Results from an ongoing random assignment study of a private grant program in Wisconsin indicate that low-income students who receive Pell Grants and are unlikely to finish college get a sizeable boost in college persistence from additional financial aid. The findings suggest that directing aid to serve the neediest students may be the most equitable and cost-effective approach.
Researchers with the Wisconsin Scholars Longitudinal Study (WSLS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been examining the impact of the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars (FFWS) need-based grant program on the educational attainment of its recipients since 2008. FFWS provides $3,500 per year to full-time, federal Pell Grant recipients enrolled at University of Wisconsin System institutions. WSLS researchers have collected survey and interview data on 1,500 students, including 600 grant recipients and a random sample of 900 eligible non-recipients who serve as a control group.
"Our findings suggest that making college more affordable for students who were initially unlikely to succeed in college increased their college persistence rates over the first three years of college by about 17 percentage points," says Sara Goldrick-Rab, WSLS co-director and associate professor of educational policy studies and sociology.
While policy discussions about targeting financial aid often focus on financial need, the WSLS researchers also considered challenges faced by first-generation students and those with inadequate academic preparation. According to the study, students without college-educated parents and those with lower test scores were initially much less likely to persist in college, while students with high test scores and whose parents held bachelor's degrees began with a high probability of finishing. The effects of the additional financial aid provided by the Wisconsin grant were very different for those two groups.
Initial findings indicate the program has a moderate positive impact, on average, on the educational attainment of grant recipients. "Enrollment rates didn't improve much over three years. But the good news is that some students who were awarded the grant were 28 percent more likely to finish 60 credits over two years, increasing the chances that they will earn a bachelor's degree on time," says Doug Harris, WSLS co-director and associate professor of educational policy studies and public affairs.
As many as four out of five community college students in the United States want to transfer to a four-year institution so they can obtain a bachelor's degree, according to a College Board report. But many transfer students have taken classes that make the advising process complicated. (New York Times, 07/14/11). Despite the Obama administration interest in AA degrees and certificates, most students are not interested in them. Is this interest in transfer sensible, realistic, and attainable?
"One Degree of Separation: How Young Americans Who Don't Finish College See Their Chances for Success" provides compelling insight into the barriers young adults face when considering higher education. The study compares the perceptions of young people who completed a college degree and those who obtained only a high school diploma. It found that many lack critical information necessary to further their educations, such as how to identify and apply for financial aid. Disturbingly, 72 percent of those have only a high school degree were unable to identify the FAFSA – the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
The survey examined the views of a random sample of more than 600 young adults aged 26 to 34 years old, both those who completed either a college degree or postsecondary certificate and those whose highest credential is a high school diploma.
The report is available for download at www.publicagenda.org/files/pdf/one-degree-of-separation.pdf. Researchers also found a growing skepticism about whether college is worth it, especially among those students who need to borrow money to pay for it. Only 37 percent of those with only a high school diploma "strongly agree" that, even if you have to take out a loan, going to college is worth it in the long run.
Yet those with only a high school education also have a darker view of their economic future. Only 36 percent of high school graduates say it's "very likely" they'll be financially secure in their lifetime, compared to 55 percent of college graduates.
Nationally, fewer than half of students who enter four-year colleges complete a degree in six years. At community colleges, only 20 percent complete with a two-year degree in three years. This report examines in depth the outlook of the non-graduating majority.
"One Degree of Separation" is the third in a series of Public Agenda surveys probing young people's attitudes on higher education and college completion. Previous reports, also funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, can be found at www.publicagenda.org/theirwholelivesaheadofthem.
From Professor Eric Bettinger, Stanford University, ebetting@stanford.edu to obtain the paper.
Colleges rely on the ACT exam in their admission decisions to increase their ability to differentiate between students likely to succeed and those that have a high risk of under-performing and dropping out. We show that two of the four sub tests of the ACT, English and Mathematics, are highly predictive of positive college outcomes while the other two subtests, Science and Reading, provide little or no additional predictive power. This result is robust across various samples, specifications, and outcome measures. We demonstrate that focusing solely on the English and Mathematics test scores greatly enhances the predictive validity of the ACT exam.
While many of the recent debates about for-profit companies in K-12 and higher education have reflected traditional ideological divisions between Democrats and Republicans, a closer look at federal education policy, congressional politics, and public opinion reveals that these lines in the sand are far from constant, particularly when it comes to the Democratic position.
In "More Than Meets the Eye: The Politics of For-Profits in Education," the second report of AEI's Private Enterprise in American Education series, AEI research fellow Andrew P. Kelly, who was recently named one of sixteen next-generation leaders in education policy, illustrates how the typical political divides do not tell the whole story when it comes to the appropriate role of for-profits in education.
1.	In K-12 education, Democrats have been amenable to for-profit involvement on policies like Supplemental Education Services and school turnarounds, where the for-profit role is limited to support services or a small subset of troubled schools.
2.	In higher education, Democrats are divided on the "for-profit question." A surprising coalition of fifty-eight Democrats–including some of the most liberal–broke ranks and joined Republicans in their effort to prevent the enforcement of proposed gainful-employment regulations.
3.	At the K-12 level, roughly 75 percent of the public is supportive of for-profit contracting for peripheral services like transportation and facilities management, but only 25 to 30 percent are comfortable with for-profit management of entire school sites and instruction.
4.	At the higher education level, the majority of Americans approve of for-profit colleges and universities, though they consistently see them as lower quality than public or nonprofit institutions.
Kelly argues that public attitudes toward for-profit involvement reflect a sense of risk: Americans are quite risk averse when it comes to for-profit management of K-12 schools, support private management of peripheral school services, and generally approve of for-profit colleges. Federal policies tend to mirror these preferences, reinforcing the public's conception of what constitutes the "appropriate" role for for-profits. Going forward, the question for policymakers is whether public opinion on for-profit colleges will come to reflect the recent high-profile criticism of those institutions.
Andrew P. Kelly can be reached at andrew.kelly@aei.org.
In the first of eleven, Policy Analyis For California Education( PACE) Working Papers, W. Norton Grubb et al, frame the issues surrounding basic skills instruction in California Community Colleges.


Sunday was long run day, 5 minutes at 7:57/km, 70 minutes at 6:54/km. I plotted out a route to cover the 10.8km, laced up my ASICS Gel-Glorify and headed out nice and early at 8am. I generally run at this time on a Sunday as it means there's plenty of time later in the day to get the weekly shop done and squeeze in a recovery nap or two.
The Gel-Glorify feel completely different to the 33-DFAs, you can feel straight away that the drop isn't as great and the heel cup is really padded. I was looking forward to giving them a good session to see how they performed. Being so early it was a bit frosty, and they felt slightly skittish in places. That's no different to any of the other trainers I have run in though, so no complaints there. The first 5km was mostly uphill. The first section on pavement, the second frozen grass. All felt good, the heel was holding well and I had no numbness issues. A very positive start to things, although it could be that I was slightly distracted listening to The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters. The downhill section started and almost immediately I started to feel pressure on my left big toe. Not so much on the end but on the top where the nail sits. Of course once you notice something like this it just sits and nags in the background. It wasn't painful, there was just pressure there. I could have stopped to readjust my lacing but that would have meant stopping. I was feeling strong in my run and didn't want to do that, onwards I pushed. It didn't get worse over the next half of the run but I did get some slight tingliness in the balls of both feet.
I have a feeling that the ASICS Gel-Glorify may be a touch on the narrow side for my feet. The Boyf is a massive ASICS fan, and from our experience with snowboard boots it is pretty much guaranteed that if a boot make fits him then it's too narrow for me. If a boot is comfy for me, it's too wide for him. I am going to give them another session and see if lacing them slightly differently holds my foot better so it doesn't end up pressing on my toe, but at present I don't think I'm brave enough to wear them for my upcoming Hugin Challenge. Having managed to avoid black toenails so far I am not sure risking them on a 6 hour run is the right thing to do. That said apart from the toe niggle they were really comfy, I really want to like them and have them work for me so I am not going to write the off just yet!
Check back in for further posts on how I fair on the long run with the Gel-Glorify, and why not check out your closest Intersport and try on a pair to see if they suit you!


