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NEW YORK — Two downtown boutiques and warm spring weather were reasons enough for Kyung Lee to celebrate on Thursday, when she held a packed cocktail party — complete with keg beer and spiked ice tea — at Claudine and Albertine, her...
NEW YORK — Two downtown boutiques and warm spring weather were reasons enough for Kyung Lee to celebrate on Thursday, when she held a packed cocktail party — complete with keg beer and spiked ice tea — at Claudine and Albertine, her two West Village stores located just steps away from each other on Christopher Street. The pastel-painted salons stock sexy, feminine dresses, glass locket necklaces and hand-knit sweaters — all designed by fashion up-and-comers.
Many of the designers that Lee carries, such as Joanna Baum, Katharine Sise and Andrea Breuckner, turned up at the fete. Rather than play favorites, however, Lee opted to wear a vintage, floor-length black-and-gold dress. “I wanted to do a creative, communal thing,” she said, angling for space in Albertine’s doorway. “It was a great chance for everyone to showcase their work.”
Meanwhile, co-host and Albertine customer Victoria Traina made a brief appearance in a black-and-white Christina Hattler gown. “There are designers here you can’t see anywhere else,” she said.
Miami-based Hattler flew in for the event, but ended up spending the beginning of the evening mending a dress. She later mingled with actress Elisabeth Waterston, in a Kathy Kemp halter dress, and clothing designer Liz McClean, who moonlights as a stylist for Maggie Gyllenhaal and Drea de Matteo.
As partygoers drifted back and forth between the tiny stores, Lee explained that Albertine and Claudine’s monikers come from the names of two of the three sisters in Otto Preminger’s film, “Bonjour Tristesse.”
So will there be a boutique named after the third sister, Leontine? “I’m saving that for a lifestyle store,” Lee said, hinting that she may already be thinking about her next venture.
The annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Pacific Palisades this weekend drew Kate Hudson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Laura Dern and more. See pictures of the star-studded event on WWD.com. (📷: @chelsealaurenla) #wwdeye
In his new book “Hollywood Royale,” Andy Warhol’s Protégé Matthew Rolston celebrates the Eighties revival of Hollywood glamour. Featuring more than 100 portraits taken by Rolston from 1977 to 1993, the book contains photos of icons like Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and @drewbarrymore, pictured here in 1991. “Hollywood Royale,” out today, will be accompanied by an exhibition opening at Los Angeles’ Fahey/Klein Gallery on March 1. #wwdeye
"Nowadays when life is not so happy with everything going on in the world, I think people come to me for a little bit of whimsy and color and fun." - Designer Rebecca De Ravenel on her cult-favorite jewelry line. (📸 : @vsteves) #wwd40
“Everyone is talking about how the retail industry is struggling, but I think it’s an incredible time because brands who are doing something different and innovative are setting themselves up for the future,” said @adamgoldston, who founded the luxury athletic brand @apl with his brother @ryangoldsten. The Goldston’s are part of WWD’s 40 under 40: a group of industry notables. See the rest of the list on WWD.com. (📷: @vsteves) #wwd40
@eyeswoon blogger Athena Calderone debuted her first-ever cookbook, “Cook Beautiful,” which is heavily centered on the presentation and visual expression of food. Pictured here are her miso glazed carrots from the book. Get the recipe on WWD.com. (📷: @johnny_miller_) #wwdeye
“It’s passion that helps get anybody to a certain point and it’s what’s propelled me,” said Kith founder @ronniefieg, one of WWD’s 40 under 40: a group of industry notables who are changing the face of retail, fashion and beauty. Fieg, who opened a Manhattan flagship on October 7, began his career at age 13 as a stock boy and salesman for footwear chain David Z. “I think staying true to [my] beliefs, hard work and passion have gotten me to where [Kith] is today.” See the rest of the 40 at WWD.com. (📷: @vsteves) #wwd40
25-year-old @samweaving is about to break out this fall, starring in Netflix’s horror film “The Babysitter,” fittingly out today on Friday the 13th. That’s not the only place you’ll be seeing her, though — Weaving’s got a role Showtime’s “SMILF” and another alongside Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Though she’s got a full plate at the moment, there’s one role she’s got her eye on: Marilyn Monroe. “I’m a little too young at the moment, but it’s on my bucket list,” the actress told WWD (📷: @dandoperalski) #wwdeye
BFF's Poppy Jamie and Suki Waterhouse celebrated the launch of their bag line Pop x Suki at Nordstrom last night. "The line is really about our friendship, and how we are so different but complement each other," said Waterhouse. 👯 (📷: Katie Jones) #wwdeye
After designing the new @louisvuitton and @bulgariofficial flagships and a @chanelofficial boutique opening in Japan, @petermarinoarchitect has another project on his plate: The Lobster Club. Located in the Seagram Building, it’s the famed architect’s first restaurant project in New York, serving up modern Japanese brasserie-style cuisine. Bronze hues, bespoke material detailing, blush and chartreuse tones and a heavy emphasis on Picasso can be seen throughout. Mark your calendars for Nov. 1 for the much-anticipated opening. (📷: @clint_spaulding) #wwdeye


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A Very Far Place. Tales of Tawi-Tawi
A Very Far Place. Tales of Tawi-Tawi. 2012. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
This collection of nine interrelated short stories is a sequel to The Songs of Salanda, a fictionalized exploration of H. Arlo Nimmo’s anthropological fieldwork among the nomadic boat-dwelling Bajau (aka Sama Dilaut) of the southern Philippines in the mid-1960s. Inspired by some of the people, places and events he encountered during those years, the stories include an American man searching for a father he never knew, a Filipino man seeking beauty and comfort denied him in Manila, the tragic ill-fated voyage of a young family, a broken American expat who finds solace in classical music, a Jewish woman and a German man who carry their mutual enmity to the other side of the world, a teen-age couple divided by their families’ feud and a strange house on a river filled with dead animals. Although the stories are set in a faraway place and a distant time, their themes resonate in the here and now.
ISBN: 9789715506571, 237 pages.
Finalist. 2013 Philippines National Book Award for short fiction.
“H. Arlo Nimmo writes about his years living in the Philippines’ southernmost province so affectionately (in this book and his previous one, The Songs of Salanda) that one can’t help but be shamed by how little we know of that bucolic place and its lovely people.” Gemma Nemenzo – Positively Filipino

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January 02, 2011
A 54 minutes special radio show about Lhasa hosted by Jim Corcoran on CBC Radio (Canada) and broadcasted on january the 2nd 2011. Click here to listen.
January 01, 2011
Again it’s the 1st of January.
One year has passed.
365 nights later and yet it seems like yesterday.
December 31, 2010
Snow day for Lhasa
Link to a gorgeous song in memory of Lhasa by Esmerine and Patrick Watson called Snow day for Lhasa


