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The Magic of Slide Projectors and Why You Should Own One
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Gleeful giggling, happy screams, and the thunderous reverberations of a three-year-old girl hopping up and down on hardwood flooring. These were the sounds that rang through my house the first time my daughter saw a photo projected on the wall of her bedroom. There, towering six feet tall, was a shot I'd made of Disney World's Cinderella Castle. She loved that place, and for as long as the projector beamed its magical light, she was there again.
"It's the castle, Dada!" she shouted. "I love it! I love it!"
When she was finally finished bouncing, I pressed a switch, and with a metallic rattle and a sequence of clacks the image of the castle slid away, replaced moments later by a shot of our family running through Tomorrowland. My daughter's excitement renewed itself as she pointed out and named each member of her family, and yelled to the other room for my wife to come see. My wife did come and see, and though she has virtually no interest in cameras or vintage photo gear, the massive image with brilliant clarity that was shining in the dimly lit room made her stop and stare.
"Woah. That's awesome." She said simply.
It hit me then that there's something special about slide film and projectors. The depth of the image, the ritual of curating and loading slides, the sensory stimuli of the process, and of course, the sheer wonder of seeing an image projected through pure optics. There's nothing like it, and if you're a photo geek who's never experienced it, you should try to fix that.
But let's not pretend the process is without barriers to entry, real and perceived. There are plenty of reasons that few shooters are shooting slide film and that even fewer are using slide projectors. But it's also true that there are plenty of shooters who would shoot and project slides if they only knew that the real barriers to entry are small, and that the many perceived barriers to entry are mostly myth.
To start, shooting slide film isn't as difficult as everyone says. Across random camera blogs and photography forums, the typical refrain is that slide film is unforgiving, and that's a valid claim when comparing certain slide film to black-and-white and color negative films. You do need to be more precise with your exposures. But let's not be so dramatic. Modern slide film has improved exposure latitude over the days of our grandparents' film; Fujichrome Provia shows minimal color and gradation variation in push/pull processing, with Fuji confidently encouraging shots from -1/2 all the way to +3 exposure index. That's pretty forgiving. Match this increased latitude with the effectiveness of the in-camera light meters found in cameras stretching back to the days of disco, and we start to realize just how much of a mountain has been made of this molehill. Get a camera with an accurate meter and shoot that E-6 stuff without fear.
Is slide film more expensive? We could certainly argue the point. Sure, a roll of slide film will cost more than the bargain films from Fuji and Kodak, but compared to other professional grade films, slide film can actually be cheaper per roll. Fuji's Provia 100F costs approximately $7 per 35mm 36-exposure roll, while Kodak's Portra 400 (a C-41 film) costs $7.50 for the same number of shots. Development costs do increase with slide film, from approximately $5 per roll with C-41 to approximately $12 per roll with slide film. That's not cheap, but digital scans of each cost the same and with E-6 film you'll get slides mounted and mailed to you, which as we'll discuss momentarily, is something more valuable than seven bucks.
Yes, on the whole, slide film may be slightly more expensive than other types of film. But it's not egregiously over-priced as many commentators often say. And let's face it; shooting film isn't a cost-effective way of making images, and people who shoot film cameras aren't doing so to save money. We do it because there's something special about film and the cameras that use film. This truth noted, the cost argument misses the point.
Okay, you're convinced you should try slide film. Great. But what the hell are you going to do about getting a projector? This archaic technology is totally foreign. You know nothing about projectors. Aren't they just garbage tech from the 1970s? There are too many models. You don't know where to start, and you're sure that most of them are broken or need repair. Right?
Hey, guess what? We just described the train of thought that half of our readers ran when they first decided to try a film camera. Funny, right? And yet here you are, shooting a Canon FTb or a Minolta CLE like a champ, processing your own film at home, and telling strangers on the street "Yes, this is a film camera, and yes, they still make film. No, I'm not a hipster." So don't give me that nonsense about projectors being a closed book. You're smart enough.
In the run-up to this article I bought four projectors from four different brands, made over four different decades, from the most unreliable kind of seller (random people on eBay). They all arrived in perfect working condition and required no special knowledge or skill to operate. And the icing on the cake? For less than eighty bucks I got a pristine product with a big, red dot. What other Leica product costs so little? Maybe a lens hood. Maybe.
If you're ready to buy, there are some things to consider. First, every major manufacturer created slide projectors for many decades, and similar to all other consumer products, these manufacturers created a range of products to satisfy certain market segments. There are cheap projectors and professional projectors just the same as there are cheap cameras and pro cameras. Choosing which you'd like to own is a great place to start.
A basic, manually operated Minolta Mini projector can be bought for less than $20. It focuses by hand and each slide will need to be fitted by hand. These work fine, and could be a great choice for someone looking to dabble. Step up to an automated projector and you'll be well-served to look at Kodak's Carousel models or the heavier Ektagraphic models. These were the slide projectors found in every middle-class household in the heyday of film. They provide great image quality at a low price (around $50). With varying degrees of automation that speed up the slideshow and facilitate accurate focusing, these are good projectors for the average user.
The mid-range Leica projector I purchased as a personal keeper is the Pradovit P 150, and it's a phenomenal performer relative to cost. With an exceptional lens (even though it's the most basic available), fast autofocus, and intuitive controls, it's the only slide projector I'll ever need. And if I want to upgrade its lens in the future, I can do so easily. Reaching to the higher end we find that even the best projectors from Rollei and Leica cost only a few hundred dollars. It's a buyer's market.
Case by case, buying a projector is the same as buying any other product. Practice diligence and find one in good condition and chances are high you'll own a perfectly functional projector for years. When shopping, look for damage and wear, signs of hard use or improper storage, and burned out bulbs. The latter of these issues is easily fixable – just buy replacement bulbs if you need them. No big deal. If a seller doesn't guarantee a working product, move along. There are literally hundreds of thousands of perfectly good projectors sitting around waiting to be used. If you can't find a perfect condition model for under $150, you might not be connected to the internet and you should check your router.
When you get the projector home, load up some slides, shut off the lights, and project that glorious image onto a flat, white surface. Projection screens are ideal, but not necessary. A wall works, a ceiling works, a fence outside under a starry sky works. The fun thing about projectors is that every surface becomes a viewing screen. Sure, we want a textureless white surface to improve fidelity and color, but any surface will do. Don't stress about it, and keep an eye out for a bargain screen – they're as common and as cheap as projectors.
And this part, the part that follows after exposing slide film and acquiring a projector, is the part of the process that's most difficult to explain to someone who's never experienced it. A projected slide has an incredible clarity and depth, and an unquantifiable presence that's impossible to compare to an image as shown on a screen or in print. Without bluster, there's something truly exceptional about a projected image. Though my daughter has seen countless photos in print and on a computer screen or on a phone, she's never reacted to a photo the way she reacts to photos projected on a wall or on a projection screen. For me, that's the proof, and reason enough to own and occasionally use a slide projector.
I won't shoot exclusively slide film, and we're not saying you should either. And though it's true that most of the hurdles have been exaggerated, it's also true that for those who've never shot it there are small knowledge barriers to overcome. But just as it's worth it to shoot a film camera, the effort here is worth it, too. And with Kodak's recent announcement that the brand is producing a new version of the previously discontinued Kodak Ektachrome slide film, now might be the perfect time to pick up an inexpensive projector and get comfortable with shooting slides.
I think it's important that more shooters experience this wonderful type of film and the incomparable viewing experience that comes with it. Slide film is a treat. Projectors are a joy. Just like shooting film in the digital age, they provide an experience in photography that's different from what we're used to. Give it a try. Shoot slide film at special moments and in special places, and put those slides in a carousel and listen to that projector hum to life. And even if you're a bit too old to bounce and giggle, I promise you'll love what you see.