In this post, I'll be discussing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5 episode 10 spoilers. As evident this post is full of spoilers so whoever does not like to read spoilers please stay away from this post. So, without further delay let us begin.
In the last episode, that is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 5 episode 9, we got to see what the episode "Boss's First Orders" was all about. We saw finally where the treasure of Polpo has been hidden, the treasure was in the walls of the restroom.
Also, it was revealed that Boss has a daughter who is being hunted by the traitors. It was Polpo's job to protect her but now since he is long dead someone else has to take the responsibility to take care of her. Now, Boss has assigned Bruno Bucciarati and his gang to protect her. Giorno sees this an opportunity to get to know who the Boss really is and what his identity is. This will make it easy for him to kill off the Boss, but he understands that it is indeed very risky to go straight for Boss's head.
Now, coming to the spoilers of the upcoming episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In this episode, we'll see Narancia is still shrinking and is unable to call his friends or make them aware of his situation. The enemy will mock him and tell him that anything he does is useless and he'll die soon.
Later we'll see Narancia counter-attacking the enemy stand user using his Aerosmith. Formaggio will realise that Narancia's Aerosmith can do a lot more things than just fly around. Narancia will catch the enemy with surprise and gain the upper hand in the fight. The battle should end when Narancia hits hid enemy using his stand but since he is shrinking it gives his enemy an edge. Formaggio will catch Narancia and interrogate him.
So, let us see how things unfold in the upcoming episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5 anime.
The release date of this episode is 08 December 2018. That is all from this post regarding JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 5 episode 10. Watch JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime only through official websites so that you can contribute to making anime world prosper. Keep visiting TheAnimeScrolls for more information about anime and manga.
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5. In-the-Pink Tablecloth, delicious combination of plain cotton and gingham.
6. Watermelon Pillow for dreaming away summer days – stitched, appliqued from cotton fabrics.
7. Tricolor Ribbon Hatband trimmed with "stuffed" melon slices.
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CategoryLiterature
Literature about Numbers
Textbooks on Numbers
Textbooks on the History of Numbers
Ebbinghaus, Heinz-Dieter, Hermes, Hans et al. (1992a). Zahlen. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer Verlag.
The first edition appeared in 1983.
Ebbinghaus, Heinz-Dieter, Hermes, Hans et al. (1992b). Numbers. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer Verlag.
Translation of a former version of [Ebbinghaus, Hermes, et al. 1992a].
Kramer, Jürg and von Pippich, Anna-Maria (2013). Von den Natürlichen Zahlen zu den Quaternionen. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer Verlag.
Kramer, Jürg and von Pippich, Anna-Maria (2017). From Natural Numbers to Quaternions. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York:Springer Verlag.
Translation of [Kramer and Pippich 2013] into English.
Landau, Edmund (1930). Grundlagen der Analysis. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.
Reprint Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, (1963).
Landau, Edmund (1966). Foundations of Analysis. Providence, Rhode Island: AMS Chelsea Publishing.
Translation of [Landau 1930] into English.
Ifrah, Georges (1981). Histoire Universelle des Chiffres. Paris: Editions Seghers.
For an English and a German version see [Ifrah 1998] and [Ifrah 1989].
Ifrah, Georges (1989). Universalgeschichte der Zahlen. Frankfurt, New York: Campus-Verlag.
German Translation of [Ifrah 1981].
Ifrah, Georges (1998). Universal History of Numbers. London: Harville Press.
English Translation of [Ifrah 1981].
Literature about Set Theory
Textbooks on Set Theory
Textbooks on the History of Set Theory
Bourbaki, Nicolas (2006). Théorie des ensembles. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer Verlag.
This book is a reprint of the edition of 1970. The four chapters of this book have been first published separately in the years 1954 (Description de la mathématique formelle), 1939 and 1954 (Théorie des ensembles), 1956 (Ensembles ordonnés, cardinaux, nombres entiers) and 1956 (Structures).
Bourbaki, Nicolas (2004). Theory of Sets. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer Verlag. Translation of [Bourbaki 2006] into English.
Cohen, Paul Joseph (2008). Set theory and the Continuum Hypothesis. Mineola and New York: Dover Publications.
This edition is a reprint of the first edition which appeared at W. A. Benjamin Inc., New York in 1966.
Dedekind, Richard (1872). Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen. Braunschweig: Vieweg.
Dedekind, Richard (1888). Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen? Braunschweig: Vieweg.
Dedekind, Richard (1932). Gesammelte mathematische Werke. Ed. by Robert Fricke, Emmy Noether, and Öystein Ore. Braunschweig: Vieweg.
There are three volumes: Volume 1: (1930), Volume 2: (1931), Volume 3: (1932).
Devlin, Keith (1932). The Joy of Sets. Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer Verlag.
Drake, Frank Robert (1974). Set Theory. An Introduction to Large Cardinals. Amsterdam and New York: North Holland Publishing Company.
Drake, Frank Robert and Dasharath Singh (1996). Intermediate Set Theory. Chichester: John Wiley.
Ebbinghaus, Heinz-Dieter (2003). Einführung in die Mengenlehre. 4th ed. Berlin and Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
Fraenkel, Adolf (1928). Einleitung in die Mengenlehre. 3rd ed. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
Friedrichsdorf, Ulf and Alexander Prestel (1985). Mengenlehre für den Mathematiker. Vieweg Studium: Grundkurs Mathematik. Braunschweig: Vieweg.
Hajnal, András and Peter Hamburger (1999). Set Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Translation from the Hungarian Original (1983) by Attila Máté.
Halmos, Paul Richard (1960). Naive Set Theory. The University Series in Undergraduate Mathematics. Princeton, New Jersey: D. van Nostrand Company Inc.
Hausdorff, Felix (1914). Grundzüge der Mengenlehre. Leipzig: Veit and Comp.
For a new edition see [Hausdorff 2002].
Hausdorff, Felix (2002). Gesammelte Werke. Vol. 2: Grundzüge der Mengenlehre. Ed. by Brieskorn E. et al. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer Verlag.
For the first edition see [Hausdorff 1914].
Hbracek, Karel and Thomas Jech (1999). Introduction to Set Theory. 3rd ed. Vol. 220. Monographs and Textbooks in Pure and Applied Mathematics. New York: Marcel Dekker.
Herrlich, Horst (2006). Axiom of Choice. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. Heidelberg, Berlin, and New York: Springer Verlag.
Howard, Paul and Jean Rubin (1998). Consequences of the Axiom of Choice. Providence: American Mathematical Society.
Jech, Thomas (1973). The Axiom of Choice. Amsterdam and New York: North Holland Publishing Company.
Jech, Thomas (2003). Set Theory. 2nd ed. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer Verlag.
The first edition appeared in 1978 (Academic Press, New York).
Just, Winfried and Martin Weese (1996). Discovering Modern Set Theory. Set-theoretic Tools for Every Mathematician. Vol. 1. Providence: American Mathematical Society.
Kunen, Kenneth (1980). Set Theory. An Introduction to Independence Proofs. Vol. 102. Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics. Amsterdam: North-Holland.
Levy, Azriel (2002). Basic Set Theory. Dover: Dover Publications.
The first edition appeared in 1979 at Springer Verlag. The 2002 edition is a slightly revised reprint of the 1979 edition.
Moschovakis, Yiannis (1994). Notes on Set Theory. Heidelberg, Berlin, and New York: Springer Verlag.
Potter, Michael (1990). Sets. An Introduction. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Tourlakis, George (2003). Lectures in Logic and Set Theory. Two volumes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Vaught, Robert (1995). Set Theory. Two volumes. 2nd ed. Boston: Birkhäuser.
Ebbinghaus, Heinz-Dieter (2010). Ernst Zermelo. An Approach to His Life and Work. Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer Verlag.
Ferreirós, José (2007). Labyrinths of Thought. A History of Set Theory and its Role in Modern Mathematics. Basel: Birkhäuser.
The first edition appeared in 1999 in the series Science Networks – Historical Studies, vol. 23.

