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The Sanctuary by Paul Preston
In need of sanctuary after a personal trauma, a pretty Catholic woman, Deborah D’Bennedeto, applies to be accepted as a nun at an historic California mission. A year later, a sexually tormented Priest, Father Joseph, passes a love note to her in the chapel, which gives instructions on a plan to escape from the Mission with him that night. Confused and upset, Dorothy shows the note to the Mother Superior. During an investigation a fictitious erotic manuscript written by Father Joseph is discovered. The Bishop of the Mission asks Dorothy to read the manuscript to determine its truth. The story, which includes scenes of bondage, oral and anal sex, and the loss of her virginity, arouses Dorothy’s suppressed desires. She is soon accepted as a nun and given the name Sister Gabrielle. However, late at night she makes a copy of the forbidden manuscript, reads it over and over and then hides it in her room.
Plagued by guilt in her role of getting Father Joseph sent away, Gabrielle wakes up the next morning with a high fever and is sent home for a week to recover. After Father Joseph is released from the asylum, Gabrielle secretly follows him to The Sanctuary, a topless downtown nightclub. She has a flirtatious encounter with the handsome owner, Kristoff, and witnesses a performance where Kristoff places a nude model in bondage and suspends her above the stage. Ashamed, Gabrielle leaves the club, however, later she returns to the Sanctuary, having exchanged her nun’s robes for a sexy dress and dyed blonde hair. She wants to be trained to work in his club as a topless waitress and rope model. Kristoff keeps her identity a secret and encourages her to explore her sexuality before committing to a life of celibacy. She easily becomes the most popular waitress and she has several sexual encounters. But as her week away from the Mission ends, Gabrielle must decide whether to confront the cause of her trauma or escape back into the cloistered walls of the abbey.
The Sanctuary contains consensual scenes of a highly erotic nature, including light bondage, oral and anal sex.
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An illustration for a house boat online booking service. The illustration states the beauty of Allepey i.e. breathtaking in the day as well as night.
Auto rickshaw depicts city life. This illustration is also an emotion of our connection with the city.
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Rabbit is known for its soft fur; I tried to create an illustration by bringing in the feel of the texture playing with the shadows.
I had a fascination to draw animals as a child and Rhino was the best one to play with oval, cone, round shapes. Here, I just tried a hand to create a happy Rhino.
Kerosene Lantern takes me back. It is our saviour during power cuts and companion for Christmas carols. Here, I have given the lantern a contemporary look.
I made typographical illustration keeping the monumental look and showing my love and gratefulness for a beautiful experience while living in the city.
Another object of nostalgia takes us back to the old days. Adult of today grew up watching him reigning over any other bike.
Inspired by the Indian geometric art used in creating kolams and rangoli, I created this illustrated interweaving lines shapes and pattern.
To draw a self caricature observation is one the most important aspect. I drew my caricature with the theory of emphasizing some characteristics and simplifying others.
Self-portraiture has remained a tried and true practice among leading artists. The Self-portrait is drawn with pencil focusing on shadowing and smudging.
I love painting with water colour. It depicts objects and materials with their textures. I learnt balance control and freedom in my work, using watercolor painting techniques
This art work is something that I drew while I was with my friends. It’s fun to have companions to observe the surrounding with you and bring in new perspectives.
This artwork is a piece of architectural art of my Fine art college. I drew this with the help of drawing pen. I have added textures and finishing for a final touch.
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“The Surrounding Game” is the first feature documentary to tell the incredible story of Go, from ancient China to 21st century America.
Born from the simplest rules, the ancient game of Go is the most complex and elegant game ever discovered. The rules are remarkably simple, yet even the best computer programs are easily crushed by professional players. This unique game has inspired centuries of tradition and millions of fans, but despite its depth, Go remains little-known outside East Asia – until now.
December 4, 2013
(Adapted from gogameguru.com's article, published Nov. 25)
In 1933, a ten-game match, or jubango in Japanese, was held between the two Go heavyweights of the day, Go Seigen and Kitani Minoru. Tied at 3-3, the series was called off, leaving the Go world in suspense. However, ten years later Japan's Yomiuri newspaper announced they would bring back the junbango by sponsoring a series of matches pitting Go Seigen against a slew of Japan's top players. One opponent after another, Go Seigen prevailed, and his record in these matches...
October 31, 2013
Earlier this month, Iyama Yuta, Japan's 24-year-old superstar, completed a very rare feat in Japanese Go. By winning the Meijin title on October 17, Iyama completed the trifecta and now holds all three of the major Go titles in Japan, something that has only been accomplished twice before in Japanese Go history.
There are seven major titles in Japan. Each year, pro players compete in a tournament to decide a challenger, who faces the title-holder in a best-of-seven match. Some of these titles actually originated from the...
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Community can be both beautiful and terrifying, healing and unfortunately, often our greatest source of pain.
So how do we navigate it when life falls apart?
Should we shy away and protect ourselves, vowing to not trust others and let them into our pain or lean in and risk potential hurt for the love, support and embrace we can find there?
My friend Lauren Gaskill is no stranger to pain or community (read more of her story here). As she dives into chapter 5 of my book Breathe Again, Find Community – Thriving is a Team Sport, you’ll discover why she vowed to never again go it alone.
Here’s Lauren …
Read the rest of Lauren’s post HERE to find out how she began to dance in community and break out of simply “just getting by.”
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Wii U third-party titles leaked
A list of several third-party titles due out on the Wii U has been supposedly leaked by someone at UK retailer Blockbuster.
The list includes two titles that the we already know about, Metro: Last Light and Aliens: Colonial Marines with at least the latter being believed to be a launch title.
Other titles on the list have not been disclosed so far but they include Marvel Super Heroes, Just Dance 4 and Rabbids Party Land as well as two unknown games called Shield Pose and ZombiU.
The Wii U is due to be unveiled at E3 next month but Nintendo has stated that they will not be revealing prices or release dates along with the machine itself.
Thanks Go Nintendo.
- Valve's Chet Faliszek has been confirmed as the first developer session for EGX Rezzed 2015
- One area from Zelda Wii U is as big as the entirety of Skyward Sword
- Telltale's new collaboration is with Mojang, on a Minecraft story game
- Franklin voice actor indicates GTA V story DLC is on the way
- Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire and Bully sequels will come when the time is right says Rockstar
- Telltale teases another collaboration with another game developer
- New Company Of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault trailer recognizes the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge
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Calling all musicians! Are you serious about making a career in music? With the new year upon us, take some serious steps to make an impact on the music scene. Don’t miss this workshop with Indie Montreal’s Jon Weisz and Bonsound’s Gourmet Délice. Take advantage of the expertise and experience of these two Montreal based music mavens. Questions and interactions from workshop participants are encouraged!
Gourmet Délice is the co-founder of Bonsound, and head of Artist management & Direction – Business development. Founded in 2004 and based in Montreal, Quebec, Bonsound is an artist management company, a record label, a booking agency, a concert promoter and a promotion & publicity agency. Bonsoundhttps://www.quebec-elan.org/savvy-sessions-workshop-leader-bios/#Gourmet Delice also operate two subsidiary: Bonsound Concerts, an event promoter featuring artists from Montreal and abroad; and Bonsound Promo, an agency which promotes projects not directly linked to Bonsound.
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Monday Motivation: The portals of the imagination
Salley Vickers is a one-time lecturer in Shakespeare and the nineteenth century novel, among other things, a remedial teacher and a psycho-analyst specializing in helping people who are creatively blocked. And then, eighteen years ago, she threw away these promising careers and took up writing.
