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GH47 John Henry, GH47 Pokey and GH37 Odyssey all got up very early in the morning.
How early, 3:00 am, Wink and Wilma on GH47 Trawler John Henry rigged for "silent running" that means stowing away the last of the loose items in the master stateroom, and had a cup of coffee. At 3:30, all boat owners reviewed the weather and didn't really like it. Wink hailed a local fisherman via the VHF for weather conditions in the Gulf Stream. Local Fisherman said that there were 2 to 3 ft swells - everything looked good to him. Everyone weighed anchor at 4:00 a.m. (pitch black). John Henry travel out the Lake Worth inlet first with Wilma on the bow to ensure good night vision. Pokey followed with Odyssey following last.
The local fisherman was a little bit off on the size of the swells. They were more like 4-6 ft swells. The good news is that they were swells not white caps. The sun rose about 6:00 am with this fantastic sunrise view.
By 6:30 am our sunrise started showing the clouds on the horizon.
About 10:00 a.m.. we were about an hour from the Bahamas Bank.The water depth was over 2100 feet and the water was deep blue.
We entered the Bank just south of Memory Rock and continued our journey passed Mangrove Cay and on to Great Sail where we anchored on the west side of the Cay to protest us from east winds. The evening was extremely calm and beautiful. John Henry anchored first and Pokey anchored to the North while Odyssey anchored to the South.
Pokey at Great Sail Cay, Abaco, Bahamas - First trip to the Bahamas! Wink on John Henry's fly bridge watching Odyssey anchor to the South. What a great day to be in the Bahamas.
Odyssey, anchoring in Great Sail Cay, Bahamas - this is their 7th year to spend the winter at Marsh Harbour.
This is our Sea Chest. In the St. Johns River, where the water is dark, we could never see all the way through the chest. This picture is taken on the Bahamas Bank where it shows how clear the water really is.
After a good night sleep, the trawler convoy headed for Spanish Cay where we would all clear customs.
Paul & Sue on Odyssey continued on to Man-O-War Cay to drop their crewman, Charlie at his home. They stayed there until Thursday.
Tim & Becki on Pokey followed Odyssey through Don't Rock and continued on to Treasure Cay where they stayed the night. On Sunday morning, they continued in to Marsh Harbour where they settled into their dock.
Wink and Wilma on John Henry decided to stay at Spanish Cay for a few days. They have a friend, Richard who works there. This year is very slow for Spanish Cay so we were the only boat there for most of the time. We had the marina to ourselves and most of the island to ourselves. Below: John Henry at Spanish Cay Marina in Abaco, Bahamas.
The first night, we caught nearly a dozen little snappers and had a great fish dinner. The sunset for the evening was amazing in the middle of nowhere. This is a picture of the sunset from the dock under John Henry's bow.
This is the same sunset from the port (left) side of the boat looking out over the breakfront of the marina.
Just after sunset, Wink went fishing for Shark bait. There are lots of sharks in this area. They are fun to hook, but not bring in.
The second day, we went snorkeling and found a bounty of food and shells. This conch is not only really pretty, but has a good supply of conch meat in it. To retrieve the meat, place the entire shell into a plastic bag and freeze thoroughly. Remove from freezer, let stand over night to thaw, immerse in water and pull out the conch. Clean and remove all dark parts of the conch keeping only the solid white piece for cooking. Rinse out conch shell and scrub clean. Add a small amount of bleach to the water to sanitize shell.
Wink also caught three lobsters and speared a nice candy snapper. The lobster was prepared two different ways for dinner. The first way was cubed with butter and garlic. The second way was baked at 450 degrees for 20 minutes with Paprika & dipped in butter.
During our snorkeling adventure, we met the owner of the marina who pointed out an shallow airplane crash near us to dive on. Apparently, this airplane has been there for over 20 years just a few feet from shore. Very interesting to see all the fish living inside, but eerie.
Sara the sea dog was extremely happy on Spanish Cay. She was the only dog on the island most of the time and was allow free run - no leash required. I think you can even see her smiling. Wilma and Sara went for many long walks, with Wink joining them on the short walks.
The next day, our snorkeling - lobster hunting yielded 6 lobsters. Wink was excited and happy about hunting lobster and he really enjoyed the vigorous swimming.
Another picture of Sara - without a lease, but not following Wilma on the dock. Sara decided to just sit this one out. She doesn't really like walking on the wood docks anyway.
Last year, we borrowed our boat builder's skiff to make sure that we liked it. We did so we had one built for us. They did a great job. They even put the name on it: T/T John Henry - for the non boaters, that means Tender To John Henry. The weather started getting windy and cloudy on the forth day so we stayed another two days.
The shark fishing was fun. Wink fished for sharks about 3 times. He caught a total of 8 sharks during these adventures. Once he had the sharks on the line, they would jump about 3 feet out of the water trying to break free. It took one shark about 4 big jumps before he was free. We're glad that they broke free, we weren't planning to keep them anyway.
We had a beautiful rainbow and full moon on the evening that Double Trouble pulled in. Fred and Sidonia St. Germaine, owners of Double Trouble came in for two nights.
Sidonia and Fred with full moon to the right at Spanish Cay, Bahamas.
We became fast friends with Sidonia and Fred and all of us went snorkeling the last day. Wink was the fabulous hunter/gatherer again. We all tried, but we're inexperienced. Wink caught
4 lobsters, 1 large grouper, 2 large snappers.
On Friday, Wink and Wilma pulled out at 0700 with Fred and Sidonia saying goodbye and helping us with our lines. Fred and Sidonia will leave later today for Green Turtle Cay and hopefully we'll catch up with each other again.
We arrived near the crossing of the Whale and requested local knowledge of Whale conditions.
The Whale is a dangerous area if bad weather conditions exist in the Bahamas that must be crossed or you must go through Don't Rock to move from the North side to the South side of the Abacos. We considered going through Don't Rock, but the sun was in our eyes and we couldn't read the water for shallow areas.
The Whale is a dangerous area if bad weather conditions exist in the Bahamas that must be crossed or you must go through Don't Rock to move from the North side to the South side of the Abacos. We considered going through Don't Rock, but the sun was in our eyes and we couldn't read the water for shallow areas.
Local knowledge described good conditions in the Whale so we went through without a problem. We had 3-5 ft swells only. We were across in 40 minutes.
We had a nice day right up to the time we decided to dock at Boat Harbour in Marsh Harbour. Paul Graham and a group of other Royal Marsh Harbour Yacht Club members came out to meet us. Paul drove our skiff in so we could dock without it being in the way. An afternoon thunderstorm came in so we waited out on the bank for it to clear and winds to calm.
We were finally settled into our slip about 4:00 pm.
This our dock - Dock 4. There are local dogs that are non-aggressive called "pot cakes". Our marina has a very nice "pot cake" who like to hang around our boat. They are called "pot cakes" because they eat anything for anyone. Wilma has renamed this one to be called "Pot Luck".
The condo complex that they were working on last year is complete. The Tiki Hut that was between dock 4 and 5th ave has been torn down.
Here is a coconut palm in the early stages of growth from a real coconut.
The Abaco Beach Resort at Boat Harbour is where our club RMHYC has negotiated a good rate. We have many nice amenities. Here's the local beach where you can relax in the sun and rent small kayaks.


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Multi-stanza links are lost
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I have tried to Edit Groups because when I opened the original model, multi-stanza links were lost. When I fixed the links and closed out of the Edit Groups box, Ecopath no longer displayed any of the Basic Inputs or Fishery Landings, just the diet matrix.
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comment:2 Changed 12 years ago by jeroens
Chris Harvey email:
The model in question was initiated in EwE 6, not 5. If I recall correctly, what I did was this:
--I started building the Puget Sound model from the ground up in EwE 6, the version I first downloaded back in, oh, November or something like that.