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Are you looking for some fun and thrill? Are you brave enough to play scary games? Indulge in playing the Scary Maze game series and have the surprise of your life.
One of the most popular scary games you will find online is the Scary Maze game series. You will surely enjoy each and every version. Your skills will even be enhanced. Test your hand and eye coordination. See if you have what it takes to cross every maze. There is just one rule: never ever touch the walls of the maze. Touching the walls will end the game. There are about four levels to play. The first maze is always easy since it has wide path. But as you get near the end and as you level up, pathways get narrower and narrower. That will make the game more challenging. By the time you get to the last maze, it will seem impossible to not touch the wall at all.
You will also be delighted that there is now the Scary maze game Unblocked version. That means you can play scary maze games anywhere you are. You can play Scary maze game Unblocked when you are in school, in the office or in the comfort of your house. You can play anywhere as long as you have your computer or device. That will give you more time to have fun playing scary maze games.
Playing Scary maze game Unblocked is really enjoyable and challenging. When you are able to finish the game, there is a bonus round which is more complicated. When you are done playing, be generous enough to share it with your friends and family. Let them also experience the thrill of playing. Just bear in mind that the game is not suited for too young kids and to those with medical conditions.
One of the best skills games you will find online is the Vex game series. Each new game will surely give you excitement and fun. Feel your adrenaline rush as you run, jump, slide, swim and do acrobatic acts while avoiding deadly obstacles and traps.
The first vex game consists of eight dangerous Acts. Help the stick figure make it through every Act. There is also another mode to play the game, the Stage Builder mode. However, you have to play the pre-developed game to unlock building packs which you can use to create your own stages or Acts.
The second installment, Vex 2, was released soon after the success of the first Vex game. It has nine thrilling Acts with more dangerous obstacles. It also has the Stage Builder mode. This time, there is minimal building tool you can use. Nevertheless, just like in Vex 1, you will be unlocking building packs while you play the pre-developed game. A new feature of Vex 2 is the Achievements room. As you play the game, you will be unlocking achievements. There are thirty achievements for you to complete. As you go on, achievements get a little harder to achieve.
Another new game, Vex 3, went to public with ten Acts and an additional nine Challenge stages. More dangerous obstacles and twists were added to make your gaming more fun. The Stage Builder has a complete building tool too. You can right away create decent own stages even without playing the pre-developed game. The Achievements room was also replaced by the Trophies room. There are forty brand new trophies to complete.
The latest installment, Vex 4, offers more feature. In this new game, you can now choose between a male and a female stick figure to play the game. And as you progress, you could unlock more characters to play on such as the mean bear and cute kitten. There are twenty five Acts in this version. You will also complete twenty five new achievements will you will find in your trophies room. A new feature is the game shop where you can buy power-ups and useful items. The Stage Builder is still there for you to create your own Acts and share them with friends.
If you are a fan of war games, you will surely love the Strike Force Heroes game series. It is full of action and adventure. You will shoot all enemies on sight, no one or nothing to leave out. Do not forget to collect power ups as you play. Visit the official site to play all the installments.
It is said the third installment, Strike Force Heroes 3, is the best among the series. Aside from having the best graphics, it also has the best upgrades. The story began with a clipping of what is taking place in a secret hideout of GlobeX. He was having a meeting with his allies and introduced his dark plan of deploying the army of strike force heroes clones. He intends to dominate the world at the expense of the strike force heroes' team. He said he will succeed where his predecessors failed. Only one strike force heroes' member is not under their control, which would be you.
It is now your mission to once again gather the other strike force heroes, stop the army of clones from executing GlobeX's evil plan and put an end to GlobeX madness once and for all. you are now the captain and everything about your team is your decision: from the color of uniforms to how many team members will come in each mission.
There are a total of fifty missions in Strike Force Heroes 3 which you can play for free at its official site. The first twenty missions are the easiest and are normal in difficulty. Missions twenty one to twenty eight are hard in difficulty. And the hardest in difficulty are Missions twenty nine to fifty. Even so, they are not impossibly hard. You can find videos of players who had played and finished all fifty missions. Every mission differs in objectives and rewards. Some missions will require you to win against the enemy while some will require you to kill a number of enemy soldiers. Some will also require you to kill a number of enemy soldiers in a time frame or will require you to kill as many times as possible in a one on one match. Visit the official site to know more.