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Wilson Laidlaw February 11, 2018 at 9:56 am
I cannot recommend strongly enough, Agfa's Precisa CT100 slide/reversal film. This is a marketing exercise by Agfa, as the actual rolls of sheet to cut into the film, is made for them by Fuji. From what I understand, the emulsion is very similar if not identical to Fuji Provia 100F but the substrate is different, with a faint brown tint. This results in warmer rendition than Provia gives, which to my eyes, is no back thing. Precisa is the nearest reversal film yet to the much missed Kodachrome, well anyway until Ektachrome Professional E100 arrives.
My problem is that I want my reversal film in strips for ease of scanning and my Prestinox slide dual projector (internal or external screen) wants mounted slides to fit in its 40 slide cartridges. I therefore end up scanning (with a Leitz BEOON and Leica SL 601 camera and then projecting with my Mitsubishi 1080p digital projector.
James Tocchio February 11, 2018 at 12:33 pm
We're going to start profiling a handful of slide film in the coming month or two. Thanks for the tip. We'll fast track CT100.
Alan June 1, 2018 at 8:12 am
Sorry, but "projecting" with a digital projector misses what makes projecting slides special. It's a mere simulacrum of the real thing.
Merlin Marquardt February 11, 2018 at 12:15 pm
Wow, another great photography article! Full of nostalgia for me. I had one of those little manual projectors. Minolta made, I guess. It got very hot. Bulbs were not easy to find. Don't know what happened to mine. Alas, almost all of my Kodachrome slides have been lost. Sad. But, great article, very well written. Thanks.
Thanks Merlin. Always happy to see your comments. That's tragic, losing your KC slides. If there's one film I wish I could shoot, it's Kodachrome.
bodegabayf2 February 11, 2018 at 12:25 pm
Spent my youth watching as my Dad project his Kodachromes with his Argus projector on to the roll up screen in our basement. I still have the Kodachromes, having scanned most of them a few years ago (still with their brilliant colors). I bet if I ask, my parents still have the Argus.
Susan Berry February 11, 2018 at 8:53 pm
Wonderfully written. My family had a slide projector when I was a child. I remember the sounds and the smell from it. We would hang a large white sheet on the wall in our family room and as the slides clicked by my family reminisced about each image. That was the 60's. In the early 80's my Mother and I took all those slides to Alves in Braintree and had them turned into prints which I still have. Loved those slide show evenings. Thanks for the memories James.
Marcus didius falco (@falcos2012) February 12, 2018 at 6:12 am
Excellent article:) All the photos of me & my brother growing up were taken on slide film(not sure what brand). I well remember family parties where the slides were projected on the wall by my dad:) It was usually a couple of weeks after we returned from holiday when this occurred.
As an aside, you can still get slide projectors brand new. Not sure about American market, but certainly in the U.K., there are still a couple of manufacturers that still sell brand new machines.
Huss Hardan February 12, 2018 at 8:08 pm
In ways slide film is much easier to work with. I scan my own film (using my DLSR). With slide film because it is a positive image, I can immediately tell which ones are worth scanning. Just hold the film strip up to a light source, or plop them down on a light table. With negative film, I pretty much scan the lot, then filter through the good ones once they have been inverted.
Just the act of dropping slide film on a light table or light pad is magnificent. Just seeing the images pop to life is something else. Aaaaand it makes filing (and then retrieving) the film much easier as a quick glance at the film sheet reveals the content.
Just shot some Kodak E100GX this past weekend for a project. Will get it developed tonight…
p.s. and yet again, another gem of an article on this site!
Joe February 13, 2018 at 7:06 am
I've got several projectors picked up from estate sales. Guess I ought to stop procrastinating and try them out.
One thing to be wary of are moldy screens. I've seen many in my travels. You can't check them out on-line, but certainly at garage sales. Open them fully to inspect, especially when stored in a basement or garage.
Dawid February 14, 2018 at 4:08 am
Now I need to have a projector 😉 THANKS A LOT! 😛
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Mike R February 15, 2018 at 10:17 pm
Great story, James. I'm still waiting for the new Ektachrome. I hope that it's still going to happen. I have hundreds of old slides, and I have been shooting a lot of Velvia this year, so I went shopping for a slide projector and found one—a perfectly fine, fully working Kodak carousel model—for $10 in Davis Square. There are many others listed on Craigslist. Give an old projector a good home. It's worth it.
James Tocchio February 16, 2018 at 10:06 am
An acquaintance at Kodak says all is on schedule and we should have Ektachrome this year, sooner than later. I'm excited to shoot it as well! Can't wait. And glad you found a slide projector for so little money. These are a real bargain right now.
Mike Ricciuti February 16, 2018 at 11:18 am
Excellent! Thanks James–that's great news!
iGlad February 17, 2018 at 12:04 pm
I no longer shoot slide film but I did pick up a Braun Novamat 330AF Slide Projector/with a built in projector screen so I could look at my old slide film which is very useful if you don't have the space or a white wall.
Frank Lehnen April 19, 2018 at 4:35 am
"…and listen to that projector hum to life"
Hmm, I seem to have the wrong projector because mine does not hum. It positively howls life a hurricane! But then again it cost me 10€ and is a cheap plastic thing.
Got to look for a better one as slides are gorgeous things. Thanks for this post!
fantasti November 11, 2018 at 10:47 am
As someone who produced multi-image/multi-projector slide shows for years, I truly miss the magic of the medium. That said, it is very challenging finding an Ektagraphic projector that doesn't need to be rebuilt. The plastic Eastman used for the mechanisms just rots over time and disintegrates. That's not to say it can't be done, but …
Terry B March 12, 2019 at 5:46 pm
" For less than eighty bucks I got a pristine product with a big, red dot. What other Leica product costs so little?" James, that's likely because in all probability it's a Kindermann. 😜
Joking aside, nothing can beat viewing a quality slide on a 60″ screen. Especially noticeable with portrait orientation which isn't available with even today's large scree TV's. With a quality projection lens and screen, the type of screen IS important and so I would take issue with your recommending projecting onto alternative surfaces in your article. Today, there is little to no information available about the type of screens available and which is best suited to what purpose. So I hope this will help prospective users decide.
The two types are glass beaded and matt. Each has its use. Glass beaded, easily recognisable by its fine sand paper like surface. produces a brighter, and more contrasty image, than a matt screen, but this is at the expense of viewing angle, which is narrower than a matt screen, and is susceptible to a "hot" centre of illumination. The wider the audience is seated the more the illumination will fall off. Critical viewers will also notice a grainy effect due to the granular structure of the screen.
The matt screen will not be perceived as bright, but it offers uniform illumination, no hot spot, and is superior for viewers seated at the sides. Matt is also better for showing micro detail in the slide.
As with any camera, lens quality is the primary arbiter of quality, and so it is with slide projectors. The projection lens is important and Leitz and Rollei, that I know of, had upgrade routes by offering a choice of superior optics. You could improve your Leica/kindermann with a Colorplan. If you mostly have card mounted slides in which the film has curled, a Colorplan CF is a consideration, although useless with slides mounted between glass. In my personal case I purchased my only projector, and which I still have, in the mid-1960's, a basic Rollei P35, but I immediately upgraded to the Rollei Projar-S lens which cost more than the complete projector and its case! But it was worth it.
James Tocchio March 12, 2019 at 5:53 pm
Excellent information! Thanks for adding it here.
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Well, we're all "united" as a group now, so let's start working together on projects. I know that FBF and Nimbus have groups working together, but that's pretty pitiful with a group of 20 members.