We attended a talk she gave about her new best-selling novel, The Librarian, at the lovely literary festival (Ways with Words) we’ve just attended in Southwold, on the Suffolk coast.
I didn’t think to ask her whether, in or about the turn of the century, she’d trained her big guns on a creative block of her own – or whether writing naturally evolved out of all her previous (pre)occupations. Whatever the reason, though, that first book – Miss Garnet’s Angel – came out to great acclaim and continues to sell well.
Taking up writing as a vocation was not an excellent decision from the point of view of creatively blocked writers – but it was one that readers have welcomed. She has subsequently written eight more novels – the latest of which is, of course, The Librarian, which was launched to April to a rapturous reception.
But accolades rapidly pall, and I’m in danger of stretching your own interest in a writer you might never have heard of before.
Here’s the thing, though: at her talk she focused on the books that had captured her attention and her imagination in the years between her ninth and her twelfth years.
Her thesis was that it’s in this formative period that your literary tastes are acquired and your literary values established. “Books,” she says – and especially books read when you’re young – “provoke dissent and rebellion.”
She named some of the seminal books that she remembers from these years: the Moomin stories by Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish; the Narnia sequence by C.S. Lewis; George Macdonald’s novels, including the immortal At the Back of the North Wind; Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novels, many of them set in Roman Britain; and Philippa Pearce’s Tom’s Midnight Garden.
I think that Vickers is absolutely right about the importance that books read at this stage in your life have. And she’s also right about the reasons children read books like these: to escape the more mundane reality (read boredom) of their everyday lives; to experience a sense of power that they don’t enjoy as children; to explore the sometimes astonishing, sometimes frightening but always thrilling realization that there are alternatives…
Vickers believes that the books she read back then inspired the books she writes today – each of which possesses a wisp or more of the magical.
I’ve never lost my taste for books written for children. You can call it YA fiction if you like, but to me it’s books like the Swallows and Amazons series; E. Nesbit’s books including The Phoenix and the Carpet; yes, the Narnia books, but especially the first of them; and a whole army of science fiction by everyone from Heinlein to Azimov, Blish to Pohl, Van Vogt to Wyndham (who to my secret delight also wrote under the pseudonym, John Beynon).
And so I was delighted when Vickers rounded off her talk by saying, “We keep a child inside us – and it’s important never to lose touch with it”.
P.S. Salley spells her first name with an “e”, because her father was a great admirer of W.B. Yeats, who wrote a poem that, years ago, I committed to memory. Here’s a fragment:
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
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Gaining followers on Instagram in 2021 is one of the most common goals among users of the platform and we are not only talking about personal profiles, but also accounts of companies, brands and influencers who seek greater exposure for their content; so they keep looking for ways to get free Instagram followers and achieve the desired results on their profiles. And we are not going to lie to you: obtaining followers to increase your audience and the exposure of your content is not an easy task, but with perseverance, work and creativity you will be able to achieve it in a short time.
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Optimize your use of hashtags
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Giveaways are wonderful to gain followers on Instagram in 2021
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Influencers have gained strength in recent years thanks to celebrities such as Kim Kardashian or Dulceida and El Rubius if we talk about the digital scene in Spain.
Instagram is the natural habitat of influencers and if there is a place where you can take advantage of its flexibility, it is on this platform. By collaborating with the right influencer, you will put your brand in front of a huge audience of users who may be interested in what you have to offer, but how do you identify the right influencer?
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If we want more users to see our posts, we must be open to participating in different Instagram dynamics, such as collaborating with other accounts that help you increase your audience.
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Collaborations must offer a benefit to all accounts involved.
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Think of your brand as a person, what personality does it have? How does it express itself? This will allow you to establish a style of communication that is flexible enough that you can maintain it over time, be it in stories, posts or comments.
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I love macaroni and cheese, especially super creamy, stove top mac and cheese. So when I saw this new Mac and Cheese Blend from Crystal Farms, I knew I had to give it a try.
Stove top mac and cheese really is super easy, it literally takes longer to cook the macaroni than it takes to make the sauce. This took me less than 25 minutes to make…..start to finish. And with just a couple of little tricks, it turns out super creamy and delicious, way better than anything you can make out of a box and seriously, not much more effort!
My first trick with making the sauce is to warm the milk slightly. I just put it in a measuring cup and warm it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. That helps to prevent any lumps from forming, so your sauce will be smooth as silk. The second thing I do is to turn off the heat before I stir in the cheese. This keeps the sauce from getting that grainy texture that cheese sauces sometimes get.
So next time you have a craving for mac and cheese, give this stove top version a try, I promise you won’t be disappointed and you may never make it from a blue box again!
Easy Stove Top Macaroni and Cheese
- 12 oz elbow macaroni, cooked according to package instructions
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 tbsp flour
- 3 cups milk, warmed
- 1 (8 oz) package Crystal Farms Mac & Cheese Blend shredded cheese (if you can’t find this, use 1 cup shredded Velveta, 3/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar and 1/4 cup shredded Swiss)
- 1/2 tsp ground mustard
- 1 tsp salt
Melt butter over medium heat in a skillet or large pot.
Sprinkle flour over the butter and whisk in, until the flour has totally dissolved. Cook for about 1 minute.
Whisk warm milk in slowly, making sure no lumps are forming.
Whisk in mustard and salt.
Increase temperature and bring mixture to a boil. Cook for a couple of minutes, until mixture has thickened.
Turn heat off and whisk in cheese, a handful at a time, until it’s completely melted.
If macaroni has not finished cooking, turn heat back on to low.
Once macaroni has finished cooking, stir into sauce.
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Mgr. Veronika Jílková, Ph.D.
Job Position: Statutory representative , Head of Laboratory - Laboratory of Soil Organic Matter , Board member - Scientific council
+420 387 775 785
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Head of Laboratory of Soil Organic Matter
Deputy Director, Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry
Member of the Scientific Council, Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry
Affiliation and address: Biology Centre CAS, v.v.i., Institute of Soil Biology, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Phone.: +420 387 775 785, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org
Current position: research scientist
Ph. D. Programme STARS, Environmental Sciences, Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Prague (2015). Supervisor: Prof. Jan Frouz
MSc. Ecology of Animals, Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (2011). Supervisor: Prof. Jan Frouz
BSc. Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (2008). Supervisor: Prof. Jan Frouz
Research topics: Soil biology and chemistry, organic matter dynamics, forest ecosystem ecology, wood ant ecology
2007 – till now Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre CAS, v.v.i.
2012 – 2016 Institute of Botany, CAS, v.v.i.
2011 – 2015 Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University
2013 – 2014 Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia
2013 Institute of Microbiology, CAS, v.v.i.
2019 Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max-Planck Institute, Jena, Germany
2016 and 2018 James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
2012 and 2015 University of Cologne, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Cologne, Germany
2012 Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany
2009 Joensuu Research Unit, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu, Finland
2020 till now Field Excursion on Soil Ecology, Charles University
2020 till now Modern Methods in Soil Biology, Charles University
2018 Hot Topics in Environmental Science, Charles University
2012-2014 Field Practical Excursion, Charles University
Tutor of Theses:
Navrátilová D. (2017 - till now) Potential of Arctic soils to sequester carbon on a successional gradient. Bachelor thesis. Faculty of Sciences, University of Hradec Králové.
Kellerová A. (2019 - 2022) Role of earthworms in decomposition and stabilization of maize biomass in soil. Bachelor thesis. Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia.
Švábová B. (2020 - till now) Adaptability of temperate forest soils to fire events. Bachelor thesis. Faculty of Sciences, Charles University.
