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Prokop Divis
Prokop Divis (by his own name Vaclav Divisek), Premonstratensian priest, natural scientist, researcher in physics, particularly in electricity, and the constructor of the lightning rod, was born on 26th March 1698 in Helvikovice near Zamberk. Divis began his studies in 1716; being provided for by the famous Premonstratensian Monastery in Louka near Znojmo. He finished his studies in 1719, and a year later he took his monastic vows at the Louka Monastery and adopted the monastic name Prokop. As a Premonstratensian, he studied philosophy and theology at the church school. Having successfully sustained his doctorate dissertation, the University of Salzburg appointed Divis Doctor of Theology in 1733. In the same year he became sub-prior of the Louka Monastery, and in 1736 he took over for the first time the administration of the parish in Primetice near Znojmo. There he stayed till 1741, when the Abbot of the Louka Monastery, Antonin Nolbek, appointed him Prior of the Monastery on the 7th April. During the time of Nolbek's internment in Prussia in spring 1742, he paid a high ransom to the Prussians, which the Abbot disliked, and that is why, on 10th July of the same year, he was sent back to the parish house at Primetice. There he stayed, carrying out his priest's activities, till the end of his life (he died on 25th December 1765), and there also the period of his research work began.
The administration of parochial farm made Divis turn his attention first to hydro-technical works, and in the years 1742-1744 he built several water-conduits. Then his attention was drawn to the field of constructing musical instruments, which was related to monastic musical culture. This interest was crowned by the construction of a unique cabinet-like musical instrument with metal strings, called "Denisdor" (Denis d'or - Golden Divis) that imitated the sound of various musical instruments (it is unequivocally attested to the year 1753). After 1748, under the influence of the current wave of general interest, Divis developed his experiments with electricity. He used frictional electricity and Leyden jars of his own production, and he was able to work successfully with basic electrostatic phenomena. He even had an opportunity to demonstrate them before the Imperial Court in Vienna. The news on the death of Georg Wilhelm Richmann, professor in St. Petersburg, who was killed by a lightning in 1753 during his attempt at measuring the intensity of electric field in the atmosphere, caused Divis to become interested in atmospheric electricity, and to the decision to construct a "weather-machine" at Primetice.
Its basis was a metal cross, horizontally laid on a 15-metre (later 41.5-metre) high pole, with the ends of the cross intercrossed with shorter metal bars lying in a right angle. The 12 bar ends were equipped with 12 metal boxes, filled with metal filings and penetrated with some 400 sharp metal spikes. The whole construction was grounded to the earth using three conductive chains. Under the influence of the ideas of his time, Divis conceived the function of metal boxes as Leyden jars in which the electricity "sucked" from the atmosphere was to be collected. This was supposed to prevent lighting discharges and the occurrence of storms themselves. Even though the function ascribed by Divis to his "weather-machine" principally differed from that of a lightning rod, it basically was a lightning rod by its construction. Divis erected it for the first time in June 1754; however, having been considered the cause of a big drought in 1759, the Louka Monastery had it removed. Divis had a second construction placed onto the spire of the Primetice church after 1761.
Another field of Divis's research was the effect of electricity on living bodies and consequently also electrotherapy; Divis was intensely involved in this subject from 1754. During his research work, Divis was in close contact with the representatives of contemporary science: Joseph Franz, Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Vienna University, Jan Antonín Scrinci, Professor of Experimental Physics at Prague University, Leonhard Euler, Professor at the Medical Faculty of Prague University, Jan Krtitel Bohac, etc. He also knew about Benjamin Franklin's experiments. He generalised his findings in the theoretical paper Magia Naturalis (Natural Sorcery), published in German translation in at Tübingen (1765), and in Frankfurt-am-Main (1768). The publication significantly influenced the circle of German pietistic philosophers and evangelical theologists around Friedrich Christoph Oetinger.
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VATICAN CITY – The supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus and the fraternal order's bishop-chaplain met privately with Pope Benedict XVI Dec. 6 and delivered a check for $1.6 million.
Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson and Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., handed the pope the check, which represents a year's interest from the Vicarius Christi Fund, established in 1981 when the Vatican found itself in the midst of a series of huge budget deficits.
While the Vatican's annual budget deficits have been reduced or erased, the 1.7 million Knights worldwide have continued to bring the pope a check each year to support his charities and special projects.
The Vatican has received more than $43 million over the years from the Knights, whose members are mostly in the United States.

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Six regions participate in review of spending patterns against baseline benchmark in new report
November 8, 2018 — Portland, ME — Variation of the total cost of healthcare in six states continues to be driven by local patterns of healthcare usage and pricing. Multiple years of consistent results confirm stability of the measure in a report released today by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI), a national non-profit representing regional health improvement collaboratives (RHICs) and state partners working to achieve better health, and high-quality, affordable care.
"Data is the Spark, Collaboration is the Fuel" is NRHI's third report comparing the total cost of care for those with private insurance in various U.S. regions. The report uses the average cost of healthcare for comparable populations as its benchmark and compares each state to that average. Like other recent studies highlighted in national media, "Data is the Spark, Collaboration is the Fuel" finds that healthcare costs vary widely between states. The NRHI report dives deeper to explore why costs differ and reveals how varied care delivery patterns and local prices contribute to the cost differences between Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, St. Louis, and Utah.
"There are ways we can work together to change the system, this report provides trusted data and supports RHICs collaborative multi-stakeholder forums that leverage healthy tension, and local intelligence to address healthcare affordability." said Ellen Gagnon, Executive Director of Healthcare Affordability, NRHI.
With three national total cost of care benchmark reports complete, trends are emerging, and statistics show that each state has a different story to tell. Releasing this information gives stakeholders insight into the role that local policies, demographic makeup, and market factors play in driving healthcare costs. NRHI and its members believe that this knowledge enables them to take steps to address specific issues on a regional level and further bolsters their belief that data is important, but it's not sufficient alone – multi-stakeholder collaboration is going to be the lever that drives price and service utilization change.
"The data shuts down anecdotal conversations and opens peoples' eyes," said Jonathan Mathieu, VP of Data and Delivery, Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), the RHIC serving the state of Colorado.
For example, data is driving change in Oregon, where HealthInsight, one of the first RHICs to participate in the project, has been sharing information with providers, payers, and policymakers for several years. Legislators have created workgroups dedicated to addressing cost-related components of delivery and have asked HealthInsight to provide total cost of care data regularly.
