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MAKWANPUR:- Chief Minister of Bagmati Province Rajendra Pande has expanded his cabinet for the fourth time. Three ministers and three ministers of state have been added on Friday.
The newly appointed ministers took the oath of office and secrecy at an event organised in the Office of Chief of the Province. With this, the Cabinet has 18 members.
The newly appointed ministers- all from the Nepali Congress, are Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Balaram Paudel, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Milan Babu Shrestha and Minister for Culture and Tourism Dipendra Shrestha, Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure Development Santa Bahadur Praja, Minister of State for Health, Kalpana Nepali and Minister of State for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Rajani Amatya Jonchhe.
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SAPTARI:- CPN (Maoist Centre)’s candidate Jaya Prakash Chaudhary has been elected the Mayor of Khadak Municipality in Saptari district. Chaudhary
DADELDHURA:- Nepali Congress (NC) has registered its victory in five out of seven local levels of Dadeldhura district. NC candidates
DANG:- CPN-UML has registered its win to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of Ghorahi sub-metropolis in Dang district.
TAPLEJUNG:- Taplejung district has witnessed completion of vote counts in all nine local levels. Nepali Congress (NC) has registered victory

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Meeting Fabio Panzeri in person can be an eye-opener; his tattoos and carefree black T-shirts and jeans appearance serves him more as a member of a rock band but this Italian-born designer has 25 years of experience in the fashion industry, having worked for some bigwigs previously.
His first fashion foray and beyond
“My first ambition was actually to be a comic artist, but my grandfather advised me to re-think as I can’t spend my time on the streets to draw caricatures of tourists because it is really difficult to make a living. Then I studied fashion design in Istituto Marangoni and went on to work for Jean Paul Gaultier in Paris for six months, because I won a special scholarship. I returned to Italy and worked as an Accessories and Fabrics Designer at Mila Schon in 1993, for 4 years. I found it more interesting to design bags than clothes, so fortunately Prada contacted me to join them. I served as their designer at Prada and Prada Sport and was also appointed as the Leather Accessories Designer for Helmut Lang. At Helmut Lang, it was possibly the first place that changed my perception about style and design. They told me to, ‘do whatever you want, it’s important you don’t respect the rules, you have to create your own designs,’ while being sustainable,” Fabio mused.
His other notable appointments include Head of Design, Men’s Leather Goods and Footwear Department at Dolce and Gabbana, as well as Design Director of Men’s and Women’s Leather Goods collections in Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein Jeans.
Moving to Singapore for Braun Büffel
“One day I got a call from Singapore and we started to discuss the opportunity for me to be based here. The challenge that was handed to me was, to change the brand to something more unpredictable. A lot of companies talk about change but they continue to do the same things over again; I know it takes a lot of bravery and there’s the fear of losing customers to change from one style to another,” he added.
Fabio flew to Singapore and stayed for four days in the country: “It gave me a positive feeling, so I decided I can do the job.”
With Braun Büffel, he went on to a fresh start.
“We started on the new advertising campaign, making it a more sophisticated approach by not segregating it to men’s or women’s collections. It was like a short movie, a story of four criminals who met together inside an old street club in Milan.
Work continued to the Spring Summer 2019 collection, where instead of just concentrating on leather as Braun Büffel’s tradition – craftsmanship and history are actually the right tradition – we used different fabrics like reflective material. There is a little aspect of me in the collection because it correlates to my lifestyle – avantgarde design, a bit of electronic, industrial music, underground – immersed with today’s time and culture. I would consider the collection to be global and unisex, androgynous,” a far cry from the brand’s timeless and classic approach.
Fabio understood he was taking a risk. “If you take a walk around Marina Bay Sands, you’ll realise everything is of the same displays and you can’t compete like that. My team started to design the collection not just on the basis that this is for our customers, but it is cool and it has a different energy to portray. The language is different now. Without emotions, everything looks the same.
That is why you’ll notice our latest campaign to be a tribute to ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and ‘Blade Runner’, which have been remade today. We released the 16-hour bags collection which can take you from day to night, in style,” he referenced the style for someone who’s desk-bound, but can take the bag straight to the airport immediately.
Moving on to a new direction
The Spring Summer 2019 collection is synonymous with the tagline Retro Future Vision. But what exactly does it mean for the brand?
“The DNA for our company has changed, so using the words Retro Future Vision: ‘Retro’ reflects our brand’s heritage for sure, but because the brand has history and is honest, in terms of respect with its customers and pricing; ‘Future’ is the direction where we are heading to; and ‘Vision’ is about feelings and imagining emotions.
For sure we are leaving the comfort zone, but it is good to be in competition (with other brands) as there is a new generation of customers. Moving on using the same futuristic approach we used in our campaigns, I want to draw to a ‘different’ type of street style. The next collection will be an ‘evolution’, stronger in terms of exploring a younger culture. With every season change, we hope to also create a different retail experience in the flagship store here at Marina Bay Sands, with some interesting installations,” Fabio teasing some hints for what’s next to come.
Singapore is home, for now
Now having settled in Singapore, and loving it, Fabio also finds time on his hand to experiment with food.
“I bake my own cakes and I don’t use eggs, just flour, and I don’t like them too sweet. I realised I cannot always be eating outside, and I finish my crossfit trainings at 10.30pm which is late. So I started to experiment with eggs and destroyed the kitchen (laughs) but now I have a steamer to cook vegetables and meal prep ahead. My wife is here with me, and she’s always looking for new things to try as well. Having finished my first Spartan Race here, I’m egging my wife to join me for the second one,” he laughed.
Braun Büffel is available in Singapore at their boutiques in The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, ION Orchard, Suntec City Mall, Westgate, and Terminals 1, 2 & 3 (Departure/Transit Lounge) as well as in retail counters located in leading department stores.

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Here’s a fun smoothie recipe that is very sweet and full of fruits AND vegetables. Your kids will never know the difference. If you are like me and want my kids to get enough fruits and vegetables yet give them goldfish and crackers all day to keep them happy and quiet in the car, then try this out. They will drink it and you will feel a little better about their snacking habits.
Green Machine Smoothie
1 (6 oz) container low fat plain yogurt
1 cup red grapes
1 banana, peeled
1 granny smith apple, cored and chopped
1 1/2 cups baby spinach (about 3 oz)
1 cup orange juice (I used fresh squeezed, but either will work)
Directions: Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Add more orange juice if needed to make consistency you desire.
Note: If you would like a colder smoothie, try freezing the grapes and banana ahead of time.
Thanks for the recipe Nana! My mom is queen of reading food magazines and cutting out recipes she thinks I would like.

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If you’re not one of the 55 million people who already bought an iPad or iPad 2, you might be thinking of finally giving in and picking up Apple’s sliver of tech wizardry. All the cool kids have them, everyone goes on and on about how great they are, and it sure would be good not to have to boot up the PC every time you wanted a weather report.
There are, of course, many compelling reasons for owning an iPad – and we’ll detail these in our “Why You Need an iPad” companion piece next week – but in the mean time, don’t crack! There are plenty of reasons not to own an iPad, and here are ten of the best:
10. There are cheaper, more powerful notebooks
Many believe that the age of the conventional desktop PC is over. While the iPad is certainly a significant ‘post-PC’ product, the fact is, if you spend $500–1000 on a proper notebook PC, you’ll get a device that’s more powerful and more flexible than the iPad. Sure, you sacrifice some degree of portability, but maybe that’s worth it for a full keyboard, more processing power, and expandable storage.
The PC remains the internet’s most capable interface, and until tablets like the iPad get seriously cheap – $300 or less – it’s still worth shopping around.
9. A bit small to watch movies, a bit big to listen to music
Apple introduced the iPad as a ‘third device’ that fits between the small-screed ultra-portable iPod Touch/iPhone and the larger-screened MacBook notebooks. Traditionally, you used the pocket-sized iPod for music, and the full-sized notebook for watching movies.
When it comes to AV, the iPad fits rather awkwardly between the traditional devices. It’s a pain to haul around if you just want to use it for music, and would look ridiculous attached to an iPod dock – assuming it would even fit into one.