High-school Projects - 3 defended theses
Open Science - 5 defended theses
86 reviews for international journals
3 reviews for national grant agencies
4 reviews for university grant agencies
Publications: 34 papers in peer-reviewed journals with IF (26 as first author), 1 book chapter. H-index 10, sum of times cited 486
CSF 22-02550S (principal investigator, 2022-2024, 322,900 EUR (8,234,000 CZK)) SOMForClim: Soil organic matter fractions and soil carbon storage as affected by forest type and climate change.
COST LTC20 (team member, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, 2020–2023, 168,000 EUR (4,373,000 CZK)) Effect of fire on soil organic matter and the community of soil transforming organisms.
CSF 20-28265Y (team member, Czech Science Foundation, 2020-2022, 299,647 EUR (7,641,000 CZK)) Microbial community coalescence (MICOCO): Interchange of entire communities and its consequences on soil microbial productivity and dissemination of risky bio-agents.
CSF 19-00533Y (team member, Czech Science Foundation, 2019-2021, 270,000 EUR (6,762,000 CZK)) The formation and origin of stable soil organic matter in model and natural soils as affected by substrate quality.
CSF 17-08717S (principal investigator, Czech Science Foundation, 2017-2019, 275,000 EUR (7,400,000 CZK)) Organic matter decomposition and carbon sequestration on a natural gradient of labile carbon sources in coniferous temperate forest soils.
CSF 17-20839S (team member, Czech Science Foundation, 2017-2019, 354,000 EUR (9,550,000 CZK)) Linking functional traits of three organism levels as driving mechanisms of ecosystem functions in the Arctic.
CSF 17-10493S (team member, Czech Science Foundation, 2017-2019, 217,000 EUR (5,850,000 CZK)) Inside the leaf microbiome: bacterial and fungal endophytes in the context of ecosystem development.
COST LTC17 (team member, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, 2017–2019, 89,000 EUR (2,291,000 CZK)) The effect of soil fauna on carbon sequestration in extreme environments.
MSM 200961606 (principal investigator, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2016-2018, 31,000 EUR (838,000 CZK)) Fresh and stable carbon decomposition and sequestration in temperate coniferous forest soils.
L 200961602 (Czech Academy of Sciences, Programme of Perspective Human Resources Support, 2016-2017, 37,000 EUR (1,000,000 CZK))
GA UK No. 574213 (principal investigator, Grant Agency of the Charles University in Prague, 2013-2014, 15,000 EUR (413,000 CZK)) Budget of greenhouse gases in wood ant (Formica s.str.) nests and its dependence on environmental characteristics.
GA JU 164/2010/P (co-author, Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia, 2010, 4,000 EUR (100,000 CZK)) Dispersal possibilities and adaptations for myrmecochory in the genus Melampyrum.
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Jílková V. (2023) Biochar-application rate and method affect nutrient availability and retention in a coarse-textured, temperate agricultural Cambisol in a microcosm experiment Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
Jílková V., Adámek M.,
Devetter M. (2023) Post-fire forest floor succession in a Central European temperate forest depends on organic matter input from recovering vegetation rather than on pyrogenic carbon input from fire Science of the Total Environment
: Article number 160659.
Jílková V., Sim A., Thornton B., Paterson E. (2023) Grass rather than legume species decreases soil organic matter decomposition with nutrient addition Soil Biology and Biochemistry
: Article number 108936.
Angst Š., Veselá H.,
Bartuška M., Jílková V.,
Angst G. (2022) Changes in the quality of marcescent and shed senescent leaves during the dormant season Plant and Soil
Angst G. (2022) Biochar and compost amendments to a coarse-textured temperate agricultural soil lead to nutrient leaching Applied Soil Ecology
: Article number 104393.
Jílková V., Jandová K., Cajthaml T., Kukla J., Jansa J. (2022) Differences in the flow of spruce-derived needle leachates and root exudates through a temperate coniferous forest mineral topsoil Geoderma
: Article number 115441.
Renčo M., Adámek M., Jílková V.,
Devetter M. (2022) Post-fire recovery of soil nematode communities depends on fire severity Diversity
: Article number 1116.
Bryndová M., Hájek T., Kotas P., Luláková P.,
Meador T.B., Navrátilová , Saccone P., Macek P. (2021) Carbon sequestration related to soil physical and chemical properties in the high Arctic Global Biogeochemical Cycles
: Article number e2020GB006877.
Jílková V., Jandová K., Kukla J. (2021) Responses of microbial activity to carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus additions in forest mineral soils differing in organic carbon content Biology and Fertility of Soils
Jílková V., Jandová K., Kukla J., Cajthaml T. (2021) Soil organic carbon content decreases in both surface and subsoil mineral horizons by simulated future increases in labile carbon inputs in a temperate coniferous forest Ecosystems
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — QUALCOMM has announced that the Komatsu America International Company and United Rentals have inked deals with its Wireless Business Solutions division.
This wireless, heavy-equipment consortium allows Komatsu to improve customer service and support programs while amplifying their global data networks.
For United Rentals and other multi-fleet owners, the partnership with QUALCOMM will help improve asset utilization and reduce owning, operating, maintenance, theft and insurance costs.
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From 13 to 21 October the ‘modern feelings’ show presented the latest in the field of erotica and sexual wellness to the visitors of the infa fair in Hanover. Now the organizer has published a video that captures the highlights of the show. More than 60,000 women and couples gathered at the booths of reputed erotica companies, enjoyed a drink at the ‘modern feelings’ cocktail bar, or got enchanted by a lingerie fashion show.
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Finland invests in a considerable increase of wind power in Africa
IFC, the corporate financing branch of the World Bank, has recently invested Finnish money in a project package that aims at vastly increasing the wind power capacity in Africa. In addition, Finland and IFC will enter more in-depth cooperation by providing new support to develop innovative energy projects in the poorest countries.
Anne-Mari Virolainen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, will sign a technical assistance cooperation agreement with International Finance Corporation IFC at the annual meeting of the World Bank, which is currently taking place on Bali, Indonesia.
In practice, the EUR 1.54 million support granted by Finland will be used to develop climate projects especially in the poorest countries. Among others, the money can be used to investigate the utilisation of wave energy and electricity storing opportunities or to develop entirely new earning models.
”More than one billion people still lack electricity, and it is not at all indifferent for the globe whether their electricity is generated using fossil fuels or from renewable sources. This was ultimately indicated by the IPCC’s most recent report”, says Minister Anne-Mari Virolainen.
”In the developing countries, electricity supply is also a question of human rights, and the lack of electricity is like a handbrake preventing social development”, Virolainen points out.
Wind power equalling the supply of Loviisa nuclear power station
The new cooperation agreement continues the work of the Climate Change Program that was set up by Finland and IFC last year. In the Climate Change Program, IFC will invest EUR 114 million of Finnish taxpayers’ money in commercial climate and energy projects in the developing countries in the next four years. According to plans, IFC will pay back the funds, including interest, to Finland with returns on investment in 25 years.
”The role of the Finland-IFC Climate Change Program goes beyond its size in euros as an instrument for mitigating and adapting to climate change. Program funds will be invested early on in the projects and with moderate revenue expectations so as to also attract private capital looking for higher revenues”, Virolainen says.
The Climate Change Program made its first, three-million euro investment in a large-scale project by Gaia Energy, a Moroccan energy company. The aim of the company is to build 22 mainly wind-operated power stations in nine African countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
The nominal power of the stations will be three gigawatts, so they will increase the existing wind power capacity in Africa by approximately 50 per cent. Even according to a careful estimate, given the wind conditions in Africa the annual electricity production of modern wind power stations of this size would be seven terawatt hours, i.e. as much as the total generated by the two nuclear reactors of Fortum’s nuclear power station in Loviisa.