"We're often called upon as having local expertise and a true and tried methodology," said Meredith Roberts Tomasi, Associate Executive Director, HealthInsight. "Legislators see it as an important source of information as they consider how to create a higher-value healthcare system for our state."
The foundation built by benchmarking regions has sparked curiosity and promoted spread of cost transparency across regions. Over the past five years NRHI has grown this project to collaborate with a total of 18 regions on its Total Cost of Care initiative. The national comparison detailed in this report is supported by practice-level reporting in regions used by providers for improvement. Their reports also deliver this critical information to payers, patients, and purchasers. With the publication of this report, NRHI now has three sets of regional cost comparisons. Learn more about NRHI's project by visiting our website.
"Data is the Spark, Collaboration is the Fuel" was developed with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The report can be found at: https://www.nrhi.org/uploads/rwj_tcoc_phaseiii_benchmark_2018_r7.pdf . NRHI will be hosting a Tech Talk on this report later today, November 8, 2018 at 3pm ET. To register, click the following link: https://nrhi.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TY1AePvJQAKmRkM30caZbg
About NRHI
The Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) is a national membership organization of regional health improvement collaboratives (RHICs) and partners representing more than 30 states and territories across the US. Our members work in and across their regions to collaborate and transform healthcare with the goal of achieving better health, and high-quality affordable care.
About Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
For more than 45 years the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve health and health care. We are working alongside others to build a national Culture of Health that provides everyone in America a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org. Follow the Foundation on Twitter at www.rwjf.org/twitter or on Facebook at www.rwjf.org/facebook.


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C. difficile – Are your guts ever normal again?
Does anyone know any body that has recovered from c.diff (guts back to pre-c.diff status ) . I have been negative for a year and still have bloating every time I eat anything and sporadic diarrhea. I need maternity clothing to eat and be comfortable. I have 0 appetite since I was initially infected.I am on creon 36,000 . this helps some what with bloating,I take papya&pineapple enzymes not helping, and floraster 2xday not sure about that.I have tried the FODMAP diet, I avoid many foods on that diet. I am seeing an RD, just finished an elimination diet with her. If I eat I bloat there for I am. Bottom line…are my guts ruined forever ?
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@suzannedee I am so sorry you have been so sick. After my first bout of CDiff my test came back negative but my doc was convinced it was a false reading so he treated me 3 more times before the transplant. I think false negatives are common. I had the FMT on Feb 28 and it took at least a month until I was convinced it was gone but I still am not "normal." I don't feel like I have been hit by a truck anymore, energy is slowly coming back, but my bowels are unpredictable. I think I do have IBS again(I have it and Crohn's) but the horrid CDiff seems to be fading for now. The nurse told me when I called that it takes a good while to feel good. Here is what is so strange. I did not lose weight. I also don't lose weight from 18-20 times of diarrhea a day with Crohn's. So strange. Vanco can cause weight gain and prednisone can cause weight gain. I was usually on prednisone with Crohn's flares so I guess that's it. I did not have to be admitted for CDiff. You were really very sick. I'm so sorry no one took you seriously. I'm
Also scared to hear your first bout was in 1992 and you are STILL dealing with the risk of CDiff. Ugh Good luck with the FMT. It is not a big deal at all.
@ngorman25 . I have had lots of mucous. I have had only one episode of c.diff. I took vanco for 20 days and since then my bowels have been all over the place but slowing improving. Off and on I go through a mucous period — lots of it, wrapped around the stools, and also just blobs of it. My doctor was not worried about the mucous. She said that it is like the mucous from your nose when you have a cold. It is a sign of inflammation. so since ending vance I have had two big bouts of mucous lasting several days, maybe even a week. And then the mucous has disappeared. I hope yours does the same.
I have bad gas since C. Diff. My doctor tells me that all Proton pump inhibitors (omeoprazole and some others ) as well as H2Blockers (which include Zantac) increase the risk of relapse. My primary care doctor told me to take Zantac. It took me one minute on google to see that there was a Mayo study that said it increased the risk of C.Diff relapse. We need to google every med we take.
@suzannedee My heart goes out to you. I also tested negative between my 3rd and 4th bouts of Cdiff last year. I had to go almost a week before they would retest knowing that it was Cdiff. After reading up on everything I could find, I also found there was more than one test for Cdiff. It takes longer but is more accurate. I too did Flagyl, Vanco, then Vanco taper for 6 weeks and finally the expensive Dificid (fidaximicin). I had decided FMT would be the next recourse for me. Thankfully, the Dificid worked. I'm still not "normal" and realize that it could take a year or longer. I was fortunate that I made it through winter without sinus infections and needing an antibiotic. Clindamycin for one was what started this dreadful Cdiff for me. Stay positive and keep us updated after your FMT.
Has anyone recovered fully from CDiff? I ended up with anal fissure from cdiff all the diarrhea. I've had biopsy from stomach, small intestines, and colon and they are negative but my stomach cramps, a lot of gas , bloating, and diarrhea. I'm tired of feeling bad and have to stay close to a bathroom. Any Hope out there that it will get better?
The only thing that seems to help with diarrhea and bloating is Creon (pancreatic enzymes with meals.This is an off label use ) This is an expensive drug the company has a patient assistance program. This is not a total cure for all my bloating,but it has decreased it. The diarrhea is 90% gone. I had tried the FODMAP diet for a year… this showed me some of the foods to stay away from (that cause extreme bloating) you should be on a daily probiotic such as floraster or VSL#3 . No Dr. has been able to give me any answers. Good luck,Happy Easter.
Forgive me…I know nothing about what you have…just trying to be helpful. I have seen these two things help the gut wonderfully. Back stories on both if you want to know….but…..won't bother you with details. Eat fresh papaya. The real fruit. Every day. Also, and imperative….use bone broth. Most easily used in powdered form, and must be used with vitamin C. Put a few tablespoons of it into juices, smoothies, soups, teas,….do this at least twice. a day. It straightens out a messed up colon. Try it for a few weeks and see what happens. Get bone broth at a health food store. My colon cannot be without it. Research it. Fabulous for healthy immunity and leaky guy. Best of luck to you…. Lori Renee
@sandyabbey @pines @ngorman25 and whoever else is worried about reinfection..!😩. My mother in law had CDiff 2 years ago. She had been on antibiotics for awhile for recurrent UTI's. Well, she is in the hospital now with it again and has not been on antibiotics. I had my FMT on Feb 28 and for the last 2 weeks I am finally feeling better. I haven't seen my MIL in over a month. Have your docs told you that you will forever be more susceptible to getting c diff again regardless if you have been on antibiotics? I'm concerned about the future of getting c diff again out of the blue like she did as well as concerned that I could have reinfected my MIL even though I took all the safety precautions. Other family members are taking care of her now and I will definitely stay away from her. This makes me so sad because I would like to help her but I can't. Do you all feel like you are the plague, just moments away from infecting someone? I feel like no matter how clean I make my house, c diff germs are lurking. 🤦♀
@nettecook Oh I'm so sorry to hear about your mother-in-law. Do you also think you got it from her? I've not heard of any other family members giving it to each other. But I do understand how you feel about feeling like "you are the plague." I had people stay away from me for fear of getting it. Hand washing is really the key. I'm happy to hear that you are doing better after your FMT. Will your MIL be having FMT?
