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These image sensors excel at capturing the maximum image data over the largest area possible. But they come with caveats.
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A half an hour drive from the Fisherman’s Bay is the only plantation in Sri Lanka that produces Ceylon Virgin White Tea that is celebrated across the world for its pure taste and fragrance.
Nestled between the evergreen rainforests of Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean, the unique positioning of the Handunugoda tea plantation, as well as the delicate process used in plucking the tea leaves, help to retain its unique quality and the delicate taste, the Ceylon White Tea is celebrated for.
Its production process duplicates a procedure that was once practiced in ancient China, where the choicest tea was cut by the virgins using golden scissors, never touching the tea leaves with their bare skin. The produce was offered as a tribute to the Emperor of China as it was considered to be one of the healthiest and the purest teas in the world rich in antioxidants.
Back in Sri Lanka at the Handunugoda Tea Plantation, cutting the top unopened leaf buds of the tea tree is carried out with scissors and a ceramic bowl to preserve the quality of the tea.
Despite the lack of virgins with golden scissors, Ceylon Virgin White Tea still contains the highest amount of antioxidants occurring in any beverage according to the lab analysis done by SGS of Switzerland, the world’s best network of testing facilities.
A visit to the Handunugoda Plantation includes a plantation and factory visit and a tea tasting session to complete your tea experience in Sri Lanka. Visitors are provided the opportunity to taste and appreciate the texture, aroma, and flavor of different varieties of tea produced at the plantation followed by a scrumptious tea at the plantation owner’s bungalow.

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And I'm not even talking about Trick or Treating... This in from the fine folks at Terror In The Aisles-
The Vincentennial: A Halloween Tribute to Vincent Price (with Victoria Price) is playing Chicago, IL October 30, 2011! That's right, THIS weekend! Here's the skinny on the scary- you'll have two opportunities to see Victoria Price and the Pit and the Pendulum animated short, ON THE SAME DAY! First off, the day starts early on October 30 with a show at the historic Portage Theatre:
The Ultimate Halloween Event! Fun For All-Ages!
1pm - Doors Open.
Meet and greet with Victoria Price. Free autographs & picture taking with Victoria in the
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2pm -Victoria Price Presentation
VICTORIA PRICE, Author of Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography displays a wonderful presentation on Vincent Price (including never before seen photos and videos).
VINCENT PRICE DOUBLE FEATURE & PRESENTATION:
Ray Harryhausen Presents: THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM animated film
2:00 pm - THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (80 mins.)
3:30 pm - VICTORIA PRICE Presentation and Q & A
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5pm - THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (86 mins.)
FREE AUTOGRAPHS & PICTURE TAKING WITH VICTORIA PRICE!
There will be free autographs and picture taking with Victoria in the lobby! She will also be selling special Vincent Price memorabilia.
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Tickets are $13 pre-sale. $15 at the door - day of show.
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Second show is scheduled to start at 6:00 PM, Sunday October 30, at the historic Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, IL-- gorgeous theatre for a great tribute! Screening will be THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, with The Pit and the Pendulum animated film opening the evenings activities!
Check this theatre - Gorgeous! What a great place to see Victoria Price and Vincent Price. Awesome.
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The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles is pleased to announce the first annual Czech Filmfest 2012 which will take place at the Cinefamily in Hollywood on May 16 – 24, 2012. The festival will introduce both new and classic Czech movies to film audiences in Los Angeles and several successful directors and actors will be present to promote their films.
"Czech cinema has always been a passion for The Cinefamily. It's some of the most playful, cinematic, dynamic, and we think underappreciated national lineages in the film world. It's exciting to work with the Czech Consulate in LA to put on what we hope to be an annual festival celebrating both the classics we love, and the films today that continue that fine tradition"--Hadrian Belove, The Cinefamily
The festival will officially kick-off with disturbingly relevant dark thriller “Walking Too Fast” (2010) from director Radim Špaček, who will answer questions after the screening, followed by the opening night reception on May 17. The film achieved critical success in Europe and won five Czech Lions (the Czech Oscars), including best picture from the Czech Film Academy, among many other awards.
The fest will also include “Four Suns” (2012), directed by esteemed award-winner Bohdan Sláma, which shows the self-destructive nature of humanity. The film premiered at the Sundance Festival this past January. Director Tomáš Luňák will personally introduce his animated picture “Alois Nebel” (2011), the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the most recent Academy Awards.
Concluding the festival will be the musical “Rhythm on My Heels” (2009) at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. Based on “The Tenor Saxophonist’s Story” by Josef Škovorecký, the story shows the trials of love that take place in 1950s Czechoslovakia. Director Andrea Sedláčková and actors Marika Šoposká, Jan Maxián, Margareta Hrůza and Berenika Kohoutová will attend and perform songs from the film accompanied by famous Czech jazz pianist Emil Viklický.
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Alcohol poisoning on the rise in Phoenix, Arizona
Earlier in January this year, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was released that reported Arizona to have experienced the fourth highest death rate due to alcohol poisoning in the U.S. between 2010 and 2012.
According to the recent government report, deaths as a result of alcohol poisoning are averaging around 2,221 people per annum, but this could very likely be an underestimation.
Alcohol poisoning is a serious and sometimes fatal result of drinking too much liquor in a relatively short period of time. Such a pattern of drinking can adversely affect breathing, heart rate, body temperature, gag reflex and in extreme cases, result in a coma and death. Immediate medical attention is required in the case of alcohol poisoning.
The states with the highest alcohol poisoning death rates are concentrated largely in the West, with New Mexico, Arizona and Wyoming at second, fourth and fifth-highest death rates, respectively.
An average of six people die on a daily basis from alcohol poisoning, as estimated by the CDC. Moreover, according to The Post’s Lenny Bernstein, 76 percent of those who died nationwide were between the ages of 35 and 65, contrary to the common perception of young kids abusing alcohol.
The CDC further stated that in Arizona, the death rate due to alcohol poisoning was an alarming 18.7 percent per million residents over the age of 15.
Will Humble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, believed a major reason for Arizona being so high up on this list was the susceptibility of certain populations to alcohol abuse, as reported by Arizona Central.
“If you look at numbers across the nation it’s mostly non-Hispanic white males, but the denominator is bigger, we look at risk factors inside each denominator,” Humble said. “The odds of an alcohol-related emergency room visit were seven times higher among Native Americans compared to other ethnicities.”
To further support this reasoning, a Vital Signs study on Alcohol Poisoning Deaths revealed that approximately 76 percent of the population that dies from alcohol poisoning are men and around 68 percent are non-Hispanic Whites.
Humble further stated that in 2013, 2.5 percent of all emergency room visits and 4.5 percent of all inpatient hospitalizations were related to binge drinking in Arizona. The Arizona Department of Health Services defines binge drinking as having five or more drinks on the same occasion within a day.
Binge drinking involves the consumption of really large amounts of alcohol. Such drinking can exceed the body’s physiologic capacity to process alcohol, causing the blood alcohol concentration to rise. Approximately 38 million U.S. adults report binge drinking an average of four times per month and consuming an average of eight drinks per episode, according to the 2015 report by Vital Signs.
“What was surprising, the key demographic group is [men] aged 40 to 60. If you talk to people off the street you’d think it was kids in their 20’s,” Humble added. He further elaborated that single men between the ages of 45 and 54 were most susceptible to emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths in 2013.
Dr. Frank LoVecchio, emergency room physician and co-medical director of Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center, stated alcohol to be responsible for one-third of all emergency visits in a given night.
He further said, “A lot of people don’t think they are at risk, but if you have the stats in front of you, it’s not that many drinks. It’s not rocket science. It’d be better to make people aware that this is an issue and to remind them that what it means is that you’re at risk.”
It is important to differentiate between alcoholics and binge drinkers.