IFC has also invested its own funds in development work for building the power stations. Together with Gaia Energy, the company intends to attract priva
cy investments for a project package whose implementation needs several billions of euros. The role of Finland’s financial support is to help mobilise private capital and open the markets for developing countries.
· Juha Kirstilä, Special Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, tel. +358 (0)40 552 8200 (NOTE: At Bali time zone, time difference to Finland +5 hours)
· Henri Horn, Senior Adviser for Development Policy (energy sector), tel. +358 295 350 059
· Nina Kataja Senior Adviser for Development Policy (financial investments) +358 295 351 785
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Violence on the Colombia-Venezuela border displaces Venezuelan families
Growing tension in Arauca after a wave of targeted killings was carried out by ELN guerrillas due to FARC dissidents
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Tensions are growing on the Colombia-Venezuela border following a wave of targeted assassinations by National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas last week against dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The violence in the area has caused the displacement of some 170 families, approximately 673 people.
"In addition to the approximately 170 displaced families in Arauca, the phenomenon is already beginning to be felt in Norte de Santander, particularly in the municipality of Toledo, where 24 families have arrived," the Office of the Ombudsman said in a statement.
There is "great tension in the communities and fear that the actions of the armed groups could generate more deaths," continued the statement.
On January 2, social organizations and residents of the municipalities of Tame, Fortul, Arauquita, and Saravena began reporting the discovery of dead bodies. To date, there have been 33 homicides registered by authorities in recent weeks.
At first, there was talk of an armed confrontation between the ELN and a FARC dissidence, front 10, but the Attorney General's Office claimed that the shots found in the bodies were fired at close range, so it is believed that these are very likely executions on behalf of the ELN.
"Fear in the communities persists, for this reason, we are in the department of Arauca talking directly with the communities that have been affected by the actions of illegal armed groups that dispute illegal activities in the border area," said Ombudsman Carlos Camargo.
Camargo called on the illegal armed groups to respect the civilian population and to stay away from all of their activities, including the recruitment of minors.

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Module A152 is a very useful switching and T&H module. It combines a voltage addressed 1-to-8 multiplexer and 8 fold T&H that can be used as kind of an analog shift register too. The active in/output is displayed by a LED. The digital output of the currently addressed step outputs “high”. The remaining digital outputs are low.
Instead of voltage control even clock/reset controlled addressing of the active step is possible. The rising edge of each clock signal causes an advance to the next state. The rising edge of the reset signal resets to step 1.
Basis principles: The sum of the voltages coming from the manual Address control and the CV input define the currently addressed step of the 3 sub-devices. If the module is controlled by clock and reset the control voltage has to remain unchanged as the CV control has priority over the clock/reset control (e.g. simply turn the CV control fully counterclockwise and do not touch the Address control knob).
Sub-device #1 is the bidirectional 8-fold multiplexer (kind of an electronical 8-fold rotary switch). Bidirectional means that it works into both directions like a mechanical rotary switch: the common socket may work as an output that is connected to one of the 8 inputs that are e.g. connected to modulation or audio sources. But the common socket may even function as input. In this case the signal applied to the common socket is output to the currently addressed single socket. The voltage range of the in/outputs to be switched is the full A-100 voltage range -12V….+12V. All A-100 signals can be switched without any restrictions.
Sub-device #2 is the addressed 8-fold T&H. The signal at the common T&H input is connected to the addressed T&H output. As soon as a new output is addressed the last voltage is stored at the output (Track&Hold function). The T&H section of the A-152 allows the emulation of the “toggling T&H” function of the Buchla module 266 “Source of Uncertainty”.
Only the first two T&H outputs of the A-152 are required for this application. This unit can be used also as kind of an analog (shift) register. The difference to a “real” analog shift register is that the sampled output voltages are not shifted to the next output but remain allocated to the same output. But in some cases (e.g. controlling the pitch of 3 VCOs by 3 output voltages of the A-152) the result is the same.
Sub-device #3 is the digital output section. The digital output of the currently addressed turns to “high”. All other digital outputs are low. The digital outputs can be used to trigger e.g. envelope generators or to control the reset input in the clocked mode to reduce the number of addressed stages.
Remark: In contrast to the Sample&Hold (see S&H A-148) the output voltage follows (i.e. tracks) to the input voltage as long as the corresponding stage (1…8) is active. Just when the stage is deselected the last voltage is held.
Remark: The clock signal that is fed into the Clock In socket has to be GND referenced to the A-100 frame. The reason for this is a recognition circuit at the clock input that is used to decide if the module is clock controlled or voltage controlled. For this recognition the GND pin of the Clock In socket is used. If an external clock signal is used (i.e. not coming from a module mounted into the A-100 frame where the A-152 is mounted) the GND reference is missing and the recognition circuit does not work (with the result that the clock input does not work). But there is a simple workaround: as soon as both systems are connected by means of any other patch cable that way the GND reference is established.
For more detailed information please look at the English user’s manual: A152_man.pdf
Technical note: To protect the electronic switches in case of an unsuitable patch (e.g. connection of two outputs) a 1k protection resistor is inserted into the O/I line of each switch of the switching unit (left socket row). If control voltages used for VCOs are switched this may cause a small voltage drop and lead to undesired audible detuning. For this application we recommend to insert a CV buffer between A-150-8 and the VCO(s), e.g. A-180-3, A-180-4 or the Precision Adder A-185-2. Integrating the buffers into the module A-152 is not possible because this would ruin the bidirectionality of the switches.
The “Common T&H Input” socket can be normalled by jumpers to the “Common Switches In/Out” socket, i.e. the common T&H input is connected to the common switches In/out socket as long as no plug is inserted to the “Common T&H Input”. This allows a multiplexed T&H, i.e. each T&H output has a separate signal to be sampled.
It is also possible to modify the T&H outputs for S&H function. If S&H (Sample&Hold) is chosen the voltage applied to the common input is sampled immediately when the output in question is adressed. T&H (Track&Hold) is similar but in this case the output follows the input as long as the output in question is addressed. The voltage is stored not until another output is selected. The modifiation is described on the A-100 DIY page.
Technical note: The T&H function is realized by pure analog circuitry (electronic switch followed by a holding capacitor and buffer). Consequently the output voltage drifts a bit in the holding state because the capacitor is discharged by parasitic resistors. The drift is about 200mV/minute but depends upon different conditions (e.g. humidity, temperature, tolerances of the electronic parts). For the storage of control voltages over a longer time used to control the pitch of a VCO the module is suitable to only a limited extent.
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Depth: 45 mm (measured from the rear side of the front panel)
Current: + 40 mA / – 20mA


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For the last ten years plus Transworld has been at the forefront, leading the way, raising the bar, and setting the standard for what today's "skate video" has become with not only progressive skating from the best pros of their particular time but also by combining cutting edge videography, captivating editing, and breath taking creativity spawning some masterful film making. Thus the platform for their newest masterpiece Right Foot Forward. With a very diverse and prominent cast including Matt Beach, Corey Duffel, Joey Brezinsky, Kellen James, and Bobby Worrest this video is sure to be as ground breaking and influential as its predecessors. The DVD also comes with added bonuses including a sheet of MOB griptape, a 50 page behind the scenes photo booklet, a Right Foot Forward poster, and an Independent Trucks patch no charge.
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Between June 14 and 25, researchers, specialists, entrepreneurs, investors, public managers and civil society representatives will meet virtually to debate ways to create new financing mechanisms for businesses linked to the Amazon bioeconomy.
