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Die letzte Chance ist ein während des Zweiten Weltkriegs spielendes Schweizer Flüchtlingsdrama von Leopold Lindtberg. Der Film erlebte seine Uraufführung am 26. Mai 1945 in Zürich.

Handlung
Zweiter Weltkrieg, Oberitalien 1943. Ein deutscher Transportzug mit alliierten Kriegsgefangenen auf dem Weg nach Innsbruck wird von alliierten Fliegern angegriffen, beschossen und in Brand gesetzt. Zahlreiche alliierte Soldaten fliehen aus den lodernden Waggons. Während einige von ihren deutschen Bewachern auf der Flucht erschossen werden, können der englische Leutnant Halliday und der amerikanische Sergeant Braddock entfliehen. Sie verstecken sich im Dunkeln, übernachten auf dem Heuschober eines Bauern, der sie dabei entdeckt, und schlagen sich mit Hilfe eines italienischen Fuhrmannes, der sie in seinem Eselskarren versteckt und an den Kontrollpunkten der italienischen Faschisten durchschmuggelt, in Richtung Schweizer Grenze durch.

Auf dem Weg in die rettende Freiheit begegnen die beiden der jungen Tonina, die am Fluss ihre Wäsche wäscht. Sie hilft den beiden weiter. Ein voreilig verkündeter Waffenstillstand lässt Halliday und Braddock kurz auf Frieden hoffen, doch dieser erweist sich als trügerisch. Von Toninas Onkel in Zivilklamotten gesteckt, verstecken sich Halliday und Braddock in einem Güterzug, wo sie Zeugen einer Deportation von Juden werden. Die Flucht der beiden Männer führt sie in ein Bergdorf, wo die beiden Soldaten bei der Überquerung einer kleinen Brücke von antifaschistischen Partisanen kontrolliert werden. Im Dorf lernen sie bei strömendem Regen in der Kirche den Pfarrer kennen, der ihnen ebenfalls weiterhilft. Er bringt die beiden Männer zu dem örtlichen Gasthof, einer Sammelstelle für  Flüchtlinge. Soeben sind französisch-, deutsch-, holländisch- und polnischsprachige Flüchtlinge zurückgekehrt, die wegen Schneesturms vergeblich versucht hatten, die Grenze zur Schweiz zu überqueren. Halliday lernt den erfahrenen Bergführer Giuseppe kennen, und er sieht, wie ein Flüchtling, Frau Wittels, mit ihrem Sohn Bernard eintrifft. Frau Wittels hatten Halliday und Braddock bereits aus ihrem Versteck beim Juden-Deportationszug bemerkt, als sie verzweifelt versucht hatte, die Deportation ihres Mannes zu verhindern. Im Glockenturm der Dorfkirche machen die beiden alliierten Soldaten ihre entscheidende Begegnung, als sie den gleichfalls entflohenen britischen Major Telford kennenlernen.

Als im Radio die Befreiung Mussolinis durch eine Sondereinheit der SS verlautbart wird, wechselt ein politisch durch und durch opportunistischer Dörfler erneut die Seiten, steckt sich sein soeben abgelegtes Parteizeichen wieder an und geht ins Tal, um die dort stationierten Deutschen zu informieren, dass sich im Dorf wieder Flüchtlinge aufhalten. Daraufhin stürmen Einheiten ins Bergdorf. Als Erste wacht Frau Wittels inmitten der Nacht auf, als sie Schüsse hört, die von der Brücke herüberhallen. Dort liefert sich die SS ein Scharmützel mit den Partisanen. Diese kehren mit Verwundeten ins Dorf zurück und fordern alle Dorfbewohner auf, den Ort zu ihrer eigenen Sicherheit sofort zu räumen. Der Dorfpriester überredet die drei alliierten Offiziere, mit den verängstigten Gasthof-Flüchtlingen augenblicklich in Richtung Grenze aufzubrechen, ehe es zu spät ist. Es ist für alle die letzte Chance. Man solle versuchen, das Dorf Giuseppes zu erreichen, denn dort sei man sicherer. Giuseppe könne erneut versuchen, alle über die Schweizer Grenze zu bringen. Während der Dorfpfarrer mit den Alten des Ortes zurückbleibt und von den deutschen Besatzern verhaftet wird, erreichen die von Telford angeführten Flüchtlinge das Nachbardorf.

Doch sie finden es völlig zerstört vor. Die Häuser wurden niedergebrannt, die Männer erschossen. Und alles nur, weil die Deutschen ein einziges Gewehr im Ort gefunden hatten. Auch Giuseppe ist unter den Opfern. Die drei alliierten Soldaten beschliessen, die bunt zusammengewürfelte Flüchtlingstruppe beim Fluchtversuch in die Schweiz mitzunehmen. Ihnen schliessen sich auch mehrere kleine Kinder an, die durch den nationalsozialistischen Terror zu Waisen geworden sind. Der Aufstieg in die schneebedeckte Bergwelt bei Wind und Wetter ist vor allem für die Alten kraftraubend. Der gebrechliche Jude Hillel bricht im Schnee zusammen. Man hilft ihm wieder auf. Schliesslich erreicht die Flüchtlingstruppe eine kleine Berghütte, die vorübergehend Schutz vor dem draussen tobenden Schneesturm bietet. Dort kommt man sich auch menschlich näher. Es entsteht so etwas wie ein von tiefem Humanismus geprägtes, internationales Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl über alle Sprachbarrieren und Mentalitätsunterschiede hinweg, das im gemeinsamen Singen des Kanons Frère Jacques kulminiert, wobei jede Person dieses Kinderlied in seiner eigenen Sprache singt.

Plötzlich naht ein deutscher Trupp, und die Flüchtlinge verstecken sich nahe der Hütte. Doch die deutschen Soldaten gehen an der Hütte vorbei, in der Absicht, so rasch wie möglich die Passhöhe zur Schweiz zu besetzen, um von dort den Flüchtlingsstrom in das neutrale Nachbarland zu unterbinden. Die alliierten Soldaten hören von deren Absicht und ändern ihren Plan. Halliday schlägt vor, dass die Flüchtlinge bei Nacht an den deutschen Grenzposten vorbeischleichen sollen, während die Offiziere die deutschen Grenzwächter abzulenken versuchen. Doch Bernard Wittels hat längst seinen eigenen Plan geschmiedet. Als der Pass in Sicht ist, entfernt er sich in voller Absicht von den anderen Flüchtlingen und macht so die Deutschen auf sich aufmerksam, die ihn sofort auf ihren Skiern verfolgen. Er klettert durch den Schnee in Richtung Berggipfel und wird dabei hinterrücks erschossen. Bernards Mutter, die das alles mit ansehen muss, schreit vor Entsetzen und erweckt damit die Aufmerksamkeit der Deutschen. Sie schiessen auch auf die anderen Flüchtlinge. Während die meisten von ihnen entkommen, wird Halliday getroffen, als er einem seiner Schutzbefohlenen, dem alten Hillel, zu helfen versucht. Doch der alte Mann schafft es nicht mehr.

Die Gunst des Moments nutzen die anderen Flüchtlinge und passieren unbeschadet die Grenze. Dort werden sie von einer Schweizer Grenzpatrouille in Empfang genommen. Auch Halliday kann sich schwer verletzt in die Schweiz retten. Beim Schweizer Grenzposten beginnen nun die bürokratischen Formalitäten. Die illegale Einreise in die Schweiz eröffnet neue Hindernisse. Die Flüchtlinge müssen erst einmal nachweisen, dass sie politisch verfolgt waren. Major Telford macht dem hilfsbereiten Chefgrenzer Oberleutnant Brunner klar, dass die Flüchtlinge Schreckliches durchgemacht haben und dass auf der anderen Seite des Passes ihr sicherer Tod wartet. Nach einem Telefonat gibt Bern grünes Licht, und schliesslich werden alle mit einem Lkw ins nächste Tal, in ein Flüchtlingslager, gefahren. Halliday überlebt die Fahrt nicht und wird auf dem örtlichen Friedhof beigesetzt.

Produktion
Die letzte Chance gilt als die berühmteste Kinoproduktion der Schweiz in ihrer über einhundertjährigen Filmgeschichte. Die Dreharbeiten begannen am 8. November 1944 und wurden erst Anfang Mai 1945 beendet. Gedreht wurde überwiegend in den Schweizer Bergen. Die Aussenaufnahmen wurden vor allem im Tessin, in und um Gandria, Mergoscia, Caprino, Lamone, aber auch am Berninapass, in Filisur, Lenz, Müllheim-Wigoltingen sowie am Zürcher Güterbahnhof und am Lago Maggiore angefertigt. Die Studioaufnahmen entstanden im Filmstudio der Bellerive AG, Zürich.