--I had several salmon groups that were multistanza, along with four other multistanza groups (spiny dogfish, lingcod, herring, and dungeness crab) in the original model configuration.
--After a month or two of working on it, I changed my mind on the salmon groups and decided to lump all stanzas into one pool, for various reasons having to do with salmon life history complexity (although the modular aspect of EwE 6 will allow users to model salmon life history more effectively, I wasn't sure how to use the modular features to accurately depict salmon life history so I just decided to bail out and model them as single pools).
--When I went into the edit groups tab to remove the multistanza group names and delete the now unnecessary stanzas, I not only had repeated warnings from the software, but I also lost the multistanza linkages in one or more of the other non-salmon biomass pools.

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Pret A Manger rules out unit in Ipswich Buttermarket despite branding appearing on application
PUBLISHED: 12:57 30 September 2017 | UPDATED: 12:57 30 September 2017
Pret A Manger has ruled out filling an empty unit in the Buttermarket as part of the next phase of the shopping and retail centre's development, despite a planning application featuring its branding.
The Buttermarket last week submitted plans for a revamp of its entrance on the Butter Market street side opposite Waterstones, which would feature part of the complex being demolished and new entrance being built.
As part of the plans, mock up images of the redesigned entrance appear to show Pret A Manger's branding filling the vacant unit at the front which has gone through a number of uses including pop-up gym office, art shop, calendar store and men's clothing.
But the sandwich shop chain has said it is not looking at this site.
A spokeswoman from Pret A Manger said: "Our plans to open a Pret shop on the Cornhill are progressing well, but just to confirm, the Buttermarket Centre isn't an area we're currently are looking at."
It is understood the Buttermarket unit was one that had previously been considered, but it is still pursuing plans to fill a part of the former Grimwades store.
It is believed the former Grimwades store will be split with Pret A Manger and a bank filling the vacant space.
It is not yet clear which bank is in negotiations to occupy the building, but a spokeswoman from Metro Bank previously expressed interest in opening a branch in Ipswich.
A spokeswoman last week added: "We do remain committed to opening a store in Ipswich in the near future."
Plans for the redevelopment of the second Buttermarket entrance follow developments transforming the site into a leisure and retail hybrid, with Cosy Club, Wagamama, Krispy Kreme, Empire cinemas and Byron Burger among the names to have arrived.
The application documents said the Butter Market street entrance had "not been upgraded since construction in 1992" and added that the entrance refurbishment would "ensure the retail offer survives the pressures that high street retailers are currently facing".
The proposal aims to create a lighter and more attractive mall-style 'street' which will better suit the revamped centre.
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United States District Court, D. Maine
November 6, 2017
LEONARD JONES, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent
RECOMMENDED DECISION ON RULE 60(b) MOTION
C. Nivison U.S. Magistrate Judge
Leonard Jones has filed a motion seeking to vacate, set aside
or correct his sentence. (Motion, ECF No. 190.) Petitioner
cites Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b), but in substance he asks the Court
to reopen his prior 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding in this
case and vacate his sentence because the Court did not
address one of his arguments. (Id. at 2.) In
essence, therefore, Petitioner seeks relief pursuant to 28
review of Petitioner's motion, I conclude the motion is a
second or successive section 2255 motion that is subject to
the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244
and 2255(h). I recommend the Court dismiss the motion
pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2255
Proceedings, without requiring the Government to respond
a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of conspiracy to
possess with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of
cocaine base, cocaine, and methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(ecstasy), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A),
846. (Jury Verdict, ECF No. 91; Judgment, ECF No. Ill. at 1.)
He was sentenced to life in prison and ten years of
supervised release. (Judgment at 2-3.) The First Circuit
affirmed the conviction and the sentence. United States
v. Jones, 674 F.3d 88 (1st Cir. 2012).
filed his first section 2255 motion on October 1, 2013.
(Motion, ECF No. 136.) The Court denied relief. (Recommended
Decision, ECF No. 172; Order Affirming, ECF No. 177.) The
First Circuit denied Petitioner's request for a
certificate of appealability. Jones v. United
States, No. 15-1387 (1st Cir. Dec. 7, 2015).
January 2017, Petitioner received an executive grant of
clemency from then President Barack Obama. (ECF No. 189 at 3,
5.) In the grant of clemency, the President commuted
"the total sentence of imprisonment" Petitioner was
then serving "to a term of 360 months' imprisonment,
leaving intact and in effect... the term of supervised
release imposed by the court with all its conditions and all
other components" of the sentence. (Id. at 3)
(emphasis in original.)
filed the pending motion in October 2017.
Rule 4
of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings provides in
relevant part: "If it plainly appears from the motion,
any attached exhibits, and the record of prior proceedings
that the moving party is not entitled to relief, the judge
must dismiss the motion . . . ."
Court lacks jurisdiction to consider a second or successive
section 2255 motion unless the First Circuit has specifically
authorized the Court to consider it. Title 28 U.S.C. §
2244 applies to second or successive section 2255 motions,
pursuant to section 2255(h). Section 2244(b)(3)(A) states:
"Before a second or successive application permitted by
this section is filed in the district court, the applicant
shall move in the appropriate court of appeals for an order
authorizing the district court to consider the
application." See also First Circuit Rule 22.1.
The First Circuit has held: "We have interpreted
[section 2255(h)] as 'stripping the district court of
jurisdiction over a second or successive habeas petition
unless and until the court of appeals has decreed that it may
go forward.'" Trenkler v. United States,
536 F.3d 85, 96 (1st Cir. 2008) (quoting Pratt v. United
States, 129 F.3d 54, 57 (1st Cir. 1997)). A review of
the record reveals no evidence to suggest that Petitioner has
obtained from the First Circuit permission to file the
pending second or successive motion. See 28 U.S.C.
§§ 2244, 2255. This Court, therefore, lacks
jurisdiction to consider Petitioner's
Circuit Rule 22.1(e) provides that if a second or successive
section 2255 petition is filed in the district court without
the required authorization from the First Circuit, the
district court "will transfer the petition to the court
of appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631 or dismiss the
petition."[2] I can discern no prejudice to
Petitioner's ability to seek authorization to proceed on
a second or successive section 2255 motion if the matter is
dismissed rather than transferred. In addition, because
Petitioner filed the motion in this Court without
authorization from the First Circuit, the interests of
justice militate against transfer in order for Petitioner to
assess whether he wants to petition the First Circuit for
permission to proceed and, if so, to present directly to the
First Circuit the bases for his request. Dismissal is thus
on the foregoing analysis, I recommend the Court dismiss
Petitioner's motion. (ECF No. 190.) I further recommend
that the Court deny a certificate of appealability pursuant
to Rule 11 of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Cases because
there is no substantial showing of the ...
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Say "Hi" to the latest addition in my already big sneakers collection: these gorgeous Nike Air Max Command in grey. They're comfy, stylish and on sale (here)! I just couldn't resist!
Vi presento l'ultima aggiunta alla mia, già vasta, collezione di sneakers: sto parlando di queste splendide Nike Air Max Command, in grigio chiaro scamosciato. Sono comodissime, stupende e scontate (qui)! Non sono riuscita a resistere!
Spring has finally sprung and with the warmer sun and the colorful, scenty flowers it has also come that time of the year to celebrate all the work and efforts made during a long winter. It's time to leave all the coats, scarves, gloves and oversized sweaters for some pretty puffy skirts, elegant lace, shiny beads and romantic chiffon. It's time to dare and dream, to dance all night long, to share pictures and unforgettable moments with friends. It's prom time!