@pines I don't think I got it from her as so much time had passed. However, maybe it was dormant in me? I did take care of her when she was sick. I was on that antibiotic for 10 months and got C diff 2 weeks after getting off of it. My husband thinks I'm being a little too careful but I do not want to go through this again. If it lives in surfaces.. well, surfaces are all over your house. So much of this is trial by error and a mystery!
@lorirenee1 Thank you for your post. Could you tell us the logic of why fresh papa and bone broth are so good for the colon; also who suggested this combo? I am working on my colon and it has gotten better recently and now i am wondering if that is because of the bone broth I drank for four days two weeks ago. what i find has really helped my gas is peppermint tea. I really encourage people to try it.
@nettecoo, @sandyabbey @pines @ngorma25 I am sorry to hear of two cases of C diff in one family. Something we all dread. I have been super super concerned about infecting others especially my kids and grandkids and getting reinfected myself. I finally got appointments with an infectious disease specialist and a GI doctor who specialises in C. Diff. I asked a lot of questions about contagion. Here is what they both independently told me:
1. I am only contagious when I have active diarrhea. If i am colonized but do not have active diarrhea, I am not contagious.
2. As for my apartment and the spores lingering on counters etc. They said give it all a good cleaning, especially the toilet and surrounds, with a product that specifically works against C Diff (the K list at EPA website tells you which they are) , and then it is okay for any one to come to may apartment unless they are immune compromised. My little grandchildren, even the baby , are fine, they said.
3. The infectious disease expert said that C. Diff spores are spread all around and that the vast majority of people are not immune compromised and so are not made sick by them.
As for your question about whether we can get C Diff again without even taking an antibiotic –the doctors thought i probably would not get it again unless I took an antibiotic but they emphasized that I have underlying health issue (two markers in my blood that makes me somewhat immune compromised) . That made me wonder if maybe i could independent of taking an antibiotic. I have come to understand that it is really important whether or not there is some underlying condition that increases risk. I supposedly have that.


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Sponsored by Hesse Mechatronics Benefits of Smart Welding There are many types of welding used for the interconnection of battery packs. Laser, resistance, spot, etc. are just a few of the common types. Smart Welding was developed by Hesse Mechatronics to offer an alternative option. Smart Welding is "wire bonding without the wire" as it continues to… Read more »
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Hesse Mechatronics and the Center for Energy Storage Technologies to develop battery technology
The Center for Energy Storage Technologies (CEST) is partnering with Hesse Mechatronics to develop battery technology with American vehicle and battery manufacturers. The aim of the partnership is to enable more seamless systems engineering capabilities, from cell testing and selection to module and pack design and prototyping. CEST plans to play an active role in… Read more »
Design guidelines for wire or ribbon bonding of cylindrical cells in battery packs
Sponsored by Hesse Mechatronics By Mike McKeown and Dr. Dirk Siepe, Hesse Mechatronics Wire bonding cylindrical battery packs is becoming more mainstream in the alternative energy market these days. This article will review the design guidelines for how to successfully implement a wire or ribbon bonding process for battery packs using cylindrical lithium-ion cells. It… Read more »
The evolution of cell interconnect technologies for battery pack manufacturing
Sponsored by Hesse GmbH By Sebastian Holtkämper, Product Manager, Hesse GmbH Looking back a decade ago on a tough worldwide EV market, hundreds of thousands of hybrid electrical vehicles (HEV), but only a few thousand battery vehicles (BEV) were yearly sold. Compared to the total car market, electric driving was a true niche experience at… Read more »
Wire bonding for EV batteries and inverters: application and process tips from Hesse Mechatronics
Sponsored by Hesse Mechatronics All electronic devices need to be connected electrically (and mechanically) and there are numerous ways of completing this task. Wire bonding is one type of interconnection. There are three types of wire bonding: thermocompression, thermosonic and ultrasonic. We will focus on ultrasonic wedge bonding with aluminium wire and discuss the wire bonding process… Read more »
A closer look at wire bonding
Wire bonding technology – widely utilized in the microelectronics and power electronics industries since the 1970s – is finding its way into interesting new applications in the growing EV industry – in particular, battery connections. We're quite certain that a few EVs are using wire-bonding technology for production battery pack connections, but Charged was unable… Read more »


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Dublin Chamber is a long established, trusted brand with a reputation for delivering high quality events for our members and partners. Our events provide sponsors with access to new clients and key decision makers from Dublin's business community.
Our outstanding events programme consists of more than 100 networking events per annum and caters for business people at all levels.
Dublin Chamber is a long established, trusted brand with a reputation for delivering high quality events for our members and partners. Our events provide sponsors with access to new clients and key decision makers from Dublin's business community.
Our outstanding events programme consists of more than 100 networking events per annum and caters for business people at all levels.
Leaders is a premium series of four exclusive breakfast events for senior decision makers from Dublin Chamber's corporate membership. Leadership issues and challenges are the focus of each event. The high-profile guest speakers offer an overview of their career, their leadership style and their industry. The series gives invited guests key business insights and the opportunity to network with peers. Previous speakers include: Carolan Lennon, Eir, David McRedmond, An Post & Carol Andrews, BNY Mellon.
The Digital Agenda is a continuation of our successful Tech Forum. Technology continues to rapidly transform industries and business leaders need to quickly learn how to respond. The aim of the series is to understand the issues businesses face and to hear case studies from companies that have successfully navigated the digital transformation process. Key themes for 2021 include AI, Big Data, ecommerce and IOT.
COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented shock to the global economy and has increased risk and uncertainty for many Irish businesses. Brexit and the end of the transition period have also brought new challenges as businesses learn to navigate the new trade arrangements. Despite these challenges many Irish businesses are innovating and have ambitions to grow and scale internationally. To understand the challenges facing scaling businesses and to examine how we can support business owners during these challenging times Dublin Chamber will run a series of events to support and inspire our members. Previous speakers include Niall Horgan, Gym + Coffee, Sonia Deasy, Pestle & Mortar, Daithí O'Connor, Revive Active, David Maxwell, Boojum, Jennifer Rock, The Skin Nerd & Graham Deane, Co-founder, Urban Volt.
Our Dinner in Camera series is for the CEOs and senior representatives from the largest companies in our membership. Up to fifty CEOs attend each event to hear from a leading political or business speaker in a confidential, 'in-camera' forum. The emphasis is on sharing business insights and expertise and engaging with the leaders of major corporations through high level networking. Previous speakers include Secretary General Robert Watt, Micheál Martin TD, Fiona Mulddon, FBD.
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. International Women's Day (IWD) has occurred for well over a century, with the first March 8 IWD gathering supported by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Dublin Chamber's International Women's Day celebration brings over 200 of Ireland's most successful business leaders and female entrepreneurs together. The guest speaker and invited panel discuss their careers, challenges they have overcome and offer advice to other female leaders. The theme for 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge.
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35,000+ oppose gas drilling in Delaware River Basin
Over 35,000 public comments were delivered Thursday April 14 by groups opposed to drilling in the Delaware Watershed. Protecting Our Waters joined 17 other community, environmental and social justice organizations in delivering a record breaking amount of comments to the DRBC. With collective force, the message "Don't Drill the Delaware" was delivered.
"There are far too many red flags already showing that horizontal hydrofracking hurts human health, said Iris Marie Bloom of Protecting Our Waters. "Homes have blown up due to methane migration in Bradford Township, and dozens of families in Bradford County, Dimock, Hickory and elsewhere in Pennsylvania cannot drink their well water. Rural Pennsylvanians report human health impacts from nausea to skin lesions and respiratory distress; farmers report sick and dead animals. How many red flags do we need to show this process poisons life?"
Wall Street Journal: Feds receive thousands of anti-drilling comments
Delaware Online: 30,000 oppose gas drilling near Delaware River
New Jersey Times of Trenton: Photos of Fracking Comments Delivered
New Jersey Online: Natural gas 'fracking' proposal draws 35K public comments to Delaware River Basin Commission (with Video)
Mid-Hudson News Network: Environmental groups urge DRBC to extend gas drilling moratorium
Philadelphia Inquirer: Groups deliver boxloads of comments to commission on proposed rules for Delaware River Basin drilling
Groups Urge River Basin Commission: "Don't Drill the Delaware"
More than 35,000 comments tell DRBC to extend moratorium and protect the Delaware from gas drilling
[West Trenton, NJ] – Today, groups representing residents of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware gathered to deliver a record-breaking number of public comments to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), urging them not to move ahead with gas drilling in the River Basin until such drilling is proven safe. The groups expressed strong concern that DRBC proposed rules without first conducting a cumulative impact study.
The groups delivered more than 35,000 public comments from four states, including from public health professionals and academics, in advance of the April 15th deadline, breaking the record for the most number of comments ever delivered to DRBC, and demonstrating extreme public concern over gas drilling's impacts on the Delaware River and its surrounding watershed. More than 15 million people rely on water from the Delaware River for drinking and other everyday uses.
"It's clear today, with more than 35,000 comments submitted, that the public is demanding protection to their health, environment and drinking water from dangerous gas drilling that's been proposed near the Delaware River," said Erika Staaf of PennEnvironment. "Considering the gas industry's track record of pollution in Pennsylvania, the DRBC should heed the cries of these residents and extend the moratorium on gas drilling that has so far protected the Delaware and its inhabitants from this hazardous practice."
"Never before have so many stood up to demand action by the Delaware River Basin Commission, said Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper. "This unprecedented and overwhelming demand for protection from the DRBC demonstrates just what a major threat gas drilling is to our region and should put the Governors on notice that if they don't ensure the DRBC protects the public, instead of continuing to act as servants for the gas drillers, the public will hold them accountable."
Deep-well horizontal hydraulic fracturing, often called "hydrofracking" or "fracking," is the process used to extract gas from the Marcellus Shale and has shown to pose significant risks to public health and the environment at every stage of the process, from the risk of blowouts to air pollution and surface and groundwater contamination. Since 2004, companies have drilled more than 4,300 hydraulic fracturing wells in Pennsylvania and the state has issued permits for thousands more. New York could also expect hydrofracking to begin soon. Incidents and accidents that damage the environment and put public health at risk have already occurred:
- In September 2009, Cabot Oil and Gas caused three spills in Dimock Township, Pennsylvania, in less than a week, dumping 8,000 gallons of fracturing fluid components into Stevens Creek and a nearby wetland.
- A 2010 EOG well blowout in Clearfield County spilled 35,000 gallons of wastewater, some of which reached the Little Laurel Run, a stream that feeds the Susquehanna River.
- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recorded more than 1,000 violations of regulations intended to protect water quality at gas drilling sites between 2008 and August 2010.
"The rush to drill Marcellus Shale is a false bonanza — it's a boom for natural gas drillers who want to drill first and ask questions later, and it's a bust for the rest of us," said Doug O'Malley of Environment New Jersey. "Hydrofracking is the biggest risk to face the Delaware in its history, and New Jersey's residents have everything to lose. This record number of comments should send a strong message to the DRBC not to give a green light to fracking."
The groups today expressed outrage over the DRBC's proposal to allow hydrofracking to begin in the Delaware watershed, putting an end to the existing moratorium on any drilling watershed. The groups' specific concerns centered on the speed at which the rules were proposed, the lack of a cumulative impact study, and the extent to which the rules rely on state regulations, which are either inadequate or non-existent.
Specifically, the coalition expressed concerns that the rules do not restrict the use of toxic chemicals drillers use while drilling and fracking in the watershed, regulate how to dispose of toxic drilling wastewater, prevent drilling and associated development and waste pits near the river and streams – which could occur as close as 500 feet, and do not stop the forested upper Delaware from becoming a devastated industrial landscape.