Neben einer Fülle von Amateurdarstellern, darunter die aus deutscher Gefangenschaft entkommenen britischen bzw. US-amerikanischen Soldaten Morrison, Hoy und Reagan, wirkten auch drei namhafte Schweizer Profischauspieler mit: Therese Giehse, Leopold Biberti und Sigfrit Steiner. Der völkerverbindende Charakter des Films wird auch durch die zahlreichen Sprachen, die in Die letzte Chance gesprochen werden, unterstrichen. Es wird dadurch hervorgehoben, dass trotz des Sprachenwirrwarrs und den damit einhergehenden, linguistischen Verständigungsschwierigkeiten eine Verständigung zwischen Menschen unterschiedlichster Herkunft sehr wohl möglich ist.

Die letzte Chance erlebte nach seiner Welturaufführung einen internationalen Triumphzug, der seinesgleichen sucht. Innerhalb kürzester Zeit lief der Film auch in den westlichen Siegermächten an: Am 27. November 1945 in New York City, am 19. Dezember 1945 in Paris und am 1. Februar 1946 in London. Am 11. April 1946 fand der Film schliesslich auch seine deutsche Erstaufführung.

Bei den Internationalen Filmfestspielen von Cannes wurde Leopold Lindtberg 1946 sowohl mit dem Hauptpreis (Grand Prix) als auch mit dem Internationalen Friedenspreis ausgezeichnet. Im Jahr darauf erhielt Die letzte Chance in Los Angeles den Golden Globe Award für denjenigen Film, der am besten für internationale Verständigung wirbt.

Kritik
Von der Kritik wurde Die letzte Chance enthusiastisch gefeiert. Besprechungen gab es unter anderem in Motion Picture Herald (New York), Vol. 161, Nr. 7, 17. November 1945, in Theatre Arts, Vol. 29, Nr. 12, Dezember, 1. Dezember 1945, in New York Motion Picture Critics Reviews, Vol. 2, Nr. 42, 3. Dezember 1945, in Cinématographie Française (Paris), Nr. 1138, 5. Januar 1946, in Today's Cinema, Vol. 66, Nr. 5296, 25. Januar 1946 und in Kinematograph Weekly (London), Nr. 2024, 31. Januar 1946.

In Kay Wenigers Lexikon «Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben» ist zu lesen: «Erst wenige Monate vor dem Untergang des 3. Reichs wagte damit die Schweiz erstmals, einen Film zu produzieren, der nicht nur eindeutig gegen den Krieg im Allgemeinen Stellung bezog, sondern auch gegen den Verfolgungsterror» der Nationalsozialisten. Weiter heisst es: «Erzählt wurde die Geschichte eines international zusammengewürfelten Flüchtlingstrecks, der versucht, verfolgt und bedroht von ihnen nachstellenden deutschen Wehrmachtssoldaten, von Norditalien über die Schweizer Grenze in Sicherheit zu gelangen. ‹Die letzte Chance› geriet dabei weniger zum antideutschen Propagandastück; vielmehr schuf Lindtberg erneut ein von tief empfundener Menschlichkeit und Hilfsbereitschaft getragenes Werk, das mit der Botschaft des völkerverständigenden Humanismus zugleich einen verhaltenen Optimismus für eine bessere Zukunft, in der Krieg, Hass und Verfolgung ausgeschlossen sind, verband.»

Buchers Enzyklopädie des Films schrieb: «Mit dokumentarischer Strenge hat Lindtberg, der vorwiegend mit Amateuren arbeitete, die Geschichte realistisch und nüchtern gestaltet und zugleich das Problem der schweizerischen Flüchtlingspolitik aufgezeigt. Die ehrliche Machart und menschliche Aussage des Films haben ihm zu einem internationalen Erfolg verholfen; bis zum Aufkommen des Neuen Schweizer Films galt er als der Schweizer Film par excellence.»

Reclams Filmführer konstatierte: «Lindtberg hat diesen dokumentarischen Spielfilm mit nüchternem Realismus inszeniert. Er drehte überwiegend mit Laien, wobei die beiden englischen Soldaten und der amerikanische Sergeant einen Teil ihres eigenen Schicksals nachspielten.  […] Die Aktualität des Themas und die Ehrlichkeit des Films in Absicht und Form machten ihn kurz nach dem Krieg zu einem großen Erfolg.»

Das Lexikon des Internationalen Films urteilte über Die letzte Chance: «Unpathetischer dokumentarischer Spielfilm (zum Teil spielen Laien ihre eigenen Schicksale); ein bewegender Appell für mehr Menschlichkeit.»

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Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 1945
Schweizer Film
Schwarzweißfilm
Filmdrama
Zweiter Weltkrieg im Film
Flüchtlingsthematik im Film
Leopold Lindtberg

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The Scarlet Pumpernickel is a 1950 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones.
Although the title (invoking a type of bread instead of a flower) is a pun on The Scarlet Pimpernel, the Pumpernickel is given a portrayal closer to that of Robin Hood: after Daffy fails to perform a stunt, he mutters that "I'll have to check with Errol," and a costumed appearance more like Zorro, with cape, mask and sword, none of which the Pimpernel used. His alter ego the "Nobleman disguise" is, however, more in line with wealthy English fop Sir Percy Blakeney of the Pimpernel fame.
In a story-within-a-story, Daffy Duck is fed up with being overly type-cast for comedy and wants to try some more serious roles. He offers a script to the Warner Bros. executive "J.L.", called The Scarlet Pumpernickel, which he wrote himself (under the name "Daffy Dumas Duck." Daffy reads various scenes of the script to J.L. Each time, Daffy announces another page number.
In this script, the clumsy Scarlet Pumpernickel (Daffy) must save the Fair Lady Melissa from being married to a man she does not love, the Grand Duke (Sylvester) under the Lord High Chamberlain's (Porky Pig) orders. Melissa loves Scarlet, but her happy mood is extinguished in a heartbeat when the Chamberlain orders her to "keep away from that masked stinker". The Chamberlain gets a brilliant plan and decides to marry Melissa to the Grand Duke in exchange for killing the Scarlet Pumpernickel. Toward the end, the Grand Duke and the Scarlet Pumpernickel engage in an intense duel, but no conclusive ending is given as to who ultimately wins the battle. Daffy, as the scriptwriter, overdoes the ending as an unlikely series of random and accelerating natural disasters, including skyrocketing food prices (most notably "kreplach").
And when J.L. asks Daffy "Is that all?", a pressured Daffy then decides to end the story with the Scarlet Pumpernickel committing suicide by blowing his brains out (he even demonstrates so with a pistol, but merely misses as it just goes through his cap). After that, Daffy comments "It's getting so you have to kill yourself to sell a story around here!" before passing out.
(1996) VHS - Carrotblanca
(1999) VHS - Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 2: Running Amuck
(2003) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc Two (with optional audio commentary by Michael Barrier) (remastered without DVNR)
(2010) DVD - The Essential Daffy Duck, Disc 1 (also Disc 2 as part of Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special)
(2011) Blu-ray, DVD - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc One (with optional audio commentary by Michael Barrier and archive audio commentary featuring Mel Blanc) (remastered with DVNR)
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The ending of the short after Daffy pitches the scene in which the price of food skyrockets (where Daffy acts out the suicide of The Scarlet Pumpernickel) is almost always edited on television, but in different ways:
On ABC and the syndicated run of The Merrie Melodies Show, there is a frozen shot of the outside of the office at the point where Daffy shoots himself in the head so that the viewer doesn't see him actually doing it then cuts back to the interior of the office where Daffy says, "It's getting so you have to kill yourself to sell a story around here" before passing out again.[1]
On Nickelodeon, the scene is edited similarly to ABC's and the Merrie Melodies Show edit, but superimposed over the suicide gunshot visual is a repeat shot of the outside of the office, shown in reverse (whether or not this was a mistake is unknown).[1]
Cartoon Network once edited out the suicide gag by irising out after Daffy asks "Is that all?" when the cartoon aired as part of the channel's "50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time" marathon. Every other print after that edited the scene by freezing on the shot of the kreplach costing $1000 and once Daffy says, "Is that all?", it jumps to Daffy's "It's getting so you have to kill yourself to sell a story around here" line that ends the short, making it obvious to even the most naive viewer that something was edited.[1]
On a July 13, 2012 installment of Cartoon Network's Looney Tunes Show (not the 2011 animated sitcom, the anthology show of actual Looney Tunes shorts from the 1930s to the 1960s), the cartoon was re-edited. The suicide part was still cut, but it was cut the same way it was on the channel's "50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time" marathon (read: the cartoon ends after Daffy says, "Is that all?!"), only instead of an iris-out, it's a fade-out followed by the "That's All Folks!" card (thus answering Daffy's question very surreptitiously). As of 2014, the July 2012 edit is the version that airs whenever Cartoon Network airs its Looney Tunes block and is also the version that airs on Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang.
Main article: The Scarlet Pumpernickel (Transcript)
This is notable among Looney Tunes shorts for its unusually large cast of "star" characters (which, in addition to Daffy, Porky, and Sylvester, includes Elmer Fudd, Henery Hawk and Mama Bear from Jones' Three Bears series).
The only well-known characters to not star in this short (among those that had been in shorts already) were Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Tweety and Yosemite Sam (Foghorn was exclusive to Robert McKimson, both Pepe and Marvin were used mainly by Chuck Jones, while the latter two were used mainly by Friz Freleng).[2] Two major precedents were "A Corny Concerto" (1943), directed by Tweety's creator Bob Clampett, which featured Bugs, Elmer, Porky, and arguably a younger Daffy in a parody of Disney's Fantasia, the other was "Crowing Pains" (1947), directed by Robert McKimson, which featured Foghorn Leghorn, Barnyard Dawg, Henery Hawk and Sylvester.
This short is Henery Hawk's second appearance in a Daffy Duck short, after "You Were Never Duckier" (1948) - notable for being the first "transitional" Daffy short (from "screwball" to a greedy, self-centered character), the first short in WB's own TV packages (shorts released 8/1/1948 or later) to be released, and the first such short to be reissued (only one of five without credits).
This is one of only three shorts that Melissa Duck stars in (the others being "Muscle Tussle" (1953), and "The Duxorcist" (1987)). She is Daffy's girlfriend in both. She has survived, however, and has become a regular on Baby Looney Tunes (2002), that tells about the childhood of the Looney Tunes characters.
This short was one of the very few times that Mel Blanc voiced Elmer Fudd, who plays the role of an innkeeper here. Elmer was usually voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan, but since the character had only one line of dialogue, Mel Blanc was told to go ahead and imitate Bryan's voice for the character. Blanc did not like imitating, however, believing it to be stealing from another actor, Michael Barrier, according to the audio commentary for "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" on disc two of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1.
This is one of the few shorts that are set on the Warner lot in Burbank, California, and is also one of the few shorts that have numerous references to the Warner Bros. co-founder, Jack Warner, who is called J.L. in this short (as is normally done in the WB cartoons when referring to the studio chief).
The short was reissued as a Merrie Melodies "Blue Ribbon" short. The original opening Color Rings were replaced, but like the other later "Blue Ribbon" reissues (1956 onward), the original opening credits were intact. The "Blue Ribbon" opening rings are the ones featured on the DVD release, however, there are still prints with the original opening rings.
This is the only Chuck Jones-directed Porky/Sylvester short in which the latter speaks. In the shorts where Porky and Sylvester explore spooky settings ("Scaredy Cat" (1948), "Claws for Alarm" (1954), and "Jumpin' Jupiter" (1955)), Sylvester is a mute (additionally like this short, "Scaredy Cat" also features a suicide gag that is often censored on TV).
In this short, Daffy's middle name is revealed to be Dumas, but Bugs said his middle name is Sheldon in The Looney Tunes Show.
This short is notable for being one of only two shorts with Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd paired together, unseen. Also, the only cartoon where Sylvester and Elmer Fudd were paired together in a Chuck Jones short, the rest of the four were Friz Freleng.
Though Sylvester's character designs varied slightly depending on the director, unusually in this short, Sylvester is slightly taller than Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig, while in other cartoons (such as "Kit for Cat", "Scaredy Cat, etc.) he is roughly the same height (or slightly shorter, depending on the short and director) as them.
By the short's end, the script has exceeded two thousand pages (movie scripts much in excess of 100 pages were usually rejected as too long back in those days).
In 1994 it was voted #31 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.[3]
The premise of this short along with some of its scenes would be used in the Thanksgiving special, Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special, but it doesn't show any scenes from the Scarlet Pumpernickel story. Instead, Daffy tries to pitch a new film idea to J.L., namely "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century".
Despite the fact that the original opening exists, the short was restored with the blue ribbon opening instead.
A 16mm print with the original titles also exists.
Original Opening
Original Opening 2
Original Daffy Duck headshot from 16mm print
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↑ Barrier, Michael. Audio commentary for "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" on disc two of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1
↑ Beck, Jerry (ed.) (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Atlanta: Turner Publishing.
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To resolve the issue, try one of the following methods.
Method 1: Restart the server.
Method 2: Only when restart is not possible.
Launch the Citrix Computer Policy in the Citrix AppCenter.
Browse to "Licensing | License server hostname".
Add a false server name in the Value field.
From the command window, run gpupdate /force.
Repeat Steps 1 to 5 but in Step 3, add the correct License Server name in the Value field.