Like I said before in Italy we don't have anything similar to prom but I've always dreamed to take part in one and with the whole Cinderella fever lately it got even worse! I'd love to go shopping for the perfect dress, to try on many different styles, to choose the perfect shoes and purse and to match my outfit with the makeup and hair. I would probably enjoy all this prep part more than the prom itself! Probably because it would be great to linger over gorgeous, formal dresses like the ones I've found on one of my favourite sites, www.promtimes.co.uk. I'm sure you'll find it really useful too with all the options about fabrics, colors, styles, lenghts.
I couldn't resist so I made a search through their fabulous, dreamy dresses and I found out that I'd probably have some issues choosing just one dress but since I'm not going to any prom I can pick more than one dress with no trouble. Here are my favourites!
Long Dresses (here)
I really like the shade of pink, the fabric and the delicate, embellished detail. I'd pair this romantic dress with some bold, sparkling shoes. I'd wear a natural makeup and I'd choose something similar to the bun in the pic for my hair.
Here's another colour I really like: yellow! This pastel shade allows you to wear a bold colour without risking too much. Plus if you're still tanned from the last spring break you'll look great in this shade. Once again I'd pair this modern, original dress with sparkling shoes. I'd go for nude lips and cat eyes and I'd style my hair in a high braid.
Short Dresses (here)
Lace has always been and always will be my favourite. So here's what I call a "classic": black lace. I do love everything about this dress: the shape of the skirt that reminds me of a tutu, the black bow on the waist, the see-through effect on the shoulders, the open back. I think all these elements make it really elegant but wearable at the same time. I'd pair it with nude shoes, smokey eyes and natural lips. A messy, side bun would be my choice for the hairstyle.
Vintage Dress (here)
Here's another nude/black combo but this time in a long, vintage dress. The lace details on the see-through sleeves and skirt, the shape and lenght, the nude belt and inserts: everything in this sophisticated dress says haute couture. It's what I love about it, the elegant, timeless attire combined with modern, young elements. I'd pair this dress, like the one before, with nude shoes, smokey eyes and natural lips. I would wear a beaded headband in the hair to complete the look.
Another pink/black combo from the vintage department but this time in a short dress with a modern twist. The embellished black lace on the top and the original shape and lenght of the skirt are my favourite elements in this dress that combines perfectly classic and modern features for a girly, fresh result. I'd pair the dress with beaded or black lace shoes and bubblegum pink lips. A high bun would be perfect to complete the outfit.
Red Dresses (here)
A beautiful red dress with a surprise on the back. I'd wear it with some daring shoes, probably in gold, big earrings and hair up to show the wonderful see-through lace on the back. An elegant gown with a feminine hint for a modern queen of hearts.. and possibly prom queen!
Blue Dresses (here)
This dress really impressed me at first glance. What I like the most is its original top with the blue gems and the whole embroidery. It makes me think of the deep waters of the ocean with its lively world, vivid colors and dancing waves. That's why I would pair it with a fishtail braid, silver shoes and glittery eyes.
I hope you'll enjoy the search for the perfect dress as much as the prom itself and I'm pretty sure www.promtimes.co.uk will be a part of your unforgettable success. Because if there can be only one prom Queen with these wonderful dresses every girl can be a fashion Queen!
Lately I've been searching a lot for some elegant dresses. It's that time of the year full of festive parties with co-workers, friends and relatives and I'm more than glad to take the chance to wear fancy, sparkling outfits.
Just like every month and season lace is still my favourite both for sophisticated and relaxed occasions. I love keeping it classy and classic with black lace but on these days I also like daring with colours and wearing it in other shades, especially red and green of course! Chiffon is also a good choice for me especially in puffy, short skirts and fancy dresses.
I did many researches in stores, obviously, and even more on the internet and that's where I found an interesting, useful, pretty site: http://www.promtimes.co.uk.There are so many options, styles, colours and fabrics that you just can't leave it without finding exactly what you were looking for. And even more. There are so many choices for different occasions and body shapes and the most of the items are highly discounted.
In this huge offer I did a little selection and I'd like to share it with you all.
Let's start with something classic on this time of the year: red dresses! (here)
Another favourite: blue! (here)
A classic and, once again, one of my favourites: black! (here)
Finally, if you're lucky enough to go to the prom… (here)
Short dresses (here):
Long dresses (here):
And now what I would wear on prom
It was pretty hard to pick just some dresses but I tried to make a choice according to my personal taste and trying to show you different styles. I highly recommed to you all to visit the website for your personal selection.
Every single piece is available in more than 20 colours and they ship worldwide.
I've been searching for this nailpolish for months but it had gone sold out so quickly that I just abandoned the idea to buy it. Until I found it unexpectedly some days ago. And on sale!
I wanted it so badly because it's the perfect wine red, that "sangria" red perfect for this fall/winter. So I had really high expectations on the final result but I have to say it was even better than I expected. It's exactly the shade of red I've been searching for months and I've always wanted.
It took two coats for this gelly, super glossy result and it definitely didn't need any top coat on it. I think it's really sophisticated, elegant but wearable all at once and I really recommend it to you if you're a burgundy lover (or should I say obsessed?) like me!
Nailpolish: Pupa Lasting Color Gel in 92 (Paris Experience collection)
Ho cercato questo smalto per mesi, ma ne avevano venduto ogni singolo esemplare subito dopo l'uscita, così mi ero arresa all'idea che non lo avrei trovato. Finché non l'ho trovato, del tutto inaspettatamente, qualche giorno fa. E scontato!
Lo volevo così tanto perché é il perfetto color vinaccia, quel rosso sangria così in voga quest'anno da diventare colore dell'autunno/inverno.
Ovviamente avevo grandi aspettative sul risultato finale, ma devo ammettere che le ha addirittura superate. É esattamente la tonalità di rosso che cercavo da mesi e che ho sempre voluto.
Ci sono volute due passate per questo finish brillante, glossato, perfettamente coprente. E non c'é voluto neanche il top coat! Lo trovo molto sofisticato ed elegante, estremamente portabile e versatile. Be lo raccomando se, come me, amate il borgogna (la mia é più un'ossessione, lo so!).
Smalto: Pupa Lasting Color Gel in 92 (collezione Paris Experience)
Here's what I wore to go to the beach today.
I've bought many skirts like these in the last months and even if I usually don't like high waists I had to make an exception for them.
The one I wore today is probably my favourite with its tiny, pink flowers. I paired it with a plain cotton tank in green (my favourite shade on this summer).
When my mom saw me she said I looked like I pin up and even if I hadn't thought about it I like the idea so much that I used it in the title.
I'm still getting into the real summer mood but girly, colorful outfits like these are really helping through these cloudy days!
Tank: Calliope
Skirt: Tally Weijl
Oggi finalmente le nuvole ci hanno dato una tregua (illusoria, ma meglio di niente!) ed io ne ho approfittato per godermi la spiaggia poco affollata.
La gonna che ho indossato é una di molte simili che ho comprato egli ultimi mesi. Normalmente non amo i capi a vita bassa, ma per queste gonne ho scelto di fare un'eccezione perché mi piacciono molto.
Quella che ho indossato oggi é probabilmente la mia preferita, con i suoi piccoli fiori rosa. L'ho abbinata ad una canottiera semplice di cotone nel mio verde preferito per questa stagione.
Mia mamma quando mi ha visto ha detto che sembravo una pin up ed anche se non ci avevo pensato affatto l'idea mi é piaciuta talmente tanto che l'ho usata per il titolo del post.
Non sono ancora entrata del tutto nel clima estivo, per qualche strano motivo, ma questi outfit pieni di colori e femminili mi stanno decisamente portando nella giusta direzione.