I think our quality of programs will be much greater if we make groups to work on different projects. I mean, if you look at all the other major successful groups out there (MaxCoderz, DS...) you'll see that they have groups and a leader to work with on each major project.
The website must be finished first!
Well, is it a group working on the site or just one person?
My point is, we have 20 members in the group, but I don't see that many that are regulars to the forum (I'd at least like to know what everyone's programming capabilities are). If we involve everyone in a project of some kind, it'll at least increase quality and quantity of communication in UTI, plus it will tie them to the group.
I, for one, learn better in groups. Everyone can provide his view on how to do this, or that; which increases my knowledge. I don't know about anyone else in here, but I'm just a beginner in asm. I'd like to work in groups and get some projects started because it'd increase my capabilities.
I think John is onto something there! Jbirk, would it be so bad, if we started one little project? we could put our input, and do a great job!
You can start any project you want. I will even give you a forum in the projects section of this forum.
Well,since most members of the group are better in basic then ASM,so it should probably be a basic program with some ASM routines to accomplish certain things. Also, I think we should make a game. There seems to be a lack of really good games out there. (there are some really good games,though). Just a suggestion,though. Also,to help us all get to know each other better,we should all get a messaging service, like AIM. It's my personal favorite,it's asy to use,and could help keep us all connected.
You may wish to make a poll to see what languages each member knows.
if we make a game, the sprites should be an asm subroutine, with it retrieving var a, b, and c or something, and a=sprite #, b=xcoord to put sprite at, and c=ycoord... just thinking out loud here!
castlevania, as in the old atari one, or the new 3d one? i think sonic the hedgehog would be a cool one!
The only problem with Sonic would be the animation for when you roll upin a ball,because you gain speed,and when you release,you fire out and loose speed.
In asm varying speed is a minor task. All it requires it a counter. Sonic is a good idea but unless it was made in asm it wouldn't go very far. SOnic is a fast paced game and basic isn't capable of the necessary tasks for sonic.
Well, we can have multiple projects occuring at the same time, it doesn't have to be just one with everyone working on it.
I think that most of our projects from here on out should be asm. As sniper said, we all know basic, so a project in basic probably wouldn't benefit our knowledge that much... But as for asm, it sounds like most of the people here are beginner-intermediate, so a project will help us to learn quicker since we require learning to finish the project!
An asm game sounds great, and I like the idea for Sonic. (Although Metroid is appealing, it's already being made). Please post if you are interested in helping out.
I reccomend calling interrupts to slow a program down, because they are independant of the program code.
yup, Jbirk has a great idea there... we could use interuppts to slow him down a little and then speed him back up!
You are in deed correct John!
Most of the programming groups are not really worth the name. There's often only one leader, and most of the projects are solo projects, and there's not much communication between the members.
It is not my intention to create the site myself. I'm focusing on PHP scripts, and I'll see if there's someone who wishes to join me in this task.
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Protein Map Holds Promise In Future Treatment Development For Complex Brain Disorders
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Researchers have mapped the brain's network of protein associations, breaking ground for new and innovative future treatment avenues for complex brain disorders.
Just as parents are not the root of all their children's problems, a single gene mutation can't be blamed for complex brain disorders like autism, according to a Keck School of Medicine of USC neuroscientist.
To help researchers see the big picture, Marcelo P. Coba created the first map that highlights the brain's network of protein associations. It's a first step to developing treatment drugs that operate more like rifles than shotguns.
"The drugs we have now are not working for these brain disorders," said Coba, senior author of a new study and an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck School of Medicine.
"Scientists have not developed a new drug target for complex brain diseases in nearly 60 years. The protein map software my colleagues and I created can help researchers create new therapies that hone in on problem pathways."
The study was published in late June in Nature Neuroscience. Coba and his colleagues isolated 2,876 protein interactions and figured out where in the brain the protein networks lived, how they communicated and at what age in development those pathways became activated.
Researchers stuffed all that information into a software platform that enables users to visualize disease risk factors throughout the brain's protein networks.
Taking off the blinders
Many current studies scan patients' genetics to identify problem genes they label as "risk factors" for developing a disorder.
"The problem is that there is a collection of risk factors contributing to brain disorders," Coba said. "A single risk factor might explain a very low percentage of the population — perhaps 2 percent of those who have the disease."
Coba used an analogy. If all flights at a Texas airport were grounded, flight schedules and airports across the country would be affected. A disruption in one location cannot be sustained in that region because the flights are connected in a network of airports, he said.
Similarly, genes produce proteins that interact in a protein network. If a gene is mutated, the protein's connections may experience delays or disruptions. The disorganized protein-to-protein connections from point A to B to C might be the bedrock of brain disorders such as autism, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, Coba said.
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Me, too. What Muriel said.
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Does this mean eating Proteine food Helps ? Or you talking over my head ?
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Hope August 10, 2017 at 1:54 pm
Are there any clinical trials that someone can volunteer for?
Kelly August 10, 2017 at 7:16 am
I agree that current meds aren't working for bipolar disorder. Side effects make the illness even more difficult. Good to see research being done. Maybe there's hope for true healing.
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Welcome to the First Friday gifting edition! I love getting and giving art as gifts! It may seem a little risky and nerve-racking but when you gift good art and know the person enjoys art, have no fear.
You may recognize one piece from Carri Jobe at the top of our list. And number 12, comes from my ever-talented wedding photographer and friend Eden Frangipane. Eden is able to travel to some pretty amazing places and bring home works of art. The photo featured is one from her trip to Vietnam. She began her trip to Vietnam the day after her birthday and our wedding day. Fun fact.
Anyway, below are links to the artwork above. Be sure to check these artists out and buy some of their lovely work! I am digging watercolor right now and there are some great finds on Etsy like those you see above. Go explore and get your loved ones a gift that they can enjoy for years to come!


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Continuing my Italian craving theme from earlier this week, today's Friday Foto is of stromboli. It seems like for months I've been telling Kelli, "I want to make a gluten-free stromboli." Well, after months of putting off the task, I finally pulled the trigger and did it. And boy was I happy I did.
There are lots of ways to describe a stromboli. Some people call it a turnover. Some say it's a sandwich. Some liken it to a rolled pizza. And some compare it to a calzone (minus the pocket). One thing is for sure: Romano's in Essington, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia) claims to have created the world's first stromboli in 1950.
For me, a stromboli is an incredible melding of flavors. You get spicy from the use of hot Italian sausage. Salty from the cured deli meats (ham and pepperoni). Sweet from the caramelized peppers and onions (and perhaps a side of marinara sauce for dipping). And savory from the pizza bread dough and the cheese.
1. In a medium bowl, combine the warm water, honey and yeast.
2. When the yeast is foaming and active (about 5 minutes), add the remaining ingredients and mix well to form a dough.
3. Add additional flour, 1 tbsp or so at a time, until the dough is no longer tacky to the touch.
4. Add a small bit of olive oil to the mixing bowl, roll the dough to coat, set aside and let rise.
2. In a large skillet, cook the sausage until cooked-through and browned. With a slotted spoon, remove the sausage and set aside on paper towels.
3. In the rendered sausage fat in the skillet, sauté the peppers and onions until the peppers are soft and the onions are translucent.
4. Add the garlic, basil and oregano, and cook for one minute more. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat and set aside.
5. Lay out plastic wrap on your work surface (two side-by-side sheets, slightly overlapping at the edge), place the pizza dough in the center, and cover with two more sheets of plastic wrap. Roll out the dough until you've formed a large rectangle. Remove the top sheet of plastic wrap.
6. Keeping the dough on the bottom sheets of plastic wrap, transfer to a large greased baking sheet (leave the plastic wrap under the dough…it will come in handy soon, and don't worry, it'll be removed before you pop the stromboli in the oven!).