Alcoholics are alcohol dependent. They drink to avoid withdrawal and take larger quantities over time to get drunk. Binge drinkers, on the other hand, could just be people who drink on the weekends, according to Humble.
About 780,000 Arizona residents said they binge drink in a 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor survey. “Our target audience is a binge drinker,” Humble said. “For them, the golden rule is not to drive.”
Deaths caused by alcohol poisoning are a serious and preventable public health problem in the United States. Recovery, however, is always an option and we are here to help you through this stressful process. The Phoenix Drug Treatment Rehab Center is open to you to help you choose the right path to recovery. If you or a loved one is currently seeking treatment for alcohol abuse, call us right away for more information.

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The GW Hatchet reports this morning that seven students claimed responsibility for flyering the campus with a message of hate against Muslims under another organization’s name. The student claim that the flyers, which were titled “Hate Muslims? So do we!”, were satirical critiques of the upcoming Islamofacism Awareness Week. The flyers were attributed on their face to Young America’s Foundation, a conservative student group who is sponsoring the event.
What were these kids thinking? They pissed off everyone who already agreed with them, raised the profile of this event significantly, and come off as either racist or retarded. I’d love to do a full blown rant on the danger of half-assed satire to its author, but I’ll restrain myself.

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Are you looking to design your home? Are you unsure of where to start? Interior design can be fun and easy if you have the right advice. Luckily, you have come to the right place. The following article will show you how to decorate your house like a professional.
A great interior design tip is to start going to more yard sales and thrift stores. You’d be amazed at some of the unique things that you can find at these avenues versus the typical places like Ikea. You might come across a great end table or beautifully decorated vase.
How much light does the room get? Consider the natural light available when choosing a paint color. Choose lighter colors for rooms with less natural light as darker colors may make the room feel cramped.
A great interior-design tip is to start checking out design magazines. There are many magazines out there that will teach you all about how to design your home and garden, and they’ll even provide you lots of tips. They’ll also keep you up to date on all the latest style trends.
Do not neglect your basement when you are planning an interior-design project. If you have a basement that is even only semi-finished, it can be transformed into a great space to entertain, play or relax. If you are ready to start designing your home and have a basement you should think about what you can do to make it a place that you can enjoy.
Anyone who is designing a room in their house would be wise to incorporate hang art on the walls. Artwork does a great job of making your room look complete. Just make sure you choose a piece or two that meshes with the current decor of the room you are designing.
Avoid over-cluttering your rooms when you are undergoing a design project. If you have too much stuff in too small a space, it is going to appear cramped. Keep furniture to the minimum to keep as much space open as possible.
Wallpaper only half your wall. Redecorating your walls can cost a lot of money. Use wallpaper on only a fraction of your wall to save money. Give your wallpaper a nice border and paint the remaining wall. Doing this will save you money and leave you with stylish walls.
When you are choosing the paint to use in your child’s bedroom, consider pastel colors. These colors include yellow, blue, green and different shades of lavender. Pastel colors are great for a child’s room as they are very serene and can help to put your child to bed in the nighttime.
Have plants in your home. You can use fresh flowers, ferns, or even cuttings of some small trees. Plants make a home feel more alive, and they seem to bring the outdoors inside. Plants have a calming effect on most people, and they can provide the kind of textures that make a room seem more interesting.
If you are looking to upgrade an area of your home, start with the kitchen. This is the area where you will spend a lot of your time with your family as you can replace old pots, pans and table settings with contemporary ones. This can improve the look of a frequently used space.
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Brach had a short stay on the Royals’ roster, as the team designated him just one day after selecting his contract. The 35-year-old right-hander joined the Royals on a minor league contract over the winter, which came after the Mets designated him.
Brach has seen major league action with five teams since he debuted with the Padres in 2011, and he has enjoyed a solid career. Through 522 2/3 innings, Brach has registered a 3.39 ERA/3.78 SIERA with a 25.1 percent strikeout rate and an 11.1 percent walk rate. Unfortunately, though, Brach’s production has gone downhill dating back to 2019. Between the Cubs and Mets over the previous two seasons, he tossed 66 2/3 frames of 5.66 ERA ball (with a more palatable 4.91 SIERA) and logged a 24.7 percent strikeout rate against a 15.0 percent walk rate. While Brach has normally averaged around 94 mph on his fastball, that number dipped to a personal-worst 90.4 last year.

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CRUCIBLE: "a furnace-like vessel that endures intense heat that refines and transfigures raw materials into a new, stronger substance...[It] purges away impurities and unifies elements into an entirely new final product" (Hawkins et al 237).
We can think of a crucible as a "metaphor for life-changing challenges, adversities, and losses that have a refining effect on a person or an entire family" (Hawkins et al 237).
There have been many crucibles in my life and I'm sure there will be many more, but for today I want to focus on one that affected our entire family.
"The [Family] proclamation teaches that the cumulative purpose of all experiences in this life is to help us 'progress toward perfection' (para 3) and realize our 'destiny as heirs of eternal life'. Having faith in God and in His 'divine plan of happiness' (para 3) is the first principle of a perspective that recognizes meaning and growth as coming from life's crucibles" (Hawkins et al 238).
It took being diagnosed with cancer to really find my testimony of God's divine plan of happiness. I was terrified that the cancer would win and that I would have to leave my young family for a season. I believed that we would see each other again because of the Savior and the temple covenants that Mark and I had made together in His name, but this was an opportunity for me to come to know that plan and recognize the power that comes from keeping covenants.
I remember pleading with my Heavenly Father to please allow me to stay here with my kids and not let the cancer win. This was my prayer for most of the beginning stages of treatment. Then, the Lord blessed me with a few sacred, personal experiences in which I learned that it did not matter if I lived or died after fighting that cancer. What mattered is that I needed to let go of my will and align it with His. I needed to recognize that there was a bigger picture. Bigger than being here for birthdays, graduations, weddings, and grand kids. It was about trusting in the Savior and believing that His sacrifice and suffering meant something.
"Our understanding of the Atonement is hardly a shield against sorrow; rather, it is a rich source of strength to deal productively with the disappointments and heartbreaks that form the deliberate fabric of mortal life. The gospel helps us to heal our pain, not necessarily to prevent it" -Elder Bruce C. Hafen (Hawkins et al 239).
The Savior is the Key
As this semester is drawing to an end and I write this concluding post for my project, I hope that you have enjoyed being on this journey with me.
I have learned so much about the Eternal Family over the last 13 weeks. There have been things that I have questioned, things I have not understood, and things that have left me feeling sorrow for those who do not have the gospel of Jesus Christ in their lives because the ONE thing that has stood out above all the rest is that He is the key to EVERYTHING.
"Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities" (Family para 7).
I don't know where my family would be without the Savior and His everlasting gospel in our lives. Having His gospel in our lives helps us to forgive one another, to be patient with one another, and to remember that it is through Him that we will be able to live together forever.
"Family: A Proclamation to the World." (1995, November). Ensign, 25, p. 102.
Hawkins, A. J., Dollahite, D. C., & Draper, T. (2012). Successful marriages and families: Proclamation principles and research perspectives. Provo, UT: BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University.

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As computing power and speed increase, solid-state storage device (SSD) drives are gaining traction in the marketplace against hard disk drives (HDD). Technological improvements, including connector advances, have helped mitigate many of the cost and capacity disadvantages associated with early iterations of SSD. Connector technology has also had to keep pace in supporting high performance as more design engineers turn to SSD for enhanced performance capabilities.
Connectors bridge the gap in circuit design by allowing current to flow seamlessly through the circuit to perform its intended function. High-level conceptualization and design strategies are needed for connectors to meet the mechanical and electrical performance demands of the SSD and datacom industry. Connector innovations and sound engineering principles can not only drive smarter design, but also help ensure that specified SSD-interconnect solutions deliver optimal performance as well as safety and long-term reliability of electronic circuitry.