Back in August 2016 I saw the predecessor to the Cats Meow Lottie and fell in love but for some daft reason I didn't buy it. I thought I'd missed my chance when the collections changed and it vanished.
I've had every contact I know near or passing a Kate Spade shop or outlet hunting but it wasnt to be.
Skip forward to Christmas Day when Santa brought me the reimagined Kate Spade Cats Meow Lottie.
I'm not going to lie, I actually cried a bit! The Husband did good! Thankfully the cat style had been relaunched. I'd even been lamenting right up until Christmas Eve about "the one that got away".
Made as ever to the sturdy, high standards you expect from Kate Spade. The bag is plain on the reverse so if you ever find yourself needing a bit of a low key bag you can just flip it and go.
The Kate Spade Cats Meow Lottie is available as current stock here.


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Does Using Excess Renewable Electricity to Create Hydrogen Make Sense?
Do fuel-cell vehicles offer advantages to the grid?
Tam Hunt July 31, 2014
The debate goes on between fuel-cell vehicle (FCV) advocates and those who think electric vehicles will win the day. Toyota's R&D chief disses electric vehicles because of poor range and long charging times, even as BMW's new i3 pure electric is selling quite well and wows consumers.
We now have an apparent divide between major automakers, with Toyota, Honda and Hyundai pushing hard for FCVs as the future, and GM, Nissan, Tesla and BMW now offering impressive BEVs (pure electrics or plug-in hybrids) that clearly aren't just compliance cars for the California market, as is the case for the new round of FCV offerings.
BMW also just began offering a very affordable and compact DC fast charger to BMW dealers; at $6,500, it's far cheaper than has historically been the case for fast chargers. This fast charger can bring the i3 to an 80 percent charge in 30 minutes, at no cost to the car owner through at least 2015.
Studies have found that FCVs are far less efficient at using electricity as a fuel than are battery electric vehicles (BEVs) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). For example, a recent UC Irvine analysis found that using electricity in BEVs directly is 2.5 times more efficient than using that same electricity to create hydrogen for use in FCVs (see the chart on page 2 of the link). The only other study I've found looking directly at this issue is a 2001 study that mirrors the UCI investigation's conclusions, finding that about 80 percent of the energy is lost from converting electricity into hydrogen and then back into electricity in a fuel cell.
My last piece focused on this issue, identifying it as a major stumbling block for public policies that support FCVs. This follow-up article will examine a related argument that some FCV advocates have made. Essentially, the argument states that even if FCVs are less efficient at using renewable electricity than BEVs, the grid reliability issues associated with a higher penetration of BEVs and renewables will still justify use of FCVs. These advocates argue that using renewable electricity to create hydrogen will avoid curtailment and will mitigate overgeneration issues associated with, for example, the increasing availability of peaking solar power in California and other jurisdictions as solar power growth continues its meteoric rise. The hydrogen created from excess solar power, the argument goes, can then be used in FCVs as a fuel, while also providing grid support.
Here's a simplified summary of my conclusions for those who don't want to delve into the details of this kind of technical discussion: the "grid benefits" arguments in favor of FCVs don't seem to hold much water. The more plausible view is that BEVs are actually better for the grid in terms of improved reliability, as well as increased efficiency and less cost.
Let's look at each of the main claims of this pro-FCV argument.
Claim 1: Using excess renewable electricity to electrolyze hydrogen is independent of travel demand and BEV battery capacity.
It is technically true that using excess renewable electricity to create hydrogen is, when considered alongside the alternative BEV approach, independent of vehicle travel demand and the available BEV battery capacity. However, this fact isn't particularly relevant if state-level projections for BEV sales are accurate.
The California Energy Commission projects that up to 33,000 megawatts of EV (plug-ins and pure electrics) storage will be available to the grid by 2022 (see Figure 1). This won't translate, of course, into usable grid storage at the same capacity. However, even if 10 percent of this projected capacity is made available to the grid through smart charging or "vehicle-to-grid" programs, this will be a major contributor to grid stability. Moreover, this aspect of BEV availability is a beneficial side effect of BEV sales more generally.
The California Public Utilities Commission is currently considering how best to incentivize smart charging, which the CPUC defines as the ability to turn the charging of BEVs on or off as the grid requires. With smart charging, there is no flow of power from the vehicle to the grid (known as V2G), but the end result is much the same as that from smart charging. This is the case because turning off a BEV that is currently charging has the same impact as a BEV sending power to the grid, but with the impact divided by two, because the battery cannot be discharged back to the grid. In other words, stopping power that is flowing into a BEV has much the same effect, but to a lesser degree, as sending power back into the grid.
FIGURE 1: California Energy Commission Projection for Grid Load From EVs and PHEVs
Source: CEC California Energy Demand 2012-2022 Final Forecast
The California Independent System Operator projects that very little storage will be required to balance variable renewables by 2020, which is the deadline for utilities to achieve the 33 percent renewable standard. The CPUC has also mandated that 1.3 gigawatts of stationary storage must be procured by the investor-owned utilities and brought on-line by 2024.
It's important to acknowledge that the degree to which BEVs will be able to provide grid stability will depend not only on how many owners can be induced to opt for smart charging, but also on how often and during what times of the day BEVs are connected to the grid. So while BEVs that are signed up for smart charging (or, better yet, V2G) will clearly provide grid reliability benefits, there may well still be overgeneration at times, even under optimistic BEV adoption rate scenarios. If that is the case, there may be a role for some other types of storage as alternatives to curtailment, which is probably the least attractive alternative for a variety of reasons.
A recent report from E3, a California-based energy consultancy that provides regular guidance to the CPUC, found that stationary long-term battery storage options, in a 40 percent renewables scenario, can save up to $300 million per year as an alternative to curtailment. If these calculations are at all accurate, investor-owned utilities will very likely benefit from substantial on-peak charging of BEVs, and also from on-peak charging of stationary storage facilities.
The relevant question now under discussion is whether adding the infrastructure necessary to use hydrogen as an additional electricity storage medium is justified by the economic benefits of hydrogen storage, including consideration of the large conversion losses from doing so.
In sum, through the 2020-2025 timeframe, it seems that a combination of limited requirements for storage on the grid by 2020, existing goals for energy storage beyond 2020, and the expected pace of BEV availability on the grid, will likely render moot any benefits derived from hydrogen creation from excess renewable electricity -- particularly when we remind ourselves that such use is 2.5 times less efficient than using that power directly in BEVs.
What about beyond 2025? Well, BEV sales are likely to increase even faster at that point, as new models come on the market and costs and technology improve. And as BEV owners learn more about the benefits of smart charging, it is likely that we'll see higher levels of participation, providing further grid support as an incidental benefit of BEV sales.
Claim 2: BEVs will require more renewable electricity on the grid, and that will require more backup power to balance out the variable renewables like solar and wind.