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How to find the best alternatives for plastic packaging
Kajetan Wyrzykowski | 5 min read
Every year more than 300 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced around the world.
The vast majority of which is single-use, non-compostable plastic that winds up in landfill or in our oceans.
It's vital that we reduce the amount of plastic waste in the world both - on the individual and company level.
Plastic-free packaging will not only benefit the environment but also appease the growing number of environmentally conscious consumers.
That's why we've put together this article on the best alternatives to plastic packaging.
You'll also see:
The benefits of paper packaging
How to replace plastic with paper in your packaging
The indestructibility of plastic
Bio-plastic alternatives
Finding multiple uses for plastic
Switch from Plastic Packaging to Paper Packaging
The average lifespan of plastic is anywhere between 450 to 1000 years.
The average lifespan of paper?
Four weeks.
Pretty damning evidence that paper packaging is a better alternative to plastic packaging. Cardboard boxes are the most common form of paper packaging.
The most popular types of cardboard boxes are:
These boxes serve a variety of products for companies of all shapes and sizes.
Whether that's for jewellery, clothing, books, electronics or any other product, boxes are an ideal alternative to plastic packaging.
But what are some of the other benefits of paper-based packaging?
Plastic takes a really, really long time to decompose
We cannot stress this enough.
In 1992, a shipping container filled with 28,000 "rubber" duckies fell into the ocean somewhere between Hong Kong and the United States.
The duckies have been dubbed the 'friendly floaties' but there's nothing friendly about plastic waste in the ocean.
Source: The Sun
People have found them washed up on beaches all over the world having travelled extreme distances in the process. They've faced blistering conditions in the arctic and yet come away unscathed on beaches thousands of kilometres away.
An unfathomable amount of plastic waste winds up in our oceans each year, harming marine life and disrupting the food chain of the ocean.
The stubbornness of these little duckies goes to show how hard it is for plastic to decompose. Conversely, the duckies were all packed in standard cardboard boxes which began to decompose the moment they made contact with the saltwater. Finding sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging is vital for the environment and shows why cardboard needs to be the basis of your packaging.
Paper is more sustainable than plastic
The major benefit of cardboard boxes is their recyclability. Consumers can make their purchase knowing that the packaging can be disposed of responsibly in the recycling bin.
But the buck doesn't stop when you throw your cardboard packaging in the recycling bin. More often than not, that recycling is repurposed and used again for other cardboard packaging or boxes. At Packehlp, we have a range of packaging options that are made from recycled materials. These recycled boxes are perfect for a range of products and offer the same quality as a regular box.
Packhelp has just launched our Eco Initiatives to help brands like yours become more sustainable. Click here to find out more.
Sustainable is in
Millennials are at the forefront of the sustainable movement that's changing consumer behaviour for good.
From free-range meats to vegan clothing, millennials are leading the way in shaping a sustainable world with their lifestyle and behaviour. A recent study found that 61% of millennials would be willing to pay more for sustainable products as opposed to 55% for Gen X and 46% of baby boomers. This trend indicates why brands like yours need to be offering more sustainable packaging options for your customers.
Paper-based packaging is the eco-friendly alternative that will satisfy your growing number of demanding green consumers.
Packhelp has partnered with One Tree Planted to help reforest the planet. We calculate the number of trees you can plant based on your order quantity.
Use paper to replace plastic elements from your packaging
You've made the switch to paper packaging with a beautiful custom box, but that doesn't mean all the plastic has been removed from your packaging.
Packaging tape is an integral part of your product packaging. It secures your valuable goods and ensures it arrives at its destination the same way it left your shop or warehouse.
But many tapes are plastic-based, and therefore end up in landfill, just like most single-use plastics. Switching to an eco-friendly alternative like kraft tape will ensure your product's sustainability. Kraft tapes are made with either natural brown or white paper covered with natural glue.
Double wrapping products with plastic is another unnecessary use of plastic.
You've probably witnessed bad packaging for yourself when you've ordered something online and you had to tear through layers of plastic just to get to the thing you purchased. Source
Switch out that plastic to a sustainable alternative like custom tissue paper. The change will not only lower your carbon footprint but likely add to the unboxing experience for your customers.
Plastic Alternatives
Most plastics are petroleum-based. This form of plastic is the kind we've discussed that can take upwards of 1000 years to decompose.
Developments in science and technology have enabled the production of a variety of bio-plastic alternatives.
Bio-plastics are less damaging to the environment because they're made from natural materials and compose at a much faster rate. No doubt a step in the right direction but this has to be taken with a grain of salt.
Bio-plastics still require huge amounts of energy to produce which in itself is damaging to the environment. They will also only compose efficiently in an industrial compost site, meaning you can't just bury any bioplastic in your backyard compost.
Despite the drawbacks, the environmental benefits of bioplastics are huge.
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Some common forms of these bioplastics are:
Starch-based plastic: Corn and potato starch are commonly used to create starch-based plastics and are popular because they're cheap. Starch-based bioplastics are used in the medical industry for the production of capsules and in other commercial applications when blended with other bio-polyesters.
Cellulose-based plastic: Cellulose esters and derivatives are used to produce cellulose-based bioplastics.
Bagasse: Bagasse is a dry fibrous byproduct of sugarcane. Leftover sugarcane stalks are collected and pressed using high temperatures. Bagasse based products are commonly used for food packaging.
Protein-based plastic: Wheat gluten, soy protein, milk and casein are also great sources of producing bioplastics.
Here are some bioplastic packaging examples:
Bio-Poly Mailer
Shipping mailers are a popular packaging solution. They're lightweight, durable, waterproof and cheaper than boxes.
The preferred choice for fashion labels, shipping mailers are great for sending a wide range of products. So what's the downside? Shipping mailers are made using soft petroleum-based plastics making them incredibly difficult to recycle.
Fortunately, there's a sustainable alternative in bio-poly mailers like the one above. Bio-poly mailers offer the same reliability as regular shipping mailers but they're made using plant-based plastic as opposed to regular PET.
Coca-Cola Plant Bottle
The push for sustainability affects even the big players. Coca-Cola has pledged to make its global packaging recyclable by 2025.
One such way in achieving this goal is the introduction of a bioplastic bottle called - The Plantbottle. The Plantbottle is primarily used for Coca-Cola's water, soft drinks and juices.
The bottle replaces roughly 30% of the petroleum used in the production of PET bottles but the company is exploring new technology in the hope that one day the bottle will be made from 100% naturally sourced materials.
Vegware Bagasse Tableware
Food and drink tableware that's made from reclaimed sugarcane. Suitable for both hot and cold foods, Vegware manufactures polystyrene materials made from sustainably sourced materials.
Source: Vegware Facebook
Some would argue that the downside of paper in food packaging is that it's more frail than plastic. The natural bagasse fibres provide economic and sturdy tableware that is more reliable than paper plates but far less harmful than regular plastic.
Finding multiple uses for plastics
Despite the fact it's bad for the environment we still rely heavily on plastic in our everyday lives.
You'll use it first thing in the morning and just before bedtime every day when you brush your teeth.
It's in every supermarket you visit keeping the produce we eat fresh. It's in hospitals, cars, movie theatres, train stations - basically plastic is everywhere. It's impossible to find alternatives for all of the plastic in the world because we rely on it so heavily.
But there are ways to make better use for the plastic we use.
Finding multiple uses for plastic will prolong it's expected lifecycle and decrease its likelihood of winding up in landfill or the ocean.
In this section, we'll highlight some innovative multiple-use examples:
Crochet Plastic Mats
The team at 1 million women have made an awesome tutorial on turning old plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.
Seldom reused, the Australian company states that over 4 billion plastic bags are disposed of annually within Australia alone.
Source: 1 million women
The tutorial demonstrates how plastic bags can be melted down into plarn (plastic yarn) and repurposed into sleeping mats for those who really need them.
Within the tutorial blog, they also showcase the charities that are accepting these crochet plastic mats for those who really need them.
It's clever ideas like these that are helping rid the planet of single-use plastics.
Filabot
Filabot is an innovative company that found a way to convert existing plastics into plastic filaments used by 3D printers.
The idea was conceived when the company realised the offcuts from other 3D printing projects were just going to waste. By creating a machine that repurposed these offcuts Filabot created zero waste.
The Filabot machine can be used with all kinds of plastic. This kind of ingenuity not only helps reduce plastic waste but highlights the benefits of multiple-use.
The age-old environmental movement - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, is as important today as when it was first conceived.
Reuse can be as simple as changing up an old classic.
One such example is the reusable coffee cup which has become the new trend in coffee-loving countries like Australia.
Reusable coffee cup producers like Keep Cup, have played their role in decreasing the amount of plastic waste that winds up in landfill.
It goes to show that you don't need to reinvent the wheel to implement your own plastic multiple use strategies.
Plastic packaging is slowly killing the planet. This indestructible, overused material is clogging our oceans and killing our wildlife.
We all need to be doing our part to reduce the amount of plastic waste we produce both at the individual and company level.
Switching out plastic for paper alternatives is a positive step in the right direction but there's much more that can be done. Paying close attention to new technologies and rethinking how to use plastic is also vital in doing your part.
If you enjoyed this article click here to read more about the role of sustainability.
Kajetan Wyrzykowski
Head of Content at Packhelp. Loves writing, likes to dive deep in data too. Fan of design, an ardent moviegoer.


For Crafty You we offer two different kind of events; Craft Retreats and Crops. What's the difference…?
We're glad you asked! Check out our list below to learn about the differences.
We usually offer two Craft Retreats a year in the Spring and the Fall. On the months we don't have a retreat we usually have a Crop scheduled!