Advent of Micro SAS
The advent of 1.8”drives led to the development of a small form-factor interconnect that has the performance headroom to meet requirements of mission-critical enterprise-storage interconnect needs for years to come. Micro SAS connectors are the storage industry’s smallest, next-generation, high-speed serial I/O solution for 1.8” drives that enable fast data rates of up to 6Gbps.
Micro SAS architecture features a proven SCSI command set, advanced command queuing, and advanced verification/error correction. Micro SAS is also the ideal compact solution for high-speed, high-bandwidth SAS applications. In addition, Micro SAS connectors meet the SFF-8486 Specification, which defines the physical interface and general performance requirements for Micro SAS connectors used in high-speed serial interconnect applications including, but not limited to,SSD drives.
Dual Stack for Increasing Density and Performance
Dual stack, right-angle micro SATA/SAS connectors are used in 1.8” drives to increase density and provide sufficient electrical performance. A number of special features add to the SATA/SAS connector performance, including a common ground plane, staggered terminal pins, and terminal bends for increased performance.
The benefits of dual stack include increased drive density by stacking two 1.8” drives. Molex dual-stack drives provide much better electrical performance compared to the standard design. The addition of a stamped-type terminal acts as common ground between designated differential pairs to reduce coupling between them. This common-ground pin is used to connect both upper and lower-deck receptacles, as shown below. The common-ground pin is necessary for high-speed electrical performance and acts as a big plane that shields the coupling between the two high-speed differential pairs. Repeat iterations minimize the permanent set. This helps determine the optimal design of the dual-stack connector terminals.
To do the job right as well as ensure reliability and optimal electrical performance over time, a connector’s electrical performance must meet or exceed the level at which a disk drive performs. New advances in connector features include reduced coupling between differential pairs and improvements of the coupling within the differential pair to improve transmission, signal integrity and electrical performance.
SSD connectors used in 1.8" drives vary somewhat from connectors for 2.5"/3.5" drives. The 1.8" drive connector has a smaller 25-pin count compared to a 29-pin count used in 2.5"/3.5" drives. The main difference is reflected in the power segment. The 2.5"/3.5" has 15pins in the power segment, compared to 9pins in the power segment of the 1.8" drive. Smaller SSD drives don’t require 12V, so they have a lower voltage requirement, hence the lower pin count.
Simulations Mitigate Connector Warping
In solid-state device drives and all applications, connector warping is a common problem. Simulations are performed during SSD connector design to reduce incidents of warping while connector material can also mitigate warping. Different mold compounds will have different mechanical and thermal properties, so mold compounds perform differently for a particular design. It’s important to choose a mold compound that performs optimally, with minimal warping.
When the mold compound is injected into the mold cavities for the connector, the flow creates a filling pattern that reveals if the design of a connector and its tooling are correct. The purpose of closely analyzing the mold filling pattern is twofold: 1) To minimize any residual stresses that may be caused by injecting and cooling of the mold compound in the mold cavities; and, 2) to avoid short molds that may occur if the filling is not optimized, which would indicate that some part of the connector is not molded.
OEMs Benefit from Connector Technology
A connector must ensure that the designer can tap the full functionality of an SSD drive. Speed, heat, data integrity, power integrity, and a host of application issues influence SSD connector design and selection. Gaining a clear understanding of all requirements early in the design phase and before specifying interconnect components can help ensure the right decisions and avoid costly missteps.
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Please also see the discussion on Stops
This is one of the areas that almost killed my trading account. In addition to trading without a stop loss, I was trading position sizes that were far too big for my account. This was great if a trade was moving in my direction but if you add in leverage, the losses were magnified as well and I could easily have been wiped out.
No one ever told me how to determine how much I should buy – certainly I was never told anything other than this kind of consideration “make sure you don’t have more than 60% of your account used for margin” which when you think about it is a totally meaningless statement. The purpose in this ‘educators’ mind was that this would mean you would never get a margin call but told you absolutely nothing about how much would be a good amount to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’.
In the Stops I explained one possible method of determining an appropriate position size. There are however some other considerations.
Let’s assume for now that you have an account balance of $20,000.
The first thing you need to consider is how much of that $20,000 you are prepared to risk on any one trade. Generally, with smaller account balances like this, most beginner traders would probably have a risk size of 2%. As your account balance grows, a lot of traders may find they only risk 1% or even less per trade.
For the sake of this discussion, I am going to pick a 2% risk. This means for any one trade I would be prepared to lose $400. If I had 20 losing trades in a row, assuming I used the same percentage risk on my initial capital, I could lose $8,000 – devastating but it’s not wiping out my whole account and I live to fight another day. The only absolute rule in trading is ‘no money – no play’. In fact, if I lost $400 on my first trade, I should then use 2% of %19,600 = $392 for my next trade and so forth. Equally as my account balance increases I can increase the dollar amount of my risk without increasing the percentage risk.
Now there is another thing here to consider. Let’s say the market has a really bad day like some of the crashes we have seen in the past. As a general rule, we should have a risk on our entire portfolio of some percentage. This is called the portfolio heat. This is the total amount of our account we would wish to lose (ha!) if every single position went bad in one day. Typically many traders would set this at 5%. This is up to your own personal psychology and risk tolerance level. It’s not a rule! (as I said the only rule is no money, no play)
So if you had this same $20,000 account and a 5% portfolio heat rule, this would mean you were prepared to lose $1,000 of your account in one hit. If you have a 2% position size, that would mean you could only have 2 positions.
Now as a position moves in your favour, you can move your stop loss up so that you have less than that 2% at risk. We always value our risk from the entry price of the instrument to the stop loss. So an example. We buy a share for $40 and we have our stop loss at $35. Say it’s our $20,000 account with a 2% risk – this would mean we would purchase $400/$5=80 shares. So if we were stopped out we would sell those 80 shares at $35 and make a loss of $5 per share x 80 shares = $400.
Now however, lets say the stock moves up from $40 and is now $42. We move our stop up from $35 to $37. If we got stopped out at $37, we would lose $3 per share x 80 shares =$240. Our portfolio heat is now 1.2% (if that was our only position – $240/$20,000 expressed as a percentage) So as a position moves in our favour and we move our stop up, we will have portfolio heat available to take on more positions.
Note we only ever value our portfolio to out stops – we do not consider any open profit on the position. ONLY the risk. Open profit is not yours. It’s not yours until you close out the position.
Eventually, all going well, you will have your stop loss above your purchase price – this is called a break even stop. This is then a position you will have a chance of making some money on. The trick is to get your stop to break even as quickly as possible without getting stopped out too quickly so we want to give the position some room to breathe so we don’t set out stops too tightly. See the article on stops for more information.
Some other observations.
- If you are using the ATR to determine your stop loss level, IF using a daily chart, use a daily ATR. If using a weekly chart, use a weekly ATR.
- Using a daily ATR with a weekly chart will generally give you a tighter stop loss level which means you can buy more of the product for the same risk level.
- Tighter stops will mean you are more likely to be stopped out quickly (and lose the amount of risk)
- Wider stops will keep you in a position longer and give the position more room to move. This will also mean you will have a smaller position size.
- When a stop gets to break even, you can widen your stop to a higher ATR multiple as it continues to rise giving it more room to move. It’s instructive plotting different ATR (or other way you determine your stop level) on a chart and comparing.
- Stops don’t just go straight up. They fall back a little and go sideways a little and commence their climb upwards.
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With a global pandemic putting pressure on the regular grocery supply chain, more people are thinking about how to make, bake, grow and preserve their own food.
Internationally-recognized wild food guru Kevin Kossowan offers these tips to increase your own food security and give yourself more control over what’s in the cupboard.