7. Spread the cooked sausage in a thin layer on the dough, leaving a small margin of naked dough around the edges.
8. Repeat with the seasoned peppers and onions.
9. The ham is next. I folded each slice of deli ham in half, and then placed it flat on the fillings. I repeated with slices of folded ham, butting up their edges, until the entire surface was covered with a single layer of doubled ham.
10. Repeat with the pepperoni, but don't fold them in half. Simply create a single layer of pepp.
11. Spread the shredded mozzarella.
12. Now comes the finesse part of the process. Arrange your stromboli (which should be on your baking sheet) so that the long side of the rectangle is at your belly on your work surface. Starting with the edge closest to you, use the plastic wrap to aid you in beginning to roll the stromboli away from you. Peel away the plastic wrap as you roll (so that it doesn't get rolled into the stromboli!).
12. Once you've completely rolled the stromboli (and discarded the plastic wrap), arrange it in the center of the baking sheet with the seam side down. Pinch or crimp the ends, if desired.
13. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes, until golden brown.
For the ham, I used Boar's Head Black Forest ham, as well as BH pepperoni. When finished baking, cut the stromboli into cross-section slices to serve. Some warm marinara sauce on the side for dipping goes great with this dish. Finally, I found that baking the sliced stromboli a second time in the toaster oven (primarily to reheat it, but also to cook it a little more) made it taste even better!
That looks and sounds sooooooooooo yummy!!!! I can't wait to make it!!!
That would so kill any chance of getting back into my skinny jeans. LOL!
Hi Lori-Ann.. Hope you enjoy the stromboli!


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This adorable MY LITTLE PONY SEVENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Astra Delaguiado of A&K.
What a sweet party! I love the darling pastel color scheme with added bright colors that pop! I also love the beautiful cake and My Little Pony cupcake toppers! This party is so cute and is full of ideas that would be perfect for any little girl who loves My Little Pony.
Cake and Cupcakes by Chef A's Weekend Kitchen.
Full Party Styling, Lolly Buffet, Dessert Table, Artwork & Prints, Photo Booth and Photography by A&K.
This is what Astra said about planning/styling the party- "We had so much fun bringing the magic of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic to Alessandra's 7th Birthday Party. Inspired by the characters of Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Apple Jack and Fluttershy, we styled Alessandra's party with a mix of rainbow colours, fashion chic and of course, lots of sweet treats!
Alessandra is a fun loving, creative and friendly little girl and she LOVES My Little Pony to bits! She knows all the character names, the story and the songs off by heart. The challenge for us, is to not just create a themed party but to bring the town of Ponyville to the venue so that Alessandra and her friends can experience all the magical fun & colourful adventures that they love so much about the show.
We did this by ensuring every aspect is well coordinated from the invitation cards, posters & party signs, the seating plan and table centrepieces, the dessert table & backdrop, to the Photo Booth and the party souvenirs. We achieved this by using the 7 colours of the rainbow as Alessandra's "logo" – it reflects her personality, symbolises her turning 7 and ties everything in with the My Little Pony theme.
Main dessert table featuring Alessandra's two tier ruffled cake and My Little Pony themed cupcakes by Chef A, Cutie Mark marshmallow pops and a selection of lollies. We designed a special backdrop with Alessandra's photos from age 1 to 6!
Carousel Boutique Fashion Shop featuring rainbow loom bands we handcrafted ourselves, Pinkie Pie hair extensions & accessories for the Photo Booth and My Little Pony rings for the kids to take home. We also designed a personalised "Alessandra" Fashion tag for the lolly bags.
-the colourful Tulle pompom table centrepieces filled with lollies complete with the My Little Pony characters table placers.
The best part of the party was seeing the big smile on Alessandra's face when she walked in and saw Ponyville & all the Ponies at her party. And that contagious smile stayed on throughout the day and spread to all her friends and guests. That was truly magical"!
I am panning a my little pony themed party for my 4 year old daughter and was curious as to where i could buy the striped party bags?


The MEMBRANIUM story starts back to 50 years ago, when the USSR's Ministry of Chemical Industry decided to start development of technology and set up own production of cellulose acetate membrane products.
1968 Works of shaping acetate fibers from acetates are completed. Ph.D. thesis on photo- and photo-oxidative degradation of cellulose acetates is completed.
1970 A pilot continuous operation unit for production of membranes is set up at VNIIS (Scientific Research Institute of Synthetic Resins).
1974 Polymeric membranes department is established at VNIIS. The first industrial membrane plant in the USSR is commissioned.
1975 Gas separataion membranes lab establishement.
1977 The USSR's first pilot industrial plant "Membrana-1" for production of cellulose esters based membrane is commissioned in Vladimir.
1986 Creation of POLIMERSINTEZ as a leading instituition for "Membrana" center (more than 25 different industry's participants).
1998 POLIMERSINTEZ initiating a production site to make spiral wound filter elements for Russian market on a commercial basis. The compilation of long term scientific background for flatsheet development along with hi end technology practice had helped to set up this venture.


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Mr. Michael Loren Dolan returned home on November 1, 2016 in good health.
Winnetka. Los Angeles detectives are investigating the double shooting of a man and a woman in their 20s, who were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds at a home in the 7800 block of Oso Avenue, October 24, 2016.
"We understand from family that the dead woman lived at the home, and the man was a recent acquaintance," explained Capt. Paul Vernon, commanding officer of the Topanga Patrol Division. "Preliminary information would lead us to believe the shooter knew one or both victims."
Neighbors began calling 9-1-1 after hearing multiple gun shots around 11 AM. Witnesses described a man running north from the house, after the shooting. He was described as Hispanic, thin, medium height, wearing a white hoodie, green shirt, and shorts.
Police led paramedics to the victims, who were pronounced dead at the scene. Victims' names will be released once they are confirmed.
"In cases like these, information and tips from friends and family often provide the clues that solve the case," Capt. Vernon added. "Detectives will also canvas the neighborhood for cameras, which are becoming more commonplace."
Anyone with information in this case is urged to call Det. David Peteque, Valley Bureau Homicide Unit, at (818) 374-1934. Anonymous tips can be called into Crimestoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477), or by texting 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with the letters "LAPD." Online tips may be placed at www.LAPDOnline.org, click on "webtips" and follow the prompts.


Their 2017 self-titled debut felt like an exercise in total stylistic freedom; the sound of a group following their nose and mining their record collections to produce something genuinely reflective of who they are as musicians.
With influences from acts such as Modern Lovers, The Clean, Violent Femmes and The Velvet Underground, they've continued swiftly in that vein on their second LP 'West Bay Playroom', which arrives just eighteen months after 'Holiday Ghosts' despite some major changes. The lineup's been reshuffled, with drummer Katja Rackin and guitarists Sam Stacpoole remaining, and being joined by Ryan Cleave on bass and Charlie Fairbairnon guitar.


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Salman Stands Better Chance In Higher Courts
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Sudesh Verma
Study the pronouncements by the Supreme Court in Sanjeev Nanda and Alister Anthony Pareira cases to know why and how
Is Salman Khan guilty? Going by the trial court verdict, he is. Is the conviction final? No, it is not. The conviction has to pass the scrutiny of higher judiciary on points of law. Till confirmed by the highest court, he will always stand a chance of getting a lesser punishment.
And if his statement that he was not driving the vehicle or that he was not drunk is proved to be false beyond reasonable doubts, he could be charged with perjury — lying on oath. Hence all the possibilities exist in the case and it would be foolish to treat the case as final.