This argument seems to ignore the fact that California already has laws requiring that utilities achieve 33 percent renewable energy by 2020. There is also a growing push to create a new law requiring up to 51 percent renewables by 2030. So any grid reliability issues that stem from higher penetration of renewables are independent of policies that support BEVs. And as just discussed in detail above, BEVs actually provide major grid reliability benefits. In fact, the quantified grid benefits from a number of studies suggest that BEV owners could be compensated as much as $100 per month due to the grid reliability benefits from smart charging of their BEVs. This has prompted some intervenors in the CPUC proceeding examining these policies (R.13-11-007) to suggest that BEV owners could be provided free power for all driving in return for allowing smart charging of their vehicle. The CPUC has not yet issued a decision on this matter.
Claim 3: Use of FCVs provides more inherent storage capacity than BEVs.
This argument also hinges on the ability to create as much hydrogen from grid electricity as one wants to, with storage being fairly easy compared to the battery storage alternative. However, again, it will require a large new infrastructure to create the hydrogen at issue, and the conversion losses of turning electricity into hydrogen and then back into electricity in fuel cells entails a loss of 70 percent to 80 percent of the energy. If we can, instead, use BEVs as already-existing energy storage facilities that can utilize this excess electricity at 2.5 times the efficiency of hydrogen production, why wouldn't we pursue the BEV route?
Claim 4: Using excess electricity to create hydrogen allows for more efficient gas generator operations.
Gas generators are still needed for the evening ramp as demand peaks from people returning home after work, while solar power production diminishes to zero. This is the "neck" of the famous "duck chart" (Figure 2), which projects the load curve out to 2020 as more and more solar and wind comes on-line. The duck chart suggests that there will also be an issue with overgeneration during midday periods because fossil generation is unable to turn down below a certain level. This is the "belly" of the duck. FCV advocates have argued that these two issues can better be addressed through H2 production from excess power than with BEVs.
FIGURE 2: The Duck Chart
Source: CAISO
In terms of the belly of the duck, BEVs are a well-fitted solution to flatten the belly if incentives for daytime charging are provided, as discussed above. The Clean Coalition's "Flattening the Duck" presentation is available online and shows various ways, including using EVs to mitigate overgeneration, to reduce issues illustrated by the duck chart. The belly is already becoming real today (see Figure 3) as solar production grows quickly in California, mostly at the utility-scale level. Figure 3 shows CAISO's grid from July 26, 2014, with about 4,000 megawatts of wholesale solar production on-line at times, during a peak grid-wide demand of almost 40,000 megawatts.
Another benefit: as the belly problem is solved, the neck problem becomes less severe as well, because the ramp is reduced in direct proportion to how much the belly is reduced. As such, solving the overgeneration issue would be a "two for the price of one" fix.
FIGURE 3: Recent Renewables Production Levels in California
Workplace charging for BEVs is expanding, and with the development of low-cost Level 2 and 3 chargers (like BMW's fast charger), it is reasonable to believe that we are well on our way to a robust daytime BEV charging infrastructure being built out. California already has almost 2,000 EV charging stations with more than 5,000 outlets. Growth has been very rapid, with the large majority of these stations being built in the last five years.
If substantial incentives are provided to BEV owners for daytime charging, due to the grid benefits of doing so, it is reasonable to believe that we'll see a steadily growing contribution from BEVs to reducing the belly of the duck. We're already seeing firms get serious about coordinating these kinds of solutions; for example, EPRI's Open EV Tech platform was recently announced. This new aggregation platform brings together eight different automakers under a single standard.
I agree that the neck of the duck is a problem that will require significant firm capacity to remain on-line until sufficient stationary or mobile storage is available. However, V2G (two-way charging) could mitigate this problem significantly in much the same manner as V1G can mitigate the belly problem. Moreover, because V1G provides the same (but at half the capacity) benefits of V2G, even if V2G doesn't become reality in the next decade, we'll still see a substantial contribution to the neck problem from BEVs as smart charging allows plugged-in BEVs to be stopped from charging during the neck.
Similarly, the 1.3 gigawatts of energy storage mandated by the CPUC, which includes mobile and stationary storage, will further help with the neck problem because all of this storage will, at least in theory, be available to produce power during the neck period.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, it would probably make more sense to simply use natural gas in fuel cells directly (as with the Bloom Box stationary fuel cell), for grid stability purposes, rather than using natural gas to create electricity in a power plant, convert that excess power remotely to hydrogen and then convert the hydrogen back into electricity in a fuel cell to supply power back to the grid during ramp times. The efficiency losses of the latter pathway are staggering, not to mention the additional infrastructure required for hydrogen production, storage and energy production.
Clearly, my thoughts here are preliminary and sketchy. New data will require reassessing my conclusions. The same UC Irvine team that released the report I cited here is currently modeling the grid benefits of FCVs and BEVs. Their work is also preliminary at this point, but we should have complete results in the coming months. I'll check back in on this issue once the results are made public.
A major new report from the Edison Electric Institute urges the U.S. utility industry to get serious about buying BEVs for their fleets, as the "point of the spear" for electrification of transportation. The report states: "Electrification of the transportation sector is a potential 'quadruple win' for electric utilities and society, and will enable companies to support environmental goals, build customer satisfaction, reduce operating costs and assure the future value of existing assets." The report also highlights the fact that battery costs have come down 50% in the last four years.
This and many other similar reports are very encouraging regarding the degree to which BEVs are already being taken very seriously.
In sum, looking at the broader grid reliability issues associated with FCVs and BEVs doesn't seem to offer much, if any, advantage for FCVs.
Tam Hunt is owner of Community Renewable Solutions LLC, a renewable energy project development and policy advocacy firm based in Santa Barbara, California and Hilo, Hawaii.


I treasure my HP 1150 C! It has served since 1995 and possibly 1000kg of paper have passed through it! Today it is starting to display "Remove and check black cartridge" and or same message with "colour". I keep a half dozen refilled cartridges to hand and the same message comes up which ever is inserted - then all of a sudden the message is gone and all is well. Whilst in "mesage mode" it refuses to accept dox from the PC.
Power off and change the ink(s).
Then power on. You might need to reboot your system to clear out any docs that might be waiting to print. Just in case.
Download this and run it, it is free.
Thanks for your comment. This looks like some contact problem - the ink is good and new and the cartridges clean - they print well. Right now all is find so I'm looking for a hardware problem in the printer since all cartridges(or none) cause a problem.
... If the sensors are dirty or just plain worn out, it probably needs to be serviced. Of course, you may find the price of service is higher than simply replacing a 15-year old ink-jet printer.
Thanks for your comment. I should elaborate a little - I found an identical printer on the second hand market for ?70. It has had little use. The original antique referred to in my initial post has become terminally sick in the last weeks so I switched over. The problem mentioned has occurred on the "new" machine. I do plan to strip the cartridge carrage to see if all the contact pins are fully extended. Keeping old printers alive is a matter of pride for me. My old long haired dachshund is nearly 16 years old and good food and loving care go a long way!Perhaps the same is true for printers. I avoid the current models where you can buy for ?70 and the initial cartridge lasts five pages and a new one costs ?100!!!