Meanwhile, watching movies on the iPad isn’t ideal either. On the train, sure it’s better than watching video on your phone. But that 4:3 screen means there’s no modern film or TV show that fills the whole display – you get black bars unless you zoom-in and crop out some of the video, or enjoy watching retro 4:3 TV or inferior “chopped” movies from the ’80s…
8. Max 64GB of storage doesn’t seem like a lot
The iPad uses solid-state chips to store its data, and that’s great for reliability, durability and battery life. But flash memory – the tech it uses – is still expensive. The top model iPad 2 – at around $950 – has just 64 gigabytes of storage. Spend a grand on a notebook and you can expect as much as 750 GB of hard drive space.
Think 64 GB is more than enough? Consider that high definition movies run to a couple of GB each. And if you have good headphones you’ll be encoding your music in lossless or uncompressed formats – and that means albums up to a gigabyte each. If you want to store a serious music collection, 64 GB can fill up pretty quickly.
What’s more, you only get 64 GB on the most expensive model of iPad 2. For anyone on a budget, you might need to get by with as little as 16 GB. Apps can take up several hundred megabytes, and if you subscribe to digital magazines, you’ll need several gigabytes to hold your back issues.
It all adds up, and storage capacity is an area where PCs still have a big edge over tablets like the iPad.
7. Latest smartphones make the iPad’s screen seem unimpressive
Know anyone with a first-generation iPod Touch? Get them to show you the screen – compared to modern screens, it’s blocky and pixelated, horrible really. Point is, display technology advances quickly, and the iPad’s 1024 x 768 display is starting to get long in the tooth. In fact there’s already technology out today on smartphones that makes it look positively retro.
Let’s start with Apple’s own, and technically impressive, iPhone Retina Display. It doesn’t have more pixels than the iPad (just 640 x 960), but it mashes them down on to a 3.5 inch screen, which means a pixel density of 325 pixels-per-inch – that’s better than newspaper print. The iPad has a density of 132 PPI, the lowest of Apple’s current portable devices.
What about raw pixels then? Well there’s the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with 1280 x 720, on a 4.65 inch display, and other smartphone manufacturers doing the same. And many Android tablets, with their 16:9 displays, offer more pixels and an ideal screen “shape” than the iPad – at least when it comes to displaying movies. On the other hand, a 16:9 tablet display mean a longer device relative to its height, which has its own drawbacks.
Higher PPI and more pixels mean better image quality. And who will come out with the first portable 1080p device? The fight is on.


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Jenny De Leon was 16 when the police raided her family’s Humboldt Park home. She admits to having sold marijuana around then, but it was crack cocaine the police found that day. And her grandmother was put in handcuffs.
For De Leon, it wasn’t a pleasant place to live. The majority of her housemates were addicts. Alcohol was abused. Gangs and violence were the norm. But a family’s bond still meant something powerful.
“In my family, loyalty stands strong,” she said. “You don’t tell on each other. You do for each other.”
And that is how a 16-year-old came to throw herself, screaming, onto a police officer. De Leon told police that the crack cocaine belonged to her, not her grandmother, and she eventually received her first felony drug charge, two years’ probation and a criminal background that barricaded the clearest road she had to escape her family’s substance-abuse troubles: A good-paying job.
Until last year, De Leon was one of the estimated 3.9 million people in Illinois — about 1 in 3 — who have a criminal record and could benefit from legal counsel, according to a 2011 report by the National Employment Law Project. And as is the case for many of those millions — quite possibly the majority — the idea of an “expunged” or “sealed” record is a much-talked-about, but nonetheless mythical, Holy Grail for De Leon.
Expungement — a virtual clean slate — is available only to those who were never convicted of a criminal offense. Some misdemeanors and a handful of felonies can be sealed (hidden from most employers’ view and unable to be the basis of hiring decisions) so long as four years have passed since the completion of a person’s most recent sentence.
Those rules make expungement and sealing out of reach for the majority of ex-offenders, and few employers overlook felonies. Of the 4,237 clients who sought help last year at Cabrini Green Legal Aid’s expungement help desk in the Daley Center, about 65 percent could not expunge or fully seal their record.
What is available to people like De Leon is something called a “certificate of good conduct,” granted by state court trial judges.
It’s what helped De Leon — who hasn’t been arrested in nine years — feel secure in her job helping the homeless at a suburban charity. It’s what makes her excited about the master’s degree she is pursuing in addiction counseling. It’s what makes her a rare success story for the justice system, considering half of Americans who leave jail or prison will be back in the criminal justice system within three years.
Certificates of good conduct are perhaps the closest Illinois comes to officially giving felons a second chance. And thanks to an ambitious pro bono project that 16 of the state’s largest law firms embarked upon one year ago, the second-chance pipeline is flowing faster than ever.
Making an IMPACT
The IMPACT Project — which stands for Involving More Pro bono Attorneys in our Community Together — is an effort by the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, a group of large firm pro bono leaders, to combine the resources of America’s largest firms to bridge various justice gaps in eight big cities.
In New York, for instance, large firm lawyers are providing legal resources for homeless youth. Domestic violence victims are being targeted for general legal help in Los Angeles. Philadelphia attorneys are helping female immigrants who are victims of abuse.
Since the profession’s large firms introduced the position of pro bono coordinator, many firms have expressed the belief that their pro bono programs can accomplish more by working together than they ever could on their own. The IMPACT project is an example.
“The idea of having 150 volunteers from multiple firms for this IMPACT project is a lot different than saying … (one law firm) might have 25 or 30 people volunteering and we’ll see who shows up to one clinic,” said Greg McConnell, director of public interest law at Winston & Strawn and one of many large firm pro bono coordinators involved in creating the program. “I think that changes the dynamic from business as usual.”
Latonia Haney Keith, pro bono counsel at McDermott Will & Emery, said Chicago’s pro bono leaders at law firms and legal-aid organizations decided to focus on criminal records relief after asking two questions: What are the primary legal needs in Chicago that impact a majority of the organizations in the room? And where is there a gap that law firms can bridge?
“Everyone in the legal-aid organizations spoke about this problem they were seeing in their client base with barriers to employment,” Keith said. “Really, when you dug down to the root of any one of their problems, the reason they had those issues was they didn’t have money because they didn’t have access to employment.”
The reason for that, often, was a criminal background.
In Chicago, the IMPACT project is nicknamed the “Second Chances” program. It matches volunteer lawyers with clients who are seeking a certificate of good conduct or a “health-care waiver” — which removes statutory barriers for health-care businesses to hire people with criminal backgrounds.
A certificate of good conduct, which is granted by the court, is defined as “a specific finding of rehabilitation with the force and effect of a final judgment on the merits.”
For regulated industries including schools, park districts and public-transit agencies, it can waive specific statutory bars to employment. For example, the Illinois Metropolitan Transit Authority Act makes it illegal for public-transit agencies to hire people who have certain criminal convictions — such as all Class X felonies, aggravated driving under the influence, domestic battery and forcible felonies that “result in great bodily harm.” And the certificate provides employers with immunity from claims of negligent hiring.
The Chicago program is being run in conjunction with Cabrini Green Legal Aid — which has had a focus since 2003 on providing legal relief for the barriers that criminal records present. As part of the program, the sponsoring firms partly funded the CGLA’s hiring of Courtney Kelledes, a 2013 DePaul University College of Law graduate who finds clients, reviews their eligibility for those alternative forms of criminal records relief and sets up the clinics that have so far helped 135 clients through mid-July.
For Kelledes, the reasons for the program are straightforward.
“The idea that we keep people out of work indefinitely for mistakes they’ve made in the past doesn’t seem to line up with the American ethos of being able to achieve if you work hard and try hard,” she said. “And this opens up a door so that hopefully an employer feels like they have the opportunity to give this person a chance.”
Roughly 160 pro bono attorneys attended at least one of the clinics — there had been five between Sept. 20 and June 20. As of mid-July, there have been 24 certificates of good conduct and 10 health-care waivers granted.