There are two cases of similar nature that can help throw light on the Salman case. One is of Sanjeev Nanda of January 1999 and another is the Alister Anthony Pareira case of 2006. In the first case, six people were killed and one injured, and in the second seven people were killed and eight injured.
The trial court had, in the Sanjeev Nanda case, convicted the accused under Section 304 Part II* and other sections and sentenced him to five year in jail. The High Court, on appeal, converted conviction into Section 304A with sentence of two years. The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the trial court, but retained the sentence of two years awarded by the High Court. It termed Sanjeev Nanda's action of running away as "highly reprehensible". The court mandated two years of active community service and additional compensation for the victims.
The apex court's rationalisation came in the following way:
Convicts in various countries, now, voluntarily come forward to serve the community, especially in crimes relating to motor vehicles. Graver the crime, greater the sentence. But, serving the society actually is not a punishment in the real sense where the convicts pay back to the community which he owes. Conduct of the convicts will not only be appreciated by the community, it will also give a lot of solace to him, especially in a case where because of one's action and inaction, human lives have been lost.
It further observed:
In the facts and circumstances of the case, where six human lives were lost, we feel, to adopt this method would be good for the society rather than incarcerating the convict further in jail. Further sentence of fine also would compensate at least some of the victims of such road accidents who have died, especially in hit and run cases where the owner or driver cannot be traced.
Pareira was treated a little differently. The trial court left him cheap and sentenced him to suffer simple imprisonment of six months with a fine of Rs 5 lakh. The court convicted him under Sections 304A and 337 of IPC. The clause of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part II* was not imposed by the prosecution.
The Bombay High Court took suo motu cognisance of the case and issued notice to the State of Maharashtra, the appellant, and to the heirs of the deceased and also to the injured persons. The State of Maharashtra preferred criminal appeal challenging the acquittal and also seeking enhancement of the sentence.
The High Court set aside the acquittal under Section 304A of the IPC and convicted him for offences under Section 304 Part II, Section 338 and Section 337 and awarded total sentencing of three years in jail.
The apex court upheld the decision of the High Court and observed:
As a matter of fact, (the) High Court had been quite considerate and lenient in awarding to the Appellant sentence of three years for an offence under Section 304 Part II Indian Penal Code where seven persons were killed.
In the light of these judgments we need to discuss how fair or light is the trial court's judgement in the Salman Khan case. Charging him with culpable homicide is something that can be debated. Did he have the knowledge that his act could lead to death of people? This depends on how we take the context. In the Nanda case, it was easy, given the way he ran away and tried to destroy evidence. Khan did stay on the spot after the accident at the site, was saved from the mob by a witness; he later surrendered before the police.
The apex court observed in the Nanda case:
To make out an offence punishable under Section 304(II) of the IPC the prosecution has to prove the death of the person in question and such death was caused by the act of the accused and that he knew such act of his is likely to cause death.
Needless to say that this provision was added later in the Salman case.
Now coming to the most important part of community service that shows the contrite nature of the accused, Salman has already been doing social service. Critics say he did this to soften the law enforcement upon him. But this can't be held against him.
The courts have been trying to use high profile cases to set examples for others to be careful while driving. The Supreme Court observed in the Anthony Pareira case in January 2012:
(The) World Health Organisation in the Global Status Report on Road Safety has pointed out that speeding and drunk driving are the major contributing factors in road accidents. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the total number of deaths due to road accidents in India every year is now over 1,35,000. NCRB Report also states drunken driving as a major factor for road accidents. Our country has a dubious distinction of registering maximum number of deaths in road accidents. It is high time that law makers revisit the sentencing policy reflected in Section 304A Indian Penal Code.
Most fans just wanted to see or touch him during court proceedings. Of course, law has no regard for such sentiments, and rightly so.
The prosecution side wanted to make the case of film star Salman Khan an example. Is it right to make an example out of someone if you are failing in your duty to create awareness about road safety and drunken driving? That a higher sentencing will act as a deterrent is not a claim based on a foolproof survey or academic study.
Khan's case is a simple one of rash and negligent driving under the influence of liquor. That he did not have a valid license has compounded his crime. But to assign other motives would not be correct. We also have to find out if his celebrity status has come in the way of a lighter punishment.
Also in question is whether the prosecution side has been coloured due to media trial. The question as to whether the common man will get justice or Khan would get away due to celebrity status presupposes the guilt. So let us not take the trial court's verdict as final. One may find oneself trapped in the stand taken if the verdict is upturned or the sentence reduced.
The courts have held that each case is an individual case as things change with the thinking of society. Will society move from being liberal to being conservative or will it move from being conservative to being a liberal? Failure of the State to create a better system should not lead to suffering of individuals. If you can't track most hit-and-run cases, it does not mean you will impose severe punishment on those who are caught.
The author, a senior journalist and founder-director of Debating India Foundation, is also a lawyer.
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Explore the Secret Vaults and Tunnels Under the Colorado State Capitol in Denver
Nate Wilde
Nate Wilde Published: August 13, 2022
Photo by Paul Moody on Unsplash
There are all kinds of conspiracy theories regarding secret tunnels that are pretty well-known. Some of these include places like Area 51, Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, and Denver International Airport.
However, a lesser-known urban legend exists about Colorado's State Capitol building in Denver which involves politicians sneaking prostitutes through tunnels beneath the building or hiding from gunslingers wild west-style.
Whether or not these stories are true, we do know one thing to be factual about them and that is that there are, in fact, numerous tunnels beneath Colorado's State Capitol building.
The Tunnels Beneath Colorado's State Capitol Building
If you've ever visited Colorado's State Capitol Building, you may or may not have noticed a door marked "No Admittance." Well, behind this door is a stairway that leads down into the basement of the building which is where the tunnels are.
Down there are several notable things such as an old vault that once housed Colorado's state treasury but is now used as merely a storage space. Another area that is locked up is used to store old marble that was mined in Beulah, Colorado over 100 years ago that is leftover from the construction of the building.
Why Are There Tunnels Under Colorado's State Capitol Building?
While many claim that the tall tales of the tunnels being used for prostitution and gunfights are made up, it is widely accepted that the tunnels were once used to transport coal from nearby buildings in order to heat the capitol building.
In addition, the tunnels contain conduits for water, electricity, heat, and sewage. There are other interesting facts about the tunnels that include stories of cats walking around in wet cement down there, as well as a spot that was once used as an open sewage stream which has since been replaced by a less stinky, more modern plumbing system.
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Brexit, Foreign Policy & Security
Brexit and its potential consequences for British foreign policy
In a new EI Working Paper titled 'Brexit and the Re-Making of British Foreign Policy', Nicholas Wright analyses the challenges Brexit will pose to British foreign policy-makers and institutions, the future of UK-EU relations, and the impact of Brexit on UK engagement with the multilateral system. The paper also shows how the UK government can mitigate the risk of a significant loss of international influence. In this blog entry, Dr Wright highlights the key findings of the paper.
Since the end of the Second World War, the UK has been a multilateral power par excellence, directly contributing to the construction and expansion of many of the most important institutions of international governance, and championing a rules-based international system. In the 2015 National Security Strategy, for example, the maintenance of this system was identified as a core British national interest, contributing to the UK's capacity to 'punch above its weight' in international affairs.
However, although Brexit entails the UK's departure from a major component of this system, the consequences for British foreign policy remain under-examined in public debates. A number of challenges need to be addressed.
#1 – The Brexit Negotiations
First, there is the task of completing the Brexit negotiations. This involves reaching an agreement on the terms of withdrawal (the 'divorce') and then on the nature of the new, post-Brexit EU-UK relationship, including the basis on which trade between the two will be conducted.