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Facilitating elemental composition in an Orff Classroom
Celia Stewart (2013). Facilitating elemental composition in an Orff Classroom. (Unpublished masters' thesis). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
This study sought to gain an understanding of how the programming and pedagogical decisions of an Orff teacher impact on the success of a group of children in composing in an elemental style. Orff-Schulwerk is a child-centred approach to music education, which uses songs, dances, rhymes, clapping games, poetry and stories from the child's world as the basis of music and movement activities. Carl Orff, originator of the approach, called this music and movement activity "elemental" – basic, unsophisticated, concerned with the fundamental building blocks of music and movement.
This self-study project focused on two questions: 1. What pedagogical decision- making facilitated student achievement of the music programme learning objectives? 2. What activity design factors facilitated student achievement of the music programme learning objectives? To answer these questions, a programme of work was planned and implemented with a group of sixteen Year 5 and 6 students. The students worked sequentially with a range of Orff processes and media before embarking on their own compositions. Data were collected through four methods: a personal reflective journal, video recordings of two sessions, the observations of two critical friends and a focus group made up of five students, randomly selected from the participants who were interviewed at the mid- and end-point of the programme. An inductive, thematic approach was used to analyse the data. Themes emerging from an analysis of journal reflections were compared and contrasted with themes emerging from an analysis of critical friend observations and focus group interviews.
This study found that the most successful pedagogical strategies that facilitated successful outcomes for this group of students were: creating a safe and supportive environment; facilitation of collaborative learning; encouraging and empowering the children to make connections to, and draw on, their previous learning; facilitating opportunities for in-depth reflection by the peer group and the students themselves; providing constructive feedback and feed-forward; the provision of sufficient time and opportunity; the use of humour; teacher modelling: ensuring the aims and expectations are clear and managing classroom behaviour.
In investigating the general nature of activities, this study found that the most successful were those that: explored Orff media and utilised Orff pedagogy; energised and focussed the participants; involved the children in practical music making where they were using their whole bodies to sing, move and play; were scaffolded and allowed children to enter at a level that was comfortable for them; had clear links to both the short and long-term goals; and made links to children's lives and experiences. The specific activities that the students found most successful were those that explored the pentatonic scale and provided opportunities for improvisation and the playing activities, with both body and untuned percussion.
The study was limited to a small group of children in a high-decile school that was well resourced. All students except one had a strong musical background with some instrumental skills. Results may have been different with a cohort of students from a lower decile school, who may not have had the musical background that this group had.
Celia Stewart lives in Christchurch, where she is Music Director of the Christchurch School of Music and works as a music specialist in primary schools. She writes resources for the Ministry of Education and the NZSO and is a regular presenter of workshops in early childhood and primary music education throughout NZ. In 2011 she completed a post-graduate diploma in education specialising in Orff Schulwerk and in 2013 gained first class honours in Masters of Education through the University of Waikato.
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The Chinese Character for Strength.
"The Choke Artist : $trength Of Character – Marco Rubio As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Hispanic USNA Trained Veteran Artist (The Undecided Voter)" By Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. (12×12) Acrylic and oil on canvas. Modern-art-gonzo-journalism manifested "en plein-air" in Marco Island, Florida, at Wet Paint Live 2016, as reported in mainstream media news outlets. The work of art was completed on 3-4-2016. The Chinese-character for the word "Strength" emerges from the fiery-red-glow in the off-center piece created to raise voter awareness in the 2016 election.
"As soon as Marco Rubio graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 1996, he immersed himself in Republican politics," Jad Pudlow, Senior Editor of, "The Florida Bar News", wrote, in the April 1, 2005 article titled, "Rubio to lead House: Lawyer-legislator takes center stage in 2006.
The Republican Party may be working well for #MarcoRubio, the Hispanic 2016 United States presidential candidate who holds the dubious distinction of having the highest absentee record in the United States Senate, which indicates that Marco Rubio is not showing up to do the job he was elected to do for Floridians who elected #Rubio to be the voice of the people and to represent the voters best interest on legislative issues in Florida, the same state, whose Supreme Court appointed, George Bush Jr., United States President in 2000, under the direct influence of Florida Bar members.
In 2008, faxes were sent to every United States Congressman and every United States Senator, including Marco Rubio, regarding the fact that, according to the Florida Supreme Court Secretary, Ashley Barrino, "Technically, no one has authority or oversight over the President of The Florida Bar", a private organization, not funded by tax dollars or part of the United States Government.
So, Marco Rubio, who was a member of the Florida Bar, is aware of the little known fact that there is no oversight over the leader of The Florida Bar, an alleged, "ghost-government", whose members decisions without argument, affect the life of every single American voter; skeptics are welcome to research Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board and Bush vs Gore.
The Supreme Leader of Iran and The Florida Bar President, therefore, technically, answer to no one and clearly that is dangerous, especially, in a year of election where the frontrunners are Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton; both of whom Marco Rubio claims to be, "better than", in leading the free world, into a new Age of Enlightenment on a global stage, whose intimacy of understanding, is growing exponentially, through creative innovations in cultural communication on a multi-universal level.
On January 12, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Florida's death sentencing system as unconstitutional. The injustice created by the slightest microcosm of corruption, was exposed using modern-art-gonzo-journalism, as a metaphorical platform, for the human condition, to explore the butterfly-effect of a broken justice system, through the lens of a United States Naval Academy trained artist, exploring the tentacles of judicial consequences, in multi-media, artistic-vignettes, that tell the curious tale of Case #50-2006-CC-016-579-XXXX-SB (Alexander Conde & Aaron R. Cohen vs. Vaca) dubbed "The Crackhead Jesus Trials" by mainstream and social-media outlets. The seemingly, "inconsequential", case, speculated variables on the alleged existence of a "legal-mafia" in the state of Florida, that manifest influence without oversight, under the public-radar, in the realm of conspiracy theory, as a sort of "ghost-government", controlled by an all-powerful, "Supreme Leader", with the given title of #FloridaBar President.
When Marco Rubio and his staff were made aware of the global implications set forth in the artistic interpretation of a modern day scenario wherein the Emperor without clothes holds the scales of justice with broken fingers and arms, presented by the Modern Art Music Movement in the form of modern-art-gonzo-journalism, the Republican presidential candidate, Marco Rubio, chose to do nothing about the dangerous implications created by the lack of oversight over the minimum standard of competency and ethics set for Florida Bar members and the effect it would have on the Florida Justice system, as validated, historically, by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Florida Death Penalty, January 12, 2016.
TedCruz, who has argued cases before the United States Supreme Court, would no doubt agree that, in a true democracy, whether it be in Ferguson, Missouri or Flint, Michigan, the Constitution, as envisioned by those who signed it, would not command the existence of any ghost-government-without-oversight, disguised as a corporate entity, such as the Florida Bar, entrusted with setting the minimum standards of competency and ethics for lawyers who can grow up to be Supreme Court Judges or Commander In Chief, of the mightiest military force in the world, to exist without inspection, for the common good, in pursuit of life, liberty and happiness for all Citizens of the United States of America.
Some claim that Marco Rubio can't manifest world peace by mocking the size of the Supreme Leader of Iran's hands while Iran's military is setting off missiles and holding U.S. Soldiers hostage, or improve trade agreements by joking about Vladimir Putin wetting his pants backstage at the G8 Summit. With that in mind, if Marco Rubio, a Florida Bar Attorney, can't fix the fundamental problems of justice that sow seeds of democracy in his own backyard, how's #Rubio going to fix the century old struggles in the Middle East or the U.S. trade deficit with Asia?
Without justice, there is no peace and any Presidential candidate with common sense and the nations best interest at heart, would know that a corrupt justice system is not only bad for business and trade, it is bad for progress in the evolution of democracy because the tentacles of corruption are far reaching in a small world.
Donald Trump, claims to have been audited by the IRS, more times than the Florida Bar and #Trump has gone further in exposing the "Good Ol' Boys Club" that exists as a ghost-government in the litigation-vortex, deep within the Southern halls of justice, in Marco Rubio's state of Florida than anyone else since the controversial, politically-incorrect character of Crackhead Jesus, emerged from the imagination of a former United States Naval Academy Midshipman Officer named, Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr.
From the Patriot Act to the Affordable Care Act and from Waterboarding to The Transpacific Partnership lawyers and judges have encumbered themselves into the lives of every man, woman and unborn child in the United States.
Say what you will about Donald Trump before the Florida Primaries, unlike both the Federal Reserve and The Florida Bar, at least, according to Mr. Trump, he's being "audited", which is more than can be said by the mainstream media about either, The Florida Bar or The Federal Reserve, in this year of election, 2016.


Every day we are exposed to all the information influences from our environment. The majority of information can be filtered by most people. Familiar sounds or everyday impressions are reduced or no longer perceived. A good example is the traffic noise; after a while the residents of a busy road no longer consciously perceive the noise, even if it exists objectively.
For some people, this filter is less developed due to neurological reasons. They take in much more detailed information from their environment. This can vary from person to person. Some HSP (= Highly Sensitive Person) recognize particularly acoustic noises, other HSP perceive visual impressions or certain odors. The vibrations of interpersonal relationships are often felt more intensively. For the HSP, the intensity of sensory impressions influences the mind and body and can result with symptoms in mental and physical overload.
The German television station called MDR recently held a live broadcast "Hier ab vier" with the subject "High Sensitivity". Psychologist Sandra Konrad from the University of the German Army at Hamburg was the studio guest. She presented her research which involved the MangoldVision eye tracking solution.
As part of her dissertation project she focuses on the validation of a diagnostic tool for the detection of high sensitivity ("Sensory processing sensitivity") and a more accurate determination of the typical personality skills and dispositions that are associated with a higher sensitivity. The project of Sandra Konrad is one of the largest and most challenging on the topic "High Sensitivity" in Germany.
We are very pleased that this interesting study could be supported by using the MangoldVision eye tracking solution.