Forage it yourself
Kossowan, whose documentary series From the Wild highlights wild food, says there’s something even easier than gardening.
“Learn to get some wild edibles. It’s not difficult,” says Kossowan. “There’s lots and lots of abundance in that space.”
“The greens from wild places will be up earlier than anybody’s annuals this year.”
He offers foraging tours that unearth incredible food variety right in Edmonton city limits.
Those educational walks are on the menu to begin later this spring, with plans to adapt to health authority recommendations as needed.
Too much of a good thing is good for you
Kossowan has a veritable produce aisle in his backyard: vegetable gardens and fruit trees including apple, pear, cherry and Saskatoon bushes. His cellar is stocked with pulses, canned juice and cider, charcuterie, and preserved wild fruit.
If that’s not you, he says there are lots of people willing to share in the local bounty.
“The best place to start, in my opinion, is with Operation Fruit Rescue, Kossowan says.
“Become a volunteer and go collect all the free fruit you could possibly want for the year – for free.”
Operation Fruit Rescue Edmonton is a non-profit organization matching homeowners with excess fruit from their own trees with volunteer pickers. Part of the harvest goes to charity.
An email to Global News from the OFRE board reads: “As a food-related charity, OFRE qualifies as an essential service under the province’s current guidelines.
“With proper mitigation strategies, we believe that members of Operation Fruit Rescue will be able to remain safe while accessing the fruit they need to stay healthy.”
The group is adapting this year’s fruit-picking practices to health guidelines.
Eat with the seasons
Kossowan points to fresh, local food available in Canada, even in colder months – like fish, maple and birch syrup and mushrooms.
“We’ve kind of slowed down on figuring out how to stockpile stuff and expanded our knowledge set on ‘what other cool ingredients are there that – happily – nature brings into the kitchen every week or two?'”

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How to make egg cake with Scallion
1. Prepare the ingredients.
2. Peel the carrots, cut them into large pieces with a knife and put them into the cooking box.
3. Press carrot pieces into fine powder with garlic press.
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6. Until the flour is mixed into a batter with uniform flow rate, set aside, wash the scallions and cut them into scallions.
7. Put the scallion and carrot into the batter and mix well.
8. Heat the pan and coat it with a thin layer of oil.
9. Pour in the batter and turn it into a pan. Let the batter spread evenly on the bottom of the pan and form a round cake. Cover the pan and simmer over low heat until it condenses.
10. Carefully shake the pan, and find that the egg cake can move freely. Turn it over quickly, then cover the pan, and simmer the other side until it condenses.
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1. The last two steps can be completed by referring to the detailed diagram of frying the perfect omelet.
You can also make a fresh egg roll according to your preference. 2.
3. The fruits and vegetables in the egg cake should be cut into small pieces to taste good. Ha ha, please try your best. This garlic presser is the sixth garlic presser in my family. When I went to the supermarket, I found that they were on sale, but I couldn’t help it….
4. Do not add enough water at one time, slowly add until it is suitable. The prepared batter should be fine and smooth without particles and have uniform flow rate.
5. The prepared egg cake can be eaten with tomato sauce. It is sour and sweet, which is very appetizing.


text: Cover the foliage with insecticidal soap, ensuring the underside of the leaves is also covered with the soap. If it dries out even for a single day, the outermost leaves will scorch and stay that way or drop. Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas) The cornelian cherry (also known as European cornel) is a large … In general, leaves color early but persist on branches, not immediately dropping. The dogwood (Cornaceae family) is a hardy tree with various cultivars and species. Heres what to look for: An older cherry-it has still dropped leaves, but proportionately fewer. Fertilize dogwoods that have suffered from severe anthracnose with a balanced fertilizer designed for use on dogwoods. In spring, these native trees (Cornus florida), which grow only to 20 to 30 feet, explode with white (or sometimes pink or red) bracts centered with small clusters of yellow flowers, shouting that winter is finally over.In summer, their blossoms give way to light green leaves that provide welcome shade. The health impact of these spots is limited to one season; the leaves will drop in the fall and the tree will produce more leaves the following year. Other leaves simply brown and fall to the ground. Dogwood leaves are equally attractive, appearing as a brilliant green in spring and summer and changing to vibrant reds, yellows and oranges during the fall. Had A Dogwood That Grew Up Through My Deck. Dogwood Leaf Drop: Reasons Why Leaves Are Falling Off Dogwood Leaf spot disease also occurs on twigs and buds. Borers and scale respond to appropriate insecticides while sawfly larvae are large and obvious enough to hand pick and destroy. Depending on the species of Dogwood you plant, you may have a short stout bush or a 25 foot tall tree. How to Get Rid of Bugs on a Snowball Bush, How to Get Rid of Powdery Mildew on Dogwood, University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program: Trees and Shrubs Resistant to Verticillium Wilt. Its seasonal interest in spring, summer and fall months with showy flowers, bird-attracting fruit and striking autumn leaf colors provides landscapes with year-round color. Let’s examine proper cultivation and conditions for the trees and see what can be done about treating a diseased dogwood. Prune infected branches, limbs and leaves off the dogwood, and dispose of them in a garbage bag. Apply the treatment only to a well-watered dogwood on a warm, calm, clear day when the temperature will not exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit. It causes brownish tan spots on foliage, especially on shaded trees after heavy rains in the warm seasons. We outline why oak, maple and ash trees lose leaves in summer. Rake and destroy fallen leaves. Powdery Mildew: Erysiphe pulchra (formerly Microsphaera pulchra) is the fungus that attacks leaf surfaces and tender shoots and causes powdery mildew. Shake the dogwood tree gently to check for a whitefly infestation. Dogwood plants need acidic well-drained soil in full to partial shade. If dogwood leaves are dropping in fall, it’s perfectly normal. Inspect the dogwood for swelling at the base of its twigs and deformed or wilted leaves. Dogwood leaf drop is not only an unsightly problem but it can spell doom for a plant due to reduced vigor. Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) As a Southerner, it is very difficult to insult this beautiful … Some usher out the summer with fiery fall displays as the leaves turns yellow, scarlet, orange, and purple. Kousa dogwood Kousa dogwood is an excellent small specimen tree. Repeat the treatment seven to 14 days after the initial application, according to the manufacturer's instructions. If a tree has a lot of powdery mildew, the overall health of the tree is affected due to minimized harvest of solar energy. Q. Dogwood Tree Trunk - Attached are some photos of my pink dogwood. In this case the leaves will have significant spots or brown areas. I have two dogwood trees that are well maintained, with regular watering and pruning on a somewhat regular basis. Can I move it live ... Q. Ascochyta cornicola is a fungus that appears on dogwood foliage after unusually rainy springs, attacking new leaves as they emerge. Particular types of trees sometimes lose their trees at the same time. A reader asked why her oak tree was losing all its leaves summer. This usually happens in mid- to late summer. Pests and Diseases Use a water hose to spray the insects off the dogwood, and remove infested limbs, twigs and leaves using pruners. Leaves drop gradually across mid to late fall, hastened by freezes, continued windy conditions or heavy, stripping rains. The infected leaves will remain on the tree so, despite the necrotic tissue, there is still enough green tissue producing carbohydrate reserves to sustain the tree for the season. Due to its year-round appeal and small size, dogwood tree is one of the most sought after ornamental plants in Northern America. How long does it take a tree to recover from transplant shock? Introduce beneficial predators that feed on whiteflies to the area near the dogwood. The bark on the base last year came off, and now this ... Q. Dogwood Shrub - I will be moving and I have a beautiful dog wood shrub with red bark. Spray the dogwood with a fungicide containing chlorothalonil, lime and powdered copper sulfate like Bordeaux 4-4-100 or mancozeb until it is completely covered. There is a dogwood tree in the front yard where I live whose leaves are beginning to turn red, here in early August. Another reason for leaf drop