Canotta: Calliope
Gonna: Tally Weijl
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Hello, everyone. I'm Michael Wood at Captivatim Multimedia & Web Design. I'm really excited about this web design design course. And yes, I did say, "design," twice. The reason why is the term "web design" or "web designer" has come to mean so many things; everything from building a website, to designing it, to figuring out search engine optimizations (SEOs), and key words and blogs -- all the way to automation, like automatic bookings and getting people to schedule appointments online. There are so many jobs a web designer of today needs to do.
So I've broken it down into basic steps. If you were with me at the Web Design 101 class, we learned to build websites without writing code. We used Wix Artificial Design Intelligence (ADI), we used templates, we used anything we can to just get the site built.
If I were to use a car as an analogy, it's like we built the car. It's fast, it moves -- it moves great, actually. However, this course is about the paint job. This is where we're going to make that car look great. We're going to make your website look stunning and professional.
However, what I've come across, when I work with clients, is they get stuck at the template stage. Yes, their website is done, it can be published. But what can we do to make the website better? And that's where this class comes in. I am going to show you the strategies that professional web designers use. We're going to answer a lot of design type of questions, questions you were probably wondering and didn't even know who to ask. For example: What kind of fonts should you use? You know, you can go in there and choose 30, 50, even infinite number of fonts. But which ones are best for websites designed for screens and for mobile devices? How many fonts should you use? What about colors? How many colors should your website have? Can we just choose any colors or are there a predetermined set of colors that should be used? And if so, how do we make the text pop? How do we make it stand out on the screen? What can we do to help our visitors have an emotional response when they go to the "Home" page? Not just to know about your business or service, but to feel it, to get excited about it. What can we do to add to your site to make people feel how awesome your business or service is? How about a video background? Should we do a full-page video background or should we just kind of have a strip, a video strip? Which one is better? And if we went with a strip, why?
So this is not just a how-to-do-things using wix.com, this course is going to show you the strategies. Half of it is, yes, here's how to change your fonts. But the other half is well, why and which ones and under what circumstances should we make those changes?
We'll talk about colors. Let's talk about your navigation menu at the top of your website, the heading. What if you have ten pages on your site, but you only have five items of text at the top of the heading? Which pages should go on your navigation menu? And what do you do with the other five pages? How do we tuck those pages under so there's sort of a drop-down menu? These are nuts-and-bolts types of questions that if you can get the advice from a professional web designer, it's going to not only save you hundreds of hours of testing and frustration, but it's going to make your website stand out from the crowd, and in this Internet-crowded space, that is really important. All of these design-specific questions will be answered in this course.
So I'm excited about this. The prerequisite would be that you go ahead and have a website first. If you haven't taken the 101 class, I encourage you to do so. Or just have a website that you already have built, either from a template or from Wix Artificial Design Intelligence, or perhaps a website that's just been sitting around for many years and is starting to look old and it needs a renovation. Have a website in mind when you begin this class. Then as I start to show you the strategies design professionals use, you'll know how to make your website even better.
Let's go from good to great, and I look forward to seeing you guys in class.


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E Commerce in India
E Commerce in India
Why in news about E Commerce in India?
The e-commerce industry in India is expected to cross $100 billion (Rs7.16 lakh crore) in sales and be between $125 billion and $150 billion by March 2020, as per CARE Ratings recent note. The rating agency pegs India's e-commerce market at $38.5 billion currently, these estimates come despite the new FDI norms for the industry which came into effect on Feb. 01.
Opportunities in e-commerce:
- The biggest support for the growth of online commerce in India is the penetration of mobile internet. Each month, India adds around 10 million daily active internet users, according to CARE.
- Internet users in India are expected to increase from 560 million as of September 2018 to about 830 million by 2021 as per estimates from India Brand Equity Foundation, a trust set up under the ministry of commerce and industry.
- The growth will mostly come from rural areas. While internet penetration in India's urban areas is currently 82.1%, in rural areas it's just 19.5%, which provides enough room for growth.
- A 2016 report by industry body ASSOCHAM and research firm Forrester pegs e-commerce in India to grow at 51% annually, the highest in the world, to reach $200 billion by 2026.
- With advancements in quality of internet access, payments and computing on mobile platforms and changed consumer behaviour with a large active internet user base, customers have the ever-increasing choice of products at the lowest rates by various retailers.
- Amazon and Flipkart, the two biggest online retailers, said growth in transacting new user growth is at 55-60% which is a leading indicator of the health of the wider consumer internet market, was strong last year. In addition to that the bigger growth is coming from tier-II and tier-III cities.
- There is evidence that the masses are willing to spend if you provide something of value or even for emotional reasons. For example, you will find that a lot of people who have low discretionary income still spend on caller tunes.
- There are opportunities to build mass businesses. For instance in spaces like mass transportation, mass shopping, credit, insurance. There's large scope for e-commerce in areas where the problems are deep enough.
- The revised FDI norms in online retail are aimed at protecting the interest of domestic players, who have to face tough competition from e-retailers having deep pockets from foreign investors. This ensures the level playing field to all e-commerce sellers helping them leverage the reach of e-commerce
Challenges to E-Commerce Industry
- While the growth in new users on e-commerce platforms appears to be strong it is still very low on an absolute basis. Overall, there are only about 15-20 million users who buy from e-commerce sites on a monthly basis, according to e-commerce executives. That's a paltry number in a country where more than 500 million have access to the internet.
- The revenue per user will be very low compared with bigger markets like China given the relatively lower per capita income in India.
- As a result of the deep discounts offered by big retailers that have a close association with marketplace entities, traders running traditional brick-and-mortar stores, now find it difficult to compete with the large e-commerce retailers.
- Tightening norms recently for e-commerce firms having foreign investment, the government barred online marketplaces like Flipkart and Amazon from selling products of companies where they hold stakes and banned exclusive marketing arrangements that could influence product price.
The Way Ahead
- There is consuming capacity in the country but what works best to make e-commerce successful is still need to be figured out because of issues like language, payments and reach.
- An Omni-channel strategy and a different organization structure is need of the hour to reach the set of Internet users and to build trust which will justifies the sales force in India.


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One step, three steps, six steps, then turn. Ten minutes and fifteen seconds till time. Two steps, four steps, six steps, then turn again. Ten minutes and nine seconds till time. Three steps, four steps, five steps…
"Alex, stop it. You're making me edgy. Besides, people are staring."
"Sorry." The boy ceased his pacing and leaned against the wall. Tilting his head backwards, he could hear another student playing through the wood, or whatever substance the walls of were made of. He heard the other student make a mistake. Nine minutes and thirty-three seconds till his time.
"They probably don't want you doing that."
"Doing what?"
"Leaning against the wall like that. It's not good for it. You get body oils all over it."
"Shut up, Mary," he said, but stood up.
Nine minutes and twenty seconds till his time. He began tapping his fingers on the books he was holding to his chest. Nine minutes and eight seconds till he would use them; or at least, the teacher would.
"Stop that."
"That. That tapping."
"So what, I'm not allowed to do anything? Am I allowed to breath?"
The girl pushed back her hair. "Actually, taking deep, rhythmical breaths helps calm you."
"Every time I do that I start hyper-ventilating."
"That's because you take them too fast. "
Eight minutes and three seconds until he would enter that room. "How come you're not nervous?" he asked.
Her features arranged themselves into that complacent look he so despised. "Because I've practiced. I know my pieces. I wish I could say the same for you." She sniffed, whether from superiority or the cold of the building he wasn't sure, so he opted for the former.
"Well, if you wouldn't hog the piano at home so much…"
She almost snorted. "You know you can't use that excuse. I practice as soon as we get home from school from three-thirty to four-thirty, and you have plenty of time to practice after that to your heart's content, but you don't."