Hugely complex in nature, these negotiations are also increasingly time-sensitive with the two year time-frame provided for by Article 50 meaning a final UK exit at the end of March 2019. Even with considerable goodwill and effort on both sides, there remains a real possibility the negotiations will not be completed in this narrow window meaning that, without an agreed extension, there is the potential for a 'no deal' scenario. This would become even more likely in the event the talks break down acrimoniously.
The consequences for UK foreign policy would be significant: any failure in negotiations would make EU-UK relations very difficult, at least in the short-term, whilst also potentially damaging the UK's reputation and influence internationally. The challenge for the FCO is how to manage this risk whilst the negotiation process itself is led by a separate department, DExEU.
#2 – Being 'outside the room'
The second challenge lies in the consequences for the UK of no longer being a member of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the EU's foreign policy-making environment – i.e. of 'being outside the room'.
As one of Europe's two biggest military powers, as well as being a nuclear power and a permanent member of the UN Security Council, the UK has brought considerable weight and expertise to the EU's foreign and security policy capacities. It has played a major role in developing the structures and institutions of European foreign policy co-operation, having been one of the driving forces behind the CFSP and its crisis management arm, the Common Security and Defence Policy.
These, in turn, have become important elements in the UK's own foreign policy-making, underpinning the establishment of strong relationships with its European partners, improving and institutionalising co-operation between the EU and NATO, and providing a valuable multiplier effect for how the UK engages with the wider world. They have also provided the foundation for the collective responses to Iran's nuclear programme and Russian action in the Crimea and Ukraine.
Both sides have an obvious common interest in maintaining the stability and security of Europe. Moreover, given that the UK's departure has the potential to damage the effectiveness and capacities of both sides, they have a clear and immediate interest in developing the closest possible foreign, security and defence policy co-operation post Brexit.
#3 – The UK's international reputation
At the wider, international level, the risks from Brexit lie in the potential damage to the UK's reputation and credibility as a responsible, active member of the international community.
Having invested so heavily in the multilateralism that underpins the current international system, there is a clear risk Brexit will be interpreted as part of a process of UK disengagement. This is particularly problematic when Brexit is set in the context of longer term reductions in the resources the UK has been willing to commit to its international presence in recent years, notably in diplomacy and the military.
A UK perceived as being less engaged will enjoy less international influence and be less able to protect and promote its interests. This would be especially problematic if key partners and allies, most notably the United States, started to question its strategic value or relevance.
Allied to this is a risk that the legitimacy of the UK may increasingly be challenged in international institutions, for example in the UN Security Council. In recent years the EU has emerged as a powerful and influential voice in UN discussions, with EU member states including the UK co-operating effectively as a diplomatic bloc. Whilst structurally the UK's place in such institutions cannot be challenged – it is a veto-wielding member of the UNSC – much of the power and influence that flow from such institutions rests on their credibility: anything that undermines this therefore also undermines the ability of the UK to benefit from the magnifying effect they bestow.
The UK cannot afford to have the legitimacy of its position questioned or challenged, particularly by powerful emerging states that are not permanent members of the UNSC. Sustaining the broader multilateral system is therefore a key British interest.
How to mitigate these risks
There are a number of important steps that the UK can take:
Increasing resources – the Foreign and Commonwealth Office needs a sustained increase in its budget over the coming years to expand its policy expertise in London and diplomatic capacity internationally, particularly in Europe where the bilateral network will need to mitigate the UK's impending absence from EU FSP decision-making and its consequent loss of influence over outputs.
UK-EU relations – regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations, the EU and its member states will remain essential partners and allies of the UK given their shared security and defence concerns, and the many areas of foreign policy where they have common interests.
Establishing institutional mechanisms to facilitate their ongoing co-operation and engagement as swiftly as possible will therefore be essential. This could include alignment with and participation in elements of the EU's foreign and security policy machinery, including the CSDP and the recently launched Permanent Structured Cooperation in defence (PESCO). The approach taken by states such as Norway and Serbia shows the feasibility of non-members co-operating closely with the EU in foreign and security policy.
Multilateral activism – it is in the UK's interest that, post-Brexit, the other multilateral structures which are so important to its foreign policy are reinforced. Two important examples are the United Nations and NATO. The UK needs to send a clear and unambiguous signal of its commitment to these institutions and their ongoing relevance for the international system, including taking stronger leadership roles in NATO and the UN Security Council and active engagement in and support for initiatives to improve and strengthen their capacities.
In this light it is encouraging to see the contribution the UK is making to NATO's enhanced Forward Presence deployments in the Baltic States in response to Russian actions in the region. In the UN, meanwhile, it could make a greater commitment to UN peace-keeping capacities, something it has pulled back from in recent years.
Post-Brexit, international perceptions of the UK are likely to be framed in terms of engagement and disengagement. If the UK wishes to mitigate the impact of Brexit on its capacity to exercise international influence, it must re-commit to a full and active role in support of the multilateral institutions that are so central to this influence.
In part, this will come down to the resources it is prepared to make available both domestically and internationally, and there is an entirely legitimate domestic discussion to be had about whether, in times of austerity, the UK can realistically make such commitments.
But establishing a clear, focused post-Brexit foreign policy that seeks to ensure the UK can exercise the greatest degree of influence in pursuit of its international interests also comes down to leadership and political will. The government therefore needs to provide a clearer vision for Britain's post-Brexit foreign policy and its objectives, as well as a clear sense of how to get there.
Brexit will involve the biggest shake-up in how the UK has engaged with the international system in over 40 years. How it is managed will profoundly affect the outcomes of UK foreign policy for at least the next 40.
Dr Nicholas Wright (@NickWrightYAPJ) is a Teaching Fellow in EU Politics in the UCL Department of Political Science.
Note: The views expressed in this post are those of the author, and not of the UCL European Institute, nor of UCL.
UCL European Institute 13 December 2017 29 June 2020 Brexit, Foreign Policy & Security, Nicholas Wright
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Froth up the white cream of asparagus soup and pour into a slim soup bowl. Pour the ice cold, slightly jellied, clear asparagus soup into a suitable glass, garnish with a spear of asparagus (green and with asparagus tips) and arrange together with the hot cream of asparagus soup and the deep-fried wonton parcels on a large plate.


For the third year in a row Science News is highlighting a list of 10 early- and mid-career scientists on their way to widespread acclaim. Through The SN 10: Scientists to Watch, Science News is working to spread awareness of current, living scientists age 40 or under. These innovators are creative, curious, and fearless.
The SN 10 includes researchers working to feed the growing world population, boosting our reliance on renewable energy, and reducing the burden of global disease. One molecular anthropologist is telling new stories about old skeletons by studying their fossilized dental plaque, while an astronomer has his eyes pointed skyward to find habitable worlds outside the solar system.
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These scientists were nominated by a Nobel laureate or recently elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. They were selected for their potential to shape the science of the future.
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Read more about these incredible scientists and their work in this year's SN 10.


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Callum Wilson has undergone a small operation and will be out for three or four weeks, according to boss Eddie Howe.
The much sort after striker was absent from the side which hammered Chelsea 4-0 on Wednesday night and boss Eddie Howe confirmed he faces a few weeks out of the side.
Howe said: "Callum Wilson just had a minor knee operation to clean out the knee. We don't think he'll be out long, maybe three to four weeks."
Meanwhile, the Cherries lost David Brooks to an unspecified knock in the second half on Wednesday and Howe confirmed they will take a look at the problem prior to the clash with Cardiff on Saturday.
Howe continued: "As for David Brooks, I need to speak to him and the physios to find the extent of his injury."