Fruit of the partnership between the initiative A Concert for the Amazon it's the Legal Amazon Interstate Sustainable Development Consortium, O Amazon Bioeconomy Investment Innovation Forum (F2iBAM) it seeks to provide a space for exchanging information about projects, projects and programs with the objective of rethinking sources of financing capable of leveraging the green economy as a new development matrix. Amazonian biodiversity has been presented as a key to fostering economic models capable of adding value to the standing forest and generating prosperity for local communities.
F2iBAM will be carried out completely online with 15 panels and the participation of professionals with national and international activities. In day 24/06, happens the panel "Networks to promote the ecosystem of innovation in bioeconomy", which has the participation of the Executive Secretary of the PPA, Augusto Correa. Registration is free and can be made on the website: www.bioeconomiaamazonica.com.br.
The event's objective is to provide a favorable environment for the articulation of partner networks for the construction of innovative financing mechanisms, connecting experts in finance and investments, entrepreneurship development organizations, incubators and accelerators, development banks, public policy makers, among others, to increase the scale of investments and the positive social impact of these actors in the Amazon.
“We need to shed light on the existing connections between biodiversity and the climate agenda, as well as their implications for business and investment. The global context calls for concrete actions to scale up sustainable models, at the same time that it is necessary to invest in infrastructure that allows the development of these production chains, the leading role of traditional communities and a fair distribution of the benefits generated", says the governor of Maranhão and president of the Legal Amazon Interstate Sustainable Development Consortium, Flávio Dino.
“We are happy to lead this event, which will be extremely important for the bioeconomy in the Amazon region, and to be able to share this initiative together with the Legal Amazon Interstate Sustainable Development Consortium. Amazonas has countless potentials for the bioeconomy and, depending on the State Government, we are going to encourage production chains and bring more development to our interior”, highlighted the governor of Amazonas, Wilson Lima.
The Brazilian bioeconomy moves a market of US$ 326.1 billion, according to a survey carried out in 2018 by the National Bank for Economic Development (BNDES). However, the amount encompasses 12 productive sectors, including agriculture, which represents 53% of revenue. It becomes necessary to qualify the activities of the bioeconomy, including to show that the sustainable bioeconomy still requires investments with specific characteristics.
“In Brazil, the economy has always been linked to the use of natural resources, from the exploration of pau-brasil to today, with agribusiness. However, the global economy is currently moving towards including biodiversity in a more strategic way in its activities, and Brazil has everything to occupy a leadership position on this path”, says Carolina Genin, Climate Director at WRI Brasil and co-leader of the Working Group on Bioeconomy of the Uma Concertação pela Amazônia network. “Although there are examples of incentive programs for sustainable models of extractivism and agroforestry systems, there is no national strategy for the bioeconomy. Even less something that contemplates the social and cultural wealth linked to it in regions like the Amazon”.
F2iBAM will be held annually and will be part of the events calendar of the Legal Amazon Green Recovery Plan, a set of measures to boost sustainable economic development in the region. The initiative belongs to the group of nine states that are part of the Legal Amazon and was presented in April to ambassadors from the United States and Europe. The rigorous fight against deforestation and the strengthening of the bioeconomy are the main themes that guide the proposals.
The event takes place at an emblematic moment. With the return of the United States to environmental discussions, after the election of Joe Biden, and the proximity of COP 15 (15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held in China, in October) and COP 26 (26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Glasgow, Scotland, in November), the climate agenda assumes a central role in the international scenario, with new geopolitical and social contours.
The Innovation Forum is sponsored by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the JBS Fund for the Amazon, and the banks Bradesco, Itaú-Unibanco and Santander, in addition to institutional support from the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB).
The realization of F2iBAM is supported by the Government of Amazonas, through the State Secretariat for Economic Development, Science, Technology and Innovation of Amazonas (SEDECTI-AM); the Arapyaú Institute; and WRI Brazil.
Look on here the complete schedule.
Amazon Bioeconomy Investment Innovation Forum (F2iBAM)
Date: from the 14th to the 25th of June
Virtual event, from Monday to Friday, with one or two daily panels – from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm and from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Brasilia time). Simultaneous translation into English and Spanish.
How to participate
Entries are free and can be made on the website www.bieconomiaamazonica.com.br.
Legal Amazon Interstate Sustainable Development Consortium
It brings together the nine states of the region around a common agenda aimed at sustainable development in the region.
A Concert for the Amazon
It is a network of people, entities and companies formed to seek solutions for the conservation and sustainable development of the Amazon. Today, it brings together more than 200 leaders engaged in creating a democratic space where dozens of initiatives in defense of the Amazon meet, dialogue, increase the impact of their actions and generate new actions in favor of the forest and the populations that live in the region.
Legal Amazon Green Recovery Plan
The initiative's main objective is to implement a series of measures to promote the socioeconomic development of the Brazilian Amazon in a sustainable way.


Writing exclusively for BusinessGreen, Climate Change Minister Greg Barker explains how the government's new energy efficiency strategy will provide a major boost to businesses and households
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Both Chapmans Can-Am Motorsports Park in LaFargeville and Mohawk International Raceway in Akwesasne raced full events Friday night for the first time this season.
Can-Am had two partial nights of racing, while Mohawk International Raceway finally began after their season opener was postponed five times previously.
At Can-Am, Ray Belcher (thunder car) and Riley Gill (novice sportsman) each won the regular race and a makeup event.
Other winners included Josh Van Brocklin (sportsman), Rocky Warner (pro street), David McDonald (late model) and Ray Desormeau (thunder stock).
At Mohawk, Danny OBrien won the 24th annual Memorial Cup 358-modified race to highlight the action.
OBrien took the lead on a restart after a lap 16 caution flag to win the 50-lap race. Jordan McCreadie, Brian McDonald, Tom Conklin and Chris Raabe rounded out the top five.
Other winners were Corey Castell and Matt Zira (bandit), Mathieu Robinson and Scott Waldrif (mod lite) and Dylan Evoy (sportsman).
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Tim McCreadie and Tim Fuller of Watertown finished first and second, respectively, Friday at the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek race at Roaring Knob Complex at Markleysburg, Pa.
McCreadie worked his way through the field from the eighth spot for the victory, while Fuller moved his way up from the seventh position.


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Just released the public beta of Unincorporated for the price of whatever you want, on itch.
It’s a mostly-GMless story game with a streamlined character-and-setting creation process, meant for one-shots or short campaigns – like, say, a normal Gauntlet series.
The mechanics are simple and mostly familiar but with a couple of twists that fit the theme: You have 4 Reputation stats to start with: Jock, Nerd, Prep, and Goth. Dice rolls determine who gets to decide what happens next. There’s a token system that allows you to change your roll results, shift your Reputation stats, or, eventually, invent a totally new stat to reflect what you as opposed to the people around you, think you are.
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It was exciting to see two new AVR® microcontroller (MCU) ports in FreeRTOS™ version 10.3.1, or rather six new ports. These ports not only cover the megaAVR® 0-series of MCUs and the brand-new AVR Dx devices, but also the three main compilers for AVR MCUs: MPLAB XC8 compiler, AVR-GCC, and IAR Embedded Workbench® for AVR. Why is this great news? Well, it’s because the ATmega323 and ATmega128 MCUs that are supported in earlier versions of FreeRTOS are older devices. While these devices are still available products, AVR MCUs have evolved significantly - and who doesn’t want to use the latest generation of a product?
With this support for new devices and a new compiler, I could not help wondering how much memory the standard FreeRTOS demo examples consume on one of these new MCUs and how much the choice of compiler actually influences the code size. To keep this post concise, I’ll focus on just the ports for the AVR Dx MCU families.
AVR Dx: Is this a tinyAVR®, megaAVR or AVR XMEGA® MCU?