Six minutes and fifty-nine seconds until all that not practicing paid off. "I'm just…not in the mood."
This time she did snort. "In the mood?"
"Yeah." Six minutes and forty-seven seconds until that mood had better come upon him. "I've got Chopin. He requires a certain…touch and…mood, unlike your Bach." Six minutes and thirty-six seconds for his fingers to warm up.
She gave him that look again. "Contrary to your misguided prejudices, Bach does require a certain touch…" She stopped, and he didn't pursue it. They'd had this discussion millions of times. Neither felt like bringing it up again here, waiting in the hallway for their turn before the judge. Five minutes until he actually saw that judge.
He thought of other Piano Federation-related arguments he could bring up. Why did their piano teacher book them such an early spot? Why was he going first? Was a man or lady judge better? Which had better handwriting? Why did he have to memorize his piece? Why was the building so cold? Would it be a good piano, or would the pedal stick like the one last year? What if they simply forgot their pieces? Four minutes until he would find out.
"That's the seventh mistake that student has made," she observed.
"Good for us."
"It's not a competition like that," she reminded him.
He would have snapped back, but the sound of the piano in the other room had suddenly died. A long pause, and then the door opened, and the other student, a girl, walked out. She looked relieved, if flustered. The door banged shut. Three minutes until time. Two minutes…and then the door opened again, and the judge, a woman wearing glasses, said: "Alex Walker?"
He stepped forward, oblivious of the fact that it wasn't exactly time yet. He walked in the room. He gave the judge his music and sat down at the piano. "Begin when you're ready," the judge said.
Begin when you're ready, and just play, just forget, Don't remember about the judge, forget about your teacher, your mother, your sister, forget about time. Who cares about time, or moods, or practicing? Ultimately, what you get is what your deserve. Just play, just do your best, and hope that God blesses you.
When it was over, he couldn't glean anything from the judge's expression, but then, he didn't really want to. After all, who cared about such droll things as rhythms or beats or appropriate amounts of softness and loudness? Federation was over and gone, and wouldn't come back to haunt him until next year.
"You only made two mistakes," Mary noted as he exited, feeling extremely light.
"Yeah, well, could've been worse." He was smiling, actually smiling. "Good luck."


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Feds halt flights carrying immigrants out of Mass
Feds halt flights carrying immigrants out of Mass.
10:51 PM CST on Thursday, March 8, 2007
Associated Press
BOSTON Gov. Deval Patrick urged federal authorities Thursday not to move any more factory workers detained in an immigration raid out of state until their children are found and arrangements are made for their care.
More than 300 people were detained for possible deportation in a raid Tuesday at a leather factory that makes equipment for the U.S. military. About 150 have been flown from the plant at the former Fort Devens military base to a detention center in Texas, the governor said.
"I urged the federal government to stop all flights out of Fort Devens immediately until we can be assured that all parents have been identified and appropriate arrangements made for their children and dependents," Patrick said.
Federal authorities postponed a third flight that was to depart at noon Thursday after Patrick twice called Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff seeking better cooperation from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Julie Myers said ICE agents asked each of the those arrested if they were sole caregivers to children, and 60 people were released because they were. An agency spokesman has said ICE notified social workers about the raids ahead of time, and that no children were stranded.
But Massachusetts Department of Social Services spokeswoman Denise Monteiro said one woman was still detained Thursday despite her infant having been hospitalized for dehydration Wednesday night because she could not nurse. Monteiro said the mother was to be released and reunited with her infant.
The state has identified about 35 children whose parents were arrested, said JudyAnn Bigby, secretary of Health and Human Services. She said those children were staying with relatives or friends, but she added that it's important for state social workers to interview their parents to make sure the kids are staying with responsible adults.
There are other children who had keys to their homes "and went home with no one there," Bigby said. "We have no idea how many that is."
At least 361 people were detained in Tuesday's raid at Michael Bianco Inc. in New Bedford, 47 miles south of Boston. Owner Francesco Insolia, 50, and three top managers were arrested, and a fifth person was charged with helping workers obtain fake identification.
Authorities allege Insolia oversaw sweatshop conditions so he could meet the demands of $91 million in military contracts to make products including safety vests and lightweight backpacks.
Investigators said the workers toiled in dingy conditions and faced onerous fines, such as a $20 charge for talking while working and spending more than two minutes in the bathroom.
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Aren't these folks being offered the opportunity to deport with their children and spouses? What good does it do to deport a criminal alien when the father and child is left behind? Having something to come back to will make her or him more determined to come right back.
Come ICE, working harder isn't the same as working smarter. Please, deport the whole family whenever possible."The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**
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03-09-2007, 03:58 PM #3But Massachusetts Department of Social Services spokeswoman Denise Monteiro said one woman was still detained Thursday despite her infant having been hospitalized for dehydration Wednesday night because she could not nurse. Monteiro said the mother was to be released and reunited with her infant.Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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OK delay there departure to insure the children are not in any danger.
After all most of the kids are anchor babies and the taxpayer most likely
has footed the bills so far. prenatal,birth WIC,foodstamps,medical and school as well as section 8 housing.
I would hope the federal government takes the employers assets to reimburse the taxpayers. I know i sound like i have been hitting the adult beverages to even suggest such a thing.After all they didn't get to be contractors for uncle sam without making a friend with some pull.Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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US judge halts the removal of more detainees from state
DSS, immigration agency ordered to sort out problem of left-behind children
By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff | March 10, 2007
A federal judge ordered immigration officials yesterday not to move out of state any of the remaining detainees from Tuesday's raid of a New Bedford sweatshop and to allow them access to lawyers.
Judge Richard G. Stearns also instructed the state Department of Social Services and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to work together to solve the problem of detainees who are mothers or primary caregivers and have been separated from their children. He ordered those agencies to give him a progress report by Tuesday.
"We haven't won, but we have made progress," said lawyer Harvey Kaplan after the hearing at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in South Boston. Kaplan is representing a group of immigration advocates who filed an injunction against the agency Thursday afternoon.
Governor Deval Patrick said yesterday he was receiving more cooperation from immigration officials after several days of tensions over state officials' access to the detainees.
"We now have full names, addresses, and dates of birth," Patrick said at a press conference at a healthcare center in South Boston. He said state officials would compare the information with lists compiled by the advocates during extensive interviews with families affected by the raid.
Today, the Department of Social Services plans to send two teams of 18 people to Texas -- one to El Paso, and the other to Harlingen -- said spokeswoman Denise Monteiro . Commissioner Harry Spence will travel to Harlingen.
Patrick also said that officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement had agreed to release a mother who was flown to Texas. State officials learned the woman was a mother when her 7-year-old child called a hot line created to reunite families following the raid.
"I understand that the federal government has a job to do in enforcing immigration laws and there was a practical reason for them doing it the way they did it," Patrick said. "The problem is when they executed it, it turned into a race to the airport."
Ali Noorani, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, said during the press conference at the courthouse: "ICE really had no idea about the impact of their actions. They're trying to clean up a mess."
The raid Tuesday morning at Michael Bianco Inc. sent shockwaves through New Bedford's immigrant community, as 361 workers, mostly from Guatemala and El Salvador, were detained because they could not prove they were in this country legally. The owner of the company, Francesco Insolia, and three of his managers were arrested for conspiring to hire illegal aliens. The four posted bond, and the company was open for business the next day.
"I want to extend my most heartfelt sympathy to the families of our loyal workers whose lives have been terribly disrupted by the events of the last few days," Insolia said in a statement. "When the dust has settled on this unfortunate episode, I guarantee that everyone that can be hired and wants to return to work will have a job at Michael Bianco Inc."