For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you will see I have been rather excited about #MAAfterDark.
#MAAfterDark is an exciting upcoming event with Manchester Arndale, where I have been paired with Monsoon to find the perfect party dress.
My fellow Blogger Pals have been assigned to different shops, so stay tuned as we all show you our faves from each of the retailers in the Arndale Centre and get you ready for the festive party season!
Thank you so much to the Manchester Arndale for asking me to be involved!


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LSE Financing Illegal Deforestation in Peru via AIM-listed United Cacao Ltd. SEZC
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In a briefing by the Environmental Investigation Agency, evidence reveals that United Cacao Limited SEZC, traded on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), financed over 11,100 hectares of illegal deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon, by way of United Cacao's direct subsidiary, Cacao del Peru Norte, and two related companies, Plantaciones de Pucallpa and Plantaciones de Ucayali.
EIA analysis of primary source documents from Peruvian government entities, photos, and satellite images reveals that the activities and statements of AIM-listed United Cacao Ltd. are misleading and misrepresent the Group's activities, in violation of AIM rules and regulations. The evidence and analysis presented by EIA sets the record straight about this network of companies' impact on human rights, tropical rainforests, the global climate, and rule of law.
This briefing was submitted to the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market along with a sign-on letter from over 60 indigenous organizations and NGOs from Peru, Europe, and the United States calling for United Cacao to be removed from trading on AIM for its breaches of AIM rules and ongoing illegal deforestation for palm oil and cacao in the Peruvian Amazon.
Read the full briefing here.
Below, please find EIA's primary source Annexes, Photographs, and Figures.
Full Annexes Table of Contents
Annexes: 2012-2013
Annexes: 2014 (Part 1 of 3)
Annexes: 2015
Annexes: Figures
Annexes: Photographs
A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals how beef sold in Colombian supermarkets is fueling illegal deforestation in protected Amazon forests and contributing to financing armed groups.
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A father's name may have been omitted at the time of registration due to the father's non-appearance during the registration process. A father who is not married to a child's mother at the time of the child's birth is not automatically entitled to have his name inserted on the child's birth certificate if he is not present at the time of the registration of the birth.
If you are a father and your name has been omitted from your child's birth certificate you will need to make an application to the court if you would like your name to put on the child's birth certificate as "Father." If you are the mother of the child and would like to have the father's name inserted you can also make an application to the court to have his name inserted on the birth certificate. You will need to retain an attorney to do this.
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Il Lijiang o Li Jiang (cinese: , fiume Li) è un fiume della Regione Autonoma di Guangxi Zhuang, nella Cina meridionale. Ha origine dai monti Mao'er, nella contea Xing'an e attraversa le città di Guilin e Yangshuo per immettersi, a Wuzhou, nel fiume Xi Jiang, che è a sua volta uno dei tre immissari del fiume delle Perle, assieme al Beijiang e al Dongjiang.

È lungo 437 chilometri ed è affiancato da centinaia di verdi colline che danno luogo ad un paesaggio carsico di rara suggestione, comparabile a quello della baia di Ha Long in Vietnam. La natura circostante, che comprende anche diverse bellissime grotte, fa del fiume una meta del turismo internazionale.

La pesca con il cormorano, che avviene mediante l'utilizzo di tale uccello da parte dei pescatori, viene tuttora praticata nel Lijiang.

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 L'immagine con il paesaggio del Lijiang appare sul biglietto da 20 renminbi.