“This has allowed us to quintuple the number of certificates we’re able to do, because we now have access to hundreds of attorneys,” said Gretchen Slusser, CGLA’s executive director.
The program’s next step is to recruit lawyers from firms other than the 16 currently sponsoring and largely staffing the clinics, which take place every two to three months.
Recognition for a turnaround
Room 101 of the Leighton Criminal Court Building at 26th Street and California Avenue is an unfortunate sort of Ellis Island. For individuals facing felony charges, it’s the entry point to the Cook County criminal justice system.
Paul Biebel, presiding judge of the Criminal Division, reads a felony charge assignment call on June 30, a Monday morning, directing defendants — predominately black and Hispanic — to one of 39 judges. With 32 judges located at the Leighton building, it’s the largest and busiest single criminal courthouse in the nation. It handles more than 20,000 cases a year.
The process begins with a blur of efficiency. All of the defendants know their next destinations within 15 minutes — the duration of the assignment call. But it’s impossible to know where their journey will end.
Three days prior, on June 27, the adjacent Cook County Jail housed 8,648. Eighty-two percent of those processed there test positive for illicit drugs at the time of their arrests, according to the court.
Drug use is one of the toughest battles anyone faces in getting away from the criminal justice system. Gangs are tough to quit. Addiction recovery is prone to fits and starts.
And that’s a large part of the reason Biebel is impressed with the people who turn his courtroom into an exit point: Room 101 is also where Biebel and Circuit Judge Thomas Byrne preside over hearings for certificates of good conduct and health-care waivers that let former criminals get jobs at hospitals and other health-care employers.
“Ten pounds is hard to lose,” Biebel said. “Beating heroin and beating cocaine is obviously much harder. But people do it. And to my way of thinking, that’s a really impressive accomplishment.”
Biebel said certificates of good conduct and health-care waivers are being granted more frequently. He also credited the deferred prosecution felony program launched by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office in 2011 with helping some people charged with felonies today avoid barriers to employment tomorrow.
The state’s attorney program allows people facing a first, non-violent felony charge to enter a nine- to 12-month supervision program that can include drug or alcohol counseling, taking high school equivalency classes, gaining employment and attending various court dates.
Since it was introduced, about 1,500 people have participated. Of those who have been in the program long enough to have a result, 78 percent have completed it successfully and had the felony charge dropped. Of the roughly 400 who successfully completed the program, only 5 percent had been charged with another felony within a year.
“We want to make sure … the impact continues after they’re finished with us,” said Mark Kammerer, director of the state’s attorney’s alternative prosecution and alternative sentencing programs. “And so far, that’s what we’re seeing. Even though they finished their time in the program, they’re still avoiding further contact with the criminal justice system.”
Jenny De Leon
Photo by Lisa Predko.
De Leon — who was arrested as a 16-year-old in Humboldt Park — received a certificate of good conduct from Biebel this year. She began her turnaround nine years ago, at age 20, following her second drug arrest and a week in jail — where she committed to changing her life.
“I told myself it’s so easy for me to call up a connect, get some drugs and make money. That’s so easy,” De Leon said. “But it’s hard to change. I don’t even know where to begin. But I said I’m going to try it.”
She started by getting a job at a bakery in Humboldt Park. Then she began volunteering at a methadone clinic. While volunteering, she attended St. Augustine College, where she earned a certificate in alcohol and drug addiction counseling in 2011. She worked in that field briefly, before losing her position as a result of budget cuts.
She flirted with what she described as a dream job in 2012 — working with at-risk youth at a school in Humboldt Park. On her application, she informed the employer of her criminal background, and the interview went great. She got her hopes up — something she said doesn’t do often in the interview process.
“It’s hard to keep upbeat knowing that you might be wasting your time,” she said.
Then she got a return phone call offering her the job on the condition that her background check showed up clear. The interviewer had accidentally overlooked it. De Leon didn’t get the job.
“I was heartbroken,” she said. “The pay was good. It was right in my community. I get to help individuals that I knew. It was just heartbreaking to me.”
In October 2012, she started working part time at her current job at DuPage Pads, which provides temporary housing for homeless people. She attended the CGLA clinic last year because she was still part time (she works there full time now). She believed the certificate of good conduct and a health-care waiver would bolster her claim that she was not a liability for employers.
“I just needed something to prove to people. Man, just give me a shot,” she said.
Crafting the narrative
When Daron Parker, a 48-year-old from Matteson, walked into Willow Creek Community Church’s 418 S. Wabash Ave. offices on June 20, a specter accompanied him — just as it did for the other 19 clients who worked with pro bono attorneys that day.
For Parker, it was the ghost of a felony drug possession conviction he received as a 23-year-old. Since then, he has obtained a commercial driver’s license, and he now does maintenance work on school buses. His criminal background restricts him from putting his license to work and driving the buses. He hopes the certificate of good conduct will change that.
“It was a mistake I made. I own up to it,” Parker said of his conviction. “This will just open up doors for me.”
After speaking with an attorney at the clinic for about an hour, Parker was hopeful he will be granted a certificate of good conduct: “I don’t see why not,” he said. He was comfortable telling his lawyer his story, he said, and he was appreciative of the help.
“That was beautiful,” he said. “They were very informative.”
Doressia Hutton, a Winston & Strawn partner, and Ben Wojcik, an associate at the same firm, represented a man at that June clinic who was seeking a certificate of good conduct due to a 15-year-old conviction on possession of an illicit substance with intent to distribute.
Now married with two children, sober and previously having odd jobs — in banks, as a driver and as a data-entry specialist — he wanted to work in the food service industry.
“I think there are deserving people who have made mistakes in the past,” Hutton said. “If it’s a conviction from 18 years ago holding you back, and if I’m a lawyer who can help assist with that, then it’s my responsibility to do that.”
Wojcik said the work he and Hutton will prepare for their client would be of the same quality a corporate client would expect. It might require an extra bit of compassion and a willingness to help, he said.
“I don’t think being wealthy or poor should affect your access to legal services,” he said. “And that’s why working with CGLA is so rewarding.”
The evidence that Judges Biebel and Byrne use to arrive at their rulings is most often compiled by the pro bono attorneys who volunteer with CGLA — and often at clinics.
Proving rehabilitation may be a bit murkier than some legal concepts corporate attorneys may be accustomed to. It requires telling a story, weaving in pieces of disparate evidence.
For instance, friends, family members or community leaders can write “letters of support” for a client seeking a certificate of good conduct or health-care waiver. Certifications, diplomas and degrees earned since the offense are used as proof. A history of employment — despite the complications involved in that for those with criminal backgrounds — can be persuasive. Proving sobriety can be crucial.
Ashley Kircher Laken, a Seyfarth Shaw associate, and her husband, Brad Laken, a Kirkland & Ellis associate, represented De Leon. Laken said she focused on the theme that De Leon — who grew up surrounded by drug addicts — has dedicated her career to helping people recover from addiction.
“She was young at the time of her convictions,” Laken said. “Since that time, she’s put herself through school … (and) she’s just demonstrated a clear commitment to helping others.”
For De Leon, the certificate of good conduct and health-care waiver Laken helped obtain was just the start. Afterward, De Leon learned about a petition for clemency — a governor-granted expungement that is equal to a pardon. A private attorney told her it might cost between $5,000 and $7,500.
In a follow-up e-mail thanking Laken for her help, De Leon said she was saving up to apply for clemency — a process that currently takes about three years, due to a backlog.
Laken responded that she would represent De Leon in her petition for clemency. Pro bono.
“My heart was filled with joy. I was like the happiest person in the world,” De Leon said. “It was amazing. Who does that?”

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This workshop encourages members of EHTEL, and mHealth Hub and InteropEHRate project partners to explore a new opportunity to provide enhanced care value for patients and clinicians: the use of patient-generated health data captured through certified mobile health applications.
This event encourages members of the Innovation Initiative task force – with its focus on hybrid care – and all members of EHTEL to discuss what are the most effective strategies for developing new models of care, especially ‘hybrid care’.