The most well-known AVR MCU is perhaps the ATmega328, which is the MCU used on the Arduino® UNO kit. The AVR Dx is the newest generation of AVR MCUs and it is similar to the latest tinyAVR 1-series, like the ATtiny817, which again is similar to the AVR XMEGA devices. So, it is a bit more sophisticated than the older megaAVR MCUs. This difference is most clearly seen in the peripherals and how they are better organized in the memory map.
There are currently two families of AVR Dx MCUs. The AVR DA family features the latest version of the Peripheral Touch Controller (PTC) module used to interface capacitive sensors for use in touch-enabled user interfaces. The AVR DB family has built-in op amps and multi-voltage I/O, which means that selected pins can be run from a separate voltage domain. This eliminates the need for expensive level converters.
AVR Dx MCUs offer a significant improvement over past AVR MCUs. The core logic runs from an internal regulated supply, which means that the maximum speed of the core is not limited by the external supply voltage. It can now run at 24 MHz, regardless of the supply voltage. In other words, you have more horsepower available, even in low-voltage applications, with a lower active mode power consumption.
The IDEs and Compilers
The newest compiler to support AVR MCUs is the MPLAB XC8 compiler, which is a variant of the GCC compiler. It is integrated into the MPLAB X IDE and was added to the v7.0.2542 release of Microchip Studio. The MPLAB XC8 compiler is available in a free version, which offers a subset of optimization options. The commercial version, called MPLAB XC8 PRO, offers all the optimizations you’d expect from a professional grade compiler. While IAR EWAVR and Microchip Studio are available for use with Windows® OS only, MPLAB X and the MPLAB XC8 compiler is available for Linux® and macOS®, as well as Windows systems. By the way, MPLAB X IDE supports the AVR-GCC compiler as well.
The AVR-GCC variant of the GNU GCC compiler was maintained by the user community for many years, and the original WIN-AVR version still exists even though it is not actively maintained. Later Atmel decided to make AVR-GCC part of the Atmel Studio IDE and made AVR-GCC available to AVR MCU users as an Atmel Studio plug-in. The AVR-GCC compiler and Arduino boards contributed significantly to the popularity of AVR MCUs in the Maker community. In November 2020, Microchip rebranded Atmel Studio 7 to Microchip Studio for AVR and SAM Devices; I’ll refer to it as Microchip Studio. There are no functional changes, but it is worth mentioning a very nice added feature: support for the MPLAB XC8 compiler in Microchip Studio. This means that users who are familiar with Atmel Studio and AVR-GCC can stay in this well-known IDE while taking advantage of the MPLAB XC8 compiler’s benefits.
IAR Embedded Workbench for AVR (IAR EWAVR for short) was the first C compiler for use with AVR MCUs. The inventors of the AVR core worked closely with IAR when the instruction set was defined, which resulted in a better instruction set that was optimized for C code. IAR EWAVR combines an IDE, a compiler and a simulator. Microchip’s debugging and programming tools can also be used in IAR EWAVR.
The compiler versions used are:
- AR EWAVR (v7.30)
- AVR-GCC (build v220.127.116.118)
- MPLAB XC8 Compiler (v2.30)
Finding the Right Port and Device
Looking at the supported devices on the FreeRTOS website, I realized that you need to know your semiconductor company history. Although AVR MCUs are Microchip products, they were originally released by Atmel, which was acquired by Microchip in 2016. This is why AVR devices are listed under Atmel and not under Microchip on the FreeRTOS website. You will also find a comprehensive list of Microchip’s Arm® core-based MCUs here too.
Navigating deeper into the FreeRTOS web structure I found the port page for the AVR Dx, which supports both the AVR DA and the AVR DB devices. The demos that come with the port use the AVR128DA48 device and the corresponding AVR128DA48 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Board. This board was used to confirm that the code is running, which it was for all ports.
Download (or Clone with Git)
I downloaded the standard distribution from the FreeRTOS downloads page. It is a zip file that contains all ports and demos, along with the kernel and FreeRTOS libraries. You can also clone it from the FreeRTOS GitHub project, if you prefer to have a local Git branch of the code.
Download the zip file, unpack it and navigate to the Demo folder. If you like working with MCU, this is like a candy store – there’s so much to choose from!
Before going into details with compilers, it is worth mentioning the Demo examples.
The Demo ExamplesThe AVR Dx ports come with three demos. They are integrated into on single code project for each compiler port. The three demos are:
You use the mainSELECTED_APPLICATION define to select the demo at compile time. In the main.c file you define mainSELECTED_APPLICATION to 0, 1 or 2 to select the demo you want before hitting the build button.
MPLAB X IDE (v5.40) and MPLAB XC8 Compiler (v2.31)
From the menu, Open project and navigate to the AVR_Dx_MPLAB project file. A project-file is in the MPLAB X IDE a folder with the extension “.X”, in this case “AVR_Dx_MPLAB.X”.
The Project Properties describe how the compiler is configured. The configuration confirms that the project is configured to use the MPLAB XC8 v2.31 compiler and that the selected device is the AVR128DA48. The port page indicated that the MPLAB XC8 v2.20 compiler was used for the development and test of the port, but using v2.31 (the latest version at the writing of this article) did not cause any difficulties.
So, what optimization level is enabled? The optimization options are located under the XC8 Global Options -> XC8 Compiler in the Options category drop-down.
All optimization checkboxes are checked, except the "Debug" options, which you would primarily want to check if you do debugging with an in-system debugger like the MPLAB PICkit™ 4, MPLAB ICD 4 or Atmel-ICE programmers/debuggers, but that is a totally different story. The Optimization level is set to "s", which is the highest level of size optimization. This optimization level is accessible for the PRO version of the MPLAB XC8 Pro compiler. The free version of the MPLAB XC8 compiler supports optimization level -O1 and -O2. Compiling with -Os causes warnings that some of the optimization settings used for -Os are ignored as they require the MPLAB XC8 PRO compiler, but it compiles without errors.
In addition, the -flto switch is specified in the Additional Options text box. I consulted with the MPLAB XC8 compiler user guide to see what the switch controls. The -flto switch turns on the "standard link-time optimizer," which is a feature that is found in the PRO version of the MPLAB XC8 compiler. As a side note, the -flto option is not documented for the AVR-GCC compiler, so this is a difference between the MPLAB XC8 compiler and AVR-GCC.
Since Microchip has an online archive of all past versions of the MPLAB XC compiler with corresponding user guides, search engines may not serve you the latest version of the user guide; I recommend that you obtain the version you need directly from the MPLAB XC Compiler product pages.
Code Size Results
Since not everyone has a license for the MPLAB XC8 PRO compiler, I have provided the results of the code size both for the free compiler and the PRO compiler. The compiler does not produce any code size information in the Output window, but the Dashboard window shows a nice graphical and plain-text representation.
The code size results for the three examples, so the size of the demo applications:
|MPLAB XC8 PRO Compiler (-Os)||MPLAB XC8 Free Compiler (-Os)|
|Demo||Flash Size||SRAM Size||Flash Size||SRAM Size|
As you can see, the MPLAB XC8 PRO compiler clearly does a better job in producing a smaller program code than the Free version, while the data memory usage is virtually the same for the two settings.
Microchip Studio (v7.0.2542) and AVR-GCC (v18.104.22.1688)
Now it’s time to open the Microchip Studio project. In Microchip Studio select Open Project, navigate to the FreeRTOS/Demo/AVR_Dx_Atmel_Studio folder and open the RTOSDemo file.