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"Well done, NGP team (e.g. Daniel) and Tahar Boumedra! Congratulations on this win-to-win achievement for both parties! The book of this outstanding author sounds highly provocative! The pillars of society are built upon a robust platform of human rights, which must be respected to ensure that the integrity of society remains safe. I'm pleased to see how some leaders still fight for the re-establishment of human rights. I honestly hope that this book is an international success! "
"The news from my point of view is nothing but good - I now have a traditional publishing deal with Tiger of the Stripe, of Richmond, Surrey for The Mischief-Maker , the next two novels in the series and a collection of short stories. The Mischief-Maker has, amazingly, been submitted to the 2014 Man Booker competition - I am still at the 'pinch me somebody' stage, but if it makes the long-list, I shall be very, very chuffed. I owe a debt of thanks to Daniel Cooke and all at New Generation for your help and support. "
"Just wanted to let you know that I am very pleased with the copy of my book that you are publishing. I received an email from Sam just now with a copy of the press release which looks OK. He informs me that the e copy of my book is being prepared as well and that my book should hopefully be available for people to purchase very soon."
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Tesla sees profit in every quarter, but faces logistics risks
This year seen as a make or break one for the car maker run by entrepreneur Elon Musk
A 2018 Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle
Tesla has warned it will need to begin building cars in China and lower the price of its Model 3 sedan to make money in every 2019 quarter, as it failed to meet Wall Street profit expectations at the end of 2018.
The company also announced that its chief financial officer, Deepak Ahuja, would retire, extending a slide in shares after hours to 4 per cent.
The results offered a mix bag for investors as the company both expressed optimism that it could post a profit in the first quarter despite fewer deliveries of its flagship S and X vehicles, while warning of challenges such as logistics and global deliveries of its new Model 3.
Tesla is beginning to ship its Model 3 to Europe and Asia from California. To cut costs and transit times, Tesla plans to build a factory in China. It hopes to produce 500,000 vehicles a year there by the last quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2020, a goal it originally expected to meet in 2018.
Mr Musk announced a 7 per cent workforce reduction earlier this month, saying it was crucial to cut costs so that the company could roll out lower-priced versions of its Model 3.
The cheapest Model 3 today is priced at $44,000 but Tesla hopes to get the cost down to $35,000.
Tesla said that Model 3 production volume at its Fremont, California factory would ramp up, ultimately reaching a long-promised 7,000 units per week by the end of the year.
Roth Capital Partners analyst Craig Irwin called Tesla's results "somewhat weak, but largely as expected," and expressed disappointment that the company did not announce it would soon begin building a $35,000 version of its Model 3.
"We think people have been too bullish about Tesla showing earnings power, and sustained positive cash from operations," he said.
In a surprise announcement at the end of a conference call with analysts, Musk said CFO Ahuja would be replaced by Zach Kirkhorn, who has been at Tesla for nine years.
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Tesla is hoping that money saved from job cuts, together with ongoing improvements to manufacturing processes, will boost its margins and free cash flow, which widened to $909.6 million in the quarter after ending its third quarter at $881 million, excluding costs of systems for its solar business.
Tesla said it ended the quarter with $4.3 billion in cash after spending $325 million in capital expenses and said it could pay a $920 million convertible bond maturing in March.
Investors have been wondering whether Tesla will seek more capital, which many analysts believe will be necessary to fund ongoing projects, such as upcoming production in 2020 of the Model Y SUV, the building of factories in China and Europe, and the expansion of Tesla's existing Nevada battery plant, the Gigafactory.
"Tesla has a fantastic brand, and by all accounts a fantastic product, but we're worried it's also fantastically expensive," said Nicholas Hyett, Equity Analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown. "2019 could prove a make-or-break year."
The winding down of a federal subsidy this year will make all Tesla cars more expensive and could hurt sales. Some analysts have also expressed concerns that sales of the Model S and X - which carry higher margins - may slow due to the erosion of the tax credit.
Tesla said it expected lower S and X deliveries in the first quarter, given a "pull-forward in demand" in 2018 for those vehicles in 2018 when the subsidy was still available in full. Tesla recognizes revenue once a vehicle is delivered.
The company made a net profit of $139.5 million in the three months ended December 31st, compared with a $311.5 million in the third quarter, when it benefited from regulatory credits.
Excluding items, Tesla earned $1.93 per share, missing expectations of $2.20 per share, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
Tesla's total revenue rose 5.9 per cent to $7.23 billion, beating the analyst average estimate of $7.08 billion.
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Rwandans Are Sent To Late-Night Lectures For Breaking COVID-19 Rules
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Rwanda sends those caught breaking curfews or not wearing masks to stadiums for all-night lectures on the dangers of coronavirus.
The Cover-19 lectures are carried under the watch of armed guards and are wrapped up around dawn. Attendees are dispersed with strict orders to self-quarantine.
The press is often invited to attend so that images broadcast of those being reprimanded might dissuade others from ignoring the regulations.
About 70,000 people accused of ignoring the 9:00 pm curfew or rules on mandatory face masks have been ordered by police to sit through hours of speeches at local arenas or detention centres since mid-July.
The lectures are carried out every evening in stadiums across Rwanda.
During lecture, public health messaging is disseminated to the audience seated at least a metre apart in the stands. They are enjoined to be ambassadors in the fight against the new virus.
Jado son Nizeyimana said he was stopped by police for wearing his mask incorrectly and was told to report to the nearest stadium after which he promised to always wear his mask.
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Hundreds have been corralled into classes at arenas across the country, including the national stadium in Kigali.
Police, meanwhile, have taken to informing bosses of their employees' transgressions.
Others were given a choice: they could avoid public admonishment if they paid a fine of 25,000 Rwandan francs ($26/22 euros), well out of reach for many in a country where a waiter earns as little as $60 a month.
"I was arrested twice, and spent the night at the stadium on both occasions. Both times I was caught after curfew. The alternative was to pay a heavy fine, but I don't have any money. I am looking for a job," said 25-year-old Elly Niganze.
As of Thursday, Rwanda had recorded five deaths and just over 2,000 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, with less than 900 active infections in the nation of 12.5 million.
Meanwhile, testing for the illness — at above 280,000 — puts Rwanda among the better achievers on the continent.
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Police say the heavy-handed approach plays a part in curbing the spread of the virus.
"We're still finding many people breaking the rules, all the time. It's as if some are doing it intentionally to frustrate police. I want to tell you it will not happen," police spokesman John Bosco Kabera told reporters.
"We have started communicating with institutions and employers of people who have been arrested to take measures and ensure that they are self-isolated once they are released."
Rwanda imposed one of Africa's first total shutdowns in March, closing non-essential shops, shuttering schools, suspending public transport and banning all "unnecessary travel" outside the home.
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How To Make Your Own Halloween Costume; Or, Say No To The Naughty Nurse
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October 10, 2010 | 11:12 p.m. PDT
Photos by Lydia O'Connor
Eighteen or so years into their Halloween costume careers, people get the idea in their heads that come Oct. 31, they have two options for their attire: (1) affirm their maturity by not dressing up, or (2) attach a "naughty" prefix to a career of their choice. So they fall back on overpriced, pre-packaged costumes, and everyone ends up looking pretty identical and boring — which couldn't be any more antithetical to this holiday.
Halloween is not "the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it," as Lindsay Lohan puts it in "Mean Girls." On the contrary, Halloween is the one night a year people can unleash their creativity, sense of humor and gutsiness via costume and hope that everyone has something to say about it.
On top of all of this, being in Los Angeles calls for Halloween's outlandish originality requirement to be magnified. Shame on those caught dead in a "Scream" mask or a naughty nurse ensemble when we live in the pop-culture center of the world, a creative gold mine overflowing with innovation, a mecca of thrift and vintage stores.
The bits and pieces to your costume may be scattered around Los Angeles — in a pile on the sidewalk outside a store, or on some rack sandwiched in between nursing scrubs and assless chaps — but once you piece together the puzzle that is your costume, you'll have a costume that you can shamelessly dance the night away in among a hoard of generic fairies and animal ear-clad amateurs.
Scouring racks of disorganized clothing in search of inspiration can be overwhelming. At some point in your shopping adventure, something may jump out of the racks and scream at you to turn it into a spectacular costume.
But most of the time, those semi-hideous foot-long feather earrings you stumble upon in thrift stores won't inspire an owl (a la Ga'Hoole) costume until you're sitting in a theater the next week mesmerized by the cute owls that make an otherwise unfortunate film tolerable.
Come autumn, if you keep Halloween in the back of your mind as you go through your daily activities, you'd be surprised by all the beginnings of costumes you have laying around your closet and kitchen and by all the ideas that sprout from your daily activities and conversations.
Case in point: My university just started a Quidditch team for people who like to run around pretending to fly on brooms. I was intrigued by the role of the golden snitch — the little winged, dazzling ball that flits around the field until a player catches it and ends the game.
The golden snitch represents an ideal costume: It has a current angle with the seventh "Harry Potter" film coming out next month; as an iconic item from one of the most popular series in literary history, the costume will be pretty obvious but avoids the unoriginality of dressing up as Harry Potter himself; and the hunt for the costume in thrift stores wouldn't be too daunting — anything gold will do.
Let logging into your Facebook account inspire a costume of being the page itself. Stare into your shopping cart and see the tinfoil you grabbed off the shelf and the funnel in your kitchen as a "Wizard of Oz" tin woodsman costume or a Hershey's Kiss get-up. Go chat with your friends, take a walk, watch a movie — the perfect costume will come knocking if you are expecting it to show up.
Your first shopping stop should be your own closet. There, you may stumble upon an idea or find a good starting point for costume. I, for one, am weird enough to own a metallic gold leotard. With one item to go off of, I took to the streets of L.A. in pursuit of the perfect wings and anything golden I could wear as a bottom half, throw in my hair, wear on my feet, or bedazzle myself with.
Melrose Avenue, composed almost entirely of cheap boutiques and vintage or thrift stores, is bound to house many of your unique costume needs. Do not disregard the places that don't market themselves toward Halloween customers this time of year. At one shop, whose name I couldn't ascertain, I picked up two gold glitter hair bows to get the ball — or the snitch — rolling for a few dollars. I mulled over a pair of gold sunglasses but decided that ran the risk of my costume being mistaken for one of those metallic painted, robot-emulating street performers.
At Crossroads Trading Co. on Melrose, a contemporary second-hand store that definitely doesn't project a "costume shop" vibe, I bought a pair of gold pointed flats for $15 that will conveniently double as everyday footwear.
Thrift and vintage stores will, however, usually have a wider and more elaborate selection. Find success in these types of stores by looking beyond the clothing's original intent.
At both American Vintage on Hollywood and Wasteland on Melrose, I found gold sequined pieces and gold metallic blouses that could easily be cut apart and safety-pinned to create a golden snitch skirt. Jet Rag on La Brea — which on Sunday has rows of piles of $1 items outside — has many discarded dance and theater costumes. I almost ditched my original gold leotard for a gold sequined one I found inside for a measly $8.
One of the reasons so many people turn to pre-packaged costumes is that they fear that their costume will not be clear enough otherwise. Buying an already-assembled costume seems to guarantee that you won't have to spend your evening addressing the perplexed stares at your homemade smorgasbord of a costume. I definitely do not want to correct people all night who assume I am a golden fairy or an ironic gold digger.
My greatest concern over golden snitch ambiguity was the wings. The snitch's wings are long, pointed and have an almost biblical sense about them. As Halloween nears, thrift stores fill up with leftover costume bits, and I ignored all of the cutesy, round wings I encountered in avoidance of anything "fairy" or "bumblebee."
Being picky paid off when I got to American Vintage's other location on Melrose. They had what can only be described as an alarming number of cowboy boots resting on every shelf and rack, but I chanced upon an angel costume that looked like something I would have been forced to wear to a church pageant during my Catholic school days.
The shapeless sheath was nothing special, but its Velcro-attached, puffy, gold metallic angel wings were perfect for the snitch. At $14, the costume seemed pricy, so I brought it to the counter and tried to bargain for the wings separately at a lower price.
Maybe it was because the clerk had never seen anyone as excited about finding "the perfect wings," but in bewildering altruism, he threw my golden find in a bag and, with a shoulder shrug, told me I could just have them for free.
In a few days spent shopping and exploring colorful parts of L.A., the search for your costume can be fun and fruitful, and hopefully, you'll come home with more than you set out to find. While walking through these neighborhoods and sifting through the racks in search of the literal and figurative gold, I found inspiration for the rest of my costumes — I wouldn't be a Halloween freak if I didn't celebrate multiple nights in multiple costumes, now, would I?
A wig tied into a bow in a window display on Hollywood had me keep my eye out for pieces for a Lady Gaga homage. Her obscure fashions enter a whole new realm of creativity — think Kermit the Frog stuffed animal heads, plastic bubbles and ornaments, and plastic kitchen play meat to emulate some of her most famous outfits.
But that's a whole other adventure in pursuit of original costumes at a toy store. In the mean time, I'll focus on thrift and vintage shops in the fight against pre-packaged Halloween.
Reach staff reporter Lydia O'Connor here.