is disease, and the same ‘wet spring followed by hot summer’ scenario is also a perfect set-up for leaf diseases. By fall, the leaves develop to rich shades of purple and red before dropping from the tree. Look for no leaves in winter, green leaves in summer and deep purple shades in autumn. Not sure if your trees in shock or dead? Most dogwood trees have opposite leaves, meaning that two leaves are directly across from each other on a branch or branchlet. Dogwood trees are well-known and revered for their beautiful pink, white or reddish blooms in early to mid-spring. Infected leaves exhibit marginal leaf scorch, dead patches, reddish discoloration, yellowing and premature defoliation. The next, the leaves turn whitish tan, especially around the edges, and start dropping. After the small red fruits ripen, the flowering dogwood's leaves begin to attain initial hints of pink, red and burgundy tones in October. A typical dogwood leaf is oval and measures between 3 and 6 inches long. Flanigan has written for various publications, including WV Living and American Craft Council, and has published several eBooks on craft and garden-related subjects. Treating a diseased dogwood is a bit harder and requires correct diagnosis of the disease. Failure to provide these conditions will encourage disease and pest problems. The tree is deciduous. The whiteflies are tiny, sap-sucking pests that fly off the plant when the dogwood is disturbed. Discula destructiva. It is characterized by purple spots on bracts and leaves in spring. Succeeds most reliably as an understory tree where it receives light shade; in heavy shade, it will not bloom. Apply a second treatment in the same manner two to three days later. Trees can lose up to 1/3 of their leaves and still be OK, if given enough water. Anthracnose affects many ornamentals. Many varieties of plants can get this fungal infection, which cause leaves to get a white coating and eventually suffocate and die. Flanigan completed two writing courses at Pierpont Community and Technical College. Leaf scorch is a common problem in dogwood tress, and a sign that your tree is under water stress. The entire tree may be killed over a period of years. New growth is covered with a fine, white, powdery coating, typically on the upper surfaces of the leaves. I have taken some photos close-up and further back in the hopes you can identify the problem. Treat the tree … Like other deciduous trees, the leaves of a dogwood are green during summer and change to an attractive reddish-purple during the fall before dropping to the ground. Watering: Irrigate your Kousa dogwood during drought. of water every week. This is a … Some of the most common pest causes of a dogwood tree dropping leaves are: Insect pests are usually the easiest to diagnose. Protect trees from drought stress, winter injury, and dogwood borer attack. All trees are different, in most cases, it … Unfortunately, the redosier dogwood suffers from a variety of common dogwood diseases that should be carefully monitored and treated promptly to ensure the continuous beauty of the tree. Find more gardening information on Gardening Know How: Keep up to date with all that's happening in and around the garden. Spores are spread by wind to surrounding dogwoo… Fungicides can be effective or you can prune out the infested areas. The tree will need to be removed and destroyed. If your tree’s leaves are falling during growing season, it may be water stressed. Their oval to heart-shaped leaves deepen to crimson and orange in fall. Sign up for our newsletter. I know this summer has been much drier as was the spring, and the summer has also been cooler (though still lots of days in the 90s.) First, it makes a mess, but you already know that. University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program: Dogwood — Cornus spp. My Young Dogwood Tree Is Losing Leaves - Its the middle of summer and its losing lots of leaves. Examine the dogwood for dark or tarlike spots or curled, wilted and distorted leaves. Examine the leaves for stippling and discoloration, as this is a sign of a leafhopper infestation, which are members of the Cicadellidae family that feed on the plant’s nutrients. Consider placing a 2-3 inch layer of chipped or shredded bark around the tree out to where the farthest branches reach, but pulled back and not touching the trunk. The foliage of this dogwood arrives in a medium shade of bright green and deepens to a dark green as it matures. Usually no treatment is necessary, but in severe cases, use fungicide at bud break. So, not a typical season. Prune out affected stems and leaves and destroy the plant material. Dogwood Anthracnose is caused by the fungus officially known as Discula Destructiva, and it might be helpful if I describe some of the symptoms. My Young Pink Dogwood - I planted my 5 foot young tree last year and it lost its leaves. The beautiful blooms of the dogwood tree. Leaves may also have necrotic veins and leaf margins, and large necrotic blotches. For example, Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) is a California native that tolerates an array of growing conditions. If carefully treated, a mature Dogwood tree species, such as the Flowering Dogwood, may reach 40 feet in height. It has not experienced this same problem. Rake leaves and other plant matter that fall to the ground under the dogwood regularly. Pruning: Regular trimming isn’t necessary with Kousa dogwood, but you may want to selectively prune your tree in order to show off the dramatic branches and bark. Once the tree is bare and all of the flowers, berries, and foliage have disappeared, it still retains interest with its patterned bark. It may also have a fungus that is killing the leaves. The blooms can last for up to 3 or 4 weeks, signaling the start of the summer is … I noticed these growing from the bottom of… Q. However, dogwoods are susceptible to various other diseases and pests that cause leaf wilt and premature leaf dropping. Diseases of dogwood are the usual suspects when leaves are falling prematurely and include: One of the most recurring causes of leaf drop is powdery mildew. Both are dropping leaves at an abnormal rate for late July. - I planted this dogwood 2 years ago in an obvious bad spot. If a tree has leaves in winter, it is definitely not a dogwood. In shallow, dry, or rocky soil, it often leaf-scorches badly in summer droughts. The flower of the dogwood tree is the state flower of North Carolina. Dogwoods are resistant to verticillium wilt, the common leaf-wilting culprit in other species of trees. Crown canker is a serious disease that will eventually girdle the tree, causing not only leaf drop but complete die back. Check twigs, branches and trunk for cankers or swollen, sunken areas. With off-white, well-formed blooms that cluster in spring, followed by rich green foliage in summer, the fall surprise of carmine red branches is an extra treat. 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Labour councillors in Llansamlet are leading the fight with local residents against the installation of a waste incinerator being planned in their ward.
Biffa, the waste management company, have submitted a planning application for a state-of-the-art incinerator situated in Clarion Close in Llansamlet, but there are concerns it is too close to a nature reserve, a school and residential housing.
The four Labour councillors – Ryland Doyle, Penny Matthews, Alyson Pugh, and Mo Sykes – have pledged to oppose the application, which will see the go-ahead for the incinerator with a 25-metre stack which will burn up to 25,000 tons of non-recyclable industrial and commercial waste per year.
Objections are so strong a public meeting has been organised for November 8 at Samlet Social Club (6.30pm) at which Swansea Council leader Rob Stewart will be addressing angry residents.
In a statement, the four Llansamlet councillors said: “We find this application is totally unacceptable to have in our ward, or any ward for that matter, especially as it is to be situated close to the heart of the community.
“We are strenuously recommending that people in the vicinity voice their objections. We cannot have this waste incinerator so close to Swansea Vale Nature Reserve, Lon Las Welsh School, and residential housing in Tregof Village and other parts of the ward.
“Whatever Biffa might say, it has to be health and an environmental concern and it is hard to believe they think this is a viable plan.”
The councillors are particularly worried about Biffa’s plans because this is a new-style incinerator that has not been used in the rest of the UK.
A petition has been signed by locals and any objections, which close on October 24, can be registered at:
CAPTION: Alyson Pugh, Mo Sykes, Ryland Doyle and Penny Matthews


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List of urban areas in the Nordic countries
This is a list of urban areas in the Nordic countries by population. The population is measured on a national level, independently by each country's statistical bureau. Statistics Sweden uses the term tätort (urban settlement), Statistics Finland also uses tätort in Swedish and taajama in Finnish, Statistics Denmark uses byområde (city), while Statistics Norway uses tettsted (urban settlement).