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Conte wary of Liverpool backlash
By Reuters Sports
30 January 2017 | 5:10 pm
Wary Conte keen to turn screw on fragile Liverpool
Liverpool owner apologises to fans over Super League fiasco
Liverpool's principal owner John W Henry apologises in a video message for his part in the proposed European Super League, which lies in ruins after a mass pullout from Premier League clubs.
Man Utd vs Liverpool: Can Reds still clinch fourth? | The Nutmeg
Solomon Fowowe and Kunle Fayiga on The Nutmeg talk about the Manchester United vs Liverpool F.C. Sunday Premier League game.
'Covid trial' music festival held in Liverpool
Maskless concert-goers, who were required to take a coronavirus lateral flow test 24 hours prior, enjoy a music festival at Sefton Park in Liverpool. It's part of a series of events that authorities are holding to test the safety of large-scale gatherings ahead of government plans to lift nearly all restrictions on June 21.
Real Madrid and Atletico battle for La Liga title as Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester fight for Champions League | The Nutmeg
Opinion: Not too late to preserve fragile progress in Afghanistan
The international community must change its course in Afghanistan and stand by the people of the country to preserve the fragile progress that has been made over the past two decades and avoid even greater tragedy.
A fragile Great Green Wall for Africa
The Great Green Wall was officially launched by the African Union in 2007. It aims to fight desertification by creating a huge strip of vegetation across Africa, from Dakar in the west to Djibouti in the east. The Wall would be eventually more than 8,000 kilometres long, crossing 11 African countries. Since 2007, the project has evolved, with the goal of creating millions of jobs. But critics say progress has stalled. Our correspondents report from Senegal and Nigeria.
Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad keen to show his moderate credentials... but to what extent?
The former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in Dubai recently for Expo 2020. Many were struck by the many modern, attractive women he was photographed with. Was it by accident or design? Was one photo taken at the Israeli Pavillion?
Liverpool into last 16 with win over Atletico
Liverpool marched into the knockout stages of the Champions League with two games to spare after a convincing 2-0 victory over 10-man Atletico Madrid at Anfield on Wednesday (November 3) guaranteed them top spot in Group B. With four wins out of four, Juergen Klopp's side can now take their foot off the gas for the final two games of the group stage and focus their resources on their Premier League title push. Liverpool have yet to lose in 16 matches in all competitions this season and their unbeaten run stretches back 25 matches to their April 6 loss to Real Madrid in last season's Champions League campaign.
'Incredible presence of mind' - UK's Johnson praises taxi driver in Liverpool blast
A taxi driver was described as having an 'incredible presence of mind' by Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday (November 15) following his reported actions prior to a blast outside the Liverpool Women's Hospital on the previous day. An explosive device blew up a taxi at the hospital on Sunday after it was carried on board by a passenger, who was killed by the explosion, police said.
Tuchel says he will meet with sidelined Lukaku after draw with Liverpool
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel says he will talk with Romelu Lukaku on Monday to discuss recent comments by the Belgian that were critical of the coach's tactics
Chelsea's Tuchel keen to see out contract, won't change approach for Lukaku
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel hopes to see out the remainder of his contract with the club on Monday and said he won't change the team to better suit striker Romelu Lukaku after prolonged struggles in front of goal.
Liverpool's Klopp warns against complacency ahead of Inter second leg
Liverpool must forget their 2-0 advantage over Inter Milan when they face the Italian side in the return leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, manager Juergen Klopp said on Monday. Inter, second in the Serie A standings, have won one of their last six games in all competitions but thrashed bottom side Salernitana 5-0 on Friday.


There are 15 essential questions that you can ask about anything.
How do you know it is real and is not fake news?
What are the origins of this thing?
From what materials or component parts is it made?
What is its internal structure or organisation?
What is its function or purpose?
How does it work? How does one work it?
What is its location or range?
How does it change and at what rate?
What are its start and finish times?
What energy does it use, and from where does it get it?
What money does it use and from where does it get it?
What are the normal conditions that this thing requires to operate?
What can we never know about it?
1. What exactly is it? What is the definition of this thing?
The first thing to ask is for a precise definition of the thing in question.
There are thousands of words, such as fairness, freedom, health and happiness, that have multiple possible meanings.
Therefore, you should ask for, or give, a specific definition.
The second thing is to decide whether this thing is real or not.
There are many things people talk about that don't exist.
You would probably agree that ghosts, werewolves, and Santa Claus do not exist; but what about God, angels and life after death?
It is essential to clarify the thing you are talking about is real and not "fake news".
3. How do you know it is real and is not "fake news"?
If you have decided that it is real, the next question is how do you, (or the other person) validate your knowledge?
How do you KNOW that you are not mistaken?
What evidence and what logic are you using to prove your case?
4. What are the origins of this thing?
We live in an evolving universe. Everything that exists now has its origins rooted in earlier things.
Therefore, it is always useful to ask, from where did this thing originate? What forces brought this thing into existence?
What were the earlier, more primitive forms? What were the stages of development that brought this thing to its present state?
All these and other similar questions are often very illuminating.
5. From what materials or parts is it made?
Nothing is one thing. Everything is made up of constituent parts that are fixed together in some way.
For example, you are made up of a set of ten subsystems. These subsystems are made up of organs, organs are made up of tissues, tissues are made up from cells, cells are made up of organelles, organelles are made up from molecules, molecules are made up from individual atoms, and even atoms are not the end of the chain. Atoms themselves are made up of subatomic particles and waves.
So, you should always ask, from what components is this thing constructed?
Understanding a thing's constituent parts is a big step forward in your knowledge.
6. What is its internal structure or organisation?
If you wanted to make a more in-depth analysis, then you would ask HOW the parts are organised and relate to each other.
What is its design? How do the pieces fit together?
This information will reveal a lot of valuable knowledge.
7. What is its function or purpose?
If human beings made the thing in question, then it has a purpose or a function.
A chair has a specific purpose.
Money was created to accomplish a specific purpose.
Governments are elected to achieve a purpose.
It is always instructive to ask, "What is this thing's main purpose?"
8. How does it work? How does one work it?
There is a difference between asking; How a thing works, and how to work a thing. For example, you may not know how a car works, but you know how to drive a car.
It is often not necessary to know how a thing works, but it is often essential to understand, "How to work it".
So, one of the most useful questions to ask is "How do I (we) operate this thing?"
9. What is its location or range?
Everything that exists, exists in some location and most things have a limited range. So, it is often beneficial to ask, what is the location and what is the range?
10. How does it change and at what rate?
Everything is changing. Nothing stays the same. Things that seem immovable, such as a mountain, are in a state of flux.
Mountains move, but very slowly. They are eroded by the wind and rain. We don't see it because we live life on a different time scale.
The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus wrote: Nothing is: Everything is becoming.
How is this thing changing and at what rate?
How is it likely to change in the future?
What forces will cause this thing to change?
11. What are its start and finish times?
When do these things start and finish?
What are the main time divisions, for each of its various stages?
What comes first, second, third etc?
12. What energy does it use, and from where does it get it?
Everything that exists requires, or is, a form of energy.
What energy does this thing need?
From where does it get its energy and by what means?
What losses should we expect to see?
13. What money does it use and where from does it get it?
What money does this thing need?
From where does it get its money and by what means?
14. What are the normal context or conditions that this thing requires to operate?
Everything that exists, exists within an existing framework, or context. And everything is affected by its context.
You are affected by your social context, the people you know and the society in which you live. The length of an iron bar is affected by the temperature; the bar lengthens with heat and contracts with the cold.
What is the "natural place" for this thing? How does the environment affect this thing's behaviour? What are the environmental limits beyond which this thing will not function?
15. What is unknown about it, and what do we need to find out?
Human knowledge is itself limited. We cannot know everything about anything.
Scientists call this the "uncertainty principle".
What don't we know about this thing and need to discover?
What can we never know about this thing?
It is often useful to quantify our level of ignorance.
Then we will fall back on statistics and use statistical analysis of probability instead of objective knowledge of facts.
When listening to another person who is trying to convince you to accept an idea, or opinion, it is often very important to listen out for what is NOT being said, ie you need to be concerned with what the other person is taking for granted.