For us, there's nothing more rewarding than seeing one of our patients wear his or her brand new smile confidently. Every day, we restore our patients' smiles through everything from dental implants, dentures and dental crowns, to simple teeth whitening procedures.
As the new year begins, making a point to smile more should be on the top of everyone's list! There's nothing like giving someone a big smile to brighten their day, and lift your own mood as well! The sense of well-being that you get when you smile or let out a big laugh is not just in your head. There are numerous benefits that are scientifically proven to improve different aspects of your health, and given that smiles and laughing are contagious, others will reap the benefits as well! Cosmetic dentistry not only improves the health of your teeth and gums, it gives you the confidence to smile wider and laugh longer without trying to cover your mouth. Let's look at some of the reasons why smiling is so important for you and those around you!
It might sound backwards, but forcing a smile can actually improve your mood!
Sometimes your day just doesn't go as planned. If you have children, they might keep you up through the night and create a stressful morning. Perhaps you spilled your coffee on your new shirt or a coworker is giving you grief. Circumstances rarely line up to create the perfect day, and if we are simply reacting to every situation, our attitudes will quickly go south! Being proactive and choosing to stay positive regardless of what's happening around you will always make you feel better (and it will lighten the mood of those around you, too!) Simply choosing to smile triggers "happy" neurotransmitters in your brain, such as serotonin, dopamine, endorphins. It's easy to believe that action follows feeling, but following that logic, a smile may not cross your face over the whole course of a day! Deciding to smile sends signals to your brain to be happy, and you will inevitably feel happier in the midst of any situation.
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First Look: May 29, 2007
Poor negotiation skills and territoriality, the tendency to favor one's own group over others, are common enough barriers in multi-divisional organizations. A new working paper for download outlines the symptoms of us-versus-them malaise and offers smart recommendations for treating them, such as: Link group interests to higher goals; "frame collaboration as the solution to group needs"; and "enable and encourage effective negotiation behaviors." "Leading and Creating Collaboration in Decentralized Organizations" is by doctoral students Heather M. Caruso and Todd Rogers with Professor Max Bazerman. Also for download, research on why consumers gravitate toward the extremes when presented with a variety of choices. That's not necessarily good for sellers, write Professor John Gourville and coauthor Dilip Soman. Also this week: case studies of Habitat for Humanity in Egypt and publisher Schibsted. —Martha Lagace
Leading and Creating Collaboration in Decentralized Organizations
Heather M. Caruso, Todd Rogers, and Max Bazerman
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-090.pdf
Extremeness Seeking: When and Why Consumers Prefer the Extremes
John T. Gourville and Dilip Soman
Decision researchers have long been interested in behaviors that deviate from rational choice. Of these, the compromise effect has received considerable attention, with it repeatedly shown that the probability of choosing an item increases when that item is a middling, as opposed to extreme, alternative in a choice set. The term extremeness avoidance has been used to describe the reason underlying this phenomenon. In this research, we argue that extremeness avoidance behavior depends on assortment type, with consumers displaying extremeness avoidance for alignable assortments, but systematically and predictably displaying extremeness seeking for non-alignable assortments. Across three studies, we show the extremeness seeking effect, contrast it with extremeness avoidance, and explore its underlying cause.
Accidental Innovation
Describes the role accident has historically played in invention and discovery, and raises questions about the importance of variation in business innovation processes.
CommonAngels™
Describes the motivations behind the founding of CommonAngels—a group of successful business owners who provide capital, connections, and expertise to entrepreneurs who are building new ventures. In 2005, the group is considering increasing its investment focus to include a broader range of technologies, including emerging technologies (for example, mobile and RFID technologies) and non-information technologies (including medical devices and material sciences). Will broadening of focus require a change in the organization?
Habitat for Humanity—Egypt
Habitat for Humanity—Egypt (HFHE), has grown in just seven years to become one of the most successful Habitat programs worldwide. The organization is at a crossroads as it attempts to reach the ambitious goal of serving 10% of the 20 million Egyptians living in poverty by 2023, while at the same time developing the local NGO capacity to serve the remaining 90%. Since its establishment in 1989, HFHE has worked in close partnership with CEOSS, a 50-year-old NGO, and through other local, community-based organizations. This network approach diverges form the traditional Habitat model of building houses through HFH's own affiliate organizations, but enables HFHE to begin building immediately rather than wait several years to become sufficiently established to operate as an independent entity. Yousry Makar, HFHE's national director, faces several key issues. How can he ensure that as HFHE's partnership network grows, his own office and staff can sustain the network? To what extent should he seek to address the needs of the "poorest of the poor," who cannot even repay loans and therefore do not qualify as Habitat beneficiaries? How can Makar continue to innovate to achieve the greatest mission impact while maintaining funding and support for HFHE?
Iqbal Quadir, Gonofone, and the Creation of GrameenPhone (Bangladesh)
As the smallest of four partners in a unique wireless telephony venture in Bangladesh that he initiated and helped grow, Iqbal Quadir is trying to acquire a larger stake in the venture when one of the partners wants to sell his shares. However, Quadir faces stiff resistance from the other two partners, who also want to acquire the shares.
Schibsted
In 2006, newspaper firms in developed markets were severely threatened on three fronts: the growth of online news, online classified advertising, and free newspapers. Schibsted, however, had managed to cope with these challenges successfully, and had become something of a legend in the newspaper community. The case describes the evolution of Schibsted's strategy from print media towards electronic media starting in 1995, including their choices around the internal structuring of new ventures. In September 2006, the management team confronted a few salient questions: first, should Schibsted allow Google to crawl its online news sites in Scandinavia? Second, were Schibsted's successes within Scandinavia repeatable outside it? Indeed, how far could Schibsted's competitive advantage travel?
Tiger-Tread
Describes an innovative product launch for which a marketing plan and a breakeven analysis are needed. To introduce students to breakeven analysis and the essentials of developing a marketing plan.
The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Orthopaedics
Kevin J. Bozic, Amanda R. Smith, Sanaz Hariri, Sanjo Adeoye, John T. Gourville, William J. Maloney, Brian Parsley, and Harry E. Rubash
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, no. 458 (May 2007): 202-219
Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) has become an influential factor in healthcare delivery in the United States. We evaluated the influence of DTCA on surgeon and patient opinions and behavior in orthopaedics by surveying orthopaedic surgeons who perform hip and knee arthroplasties and patients who were scheduled to have hip or knee arthro-plasty. Respondents were asked for their opinions of and experiences with DTCA, including the influence of DTCA on surgeon and patient decision making. Greater than 98% of surgeon respondents had experience with patients who were exposed to DTCA. The majority of surgeon respondents reported DTCA had an overall negative impact on their practice and their interaction with patients (74%), and their patients often were confused or misinformed about the appropriate treatment for their condition based on an advertisement (77%). Fifty-two percent of patient respondents recalled seeing or hearing advertisements related to hip or knee arthroplasty. These patients were more likely to request a specific type of surgery or brand of implant from their surgeon and to see more than one surgeon before deciding to have surgery. Direct-to-consumer advertising seems to play a substantial role in surgeon and patient decision making in orthopaedics. Future efforts should be aimed at improving the quality and accuracy of information contained in consumer-directed advertisements related to orthopaedic implants and procedures.
Refugee Camp Economies
Eric D. Werker
Journal of Refugee Studies (forthcoming)
This paper describes the economy of a refugee camp. Key distortions to the economy of Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda are noted and the findings are used to construct a generic model of a refugee camp economy. Camp economies are influenced by host country policies, such as restrictions on refugees' movement and work, as well as by the physical and economic isolation of the site. Moreover, market outcomes interact with the nature of humanitarian assistance and the special demographic composition of the refugees to determine the prices and quantities that characterize the market. An awareness of the dynamics of the refugee camp economy has important implications for practitioners and scholars alike.


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COVID-19's Impact on U.S. B2B Exhibitions Is Accelerating, Says CEIR Survey
TSNN News
During its June 30 webinar, "June 2020 Update on Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. B2B Exhibition Organizations," the Center for Exhibition Industry Research released the results of its latest poll that tracks the coronavirus's effect on the U.S. B2B exhibition industry.
Fielded June 9-21, the survey invited U.S. B2B exhibition executives who oversee events that are run or managed by their organizations to respond. A total of 169 executives participated, similar to the participation level in CEIR's April survey, which included a sample of 164 executives. Qualified members of IAEE and SISO, as well as TSNN subscribers, participated in the June poll.
According to the survey, show organizers are doing all that they can to defend the health of their organizations while serving their communities' needs in the midst of this crisis. However, the persistence of COVID-19 and the uncertainty of whether events can take place in their scheduled destinations are forcing more and more organizers to either postpone their events to late 2020/early 2021 or cancel them entirely.
"This trend is devastating to an industry that contributed over $101 billion to the U.S. GDP last year," said Cathy Breden, CEO of CEIR.
Rate of Cancellations and Postponements
According to CEIR Vice President of Research Nancy Drapeau, the top two reasons for these postponements and cancellations speak to the chaos of the current situation in the U.S.
"Seventy-four percent of those forced to cancel say the lack of clarity in knowing whether large group meetings will be allowed to take place at the scheduled time due to state and local lockdown orders prompted them to this decision," she explained. IMTS, which was scheduled to take place in Chicago, is a prime example of this.
Sixty-nine percent of organizers attribute the persistence of corporate no-travel policies and the impact they might have on participation levels as a reason for foregoing a 2020 in-person event, Drapeau said.
The Big Shift to Digital Continues
How show organizers are transforming their face-to-face events to either virtual or hybrid options was a big point of focus explored during the webinar. According to show organizers surveyed:
63 percent of organizers who have postponed events are adding a hybrid or virtual component to their future events
44 percent are giving attendees the option to attend in-person or virtually
44 percent have a virtual event backup plan in case they are forced to cancel a face-to-face event at the last minute
Among organizers forced to cancel their 2020 events, 81 percent have shifted to digital versus 69 percent in CEIR's April survey. Since that time, the shift to virtual trade shows has increased from 15 percent to 41 percent.
The June survey also profiled data on gross revenues retained and gained through efforts to move participants of cancelled events to digital options or other face-to-face events offered by a given organizer. Additionally, it explored the revenue outlook for virtual events, including whether organizers were charging fees to attend and seeking revenues via sponsorship and virtual booth sales. Lastly, tactics and strategies that show executives are planning to undertake moving forward in a post-COVID world were covered.
To download the full webinar presentation and survey results, go here.
CEIR's next COVID-19-related webinar will take place July 15. During this free event, which will be moderated by Breden, CEIR Economist Dr. Allen Shaw will update his perspective on COVID-19's impact on the U.S. economy and B2B exhibition industry. Click here to register.
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Network To Freedom Underground Railroad Training Event to Take Place at Niagara University
In Niagara News, by Ellen Batrouny, on September 10th, 2019
Hosted by The National Park Service; National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Program; the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State; the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area; the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center; Niagara University; and Association for the Study of African American Life and History
The theme for this training is Crossings: Bridging the Authentic Underground Railroad Past to the Present. The Underground Railroad can be viewed as a migration story of enslaved people who self-liberated and claimed their freedom. Niagara Falls is an internationally-known destination known for the natural phenomenon of one of the greatest waterfalls in the world. Lesser known, but equally as powerful, are the stories of the Underground Railroad in Niagara Falls and throughout New York State. Some of the most significant crossing points for persons escaping slavery in the South were in New York State along the border with Canada. Efforts to abolish the institution of slavery generated significant pro- and anti-slavery activities that played out in the courts, in the New York State legislature, in the halls of Congress, and on the streets and in the homes in our communities. This significant part of the Empire State's history, and this history's relevance with today, impact the historic, cultural, educational, and economic capacity of the state as well as the nation.
Workshops will be located in various classrooms throughout the campus. Vendors, breakfast, and lunch for registered members and students that have signed up to participate take place in the Russell J. Salvatore Dining Addition.
Please be advised that parking will be heavier than normal on these days.
Morning sessions will address the history of the Underground Railroad, the latest scholarship and interpretation, transnationalism, and the Underground Railroad in international context in the Atlantic World. Thursday afternoon the presentations will concentrate on protecting the authenticity of the Underground Railroad.
Morning sessions will address the present and future of community economic development, and actualizing heritage tourism potential and community-driven approaches to provide sustainability to sites and their communities will be explored. Friday afternoon sessions will examine the relevance and legacy of the Underground Railroad, the significance of 19th Century Underground Railroad history to the 21st Century, and making community owners of the Underground Railroad history and using that history to empower communities.
Students are encouraged to participate of their schedule allows.
Students may register at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hH7axdktLs0psnYtm3jMIKlK1dtmwZm7UYAexGH9jMk/edit?usp=sharing
For more information on the event: www.asalh.org/underground-railroad-training