A uniform statistical definition between the Nordic countries was agreed upon in 1960, which defines an urban area as a continuous built-up area whose population is at least 200 inhabitants and where the maximum distance between residences is 200 metres; discounting roads, parking spaces, parks, sports grounds and cemeteries – without regard to the ward, municipal or county boundaries. Despite the uniform definition, the various statistical bureaus have different approaches in conducting these measurements, resulting in slight variation between the countries.[a]
Despite belonging to the Nordic countries, Iceland does not follow the same definition of "urban area" for statistical purposes. The Nordic definition is unique to the four other countries, and should not be confused with the international concepts of metropolitan area or urban areas in general. In 2010, Finland changed its definition (stat.fi). This means that according to official statistics, the land area covered by urban areas is three times larger in Finland than in Norway though the total urban population is roughly the same (ssb.no). It also means that while the population of Danish “byområder” is usually less than half of the population of the “functional urban area” defined by Eurostat, the population of a Finnish “tätort” is usually around 80% of the respective “functional urban area” defined by Eurostat. In 2013, the “functional urban area” of Aarhus thus had a population of 845,971 while the “functional urban area” of Tampere had a population of 364,992. According to official statistics, however, the “tätort” Tampere is larger than the “byområde” Aarhus (eurostat.ec). This suggests that direct comparison between Finland and the other Nordic countries may be problematic.
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|1||Stockholm||1,583,374||2,269,060||Capital of Sweden. Municipality: 932,917. The Stockholm urban area consists of the municipalities of Stockholm, Solna and Sundbyberg, as well as parts of Botkyrka, Danderyd, Haninge, Huddinge, Järfälla, Nacka, Sollentuna and Tyresö municipalities. The metropolitan area is called Metropolitan Stockholm or Storstockholm, with Stockholm City Centre as its core.|
|2||Copenhagen||1,320,629||2,059,453 (see notes)||Capital of Denmark. Municipality: 623,404 (2019). When including the small enclave municipality of Frederiksberg the population is 727,364 within an area of only 95.1 km2. The Danish Statistical Bureau uses a definition that includes both Frederiksberg, Tårnby, Dragør but this definition is intended more as a way of dividing the country into comparable geographical units, than as a way of defining the "city centre".
The Copenhagen metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million in 2019 if the borders outlined by Eurostat's 2013 definition of Copenhagen's functional urban area is followed. If OECD's 2009 definition is followed the population in 2019 is approximately 2.6 million. Both of these definitions only includes Danish territory.
The Greater Copenhagen Committee connects the 85 municipalities in the transnational metropolitan area commonly referred to as the "Øresund Region". The collaboration includes approximately 4.3 million inhabitants. However, this area is quite vast, and is not defined according to any methodology. If a more narrow definition is applied for both the Danish and Swedish side, the population is closer to 3 million.
|3||Helsinki||1,231,595||1,490,142 ||Capital of Finland. Municipality: 656,229. The Helsinki urban area, or Helsingin keskustaajama as it is called in Finnish, is defined by Statistics Finland. It includes most of the neighbouring municipalities Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, among others. The entire Greater Helsinki area has a population of 1,520,058. The city core is located on a peninsula and is slightly larger than that of Oslo.|
|4||Oslo||1,019,513||1,588,457 1,278,827 (Eurostat, 2013, latest available)||Capital of Norway. Municipality: 693,491. The very large area known as the Greater Oslo Region (metropolitan) area has a population of 1,546,706. Conurbation includes the neighbouring municipalities Bærum, Asker, Lillestrøm, Lørenskog, Nordre Follo and Oppegård, as well as parts of Nittedal and Rælingen. It is the fastest growing capital city in Europe.|
|5||Gothenburg||581,822||1,006,548 ||Municipality: 581,822. For the official statistical entity see Storgöteborg (Gothenburg Metropolitan Area).
The city's core is situated along the left bank of the Göta Älv river, less than 10 km (6 miles) from its mouth.
Eurostat: 658,050, 2017.
|Municipality: 328,494. For the official statistical entity Stormalmö (Malmö Metropolitan Area): 707,120 and for the bi-national Öresund Region circa 3,900,000 (the latter indluding the entire Skåne County).|
|7||Tampere||334,112||440,372 ||Municipality: 217,767. Eurostat's population size for Tampere is 369,525. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries.|
|8||Aarhus||273,077||845,971 ||Municipality: 340,421. Which is a part of the East Jylland region with a population of 1,279,492. Eurostat's population size for Aarhus is 845,971.|
|10||Bergen||255,464||420,000395,338 (2013, Eurostat) ||Municipality: 283,929. Metropolitan area: 377,116.|
|11||Reykjavík||Capital of Iceland. Municipality: 128,793. The Greater Reykjavík area includes the neighbouring municipalities Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Garðabær, Mosfellsbær, Seltjarnarnes and Kjósarhreppur. Note, no urban area is defined.|
||Municipality: 128,830. Metropolitan area: 297,569.|
|13||Oulu||200,400||258,241 ||Municipality: 191,237|
|14||Trondheim||183,378||264,396 ||Municipality: 180,280. Metropolitan area: 274,958.|
|15||Odense||178,210||485,672 ||Municipality: 213,558|
|16||Uppsala||168,096||253,704 288,203 ||Municipality: 225,164|
|17||Aalborg||134,672||580,272 ||Includes Nørresundby; Municipality: 205,809|
|18||Jyväskylä||123,241||185,067 ||Municipality: 140,812|
|19||Lahti||119,068||191,460 ||Municipality: 103,187|
|20||Västerås||110,877||173,322 195,675 ||Municipality: 137,207|
|21||Drammen||117,510||Includes the neighbouring municipality Nedre Eiker in its entirety, as well as parts of Øvre Eiker, Lier and Røyken.|
|22||Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg||111,267||Fredrikstad with 61,264 inhabitants and Sarpsborg with 44,281 have grown together, to form an urban area known as "Nedre Glommaregionen" (the Lower Glomma Region – The cities are placed along the outlet of the river Glomma, hence the name).|
|26||Porsgrunn/Skien||92,753||Includes the neighbouring municipalities of Porsgrunn and Skien in its entirety, as well as a part of Bamble.|
No independent area, part of Greater Stockholm
No independent area, part of Greater Stockholm
Note that the population numbers from the countries are from different years, as Statistics Finland, Statistics Norway and Statistics Denmark release the statistic yearly (albeit at different times of the year), Statistics Sweden only release the figures every five years. The Norwegian data is from 2013 and 2018, the Danish data is from 2014, the Swedish is from 2010 and the Finnish is from 2017.
Also note that some of the statistics have been updated since the first note was made, so some statistics may be from 2018, while others from 2013, etc.
- Urban areas in the Nordic countries
- List of the most populated municipalities in the Nordic countries
- List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
- List of urban areas in Sweden by population
- List of urban areas in Denmark by population
- List of urban areas in Norway by population
- List of urban areas in Finland by population
- List of cities in Iceland
- List of cities in the Baltic states
- List of metropolitan areas by population
- For example, Statistics Finland utilizes a 62,500 square metres (673,000 sq ft) grid system for analyzing population, resulting in slight measurement differences between it and the other Nordic statistical bureaus.
- Iceland does not adhere to the common Nordic definition for an urban area, so this figure is inaccurate for comparative purposes.
