childcare service, first 5 sign-ups may enjoy $200 off regular monthly fees instead.
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Property Features
• This 116.93 acre parcel of land sits off a private gravel drive near Lingle, Wyoming.
• 1,798 sq. ft. of total living space on main level; additional 1,798 sq. ft. unfinished basement.
• Main floor has open floor plan with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, nice-sized living room, kitchen with golden oak cabinets, GE Profile and Whirlpool stainless steel appliances, and large island, breakfast nook with office area, and large pantry, formal dining area, laundry room complete with washer, dryer and storage closet.
• Master bed and bath includes walk-in closet, garden Jacuzzi tub with separate shower and double vanity.
• Two additional bedrooms and full guest bath.
• Miller central heat and air conditioning and Rheem Performance hot water heater.
• Basement has an egress window and plumbing for additional bathroom.
• Attached two-car garage with insulated automatic garage doors and one walk-through door.
• New roof with 50-year warranty on the shingles, rain gutters, and Smart Board Siding.
• Lean-to has three stalls and a tack room. Portable panels included.
• Propane tank is leased and TDS is used for garbage pickup.
• Two private water wells and septic.
• Wyrulec provides electricity to the property.
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Password pain
I know that win2k hides password under a certain legnth, however, unless I enter the password again the isp rejects the logon.
help would be appreciated
Password pain
Change the username to something bogus, attempt to connect, let it fail, change the username back and put in the proper password, but don't check to remember the password. Let it authenticate and connect, disconnect, reconnect, put in the password and check the remember password box. This has worked for me in the past. Hope it helps.
Password pain
Thanks I tried this but didn't get anywhere.
Finally I solved the problem by deleting and recreating the account again, I would like to know why it happened though.
Password pain
In Internet Explorer, go to Tools --> Internet Options --> Content --> AutoComplete
--> Clear Passwords --> OK.
The next time you enter the site, you will need to refill out your account information.


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Sage Vaughn Floral Cheeky Bikini Bottoms
Swimwear with a modern nature, the RVCA Sage Floral Cheeky Bikini Bottom features a curated print by Sage Vaughn. Part of the Artist Network Program, the special edition bottoms are designed with a flattering cheeky seat that sits low on the hips and accented with cut-out details at the sides. Vaughn's black and white abstract floral motif is printed onto recycled swim fabric.
Printed bikini bottom
- Artist Network Program
- Print by Sage Vaughn
- Cheeky cut
- Cut-out sides
- Fully lined
- Clean finish
- Printed on recycled fabric
78% polyester, 22% elastane Carvico Vita recycled fabric
- Model is wearing a size Small.
- Her measurements: Height 5'6". Bust 32". Waist 23". Hips 33".
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Returns are eligible within 45 days of purchase. See details.
Sage Vaughn
"I'm interested in Man's Wild Side, and animals' civilized aspects... where society and the wilderness overlap." RVCA is proud to introduce a new collection with ANP artist Sage Vaughn. Sage (B. 1976, Jackson, Oregon) has exhibited his work in various shows and publications throughout the world. This collection represents a new art perspective for Sage and includes new graphics based on his latest artwork.Shop The Sage Vaughn Collection