Open the compiler configuration by right-clicking on the project in the Solutions Explorer (navigation) and selecting Properties. From there, select the AVR/GNU C Compiler -> Optimization item. All check-boxes are checked and optimization is -Os.
In the Debugging option the debug level is set to -g2, which is the default level.
For the Linker -> Optimization, the "Garbage collection unused section" option is checked. The GUI seems to include most common GCC options, but also allows you to specify additional options manually.
Microchip Studio and AVR-GCC generates a couple of warnings, which is also the case for the other compilers. Some warnings are concerning, like doing a longer shift than the width of the variable can support, but this is outside the scope of this blog post. Microchip Studio shows the code size in the compiler output window:
A warning that states that the code size information may be inaccurate if code is placed in other segments than the standard .text segment used for program code. Using the avr-size tool to look into the ELF output file, I concluded that the code mainly uses the .text segment, so good enough for this comparison as the size error is very small.
|Demo||Flash Size||SRAM Size|
IAR Embedded Workbench for AVR
In IAR EWAVR, the FreeRTOS port project is opened using the workspace file. The optimization settings are found by right-clicking the project and selecting Options. The GUI is very straightforward to use since the options are limited and it seems difficult miss anything crucial. Select the level of optimization and whether you want the code to be size or speed optimized, and then check all the checkboxes.
Porthardware.h includes FreeRTOSConfig.h, and for some reason the compiler was not able to locate that file by itself, so I had to specify the path for the code to compile. This is an easy fix, but I had expected the code to compile out of the box.
Hit Rebuild all in the Project menu…
|Demo:||Flash Size||SRAM Size|
Since I am Not a Compiler Expert…
We cannot all be compiler experts, so I reached out to Microchip’s and IAR’s and compiler experts and asked if the optimization settings used for the ports could be improved further. These are optimization settings that many users may not be familiar with, so I have included what I learned as inspiration to those who need to shrink their code to a minimum.
Expert Advice from Microchip
Microchip’s experts suggested adding the switches listed below to the MPLAB XC8 compiler’s Global Options:
This significantly improved of the code size, reducing it by 7.9% to 10.6%:
|Demo||Flash Size||SRAM Size||Improvement|
Expert Advice from IAR
IAR’s experts proposed adding the following to the command line option:
This results in a code size reduction of around 200 bytes for all three demo examples, which represents a 1.5% to 3.1% improvement:
|IAR EWAVR (Expert)|
|Demo:||Flash Size||SRAM Size||Improvement|
The quest was to find out how well suited the AVR Dx family is for running FreeRTOS in terms of memory consumption. So, let have a look at the code size results out of the box, without the expert feedback from IAR and Microchip:
|AVR-GCC||MPLAB XC8 PRO Compiler||MPLAB XC8 Free Compiler||IAR EWAVR|
|Demo:||Flash Size||SRAM Size||Flash Size||SRAM Size||Flash Size||SRAM Size||Flash Size||SRAM Size|


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Only Natural Pet Liv-Herb is a Milk Thistle herbal formula that is designed to support the liver with its antioxidant properties. It is formulated to support normal liver regeneration after toxic exposure. Milk Thistle is known as an excellent herb for the liver and for its ability to maintain liver cells and support the flow of bile.
The following is a list of properties for which the Milk Thistle herb in this formula was selected.
- Maintains liver cells and supports the flow of bile
- Supports congested spleen or lymphatic systems
- Supports digestive vitality
- May be useful for mushroom poisoning
- Works as a powerful antioxidant more powerful than Vitamin E
- Supports cleansing the blood by detoxifying poisons and drugs
Milk Thistle Seed Extract (Silybum Marianum)
Used since ancient Roman times, milk thistle seed is the best-known and most-used herb for maintaining and supporting the liver. Milk thistle is one of the few traditionally used herbs that has been widely accepted by conventional science to have significant medicinal value. Milk thistle generally supports the immune system through its powerful antioxidant, free-radical scavenging action, as well as direct effects on immune cells. Milk thistle reaches high levels in the liver, but is also helpful for other healthy inflammatory response associated with certain conditions.
Turmeric (Curcuma Longa)
This kitchen spice has gained world-wide fame as a detoxifying and antioxidant herb. It has excellent liver-supporting effects, and is thought to be helpful in many disease conditions involving the liver. Turmeric supports cleansing the liver, maintains clean blood, and supports proper digestion and elimination.
Catnip (Nepeta Cataria)
It’s not just for cats anymore! Catnip has a soothing effect on the entire digestive system, and is a good source of stress-fighting B vitamins and crucial trace minerals. Catnip supports the healthy flow of bile and detoxifies the liver and gallbladder.
Astragalus (Astragalus Membranaceus)
This root has a long history of use as a general tonic and liver supporter. It increases and balances internal energy; supports resistance and maintains immunity; and supports digestion and assimilation.
Ginger (Zingiber Officinale)
Another common kitchen spice, ginger is well-known for its anti-nausea effects and is commonly used for motion sickness, but it is also a great for supporting the liver. Ginger is a synergist with other herbs, and improves their absorption and circulation by protecting them from breakdown.
Artichoke Leaf (Cynara Scolymus)
Artichoke contains surprisingly high levels of antioxidants, including quercetin, rutin, cynarin, silymarin, apigenin, and luteolin. Artichoke leaf supports bile flow and helps maintain the liver and also acts as a tonic. It is also helpful for stomach upsets and other digestive problems, which often occur along with liver dysfunction.
Oregon grape root (Mahonia aquifolium)
This common wild plant contains the same component (berberine) as the endangered herb goldenseal, and is equally effective for supporting the body against bacteria, viruses, and fungi. It is particularly helpful for maintaining a healthy inflammation response, and is specifically beneficial to the liver.
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If you have seen a cat wandering around outdoors, you might be wondering if it is a feral cat, a stray, or a lost house pet. Being able to determine the type of cat can allow you to better help the animal.
Feral cats can be identified by their behavior which includes avoiding human contact, slinking close to the ground, and staying hidden during the daytime.
This article will explore feral cat behavior and explain how best to help these animals. Check out the list of the best organic cat treats on Amazon now!
What is Feral Cat Behavior?
Feral cats exhibit behavior that is much different than a pet cat or a stray. Since feral cats have gone a long time without human contact–often their whole lives–they do not trust people.
Cats that are unaccustomed to humans will view them as a threat. Feral cats tend to stay hidden during the daytime when people are out and about. During the night, feral cats will come out to seek food in areas away from houses and people.
Feral cats often live in colonies or groups of other cats. The majority of feral cats are not spayed or neutered which leads to many litters of feral kittens. They can usually be found in or around abandoned buildings or other locations without people nearby.
If a feral cat is approached by a human, it will usually try to run away or hide. Feral cats can be aggressive and attack if cornered.
How to Tell if a Cat is Feral or Lost?
While it can sometimes be difficult to know whether or not a cat is feral, there are some signs that you can look for. Feral cats tend to show much different behavior than a cat who is just lost.
First, if you come across a cat in a residential area, near houses or vehicles, it is most likely lost. Feral cats will avoid humans and this includes their homes, porches, and yards.
Another way to tell if a cat is feral or lost is by its response to you. If you approach a feral cat, it will try to get away from you, either by running or hiding. A lost cat is more likely to let you come close to it, even if it is a bit hesitant.
Lost cats can often be tempted with food, whereas feral cats will rarely come near a human to be fed.
What is the Difference Between a Feral Cat and a Stray?
A stray cat is one who used to live in a home with people, but either got lost or was abandoned by its owners. A feral cat on the other hand is one that has usually never had contact with humans.
Stray cats will generally stay in residential areas, sleeping under porches or vehicles. Feral cats will seek out shelter that is far from humans in isolated areas or empty buildings.