"The regulations proposed by the DRBC offer little protection to the river, the residents of the basin or the more than 15 million people who rely on it for their drinking water," said Jill Wiener of Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy. "The DRBC's ultimate mission is to protect the river basin, but the proposed regulations stand in stark contrast to this mission. If drilling is to commence in the basin, there will be measurable change to the quality of the water. We can expect harm and degradation."
"Currently the regulations permit the companies to police themselves when it comes to the handling of hazardous, toxic wastewater," said David Braun, organizer for United for Action. "Already the Associated Press has reported that whole truck trips of this toxic wastewater have been disappearing in Pennsylvania in the hands of the drillers. Establishing this regulation is like allowing the foxes to guard the hen house."
The DRBC is an interstate agency responsible for protecting the water resources of the Delaware River Basin – which includes parts of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware – with a mandate to maintain the high existing water quality so that there is "no measurable change" except towards natural conditions. This requires strict regulation of any activity that would degrade the river's exceptional quality, including natural gas development that has the potential to pollute and diminish the water resources of the Basin and the water supply for more than 15 million people.
"We are urging President Obama, through his representative on the commission, to keep the moratorium on drilling in place in the Delaware River Basin and to call for preserving the Delaware, a national treasure and the source of drinking water for five percent of the country. Fuel production is not 'clean' when it damages our water, air and eco-systems," said Karina Wilkinson, Regional Organizer for Food & Water Watch, a national consumer advocacy group.
"One of the most frightening aspects of shale gas production, yet also one of the least understood, is the long-term danger posed by leaving millions of gallons of toxic water underground at hundreds of thousands of wells around the country, with at least 18,000 sites projected in the Delaware River Basin alone," said Clifford Westfall, representing Damascus Citizens for Sustainability and NYH2O.
"The sheer number of comments submitted to the DRBC demonstrates the public's concern over the dangers hydraulic fracturing poses to the Delaware River," said Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club. "Given the millions of gallons of toxic chemicals to be pumped into the ground and the loss thousands of acres of forest, gas drilling will have a devastating impact on water quality and habitat. These rules fail to protect the drinking water for 15 million people."
The Delaware River watershed, which extends through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, supplies drinking water to more than 15 million people – over 5 percent of the U.S. population, – provides recreational opportunities and pumps millions of dollars into the region's economy each year, and provides habitat for hundreds of critical wildlife species.


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NYX Soft Matte Lip Cremes are a matte liquid lipstick. I've never used anything quite like them.
They come in what looks like a short lip gloss tube with a sponge applicator and apply with a consistency similar to a thick mousse. They are opaque and dry to a thin, sticky finish that's matte and quite drying.
Pretty colors, but my lips can't handle the dehydration. Putting balm on first helps some, but not enough for me. Topping with hydrating gloss helps too, but that defeats the purpose of having a matte lipstick.
This is the first NYX product I've tried that I couldn't wholeheartedly recommend. Fortunately, it's quite inexpensive at $6 on the NYX website. I got mine in a HauteLook flash sale for less.


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Sex is awesome. Like, the actual "having sex" part is totally great. I love it — can't get enough of it.
The immediate moments after though? Those can be kind of tricky. Like, how do you know what to say after sex? Or, even what to do?
Personally, I always commit to a high five and take a shower, but WHO AM I? A SEXPERT?
The truth is, it's easy to feel anxious or embarrassed when you're just lying there after having smashed your body parts together with someone else's. So, it's always helpful to have a few go-to phrases to say when the deed is done — and done very well indeed.
Here, the men of Reddit run down their wishlist of phrases that they'd love to hear after a great sex session, which, conveniently, can all be broken down into three S's:
Say Something SIMPLE:
Post-sex is probably not the time to try out that big relationship speech you've been working on or bring up the fact that you think his room could really benefit from some feng shui.
Instead, just stick to the basics. Like...
Say Something SEXY:
AND keep it complimentary. A trending theme among men seems to be that they love to be reassured (in the most sexual ways possible) that they totally rocked your world more than anyone else has before.
Case in point...
Say Something SWEET:
Everyone needs a little TLC now and then. If you're in a relationship, or you feel comfortable showing a little emotion with your hookup buddy, go right ahead.
Guys love some sentimental cheese just as much as anyone...
When In Doubt:
You can always quote your favorite movie and hope he catches the reference. For instance, this quote from Fight Club seems to be men's favorite:
Or, you can steal a quote from a kid-friendly movie (hint: It's "Babe").
That WILL do, thank you very much.
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If you demand it, they will come…
In April 2016, The New York Times reported that for the first time, acreage of GMO crops has declined. We want to take a moment to acknowledge that this change is due, in large part, because of you. In the six short years since the Butterfly first appeared on grocery shelves, so much has happened. Public awareness and concerns over long-term impacts of GMOs (especially on our health and the environment) have driven what started as a grassroots movement in the natural space into the first GMO labeling law going into effect next month. So, thank you to our neighbors in Vermont and beyond, to all the Changemakers among us who support our right to know what is in our food—whether it be voting with our wallets or taking action in Washington.
As you shop, you can know every time you see the Non-GMO Project Verified seal, you are continuing to have a direct impact on the supply chain. There are currently more than 34,000 products bearing the seal and we are seeing steady growth in suppliers who provide Verified ingredients to brands. It is this chain reaction—from farm to label—that is making lasting change.
Meanwhile, in Vermont…
Vermont's Act 120 is causing many large brands to either seek Non-GMO Project verification or to label their products as being made with GMOs.
According to the Organic and Non-GMO Report:
General Mills, Mars, Kellogg, and ConAgra Foods made their announcements just a few days after the U.S. Senate rejected a bill that would have established voluntary GMO labeling and pre-empted Vermont's and other state labeling laws.
The four companies, which are ranked in the top 15 largest food companies in the U.S. and Canada, are following the lead of the Campbell Soup Company, which announced in January that it would label all of its products containing GMOs.
This is a huge step towards transparency. Here at the Non-GMO Project, we received many questions about the impacts of Vermont 120. The main one was, "How will this affect the Butterfly?" The Non-GMO Project is an approved independent verification organization under Vermont Act 120, and an accompanying rule, Consumer Protection Rule 121, and our seal meets Vermont's labeling law criteria. Do you have additional questions? The Vermont Attorney General has published FAQs, Consumers Union published an excellent summary, or you can always email us – we love hearing from you!