Hi, Shavonne! Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel.
Once you arrive at your Walt Disney World resort, you may inquire at the front desk about upgrading your Theme Park Tickets to add the Water Park and More option. However, if you think you will be at the Water Park for only one day, it may be less expensive to simply purchase a one day Water Park ticket than to add the Water Park and More option to your current tickets. The Water Park and More option is a great value. In addition to being able to splash around at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park and Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park at any time during your stay, you are also able to play a little miniature golf at Winter Summerland Miniature Golf or Fantasia Gardens and Fairways Miniature Golf. You can also have fun playing at DisneyQuest® Indoor Interactive Theme Park with this upgrade at no additional cost.
Please stop by the Disney Parks Moms Panel if you need any additional help during your final planning. You are almost there, Shavonne!


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Arrow star Stephen Amell shares another surprise injury he suffered on Heels set
Stephen Amell spent many a year playing Oliver Queen in Arrow, but even his experience as a superhero couldn't save him from the perils of filming a TV series all about wrestling.
As Amell gets set for the release of Heels, a new Starz drama following the plight of wrestler Jack Spade, the actor revealed to Digital Spy that he suffered more than one mishap on set.
Recalling the back injury he suffered last year, Amell admitted that he was forced to take a few days away from filming after overshooting a jump and landing "awkwardly".
Explaining the work that goes on behind the scenes to make the wrestling moves look as authentic as possible, Stephen said: "You control the wrestling scenes as much as you can, but you are throwing yourself around.
"The mat is actually just a canvas over a wooden board. It really is. You're teaching yourself how to fall, and how to land on the big, meaty parts of your body; how to disperse impact."
Ultimately, an "awkward" landing forced Stephen into a time-out – but that wasn't the most painful on-set experience he faced.
"[I was] pretty sore after every day [but] the most sore I got on the show, actually, it was my shins and my quads," the Arrowverse star said.
"We had to do this scene where both Alexander and I are running at top speed, and I was wearing these flat walking boots. So I hurt myself with that a little bit."
Fortunately for Stephen, Heels has already impressed critics with its first season. It looks like all those aches and pains were worth it, hey.
Heels premieres on August 15 on Starz in the US and StarzPlay in the UK.
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eso1502 — Organisation Release
New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes on Paranal
NGTS facility achieves first light
The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) has achieved first light at ESO's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. This project will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star's light that can be detected by sensitive instruments. The telescopes will focus on discovering Neptune-sized and smaller planets, with diameters between two and eight times that of Earth.
The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) is a wide-field observing system made up of an array of twelve telescopes, each with an aperture of 20 centimetres [1]. This new facility, built by a UK, Swiss and German consortium, is located at ESO's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile and benefits from the superb observing conditions and excellent support facilities available at this site.
"We needed a site where there were many clear nights and the air was clear and dry so that we could make very accurate measurements as often as possible — Paranal was the best choice by far," says Don Pollacco of the University of Warwick in the UK and one of the NGTS project leads.
NGTS is designed to operate in a robotic mode and it will continuously monitor the brightness of hundreds of thousands of comparatively bright stars in the southern skies. It is searching for transiting exoplanets and will reach a level of accuracy in measuring the brightness of stars — one part in a thousand — that has never before been attained with a ground-based wide-field survey instrument [2].
This great accuracy of brightness measurement, across a wide field, is technically demanding, but all the key technologies needed for NGTS were demonstrated using a smaller prototype system, which operated on La Palma in the Canary Islands during 2009 and 2010. NGTS also builds on the success of the SuperWASP experiment, which up to now leads in the detection of large gaseous planets.
The discoveries of NGTS will be studied further using other larger telescopes, including the ESO Very Large Telescope. One goal is to find small planets that are bright enough for the planetary mass to be measured. This will allow planetary densities to be deduced, which in turn provides clues about the composition of the planets. It may also be possible to probe the atmospheres of the exoplanets whilst they are in transit. During the transit some of the star's light passes through the planet's atmosphere, if it has one, and leaves a tiny, but detectable, signature. So far only a few such very delicate observations have been made, but NGTS should provide many more potential targets.
This is the first telescope project hosted, but not operated, by ESO on Paranal. Several telescope projects operating under similar arrangements are already at work at the older La Silla Observatory. The NGTS data will flow into the ESO archive system and will be available to astronomers worldwide for decades to come.
Peter Wheatley, one of the NGTS project leads from the University of Warwick, concludes: "We are excited to begin our search for small planets around nearby stars. The NGTS discoveries, and follow-up observations by telescopes on the ground and in space, will be important steps in our quest to study the atmospheres and composition of small planets such as the Earth."
The NGTS Consortium is composed of the University of Warwick, UK; the Queen's University of Belfast, UK; the University of Leicester, UK; the University of Cambridge, UK; Geneva University, Switzerland and DLR Berlin, Germany.
[1] The NGTS telescopes are modified versions of small high-quality commercial telescopes made by Astro Systeme Austria (ASA) while the robotic telescope mounts are manufactured by Optical Mechanics Inc (OMI) (http://www.opticalmechanics.com). The NGTS cameras are modified ikon-L cameras by Andor Technology Ltd (http://www.andor.com) built around red-sensitive deep-depletion CCDs by e2v (http://www.e2v.com). The NGTS robotic enclosure building was designed and built by GR Pro Ltd (http://www.grpro.co.uk).
[2] NASA's orbiting Kepler mission has a higher accuracy of stellar brightness measurement but probes a smaller region of the sky than NGTS. The wider NGTS search will find brighter examples of small exoplanets that are better suited for detailed study.
ESO is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive ground-based astronomical observatory by far. It is supported by 15 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries. ESO also plays a leading role in promoting and organising cooperation in astronomical research. ESO operates three unique world-class observing sites in Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. At Paranal, ESO operates the Very Large Telescope, the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory and two survey telescopes. VISTA works in the infrared and is the world's largest survey telescope and the VLT Survey Telescope is the largest telescope designed to exclusively survey the skies in visible light. ESO is a major partner in ALMA, the largest astronomical project in existence. And on Cerro Armazones, close to Paranal, ESO is building the 39-metre European Extremely Large Telescope, the E-ELT, which will become "the world's biggest eye on the sky".
Further information on NGTS
Peter Wheatley
Coventry, United Kingdom
Email: P.J.Wheatley@warwick.ac.uk
Heike Rauer
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) / Institut für Planetenforschung
Tel: +49 30 67055 430
Email: heike.rauer@dlr.de
Stéphane Udry
Observatoire de l'Université de Genève
Email: stephane.udry@unige.ch
Ather Mirza
Email: pressoffice@le.ac.uk
David Azocar
Email: dazocar@das.uchile.cl
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Release No.: eso1502
Name: Next-Generation Transit Survey
Type: Unspecified : Technology
Facility: Next-Generation Transit Survey
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The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) at Paranal
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ESOcast 71: New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes on Paranal
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The enclosure of the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) at Paranal
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Home Archive VLADIMIR PUTIN PULLS OUT OF GAS SUMMIT
VLADIMIR PUTIN PULLS OUT OF GAS SUMMIT
Gas trade summit is likely to criticize Russia
Prime Minister Putin has cancelled a scheduled visit to Bulgaria, where he was supposed to attend a natural gas summit. This may indicate that Russia no longer expects anything good to come of the summit; it has managed to quarrel with gas suppliers and consumers alike.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has cancelled a scheduled visit to Sofia, Bulgaria, where he was supposed to attend the "Natural Gas for Europe: Security and Partnership" summit. Also on April 21, the Kremlin jumped ahead of the gas forum and released Russia's proposals for "a new legislative foundation for international cooperation in the energy sector." This may indicate that Russia no longer expects anything good to come of the summit; it has managed to quarrel with gas suppliers and consumers alike.
Twenty-eight European and Central Asian countries, as well as the USA, will participate in the gas summit. The news that Putin doesn't intend to go to Sofia was announced on April 21 by his press secretary, Dmitri Peskov. According to the spokesman, this is a conference for experts and does not require the presence of Prime Minister Putin. Instead, Russia will be represented at the forum by Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko.
The organizers of the Sofia forum – that is, the Bulgarian president's administration – insist on calling the event a summit, implying that heads of state and government will be present. According to Bulgarian media reports on the morning of April 21, attendance had been confirmed by EC President Jose Manuel Barroso, Emir Hamad ben Halif of Qatar, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, and Russian Prime Minister Putin. Thus, the cancellation of a confirmed visit by the Russian prime minister may be regarded as an extraordinary event.
As the summit organizers stated yesterday, almost all EU countries and the USA will be represented: energy suppliers such as Russia, Qatar, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Egypt – along with current or potential transit nations such as Ukraine, Turkey, Serbia, Moldova, and Armenia.
Troika Dialog analyst Valery Nesterov says: "The last-minute withdrawal from this conference indicates that it won't be making decisions that are favorable for Russia, so a top-level presence is considered unnecessary. Sending a lower-ranking representative will be sufficient for Russia to ignore any unfriendly declarations."
Prime Minister Putin's presence at the gas summit in Sofia could have been effective and justified if he could have presented Russia's proposals regarding the document that is supposed to replace the Energy Charter Treaty. But this had already been done by President Dmitri Medvedev in the course of his visit to Finland on Monday, April 20. The relevant document was posted on the Kremlin's website on April 21: "A conceptual approach to a new legislative foundation for international cooperation in the energy sector (goals and principles)." Thus, Putin wouldn't have had anything new to propose at the summit. Moreover, recent statements from other participants in the upcoming event indicate that the discussion is unlikely to be pleasant for Russia.
For example, after meeting with Medvedev in Moscow on April 18, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan complained that his country is unable to export all of its gas due to unregulated relations with transit states. At present, there are two countries on the route to Europe for Azerbaijan's gas – Russia and Turkey – and neither of them want to be transit states. Russia buys all of the gas that crosses its eastern borders and resells the gas at higher prices on its western borders. Turkey makes the same demands; they are the greatest obstacle to the Nabucco gas pipeline project.
Aliyev's idea that Russia might become not only a buyer, but also a transit state for Azerbaijan's gas (via Gazprom's pipelines) is almost revolutionary. The noteworthy point here is that Russian law lacks the concept of "transit" – for gas, oil, or electricity. Moscow has always used this factor as an advantage in supplying gas from Central Asian countries. This circumstance explains Russia's formal refusal to sign the transport protocol to the Energy Charter; it specifies that sale-purchase contracts must be signed by the supplier and the buyer only, while transit states should refrain from obstructing gas transit across their territories and should receive non-discriminatory fees for transit. Thus, if Russia did ratify the Energy Charter, this would enable the EU to buy gas directly from Azerbaijan or Central Asian countries, while Gazprom would lose its monopoly position and would collect only transit fees from those deals. Clearly, this issue may be raised directly at the Sofia summit – since the reluctance of Russia and Turkey to be transit states is the European Union's greatest concern.
The "Conceptual Approach" document released on April 21 could actually be used against Russia in this context. It states that the basic principles of global energy cooperation should be "ensuring non-discriminatory access to international energy markets, opening up the markets and making them more competitive." Taking these standards literally might imply not only that Ukraine should be a fair and transparent transit state for Russian gas, but also that Russia should do the same for gas from Central Asia or Azerbaijan.
Two other principles in the "Conceptual Approach" document may also be regarded as self-criticism; that is, an attack on Gazprom. For instance, it mentions the need to "recognize the security of supply (deliveries) and demand (transparent and predictable sales) as key aspects of global energy security," and to "create and improve early warning mechanisms involving suppliers, consumers, and transit states." In effect, these are exactly the principles that Gazprom breached in its recent conflict with Turkmenistan: the Russian company notified Turkmenistan only one day before drastically cutting gas imports.
Turkmenistan is hosting its own energy security conference on April 23, immediately before the summit in Bulgaria. President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov may leave for Sofia straight after the conference; his invitation was delivered by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivailo Kaflin a few weeks ago. Given the recent conflict with Gazprom, Turkmenistan certainly won't side with Russia in the dispute with Europe. The government of Turkmenistan signed a long-term cooperation agreement last week with RWE AG (Germany). This will entail RWE developing gas fields in the Caspian Sea. RWE's chairman of the board said in an interview with the "Neutral Turkmenistan" newspaper that his company's goal is to help Turkmenistan deliver its gas to global markets. RWE CEO Jurgen Grossman said that ideally, gas from Turkmenistan should be delivered to Europe via the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, bypassing Russia.
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin is going to the Ashgabat energy conference on April 23 to clarify the situation. Last week, after Turkmenistan signed the agreement with RWE, Putin gave Sechin the assignment of "keeping Turkmenistan under control." This conference will also be attended by US Deputy Secretary of State George Krol and Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri. In fact, Gilauri has already stated that he will discuss prospects for connecting Turkmenistan to the White Stream gas pipeline project; this is supposed to run from Azerbaijan and Georgia along the Black Sea floor to Ukraine – bypassing both Russia and Turkey. The idea of such a pipeline was proposed a few years ago by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Of late, it has changed from being a fantasy to a viable and fairly safe project – given that according to the recently-signed Brussels declaration, the EU may take over operations management for the Ukrainian gas transport system. The White Stream project is sure to be raised for serious discussion at the gas summit in Sofia.
So what we're seeing is a situation where European gas consumers and a number of producers are prepared to use the Sofia summit to form a united front against Russia and Turkey. This would indeed be an extremely unfavorable forum for Vladimir Putin to attend. And he probably wouldn't be able to distract the Europeans with Russia's new "Conceptual Approach."
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El FC Renaissance du Congo es un equipo de fútbol de la República Democrática del Congo que juega en la Linafoot, la primera división de fútbol en el país.