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a dolphin - quotes and descriptions to inspire creative writing
When I see the slaughter of a dolphin or whale pod, the word that comes to my brain is "genocide." To my heart and soul they are as sentient as we humans, and this killing must stop. That we need them as part of our ecosystem, that without them the algae that makes 85% of our oxygen will begin to die, is the biological gun to the heads of all who "don't care." Sooner or later, biological science will make you care. Let's hope everyone starts to care in time.
The dolphins have their moral code, their empathy, their well known trait for helping others species who need them. They show a kindness the best of us aspire to and an infectious joy one can't help but fall in love with.
The dolphin is a streak of happy silver amid the blue that is her home.
The dolphin plays as if she is happiness itself, a soulful soul born for pure enjoyment.
Leo swims in the tranquil turquoise, air bubbles rising to the surface in their clustered way. With knife in hand he gouges at the rock face to take a sample, his container ready in his pocket. When he turns to go he gets a pleasant surprise, a dolphin. He smiles and reaches out a hand before noticing that the creature isn't swimming right. Its fins are caught in netting, he's come for help. Leo approaches slowly so as not to scare him and begins to cut the tough nylon. He feels his insides start to boil, this stuff as no business being in the ocean. The dolphin moves away several times and returns again, in a few more moments the net falls away and the dolphin clicks before heading up the surface. Leo wants to laugh, cry and rage at the world all in one moment. It was only by chance he was there this time, what about all the other times a few cents worth of netting is allowed to float away?
In water more blue than any ocean the dolphin leaps high into the sultry air of mid August. From his shiny grey topside and whiter under belly fly water droplets, cascading down, bejewelled in the light. His body arcs and tail flips and down her goes with a splash. The audience claps and the trainer continues her dialogue. Under the water the dolphin turns sharply to avoid the sides of the tank. The below ground watchers gasp and soak in the information about this animal, how he was rescued and restored. They feel good, almost as if they rescued him themselves. He quickly returns to the surface for fish, open mouthed for more "ooohs" and "ahhhs." He clicks in the way dolphins do, but these fish throwing bipeds don't understand. He wants to know where the rest of the ocean went, where his family went, how he can get there. If only one of these nice folks would point the way he'd say a fond farewell and go.
The dolphin makes her way through the waters she has known all her life, swimming with the family she loves so dearly. Today there is a new taste to the water, a pollutant, though they have no vocabulary for such things and so she tells her loved ones that the water tastes like "feels bad." They already know but like her they can't understand why. Their eyes sting and there is no option to escape the toxins. They surface, breaking the top to feel cool air instead of the keen sting. The air helps but they cannot stay above the surface indefinitely. While they are topside a tourist boat passes, children and adults alike point excitedly, snapping photographs they will treasure always. The sight of the dolphin pod brings the watchers a joy they find hard to replicate in other ways and they stand mesmerized until the pod moves on. Back under the brine it is as pleasant as swimming in bleach and the babies are becoming distressed. All they can do is swim and pray that in time they will reach water that tastes like "feels good."
Under the gentle sun of early May the sea is an unbroken calm, speckled by a million fragments of light - each one so tiny but together are intense in a way that is utterly beautiful. Iris lies on her belly, feeling the rough wood of the jetty under her light cotton clothing and dangles a hand into the ocean. The water is soothing, cool. She splashes for a moment and then squeals with surprise. Where moments ago there was just briny water is now a shiny grey head observing her with such intelligent eyes she begins to talk to it. The dolphin starts to nod her head as if she understood every word and looks so much like she's returning the smile that Iris bursts out laughing. Though the day is hot Iris feels more warmed by this mammal of the sea than the brilliant rays above. It is perfection - sweet gentle perfection...
Forty six percent, almost half, of all sea plastics is old fishing gear. This gear is designed to kill marine life. We need to talk about this. There is no safe way to fish and protect dolphins, whales and sharks either. The labels are lies. It's all nuts, but we gotta save them, both because it is the right thing to do and it is the only way to save ourselves. Bottom line, plastic bags are bad, fishing net waste is worse. Vegan, anyone? I haven't been, but I've been heading that way and I think it's time to make that leap.


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In a small bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy; gradually beat in flour until crumbly. Stir in cereal. Press into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until lightly browned.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, coconut, juices, flour and peels until frothy. Pour over the hot crust. Bake for 18-22 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar; cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 2 dozen.

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Writing at the Washington Post, Margaret Sullivan bemoans the fact that conservatives have flipped the meaning of “fake news” from a term used by the mainstream media to attack stories that are troublesome for progressives to a label to call out the media’s false narratives:
But though the term hasn’t been around long, its meaning already is lost. Faster than you could say “Pizzagate,” the label has been co-opted to mean any number of completely different things: Liberal claptrap. Or opinion from left-of-center. Or simply anything in the realm of news that the observer doesn’t like to hear.
“The speed with which the term became polarized and in fact a rhetorical weapon illustrates how efficient the conservative media machine has become,” said George Washington University professor Nikki Usher.
As Jeremy Peters wrote in the New York Times: “Conservative cable and radio personalities, top Republicans and even Mr. Trump himself . . . have appropriated the term and turned it against any news they see as hostile to their agenda.”
Read the rest of the story at the Washington Post.