"I urge you to withhold judgment until all of the facts come out and these accusations can be confronted in a less chaotic environment and in the proper forum," the statement said.
According to immigration officials, about 70 of the 361 workers detained Tuesday morning have been released . Ninety people are being held in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, at the Bristol County House of Correction , the Barnstable County House of Correction , and the Wyatt Federal Detention Center in Central Falls, R.I. There are 207 detainees in Texas, with 91 at the Port Isabel Service Processing Center in Harlingen and 116 at the El Paso Service Processing Center.
Eight minors were picked up during the raid. Three of them have been released, but the remaining five were taken to a facility in Miami. The immigration agency was in the process of getting them back to New Bedford, said spokesman Marc Raimondi.
"As we have been doing since before the enforcement operation began, we continue to coordinate closely with our federal, state, and local counterparts, including DSS," Raimondi said. "The fact that DSS has not notified us of a single child in a risky or inappropriate setting. . . . says that the cooperation between us has yielded the results intended."Freedom isn't free... Don't forget the men who died and gave that right to all of us....
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The Chemistry of a Good, Clean Vehicle Wash
How people wash their vehicle has come a long way in recent years. No longer will grabbing any soap straight from the cabinet do. Aside from there being a push for car wash chemicals to provide a more thorough cleaning of vehicles, those chemicals have to be more eco-friendly too. Whether you are looking for new options to offer at a commercial vehicle washing facility or just want to give the best cleaning possible for your personal vehicle it's important to have an understanding of the complicated car wash chemistry at work. Below are a few of the essential things that you should keep in mind to make sure you are using the best vehicle washing chemicals for the best results.
Rinsing and Prewash Detergents
Maintaining a clean vehicle – along with a good wash facility – begins with the pre-wash. Giving a solid rinse to all of the surfaces of a vehicle is great for removing surface dirt as well as breaking up stubborn road grime. So before you even use any car wash chemicals, make sure to hose off every surface with water. Pre-wash detergents are available that focus on helping to remove the stubborn grease and pollutants that can accumulate as well. These detergents are also very useful for removing organic matter (such as insects and bird droppings) that can ruin a vehicle's otherwise pristine look.
When it comes to choosing pre-wash chemicals to offer to customers – or to use on your personal vehicles – it's important to note there isn't a single solution for all of the surfaces of a vehicle. Tires and rims, which suffer from varied grime building up, require a different detergent than other parts of a vehicle. Finding chemicals that can target specific areas of your car is ideal to give the best cleaning possible.
Modern Cleaners: Shampoos or Foams?
Speaking of cleaning detergents, the industry has moved beyond just using standard soaps to ensure a properly cleaned vehicle. What kind of equipment is used at a car wash facility determines which car wash chemicals are needed. But when selecting the right soaps for an operation, it often comes down to a combination of shampoos and/or foams to get the job done. Facilities with rollover brushes and tunnels typically focus on shampoos to scrub clean vehicles, while businesses that rely on jet washers often focus on using different foam cleaning agents. Depending on the setup of your facility you may need to use both kinds of cleaners for the best results.
Regardless if your equipment relies on shampoos, foams, or something else (a small number of machines utilize powder cleaners), these agents have seen major advancements in recent years. While the industry has focused on making cleaners that are available in different colors and scents, there has also been a push to make them as environmentally friendly as possible. The chemistry of your car wash facility will be enhanced thanks to these improvements and your machines will work better as a result since residue is less likely to accumulate with modern formulas. And your customers will notice the difference too. Vehicles that are washed with modern shampoos and foams are much cleaner with less residue left behind for customers to worry about later.
Finding Ways to Overcome Poor Water Quality
It's not just the soaps and cleaners that can throw off your car wash chemistry: water quality also plays a major role. Depending on where your facility is poor water quality may be a constant struggle. Whether you use well water or are part of a large city system, having the right water quality is extremely important. That's because when water quality is poor every grain of water hardness that mixes with the cleaning products you use reduces their effectiveness; requiring higher usage to achieve intended results.
To make sure you get the best cleaning possible whenever you are washing vehicles it's important to work with a knowledgeable water quality expert. They can look at the car wash chemicals that your operation utilizes and find the best alternatives to meet the specific needs of your location. Experts can also get involved in assessing location needs to design and install a cleaning system that gives you the best "bang for your buck" so you can avoid wasting money on expensive chemicals to overcome poor water quality, and instead utilize a system that addresses water quality issues specific to your site.
Finishing off with Waxes and Polishes
At the end of the day, you may look for that extra bit to really let vehicles shine. Sometimes soaps aren't the only car wash chemicals that will do. To really have any vehicle looking great, there's no better way to finish off a wash than with a polish or wax. Polish can give vehicles a nice shine to make them really eye-catching in the sunlight. Meanwhile, adding a wax to a vehicle is like giving it an extra layer of protection. The right wax can block out harmful ultraviolet rays that cause the paint job on a vehicle to fade. While adding either is optional, it is definitely worth considering how it can affect your car's wash chemistry when applied.
Consult the Experts at N/S Wash
Finding the right car wash chemistry for your vehicle can be tricky. There are a lot of components out there to make sure your vehicle gets the proper, thorough cleaning you are looking for. Depending on what road conditions you face, how often you drive, and even your type of vehicle can all factor into which combination of chemicals are best to wash a vehicle. Reading about different products and carefully testing them can help you find the best solution for your washing needs.
Finding the right mixture of car wash chemicals becomes even more complicated due to the ever evolving nature of the industry. New ideas are being developed to make chemicals more effective at protecting vehicles, while also reducing their impact on the environment. Regardless if you are trying to find the right chemicals to offer customers at your vehicle washing facility or just want the right combination for your personal vehicle, it helps to consult with experts to understand what options are available. Partnering with a knowledgeable company like N/S Wash can help you stay on top of the latest advancements.
Reach out to our customer service team whenever you have questions about maintaining the best vehicle cleaning chemistry. They can give you new tips and suggest products for your business that makes sure every vehicle can shine without damage or impacting the environment. Contact us today!


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"I am writing for the same reason I am making art"
Being scientist (or artist) is not necessarily an indicator of creativity nor smarts
James Bridle [why artists write–when we write, we reconfigure the world.]
Xu Bing [why artists write: a case of transference]
Donald Judd, "Warhol: You have to conclude that things that shit shit, talk shit, and look like shit are shit. Or shit, talk shit, and look like shit are shit or are shit that shit, etc., or are shit that craps, talk shit, and look like shit. Or are craps that shit, talk, crap, and look like shit are shit."
(Pulled from https://hyperallergic.com/356878/the-artist-as-acerbic-critic-donald-judds-writings/ )
Henry Moore: Artist's concerns about the risks of writing
Trait level Intellect: visual artists like scientists display active engagement with ideas, cogitating, analytic thinking styles
The Creep Theory
To write is to organize a relationship. –artist, Marcel Broodthaers
Words are events, they do things, change things.
They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it.
They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
Binary bunk of bottom up or top down thinking style is shit ~ donald judd
Anxiety and insight correlation not all that surprising
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Mì dissertation in a nutshell
All these things are offshoots of words… Words are the most important part, and if they don't mean a lot, I have a hard time with the rest of it.
— Laurie Anderson, 1983
I begin a painting with a series of mistakes…For me the medium of oil painting resists, more strongly than others, content cut off from external relations. It continually threatens, because of its motility and subtlety, to complicate a work beyond the simplicity inherent in a high order of abstraction. I attribute my increasing devotion to oil, lately as against the constructionalism of collage, to a greater involvement in the human world. A shift in one's human situation entails a shift in one's technique and subject-matter.