Historia
Fue fundado el  en la capital Kinshasa con el nombre CS Imana, pero un mes después cambia su nombre por el actual debido a que había confusión con un club del mismo nombre en la década de los años 1960s. El  el club disputa su primer partido, y fue a nivel internacional ante el Al-Hilal Omdurmán de Sudán, el cual termina 1-1 y Cedrick Kalombo Diba se convirtió en el primer jugador en anotar un gol para el club, el cual llegó en el minuto 71 de penalti.

El primer torneo en el que participa el club fue en la liga provincial de Kinshasa, donde en la temporada 2015/16 se proclama campeón e impone un récord de 104 puntos en la liga provincial, y también gana la Copa del Congo al vencer en la final al CS Don Bosco con marcador de 2-0, con lo que para la temporada 2016/17 jugará por primera vez en la Linafoot.

Palmarés
Liga Provincial de Kinshasa: 1
 2015/16

Copa del Congo: 1
 2015/16

Participación en competiciones de la CAF

Referencias

Enlaces externos
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Lista de Copas

Equipos de fútbol de la República Democrática del Congo
Equipos de fútbol fundados en 2014
Kinshasa
República Democrática del Congo en 2014

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Since Tuesday, we have had an avalanche of squalls, making our passage to Vava'u, Tonga, very frustrating, but late Tuesday evening the wind and rain kicked in seriously with a strong breeze from the Southeast. The breeze forbade a good sail as we would have made too much speed to make landfall in daylight hours on Wednesday. We took in as much sail as we dared without losing direction. It was a tricky balance that required constant attention in the driving rain. Very little sleep was had, but many soakings. When daylight appeared we were only about 7 miles off and could just about make out the outlines of Vava'u in between curtains of rain. As we approached the island, we noticed two more World ARC fleet yachts coming from the Niue direction. Together we sailed round the top of the island when the weather improved a little to reach a point where landfall could begin under engine. Another 8 miles of weaving around islets and rocks to make landfall at around 11.30am. We were truly exhausted.
There will be no blog now until we set sail again on Monday 8th June.