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Melio is an accounts payable solution that assists small companies manage online payments through bank transfers and debit or charge card. How Much Is Melio Fee Key functions consist of payment scheduling, automated information synchronization, reporting, invoicing, payment tips and more. Melio allows workers to manually add vendor or billing information and upload files or billing images on a combined platform.
It enables administrators to welcome accounting professionals or group members from various organization units, specify role-based authorizations and control approval workflows to streamline payment procedures. Melio supports combination with QuickBooks, enabling users to immediately schedule payment transactions and integrate financial information with their accounting systems.
While Melio does not need any cost for established, it charges the users 2.9% on every credit card deal they perform. Fundamentally, this software includes two various plans– the Accounting professional and Business plans. While the Accounting professional plan is customized to meet the needs of accountants who manage other individuals’s financial resources, business strategy is created for company owner who choose to handle their own disbursements.
Payment Handling and Organization
Late payment settlement can have a destructive implication for business relationships. On the other hand, paying prematurely minimizes your company cash flows, as you will have less cash to yield profitable rois. To boost effective company relationships and cash circulations, your organization will need to harness the power of a reliable payment structure.
Melio Payments help you enhance your payment structures by providing you a hassle-free means of scheduling your payments ahead of time. All you require to do is put in the various payment you need to make, their particular recipients, and due dates. Melio instantly subtracts the payment amount from your account at your specific payment dates, pays out the specific total up to your suppliers and dealerships, and after that sends you a notification mentioning when the payment would be finished.
When, one outstanding feature of completing payments with Melio is that you can carry out numerous payments all at. And all payments will be addressed at their due dates.
Customer Profile Management
In addition to providing payment services to entrepreneur, Melio is also created for people who oversee other individuals’s endeavors. This software application allows accounting professionals to arrange and run payments for their different customer companies. Its UI also makes it simple for financing managers to move from one client’s financial profile to the other without logging out all the time.
Credit Card Remittance
It is no longer news that some providers and dealers are particular when receiving credit card payments. Some accept certain cards and decline some others. Melio assists you navigate deals with selective suppliers by charging your payment amounts directly from your card (irrespective of the type) and then remitting the defined total up to your dealerships.
For each credit card deal you make on Melio, you get to pay a service charge of 2.9% of the deal worth. If you qualify for rewards and discount rates, you can even take pleasure in charge-free transactions.
Approvals and Functions
For each growing service, there comes a time when owners will begin to delegate particular duties to third parties. This delegation is so that you can provide rapt attention to revenue generation and earnings maximization. Coincidentally, payment management happens to be one responsibility that is often assigned to third parties in many businesses.
Melio has been designed to help with such processes if you choose to hand over the control of your payments to third parties. All you require to do is to invite the parties included and adjust their permissions and functions for your payments.
How do you use Melio pay?
Melio is a modern-day payment option that supplies small company owners versatility with how they pay their bills. You have the choice of paying by bank transfer (ACH) or your charge card, even if your vendors just accept checks. It helps to improve the accounts payable (A/P) process by gathering all of your costs in one user-friendly user interface.
You can also handle your receivables (A/R) with the capability to get bank transfers, even a same-day bank transfer for a 1% fee, and accept charge card payments. Melio’s services are free, with the exception of charge card charges, international transfers, and sped up check shipment.
What We Recommend Melio For
Companies looking for both an A/P and A/R service: Melio offers the capability to pay suppliers and A/R options, such as sending out single or recurring invoices and syncing these payments with numerous accounting software application, including QuickBooks Online and FreshBooks.
Businesses struggling with capital: Melio lets you pay with a credit card, then it’ll send out a check to your supplier. When the funds leave your account allows you to extend your float and may also earn you additional points, miles, or cash back, paying with a credit card and delaying.
Organizations issuing 1099s: If you need to send out 1099s to your suppliers, Melio makes this procedure seamless. You can access the 1099 report from your control panel, which you can classify and export to a comma-separated worths (CSV) file. Utilize this details to finish your 1099 kind or export the file to your accountant.
Companies paying global suppliers: Businesses can pay their suppliers in United States dollars (USD) in Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, and other locations. While lots of competitors charge up to $50 for global transactions, Melio just charges a $20 tax-deductible charge for worldwide transfers. Note that global wires are unavailable in other currencies.
Xero users: If you’re searching for a cloud-based A/P automation application that incorporates with Xero, Beanworks is a good alternative. It offers real-time cash flow management, costs management, and approval management tools that incorporate perfectly with many accounting programs.
Companies working from another location: Melio presently doesn’t use a mobile app for iOS and Android users, so we suggest Zoho Books, which we ranked as the very best A/P software application for mobile devices. Its robust mobile app is perfect for monitoring expenses and expenses, and you can acquire business insights through a crucial efficiency sign (KPI) dashboard.
Services seeking help with tax compliance: If you have more intricate needs, such as integrated tax and regulatory compliance, we advise Tipalti. It has many advanced features, such as automated approval workflows and self-service supplier onboarding, and provides services with 6 payment methods and 120 currencies.
Organizations wanting an A/P option within their accounting software application: QuickBooks Online, which we ranked as the total best small company accounting software application, is an excellent alternative if you’re wanting to schedule and pay straight within the software application. It lets you either pay costs by printing checks or by utilizing the online costs pay feature, which allows you to track payment status and remittance information.
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Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian.
The program of the concerts of the Anacapri Masterclass is available. In detail: Sunday 09 July 2017 h 21.30 Sala Cinema Paradiso David Geringas, cello Anna Malikova, piano Programma: Beethoven, Mendelhson, Bruch, Brahms Monday 11 July 2017 h 21.30 Sala Cinema Paradiso Dina Yoffe, piano Michael Vaiman, violino Programma: Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Brahms Wednesday 12 July 2017 h 19.30 Concert of the Masterclass students Terrazza Hotel “Cesare Augustus” Tuesday 13 luglio 2017 h 21.30 Sala Cinema Paradiso Dmitri Berlinsky, violin Veronika Koprivica, piano Mozart, Brahms, Tschaikovsky, Ravel, Saint Saens For information, firstname.lastname@example.org.
The concert organised on May 27th by Concertato had a great success. Cecilia Bernini (mezzosoprano), Andrea Civetta (tenor) and Veronika Koprivica (piano) interpreted songs, romanze and arie about love, in an intriguing and passionate game with the audience. For information: www.concertato.com infoline: +39.348.2962097 email@example.com All photographs ©Concertato 2017


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I cant believe i only have 7 weeks left in college the time is going way too fast. I had midterm this week so im enjoying the time off no college after work no assignments or homework its bliss i have been practicing my facials on Asif by the time i qualify he will have the perfect complexion.
I started a hopi ear candle course, i know its a bit out of fashion but its something i always wanted to learn unfortunately we dont get a kit but ive ordered everything i need i hope they will come next week.
I cant wait to practice at home with asif as my model.
The Hopi were a Native American tribe whose name translates to “peaceful people”. This ear candle technique (also known as thermo auricular therapy) uses moulded hollow tubes. Traditionally these were made from linen and used honey and powdered herbs including sage and camomile.
However while this technique is often referred to as a Hopi candle similar techniques were also performed in Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. It is interesting how a lot of these older techniques are becoming more recognised and helping to benefit people.
What is it?
Specially made ‘Hopi’ candles are placed in the ear and then set alight. The heat of the candle creates a vacuum-effect which lifts ear wax and other debris into the cone of the candle. In short, your ear is on fire.
What does it do?
The treatment was devised to rebalance pressure between the ear, nose and throat and its devotees claim the treatment can alleviate conditions including tinnitus, sore throats, hay-fever, rhinitis and asthma.Practitioners of ‘new age’ treatments have deemed it the perfect medicinal ceremony for clearing negative energies from the head and using the treatment as an ‘aura restorer’
Benefits of the procedure include-
• Ease the symptoms of ear and sinus problems
• Reduce irritation in the nose (ideal for colds)
• A method of reducing stress (often the case when it comes to improving the circulation in the body)
• Reduce pain and ringing in the ears (can ease conditions such as tinnitus)
• Reduce the build-up of earwax in the ears
• Pressure regulation using this method can help reduce headaches and migraines
• Increase blood circulation in the ear
Things to be aware of
This treatment is suitable for a lot of people- however it may not be suitable for people with perforated eardrums, people with inserted grommets and if anyone has any allergies to the ingredients use in the ear candle.

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I'm a "fetishist of sound". But
it doesn't mean that I'm able to get sexual ecstasy from a sound.
When I listen to a good sound, my heart aches just like when I was in
However, it's really rare that I feel the kind of heartache, and that's
why I call myself "fetishist of sound".
Basically, I like a popular sound. However, when it doesn't include
originality, the sound is not good enough for me... since it sounds
copied someone else's one.
Well, when a sound has plenty of originality, is the sound good enough?
The answer is NO. Surplus originality just becomes a "noise".
So, what is the GOOD SOUND?
That's the keyword.
I put the sentence "The sound is breathing in my soul" as a
subtitle of this site, it is not too much to say that's my opinion about
"Breathing sound" exists in any kinds of GOOD music.
Sometimes, a sound is heard just like breathing by itself in an
excellent SONG, even if Classical music, Jazz, Country, EN-KA (a kind of
Japanese traditional popular music).
And the breath of the sound is conveyed to the listener's soul.
People find out their own "Breathing sound", based on their
The important point is "based on their own sense".
In Japan, popular kind of music is R&B, Indies, techno, Hip-Hop,
visualized rock (member of the band makeup), etc.
Music -popular in Japan now- certainly sounds nice, but how about its
Unfortunately, most of them have less originality.
One reporter asked an American musician,
"How is Japanese music?"
The answer is,
"It's good. But feels like I've listened to the same sound
He just pointed out Japanese music's lack of originality.
Most of every kind of Japanese popular music (R&B, techno,
Indies...) are copied from old popular music in other countries.
Is it ever good enough? Are you satisfied with that copied music?
I don't mean that learning from the good point of foreign music (not
Japanese one) is bad, but what do you think if it becomes
"indigestible" because the music was learnt from foreign ones?
Just like extra copy of photo...they're no originality in the music.
(It is no joke that Japanese Middle Ages say, "They seem like a
same song", altogether.)
I guess that record companies consider, "If it was profitable, we
just sell similar song."
People buy CD just because the song is popular.
Besides, artists disappear who is trying their new, ORIGINAL, UNIQUE
This is the fact of Japanese music scene.
I might be said by some people "You just like foreign music, don't
Certainly, most of my favorite music are foreign ones. But that is the
result of trying to find my favorite sound, by which I was attracted, by
And I DO know there are excellent Japanese music when it's filled up
with copied music.
Most important point is the listener's thought.
We ourselves should find our own "Breathing Sound", imitation
music will decrease, and then Japanese music will be better.