Robert Motherwell, 1947, statement
A painter who addresses the public not just in order to present his works, but to reveal some of his ideas on the art of painting, exposes himself to several dangers.
Henri Matisse,
Notes of a Painter (1908)
I am fully conscious that, not being a literary man, certain presumptuous persons will think that they may reasonably blame me; alleging that I am not a man of letters. Foolish folks! Do they not know that I might retort as Marius did to the Roman Patricians by saying: that they, who deck themselves out in the labours of others will not allow me my own. They will say that I, having no literary skill, cannot properly express that which I desire to treat of; but they do not know that my subjects are to be dealt with by experience rather than by words; and (experience) has been the mistress of those who wrote well. And so, as mistress, I will cite her in all cases."
The Literary Works of Leoiardo da Vinci
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Trading cancer and asthma for the promise of a few jobs
Environmental Carcinogens are real. The stores below are common across North America.
In the small northern community of Fort Chipewyan in western Canada, as winter draws in, talk turns to the ice road and when it will be ready.
The isolated community of about 1,000 people is served year-round by a small airfield, but locals can only leave in their cars when the ice on the rivers south towards the nearest town, Fort McMurray, is thick enough to drive on.
This winter, another subject is dominating conversations: how low can oil prices go? From a high of $147 (£98) a barrel earlier this year, they have dropped below $50.
But unlike many people, locals are not hoping for oil prices to recover.
Fort Chipewyan, a mostly First Nations (aboriginal) community, is downstream from Canada's oil sands mines on the Athabasca River in the province of Alberta.
Current production is more than double what it was in 2000. Current rates are expected to triple by 2020, as more and more land is given over to mining and underground (in-situ) extraction of bituminous sand to feed the world's growing demand for oil.
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Many in Fort Chipewyan hope low oil prices will put the brakes on that development.
They believe they are suffering from the aftershocks of an industry expanding at a rampant pace without the necessary environmental limits.
It is a view backed up by independent environmental scientists and local doctors, but hotly contested by industry.
Deformed fish
George Whiteknife, known as Sloan, has lived in Fort Chipewyan all his life. He provides much of the food for his family and dogs by hunting, fishing and trapping.
Sloan, a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, says he first began noticing something was different about eight or 10 years ago, when for a period of a couple of weeks, the fish in Lake Athabasca seemed to disappear and his fishing net came out of the water covered in a black, oily substance.
Since then, the changes have accelerated, he says.
"Migrating birds used to fly through here - geese, snow geese, swans and all that. Now it seems like they're starting to leave this area," he says.
Rabbits, mice and lynx are dwindling too, he says. The moose are getting skinnier.
There have been reports of deformed fish with tumours, of muskrats found dead in their dens, of whitefish turning red. Some hunters and trappers were saying the meat tasted unusual.
No one will now drink water from the lake, some refuse even after the water has been treated.
'Valid concerns'
The oil sands industry, based around Fort McMurray, relies on the Athabasca River for water to help extract the oil from the sand.
Waste water from the process is re-used many times, but it contains such high concentrations of naturally occurring elements like arsenic and mercury that it must be stored in vast, man-made lakes surrounded by earthen dykes, known as tailings ponds.
Government and industry officials say no tailings water ever ends up back in the river, and point to data collected by their scientists to back this up.
Martyn Griggs of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (Capp) says the oil sands industry is the probably the most regulated industry in the country.
However, in a report for the local Nunee Health Board last year, environmental scientist Kevin Timoney found higher levels of contaminants in the water downstream from the oil sands plants, suggesting that tailings could be leaking into the water system.
Once in the water, the contaminants - which also include napthenic acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) - enter the food chain. Some of the most popular fish have so much mercury in them that they should not be eaten, Dr Timoney cautions.
"When I gave the results of my report, I think many people were not so much shocked as they were reassured that their concerns were valid," Mr Timoney says.
His conclusions are broadly backed up by David Schindler, a water ecologist and the Killam memorial professor of ecology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
"I think it's very unlikely that mining on that scale is not increasing all of the amounts of pollutants coming... into the river," he says.
The catalyst for the research was the number of deaths in the community from cancer, and in particular from a rare type of cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer.
The incidence rate of bile duct cancer is usually about one in 100,000. Locals say they know of at least five or six cases in a population of about 1,000.
George Whiteknife's partner, Valerie, lost her brother-in-law to cancer. Her nephew Grant also died of cancer, just days after his 28th birthday.
"Cancer is so common here, more than half the people who die seem to die of cancer," says John Rigney, who works for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Fort Chipewyan.
'Devastating disease'
Dr Michel Sauve, a consultant physician in Fort McMurray and the president of the Fort McMurray Medical Association, says he first noticed something was wrong about eight or nine years ago.
"People from Fort Chipewyan were being hospitalised at three times the rate expected. They were sicker and there was no obvious explanation," he says.
Dr Sauve knows of three proven cases of bile duct cancer. Two other cases were seen in Fort Chipewyan but the patients died and were buried before anyone could get tissue evidence.
"To see multiple cases of bile duct cancer in a small population would seem very disproportionate," he says.
"When it hits, it's a devastating disease, usually picked up too late for treatment."
The government says the number of confirmed cases is lower. A report by the Alberta Cancer Board in 2006 found that the numbers were elevated but not high enough to cause concern.
"It was conclusive that there was no connection between oil sands development and cancer rates," says Alberta's Deputy Premier Ron Stevens.
Locals say that study was haphazard and failed to take into account two years of data.
A second review by the Alberta Cancer Board is currently undergoing peer review before being published, but its conclusions have already been rejected by the community.
Mr Stevens describes the reaction as "inexplicable".
"It seems to me that perhaps there's some politics going on," he says.
But George Poitras, former chief of Fort Chipewyan's Mikisew Cree First Nation and currently its environmental advocate, says the community was not consulted as research was being carried out.
Dr Sauve says the study is just a review of known cases, and has called for a thorough investigation into how many cases there have been in the community, compared with a similar community elsewhere.
"All we know is that there is cause for concern... and we have concerns that there's an environmental factor causing this," he says.
"The people downstream can be protected if they know what the dangers are, but what's wrong is to keep them in the dark."
'Wiped out'
The process has left trust in the government at an all-time low, says Mr Poitras. The community has decided to find its own answers to the water quality question, commissioning its own research and speaking out to the media.
In the meantime, the growing development of the oil sands is threatening the very existence of his people, Mr Poitras says.
"When people are dying at the rate they are dying in our community, I don't think that's over-dramatic," he says.
"There's a big concern about the very existence of our community, of our people, being wiped out by industrial development."
Alan Adams, the chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, says most people do not want the oil sands industry stopped, but want the pace of expansion to slow down.
He believes low oil prices are a temporary fix, and that once the economy bounces back, "they're going to be back in there harder than before".
Trading cancer and asthma for the promise of a few jobs
Plan for coke plant near Ohio school puts focus on laws' limits
By Dennis Cauchon
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The students at Amanda Elementary School here already breathe what appears to be some of the most polluted air in the nation.
Now, a plant that makes coke — the coal-based fuel that melts iron ore for steel mills — is scheduled to be built behind the school, just past the ball fields.
"I can't believe this is possible," says Jena Manley, a college junior who attended the school and lives nearby. "How much pollution are we supposed to take?"
Middletown, a steel town of 51,000, is struggling to survive. The new $340 million coke plant, run by SunCoke Energy, will bring 75 jobs and help secure the future of a steel mill that has operated here for 108 years.