- "Nationalencyklopedin - Tätort". Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
Translation: 'a for the Nordic countries shared statistical definition of built-up area with at least 200 residents, not more than 200 m between each other (without regard to the ward, municipal or county boundaries)'
- "Localities 2010: Population, age and gender" (PDF) (in Swedish and English). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
A densely built area includes any cluster of buildings with at least 200 inhabitants, unless the distance between the houses exceeds 200 metres. However, the distance may exceed 200 metres if the cluster of buildings is situated within the area of influence of a larger locality. [...] Even if the distance between buildings exceeds 200 metres, the locality should not be divided if the area between the buildings is used for public purposes such as roads, parking spaces, parks, sports grounds and cemeteries. The same applies to undeveloped areas such as storage sites, railways and docks.page=21
- "Folkmängden efter region, civilstånd, ålder och kön. År 1968 - 201" (in Swedish). Statistikmyndigheten SCB. Retrieved 22 December 2017.[dead link]
- "BY1: Population 1. January by urban, rural areas, age and sex". statbank.dk.
- "Statistikbanken". www.statbank.dk. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- Eurostat (9 January 2020). "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat.
- OECD (2009). "Territorial Review Copenhagen" (PDF). KK.dk. p. 34.
- "Statistikbanken". www.statbank.dk. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- "Greater Copenhagen is a metropolitan region that spans Eastern Denmark and Skåne in Southern Sweden". www.greatercph.com. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- "Urban settlements by population and population density, 31 Dec 2017". Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- Population and land area in urban settlements, December 2018
- regionaldepartementet, Kommunal- og (2003-05-09). "St.meld. nr. 31 (2002-2003)". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- "Folketalet ved nyttår var 5 258 000". ssb.no (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- Savage, Maddy (18 July 2018). "Oslo's rapid growth redefines Nordic identity" – via www.bbc.com.
- "Befolkning – Øresundsinstituttet". www.oresundsinstituttet.org.
- "Statistikbanken". www.statbank.dk.
- "Statistikbanken". www.statistikbanken.dk.
- "Seutukuntien ennakkoväkiluku alueittain, elokuu 2013". Tiedote (in Finnish). Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus). 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- "Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998-2019 - Current municipalities". www.hagstofa.is. Statistics Iceland. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- "Population 1. January by urban, rural areas (DISCONTINUED) - StatBank Denmark - data and statistics". www.statistikbanken.dk.
- "table". www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- Citypopulation Norway Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
- "Denmark: Regions, Municipalities, Cities and Urban Areas - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 2012-04-08. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- "Sweden: Counties, Cities, Municipalities, Settlements and Metropolitan Areas - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de.

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Officials say the number of Michigan fungal meningitis cases is climbing.
The number now stands at 22, including a non-meningitis infection of a joint. Two women have died.
Friends and family gathered Monday for a wake for 67-year-old Lilian Cary of Howell. She died in September, weeks after being treated with contaminated steroids for back pain.
The other death involved a 56-year-old woman.
Officials have tied the national meningitis outbreak to steroid shots, which were made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. Four Michigan clinics received shipments.
Cary's husband, George Cary, says he's mourning his wife's death while waiting to see if he's been infected. He also got steroid injections from the same Brighton clinic.


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After checking into another resort, my husband and I found The Reach while desperately looking for another place to spend our second night in Key West. The Reach front lobby staff was welcoming and courteous, but also genuine. We reserved a room and checked in the next morning (after a horrible night at another resort). Although our room was not ready when we arrived, the bell hop swooped up our bags and stored them for us. We were advised that we were welcomed to use their facility for the day and that we would get a call when our room was ready. We went for breakfast to Blue Heaven (terrific eggs benny w/lobster, go if you get the chance) and then returned to facility. The pool was clean and cool, the beach was awesome! Carlos and Freddie at the beach provided outstanding service with a great big giant smile! Shout out to Carlos and Freddie...woot woot!!! When our room was ready, it was clean and up to date. Refridgerator, safe, and a comfy cozy bed...what more could a weary traveler ask for. We rode a harley in from Miami... so that bed was a gift! I would definately go back to The Reach...it was such a great time, surrounded by great people...employees and other guests included!!
Only drawback....you need to pay extra for parking...and drinks are costly!
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Despite in-region challenges, business in Latin America remains robust, according to participants in the August 26 LT CFO Event in Miami. And at the mid-year point, the regional economic outlook is positive, according to Kathryn Rooney Vera, senior macroeconomic strategist and partner at Bulltick Capital Markets.
Rooney Vera’s regional forecast is predicated on sluggish economic growth, of about 1.6 percent this year, in the United States. She is not forecasting a recession but cautioned that she sees the U.S. economy moving slowly between 2011 and 2012, at a rate of 1.5 to 2.4 percent. In constrast, most of Latin America is doing well and Bulltick’s forecast calls for nearly 5 percent regional growth this year.
Rooney Vera anticipates a slowdown of the growth rate in Brazil in 2012 and some leveling off of the appreciation of the real in 2012-2013.
She forecasts a 6.7 percent increase in GDP in Chile this year, given that “domestic demand is rocketing,” she said. Rooney Vera added that she believes Argentina will grow on par with Chile.
“Inflation continues to be the main problem in the entire region but especially in Argentina,” she added. She anticipates that the Argentine peso will weaken before year-end 2011. “It’s the only country where we see currency depreciation,” she said. FDI is flowing into the other countries, supporting appreciation.
Mexico reported disappointing results in the first two quarters of 2011, acknowledged Rooney Vera, who predicts a second-half rebound, supported by low unemployment and sustained consumer demand, that will result in 4 percent GDP growth for the year.
Latin Trade Group Executive Editor Joachim Bamrud discussed regional trade activity. “Despite the sluggish U.S. economy, Latin American exports grew by 22 percent in the first half of the year,” he said. “It had a lot do with certain commodities, and certain countries doing better than others, but overall it’s pretty impressive.”
Integrated treasury management that leverages new technologies can generate back-office savings and better cash flow management, said executives from Visa.
One CFO said 21 people of his staff of 148 are focused on treasury or cash management, and handling invoices. “I do agree that it is a lot of people doing low-value added work and if you look at from an SG&A perspective, it is very costly,” he said.
Card acceptance is a consideration, said Emilio Fortou, head of the LAC Multinational Program at Visa. “As we move away from urban centers, acceptance becomes an issue and in that case using a card becomes more inefficient because [companies] have to revert to a lot of the manual processes.”
The threshold for using cards versus other forms of payment will vary by company, said Diego Rodriguez, head of LAC commercial products for Visa. “Higher frequency and smaller value transactions are where you can find the efficiencies,” he said.
Alejandro Ubeira, vice president of corporate accounting and reporting for DHL Americas, set the stage for a spirited discussion of shared regulatory burdens, which emphasized taxes. “The burden in our region is high, even in the U.S.,” Ubeira said.
A number of CFOs estimated that they devote as much as half their time to regulatory and tax issues. The attendees agreed that Brazil is especially complex.
One executive noted that her company integrates tax expertise when assessing any plan. “We have seen a lot of business initiatives go down the drain when you see that it just doesn’t flow on a tax basis,” she said.
Brazil also dominated the panel devoted to key markets and best practices. Approximately 5 million Brazilians are moving from the so-called Class C to Class B, said Rogerio Menezes of AkzoNobel. “If we have that three years in a row, that is the market size of Chile,” presenting enormous opportunities, he said.
Menezes cited challenges such as education, expensive financing, onerous tax and labor laws and a slow-moving legal bureaucracy. “Because the Brazilian legal system is so old fashioned, you get a tax statement 15 years late. By then, your tax lawyer has died,” he described, not entirely in jest.
Paulo Giacomini, executive director, treasury services advisory Latin America, J.P. Morgan, made the point that globalization has been the driver behind benchmarking and best practices — but that best practices are not rigid rules. “Best practices are good to see but they are going to be different country by country and company by company,” he said.
Since 2008, Giacomini has seen a trend emerge of companies separating their cash, from strategic cash that will produce better returns to more stable funds that will be used for acquisitions. “In a country like Brazil, when you have a daily liquidity paying a 6 percent real return, you don’t really need this,” he noted.