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Women who eat cereal for breakfast have an increased chance of having sons instead of daughters, a British study has found. Research by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford have uncovered strong links between higher energy intake among mothers around the time of conception and the birth of boys. “The consumption of breakfast cereals was also strongly associated with having male infants,” the study said.
The study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences journal, focused on 740 first-time mothers in the UK who did not know the gender of their unborn baby. The women were asked to provide records of their eating habits before and during the early stages of pregnancy. They were then split into three groups according to the number of calories consumed per day around the time they conceived.
Of the women in the group with the highest energy intake at conception, 56 per cent had sons, compared with 45 per cent in the group with the lowest calorie intake. As well as consuming more calories, women who had sons were more likely to have eaten a higher quantity and wider range of nutrients, including potassium, calcium and vitamins C, E and B12. The study’s lead author, Fiona Mathews of the University of Exeter’s School of Biosciences, said the findings could shed light on modern eating habits and birth statistics. “This research may help to explain why in developed countries, where many young women choose to have low calorie diets, the proportion of boys born is falling,” Dr Mathews said.
While sex is genetically determined by fathers, the study indicated mothers appear able to favour the development of one sex of infant over another. While the mechanism is not yet understood, IVF research shows high levels of glucose encourage the growth and development of male embryos while inhibiting female embryos. Dr Mathews said there were implications for recent debates on whether to regulate so-called gender clinics that allow parents to select the sex of offspring, by manipulating sperm, for non-medical reasons. “Here we have evidence of a natural mechanism that means that women appear to be already controlling the sex of their offspring by their diet,” she said. In animal studies, scientists have already established that more sons are produced when a mother has plentiful resources or is high ranking. “Potentially, males of most species can father more offspring than females, but this can be strongly influenced by the size or social status of the male, with poor quality males failing to breed at all,” Dr Mathews said.
“Females, on the other hand, reproduce more consistently. “If a mother has plentiful resources, then it can make sense to invest in producing a son because he is likely to produce more grandchildren than would a daughter. “However, in leaner times having a daughter is a safer bet.”

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|Ann Burnett was born in Scotland where she now lives but has travelled extensively and lived in Canada and Australia.
She has published short stories, articles and children’s stories, as well as writing a novel, Loving Mother, as part of her Masters in Creative Writing. She is an experienced Creative Writing tutor and adjudicator for the Scottish Association of Writers.
Her short stories have been published in New Writing Scotland, Glasgow University Creative Writing anthologies, My Weekly, That’s Life (Australia), Woman's Weekly and the Weekly News. Her collection of short stories, Take a Leaf out of My Book, is available on Amazon.
Her memoir, illustrated with her father's photos, A Scottish Childhood, Growing up a Baby Boomer has just been published.
But perhaps she is best remembered for writing Postman Pat stories for a children's comic every week for five years. A labour of love indeed!
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Take your personal practice and understanding of yoga and meditation deeper with Pete’s Morning Intensives. The power of his series is that each class is designed and sequenced to build on previous classes.
You will experience profound growth and meaningful connection of your mind, body and spirit. Or maybe you are looking for a quick, effective jump start to your practice that needs a bit of spark and inspiration. Either way, Pete’s mix of Vinyasa and Forrest yoga, taught with heart and compassion, will make you sweat, smile and leave feeling restored and grounded.
All students of yoga are welcome to participate; you do not have to be a teacher or teacher trainee to attend. If you are already a certified yoga teacher Pete’s Intensives will refresh your personal practice and revitalize and enhance your teaching skills.
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Nutrition for Restless Legs Syndrome
Suitable and non suitable food restless legs syndrome
The removal of beverages containing stimulant principles (caffeine, theobromine). As coffee, tea, chocolate, colas, etc., helps slow down the attacks. Other toxins such as tobacco, alcohol and any drugs should be avoided.
It is believed that a diet deficient in vitamin, especially folic acid (Vitamin B9) and cobalamin (vitamin B 12) and iron-rich foods could be causing the problem or aggravating symptoms. Eating natural foods rich in these components is beneficial for people suffering from this disorder.
- Foods rich in vitamin B : Whole grains (wheat, oats, barley, etc.) Nuts (hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts) vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, endive, radishes, lettuce…) brewer’s yeast, wheat germ, etc.
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Supplements for restless legs syndrome
When the intake of foods mentioned in the paragraph above does not cover the special needs of people affected by this syndrome, it is appropriate the administration of vitamin B iron and magnesium supplements.
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How to prepare Fat Free Tomato Soup | Quick and Easy Recipe of Tomato Soup | Tomato Soup from fresh ripe tomatoes. | Indian spiced Oil Free Tomato Soup
Tomato soup is nutritious, satisfying comfort food. The recipe which I will share today is one of the excellent recipe of tomato soup as my this soup recipe is a fat free soup. My today's recipe of tomato soup comes under fast to cook, good to eat (drink) recipes :))..
✒ RECIPE DETAILS
- Category: Vegetarian
- Course: Soups
- Cuisine: Indian
- Technique: Pressure Cooking and blending
- Difficulty: Easy
- Serving: 2
- Preparation Time: 5 -7 minutes
- Cooking Time: 7-10 minutes
✒ Ingredients required for Fat free Tomato soup
- 6 Juicy and Ripe Tomatoes
- 1 Onion - chopped
- 4-5 Garlic cloves - chopped
- 4 cloves
- 10-12 black peppercorns
- 1tsp cinnamon powder
- 2tsp sugar
- Salt to taste.
✒ Step by step method of fat free tomato soup recipe:
✏ Step 1: Chop Vegetables
◾Peel the onions and garlic and roughly chop them into square cubes
◾Wash and roughly chop tomatoes.
◾Combine all the ingredients in a pressure cooker, i.e. tomatoes, onions, garlic, black peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon powder, sugar and salt to taste.
◾Add 3 cups water (about 700-800 ml).
◾Allow 3 whistles, and then simmer for a minute. Switch off the gas stove, cool down.
✏ Step 3: Blending
◾Transfer the mixture into a blender jar, blend to a smooth consistency.
✏ Step 4: Strain
◾Strain the soup through a soup strainer.
✏ Step 5: Boil and adjust the seasoning
◾Adjust the seasoning, Heat it up, let the soup come to a boil, lower the heat, simmer for 2-3 minutes, switch off the gas stove. Serve hot with bread croutons or cheese bread roll ups.
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Recipe of Cheese Bread Roll ups
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- 4 Bread slices
- 4 Cheese slices
- 2tbsp. Butter
◾With help of rolling pin, roll slices of bread flat. Spread butter, top with cheese slice. Gently rolls from one end and finish by sealing the edges. Brush edges with melted butter.
◾Heat the griddle pan, grease with butter, place the rolls, fry all sides, saute them over medium heat. Make even turn ups, serve hot with tomato soup.