The coke plant, fought by local activists since it was announced in March, illustrates how the proximity of schools to factories seldom is considered when authorities grant operating permits for new or expanding industrial plants. The locations of schools and polluters are considered local zoning decisions.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency didn't consider the plant's potential neighbors — the school is on one side, a retirement home on another — because the federal law that limits air pollution doesn't require state agencies to do that. "Whether it's located next to a school or in the middle of nowhere, it's essentially the same standard," says Mike Hopkins, an assistant chief of the Ohio EPA's air permits division. "It has to meet the standards that are protective of public health."
The federal rules are "abysmal," says John Walke, clean air director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advocacy group. "We just don't take into account the different susceptibility of children to pollution, or the proximity of pollution sources to places children frequent."
Amanda Elementary sits in an area where a pollution model developed by the U.S. EPA indicated the potential exposure to carcinogens probably was higher than at all but a few other schools in the country. The model's most recent version is based on reports 20,000 industrial facilities filed with the EPA for 2005. Some companies might have closed since then. Others might have opened.
SunCoke has promised to build the most environmentally friendly coke plant possible, producing a fraction of the air pollution of old facilities and virtually no water pollution or solid waste.
"Some people have framed this as a conflict between jobs and the environment. We don't see it that way," says Thomas Golembeski, a spokesman for Sunoco, which owns SunCoke. "We think you can create jobs and protect the environment and human health at the same time."
Others are generally more skeptical. "In terms of siting new industrial facilities near schools and neighborhoods where children are at risk, why would you do that?" wonders Claire Barnett, executive director of Healthy Schools Network, an advocacy group. "Looking at impacts of the siting of new facilities is often the impact only on the outdoor environment, not on the people."
As part of its permit, SunCoke will have to set up monitors to measure what's in the air. One probably will be near the school, says Brad Miller, a supervisor with the Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services, which reviewed the company's application.
AK Steel, which employs 2,000 people here, has agreed to buy all of the plant's coke for the next 20 years to make steel for cars, appliances and other products. That deal will help keep the steel mill alive. AK Steel has idled two other mills but kept the Middletown plant running. The company needs an inexpensive, reliable supply of coke, AK Steel Vice President Alan McCoy says. Its existing supply will run out next year.
AK Steel and dozens of other manufacturers made Middletown an important part of industrial America. But times have changed since the 1950s, when the National Civic League named Middletown an "All-America City." This month, Forbes declared the place one of the 10 "fastest-dying towns" in America.
Middletown Mayor Larry Mulligan Jr. says the city considered whether more pollution would harm students. "It does have an adverse impact, but government has to go with the greatest benefit to the most people," he says. He says the school is already close to a coke plant built in the 1950s that produces far more pollution than the new one would. The financially struggling school district would receive about $350,000 annually in property and income tax revenue from the new coke plant, according to the city's analysis.
That could double in 10 years after a tax break that was used to lure the plant to the town ends. Middletown School Superintendent Stephen Price and school board member Katie McNeil declined to comment.
Opponents say building a coke plant in a heavily populated area makes no sense.
Lisa Frye, president of SunCoke Watch, which opposes the plant, says coke plants belong in rural areas, at least 10 miles from population centers. "We're trading cancer and asthma for the promise of a few jobs," Frye says.
Farmer Larry Persch, whose property borders the 157-acre site, says the local creek is already polluted. He fears his land won't be good for raising livestock. "A coke plant is not a good neighbor," he says.


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plz help me with this question "Explain the American Teaching System and a basic snow-skiing progression."
hey, I am doing to snow sports merit badge for Boy Scouts and I really need some help with this question.
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- Jim WLv 71 decade agoFavourite answer
The ATS is the most recent PSIA system to integrate teaching, service and skiing models in the US. A full reference is from PSIA Manual.
The basic teaching progression starts a student with balancing on a moving ski on a flat area and progresses to 2 skiis, making a wedge turn in each direction, and stopping by turning uphill by stepping out of the position. Once the student can turn both ways and stop on command on a gentle slope, edging of the skiis by side stepping up and downhill and climbing with a herringbone maneuver is introduced and the skill is developed to let the student climb and slide on a gentle slope. At this point the student is shown how to ride and unload from a beginners lift, the next stage is to ski a great deal and to practice the 3 skills they have been shown and to learn about pressuring the ski edge.
I teach this in about 1.5 hours in a large resort. 5 days a week, the next lesson will entail more skiing, and some new turns to help the student to become a good skier.
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James holds an MPhil in Environmental Planning from the University of Cambridge as well as an MSc in Construction and Development Economics from University College London. James is a Member of the Institute of Economic Development and an elected Academician of the Academy of Urbanism (AoU).


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[10/16/09. Posted by JP for GC. China blocks blogs.]
Friends: For the first time I found an Internet cafe without having to be led to it. The few I have visited so far had no discernible identifying feature other than a bunch of motorbikes out in front, as they are popular, well-attended places. So that's what I'm on the alert for and it worked here in Li Ling. I have yet to identify a sign on them that I can decipher. They are often in obscure, hole-in-the-wall places, up a flight of stairs with no sign at all. One had a cave-like entrance into a hovel of a place that might have been a former opium den.
Since Internet use doesn't have the full approval of the government, with up to ten per cent of sites blocked, Internet outlets may have to be slightly discreet. Even in countries with a written script unfamiliar to my Western eye, as in Japan and Thailand, I could at least peer through windows or open doors for computers. That hasn't been possible here. Searching out the Internet has always been a good way to explore a city, wandering and looking. China has given me an extra opportunity at that.
Slowly, but surely, I am getting a handle on things here. But it has taken much longer than anywhere else I've been, even Japan, where I was likewise initially utterly clueless. Though I have a selection of phrases I try on people, rarely do I get the intonations right and for the first time ever I've had to pull out my guide book or map and point at words or places I want to go. But people are very patient and inordinately helpful. My eye is becoming slightly accustomed to Chinese characters, as all too frequently I'll have to compare the calligraphy of a city on a road sign to that on my map when neither are accompanied by an English version.
Men are continually offering me cigarettes. That's a first. Ordinarily in a country where I'm getting by on five dollars or less a day, people are asking me for cigarettes. When the weather cools, and I need fewer cold drinks, my expenses will be even lower. A hearty bowl of noodles goes for forty cents. That's been the basis of my diet. As I sit and read, people come over to peer at my book and will pick it up for closer examination when I pause for a bite. For most it is the first time they have seen such writing. Several times I've had people assume that since I was reading I could also read Chinese, even though it is clear I don't speak it. They'll write a string of Chinese characters on a piece of paper and slip it to me.
If I had any doubts about the creeping capitalism that is taking over China they were put to rest yesterday when I came upon a huge vinyl billboard on the side of a building featuring a sexy young woman laying on a floor in a seductive pose and the words "Elegant living, baroque floors." Not so long ago all the billboards would have been of an idealistic, propagandist nature such as I saw in Cuba, most with a picture of Che.
I knew all the billboards I've seen of Yao holding up a can of a soft drink or some other product weren't likely him advising kids to "work hard and sacrifice and obey your parents," but none of his had any English or were as blatantly commercial as this one with the woman. It was as slick a billboard as those I'm accustomed to seeing at Cannes promoting the latest George Clooney movie. At least the woman was Chinese and not a blond. A rival flooring company has gone Western, adopting Mona Lisa to push their product--tiles. This is hardly communism as Mao envisioned it. During the Cultural Revolution he was even trying to do away with money. Now the Chinese are using sex to sell and aspiring to "elegant living." Horrors.
Later, George
Friday, October 16, 2009
Li Ling, China
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An Associated Unit (UA) is an institution that due to its scientific and technological merit in the National System of Science and Technology has an agreement with the National Council. In fact, in our country, there is a great amount of institutions that develop scientific and technological studies that are part of the system for their actions.
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