Larger companies in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and, to a lesser extent, Argentina, have been investing and making acquisitions in other parts of the world, Giacomini said. “In the United States and Europe, assets are getting cheaper,” he said. “We are colonizing the people who colonized us.”
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About the Author: Mary Sutter is a contributing editor to Latin Trade.

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Earlier this week Warner Bros. Pictures dropped the tense trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, their thriller starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Josie Ho, Demetri Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Bryan Cranston and Elliott Gould.
With the San Diego Comic-Con underway, they’ve unveiled the official one sheet that’s quite hazardous. The eye-catching poster puts the title on display as a totem listing out all of the contaminated cities. In short: you’re f*cked.
“The pic follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.”
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It has been a long time since we could see a comet with the naked eye. Comet Neowise could be seen easily in the Northwest when the sky is clear. Unfortunately, the weather is pretty awful at the moment, but we did have a night when it became clear. Here is Comet Neowise from my back garden with just a DSLR camera and tripod.
Fifty years ago tonight I was sat in front of our black and white television watching the Moon Landing. I was 14 years old and stayed up all night watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon. It was a Sunday morning and at 6.00am I went to the Post Office on Ainsworth Lane, Tonge Moor to start my paper round. I can remember sitting in the morning sunshine reading the newspapers before I delivered them. To celebrate I am wearing my NASA t-shirt!
To re-live the day I also took a photo of myself stood outside what was the Post Office where I did my paper round.
Some nice BIG reflections last night at the peak of the Geminids with my own Radio Astronomy set up!
This was in the early morning for about four hours.
Live Meteor Monitoring can be seen at at
A bit of Radio Astronomy last night monitoring the Orionids meteor shower. If you listen on 143.049Mhz (upper sideband)you should be able to hear ‘pings’ from the GRAVES transmitter in France reflected from incoming meteors. The ‘pings’ can be seen visually on a computer by downloading ‘SpectrumLab’ and taking the audio from your receiver into the soundcard.
The picture shows ‘pings’ from last night on SpectrumLab using my Yaesu Ft857D and VHF collinear.
It has been a while now since taking my telescope outside to do some imaging. I looked in the sky at for the Perseids meteor shower but didn’t see much… then I watched ‘Sky at Night’.
Sky at Night was all about meteorites and how to find and detect them especially during the Perseids meteor shower. In the program was a section that showed some Radio Astronomy which detected incoming meteorites. This involved listening to a powerful VHF radio station out of range normally, in this case France. When a meteorite enters the atmosphere it leaves an ionised trail which reflects radio waves back down to the ground. This is heard as a ‘ping’ and can be viewed on a computer. Impressive, but I thought it looked complicated.
Then the following night I went to a meeting of the Bolton Wireless Club and Ross (G6GVI) told me how he had re-created the set up on Sky at Night by using a piece of software called ‘FutureLab’ and a receiver tuned to 143.050Mhz to monitor the GRAVES VHF station in Dijon, France. I decided to have a go myself with some amazing results!
The first image shows a larger ‘ping’ along with some smaller ones recorded over about half an hour just after midnight shortly after the Perseids peak.
The second image was recorded over a longer period from about midnight to 9.00am the day after.
The peaks show meteorites entering the atmosphere reflecting the radio waves from the GRAVES transmitter.
Todays Sun looks like it is having a bad day! Lots of Sunspots in an organised line as well as others on the edges. A real Solar Storm.
A few weeks ago I read an article in ‘Practical Wireless’ about the school contacts with Tim Peake on the ISS, I thought I might share some of my own experiences. My letter was printed in Practical Wireless the following month!
I have been a teacher for 23 years at SS Osmund and Andrews RC Primary School in Bolton, I am now semi-retired and teach part-time to children throughout the school. As part of my lessons this year I have used Tim Peake as a role model for the children, particularly with the older children. We watched the launch live in the classroom and talked about the technology involved, explaining to the children how difficult it was to communicate by radio with spaceships that are traveling very fast. When Tim Peake established communications with Sandringham School, I brought into school my Baofeng UV5R to show a class how Radio Amateurs can make contacts using repeaters as well as simplex on 144Mhz. The first reaction from the children when I asked them what they thought it was came “it’s a mobile phone”, “it’s a Walkie-Talkie” When I told them that I could use the Baofeng to listen directly to Tim Peake from the ISS talking using his own callsign on a certain frequency the children were quite impressed!
We watched a video of the contact with Sandringham School and were really impressed with the way Jessica used her callsign and was able to talk with Tim. I explained to the children how the school had set up Amateur Radio equipment, with quite big aerials to track the ISS in order to make the link with Tim.
The final school link with Ashfield Primary School fell at a perfect time for me to really demonstrate the power of Amateur Radio. It was 9.00am on a Thursday morning and I was teaching a class of 8 year olds. I first set up a live feed from the school which was displayed on the large Interactive Whiteboard. I brought in my Baofeng again. The children at the school were very similar to our school and the questions being asked were by young children. During the build up to the QSO, the children were able to see the equipment that they were using at the school and I was able to tell them more about Amateur Radio and how Tim Peake was a ‘Radio Ham’ traveling at 17000 MPH above our heads. As we approached acquisition the atmosphere in the classroom was electric, I switched on my Baofeng to 145.800Mhz so that a group of children would be able to stand outside and listen live to Tim Peake answering the questions.
When communication was established, it was fascinating watching the children’s faces and listening to their reactions, even more so when Tim started to come through on the Baofeng and could hear him directly. The children were amazed! At the end I was asked lots of questions about Amateur Radio and the ISS, they were very keen.
On another note…
In February I was experimenting with Packet and UISS Software in order to make a Packet link with the ISS for the first time. After making my first ever contact with ISS, I told my granddaughter, Melissa, about how I did it. She was eleven years old and has been quite interested in Tim Peake’s links with some schools. I decided to show her how to make a Packet link and waited for a high pass of the ISS.
Melissa wanted to send a message to Tim Peake at the ISS using Packet Radio. The ISS was due to make a very high pass that we could see from my shack window while operating my radio equipment. I explained to Melissa how it works and showed her the screens on the computer with UISS, we tried a few practice packets to check that everything was working, then waited for the ISS to appear from my window. Wow! an extremely bright pass…now we can see the ISS and set about sending a packet message. Melissa wrote “Hello to Tim Peake from Melissa” in the message window and as soon we heard the sound of packets arriving on my FT857D she started to send her message along with the APRS info. After a couple of attempts we heard the acknowledgements from the ISS and other stations in the UK and Europe. Melissa was amazed that we had contacted the ISS and at the same time she could see it moving like a bright star heading Eastwards.
Melissa pointing to the contact with the ISS.
My Solar Filter design got Message of the Month in Sky at Night Magazine!
A beautiful sunny day on 9th May for the long awaited Mercury transit of the sun. I set up my equipment at 12.00 ready to start imaging from my garden, not a cloud in the sky! It is amazing how hard it is to find the Sun with the filter fitted to the scope. Took a while to eventually find it. Also the Sun was VERY bright and I needed to put a black cloth over my head to be able to see the computer screen. The neighbours must have thought I was crazy!
Took lots of images using the Skywatcher 80ED Pro and Altair-Astro GP-Cam with a 0.6 focal reducer fitted. I tried with different colour filters, White light, Yellow, Blue, Green and Orange. After the first hour I put the equipment away and then set up later in the afternoon to image the final hours of the transit.
First contact of Mercury with the Sun. (Top Left)
Yellow filter fitted.
For the first time in months we had a beautiful, clear sunny day!
I took the Skywatcher 80ED with the Baader filter to capture some images of the sun using my Altair GP-Cam. I took some photos direct and then tried using a 0.6 reducer and yellow colour filter. On the face of the Sun was a single sunspot which imaged quite well with the camera.
Next are some images of the Sunspot without the reducer and colour filter.