Over the last weeks we've kept the community informed about several new policy directions. The good news is we are still on time to have an impact on the eHealth care of tomorrow.
A survey on digital skills: EHTEL member, Fundació TIC Salut, is working on a definition of digital competences for the healthcare workforce. You can help the foundation collect information about good practices and baselines around Europe through this questionnaire. Your responses are welcome until 30 April 2021 at the latest!
Meanwhile, keep an eye on our EHTEL website for lots more exciting news about innovative, new directions taken by the EHTEL community this spring. Many people are coming up with dynamic new solutions in the fight against the challenges of this past winter and COVID-19, a key item on the policy, practical, and industry agenda over the next years.
We look forward to sharing many more opportunities for involvement with you soon, and keeping you informed about the latest developments on the European front!
Read all the latest facts on core important digital health themes. In 2020 EHTEL produced a series of six factsheets, as the outcomes of a series of Imagining 2029webinars led by the EHTEL Working Groups and Task Forces. The six EHTEL factsheets are now easily available.
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CAE-based Virtual Shaker Table for Exhaust System Component Development
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Traditionally, fatigue calculations are based on the time domain approach. Acceleration time history inputs are used to excite the system. Through the element stress time history output and rainflow cycle count algorithm, fatigue damage can be calculated through the Palmgren-Miner cumulative damage rule. Nevertheless, it can be a daunting process for CAE analysts as it requires iteration for each individual event in the schedule before calculating the fatigue life. The alternative approach is frequency domain fatigue calculation. In this approach, both the dynamic loading and response are expressed in terms of Power Spectral Density (PSD) functions and the dynamic structure is treated as a linear transfer function. The stress PSD is then obtained by multiplying the transfer function with the PSD load.
The objective of this paper is to present a CAE based virtual shaker table procedure for an automotive exhaust component and subjecting it to PSD for fatigue life prediction. In the paper, Nastran frequency response analysis is employed to extract system response as a transfer function that combines with nCode DesignLife and PSD inputs for fatigue life estimation. A case study of an exhaust after-treatment component, a diesel compact mixer, is given to demonstrate using this procedure. The fatigue life calculation of the component is performed based on multiple algorithms and the results show that Dirlik and Lalanne methods give the best correlation with the physical shaker test. It also illustrates the effectiveness of the CAE virtual validation as a tool to quickly identify the critical areas in the system during the early stage of product development cycle.
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CitationShih, H. and Chen, Y., "CAE-based Virtual Shaker Table for Exhaust System Component Development," SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-1362, 2016, https://doi.org/10.4271/2016-01-1362.
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Chocolate is a Swiss delicacy you shouldn’t miss. You can choose from many activities: from multi-media museum tours to simple shopping trips in a nearby supermarket. They're all perfect for rainy days. Whether or not you’re a chocolate fan yourself, it’s interesting to learn about this iconic Swiss product.
Visit chocolate museums and factories
Many of the larger Swiss chocolate brands offer museums, exhibitions, (outlet) stores, workshops and other chocolate activities. The main ones are:
- Maison Cailler in Broc. There’s an interesting multi-media museum tour. You can see part of the factory, enjoy free sample tasting and try even more products from the confectionery and the shop. Workshops are available too;
- the Lindt Experience in the Museum of Transport in Lucerne. This is an educational and fun attraction including the tasting of a few famous round Lindor truffle balls. You can visit the Lindt shop as well;
- the Lindt Home of Chocolate in Kilchberg near Zurich. This modern building hosts the world’s largest Lindt shop, a chocolate fountain, a beautiful area for workshops and a large interactive exhibition;
- Aeschbach Chocowelt in Root near Lucerne, which is a fun activity for the entire family. You’ll learn about the chocolate making process, watch chocolatiers from up close and create your own personalized chocolate bar;
- Maestrani’s Chocolarium in Flawil, where products of the Munz and Minor chocolate brands are manufactured. It offers a discovery tour and several courses for visitors of all ages;
- Läderach, with the 'House of Läderach' in Bilten, offering factory tours and workshops. A showroom and tasting sessions are available in Vevey, and regular shops can be found all over the country;
- the Felchlin factory shop in Ibach/Schwyz;
- the Kambly Experience: a visitor centre and huge shop with regular and outlet products, connected to the Kambly factory. Kambly produces all sorts of cookies, sweets and savory snacks and isn’t an actual chocolate brand. We still think it deserves being listed here, as chocolate lovers may appreciate cookies too.
Shop in specialized chocolate stores
It's easy to plan a chocolate shopping tour in larger Swiss towns, as you'll encounter lots of specialized chocolate shops and boutiques there. The list below is not exhaustive, but includes some of the more prominent shops.
- Läderach, which is pricey and exquisite, but absolutely worth it. Tip: buy a package with a sample selection of small chocolate plate parts in several flavors. You’ll find shops in larger towns throughout the country.
- Lindt, to be found on several tourist hotspots such as the Museum of Transport in Lucerne and at Jungfraujoch, but also in the other towns such as Interlaken, Olten and Basel. The shiny Lindor truffles balls in many flavors are highly recommended. You can also pay a visit to the factory outlet store in Kilchberg (near Zurich).
- Sprüngli, with beautiful shops to be found on many locations in Zurich and in a few other larger cities lake Basel, Bern and Geneva.
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Find chocolate products in supermarkets
You’ll find many chocolate products in any Swiss supermarket, from exquisite truffles to affordable bars. There may also be locally and regionally produced chocolates. The flat bars make for excellent souvenirs, as most of them can be kept for months. Swiss chocolate is used in other supermarket products too, such as cookies, cakes and ice creams.
Apart from the major brands like Lindt, Cailler and Frey, these are some of the other brands you may encounter:
- Toblerone, which is famous for its mountain-shaped bars with the iconic Matterhorn painted on the package. The yellow bars are most common. They consist of milk chocolate with honey and almonds. Tip: break the individual chocolate triangles by pushing them towards the inside (in the direction of the adjacent triangle), not to the outside;
- Milkboy, available in Switzerland and the US. They offer bars in several traditional flavors;
- Munz, creating crunchy bars with a cookie, caramel or fruit core and a chocolate layer;
- Minor, offering regular and soft chocolate bars, mostly with hazelnuts;
- Gottlieber, mostly known for its “Hüppen”: thin, crepe-like cookie rolls filled with chocolate or gourmet cream;
- Ragusa, presenting soft chocolate bars with hazelnuts and almonds;
- Villars, from the canton of Fribourg. Their range includes biological chocolate and liqueur bars;
- Torino, one of the brands offering blond chocolate, which consists of caramelized white chocolate.
Explore vegan chocolate options
Many Swiss chocolate products include Swiss dairy, and are therefore not vegan. But there are vegan options:
- Many dark chocolate bars are vegan. Check the ingredients to make sure.
- Look for biological supermarkets (in German: ‘Reformhaüser’ or ‘Bioläden’). Examples are ‘Alnatura’ and ‘Portanatura’. A larger selection of lactose free and vegan chocolates can be found there. You can locate such stores at www.biopartner.ch.
- Most larger supermarkets have at least some vegan brands and products. Look for ‘Veganz’ in Coop supermarkets for example, and for ‘Alnatura’ in Migros stores.
- Order from this Swiss Schoccolatta webshop, offering raw and vegan Swiss chocolates.
Order Swiss chocolate online
Can’t wait to have some Swiss chocolate at home? Some chocolate webshops offer international shipping. The options and costs differ per shop, so check the terms and conditions first. Examples are:
Enjoy the Chocolate Train
The chocolate facotry Maison Cailler can also be visited by Chocolate Train. This is a fully arranged train and bus trip from Montreux to the chocolate factory in Broc and the cheese factory near Gruyères.
Visit the annual chocolate festival
The "Festichoc" festival is a must for chocolate lovers. It's held in Versoix along Lake Geneva. Dates are in late March or early April.