A stray cat can remember being around humans and they are still used to human touch and smell. Feral cats have not spent time with people and have no reason to trust them. They are often compared to wild animals like raccoons or foxes.
A stray cat often displays behavior similar to a pet cat, whereas a feral cat looks different. Feral cats tend to crawl close to the ground and avoid eye contact with humans. Feral cats will not meow or purr when humans are nearby, while a stray cat will.
How Long Before a Cat Becomes Feral?
The vast majority of feral cats have never had any human contact. When a feral cat has a litter of kittens, those kittens are raised without being around people. The kittens do not get socialized to humans and become feral themselves.
After a kitten is about eight weeks old, if they have not had any contact with people, they are considered feral.
Cats who were once house pets don’t typically become feral. As long as they had human contact at some point in their life, they are unlikely to exhibit feral behavior even if they are lost or abandoned.
It is possible that after several years of being away from humans, a former house cat will start to show elements associated with feral cats. However, the vast majority of strays are able to be rehomed.
Can a Feral Cat Become a House Pet?
Attempts to socialize feral cats and make them house pets are almost always unsuccessful. Feral cats have not had human contact during the formative part of their life–as kittens. Without this human interaction early in life, it becomes very challenging to socialize them.
Feral cats see people as threats and will avoid them as much as possible. They are unlikely to even take food from people unless it is left out for them in a location away from humans.
As they have also spent their lives outdoors, for the most part, feral cats will not want to live inside. It would be like bringing a raccoon or a badger into your home and trying to domesticate it.
Kittens who are under 8 weeks old can sometimes be homed. The younger the kitten is, the more likely they will have a successful transition to becoming a house pet.
Tips on Helping a Feral Cat
One of the best ways to help feral cats is to volunteer with an organization that is already working with them. These groups tend to be well-informed about feral cats and already have programs in place to help them.
Many organizations run a trap-neuter-return program. Feral cats are sprayed or neutered and then returned to their original location. Spaying and neutering not only reduces the amount of feral cats, but it also reduces health risks and can help cats gain weight.
Also, consider making a donation to a group that works with feral cats. This money is used to cover the cost of spaying and neutering programs. Funds may also be spent on providing food for the cats and other medical care.
My name is Katie, and I have had different pets at home for as long as I can remember. While I can definitely say I love all animals in general, my heart belongs to cats and dogs. I know you are supposed to choose one or the other, but I could never really decide. I’ve also owned hamsters and fish when I was a kid, and they filled my childhood with very delightful memories.

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text: Background Executive dysfunction is common in substance use disorder (SUD) populations and hinders treatment. We previously found that 50% of residents in SUD therapeutic communities had been hospitalized for head injuries; this was a significant determinant of cognitive impairment. The current study aimed to establish whether cognitive remediation improves executive functions (EFs) and self-regulation in an ecologically valid sample of female residents attending SUD therapeutic community treatment, including those with past head injuries and psychiatric comorbidities. Methods Controlled sequential groups design with residents (N = 33, all female) receiving treatment as usual (TAU). The intervention group (n = 16) completed four weeks of cognitive remediation (CR) and the control, TAU only (n = 17). Outcome measures assessed pre- and post-intervention included both performance- and inventory-based measures of EFs, and self-reported self-regulation and quality of life. Results CR relative to TAU significantly improved performance-based assessment of inhibition (Color-Word Interference Test; F = 4.29, p = 0.047), inventory-based assessment of EFs (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function ¿ Adult Version: Global Executive Composite; F = 6.38, p = 0.017), impulsivity (Barratt Impulsiveness Scale; F = 4.61, p = 0.040), self-control (Brief Self-Control Scale; F = 5.53, p = 0.026), and quality of life (Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire ¿ Short Form; F = 7.68, p = 0.010). Conclusions Findings suggest that CR improves EFs in a heterogeneous sample of female residents in therapeutic community SUD treatment. Future research may explore the possibility of tailoring CR interventions for various SUD subgroups.

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The Met Office in the United Kingdom wants to incorporate regional sayings into its weather reports. Research by the Met Office revealed that both the terminology and the symbology used in weather reports is confusing to many. To enhance understanding of local weather reports, the Met Office is considering using regional slang in targeted weather updates. To understanding regional variations in describing weather, UK residents are asked to tweet three words and their nearest town to describe the current weather along with the hashtag, #threewordweather.
Especially with describing the rain, the regional variations in describing the weather are numerous. For example, the Met Office explains, “[T]he term ‘pouring’ is the most widely used word to describe heavy rain nationally, the cities of Cardiff, Brighton and Liverpool were found to favour ‘pissing it down’ (42%, 38% and 35% respectively). Mancunians, meanwhile, were revealed as the most likely to say that rain was ‘lashing it down’, with half (57%) of people surveyed in the Black Country preferring to say ‘bucketing’.”
The Met Office explains the aim of this pilot project, “Ultimately we hope to use the insights from our research to tap into local dialects and vocabulary to make it easier for people across the UK to understand the forecast and make informed decisions based on it.”
Users can see real time inputs from UK residents using the Twitter hashtag by visiting the Met Office’s interactive map: www.metoffice.gov.uk/3wordweather.

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About Green Box Studio
Green Box Studio (GB Studio) was established in 2015 at Cape Town, South Africa, founded by Klaas (Web Developer and Designer) and Phistus (Videograher and Sound Engineer). In its creation Green Box Studio was created to serve the entire digital spectrum from website design to social media community management, photography, graphic design and so on. It was in 2017 that it transformed into a web design agency and moved to Pretoria. However, this does not mean it is limited to web design services.


text: JUST ANNOUNCED* that the mortgage qualifying rate, more commonly known as the stress test, is confirmed to be INCREASING as of JUNE 1. The change, comes in on both conventional-uninsured mortgages (20%+ down with no mortgage default insurance) AND insured mortgages, where down payment is less than 20%. The new qualifying rate is 5.25% and could takes effect June 1, 2021. This equates to roughly a 5% decrease in purchasing power. (ex. $500k mortgage down to $475k) Our professional association (Mortgage Professionals Canada), continues to lobby the government opposing changes, putting downward pressure on Canadians ability to purchase homes.

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We know literacy is important. But how do we help encourage early literacy skills in the kids most at-risk of falling behind? CLiF’s programs emphasize a love of reading and writing and encourage children and families to do it more often, while providing support and resources.
All of CLiF’s program include a professional storyteller getting kids excited about reading and writing and sharing how they create books and stories. CLiF programs also include book giveaways, where kids choose their very-own brand new books to keep, increasing access to high-quality reading materials at home.
CLiF also provides resources to families to encourage more at-home literacy skills development, such as family seminars on the importance of reading and tips for sharing books and stories with kids, at the end of which children and parents choose new books to read together.
How can access to a wide variety of books and literacy experiences make a difference?
Low-income kids may lack access to books.
“Families with incomes of $100,000 or more have nearly twice the amount of books than families with less than $35,000 in annual income (125 vs. 73), and Hispanic and Black children have fewer books in their homes than white, multi-racial, Asian or children of other racial backgrounds.“
Let kids choose their books.
88% say they are more likely to finish a book they have picked out themselves. So by letting kids choose their own books, we encourage them to enjoy reading and do it more often.
89% of children surveyed say that their favorite books are the ones that they have picked out themselves. (Seems obvious, doesn’t it? Who doesn’t prefer something they picked out themselves. vs. something assigned to them?)
Reading Aloud Makes a Difference.
Reading aloud to children has social, emotional, and mental health benefits, in addition to academic benefits.

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