Meanwhile in Washington, DC…
On June 23, 2016, a bipartisan bill jumped the first hurdle towards becoming national law. It is unlikely a resolution will be passed before Vermont Act 120 goes into effect on July 1st. But here is a summary of the bill as it stands:
- Manufacturers have the option of using a QR code, website address, toll free number, USDA approved symbol or other text (TBD: something like "Scan Here for more Information")
- Genetic modification only includes DNA or the transferring of genes
- Biotechnologies like RNA interference and gene editing, including CRISPR, are exempt
- Livestock is exempt – even if the animal eats genetically modified feed
- Animal products as the main ingredient: meat, poultry, eggs are exempt
- Smaller quantities of ingredients (like high fructose corn syrup) are exempt
- Organic can now make the non-GMO claim without additional testing
- Will override Vermont Act 120, but can take up to two years to go into effect
It ain't over 'til it's over…Take Action!
This latest bill still needs to pass the Agriculture Committee, full Senate and the House. We urge you to take a moment to tell your Senator that want clear, simple labeling of GMOs on product packaging.
We believe you have a right to know that the products you purchase have been held to the industry's highest standard for GMO avoidance. I want to close this post with a quote from our Executive Director, Megan Westgate:
"This watered down legislation is a world away from the rigorous protocols required of any product bearing the Non-GMO Project Verified label. Through all the turmoil of the mandatory labeling battles, the Non-GMO Project butterfly will continue to provide the public with a meaningful way to avoid GMOs."
Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below and thank you for your trust and continued support!
Changemakers Change Acres
This blog is part of our "Changemakers Change Acres" series which celebrates the progress we are all making together towards a collective non-GMO future. Tell us about a brand, retailer or community member who is pushing the movement forward in a notable way. We will honor these leaders at the end of 2016. Submit your nomination anytime through October 31, 2016.
Tags: gmo, GMO bill, labeling, non-gmo, Non-GMO Project, vermont, vermont act 120
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Enough Barriers, hear the people for once. Allowing Organics to make the claim without further testing, just go ahead and make it confusing….. enough control
So insane to me…Just label it Non- GMO..Its seems like simple common sense to me.Which sadly not many have anymore!!!!
Please keep up the good work.I'm doing everything I can and won't stop.Every voice and not buying GMO products is making a change..Not as fast as I would like.But our money speaks one voice at a time.Also Ban Roundup..don't know how Monsanto people sleep at night knowing they are poisoning all of us and our sweet Grandbabies!!!!!
I shop only at whole foods and trader joes buy products with the triple verified check mark. I think I see the people slowly coming around


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Pruning Magento Cache & Sessions Using Cron
Note: Magento 1.x only. Over the weekend a client contacted me because they had serious performance issues with their Magento based store. The three main issues were:
- Checkout taking more than 30 seconds to complete after clicking to submit payment. (Causing double orders/payments and users just leaving the store)
- Login to the front or back end taking excessively long.
- Slow importing of new products and timeouts.
Upon investigation I narrowed down the issues to Magento's Cache. Magento 1.* caches heavily but does not always remove invalidated files. In addition, Magento had saved sessions that amounted to well over 3 million files.
Also read: MySQL Performance: Stop hoarding. Drop unused MySQL databases
Pruning Magento Cache and Sessions
Once I purged cache the issue was resolved. However, it took less than 24 hours for the cache to again grow large enough that the issues returned. In a case like this it's recommended that you implemented a balanced approach by setuping up an hourly cron script to delete files older than x. With that approach, the issues above were resolved without any noticeable performance hit when cache is pruned, instead of purged.
The script I ended up using was:
#!/bin/sh find /var/www/html/var/cache/ -type f -mmin +120 -exec rm {} \; find /var/www/html/var/session/ -type f -mmin +120 -exec rm {} \; find /var/www/html/var/report/ -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \; find /var/www/html/var/tmp/ -mtime +1 -exec rm -f {} \;
* Change your path and run as root. (test first manually).
This method Prunes Magento's cached files older than 2 hours, session files older than 2 hours, report files older than 7 days and tmp files older than 1 day. This now keeps the cache & session files below millions of files which avoids storage I/O bottlenecks.
Make sure your Magento cookie (session) timeout is set shorter than the prune TTL. In this case, Magento's cookie timeout is set to 1 hour so pruning files older than 2 hours won't delete any active sessions! This server also uses Varnish FPC and
APC for opcode PHP Opcache and Magento caching.
Hope this helps another Magento admin. Please add your solution to this issue if different.
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The German Pavilion will return in 2022.
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Photo outings are easy to do. Pick a place. Pick a time. Pick a restaurant to meet up at later. Off you go.
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A simple photo outing creates an out of the ordinary moment. When you look through a lens you see the world differently, you slow down, you notice things you wouldn't otherwise. Rather than another evening floating by, you are really present to your experience in a way that creates an experience worth remembering.
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As a writer, I rarely write for free unless it is to publicize my book or the work of a friend–occasionally, a poem or story that has not been picked up for pay slips into a free mag because I want readers.
As a performer, I am often ASKED TO PERFORM WITHOUT CHARGE. That is a different matter. Here , in the world of performance, I often donate a performance for a worthy cause, to serve my community, to serve children, to serve (in the case of a workshop I am doing locally this winter) the cause of introducing children to performing and writing.
I have learned to pick causes and venues I love, that please me because I have learned that often, agreeing to perform free means you are not valued. That does not matter (in the case of the library workshop, they DO value me–in fact, so much I am humbled since I feel it is beyond my worth). I have to value what I am doing and the experience , That is the criteria–why? SO I can be a cheerful giver.
So, send your nine-year olds to Hickman Library in Calabash NC Tuesdays , starting Feb 12 to get an introduction to how to read, write, and read your own poetry. I will be leading more than teaching, along with Amy Duncan one of the very talented and committed librarians who works there.
Our goal for those who come? To enjoy poetry and to see the library as a place for fun!
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Nick, Katie and friends shoot the shit about social justice issues, politics and pop culture.
We discuss current events and political issues from a progressive perspective that is pro-animal liberation, anti-racist, pro-feminist, pro-queer, pro-environment and anti-capitalist. Our podcast gives a voice to Left, progressive and anarchist voices and ideas that are neglected in the mainstream media. The show includes discussion, interviews, soundbites from our favourite TV shows and political music.
Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and/or follow our blog to be notified of new episodes. You can also listen to us through Stitcher, Spotify and a bunch of other places – follow the links we give with each episode on the main page. We also now have a blog with articles written by us, a Youtube channel with videos we've made and a Spotify playlist with music, comedy and spoken word that we've played on the show!