The old adage that children should be seen and not heard is nothing but wishful thinking. Children are naturally inquisitive and they usually can't help verbalising their curiosity. Asking "why?" is the most natural thing that children can do as they attempt to make sense of the world. This simple – and tough – question allows them to construct a wide range of knowledge and to build a depth of understanding. So how can we make the most of the "why?" years and develop our children into effective inquirers, critical thinkers and autonomous actors? This is an important question: people with these characteristics have the potential to contribute strongly to our economic and political future.
AUSTRALIA – The Canberra-based renewable energy development company Windlab is proposing a world-leading mega wind and solar project for north Queensland, in a proposal that could directly rival a Coalition push to build a new coal-fired generator in the same area. Roger Price, the CEO of Windlab, told RenewEconomy on Tuesday that the company was proposing a 600MW wind farm combined with a 600MW solar PV farm in what it is calling the Kennedy Energy Park. The facility, to be located near Hughenden, around 300km inland for Townsville, would deliver up to 80 per cent of local electricity demand – and at a capacity factor of around 70 per cent – at rates cheaper than a new coal plant.
AUSTRALIA – In defending the federal government's decision to bar the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) from investing in wind and small-scale solar power, environment minister Greg Hunt explained to ABC Radio what he sees as the future direction for the CEFC. He said that the funding was to focus on projects that were "not mature and not commercial"… Yet despite Hunt's claim that these objectives are consistent with the reasons why CEFC was first established, they are not. The CEFC was not designed to back minor players; it was set up to make money from relatively safe investments.
AUSTRALIA – The confirmation by Trade Minister Andrew Robb that the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has been ordered to cease future investments in wind power is a major setback to renewable energy, investment and delivery. It also further isolates Australia as not only having abolished a price on carbon, but one that has scaled back its renewable energy target and now is winding back the wind power sector. The move is the Coalition's next-best scenario to actually abolishing the CEFC, which it has sought to do twice now only to be blocked in the Senate. This constitutes a genuine trigger for a double dissolution if it is needed.
AUSTRALIA – A community group advocating for a large-scale solar project in Port Augusta has plans to seize upon the Federal Government's changes to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The Government recently gave the corporation a directive to not invest in wind farms and household rooftop solar projects… "We will be reaching out and not just to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation but to the Federal Government and the State Government and saying, 'Look if you guys are wanting to invest in large-scale solar, here's one that could really help a community'," he said.
Across the globe, renewable energy is expanding faster than fossil fuels. It's even taking off in countries that may surprise you. "Once again in 2014, renewables made up nearly half of the net power capacity added worldwide," says Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme. After a two-year dip, they're attracting more investment. Hydropower generates the largest share of renewable energy, followed by wind and biomass, but solar is growing the fastest.
The UK has doubled its installed utility-scale solar capacity in 2015, taking it to more than 4GW, according to new figures released today (14 July). New statistics from solar market analysts Wiki-Solar put the UK behind the USA and China in its installed large-scale solar capacity, having moved to third place ahead of Germany in the first quarter of 2015.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance is correcting the second quarter 2015 clean energy investment data that it released on Friday. This reflects the discovery of errors in the aggregating of project and deal-level data. The corrected figures show that global investment in clean energy was $73.5bn in the second quarter of 2015, substantially higher than reported on Friday. This number is 0.2% down on the equivalent quarter of 2014, and takes the total for the first half of 2015 to $127.9bn, down just 3% on H1 2014.
The Church of England's governing body has thrown its weight behind efforts to slow climate change by backing the move earlier this year to divest its resources from from companies involved in extracting two of the most polluting fossil fuels. In May, the Church Commissioners, who manage investments worth £6bn, took the decision to divest from tar sands oil and thermal coal – the first time they had ever imposed investment restrictions on environmental grounds.
NEW ZEALAND – About $15,000 has been spent on swanky new digs for 56 lizards whose homes happened to be in the path of the Transmission Gully motorway. Major earthworks are just months away from starting on the four-lane, 27-kilometre inland motorway between Porirua and Paekakariki, north of Wellington. But before the diggers can rip in, the business consortium building the $850 million road has had to figure out what to do with the native reptiles and worms who call Transmission Gully home… Senior environmental advisor Reuben Mills said it took eight days to round up 46 copper skinks, six common geckos and four brown skinks, as well as about 20 peripatus worms, also known as velvet or walking worms, living among the boulders.
The seas are warming. Collectively the oceans have absorbed more than 80% of the energy retained by the Earth through recent climate change. However, actual warming of the water has been very uneven, with some seas heating up much more quickly than others. Temperate rises have been most extreme where there are strong currents flowing from hot tropical regions towards the poles. And as warmer seas move further south, tropical wildlife is going with them, giving us a dramatic insight into how global warming is changing our oceans.
Australia's soil, water, vegetation and biodiversity, and our vast marine estate, are incredibly valuable national assets. They are fundamentally interconnected components of the continent's diverse, unique and in many instances fragile ecosystems. As such, they need to be managed effectively. However, significant gaps in our understanding of each of these components, and the ways in which they interact, need to be addressed to support effective management.
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Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark. It was first predicted to exist in the 1960s but, much like the Higgs boson particle before it, the pentaquark eluded science for decades until its detection at the LHC. The discovery, which amounts to a new form of matter, was made by the Hadron Collider's LHCb experiment.
Canadian startup Daymark has developed a fully electric, solar-powered scooter capable of playing music from built-in speakers, charging your phone and traveling up to 10 miles using its 24V battery pack, which is available in lithium or lead acid varieties. The Photon scooter re-charges under daylight during any kind of weather, gaining approximately 0.2 miles for every hour of exposure the 6W solar panel receives. Daymark plans to sell the scooter for from $299 USD/ $375 CAD. To get the scooters on the road, the company has launched a Kickstarter campaign where early buyers will be able to purchase first editions at discounted rates starting from $149 USD.
Mission-driven coffee startup THRIVE Farmers was recently recognized as the second-fastest growing company in Georgia by The Association for Corporate Growth in Atlanta. The company's rapid growth is creating jobs and benefitting the economy far beyond its home state: Four years ago, THRIVE Farmers began to transform the coffee industry through an innovative revenue-sharing platform that provides stable, predictable pricing to coffee farmers, eliminating the toxic connection to volatile commodity markets; when farmers have direct access to the marketplace, maintaining ownership until the point of sale, they receive livable, predictable wages — up to 10 times more income than traditional models. As THRIVE succeeds locally, its platform creates economic sustainability in coffee-farming communities abroad through this transparent supply chain.
Monsanto, BP and Veolia have agreed to pay to contribute to the cleanup of a former quarry in South Wales that was polluted with a cocktail of toxic waste, including Agent Orange derivatives, dioxins and PCBs. The agreement, confirmed by Welsh officials to the Guardian, marks the end of a five-decade-long saga that began when thousands of tonnes of chemical and industrial waste from a Monsanto-owned plant in Newport was dumped at the Brofiscin quarry, near the village of Groesfaen, in the 1960s and 70s.
Policies for cutting a range of emissions from agriculture could prove one of the most cost-effective ways of tackling threats to food productivity and human health, say experts from the UN's Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Specialists working with the UNECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution argue measures to encourage better use or storage of manure and nitrogen will provide economic benefits to farmers, at the same time as curbing air pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Commuters travelling through London's busiest stations will be able to order their morning coffee safe in the knowledge it is not just their train journey that is helping to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Network Rail announced this week that following a successful trial at Victoria and Waterloo stations it has signed a deal with biofuel specialist Bio-bean to turn waste coffee grounds from concessions at six of its largest stations into biofuel.
Improving the processing of wine waste to produce more alcohol is the focus of new research at South Australia's University of Adelaide. Researchers are looking at ways to make the processing of grape marc; the solid waste left after crushing the juice from grapes, more sustainable.