Participate in guided chocolate tours
A guide can teach you a whole lot about Swiss chocolate. You can book several guided chocolate tasting tours. Please find options below.


Check out the No. 3 regular-season moment in Ravens history HERE.
The Ravens had clobbered Pittsburgh in the 2011 opener in Baltimore.
But that didn’t matter now as they traveled to Heinz Field to take on a Steelers team that had won four straight entering November. A loss would drop the Ravens to third place behind both Pittsburgh and surprising Cincinnati in the AFC North, making their Week 9 clash on Sunday Night Football a crucial one.
Doubts about quarterback Joe Flacco persisted despite his comeback win in Pittsburgh the previous year as the Ravens had lost their home rematch in December — costing themselves the AFC North and a first-round bye in the process — and had blown a 14-point halftime lead in the their 2010 divisional-round defeat to the Steelers. Flacco was far from the only reason the Ravens lost those games, but he hadn’t played particularly well in some key moments as questions continued about his ability to lead his team to a championship. A stretch of lackluster performances in October hadn’t helped perceptions either.
The game started with a bang as Ray Rice took an inside hand-off, cut left, and galloped 76 yards for an apparent touchdown on the first play from scrimmage, reminiscent of the way the Ravens had begun the Week 1 blowout win. However, rookie wide receiver Torrey Smith was flagged for holding, negating the score and setting the tone for what would be a defensive battle for much of the night. The teams combined for five field goals in the first half with Billy Cundiff’s 51-yarder sending the Ravens to the locker room with a 9-6 lead at intermission.
The Steelers drove to the Baltimore red zone on the first drive of the second half before 2011 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Terrell Suggs intercepted Ben Roethlisberger’s pass in the short flat. With that turnover, the Ravens methodically moved down the field and took advantage of a 23-yard pass interference penalty as Rice’s 4-yard touchdown run increased the lead to 16-6 with 4:27 remaining in the third quarter.
The Steelers weren’t going away, however, as Roethlisberger bounced back from his mistake to lead an 11-play, 80-yard drive resulting in a 1-yard touchdown run for Rashard Mendenhall to make it 16-13 early in the fourth quarter.
The Ravens then marched to the Pittsburgh 36 before an all-too-familiar feeling of dread returned. On third-and-8, Pro Bowl outside linebacker James Harrison sacked Flacco, forcing a fumble that was recovered by the Steelers. Moving to the Baltimore 25 on five plays, Roethlisberger scrambled right on third-and-5 and found Mike Wallace in the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown with 4:59 to play.
On the ensuing possession, three straight Flacco incompletions resulted in a punt that Steelers receiver Antonio Brown returned to his own 46. The Ravens were in serious trouble as Pittsburgh had the ball, good field position, and a 20-16 lead with 4:30 remaining.
After converting a big third down, the Steelers moved into field-goal range before making a costly error. On fourth-and-5 from the 29, indecisiveness struck the Pittsburgh sideline as Roethlisberger initially lobbied to go for the first down and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was late sending kicker Shaun Suisham onto the field, resulting in a delay of game. With Suisham kicking into the tricky open end of Heinz Field, a 47-yard attempt would have been far from a sure thing, but the penalty instead prompted a Jeremy Kapinos punt that pinned the Ravens back at their own 8-yard line.
Ninety-two yards were needed with just 2:24 and one timeout remaining, a far more difficult position than the previous fall when Flacco had found T.J. Houshmandzadeh for the game-winner in Pittsburgh.
A 21-yard completion over the middle to Anquan Boldin got the Ravens out of the shadow of their own end zone at the two-minute warning. A 13-yard sideline strike to seldom-used undrafted rookie LaQuan Williams moved them to their own 42. A few plays later, Baltimore faced a fourth-and-1 from the Pittsburgh 49 when Flacco again found Boldin over the middle for 10 yards to extend the game.
But that’s when the drive began going sideways. On second-and-8 from the 37, Flacco escaped pressure, climbed the pocket, and threw deep to a wide-open Smith, who dropped the ball in the end zone. Boldin would catch the third-down pass to move the chains on the next snap, but the veteran receiver then dropped a perfect throw over the middle that would have moved the Ravens inside the 10.
As Cris Collinsworth remarked on the NBC broadcast, “Joe Flacco is doing a great job on this drive, and his receivers are completely letting him down.”
Facing third-and-10 from the 26, Flacco and the Ravens still had a timeout, but only 16 seconds remained. Undeterred by Smith’s drop moments earlier, Flacco threw deep to the sideline as the second-round rookie gave a veteran-like nudge to Steelers cornerback William Gay and caught the redemptive touchdown with eight seconds to go.
The 23-20 win proved to be the difference in the Ravens winning their first division title in five years and clinching a first-round bye. But it meant more than that for Flacco, who had orchestrated the most brilliant drive of his career. The touchdown pass in Pittsburgh the previous year had flashed his late-game ability, but leading a 92-yard march in a Sunday night road game against his biggest adversary was special, especially considering the aforementioned drops and the celebrated Ravens defense had given up 14 points in the final quarter.
No, Flacco wasn’t Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, or Peyton Manning and never would be, but he had touched greatness when it mattered most. And while the misfortunes of Cundiff and Lee Evans 2 1/2 months later in New England meant the Ravens would wait another year to finally taste Super Bowl glory, that 2011 win in Pittsburgh eliminated any doubt that such a postseason run was possible, whether Flacco’s critics wanted to admit it or not.
“Maybe people will stop putting him down now. We know what kind of quarterback we have,” Boldin said after the season-sweeping win over the Steelers. “There was no panic with our offense, and I think you saw that. A lot of it starts with our quarterback. He was real poised.”


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Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that he will not consent to the RNC’s insistence that he make such a promise in order to take part in the first primary debate.
In an interview with Newsmax’s Eric Bolling, the former president declined to sign the commitment and said he would make an announcement about his plans for the Aug. 23 first debate next week.
“I wouldn’t sign the pledge,” Trump said. “Why would I sign a pledge if there are people on there that I wouldn’t have?”
Trump to decide on debate participation next week:
Trump says he will say next week whether he’s debating but also says he “wouldn’t” sign the RNC pledge to support the eventual nominee, which would appear to be the answer as to whether he is going to do it. https://t.co/llDOApN9Ow
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 10, 2023
In the course of the conversation, he explicitly criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, naming “three or four” GOP presidential rivals whom he would not support.
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Asserts: Pledge to Support Voters a Must for GOP Nomination:
Republican presidential candidates must now sign the commitment in order to take part in the debate later this month, according to RNC chair Ronna McDaniel. Because of his reservations about Trump’s campaign, former Texas representative Will Hurd (R) decided not to sign the promise.
Christie and Hutchinson have also questioned the pledge’s validity and enforceability.
It’s the Republican Party nomination, and the pledge is staying and anybody who wants to seek the nomination of our party should pledge to support the voters.
Although Trump has frequently hinted that he would not show up for the primary debate, the Republican frontrunner indicated on Wednesday that he had not “totally ruled it out.”
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“I’d like to do it,” Trump said. “I’ve actually gotten very good marks on debating talents. But you want to be, you know, they want a smart president. They want somebody that’s going to be smart. So we have to do the smart thing.”
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If Trump does choose to take part in the debate, he will probably do so alongside Christie, DeSantis, Sen.
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Boys All-Metro: NHS’s Griffin named player of the year
NATCHEZ — Natchez High School junior point guard DeArius Griffin spent the entire summer doing intense workouts with boys head coach Mike Martin.
The objective was to drastically improve Griffin as a player to both help lead the Bulldogs and hopefully earn a scholarship to a Division I school.
On the court, the offseason of hard work showed — Griffin led the team with 17 points per game and did well manning the point. Because of his strong season, Griffin has been named The Natchez Democrat’s boys All-Metro player of the year.
“(The workouts) helped me become quicker, stronger and a better player,” Griffin said. “I had a better mindset. I wouldn’t have been the player I was if I hadn’t have done them.”
Martin said Griffin was first or second in every statistical category the team kept up with, and he also led MHSAA Region 6-6A in scoring, earning him an All-Region first team selection.