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Dr Rodger Shanahan, Non-resident fellow at the Lowy Institute who served in Afghanistan, joins Michael to discuss his recent opinion piece that looks at the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.
Dr Shanahan writes, ‘For the Taliban, military victory was the easy part. Now it will have to govern, with all the difficulties that comes with incumbency.’
‘A lot has also changed since the Taliban last came to power in Afghanistan a quarter-century ago.’
‘The country over which it will now rule is better developed, thanks largely to the military and humanitarian largesse provided over the past 20 years of international support.’
‘Despite the ultimate collapse of the West’s Afghanistan nation-building project, there were significant improvements made in many social indicators.’
‘The Taliban too is different. More worldly, as evidenced by its bilateral negotiations with Washington in Doha, the photo of the Taliban’s Mullah Abdulghani Baradar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi when they met in Tianjin in late July, and by the video this week of Mullah Baradar alighting from a Qatari Air Force C-17 at Kandahar airport to be greeted by victorious Taliban forces.’
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There’s a meme that says for every cigarette you smoke God takes an hour off your life and gives it to Keith Richards. Divine intervention is as good an explanation as any for the longevity of the guitarist and his band, the Rolling Stones, who’ll celebrate their 60th anniversary next year. However, I believe the secret to their permanence is that until recently they never looked back. While other classic rockers took their victory laps, the Stones forged ahead, still believing themselves to be the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world. If not for the coronavirus they would have spent a chunk of last year on tour. The average age of founding members Richards, singer Mick Jagger and drummer Charlie Watts is 78.
2008’s Shine A Light was the first sign that the Stones were pausing to admire the view from on high and take stock of where they’d been. Filmed over two nights in 2006 at New York’s Beacon Theater, the set list featured the obvious hits alongside album tracks from 1972’s Exile on Main Street and 1978’s Some Girls, critical and commercial favorites which found the band at their most ambitious. Currently available for streaming on both Amazon Prime and Hulu, it finds the band playing an inspired set and ranks among their best concert movies.
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Shine A Light was his first concert film since 1978’s The Last Waltz and came three years after his documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan. It is one of four music features the director has helmed since the turn of the century. Music always played a leading role in Scorsese’s work with Stones songs gracing a number of his films. Scorsese approaches the proceedings with a fan’s attention to detail, suggesting songs and capturing guitar changes and stage banter. His devotion is matched by his expertise, the colors are vivid even when the lights are low and the camera puts the viewer in the middle of the proceedings as the band members dance around each other with haphazard grace.
Before a note is played, Jagger and Scorsese case the venue and discuss the shoot in semi-fictionalized scenes. Scorsese is told if the singer stands in front of a particular light for too long he’ll burst into flames. “We can’t do that. We can not burn Mick Jagger,” the director says. Scorsese is a natural character and is often an extra in his own films. As much film nerd as artiste, past films are referenced, such as when Richards and fellow guitarist Ron Wood shoot a game of pool, something we watched the members of The Band do in The Last Waltz.
If it’s to be believed, Jagger didn’t finalize the set list until an hour before the show. Scorsese stresses about whether the first song starts with a guitar lick or a drum hit and on whom to focus the camera. The switchblade guitar riff of “Jumping Jack Flash” gives him his answer. Throughout the film, Richards and Wood’s guitars bounce off each other in ragged glory, in and out of time and tune while they careen around the stage like funky zombies drunk on blood. As Keith later says, “We’re both pretty lousy but together we’re better than 10 others.”
“Charlie’s good tonight, innit he,” Jagger famously opined on the 1970 live album Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! Likewise, Shine A Light finds the drummer on a very good night, pushing the songs forward with the surge of a gospel revival, each ending in a prolonged raveup milked for maximum satisfaction. The lead singer, however, is always the focal point. Performing on a smaller stage than usual, he seems bigger than life, dancing and running and singing non-stop for practically the entire performance. It would be impressive for any performer, let alone Jagger who was 63 years old at the time and reportedly suffering from throat problems.
Equally split between big hits and deep cuts, the song selection will satisfy both casual and hardcore fans. While familiar material like “Brown Sugar” and “Tumbling Dice” hit expected high notes, a ferocious “She Was Hot” made me want to reexamine 1983’s Undercover album to see if it improved with age (results are pending). The Stones have always acknowledged their musical debts and here pay explicit tribute to Motown (a cover of the Temptations’ “Just My Imagination”), classic country (“Far Away Eyes”) and Muddy Waters, whose “Rollin’ Stone” gave them their name. Their performance of Waters’ “Champagne and Reefer” features guest guitarist Buddy Guy who played with Waters. At the song’s conclusion, Richards hands him the guitar he’s playing as a gift.
Shine A Light takes its name from the penultimate song off Exile on Main Street, arguably the Rolling Stones’ greatest album. In 2010, it was given the deluxe reissue treatment with bonus tracks, a first for the band. Other similar reissues have followed. In celebration of their 50th anniversary in 2012, came the career spanning Crossfire Hurricane documentary. After decades of forward momentum, the band was finally treating its past with the same reverence as their fans. “I never thought I’d be doing it for 2 years even,” Jagger says in a 1964 interview, included in the film. When asked how long he thinks they’ll continue, he replies, “At least another year.”
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Recently, Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner resigned as host and producer (respectively) of the 2012 Academy Awards. Brian Grazer, winner of Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind in 2001, is set to take over producing duties. But who should host?
A campaign has started for the Muppets to do it. The Facebook page for the cause has 19,121 followers. The Twitter account (@MuppetsOscars) has 7,690 followers. Those numbers are continuously growing.
“I’d totally be on board,” said Nick Stoller, a co-writer of their upcoming movie. “You could have The Electric Mayhem as the house band!”
Though the idea is extremely popular, there are naysayers. For example, Katey Rich at Cinema Blend had this to say: “The hosts need to be a bonus for the viewers, not the reason to tune in, and it’s hard to imagine the Muppets, in their brightly colored puppet glory, could avoid stealing that spotlight.”
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Bio Dr. Moiz Ahmad is a researcher of biomedical technology and medical physics. His objective is to develop new biomedical technologies, especially in biomedical imaging, and improve the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Dr. Ahmad's specific research interests are in CT imaging hardware and software, image reconstruction and analysis, and CT imaging for guiding radiotherapy, surgery, and vascular interventions.
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Serebii is reporting that Nintendo used the same company to register the Let's Go domain names as they did for the official Pokemon Sun & Moon website. That could easily just be a deflection tactic to enhance the surprise when the real project is revealed at E3, but we'll see soon enough.
"As we wait for an announcement on the upcoming Pokemon title, which will be revealed before the end of this month, think about what Pokemon Go might mean for the future of the Pokemon series". The Pokemon Trading Card Game also seems to be heading towards an expansion featuring Pokemon from the Kanto and Johto region this fall.just in time for the new games to come out.
'Pokemon' game for Nintendo Switch rumored to be announed soon
Nintendo still hasn't said much at all about its new Pokemon game for the Switch, but a bunch of rumours doing the rounds have suggested it'll revolve around electric-powered-mouse-thing Pikachu and the feline-like Eevee. However, like traditional Pokemon titles, expect two versions.
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“Evolution Rim” is a 12-track album, with two singles, “Re-evolution” and “Extinction. The album also features collaborations with Ranking Youth, Ka Dub, Antxon Sagardui, Moon Mermaid, and Panchacoco, as well as Chek Selektah (who features in Sound Mag Issue Four) on the album artwork and will be released on Friday 4th March, on Universal Echo Records, the label founded by High Nebra, Ka Dub, Illiam Keys and Bongo Palm will focus on heavyweight stepper productions with Jamaican inspiration and will seek the futuristic sounds of electronic dub music.
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The Chinese author draws attention to the large-scale modernization of the fleet in Russia. Our country has focused on the introduction and development of digital technologies, the development of unique hypersonic strike systems, unmanned underwater vehicles and other equipment that has no analogues in the world.
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Farm community and organic sustainability was the focus of an art exhibition in the Hudson Valley this week at Gallery 66 NY. Francesco Mastalia’s Organic featured the dedicated farmers who are committed to growing and producing food using sustainable methods, and the chefs who echoed their beliefs and pay homage to the food they produce. The farmers and chefs were photographed using the wet plate collodion process, a technique developed in the mid-19th century. The show included over 100 of its farmers and chefs.
The Hudson Valley, New York has become an epicenter for the local, organic, sustainable food movement. With its rich agricultural land, the awareness for sustainable living, and the growing demand for local, organic food, the farm-to-table, locavore movement has become a way of life in the Hudson Valley. Organic (Mastalia’s book) spotlights the Hudson Valley as a region at the forefront of this movement.
With the use of large wooden cameras and brass lenses, glass plates are hand coated to produce one-of-a-kind ambrotype images. The amber toned images remind us of a time when the cultivation of land was a manual process that linked the farmer directly to the soil. “Organic” is one of the most misunderstood and often misused words describing food today. In narrating their own stories, the farmers and chefs share their philosophy about what it means to grow and live organically and sustainably.
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So, me and ladders...
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I tried it out last summer, and I survived.
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My entire body freezes.
My brain shuts off.
I forget to breathe.
Sweat starts beading on my forehead.
And I stand there, petrified, unable to move a muscle.
The world starts spinning,
And the only thing my mind is capable of is imagining my body plummeting to the ground,
and landing in various horribly mangled positions.
(I won't go into detail on that particular part)
Then I wrench myself away from these awful feelings,
back to reality, and slowly chant in my mind
Breathe. I'll be fine. Breathe. I'll be fine.
I lean forward slightly and begin to clean the backboard of the basketball hoop,
(which, by the way, why do those need to be cleaned? I mean, really.)
And the ladder moves, maybe a centimeter,
and the panic starts all over again.
I climb down, and say I can't do it,
And get laughed at by all the got-to-be-tough boys working around me.
I walk out of the gym to "get a drink",
but really I'm going to calm down away from my coworkers' judgmental eyes.
As I take some deep breaths, and finally slow my quaking nerves, I think about how stupid I feel for being so scared.
But that panic is definitely real and horrible, and I can't seem to shake it.
And that, combined with the intense embarrassment, is zero fun sir.
Truthfully, though, I think it might just be the wide open space above me, below me, and around me that made me so terrified today.
Because I cleaned some lights in a classroom the other day, and my reaction to being up on the ladder that was the same height was significantly less ridiculous.
However, I think it's safe to say, (though it makes me feel like a whiney, wimpy baby to admit it)
I have a terrible fear of being on ladders.