NEW ZEALAND – Kaibosh are a not-for-profit organisation that rescues quality surplus food from the food industry and redistributes it to community groups that support people in need. Started in 2008 by Robyn and George Langlands, Kaibosh heavily depends on the philanthropic gestures of financial backers, volunteers and donations from the public. Kaibosh's refrigerated truck collects food several times a day from various donors (including supermarkets, cafes and food producers).The food is then weighed and stored overnight at Kaibosh HQ until it's picked up the following morning by representatives of the community organisations Kaibosh works with.
Among the great crimes of the 20th century the most enduring will surely prove to be human disruption of the Earth's climate. The effects of human-induced climate change are apparent now and will become severe this century, but the warming is expected to last thousands of years. That is so because extra carbon dioxide persists in the atmosphere for a very long time, but also because changes in the climate are triggering changes in the Earth System as a whole, changes that cannot be undone.
Andy Gotts has photographed almost 60 celebrities wearing the Save the Arctic T-shirt designed by fashion icon and activist Dame Vivienne Westwood, in a project that has taken 18 months. Here are more than a few of his pictures.
The NSW Minerals Council has been accused of double standards for campaigning against a balance of economic, environmental and social concerns for mining approvals that it supported just three years ago. The council, the peak mining body in the state, has been vocal in its opposition to plans by the Baird government to remove a provision in the State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) that made the economic significance of the resource "the principal consideration" when determining approval.
African national borders are afflicted by a multitude of troubles that straddle villages and communities. These can include military skirmishes, cattle rustling, terrorism, secessionist movements, smuggling, ethnic violence, people trafficking, irredentism and agrarian revolts. Border disputes have been a reality on the continent through the millennia. But Africa certainly has its own peculiar set of problems, most by dint of the Berlin Conference which partitioned the continent into lucrative pieces for the colonisers. But the conference never meant to achieve a meaningful delimitation of Africa. As Lord Salisbury admitted not only was the delimitation largely arbitrary, but the mapping exercise was far from a precise art.
Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that Transport is the only sector in the UK that has seen increased emissions since 1970. Transport emissions rose from 72 million tonnes in 1970 to 117 million tonnes in 2014, growing as a proportion of overall emissions from 11% to 28%. The uptick is largely associated with the spiralling number of cars on the road, but since 2008, more efficient cars and a rising number of hybrid vehicles have helped bring emissions back down somewhat.
The national park concept should be extended from the countryside to the urban jungle, say the backers of a bid to have Greater London declared the world's first "national park city". Advocates of the idea want to increase London's green spaces, which currently make up 47% of its total land area, to 51% by 2051, and to help children connect with nature.
AUSTRALI A – The Queensland government has quietly put long-term climate change-related sea level rise back into coastal hazard area mapping, it has been revealed. The former Newman LNP government removed a requirement in state planning policies for local governments to plan for a 0.8-metre sea level rise by 2100, and even forced one council to remove climate change-affected sea level rise from its planning policy.
AUSTRALIA – The sustainability upgrade of Sydney's Chifley Tower has won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's 2015 Performance Award.. A green retrofit and upgrade program was undertaken between 2008 and 2014 that included upgrades to lighting, lifts, HVAC, the building information management system, and waste management systems. The CTBUH said the Performance Award recognised the building that had the least environment impact on the urban realm using measured data. "It is increasingly being recognised that the industry needs to focus on actual "performance" rather than "best intentions"," the jury said.
Scientists and policymakers are simultaneously looking for new ways to feed the world and save the oceans. Global seafood demands are increasing, and fisheries and aquaculture already have large impacts on marine ecosystems. The concept of "balanced harvesting" aims to address both of these issues, and was the subject of several recent high-profile studies – including in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Fish and Fisheries.


ADHD Coaching can help improve the executive functioning areas that are your greatest challenges and help you achieve your most urgent and important goals. This can include professional, personal, interpersonal and academic goals. Below are key executive functions with a brief description of how coaching can help.
Storing pertinent information in your working memory – retrieving it when needed, and applying it appropriately.
Focusing and sustaining attention – on tasks you need to do, even if they are uninteresting to you.
Having a realistic sense of time, and accurately planning and managing time – so you can be on time to appointments, work, school and other places, and plan and complete short-term and long-term tasks or projects in a timely manner.
Remembering "things" in sufficient time, such as appointments and "to-do's" – particularly what's significant to you, and to others you care about.
Starting or "self-initiating" a task, project, or responsibility, and following through to completion – rather than procrastinating and/or failing to complete important projects.
Making good decisions – using hindsight and forethought to anticipate potential outcomes and consequences of making a choice, and deciding whether the choice makes good sense and is in your best interests before acting it.
If you have ADHD, what can you do?
Educate yourself to understand ADHD, and remember that it is unrelated to intelligence.
Know that it is, indeed, possible (and even probable) to experience success in life. In fact, many successful people have ADHD.
Become informed about strategies that have been shown to improve executive functioning. They are generally learned, practiced and applied as part of ADHD coaching, although self-help books are available.
Adopt a willingness to learn and use new ways of thinking and doing things. This is essential for positive change to occur.
Although each individual experiences ADHD somewhat differently, the condition can affect some or all of our brain's executive functions.
These functions are referred to as 'executive' because they organize, direct, and manage many processes needed to function effectively, as an executive does for a company.
Some people learn they have ADHD as children, but many do not find out until they are adults.
It can make certain tasks exceptionally difficult and cause individuals to be unsuccessful in school or in their careers, and to experience underemployment or unemployment. Many people with untreated ADHD have tremendous potential but can find it hard to make the most of it.
Due to the challenges ADHD presents, some individuals may also suffer from anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
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When I hit https://example.com the certificate comes up.
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Hydraulic Fracturing Under the Gun: The Latest Earthquake in the United States
A magnitude 4.5 quake that shook the Permian basin in Texas on Monday night told local oil producers to delay or stop underground wastewater injections that regulators believe could cause tremors. May apply pressure.
The third-largest earthquake that struck Texas in the last decade was the latest in a surge in tremors associated with the treatment of wastewater, a by-product of oil and gas production, near Stanton. Wastewater injection can cause earthquakes by changing the pressure around the fault line.
It also occurs shortly after the State Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil industry, has stopped injecting water into deep wells in northwestern Midlands amid a surge in seismic activity.
The Commission on Tuesday said it had contacted disposal well operators in the Permian-affected areas and sent inspectors to the facility.
The Monday quake occurred in an area already being investigated by the Commission to increase seismic activity. According to water data and analysis firm B3Insight, injection interruptions around the epicenter can affect about 18 active wells, each processing an average of 9,600 bpd.
B3 CEO Kelly Bennett said the affected areas "have higher utilization of deep disposal than the rest of the Permian basin, about 50% higher."
After oil regulators have begun to impose restrictions, Permian oil operators are already looking for ways to reduce wastewater injections. Solutions include recycling wastewater and trucking to other locations.
"If they can't do that, they may have no choice but to close these wells and choke production," said Thomas Jacob, vice president of oilfield services research at consultancy Ristad. He added that the stoppage was a last resort.
According to Rystad, ConocoPhillips has 15 disposal wells in the area where the injection was interrupted, and rival Pioneer Natural Resources has eight wells. Both Chevron and Coterra have experienced a reduction in disposal capacity of more than 400,000 barrels / day as a result of the restrictions imposed by the Railroad Commission.
Analysts warned that Texas regulators are closely monitoring other areas where seismic activity surges and may impose additional restrictions on saltwater treatment, especially as earthquakes intensify.
Fredrik Klaveness, CEO of NLB Water, a provider of water treatment and recycling solutions to the oil industry, said:
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