“He got the respect of other teams,” Martin said. “He was always being double-teamed and trapped. Sometimes he read it well, and other times he rushed it, and that’s what he has to work on.”
In addition to the summer workouts, Griffin credited running track and cross country with helping build up his wind, where he didn’t get tired as easily when the games wore on. The next step for Griffin will hopefully be getting his teammates to buy in more heading into next season.
“I’m just trying to get them organized and on the same page,” Griffin said. “I want them to be in the same condition and have a mindset like mine — to win.”
Martin also said the next step for Griffin is to help lead the younger players, but Griffin said he already got positive feedback this past season.
“It was very easy (to get them to buy in), because when they see me work hard, they want to do the same,” Griffin said.
Martin said he was proud of his junior’s accomplishments so far, and he’s hopeful Griffin can do bigger things his senior season. Martin also said he hopes the team develops an inside game to help take pressure off Griffin, which would allow him to excel even more.
“I’m even more proud of where he’s headed now,” Martin said. “He knows today and tomorrow are more important than yesterday.”
Griffin hasn’t forgotten about his dream of playing for the Kentucky Wildcats — or Division I in general — and Martin said Griffin’s love for basketball is what helps set him apart as a player.
“DeArius’ love for the game is on a much higher level than a lot of the younger players,” Martin said.
Griffin said a state championship is on his mind as he looks toward his senior season. He also said he expects to be back in the gym early in the morning this summer.
“I expect it to be even harder,” Griffin said.
Martin also said he’s excited to work with Griffin one-on-one again this summer.
“He’s going to live in the gym,” Martin said. “He already knows that. Every off day, he’s working with the shooting machine.”
Griffin is the son of Christine Griffin.


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Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Gender Studies: A Global Perspective of Their Evolution Contribution, and Challenges to Comparative Higher Education.
Stromquist, Nelly P.
Higher Education, v41 n4 p373-87 Jun 2001
Reflects on some of the major achievements of and challenges to women's studies as a field in a relatively unsupportive university environment. Explores the relationship between gender studies and comparative higher education studies. Suggests two scenarios for the future trajectory of women's studies, providing examples of what that might mean for research in comparative higher education. (EV)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Note: Special Section: "Perspectives on Comparative Higher Education."

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It’s a busy post-Christmas shopping day at the Vintage Thrift Shop in Gramercy Park. Shoppers like Anna Pakhomova, peruse secondhand items, they say are unique and one of a kind.
“I’m not a big holiday shopper, I just purchase things when I see them for other people,” said Pakhomova.
It’s a trend that assistant manager Will Beck says he is noticing, shoppers warming to the idea of buying secondhand clothing as gifts for others.
“A week or two before Christmas it really did pick up a lot especially compared to years past,” he said.
At the thrift shop, where all items are donated and purchases benefit the United Jewish Council of the East Side, you might find bargains on down coats and faux leather dresses, maybe even Hermes ties. But it seems the changing consumer attitude toward buying secondhand is not limited to bargain hunters.
Shannon Hoey, owner of New York Vintage, a designer couture vintage clothing store, says she’s seen a similar trend in recent years.
“I think that people are moving away more and more from fast fashion and looking for curated one of kind unique pieces,” Hoey said. Her shop stocks unique pieces, like a pink feather Saint Laurent jacket made around 1987 and a transparent Moschino jacket that says “Save Nature” on the back.
But whether it is a high end, hard to find designer gown, or a thrifted ready-to-wear wool dress, a recent survey by Accenture suggests that the consumer appetite for used merchandise is sizeable, even when it comes to gift-giving. Forty-eight percent of people surveyed said they would consider giving secondhand clothing as a gift.
“Especially men – men all the time,” said Hoey. “Men are always coming in for their wives and girlfriends, looking for really special one of a kind [gifts],” she said.
But like the survey suggests, not all are sold on the idea.
“No I would not buy used or repurposed clothing for somebody as a gift,” said Chris Thompson. “I think that’s kind of tacky.”
“I don’t think I would,” Tim Bush said. “If I couldn’t afford new clothes for somebody, I think I’d probably just find something else for them.”
Even some thrift store shoppers agreed. Buying secondhand for someone else might be a stretch.
Nicole Phillips, who was browsing in the Vintage Thrift Shopped, worried what the recipient would infer from receiving a secondhand clothing gift.
“That maybe I was being cheap or that I didn’t want to spend the money to buy something new,” Phillips explained.
Shoppers who buy secondhand say it doesn’t matter where the clothing is coming from; it’s about where it is going – not to a landfill. So whether it’s a donated blouse or a transparent Moschino jacket, some could say it’s the age old adage that really matters.
“It’s not about the gift, it’s about the heart,” said Lincoln Wright. “That’s why my momma always told me to take the price tag off.”

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“Don’t judge a book by its cover”- this is the motto I always try to follow when choosing a book. What I usually focus my attention on is the blurb and if it sounds good and convinces me, then I’ve found a new book to read. But let’s face it, book covers are extremely important. They’re what catches your eye, and I’d be lying if I said that I never picked up a book because of its cover. Yes, because when a book has a beautiful cover it immediately draws you in.
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Will be travelling from London to Amsterdan via ferry, then train along the rhine valley to Cologne, then to Paris, then Nice, then Monterosso al Mare, then Venice and finally Rome. Can we do this in 21 days. What difficulties will we experience with the train travel. Will June be a good time?
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There is no ferry from London to Amsterdam. There are several ferry companies that advertise Amsterdam as a ferry port from the UK (much as Ryanair state airports in cities they go to - that are in fact miles away somewhere else).
21 days will be more than enough to do this trip - there and back.
You shouldn't have any problems with rail travel en-route. Try and book your tickets in advance to save money though.
thx Bob. Yeah I know we have to take the train to Harwich to catch the ferry. Should we get the global pass on the Eurail? Also how does a Verizon cell phone work in Europe?
You'll have to do some careful calculations comparing the price of the Eurail pass to point-to-point.
Depending upon the route and the trains you take (and the special offers on discounted tickets that you are able to grab) it might be cheaper to use point-to-point.
You'll have to look up the price of the tickets on the individual train websites:
June will be a good time to go. You won't have any problems with train travel (at least not more than the average European does).

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The Upwelling Festival – 29th October 2016
Presented by the Rotary Club of Portland Bay Inc., the Upwelling Festival is a free, one-day event in Portland, Victoria which offers a fantastic and vibrant way for the community and visitors to celebrate the unique features of our beautiful coastal town.
The free festival began in 2009 with the inaugural event attracting thousands of locals and visitors.
The festival is held on the town’s foreshore and incorporates the traditional “Blessing of the Fleet” ritual to begin the fishing.
A Street Parade, markets and live entertainment. So if you are looking for a great family festival, make sure you keep the Melbourne Cup Weekend free and head down to the Portland foreshore on Saturday. The festival is always held on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup.
The 2016 festival is to be held on Saturday the 29th of October.
The Upwelling Festival in Portland offers a fantastic and vibrant way for visitors and Portland locals to celebrate and showcase the unique eco-tourism features of the beautiful coastal town, the Bonney Upwelling.
The Festival includes the Blessing of the Fleet, Street Parade, Festival Market, Live Entertainment, Marine Environment Talks, Whale Boat Races along with a major community art project.
The Festival is run in conjunction with two other well-established and popular local events – the Rotary Art Show (all weekend) and the Portland Three Bays Marathon (Sunday morning). Together these events provide a weekend-long program of activities for locals and visitors.
Aims of the Upwelling Festival - Saturday, 29th October 2016
The Upwelling Festival Portland is a community celebration of the Bonney Upwelling, presented by the Rotary Club of Portland Bay and including a partnership with the Arts Company Portland and other community groups.
The Bonney Upwelling is a unique and epic natural ocean phenomena where the spring winds shift to the south-east, driving a change in ocean currents that powers a seven month feeding frenzy of tuna, crayfish, giant crabs, squid, fish, seabirds, seals, krill and blue whales. An incredibly rich ecological food web, the Upwelling is at its greatest off the coast of Portland and is the cornerstone of the lucrative local fishing and tourism inductry.