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Did you know your lawn can "rust?" Well, not in the typical way you may be thinking, but rust fungus is something found in lawns. Hot, humid summers and low nitrogen levels can make turf susceptible to this disease. The fungus causing the disease is Pyricularia grisea, but we know it as rust fungus or lawn rust.
What is Rust Fungus
Rust is a fungal disease that occurs on turf grasses, zoysia in particular, in summer or early fall. Drought stress, low fertility, low nitrogen levels, and hot temperatures all make the ideal environment for lawn rust to develop. In other words, nutrient starved lawns with a moist surface are most susceptible.
Grass Rust Identification
Patches of thin and weak-looking grass are signs of lawn rust. Another sign of lawn rust is an orange color on your shoes when walking in the grass. Take a closer look by pulling a couple of blades out of the turf. If rust is present, the blades will be coated with orange-red or yellowish-brown dust spores. Be careful! It won't hurt you but it will spread. The pustules burst easily which allows the particles to travel via wind, animals, or human traffic.
Problems Associated with Rust Fungus
Leaf-blades coated with lawn rust fungus minimize the ability of the grass to photosynthesize. Simply put, the grass blades collect the energy, which is turned into fuel for the grass growth. When the leaves are excessively covered with spores, photosynthesis cannot be carried out efficiently and therefore can not provide nutrients for plant growth and survival.
Ways to prevent rust
- Ensure the lawn is getting enough sunlight
- Fertilize appropriately
- Mow regularly, never cutting off more than ⅓ of grass blade
- Collect and dispose of clippings taken from the infected area
- Prune and remove unwanted undergrowth on trees and shrubs to improve air movement and reduce leaf wetness
- Water deeply but infrequently to encourage deep rooting
Grass rust is probably the easiest lawn disease to get rid of, although there's really nothing you can do to prevent it. And other than it being an eyesore, it doesn't cause much damage. Fortunately, rust is not too common and is usually related to extended leaf wetness, but we do offer a one-time fungicide treatment to treat it. If you identify and treat it soon, you shouldn't have any issues. However, if it's allowed to go unhandled, it will weaken the grass and therefore allow weeds and other fungi the opportunity for growth.
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First of all you have to fill the application form for your visa electronically and then if you want you can print a hard-copy. Attach two recent taken passport size photographs. Your copies of previous visas and your passport should be valid for 3 months at least after the return date is necessary. More than two blank pages on your passport is must including travel health insurance confirmation of minimum €30,000 coverage in Denmark with a cover letter mentioning the purpose for visiting Denmark. Show flights itinerary like flight numbers, dates specifying entry and exit from the country. Submit hotel reservations for the duration of your stay in Denmark. Civil status proof like marriage certificate, death certificate of spouse, birth certificate of children or ration card. Proof of sufficient financial means for the period of stay in Denmark is also applicable to show.
If you are going for work then employment contract is necessary including current bank statement of the latest six months. ITR (Income tax return) form or certificate of income tax deducted at the source of salary.
If you are self employed or want to start your own business then a copy of your business license is must. Company bank statement is needed of the latest six months as well as ITR (Income tax return).
In case you want to study and are going Denmark as student then proof of enrollment of your college or school is must with No-objection certificate from school or university.
For more info please visit: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/denmark-visa
If you are planning a private visit or tourist visit in this country you can apply for a short term visa which is for 90 days or less than 90 days. Bilateral visa-facilitation agreements with a number of countries: Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Russia and Moldova have concluded by Danish Authorities. Turkish people who have service in Denmark do not need a visa. Also people, who have various types of residence permit, do not need a visa.
You can get a visa if the authorities evaluate that you will return home before visa expires and you will follow the conditions for your visa.
An arrangement by travel agency makes it easier for tourists from other countries to visit Denmark. Agency makes sure that the Danish embassy or consulate situated in different countries is authorized to issue visas for up to 30 days to tourists.
Requirement to be followed are mentioned below:
- The Trip should be organized by the authorized travel agency with the help of Danish Immigration Service in question that has been authorized by the Danish embassy of the Danish consulate general to take part in the arrangement.
- The travel agency authorized by the immigration Service and the travel agency in the country in question formed a collaboration agreement.
- Providing documents is must proving that the trip is a package deal which includes minimum transport and a reservation at the hotel.
Applications of all the applicants for a visa must be submitted by the travel agency. Fresh applicants must give their biometric features record. Fingerprints which have recorded less than 59 months from the submission of the form will be valid. Danish embassy or consulate will call you after submission for the interview and to ask further information. Applicant should fulfill the general requirements for Schengen visa to get a visa under the travel agency arrangements. For further queries you can contact authorized travel agencies in the countries or please contact the Danish diplomatic mission abroad (embassy or consulate) in your own country or visit the website.
Citizens of the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) also don’t need a visa to live, work, or study in Denmark. All the other citizens must apply for a visa, which will allow them to stay in the country for 90 days. Any person wishing to stay longer will need a residence and work permit to do so.
Certain areas such as the education, engineering, IT, medicine and healthcare sectors, building, energy and electrical engineers, medical consultants, hospital doctors, dentists and pharmacists.
Jobs in Denmark don’t pay too well, but you have to have a job skill and speak English to work there.
Compared to other countries applying for work visa or permit is an easy process. However, applicants and employers need to meet a long list of requirements and to know the steps of how to get work visa in Denmark respectively.
Application process and requirements are as follows:
- Create a case order ID
- Pay the visa fees
- Submit the required documents
- Submit the work visa application form
- Have your biometrics taken
- Wait for a response
- Passport or personal ID
- Work and Residence permit
- Employment or assignment contract
- Proof of your address such as rental contract in Denmark
- Documents registering any change of name such as marriage or divorce certificate, etc.
- Birth certificate of your children, if applicable.
Types of Several Visas for work are as follows:
- Fast Track Scheme
- Pay Limit Scheme
- Positive List
- Researcher (and guest researcher)
- Employed PhD
- Herdsmen and farm managers
- Other Visas
For more info please visit: https://www.internations.org/go/moving-to-denmark/visas-work-permits