This podcast is hosted by Nick and Katie who are social justice activists who have been involved with a wide variety of issues such as animal rights, Occupy, refugee rights and workers' rights. Nick is a collective member of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies (Oceania). He has a PhD in Sociology and his thesis was on the animal advocacy movement. He teaches Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology. He has given lectures on topics such as human/non-human relations and the animal advocacy movement, intersectionality and social movements, the Occupy movement, the anti-neoliberal globalisation movement and anarchism, refugees and migration, media and politics, and music and social change. He has also published heaps of articles, some of which you can read here. Katie has completed her honours in law and politics, looking at the issue of stateless refugees. She has worked and volunteered in the union movement and community legal centres.
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At Build this week, Microsoft announced that it's going to offer a platform for iOS and Android developers to move their apps over to Windows devices. This appears to be done in slightly different ways. Android is at least partly emulated, while iOS isn't, but Microsoft is adding support for the Objective-C programming language. There's also talk of building a Web interface for universal applications.
Microsoft's goal is straightforward: It wants Windows 10 to be a development target for Android and iOS developers, and it's hoping that making it easier to port programs will encourage developers to support its own software. It's also obviously hoping that consumers who might otherwise be turned off by the lack of applications will instead adopt Microsoft's platform.
It's a reasonable goal, particularly given that iOS and Android currently account for 96.3% of the mobile OS market — the question is, will it work?
Cross-platform compatibility
The history of operating systems and products that offered cross-platform capabilities as a major selling point isn't a compelling one. Unlike backwards compatibility, which has often been extremely important to end users (imagine if buying a new PC or smartphone meant no existing applications would work on it), cross-platform compatibility is often perceived as a last-ditch attempt to create a relevant market for one's own product.
The most obvious example of this is likely IBM's OS/2. When OS 2.0 debuted, IBM marketed it with the tagline "a better DOS than DOS and a better Windows than Windows." In many ways, this was objectively accurate — OS/2 could run more than one DOS application at a time and could even run multiple copies of Windows in parallel, with each copy sandboxed into its own virtual DOS machine (VDM). Despite being arguably more advanced than any OS Windows had shipped, OS/2 steadily lost ground. In more recent days, BlackBerry built its own cross-platform compatibility with Android applications — yet this has done nothing to stem the tide of users fleeing the once-mighty smartphone vendor.
Cross-platform compatibility is great if your goal is to snag that one Android game or iOS application that you don't have access to, but it's a poor means of building a software library. Android apps running on Windows 10 won't look like Windows applications — they'll look like Android. iOS applications that don't receive UI overhauls will look like iOS apps. You may snag a few buyers already on the fence, but if someone is heavily invested in the Android or iOS ecosystems, they're unlikely to switch over to something new — not if Windows 10 mobile doesn't offer them an intrinsic reason to make that leap.
If Windows 10 mobile were set to debut with a real cutting-edge handset design — a flagship to make Samsung and Apple weep — then Microsoft might have a cogent argument for why cross-platform compatibility made sense. Lacking such an option, it's simply not clear that anyone is going to buy a Windows 10 mobile device based on this feature. The great irony of Windows Phone is that it's reportedly a far better OS than Windows Mobile ever was, yet has enjoyed a fraction of that operating system's market share.
As an iOS user (I have an iPhone 5c) I don't see any reason to consider Windows 10 mobile based on this capability alone — but I'm also not terribly invested in the Apple ecosystem (my tablet is Android and I use a Windows 7 PC). What about you? Would you switch to Windows 10 mobile if the Android and iOS application compatibility was there — or do you want native applications? If you've been on the fence, what would get you off of it?


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The threat of winter came and went over the weekend with no really bad weather. The forecast was for snow, rain, and cold. We got the cold but no snow or rain, which was fine by me.
The week was filled with home, neighbor, and friend responsibilities, so only one garden workday was on the schedule.
I did manage to get one more raised bed finished and another started this week. The rock pile is dwindling, and more will be needed soon. I have planned one more bed in this area before the mulch is laid down and the fence around the area is built. The big wooden fence continues to keep out the deer, but a wire and electric fence is still needed to keep the raccoons and groundhogs from munching on what they believe is their buffet. It's all starting to come together for this year.
This is lettuce planted three weeks ago. I'm not sure it's going to make it to outside. The soil temperature was a chilly 35 degrees F under a frozen crust. Unless we get some really warm weather, soon this tray will end up being micro greens in a salad, which wouldn't be all that bad. The heat mat is looking for another tray of something to start — it just could be lettuce.
The marigolds are looking great. It will be time to transplant them soon. So far, the heat mat and grow lights are producing a good amount of plants for the garden. It all seems to be better than in years past. I'm not sure what's different, but I like it!
I'm hoping for better weather to get these plants out in the garden and start some real gardening. How about you? Any exciting things happening in the garden yet?
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Gangsters have been around boxing for ever. When boxing took hold in Madison Square Garden just after the First World War, a new wave of criminals moved in: the Mob. It was then that Prohibition gave street legitimacy to organised crime right across America; and by the time Joe Louis arrived to breathe excitement through a country ravaged by the Great Depression, the wise guys were firmly entrenched at ringside.
Mike Jacobs, the grizzled boss of boxing at the Garden for nearly twenty years, made the Brown Bomber the biggest sports star in the world, and a string of romantic writers ensured this would be remembered as the fight game's golden age. They mingled with underworld heavies along a strip of New York pavement near the Garden known only as Jacobs Beach. Kevin Mitchell's gripping book is the unsanitised story of those times and that place, of Rat Pack cool and the fading of the Mob's peculiar glamour, brilliantly told through the eyes of the men who were there.
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Month: January 2019
The wee small hours
One of the last duties my father felt necessary to perform in this life was to ensure I knew the tragic circumstances my mother had endured as a girl, before she and my father knew each other and while she was still living at home as a student.
…. a look back at 2018
December 2018 was the first month since January 2017 during which I did not reach the summit of a new Munro, but I can already say with confidence, without checking any statistics, that 2018 was a good year. Continue reading "…. a look back at 2018"


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So I forgot to post yesterday. Kept meaning to and kept putting it off. So there's no need to keep posting every day...at least not for the "contest." Forget just one day, and it's all over. See you next month? Maybe?