The Upwelling festival aims to
- promote the uniqueness of the Bonney Upwelling through a creative community festival program
- present a festival with a locally relevant environmental theme
- encourage a widespread community participation in the festival
- include community arts projects with an emphasis on excellence and provide opportunities for local artists
- maintain the festival as a free, one-day event
- create a sustainable festival which aims to become a pivotal tourism attraction for Portland and the region.


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The British High Commission has refuted reports circulating on social media of an impending closure of its operations in Zambia.
British High Commissioner to Zambia, Fergus Cochrane-Dyet said the strange social media rumours are totally untrue because Zambia and the United Kingdom (UK) enjoy strong historical ties.
Mr. Cochrane-Dyet said there has been no major change to the British High Commission’s operations since the processing of visas was moved to the regional processing centre in Pretoria in 2010.
He stated that his country is committed to further strengthen its relationship with Zambia through boosting economic development, driving investment, creating jobs and poverty eradication.
“Alongside development work, where our department for International Development is providing over $40 million a year, we are also expanding our prosperity and trade relations, which includes the opening of a Department for International Trade Office at our High Commission Office in Lusaka,” he said.
This was contained in statement availed to ZANIS today.


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Not a title for a new song...
Unfortunately, the quality of the picture is
deteriorated after the reduction of the file
(example: the railing is on photopaper good).
This time no landscape picture, but a simple
Picture is taken from the "Spaarne" in Haarlem.
The boat is minesweeper, for years out of
service. More mirror wasn't possible: I cann't
fly. The light on the side of the boat came
from passing cars.
I used the ropes on the forground, to create
an extra depth. For the rest I keep it simple.
Canon 5D MarkII
Canon 17-40mm L4
Velbon Sherpa 750R
(for the tourists who want to visit the
It is the capital of the province Noord Holland
(Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands).
It looks a little like Amsterdam, but it's 5
In the past you had hundreds of breweries,
because that was healthier than drinking water.
Haarlem hasn't big shops what you perhaps will
see in Amsterdam, but they has the most
different types of stores in the Netherlands.
You have many restaurants. You have also a lots
of bars (okay, Amsterdam has more).
Also nice to know: the first airplane of the
Netherlands "de Spin" (the Spider) flew over
In the Summer you have a Jazz-week.
Also nice is to visit Bloemendaal and Zandvoort.
You can do that by bike. Also nice is to visit
the dunes between Bloemendaal and IJmuiden.
Perhaps you will see Foxes, Dears, Rabbits, Wild
Horses (they are small) and Scottish Highlanders
(Highland Cow). In Bloemendaal (btw the richest
municipality in Netherlands) you have also a
Jazz week in the Summer.
When you will visit Amsterdam, you can do that
the best by train (20 minutes).
Mug (mosquito) is the sobriquet for the people
from Haarlem. (viskop - fish head- for the
people from IJmuiden and kaaskop - chees head -
for the Dutch).
Guess where the name Harlem (New York) comes
For clarity: I'm not from Haarlem, but I will
show the people that there is more than only
Critiques | Translate
carlo62 (54986) 2013-04-24 0:22
una bella foto d'impatto, il contrasto tra la barca ed il resto è molto forte, dovuto anche al riflesso splendido.
L'acqua sembra seta e la barca non sembra lasciarci traccia, un bellissimo effetto.
manrezaei (1749) 2013-04-24 0:41
Wonderful symmetry. Superb contrast, excellent calrity and sharpness you captured. The ropes in right side is an eye catcher point. Very good point of view.
finlay (1583) 2013-04-24 1:00
Like the strong colour of the boat, it really stands out against the grey of the sky and sea. The reflection is superb, it's almost mirror like with the water being so still. Very well done.
Kugart (1778) 2013-04-24 1:08
Superb shot of the minesweeper.Nice composition and POV to include the ropes which gives good depth to the photo.Nice reflection on the water,tonal quality and sharpness.
siudzi (34141) 2013-04-24 1:22
You have submitted a really cool title for this image! Like it a lot! The water reflections made the view unique and extremely attractive. Beautiful work as always. TFS.
lousat (97585) 2013-04-24 1:23
Woow Bob,the reflections seems better that the real,incredible capture whit a spectacular quality,great perspective made by the decentralized position of the boat and great effect create by the strings,i like it!! Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano
mjw364 (1466) 2013-04-24 1:45
Great reflection with a real sense of stillness. Sharp and clear with a lovely colour palette overall. Good POV and line from the ropes.
I wouldn't worry about the image deterioration here. I am never happy with the way my images appear on TE, partly due to the reduction in file size but also because TE as a site leaves a lot to be desired - no matter how perfect I get it something always gets lost after upload on this site. Same image on Flickr and it looks like it should be hanging in an art gallery.
Your image looks great on my screen anyways.
serp2000 (45858) 2013-04-24 1:51
I think a reflection theme is one of the most popular on the TE. Well captured, excellent colors combination, clever choice of PoV. TFS!
jhm (160023) 2013-04-24 2:57
Het is ons eigen, om steeds spectaculaire foto's te maken, maar u ziet met een eenvoudig beeld haalt men ook een mooi resultaat.
We moeten leren de zaken bekijken uit een ander standpunt, met de leuze "eenvoud siert".
Uw hoek keuze en de afwerking is zeer mooi gedaan, echt een aantrekkelijke foto.
Mooi zo, bedankt.
williewhistler (16492) 2013-04-24 3:30
there is no doubt that digitally presented files suffer from a lack of definition when compared to the printed image,however this remains an excellent photograph,thoughtfully composed making the most of the subject with good use of the vertical corners.
Beautifully understated colours with a mirror like sheen on the water it`s a fine capture.
pajaran (65764) 2013-04-24 5:11
Interesantan tekst ...
Lep pogled na minolovca i trenutak sa refleksom na vodi ...
Dobar trenutak snimka, kontrast i perspektiva, lepe boje.
Dobra kompozicija, lepo pokazan brod minolovac i trenutak sa reflekom na vodi.
Lep brod minolovac.
Imajte lep dan, sve najbolje.
An interesting text ...
Nice view of the minesweepers and the moment the reflex on the water ...
A good time recording, contrast and perspective, beautiful colors.
Good composition, nice boat shown minesweeper and a moment of reflection on the water.
Nice ship minesweeper.
Have a great day, all the best.
Sergiom (88317) 2013-04-24 5:16
J'aime beaucoup ces cordages qui offrent une très belle diagonale dans l'image et qui guident le regard vers ce beau bateau qui semble flotter sur un miroir.La lumière rose est magique.
timecapturer (49288) 2013-04-24 5:52
different subject matter for you, but just as entrancing and beautifully managed. Love the rope lead in and of course the glass like reflection. The minesweeper looks so tranquil and at peace in this shot. I love the tonal quality on the hull it makes for a striking contrast to the flat water and sky. Stunning image as always.
Regards - Brian.
Bluejeans (64251) 2013-04-24 5:55
Ola Robert ,
Que fantástico espelho este reflexo deste barco de pesca , bom enquadramento e cores , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo
SnapRJW (31629) 2013-04-24 5:56
Hello Robert - Your composition really is enthralling, although the scene is quite calm your careful construction of the shot has resulted in quiet drama. The lovely sweep of the mooring lines add dynamism. Beautiful colours, fine reflections, what more can one say? Warm regards Rosemary
saxo042 (37966) 2013-04-24 6:38
This is a very well composed picture. Also the colour are very good and in a very pleasant harmony. An outstanding photo!
m00n (2259) 2013-04-24 6:45
As always with you, great technique used.
Painted image of light, fantastic, full of colors
so characteristic of your style.
Your photos I recognize everywhere ...
I express this opinion in a positive sense, as something that is your trademark.