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Whittier (10-14-1, 7-9) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
Pomona-Pitzer (20-7-1, 12-4) 2 0 0 0 0 3 X 5 8 3
Whittier (10-13-1, 7-8) 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 7 14 2
Pomona-Pitzer (19-7-1, 11-4) 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 8 10 1
2B: Olivia Campion; Alondra Reynoso
HR: Megan Otsuka
2B: Brianna MaGee; Kacey Whitney; Naomi Martinez; Jannelle Ha
3B: Brianna MaGee
2B: Kristen Hong; Megan Otsuka; Liz Rodarte; Taylor Lehner; Alondra Reynoso
Photo by: Tony Leon/ActionWestPhotography.com
CLAREMONT, Calif. – The Whittier College Softball team had their chances Saturday against the Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer but couldn't capitalize as they fell 8-7 and 5-1 on the road.
The Purple & Gold have now been swept in three of their last four series moving to 10-14-1, 7-9 SCIAC. They currently sit in a tie for 5th place in the SCIAC Standings.
Game 1 (L, 8-7)
Whittier got off to a hot start in game one jumping on top 5-1 after hitting three straight RBI doubles in the 4th coming from Jannelle Ha (Arcadia, Calif.), Brianna MaGee (Torrance, Calif.), and Kacey Whitney (Cypress, Calif.).
Pomona-Pitzer got two back in the bottom half of the 4th with Otsuka hammering a two-run shot to right. They kept the momentum going in the 5th with another two coming across on a pair of hits that tied the game up at 5-5. Whittier swung the momentum back in their favor in the 6th with Ha singling to right, MaGee tripling to left center and Whitney grounding out on the infield. This moved the score to 7-5 but it wouldn't hold as PP would rally in the 6th for two with Lehner doubling down the left field line and Reynoso doubling to left center that again tied things up at 7-7.
Then in the 7th, Whittier fell unfortunate giving up a walk and then a double before seeing Rodarte reach on an error by Whitney that allowed the walk-off run to come in.
Sam Casanas (La Habra, Calif.) got the start and went 4.1 innings giving up five runs on seven hits for the no decision. Alexis Vargas (Pomona, Calif.) came in relief and gave up three runs on three hits and was tagged with the loss dropping to 2-7.
MaGee finished 3-for-4 scoring three times and driving in another two. Ha added a 3-for-4 effort, scoring twice and adding an RBI. Hayley Wishner (Chino, Calif.) was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI and Naomi Martinez (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) was 2-for-4 with a run batted in.
Vargas got the start in game two and lasted just an inning giving up a two run shot and two hits. She picked up the loss moving to 2-8 on the season. Amanda Melodia (Placentia, Calif.) came in relief and threw the last five innings giving up three runs, which came in the 6th and six hits.
Whittier's lone run came in the 1st. Whitney started things off with a base hit into center and then stole second with two outs. After a Brittany Attaway (Claremont, Calif.) single to right Whitney came in to score on a throwing error by the catcher.
Whitney had the lone multi-hit game going 2-for-3 with a run scored and a walk. Martinez was 1-for-2 with a walk and MaGee and Wishner were each 1-for-3.
Whittier remains on the road this Saturday, April 6 when they take on Chapman University beginning at 12:00pm and 2:00pm.


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Product recall: Home Decorator trunk / chests for suffocation hazard.
Interesting study, but I don't want all you folks trying to quit smoking by bashing yourself in the head!
Karly has a beautiful post about memories of her childhood home. A great reminder to parents everywhere who may feel that their own house doesn't quite live up to what they want for their kids.
"I am not and never will be defined by motherhood, but I will wholeheartedly admit that motherhood has inspired and enabled me to define myself." Read more! Do it!
A pretty great South Beach Diet success story: a man who lost 240 pounds!
Nominations are open for the Share the Love Blog Awards — go find some great blogs to enter!
Amy is hating her ISP and looking for recommendations for a new one. I use A Small Orange and love them — who do you like?
Wow, thanks for the link of the guy who lost 240 pounds. I might use it and give you a hat tip for finding it if that's ok.


Since the beginning of the year I have been finding myself waking up, going to work, going home and sleeping. Then, I start all-over. But, this past week for once things have changed. I managed to wake up early to a kitchen filled of strangers, who now I love and will miss. I got to experience a week in Slovenia for the 'Mind your Body' youth exchange. Everyday I was challenged to my limits through exercise, workshops and reflection.
Moreover, we got to extend our knowledge of specific health topics in workshops. Stress was one of the main topics in which we saw what stress is, what causes our stress and how we can overcome our stress. In addition, we also discussed our diets and what we can improve in it and also how, what we do on a daily basis, with our time can also be improved.
Finally, everyday throughout the whole youth exchange we got to sit down for 30 minutes and self-analyze ourselves. All of us forget to sit down even just once a month and analyze our day, week and month. We have a habit of letting things go, letting life dominate us. We don't realize sometimes all we need is to sit down and think, so we can execute better. Thus, I am thankful I got to self-analyze myself everyday, deepen my self thoughts.


I absolutely love baking! I just never seem to have enough time to do it as often as I'd like. So, I thought I'd make the most of being at home, recovering from my operation, and get my bake on! With it being Easter, I decided to go with an egg theme and have a go at making Crème Egg Cupcakes, as I've wanted to try them for ages! I thought I'd take you through what I did, step-by-step, so that you can give it a try too.
Crack the eggs into a bowl, whisk, then sieve the flour and cocoa powder.
Add the cocoa to the flour and combine with the sugar and butter mixture, then gradually add the eggs, mixing the batter throughout until completely combined.
One the batter is fully mixed, separate evenly into twelve cupcake cases. Fill the cases to around 2/3 full and then push in a Cadbury Crème Egg into each batter filled case. We actually found the mixture made a lot more than 12 cakes, so once we'd filled the Crème Egg cases, we used small Dairy Milk eggs for the rest of the batter.
For any spare batter, you can push in another filling to try!
Place in a pre-heated oven at 160C. Bake for around 20-25 minutes. Temperature and time may vary depending on your oven, so don't forget to keep an eye on them!
Once the cakes are ready, leave them to cool on a wire cooling rack and prepare your frosting by creaming together the butter and icing sugar. Once you have a smooth consistency add some vanilla extract and colour gel and mix well.
When you are ready, you can then pipe the frosting onto the cakes, using whatever style you prefer.
Cut the miniature Crème Eggs in half and place on top of your cakes. To finish, sprinkle with some edible glitter.
Now, relax on the sofa with a cup of tea and enjoy your yummy cupcake!
Side notes – We found the sponge to be a bit dry using this recipe, so you may want to add slightly more of the wet ingredients to make the sponge more moist. Apart from that, they were really yummy!
Have you done any Easter baking? What is your favourite flavour cake?
Hehe they are really tasty Karis! My brother's girlfriend made the brownies and they were yummy too. Have to make the most of Creme Eggs while they're around!
Ow my these look so good!!
I'm vegan but boy could I go one of them!!