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According to a study published by Nature Climate Change, governments of 51 countries spent C$940 billion subsidizing fossil fuels in 2021. The number is likely higher since there are many indirect subsidies, such as Canada’s $35 billion Trans Mountain pipeline, and it is unclear if benefits provided by sub-national governments are included.
In fiscal year 2022, fossil fuel companies in British Columbia used royalty credit programs to reduce payments to the BC government by more than $1.5 billion. In addition, monthly tenders for natural gas and petroleum rights have been eliminated. These sales once put billions of dollars into the provincial treasury.
Royalty reductions and elimination of rights payments have drastically altered provincial revenue. These numbers, extracted from Ministry of Finance documents, include accrued royalty credits but all numbers have been adjusted to 2022 dollars using the Bank of Canada inflation calculator.
Declining government revenue might suggest declining production of natural gas. The opposite is true according to production numbers provided by Canada Energy Regulator.
The BC Government is recovering part of the forgone fossil fuel revenue through carbon taxes, as shown in the latest Budget and Fiscal Plan.
Vancouver Sun’s Gordon Hoekstra reports that carbon taxes will triple in BC by 2030.
Carbon tax is levied in BC to encourage residents to reduce consumption of carbon based fuels. But that is justification for fools, because natural gas not burned here is exported to be burned elsewhere. The trouble, of course, is that we have only one Earth and one atmosphere.
Comments may suggest I oppose carbon taxes. The opposite is true, but it is idiotic to use them as a device to to raise fossil fuel exports and achieve no real improvement in carbon emissions.
Writing at The Tyee, J. David Hughes shows that Canadian politicians and bureaucrats promise climate friendly actions, then facilitate climate destructive projects:
The Orwellian emissions accounting scheme used to justify Cedar LNG with its 40-year lifespan clearly shows Canada and B.C. are not serious about their emissions reduction promises.
Perhaps uneasy about the emissions accounting smokescreen in its environmental assessment and to distract the public’s attention, the province held a second news conference within hours of announcing the approval of Cedar LNG heralding stringent new rules for future LNG projects. The province will now “require all proposed LNG facilities in or entering the environmental assessment process to pass an emissions test with a credible plan to be net zero by 2030.”BC’s Orwellian LNG Con
Note: Writing this leaves me wondering if the next boardrooms Coalman John Horgan occupies will be those of gas producers. No doubt they believe he deserves generous rewards.
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Looks like this decline in revenue happened 1 year after Christy Clark took office in BC, and we have had greedy extraction brokers ever since. Will Eby turn it around? Or will he too leave office with padded pockets?
So, the Carbon tax is nothing more than a subsidy paid to the oil and gas industry.
I call that criminal fraud.
51 countries you say. that is a shit load of money, now divided by 51 it may not amount to much, but really the oil/gas companies don’t need that money. There are though a lot of people who could use a subsidy to pay for pressing health needs, housing, food, etc.
It always amazes me, the kind of money which goes to the oil and gas companies but not to children. Many children live below the poverty line in Canada and other countries. Its enforced poverty. Its cruel. Government enforced poverty for children, seniors and disabled. It doesn’t make sense. Yet here we are with CEOs making more money on the first day of work in a new year than others do in a whole year.
Not much has changed. corporate welfare is good, financial support for seniors, children, disabled, etc. living below the poverty line, not good in the eyes of many.
We see the results of poverty all over north america. Doesn’t look like much of a business plan to me.
Time to eliminate the “subsidies” for these profitable corporations
“Time to eliminate the “subsidies” for these profitable corporations”..
correction for consideration if I may..
Time to eliminate the politicians who still approve of the “subsidies”
for these profitable corporations.
All of the political parties “still approve of the subsidies” so changing one set of politicians with another isn’t going to change much. In the meantime i keep objecting to child poverty.
When choosing a politican or party I look at a few other things. don’t trust conservatives. On the take, the Mulroney Year, by Stevie Cameron still is a good read. When Harper came to office the first thing he did was defund all women’s programs the federal government had been funding and then made it government policy to spend less on Indigenous children than the other children in Canada. Conservatives aren’t progressive.
That leads us with the Liberals and NDP. The B.C. Lieberals may have changed their name but its still the same old bunch and we can still read old blogs with all this province went through with el gordo and Christy. Kevin Falcon was part of those governments. Its really a good laugh when you see him flapping his gums going on about the lack of affordable housing for those living in tents and others. Now Keven appears to have forgotten the B.C. Lieberals didn’t exactly do much when it came to housing. Come to think of it, they sold all that land to a private developer for chump change, at Little Moutain, which had been affordable Housing. Then when they were socreds they sold all of the former Expo Lands to one person, failed to keep enough land for the future for affordable public housing and didn’t make a profit on it because they had to spend all that money cleaning up the site.
Had the province charged more in the way of royalties and handed out fewer tax breaks there would have been more funding for affordable housing, higher rates for those on welfare, pensions, disability benefits. We all complain about how high taxes are getting and the increases in the carbon tax makes life more difficult, but if the federal and provincial governments started charging corporations more, there would be more money for other things. Right now we have a model which has working people and the poor subsidizing corporations and that really ought to stop Corporations already benefit from things which our society provides such as roads, airports, education for workers, police and fire departments, governmetn paid health care.
Changing politicians won’t help much, unless we bring in a load of Norweign politicians who have almost 2 trillion in their national wealth fund.