Manic Meanderings
Friday, June 20, 2014
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
This Seems to be a Blog About...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Literally Phoning it In
Posting from my phone today. I've either been posting from my iPad or my phone the last several days. The benefit of the iPad is that it is currently attached to a keyboard so it's like using a small laptop. With the phone I use the Swype keyboard, so it feels faster, though I really have to keep an eye out for those pesky autocorrect typos.
We have another thing were doing tonight...and something tomorrow night as well, so I don't know if I'll be doing any long posts or any fiction any time soon. At least I'm still posting every day. Now with the Blogger app both on my phone and my iPad, it's kind of made easier...plus I have an alarm set on my phone to go off at 10:45 am to remind me to post. I'm not allowed to swipe it away until after I've posted. The nagging effect seems to be working.
Monday, June 16, 2014
I Want to Post But...
I need a nap right now. I'm afraid if I put it off till later, I'll be too tired then as well, so this is for now, and we'll see how I'm feeling later.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Groggy Day
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Long Day With Family
Got up way too early, went out to breakfast with hubby. Went to our mental health support class, took our daughter and her friend an hour south took a Homestuck meet-up, came home.
Day started around 6:20am and here it is 9:37pm. I want to go to bed though I predict a mild second around 10pm or so, leading to a 12am bedtime. We'll see...
Friday, June 13, 2014
Brain is Not Fully Engaged
I am having a hard time concentrating. It could be due to the giggling girls down the hall, since my daughter is having a sleepover. We will be going to a Homestuck cosplay meet-up tomorrow. No, I don't cosplay. If I did, it would be as River Song. Or maybe if just wear a piece of memorabilia from all of my favorite famdoms...Doctor Who, Sherlock, BSG TRS, Cat Woman...the list goes on...
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Once again HP has to close a hole in OpenView Network Node Manager
Hewlett-Packard has released updates for the OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) to close a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the Linux version of the software. According to an iDefense report, the rping tool conceals a buffer overflow which attackers can use to inject and execute malicious code in a system without authentication. The patch also helps to force authentication in web interfaces. The forced authentication feature can be activated by switching the UserLogin option in
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a nice surprise
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What a wonderful prize! I love buttons, too. They are just so much fun to use to decorate or just keep. My granddaughter came over last year and separated part of my collection by color and I still have them in the plastic bags that she put them in so that I could "find all of the ones that are the same together." :)ReplyDelete
oh yes, Love buttons too. I agree with Lois, as I a kid I got great enjoyment from sorting colours, as did my gr'daughter. A great rainy day 'task'.ReplyDelete
The buttons etc from Nelly are lovely, a gorgeous prize from a gorgeous (and yes, very funny) girl. What really has me swooning are those lovely old blanket labels...the Witney label is super.ReplyDelete
So glad you loved it all and I do hope your rib is betterReplyDelete
Great selection of buttons...lucky you! Wonderful prize from Nelly...must check out her blog, fellow Aussie.ReplyDelete
Thanks for you lovely comment re: my latest stitching for the Magic Diaries.
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Nintendo's 3DS was the top selling game console of 2013, a successful statistic amidst otherwise dire annual results.
The company projected shipping nine million Wii U's and instead pushed a paltry 2.8 million. Further outlook into March of 2014 represents a total sales run of 6.8 million units. For comparison, Microsoft and Sony's next-gen consoles have already moved over four million each in only a few months of sales. Nintendo cites weak interest in Europe and the US for their sagging numbers.
Wii U is heading into a deep run of major first party titles, including Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, and Smash Bros. Hopefully those names stop the torrent of financial bleeding.
According to statements pulled from a press conference, President Saturo Iwata may be peering into other avenues as in "new business structures," to spike revenues, but remains resistant to releasing core franchises to the smart phone market. It's clear the company believes the allure is tightly embedded in hardware ownership.


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Passwords have existed as a means of security for millennia. And for most of their history, they've worked as advertised. But now that society has transitioned to digital, a massive market for stolen data has sent security experts scrambling to put out fires, all the while pleading with their clients to make their passwords more secure.
There may be a way to keep passwords and the convenience they provide without requiring people to do significantly more work. It's called multi-factor authentication and it makes passwords work better by authenticating something else in addition to the password. It could be device authentication, knowledge authentication or even biometric authentication.
Source: Is it time to finally get rid of the password? – Quartz


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Stanley hits out at 'D4 know-alls' after topping the poll in Laois-Offaly
"Overwhelmed," was the reaction of Sinn Féin's Brian Stanley to the tally figures which put him in pole position at 16,319.
"It's a huge day for us. I felt we were doing well from Ballylinan to Banagher and Rathdowney to Rhode, but I did not see the scale of this victory. It's a great day for the party."
As to the composition of the next government, he said it was a case of seeing how it worked out from here.
"Sinn Féin's preference is to be in a left of centre government. We want to be in power.
"Micheal Martin and Leo Varadkar are still denying the reality of it. That's fine if they think they can do it. But we do want to be in the middle."
Sinn Féin's success was based on "years of hard work by the organisation. It's important to listen to people and particularly the people not doing so well. We really communicated our message well across this time. There is no point in telling people the economy is going well, if their week's wages are running out on a Monday or Tuesday and they have to wait until Friday or doing long commutes to work.
Stanley hit out at sections of the national media that "tried to do a hatchet job on us, particularly in the last days of the campaign.
"The reality is people do not depend on the mainstream media as much anymore. People make up their own minds rather than been told what to do by the Dublin 4 know-alls.
"At the last election in 2016, I was accused of presiding over murder. People made up their own minds. "The establishment parties and sections of the media closely allied to them have failed. People are not fooled by their propaganda."
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Ottawa, 6 December 2018
Re: In support of a Francophone University in Ontario
The Honourable Doug Ford
Premier of Ontario
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Toronto ON M7A 1A1
Dear Premier Ford,
The CHA was saddened to see that the planned establishment of the Université de l'Ontario français had been cancelled in your government's budget that was made public on November 15. With it, the right of francophones wanting to receive postsecondary education in history exclusively in their language vanished. The CHA is of the opinion that to jettison the creation of this francophone institution, which would have cost a mere $12 million, is a very short-sighted decision. Not only does it do very little in your quest to eliminate $15 billion in government spending, but it deters bilingualism in the province.
The CHA would thus strongly urge your government to reinstate the funding necessary to create the francophone university in order to support Franco Ontarian graduate students who would like to do historical research in their own language.
Adele Perry
Canadian Historical Association
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