Drew me to the water table is the perfect-until unrealistic.
ikeharel (78317) 2013-04-24 8:39
Good evening Robert,
Lucky with the cars lights on side, gave an enhanced orange tone, created and contributed to a fabulous reflection.
Fantastic contrast against the grey sky aloft.
danos (103144) 2013-04-24 10:33
nice the view of the mooring boat with its reflection to complete perfect the whole image.I like the good placement in the frame as the excellent light and the colour management of the scene.Perfect the quality of the image.
Romano46 (18472) 2013-04-24 11:30
una foto spendida che fa della semplicità il suo punto forte.
Composta ottimamente, sfruttando a meraviglia un riflesso eccezionale, si pregia anche di una nitidezza pregevolissima.
Ciao e buona serata
jcpix (13948) 2013-04-24 16:12
I want to reach out and grab the rope, it feels like it's within my grasp by just looking a this picture...what an incredible perspective! Would I sound like too much of a broken record if I said "another great shot?!!" :) Well what else is there to say, it is! The light on the back end of the boat looks to be more sunlight than passing cars, it's a nice flare against the rest of the image... noticeable, but not distracting...just the right touch of effect. As always, your rendering of colors is astonishing...so smooth and gentle. Chalk up another beauty! Thanks for a look at Haarlem. Have a great day.
npecanhuk (78549) 2013-04-24 16:56
Hi! Beautiful picture! Sharpness, exposure, colors, horizontal format, chosen pov and composition! I love those reflections! Cheers, Neyvan
Cricri (125878) 2013-04-24 21:37
De jolies teintes dans cette image, la position du bateau et l'effet de miroir excellente tout comme la qualité parfaite comme toujours
dkmurphys (64573) 2013-04-24 22:31
Perfect calm atmosphere and amazing colors. I like the result of your capture, well done.
jjcordier (79297) 2013-04-24 22:51
Très belle composition exploitant à merveille ce bateau et son double dont la couleur contraste de belle façon avec les tons bleutés du reste de l'image.
kabel (1930) 2013-04-25 8:57
Hello, good light and excellent composition. The ropes provide an interesting lead in line. The reflection also provides good symmetry.
bayno (18344) 2013-04-25 11:40
Ciao Robert, i love the boat theme, here the compo is perfect...seem than i can take the rope and pull ;)...wonderful contrast between the tones a a reflection like in the mirror.......super details...
adramad (49544) 2013-04-25 12:51
A superb composition, striking these perfect reflections, allowing us to see two boats, one in inverted position, incredible sea surface with a dead calm, which gives that feeling of grayish sky mirror, which has a large image harmony color, with color touch warm boat.
Very well done. I love it.
Very good the management of the brightness, sharpness shows clearly all the details.
Have a good night.
Gigidusud (21247) 2013-04-25 13:31
Beautiful mirror which reflects the old boat. A great depth and splendid contrasts colors. I like a lot!
kasianowak (10441) 2013-04-26 2:06
Amazing mirror-like reflection Robert! Great colours too.
Wish I could see it printed of paper! :)
HimalAnda (10671) 2013-04-26 11:00
That's a beautiful picture, due to the nice light and the great composition. The eye follows the rope to go on the boat.
mkamionka (39943) 2013-04-26 13:10
very impressive work again.
The boat is crispy sharp and thus anchors the picture in the reality I have tried once similar theme but there was some wind and not only there was no reflection but also the boats were moving too much.
Here you had perfect conditions the reflection is 100%.
A real master piece.
Have a great weekend,
ourania (51079) 2013-04-26 13:45
this is a magnificent picture. You've created a very dynamic composition, minimal, elegant and attractive and you've captured a special aspect of the port, not seen by many. The predominant colours are rare and very beautiful, their combination and role in the frame is alluring. I also love the contrast, reference and balance brought by the quay in the distant background. Brilliant work, congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely weekend,
thebest (4276) 2013-04-26 18:37
NO NO NO - How do you do it... come & give me lessons - amazing work - the clarity & stillness of your images are brilliant - sorry if I ramble on - I can't help myself - I just love your work.
chrisvek (7001) 2013-04-26 19:09
So exciting capture with awesome composition and very nice details.Awesome colors and framing.Well done!
All the best
adidas5nb (5743) 2013-04-26 20:09
beautiful reflection.i like the colors and the and the sharpness....great atmosphere created by the sky.great light management.
delpeoples (59774) 2013-04-27 0:33
Dag dear Robert
A beautiful and elegant photo. I like how you positioned the ship off-centre and have used the ropes to accentuate the perspective, with their lines coming from the corners of the frame. The reflections are sensational, and I love those soft blue colours that you are so well-known for.
UlfE (14641) 2013-04-27 3:16
I realize I have not visited your gallery for a while and the you have posted a few more beautiful photos. The composition of this photo is absolutely top-class with the boat perfectly positioned to be in focus. The two ropes starting in the bottom right corner are also really great for the composition. Perfect sharpness. TFS and have a nice weekend!
macjake (72555) 2013-04-27 19:06
I can't believe i missed this photo in your gallery!
I must be blind :)
probably my favorite photo of yours.
love the fg ropes drawing us in, and the grey-blue colors of the sky mixed with the peachy colors of the boat.
the position of the boat is so effective too, and the water is so motionless!!
abmdsudi (57720) 2013-04-27 23:19
This is a powerful image, the profiles are so strong, tantalizing and the mirror effect. Very impressionistic as the mooring ropes holds the eyes in so superbly and leads with excellent closeness and wide coverage to yield a more depth and perspective. This is indeed another eye-catching silky smooth rendition of this wonderful peaceful shot. Great stuff I love it. Congrats
Waylim (25436) 2013-04-28 0:17
Beautiful, you usualy quality and beautiful rendition of colors and rich in mood and dramatic atmosphere. What I love most here is the depth and the perspecive of the baot and it really appear as it is popping out of the background and cold blue sky and water right into my room with those ropes.
Sonata11 (34007) 2013-04-29 5:54
this pic has been taken wonderfully and perfectly well done with razor sharp reflection. Like it. Fantastic photo job. Thank you.
All the best,
Miguel82 (27752) 2013-05-08 8:12
Magnific capture Robert,
The ship's reflect on the water surface is perfect
Good pov and presentation, Excellent colors, light and sharpness
fabbs99 (17179) 2013-05-12 21:40
The shot has a magnetic power.It seems to be drawing to some fantasy world where life can be so perfect.Magnificent vivid colors,contrast and superb overall quality of the image. TFS.
kiks (12759) 2013-05-18 11:43
Fantastisch gedaan, Robert. Ongelooflijk hoe 'glad' het water is. Een echte spiegel! The kleuren zijn bijna onwerkelijk. Prachtig.
Fijne dagen Kiks
krzychu30 (15512) 2013-05-29 1:32
I think it won´t be exaggeration if I say you´re a master of creating such unique,calm moods.
Although you´re complaining here about loosing the quality after reduction of the file,but in my opinion it´s still superb.And the rope fulfill its task excellently(it adds really amazing 3D feeling to the scene).The last thing is the light and the way you utilized it.Magnificent how you separated the boat(so lovely,warm illuminated) from the quite cold,icy looking surrounding.
kordinator (22535) 2013-07-05 0:26
Excellent ppostcard from Netherlands.
Nice positioned boat on composition.
A very interesting point of view.
I like colors and light.
An impressive picture.
Periko (6214) 2013-08-14 22:48
Magnificent image with amazing sharpness.
I am a fan of ships, but my pictures are not as good as this is.
ruisc_pt (11090) 2015-02-17 14:05
wonderfull scenario Robert,
great pov and amazing composition


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These monkeys might look like they are fooling around in your kitchen but the Just Hanging Kitchen Hooks are here to make your kitchens look more organized.
They consist of a pack of 3 hooks disguised as adorable monkeys in three colors (red, yellow or black). You can use them to hang your kitchenware and keep your kitchen well organized and less messy. In fact, it would be actually good to consider these monkeys fooling around for a good purpose.
They try to have your kitchenware properly organized and add a bit of fun to your kitchen decor too.