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Google is doing gangbusters in the suburbs east of Seattle.
The tech giant took a peek at the sprawling campus it partially moved to and continues to build in Kirkland, Wash., on Thursday as it announced plans to invest $100 million more this year in the region where he first settled 15 years ago. from.
Google officially opened the first phase of its Kirkland Urban campus with two 8-story glass office buildings it calls North and Central. When complete, four buildings will total 760,000 square feet of space.
As the company greeted dignitaries including Washington Governor Jay Inslee, U.S. Representative Suzan DelBene and Kirkland Mayor Penny Sweet, a crane and construction workers were busy on the adjacent south building, which is set to open. in 2023. A building is planned for 2025.
This growth is part of Google’s continued commitment to Kirkland and Seattle, where it employs more than 7,200 workers. In South Lake Union, Google is working on Block 38, a 330,000 square foot building that will give Google five buildings in total and 900,000 square feet of space in Amazon’s backyard.
And it’s a commitment to get workers back into the physical office, at least some of the time, after more than two years of remote work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Company-wide, Google says it’s investing $9.5 billion in offices and data centers and create at least 12,000 jobs in the United States this year. The Puget Sound region is the company’s second-largest U.S. engineering center outside of the Bay Area.
“As the country continues to recover from the devastating pandemic, we are doubling down in the states we call home,” said Paco Galenes, Kirkland site manager and director of engineering. He confirmed the company was continuing the design phase of another site in Kirkland, a former Lee Johnson Chevrolet car dealership, which Google purchased in 2020.
In his own remarks Thursday, Inslee praised Google for being an “engine of growth” in Washington and for putting more people in the state in “incredible jobs.”
“What I really want to highlight is your commitment to clean energy, your company’s commitment, and your personal commitment to building a new economy, based on clean energy,” Inslee said, calling the efforts of Google to operate with carbon-free energy on its campuses and data centers by 2030.
Kirkland Urban’s mixed-use development features may be traps used to attract tech workers in a competitive market where Google competes for talent with Microsoft, Amazon and many others. Both of these tech giants are actually equally bullish in the area east of Seattle — Amazon is expanding rapidly in downtown Bellevue and Microsoft is building a massive update to its longtime Redmond campus.
Kirkland Urban is already home to a Shake Shack burger restaurant; a Topgolf driving range; a QFC grocery store; and more retail and restaurant businesses. On a sunny afternoon, workers moved between buildings to explore lunch options or rode rainbow-colored Google Bikes.
Inside the central building, Galenes and other Google representatives touted amenities that would entice Googlers back to the office.
Connected by a central spiral staircase, each floor of the building is designed around a specific Washington State economic or cultural theme, such as technology, aerospace, music, the outdoors and more. There are micro kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms, and meeting rooms galore. There’s a recording studio and band practice area; a dog lounge with a rooftop exercise area; a small movie theater; and a huge production studio to present Google events from campus.
Around the perimeter of these common and mixed-use areas are the actual workspaces, newly realized to be more flexible for shrinking or growing teams in a work environment where not everyone may come to the office. every day.
Google has moved to a hybrid working model in which it expects employees to be in the office at least three days a week. The model was expected to be fully functional in early April and was “designed to maximize flexibility while facilitating innovation, collaboration, and camaraderie of office experiences,” the company previously said.
Google would not say on Thursday how many employees are currently working in the two finished Kirkland Urban buildings or how many employees the campus could eventually accommodate. Commercial real estate figures for technology companies typically amount to one employee per 150 to 200 square feet, which would bring the number of employees on the finished campus to around 3,800.
Google also does not share the split between the number of employees working in Kirkland and the number of people working in offices in South Lake Union or Fremont.
After just a month of using the new hybrid working model, Google says it doesn’t yet have all the data on how many people are entering its offices, but the company says it has seen an influx of people regularly coming to work in the office. . and he sees more every week.
If it were up to Kirkland Mayor Penny Sweet, she could be there every day. She called her city the best place in America to live, work and play and said partners like Google are doing the same. She praised the company for stepping up its efforts to help small businesses affected by the loss of tech workers in the community over the past two years.
“As we celebrate the opening of these beautiful new facilities and Google’s return to the desktop…we get a glimpse of what the future may be like,” Sweet said. “World-class workspaces, housing choices, convenient amenities, and opportunities to live, work, and play within walking distance.
“We look forward to welcoming more Googlers to our community,” she added.
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VALE – Nyssa, Ontario and Vale will have places Thanksgiving Day for those looking for a warm meal, friendly faces and a free holiday meal.
In Ontario, the First Christian Church will offer a Thanksgiving Day meal starting at 11 a.m. and running until 3 p.m. The church is located at 180 NW 1st Street. For those looking to give of time or dollars, the church will be accepting donations of food or cash along with volunteers looking to help. For more information or to help, call 208-739-2725 or 541-889-8140.
The Nyssa Community Thanksgiving Dinner will open doors at 12 p.m., handing out meals until 2:30 p.m. at the Nyssa Senior Center.
Turkey, ham, potatoes, green bean casserole and desserts are still being accepted along with volunteers to help set up, serve and clean up. Financial contributions are also being accepted with donation jars located throughout businesses in town.
For more information, contact Mary at 541-212-2987.
In Vale, the community dinner will occur at the Starlite Café. The café, in partnership with the Seventh-day Adventist Church and local ministerial association, will have a full menu of turkey, ham, potatoes, salads and desserts. The meal will start at 12 p.m. with serving ending at 2 p.m. Volunteers are still needed along with food items. For more information, call 541-473-4263 or 541-823-2775.


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The horrid yo-yo of weightloss that I always said I would never do, has happened to me this past year.
I started 2009 out at 178 pounds. Throughout the year I slowly pulled myself down to 170 pounds on my own through running and kind of watching what I ate. Last September I started Weight watchers and with that and exercise I came down to 150 pounds. Then I stopped watching what I ate, and enjoyed myself during thanksgiving and christmas and I started 2010 at 160 pounds. I tried the HCG drops diet and went down to 143 pounds on it, but instead of coming off of it following the diet guidelines, I just went straight back to eating what I wanted when I wanted it, and I've gone back up to 150 pounds.
So... no more... I'm going to find the right balance. I'm going back to the weight watchers points tracking and exercising. I can still have occasional treats with it, but I have to not stop it...
Today's eating should look like this:
Breakfast: egg beaters scrambled eggs with low fat cheddar cheese and salsa on top- 3 points
Exercise: 75 minutes of P90X core synergistics and ab ripper X.
Recovery drink: 1 cup skim milk and 1 packet carnation instant breakfast- 4 points
Lunch: Turkey sandwich on a "thin" bun with the laughing cow cheese wedge, slice of tomato, piece of lettuce, and dijon mustard.
Afternoon snack: fiber one bar- 2 points
Dinner: Chicken fajita's- 9 points
Total of 21 points for the day. The exercise allows me to add some additional points if I feel like I need it, but I'll start with this for today.


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The Indian cricket team unveiled its new jersey ahead of the 2021 T20 World Cup on Wednesday. The likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah could be spotted flaunting the new kit. The new kit has been named the ‘Billion Cheers Jersey’. It replaces the 1992 World Cup pattern-like jersey that the Indian cricket team had started to wear towards the end of last year. MPL Sports are the official kit sponsors for the Indian team's new kit.
"Presenting the Billion Cheers Jersey! The patterns on the jersey are inspired by the billion cheers of the fans," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted as the board shared the picture on social media.
The kit is a ready-to-wear polyester jacquard product that is designed for absolute comfort and has super-fast moisture absorbent and quick-drying qualities.
"Become a part of India's 2021 T20 World Cup campaign by donning this Team India official T20 and ODI jersey. Virat Kohli and the boys will be sporting this navy blue jersey in the first Cricket World Cup post-pandemic and in the limited-over cricket matches thereafter," MPL Sports wrote as the pictures of the kit was shared on social media.
The kit also features three stars on top of the BCCI logo. The three stars represent the three World Cups that Team India has won. Two of these triumphs came in the ODI format -- in 1983 and 2011 -- while one came in the T20 format (in 2007).
While it was Kapil Dev who had led the Indian team to the maiden World Cup triumph, the next two wins came under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. While the wicket-keeper batsman has already retired from international cricket, he will be heading into the 2021 T20 World Cup as the team's mentor, taking the role of support staff in the national team for the first time in his career.
It isn't yet known whether the kit will be used for the T20 World Cup 2021 or not. There are claims that another jersey specifically for the T20 World Cup 2021 will be released later in the day.
With the finals of the event set to begin on October 23, the Indian cricket team will begin its campaign on October 24 against Pakistan.

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